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Making of Indian Nation | Set 1

1. Who among the following opposed Gandhiji’s Satyagraha against the Rowlett Act?

Correct : C. annie besant

2. Which of the following places witnessed the worst scenes of the violence in the wake of Rowlett Satyagraha?

Correct : C. punjab

3. The president of all India Kisan sabhain1936 was.............

Correct : C. vidyanand

4. Who was the first commander of I.N.A?

Correct : D. niranjan sing gill.

5. The congress president who conducted negotiations with Cripps in 1942 and Wavell at Simla conference was ..............

Correct : B. jawaharlal nehru

6. In1946 there was a mutiny of Indian ratings in...

Correct : B. madras

7. What proved to be the chief instrument for spreading the message of nationalism?

Correct : C. press

8. Which one of the following organizations was the first organised expression of the Indian national movement?

Correct : D. indian national congress.

9. Lyton was not associated with the -----------

Correct : C. ilbert bill

10. Which of the following sections of the Indian middle class dominated the congress in its early phase?

Correct : C. lawyers

11. Who was the first president of I.N.C.?

Correct : B. w.c. banerjee.

12. Amruta pritam was a ............. writer

Correct : A. punjabi

13. A TRAIN TO PAKISTAN novel written by ............

Correct : C. kushwant sing

14. The famous battle cry chalo Delhi was given by ..............

Correct : C. bose

15. Who was the leader of bardoli Satyagraha?

Correct : B. patel

16. The Lahore Session of Muslim league was in the year

Correct : A. 1940

17. Quit India resolution was passed on

Correct : C. august 8

18. Indian independence act was passed on ...............

Correct : A. july 14

19. R.I.N. Ratings was in .............

Correct : A. 1946.

20. C.R. Formula was framed in the year

Correct : A. 1944

21. Desai –Liaqat pact was concluded after .............

Correct : A. gandhi -jinnah talks

22. The Simla conference was held under the viceroyalty of ..............

Correct : B. wavell

23. Cabinet mission was sent to India by.............

Correct : A. britain

24. A.V. Alexander was a member of ...............

Correct : C. cabinet mission

25. The direct action day of Muslim league was ..................

Correct : A. 16 august 1946

26. The interim government was formed in the year

Correct : B. 1946

27. Mount batten plan is also known as ................

Correct : A. june 3rd plan

28. Who was the ruler of Kashmir at the time of independence?

Correct : A. hari sing

29. Who was the first deputy prime minister of India?

Correct : B. patel

30. Who was in charge of the integration of princely states?

Correct : A. patel

31. India wins freedom was written by ...................

Correct : A. azad

32. Who was the first governor general of Pakistan?

Correct : B. jinnah

33. Pinjar was written by ...........

Correct : A. amrita pro-am

34. The dark dancer, a novel authored by ...............

Correct : A. balachandrarajan

35. Freedom at midnight was co-authored with Dominique lapierre ...........

Correct : B. larry collins

36. What was the role of East India Company in India from 1600 to 1757?

Correct : D. trading corporation

37. When did the drain of wealth from Bengal Begin?

Correct : C. 1757

38. Who founded the Fort William College at Calcutta?

Correct : C. lord wellesley

39. Wellesley came to India in -----------

Correct : D. 1798

40. Under the permanent settlement the zamindars could keep -------- of the rental

Correct : D. 1/11

41. Who established a madrasa in Calcutta in 1781?

Correct : D. warren hastings

42. Who became the Chairman of the Board of Control in 1853?

Correct : C. charles wood

43. Indian sepoys began to be recruited in the British army from

Correct : D. 1742

44. Who was the nationalist leader associated with the paper Harijan

Correct : D. mahatma gandhi

45. When was the Sarada Act Passed?

Correct : C. 1930

46. Where were universities established in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay?

Correct : B. 1857

47. Who wrote Neel Darpan?

Correct : A. dinabandhu mitra

48. Who started the first textile mill in India?

Correct : D. tata d) cowasjee nanabhoy

49. When did the revolt begin in 1857?

Correct : B. 10 may

50. Who brought the Bareilly troops to Delhi?

Correct : A. bakht khan

51. Who was the Lieutenant governor in 1858?

Correct : D. fredrick halliday

52. Who wrote the causes of the Indian Mutiny?

Correct : C. sayyid ahamed khan

53. Who was the last Peshwa?

Correct : D. baji rao ii

54. Who wrote the war which began for religion ended up as a war of independence?

Correct : B. surendranath sen

55. When did the Indian Reforms Association come in to being?

Correct : D. 1870

56. When was the widow Remarriage Act passed

Correct : D. 1856

57. Where did B.R. Ambedkar form his Bahiskirt Hitakarini Sabha in 1924?

Correct : A. bombay

58. When was English declared as the medium of instruction in India?

Correct : B. 1835

59. Who was the chairman of the first Law Commission?

Correct : C. lord macaulay

60. When was a supreme court established for the first time at Calcutta?

Correct : B. 1773

61. Which Charter Act made provisions for education in India for the first time?

Correct : A. 1813

62. Cornwallis code dealt with -------- matters

Correct : C. judicial

63. What was the strength of Indians in the army of the East India Company in 1857?

Correct : C. 265,900

64. What was the percentage of Drain in India’s national income by the end of 19th century?

Correct : A. 8%

65. When was the permanent settlement introduced in Bengal and Bihar?

Correct : C. 1793

66. When was the first railway line opened to traffic in India?

Correct : A. 1853

67. Who introduced the permanent settlement of Land Revenue?

Correct : A. wellesley

68. When was Mangal Pandey hanged in 1857?

Correct : C. 29 march

69. The revolt of 1857 started with the mutiny of

Correct : A. sepoys

70. The charter Act of -------- ended the monopoly of the East India Company in India

Correct : D. 1813

71. The governor general council came in to being in the year

Correct : A. 1784

72. When was the system of dual government ended in Bengal?

Correct : B. 1772

73. What was the real name of Nana Saheb?

Correct : C. dhondu pant

74. What was the number of major rebellions from 1763 to 1856?

Correct : C. 15

75. When did Rani Lakshmibai die in 1858?

Correct : C. 17 june

76. Who considered the revolt as a war of the orthodoxy against Christianity?

Correct : A. l.e.r. rees

77. Who has written the book the Great Rebellion?

Correct : C. ashok mehta

78. Who was the first viceroy of India?

Correct : C. lord canning

79. When was the vernacular press act passed?

Correct : A. 1878

80. The title viceroy meant crown’s personal

Correct : B. representative

81. There were ------- medical colleges in the country in 1857

Correct : B. 3

82. When was the practice of sati out lawed?

Correct : A. 1829

83. Who was the governor general in 1882?

Correct : B. ripon

84. When did Queen Victoria assume the title of the Empress of India?

Correct : C. 1876

85. Who wrote the book, the Discovery of India?

Correct : C. nehru

86. The revolt of 1857 mainly remained confined to ------- India

Correct : C. northern& central

87. The Act of 1861 increased the strength of viceroy’s council to

Correct : D. 5

88. With whose help did Lakshmibhai capture Gwalior

Correct : C. tantia tope

89. Who wrote the book Topics for Indian States Man?

Correct : B. j.b.norton

90. When was an Inam commission established?

Correct : C. 1852

91. Who was the head of the East India Company in 1857?

Correct : A. r.d.mangles

92. When was the congress socialist party formed?

Correct : A. 1934

93. Where was the swaraj party formed in March, 1923?

Correct : D. allahabad

94. Siddhu, kanhu, chand, Bhareo were the leaders of --------- uprising

Correct : D. santhal

95. Which British officer was given special command to suppress the santhals

Correct : C. colonel bird

96. When did the armed rebellion of the santhals take place?

Correct : A. 1855-56

97. Which kuka leader appointed subedars and Naib Subedars

Correct : A. ram singh

98. Who was the chief inspirator of the kuka movement?

Correct : B. ram singh

99. Which movement was also known as the Namdhari Mission?

Correct : C. kuka

100. Chand and Bharaeo were ------- of the santhal army

Correct : C. commander in chief