1. In which of the following years, 26th January was celebrated as an independence day?
Correct : A. 1930
2. Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi was called as ‘Mahatma' by -
Correct : D. Rabindra Nath Tagore
3. The 'Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College' later became the -
Correct : D. Aligarh Muslim University
4. In which state was the first Non- Congress Government set up in independent India?
Correct : D. Kerala
5. Who was the last Governor-General of India?
Correct : C. C. Rajagopalachari
6. Who said "Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India"?
Correct : D. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
7. Hardayal, an intellectual giant, was associated with -
Correct : B. Ghadar Movement
8. Which among the following places, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857?
Correct : A. Agra
9. Who, among the following, abolished the Dual System of Government in Bengal?
Correct : D. Lord Warren Hastings
10. Who is called the 'Nightingale of India'?
Correct : B. Sarojini Naidu
11. The first Governor General of the East India Company in India was -
Correct : C. Warren Hastings
12. Who expounded “The Theory of Drain”?
Correct : B. Dadabhai Nauroji
13. In the integration of Princely States, the following played a major role :
Correct : C. Vallabhbhai Patel and V.P. Menon
14. Who among the following Viceroys became a victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the Andamans?
Correct : B. Mayo
15. Which one of the following statements is not true in respect of A.O. Hume?
Correct : A. He was an ornithologist.
16. Which of the following movements saw the biggest peasant guerilla war on the eve of independence?
Correct : D. Telangana Movement
17. Wo was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761?
Correct : D. Shah Alam II
18. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating -
Correct : A. Pattabhi Sitharamayya
19. "Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman's need but not everyman's greed". Who said this?
Correct : B. Mahatma Gandhi
20. The Kakori conspiracy was a train robbery that took place between Kakori and Lucknow in -
Correct : C. 1925
21. What was 'Komagata Maru'?
Correct : C. A ship
22. Who was the reformer of oppressed and backward classes?
Correct : C. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
23. Khilafat Movement was connected with which of the following?
Correct : A. Turkey
24. Who is the first female governor of Independent India?
Correct : D. Sarojini Naidu
25. Who is generally considered to be the father of the Indian Renaissance?
Correct : B. Raja Rammohan Roy
26. Jallianwala incident took place at -
Correct : D. Amritsar
27. The Battle of Plassey was fought in year
Correct : B. 1757
28. The Dandi March of Gandhi is an example of -
Correct : A. Direct Action
29. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between -
Correct : A. the Marathas and the Afghans
30. Who termed Cripps' proposals as a post dated cheque in a crashing bank'?
Correct : D. Gandhiji
31. Which place among the following was the headquarters of-the Portuguese in India?
Correct : B. Goa
32. Bal, Pal and Lal were the most prominent leaders of the -
Correct : D. Congress Party
33. Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?
Correct : B. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
34. The Gandhian economy was based on the principle of -
Correct : C. Trusteeship
35. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?
Correct : B. Lord Macaulay
36. Who, among the following, has been known as the 'Frontier Gan-dhi'?
Correct : A. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
37. The credit of discovering the sea route of India goes to the -
Correct : C. Portuguese
38. Te song Jana-Gana-Mana' composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of -
Correct : C. Bharat Vidhata
39. Which Directive Principle bears the direct impact of Gandhi's moral philosophy?
Correct : C. Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
40. The first General Secretary of the Indian National Congress was -
Correct : B. A.O. Hume
41. 'Porna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its Session of
Correct : B. Lahore, 1929
42. Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by -
Correct : D. Cornwallis
43. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
Correct : A. After the Battle of Plassey
44. Who started the first English newspaper in India?
Correct : C. J.A. Hickey
45. Who was the author of the book My Experiments with Truth?
Correct : C. Gandhi
46. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the -
Correct : D. Swarajya Party
47. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?
Correct : C. Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
48. Who spoke : "At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom"?
Correct : C. Jawaharlal Nehru
49. Raja Rammohan Roy organized a historic agitation against the
Correct : B. Evil custom of sati
50. "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem ourpledge …….”
This was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by -
Correct : C. Jawaharlal Nehru
51. Who declared as his ultimate aim the wiping of every tear from every eye?
Correct : B. Gandhiji
52. In ends and means relationship, Gandhijí believed -
Correct : C. Means determine the end
53. The First Victory & Governor General of British India was -
Correct : D. Lord Canning
54. On imprisonment in 1908 by the Brities, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sent to -
Correct : D. Mandalay
55. The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in -
Correct : B. 1930
56. Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the first Arya Samaj in 1875 at -
Correct : A. Bombay
57. Who, among the following, was the pioneer of social reform movements in 19th century India?
Correct : B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
58. Who among the following was instrumental in the abolition of Sati in 1829?
Correct : C. Lord Bentick
59. Bengal was partitioned in 1905 under the viceroyalty of -
Correct : A. Lord Curzon
60. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first apply his technique of Satyagraha?
Correct : D. South Africa
61. The Governor General of India impeached by the House of Commons in England was:
Correct : A. Waren Hastings
62. What is the name of the Fort built by the English in Calcutta?
Correct : C. Fort William
63. The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through -
Correct : A. Doctrine of Lapse
64. Mahatma Gandhi started his Dandi March from -
Correct : D. Sabarmati Ashranm
65. Which one of the following cities and the personalities associated with their establishment is wrongly matched?
Correct : D. Calcutta - Robert Clive
66. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India?
Correct : A. Battle of Wandiwash
67. For the annexation of which Indian Kingdom, the "Doctrine of Lapse" was not followed?
Correct : D. Punjab
68. Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from:
Correct : D. Champaran
69. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of -
Correct : C. Brahmo Samaj
70. The 'Blue Water Policy' was introduced by the Portugese leader
Correct : A. Franscisco-de-Almeida
71. Which of the following institutions was not founded by Mahatma Gandhi?
Correct : C. Vishwa Bharti
72. Who was known as the 'Father of Indian Renaissance'?
Correct : C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
73. I which of its sessions did the Indian National Congress declare ‘Purna Swaraj' as its specific goal?
Correct : A. Lahore Session, 1929
74. Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das were the founders of a party known as the:
Correct : C. Swarajya Party
75. Which of the following princely states did not accede to the Indian Union after independence?
Correct : A. Hyderabad
76. Who among the following did Gandhiji regard as his political Guru?
Correct : D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
77. Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress?
Correct : C. W.C. Banerjee
78. Who was the Indian women president of the United Nations General Assembly?
Correct : C. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
79. In which year was the Indian National Congress formed -
Correct : A. 1885
80. Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India?
Correct : B. Pulicat
81. Who founded the Servants of India Society?
Correct : C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
82. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a "half naked fakir"?
Correct : A. Winston Churchil
83. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the 'Swaraj Party' after,
Correct : B. Non Cooperation Movement
84. What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality?
Correct : C. Simon Commission
85. Who started the Home Rule Movement?
Correct : A. Annie Beasant
86. When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?
Correct : B. 1931
87. At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651?
Correct : B. gasim Bazar
88. Who gave the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad"?
Correct : C. Bhagat Singh
89. The split between the 'Extremists and 'Moderates' came up in the open at the Surat Congress Session in the year -
Correct : C. 1907
90. he Indian National Congress had passed the famous resolution on “Non- Cooperation" in 1920 at its session held at -
Correct : D. (4) Calcutta
91. The immortal national song ‘Bande Mataram’ has been written by -
Correct : C. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
92. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed against -
Correct : B. Indian mill owners and non government officials
93. What did Jyotiba Phule's Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
Correct : A. Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
94. Land Revenue under Tipu -
Correct : B. was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
95. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857?
Correct : A. The last effort of the old political order to regain power.
96. The Round table conference at London met for the discussion of -
Correct : B. A future Administration of India
97. The Marathas were defeated at Panipat because -
Correct : B. The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
98. What was the reason for Gandhiji's support to decentralisation of power?
Correct : C. Decentralisation was essential for the economic development of the country
99. What was the immediate cause of the Mutiny of 1857?
Correct : B. The use of greased cartridges in the new Enfield Rifle
100. The British introduced the railways in India in order to -
Correct : B. facilitate British commerce and administrative control