MODERN HISTORY TEST

 

 

1. The resolutions on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy were passed in which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress?

[A] Belgaum,1934
[B] Lahore,1929
[C] Karachi,1931
[D] Faizpur,1936

 

Correct Answer: C [Karachi,1931]

2. Arrange the following events in the order of their chronology:
1.August Offer
2.Poona Pact
3.Third Round Table Conference
Choose the correct option:

[A] 1-2-3
[B] 2-3-1
[C] 2-1-3
[D] 2-1-3

 

Correct Answer: B [2-3-1]

3. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1896 to carry on humanitarian relief and social work?

[A] Ramakrishna Paramahansa
[B] Swami Dayananda Saraswati
[C] Swami Vivekananda
[D] Blavatsky and Olcott

 

Correct Answer: C [Swami Vivekananda]

4. Which among the following Viceroys was associated with the ‘Ilbert Bill Controversy’?

[A] Lord Curzon
[B] Lord Lytton
[C] Lord Ripon
[D] Lord Hardinge

 

Correct Answer: C [Lord Ripon]

5. Subhash Chandra Bose was re-elected the President of INC at the Tripuri Session in 1939 by defeating Gandhiji’s candidate :

[A] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
[B] J.B.Kriplani
[C] Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
[D] Nellie Sengupta

 

Correct Answer: C [Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya]

6. The pioneer of Communism in India was:

[A] S.A.Dange
[B] M.R.Jayakar
[C] M.N.Roy
[D] Nalin Gupta

 

Correct Answer: C [M.N.Roy]

7. Which of the following was the most controversial measure of Lord Mountbatten?

[A] Partitioning of Punjab and Bengal
[B] Holding of a referendum in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP)
[C] Setting up of an Executive Council comprising of Indians alone
[D] Advancing the date of transfer of power from June 1948 to August 15,1947

 

Correct Answer: D [Advancing the date of transfer of power from June 1948 to August 15,1947]

8. Both the processes of transfer of power and the partition of India were hurried through in ____ days.

[A] 68
[B] 70
[C] 72
[D] 85

Correct Answer: C [72]

 

9. The Swaraj Party was divided into factions after the death of C.R.Das and its ‘Responsivists’ faction worked for/by:

[A] Safeguarding the hindu interests by cooperating with the British Government.
[B] Creating obstacles in legislative process by acting as dissenters.
[C] Cooperating with the No-Changers of the Congress in the favour of constructive programme of Gandhi.
[D] Maintaining a separate identity of the Party within the Congress.

 

Correct Answer: A [Safeguarding the hindu interests by cooperating with the British Government.]

10. Which among the following great revolutionaries was the brain behind the ‘Chittagong Armoury Raid’?

[A] Ganesh Ghosh
[B] Chandrashekhar Azad
[C] Surya Sen
[D] Lala Hardayal

 

Correct Answer: C [Surya Sen

 

11. The revolutionary organisation ‘Abhinav Bharat Society’ was founded in 1904 by:

[A] Bhagat Singh
[B] Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
[C] Barindra Kumar Ghosh
[D] Pulin Behari Das

 

Correct Answer: B [Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]

 

12. Who among the following was popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?

[A] Hasrat Mohani
[B] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[C] Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
[D] Iqbal Khan

 

Correct Answer: C [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan]

 

13. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a great 19th Century Social Reformer who waged a struggle for/against which of the following social cause?

[A] Education of Women
[B] Widow Remarriage
[C] Abolition of Sati
[D] Untouchability

 

Correct Answer: B [Widow Remarriage]

14. Neel-Darpan’ by Din Bandhu Mitra portrays the plight of :

[A] Bengali Artisans
[B] Indigo Planters
[C] Landless Labourers
[D] All of the above

 

Correct Answer: B [Indigo Planters]

15. The first British ‘Presidency’ in India was established at :

[A] Surat
[B] Madras
[C] Bengal
[D] Bombay

 

Correct Answer: A [Surat]

 

16. Who planted the ‘Tree of Liberty’ at Srirangapatnam?

[A] Hyder Ali
[B] Tipu Sultan
[C] Chin Quilich Khan
[D] Murshid Quli Khan

 

Correct Answer: B [Tipu Sultan]

 

17. Which Indian mass movement began with the famous ‘Dandi March’ of Mahatma Gandhi ?

[A] Khilafat Movement
[B] Non-Cooperation Movement
[C] Civil Disobedience Movement
[D] Quit India Movement

 

Correct Answer: C [Civil Disobedience Movement]

 

18. Who presided over the Karachi Session of Indian National Congress where the resolutions on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy were passed?

[A] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[B] Jawahar Lal Nehru
[C] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
[D] Subhash Chandra Bose

 

Correct Answer: C [Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]

 

19. Arrange the following events/movements in the correct order of their chronology:
1. Rowlatt Act Satyagraha
2. Civil Disobedience Movement
3. Boycott of Simon Commission
4. Quit India Movement

[A] 1-2-3-4
[B] 1-3-2-4
[C] 2-3-4-1
[D] 2-3-4-1

 

Correct Answer: B [1-3-2-4]

 

20. Who founded the association ‘ Naujawan Bharat Sabha’ to help foster revolution against the British Raj by gathering together worker and peasant youth in 1928 ?

[A] Chandra Shekhar Azad
[B] Surya Sen
[C] Bhagat Singh
[D] V.D.Savarkar

 

Correct Answer: C [Bhagat Singh]

 

21. Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences held in London:
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
3. Tez Bahadur Sapru
4. Chittaranjan Das

[A] 2 and 3
[B] 2 and 4
[C] 2, 3 and 4
[D] All of them

 

Correct Answer: A [2 and 3]

 

22.  ‘New India’ and ‘Commonweal’ newspapers were started by :

[A] Madan Mohan Malviya
[B] S.Subramaniyam Iyer
[C] Annie Besant
[D] Lala Lajpat Rai

 

Correct Answer: C [Annie Besant]

 

23. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the Quit India Movement?

1.   It was a leaderless movement, with the reigns of the movement in the hands of the masses.

2.   It was also characterized by the outbreak of violence though Gandhi had given a call for a determined, but passive resistance, ‘do or die’.

3.   The movement failed in terms of achieving immediate objective

[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 and 3
[D] 1, 2 and 3

 

Correct Answer: D [1, 2 and 3]

 

Notes: The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi’s call for immediate independence. The All-India Congress Committee proclaimed a mass protest demanding what Gandhi called “an orderly British withdrawal” from India. The call for determined, but passive resistance appears in his call to Do or Die, issued on 8 August at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay.
Almost the entire Indian National Congress leadership, and not just at the national level, was imprisoned without trial within hours after Gandhi’s speech; most spent the rest of the war in prison. It was a leaderless movement, with the reigns of the movement in the hands of the masses. The British refused to grant immediate independence, saying it could happen only after the war ended. Sporadic small-scale violence took place around the country but the British arrested tens of thousands of leaders, keeping them imprisoned until 1945, and suppressed civil rights, freedom of speech and freedom of the press. (Hence Statement 1. and 2. are correct)
In terms of immediate objectives Quit India failed because of heavy-handed suppression, weak coordination and the lack of a clear-cut programme of action. However, the British government realized that India was ungovernable in the long run, and the question for postwar became how to exit gracefully while protecting Britain’s allies, the Muslims and the princes.(Hence Statement 3. is also correct)

 

24. Socio-religious reform movements in western India were led by some very illustrious personalities, the incorrect statement in this context is:

[A] Gopal Hari Deshmukh was one of the earliest religious reformers who rationally attacked hindu orthodox beliefs.
[B] Bal Gangadhar was a great Indian nationalist who revived the faith of Indians in their rich cultural heritage by celebration of Shivaji and Ganesh festival in Maharashtra.
[C] Dr Atmaram Pandurang and Justice Ranade, founded the Prarthana Samaj in Maharashtra, inspired by the Brahmo Samaj and espousing principles of enlightened theism based on the ancient Vedas.
[D] Justice Ranade and Pandita Ramabai were pioneers of women’s education in India.

 

Correct Answer: D [Justice Ranade and Pandita Ramabai were pioneers of women’s education in India.]

Notes:  Jyotiba Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule were pioneers of women’s education in India.

 

25. In the tenure of which Governor-General an attempt was made for the first time to codify Hindu and Muslim customary laws?

[A] Lord Cornwallis
[B] Warren Hastings
[C] William Bentinck
[D] Charles Metcalfe

 

Correct Answer: B [Warren Hastings]

26. In the light of events that occurred after the General Elections of 1937 and the subsequent formation of Indian ministries in various provinces, identify the statement which is incorrect:

[A] Congress was highly successful and Muslim League failed miserably.
[B] Congress emerged as the largest party in NWFP.
[C] Unionist Party and Krishak Praja Party formed Governments in Punjab and Bengal respectively.
[D] Pirpur Report was prepared by Jinnah to highlight the atrocities and misrule of the Congress ministries

 

Correct Answer: D [Pirpur Report was prepared by Jinnah to highlight the atrocities and misrule of the Congress ministries]

Notes: To investigate Muslim grievances under Congress rule, the Muslim League formulated the “Pirpur Report” under the chairmanship of Raja Syed Muhammad Mehdi of Pirpur. Other reports concerning Muslim grievances in Congress run provinces were A. K. Fazl-ul-Haq’s “Muslim Sufferings Under Congress Rule”, and “The Sharif Report”.The allegation that Congress was representing Hindus only was voiced also by eminent British personalities.

 

27. The only session of Indian National Congress which was presided by Mahatma Gandhi was held at:

[A] Belgaum
[B] Faizpur
[C] Allahabad
[D] Karachi

 

Correct Answer: A [Belgaum]

28. Which of the following personalities were the founders of the ‘Home Rule Movement’ ?
1.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2.Annie Besant
3.Mohammad Ali Jinnah
4.Mahatma Gandhi

[A] 1 and 2
[B] 1, 2 and 3
[C] 1, 3 and 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 and 4

 

Correct Answer: A [1 and 2]

29. Which among the following was/were related to Governor-General William Bentinck:

1.   Regulation XVII

2.   Committee of Public Instruction

3.   Macaulay’s Minute

4.   Presidency of Agra

[A] Only 1
[B] Only 3
[C] 1 and 3
[D] 1, 2, 3 and 4

 

Correct Answer: D [1, 2, 3 and 4]

 

Notes: The presidency of Agra was established on 14 November 1834 under the provisions of Government of India Act 1833. Sir C. T. Metcalfe was appointed as the new Governor for the Presidency. However, in 1835 another Act of Parliament renamed the region to the North-Western Provinces, this time to be administered by a Lieutenant-Governor. Presidency ceased to exist on 1 June 1836.

30.Consider the following policies followed by the Governor Generals for the expansion of their dominions and consolidation of their rule during the 3 stages of the process of the growth of British Paramountcy in India:

1. Subordinate Isolation

2. Policy of Ring Fence

3. Policy of Subordinate Union

Which of the following is the correct sequence of their adoption in the course of the establishment of British rule in India?

[A] 1-3-2
[B] 2-1-3
[C] 1-2-3
[D] 3-2-1

 

Correct Answer: B [2-1-3]

31. What was the name of the first newspaper to announce the partition of Bengal on July 6th 1905?

[A] Swaraj
[B] Sanjivani
[C] Kalantar
[D] Anandabazar Patrika

 

Correct Answer: B [Sanjivani]

Notes: Sanjivani was started by KK Mitra

32. In which country Indian Independence Committee was formed during British Era?

[A] France
[B] UK
[C] Germany
[D] USA

 

Correct Answer: C [Germany]

Notes: Indian Independence Committee was also known as Berlin committee and was formed in Germany in 1914 during world war I by Indian students and political activists. Important activist were Dr. Dhiren Sarkar, Chanji Kersasp, N.S. Marathe, Dr.J.N. Dasgupta, C.Padmanabhan Pillai.

 

33. In which year, Land Holder’s society was established in India?

[A] 1806
[B] 1828
[C] 1838
[D] 1850

 

Correct Answer: C [1838]

 

Notes: In 1838, Land Holder’s society was founded in Calcutta with a purpose to safeguard their land rights under the permanent settlement and to defeat by legal means any attempt of the government to resume rent-free lands.

34. Under which among the following acts, Civil Services started in India?

[A] Charter Act 1813
[B] Charter Act 1833
[C] Charter Act 1853
[D] Charter Act 1793

 

Correct Answer: B [Charter Act 1833]

Notes: The civil services were started in under the Charter Act of 1833. In 1853, the civil services became an open competition however the exams were conducted in London only. The 1st exams were held in 1855 under the board of control’s supervision.

 

35. Which among the following is called Magnacarta of English education?

[A] Wood’s Despatch
[B] Hartog Committee Report
[C] Minute on Indian Education by Lord Macauley
[D] None of above

 

Correct Answer: A [Wood’s Despatch]

Notes: Woods Despatch (19th July, 1854) is called a Magnacarta of English education and also as an Intellectual charter. It included the recommendations such as the construction separate department for administration for education in each state ;establishment of institutions for training teachers for all classes of schools ; maintenance of existing government colleges and high schools ;establishment of new middle schools ; increase attention to vernacular schools, indigenous or otherwise, for elementary education ;introduction of grant in aid to schools.

In accordance with Wood’s despatch, Education Departments were established in every province and universities were opened at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857 and in Punjab in 1882 and at Allahabad 1887.

 

36. Who among the following founded the Depressed Classes Mission of India?

[A] Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
[B] Vitthal Ramji Shinde
[C] Annabhau Sathe
[D] hantabai Kamble

HideS Answer

Correct Answer: B [Vitthal Ramji Shinde]

Notes: In 1906, Vithal Ramaji Shinde, founded depressed classes mission of India to provide education to the depressed classes.

 

37. Who among the following was the founder of the Paris Indian Society?

[A] S R Rana
[B] Bhikaji Kama
[C] Taraknath
[D] Lala Hardayal

 

Correct Answer: B [Bhikaji Kama]

38. Which among the following organizations published the journal called Indian Sociologists?

[A] India House
[B] Ghadar Party
[C] British Indian Association
[D] Berlin Committee

 

Correct Answer: A [India House]

39. Who among the following is called the father of Nationalism in India?

[A] Raja Rammohun Roy
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Mahatma Gandhi
[D] Dadabhai Naoroji

 

Correct Answer: A [Raja Rammohun Roy]

40. Who among the following was the president of the British Indian Association that was founded in 1851?

[A] Radhakant Deb
[B] Debendranath Tagore
[C] Prasanna Kumar
[D] Dwarakanath Tagore

 

Correct Answer: A [Radhakant Deb]

Notes: President was Radhakant Deb, Debendranath Tagore was secretary.

 

41. Who among the following gave the safety valve theory for Indian National Congress ?

[A] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[B] Lala Lajpat Rai
[C] Bipinchandra Pal
[D] MN Roy

 

Correct Answer: B [Lala Lajpat Rai]

Notes: Lala Lajpat Rai used the safety valve theory in “Young India” in 1916 and said that it was a product of brain of Lord Dufferin.

 

42. Who among the following was the head of the Arbital Tribunal set up at the time of India’s independence?

[A] C Radcliffe
[B] William Patrick Spens
[C] Edward Percy Smith
[D] William Lloyd Roots

 

Correct Answer: B [William Patrick Spens]

 

43. Who among the following was the first Non-Congress chief minister of India?

[A] Indulal Yagnik
[B] NG Ranga
[C] EMS Naboodiripad
[D] Shankar Dayal Sharma

 

Correct Answer: C [EMS Naboodiripad]

44. Which among the following was the immediate cause of Quit India Movement?

[A] Withdrawal of British from South East Asia
[B] Failure of Cripps Mission
[C] Failure of August Offer
[D] Arrest of Mahatma Gandhi

 

Correct Answer: B [Failure of Cripps Mission]

45. Who among the following did not vehemently protested the withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement after the Chauri-Chaura Incident?

[A] Jawahar Lal Nehru
[B] Subhash Chandra Bose
[C] C R Das
[D] Motilal Nehru

 

Correct Answer: A [Jawahar Lal Nehru]

 

46. Who among the following said that “The Rowlatt Act is a Preventive Murder“?

[A] Mahatma Gandhi
[B] Lala Lajpat Rai
[C] Edwin Samuel Montagu
[D] Jawahar Lal Nehru

 

Correct Answer: C [Edwin Samuel Montagu]

 

47. Which among the following cities saw the first instance of Satyagraha in India?

[A] Surat
[B] Kheda
[C] Champaran
[D] Ahemdabad

 

Correct Answer: D [Ahemdabad]

 

48. To do something for the Indigo Planters, who among the following persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come to Champaran?

[A] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
[B] Rajkumar Shukla
[C] Brij Kishore
[D] Mahadev Desai

 

Correct Answer: B [Rajkumar Shukla]

 

49. Which among the following was the First Revolutionary organization of Bengal ?

[A] Hindustan Socialist Party
[B] Anushilan Samiti
[C] India House
[D] Jugantar Party

 

Correct Answer: B [Anushilan Samiti]

 

50. “NEW LAMPS FOR OLD” was written by?

[A] Bipin Chandra Pal
[B] Aurobindo Ghosh
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Ashwani Kumar

 

Correct Answer: B [Aurobindo Ghosh]

51. Who among these is thought of as a Pioneer of Economic Nationalism?

[A] Madan Mohan Malviya
[B] R.C. Dutt
[C] Bipin Chandra Pal
[D] G.K. Gokhale

 

Correct Answer: B [R.C. Dutt]

 

52. RESPONSIVIST Class of Leaders belonged to?

[A] Gandhians
[B] No Changers
[C] Muslim League
[D] Swarajists

 

Correct Answer: D [Swarajists]

 

53. Various Cooperative societies of the agriculturists and Agricultural Banks were established during the time of Lord Curzon. What was the most appropriate reason for this?

[A] Lord Curzon wanted to improve the condition of agriculture in India
[B] The money lenders had refused to advance loans to peasants
[C] India was plagued with several famines
[D] Lord Curzon was given a mandate to work for the welfare of peasants

 

Correct Answer: B [The money lenders had refused to advance loans to peasants]

Notes: In this question, the most appropriate answer is B. We know that Lord Curzon had introduced the Punjab Land Alienation Act in 1900. In this act, it was laid down that non-peasant could buy lands from the peasants and neither could be attached their lands in case pf nonpayment of debts and nor keep the land in mortgage for more than 20 years. The result was the moneylenders stopped lending money and Lord Curzon had to open banks and these societies

 

54. All the following announcements were made at the Delhi Durbar in 1911 except one. Identify that one:

[A] Transfer of Capital from Calcutta to Delhi
[B] Annulment of Partition of Bengal
[C] Separation of Bihar, Orissa and Chhotanagpur from Bengal’s Jurisdiction
[D] Election of Indians to the various legislative councils in India

 

Correct Answer: D [Election of Indians to the various legislative councils in India]

Notes: please note that following were also declared in the same- 1. A month`s extra pay for soldiers and subordinate Civil Servants 2. Establishment of a new university at Dhaka 3. Declaration of eligibility of Indians for getting a Victoria Cross 4. Creation of a Governor-in Council for United Bengal 5. Reduction of Assam into a Chief Commissionership Option D was a part of Minto Morley reforms.

 

55. After independence, from which year, India brought its distinctive coins?

[A] 1947
[B] 1949
[C] 1950
[D] 1955

 

Correct Answer: C [1950]

Notes: India won its independence on August 15, 1947. During the period of transition India retained the monetary system and the currency and coinage of the earlier period. India brought out its distinctive coins on 15th August, 1950.

 

56.In which year, India Office of the Secretary of State for India and Burma came to an end ?

[A] 1943
[B] 1945
[C] 1947
[D] 1950

 

Correct Answer: C [1947]

57.In which year, Liaquat–Nehru Pact was signed?

[A] 1947
[B] 1949
[C] 1950
[D] 1955

 

Correct Answer: C [1950]

58.The Rajiv Gandhi action plan, put forward by the late Leader in 1988 is related to which among the following?

[A] Environment Protection
[B] Nuclear Disarmament
[C] Information Technology
[D] Multilateral Trade

 

Correct Answer: B [Nuclear Disarmament]

59. Kandaghat, a heritage railway station made entirely of wood and built by the British in 1903 was destroyed in the fire.In which state this Railway Station was located ?

[A] Gujarat
[B] Maharastra
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Jammu & Kashmir

 

Correct Answer: C [Himachal Pradesh]

60. Who among the following is known for the famous quote “an uncontrolled pen serves but to destroy”.?

[A] Jawahar Lal Nehru
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Leo Tolstoy
[D] Rabindranath Tagore

 

Correct Answer: B [Mahatma Gandhi]



61.Who among the following rulers of Bengal had issued a coin named Zurbe Murshedabad?

[A] Mir Jafar
[B] Mir Qasim
[C] Murshid Quli Khan
[D] Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan

 

Correct Answer: C [Murshid Quli Khan]

Notes: Murshid Quli Khan was the First Nawab of Bengal whose reign in this capacity was from 1717 to 1727. He changed the name of Makhsusabad to Murshidabad and as soon as Farrukhsiyar acknowledged his changing the name of Makhsusabad to Murshidabad he released Zurbe Murshedabad coin, in his own new mint.

 

62.Who among the following made a statement of end of strike after the famous RIN mutiny of 1946 at Kolkata?

[A] Liaqat Ali Khan
[B] Sardar Patel
[C] Dr. Ambedkar
[D] Mohammad Ali Jinnah

 

Correct Answer: D [Mohammad Ali Jinnah]

Notes: The mutiny was ended by intervention of Sardar Patel, who after a meeting with M. S. Khan made a statement of ending the strike. The similar statement was made by Jinnah in Calcutta. The mutineers surrendered but despite the assurances of Congress and Muslim League, many mutineers were arrested, subjected to court martial and dismissed from the services.

 

63. Under which of the following INA comrades, Officers’ Training School for INA officers was opened in 1943?

[A] Lt. Col. M.Z. Kiani.
[B] Habib ur Rahman
[C] Mohan Singh
[D] Lt. Col J.K. Bhonsle

 

Correct Answer: B [Habib ur Rahman]

Notes: Officers Training School for INA officers was opened under Habib ur Rahman. Azad School for the civilian volunteers were set up to provide training to the recruits. For the first time in Asia a women`s regiment, the Rani of Jhansi regiment was raised as a combat force, under Captain Laxmi Swaminathan.

 

64. On July 31, 1937, Gandhi had published an article in the Harijan. Based upon this article, an all India National Education Conference was held on October 22 and 23, 1937, which was called the Wardha Educational Conference. All of the following resolutions were taken at the Wardha Educational Conference except one.
Identify that from the given options:

[A] Free and compulsory education to be provided for 7 years at a nationwide scale.
[B] Mother tongue should be the medium of instruction
[C] Through out this period of 7 years, the education should be focused around India’s rich culture, heritage and proud history
[D] This system would generate the remuneration of the teachers.

 

Correct Answer: C [Through out this period of 7 years, the education should be focused around India’s rich culture, heritage and proud history]

Notes: The resolution was that through out this period of 7 years, the education should be around some forms of manual and productive work and for this purpose a handicraft must be chosen , based upon the environment of the child. Following this conference, a committee under Dr. Zakir Hussain was appointed to formulate the scheme of the basic education.

The aim of the basic education was to develop the qualities of the ideal citizenship and more aspect should be give to the Indian culture than the literacy

 

65.Before Mahatma Gandhi, who among the following had devised the Doctrine of Passive Resistance by leading a “No-rent Campaign” the form of non-payment of the taxes as it would breach the legal obligation and will be a direct defiance of the administrative authority?

[A] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[B] Sri Arubindo
[C] Lala Lajpat Rai
[D] Dada Bhai Naoroji

 

Correct Answer: A [Bal Gangadhar Tilak]

Notes: The no rent campaign was launched by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1896 in the wake of the 1896 famine. He distributed the pamphlets explaining the provisions of Famine Relief Code to the public and also had requested to pay no rents.

 

66.At which among the following places, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India.?

[A] Lucknow
[B] Nagpur
[C] Kolkata
[D] Delhi

 

Correct Answer: C [Kolkata]

Notes: In 1906, for the first time flag was hoisted in Kolkata by Surendranath Banerjee.

 

67.At which among the following places, Jayaprakash Narayan had convened the first All India Congress Socialists Conference in 1934?

[A] Lucknow
[B] Patna
[C] Gaya
[D] Kolkata

 

Correct Answer: B [Patna]

 

68.At which among the following conferences, a 34 point resolution was passed by which the Indian National Army was made subordinate to the Indian Independence League?

[A] Bangkok Conference
[B] Tokyo Conference
[C] Singapore Conference
[D] Penang Conference

 

Correct Answer: A [Bangkok Conference]

 

69.“Vanguard” was the daily publication of which among the following political parties / organizations?

[A] Indian Independence league
[B] Communist Party of India
[C] Radical Democratic Party
[D] Swaraj Party

 

Correct Answer: C [Radical Democratic Party]

Notes: Please note that Vanguard was mouthpiece of Radical Democratic Party which was founded by M N Roy. Its editor was Ram Singh.

 

70.” India after the war will become a running sore which will sap the strength of British Empire”
Who among the following had expressed this thought?

[A] Lord Wavell
[B] Lord Linlithgow
[C] Lord Mountbatten
[D] Sir Stafford Cripps

 

Correct Answer: A [Lord Wavell]

 

71.The efforts of which among the following leaders were successful passing of the Bombay Primary Education Act?

[A] Ganesh Vasudev Mavalanka
[B] R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
[C] Vitthal Bhai Patel
[D] Govind Ballabh Pant

 

Correct Answer: C [Vitthal Bhai Patel]

 

72.Who among the following leaders unsuccessfully introduced a Bill in the Imperial legislative Council to make compulsory primary education for children of 6-10 years in the British Era?

[A] Womesh Chandra Banerjee
[B] Gopal Krishna Gokhle
[C] Mahadev Govind Ranade
[D] Madan Mohan Malviya

 

Correct Answer: B [Gopal Krishna Gokhle]

 

73. Consider the following:

1.   Indigo

2.   Opium

3.   Cotton

For which among the above commodities, the peasants were forced to grow in India , making the British more and more rich?

[A] 1 & 2 only
[B] 1 only
[C] 2 & 3 only
[D] All of them

 

Correct Answer: A [1 & 2 only]

 

74.Which among the following was the most important reason behind the increased debt burden in India in the last 100 years of the British Rule?

[A] Introduction of Guaranteed Railways
[B] Introduction of Industries
[C] British Capital Investment
[D] Unjust Fiscal policies

 

Correct Answer: C [British Capital Investment]

 

75. There were three people in the Indian National Congress whose influence and persuasion led to a sort of agreement between the INC and British , which led to talks between Gandhi and Lord Irwin, commonly known as Gandhi Irwin Pact. Who among the following 4 given options was not among these three?

[A] Tej Bahadur Sapru
[B] M R Jayakar
[C] V S Srinivasa Shastri
[D] Purshottam Das Tandon

 

Correct Answer: D [Purshottam Das Tandon]

Notes: Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, M R Jayakar, VS Srinivasa Sastri had exercised their influence on Congress to bring about a settlement that ultimately was signed on 5 march 1931 and was known as Gandhi Irwin Pact.

 

76. Consider the following recommendations of a committee in pre-independence era:

1.               Short term measure: 1 Primary health center per 40,000 population, 30 beds,3 Sub centers and 2 medical officers

2.               Long term programme:Primary health units with a 75 bedded hospital per 10,000 -20,000 population;secondary health units with 650 bedded hospital, Regional Health units with 2,500 beds

This committee had triggered the public health reforms in India. Identify the name of this committee from the given options:

[A] Jackson Committee
[B] Bering Committee
[C] Bhore Committee
[D] None of them

 

Correct Answer: C [Bhore Committee]

Notes:This committee was the Bhore Committee under the chairmanship of Sir Joseph Bhore. Its report was published in 1946 and is a pioneer report in the form of health reforms in India.

 

77.Till which of the following years, the appointments of the Civil Services were exclusively done by the Directors of the East India Company?

[A] 1833
[B] 1853
[C] 1857
[D] 1858

 

Correct Answer: B [1853]

 

78.Which among the following event led the British government of Lord North to undertake a legislation to meet the situation and provide some form of legal government for the Indian possessions of the East India Company, which resulted in Regulating Act of 1773?

[A] The Officers of East India Company were indulged in all sorts of corruption
[B] East India Company was facing fierce resistance from the Native princes of India
[C] The competition with the French East India Company had almost finished the business of British East India Company
[D] East India Company had become almost insolvent

 

Correct Answer: D [East India Company had become almost insolvent]

Notes:In 1773, the company became almost insolvent and forced to apply to the British Government for a loan of One Million Pound Sterling. This led to the British government of Lord North to undertake a legislation to meet the situation and provide some form of legal government for the Indian possessions of the East India Company, which resulted in Regulating Act of 1773.

 

79.After which among the following events, the Cabinet Mission plan was thought to have become defunct?

[A] Call for a Direct Action Day by Muslim League
[B] Boycott of the Muslim Legue of the Constituent assembly
[C] The formation of the Interim Government
[D] Atlee’s Declaration

 

Correct Answer: D [Atlee’s Declaration]

 

80.After the permanent settlement, what fraction of the revenue derived by the Zamindars to the Company was to be remitted?

[A] 50%
[B] 65%
[C] 76%
[D] 89%

 

Correct Answer: D [89%]

 

81.After the Hindustan Republican Association was renamed as Hindustan Socialist Republic Association, a central committee was formed. Who among the following was from Bihar in this central Committee?

[A] Sukhdev
[B] Kundanlal
[C] P N Ghosh
[D] Shiv Sharma

 

Correct Answer: C [P N Ghosh]

 

82.About which of the following books, Mahatma Gandhi has said that “it brought about an instaneous and practical transformation in my life”?

[A] Anna Karenina
[B] War & Peace
[C] Kingdom of God is within You
[D] Unto this last

 

Correct Answer: D [Unto this last]

 

83.A manifesto known as “Philosophy of the Bomb”, was brought out by which among the following organizations?

[A] Ghadar Party
[B] Hindustan Republic Association
[C] Hindustan Socialist Republic Association
[D] Jugantar

 

Correct Answer: C [Hindustan Socialist Republic Association]

 

84.“There was only one genuine extremist in India and that was Mr. Tilak”
Who among the following had made this remark in context with Bal Gangadhar Tilak?

[A] Mahatma Gandhi
[B] Moti Lal Nehru
[C] Edwin Montague
[D] Lord Hardinge

 

Correct Answer: C [Edwin Montague]

 

85.“Only mad men outside lunatic asylums could think or talk of independence” 
Who among the following had made this remark in context with the budding idea of Swarajya?

[A] Lord Hardinge
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Gopal Krishan Gokhle
[D] Pheroz Shah Mehta

 

Correct Answer: C [Gopal Krishan Gokhle]

 

86.Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence?

[A] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
[B] J B Kriplani
[C] Dr. Bhimrao Amedkar
[D] Jawahar Lal Nehru

 

Correct Answer: B [J B Kriplani]

 

87.After the revolt of 1857, via the Government of India Act 1858, the Crown had assumed the direct responsibility for the Government of India. By this act, all legislative, administrative and Financial Powers came to be concentrated in which among the following?

[A] Viceroy and Governor General
[B] Viceroy’s and his council
[C] Secretary of State for India and his council
[D] Viceroy’s Council

 

Correct Answer: C [Secretary of State for India and his council]

 

88.“Congress is in reality a Civil war without arms”
Who among the following made the above remarks in regard to Congress?

[A] Lord Dufferin
[B] Mohammad Ali Jinnah
[C] Syed Ahamad Khan
[D] Lord Curzon

 

Correct Answer: C [Syed Ahamad Khan]

 

89.Consider the following facts about a pioneer social reformer of Maharastra:

1.               He is widely considered to be the first journalist and editor in Marathi Language.

2.               He started a weekly Bombay Darpan in 1832 and Digdarshan in 1840

3.               His many works include the books in history & math for children

Identify this personality from the given names:

[A] Jagannath Sheth
[B] Vishnu Shastri Bapat
[C] Krishna Shahstri Chaplunkar
[D] Balashastri Jambhekar

 

Correct Answer: D [Balashastri Jambhekar]

90.Consider the following:

1.               French

2.               British

3.               Portuguese

4.               Dutch

The Battle of Swally Hole of 1615 was fought between which among the above?

[A] 1 & 2
[B] 2 & 3
[C] 3 & 4
[D] 1 & 4

 

Correct Answer: B [2 & 3]

121.Which among the following was not a Pre-Indian National Congress Organization?

[A] Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
[B] Servants of India Society
[C] National Indian Association
[D] Indian National Association

 

Correct Answer: B [Servants of India Society]

 

122.No Indian could have started the Indian National Congress…if an Indian had come forward to start such a movement embracing all Indians, the officials in India would not have allowed the movement to come into existence”
The above famous statement was given by which among the following leaders?

[A] Jawahar Lal Nehru
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Dada Bhai Naoroji
[D] Gopal Krishna Gokhle

 

Correct Answer: D [Gopal Krishna Gokhle]

 

123.On February 18, 1911, the first commercial plane flew in India between which among the following cities?

[A] Mumbai & Pune
[B] Allahabad & Naini
[C] Agra and Delhi
[D] Mumbai and Nasik

 

Correct Answer: B [Allahabad & Naini]

 

124.Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act ?

[A] Lord Lytton
[B] Lord Ripon
[C] Lord Dufferin
[D] Lord Lansdowne

 

Correct Answer: B [Lord Ripon]

 

125.The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were established as the outcome of which among the following?

[A] Hunter Commission Report
[B] Sir Charleswood’s dispatch
[C] Indian Universities Act
[D] Hartog Committee

Hartog Committee

 

Correct Answer: B [Sir Charleswood’s dispatch]

 

126.In which year, Submarine Telegraphy System was opened between India and Europe?

[A] 1860
[B] 1862
[C] 1865
[D] 1880

 

Correct Answer: C [1865]

127.which among the following Viceroy’s tenure, Simon Commission was appointed?

[A] Lord Wellington
[B] Lord Irwin
[C] Lord Reading
[D] Lord Chelmsford

 

Correct Answer: B [Lord Irwin]

128.Consider the following events: 
1. First Round Table Conference 
2. Pakistan Declaration 
3. Poona Pact 
4. Gandhi Irwin Pact 
Which among the following represents the correct chronological order of the above events?

[A] 1 , 2, 3, 4
[B] 1, 4, 3, 2,
[C] 4, 3, 2, 1
[D] 3, 4, 2, 1

 

Correct Answer: B [1, 4, 3, 2,]

129.Who among the following shared the similar ideology?

[A] Gopal Krishna Gokhle and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Dada Bhai Naoroji
[C] Chitranjan Das and Moti Lal Nehru
[D] Subhash Chandra Bose and Dr.Pattabhi Sitaramayya

 

Correct Answer: C [Chitranjan Das and Moti Lal Nehru]

130.In which of the following sessions, the concession was given by the congress to Muslim League in acceptance of separate electorates in 1916?

[A] Calcutta
[B] Lucknow
[C] Allahabad
[D] Lahore

 

Correct Answer: B [Lucknow]



131.After failure of which among the following movements, the Swaraj Party was formed?

[A] Quit India Movement
[B] Non-cooperation Movement
[C] Civil disobedience Movement
[D] Swadeshi Movement

 

Correct Answer: B [Non-cooperation Movement]

132.In which of the following years, first commercial civil aviation flight took place in India between Allahabad and Naini?

[A] 1910
[B] 1911
[C] 1912
[D] 1915

 

Correct Answer: B [1911]

Notes:

1911, February 18

133.Who among the following had gone to England to plead the cause of the Mughal emperor Akbar II, with an ambassador of the emperor?

[A] Azimullah Khan
[B] Raja Ram Mohan Roy
[C] Maharaja Tejchandra Ray
[D] Raja Radhakanta Deb

 

Correct Answer: B [Raja Ram Mohan Roy]

134.The Regulation XVII, passed by the British Government was related to which among the following?

[A] Abolition of Sati
[B] Abolition of Provincial Courts of Appeal
[C] Suppression of Thugs
[D] Abolition of Slavery

 

Correct Answer: A [Abolition of Sati]

135.During the tenure of which among the following Governors , annexation of Coorg took place?

[A] Lord William Bentinck
[B] The Lord Auckland
[C] The Lord Ellenborough
[D] The Lord Cornwallis

 

Correct Answer: A [Lord William Bentinck]

136.who among the following published leaders Sambad Kaumudi” ?

[A] Raja Rammohan Roy
[B] Dayanand Saraswati
[C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
[D] Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya

 

Correct Answer: A [Raja Rammohan Roy]

137.The Treaty of Segauli defined the relations of the British India with which among the following neighbors?

[A] Bhutan
[B] Burma
[C] China
[D] Nepal

 

Correct Answer: D [Nepal]

138.Which of the following acts first time explicitly defined the constitutional position of the British territories in India?

[A] The Regulating Act of 1773
[B] The Charter Act of 1813
[C] The Charter Act of 1833
[D] Act of 1858

 

Correct Answer: B [The Charter Act of 1813]

139.The Ancestors of Maharaja Ranjit Singh were from which among the following Misals?

[A] The Karora Singh Misal
[B] The Shahid and Nishang Misal
[C] The Phulikian Misal
[D] The Shukarchakia Misal

 

Correct Answer: D [The Shukarchakia Misal]

140.Which among the following Treaty left Raghunath Rao retire on Pension?

[A] Treaty of Bassein
[B] Treaty of Salbai
[C] Treaty of Poona
[D] Treaty of Madras

 

Correct Answer: B [Treaty of Salbai]



141.Who among the following brought the first Printing Machine in India?

[A] Portuguese
[B] French
[C] Dutch
[D] British

 

Correct Answer: A [Portuguese]

142.Ruler of which among the following for the fist time signed “Subsidiary Alliance Treaty” with the British in which the Company kept its army inside the border of protected state and got some territories in return?

[A] Hyderabad
[B] Awadh
[C] Poona
[D] Mysore

 

Correct Answer: B [Awadh]

Notes:
Hyderabad was first to sign the Subsidiary Alliance Treaty but it was Awadh which signed a treaty to allow company keep its army inside the border of protected state and got some territories in return.

143.The Treaty of Amiens finally made Ceylon as _________?

[A] A Dutch colony
[B] A French Colony
[C] A British Colony
[D] A Portuguese Colony

 

Correct Answer: C [A British Colony]

144.Which among the following was the source of money for “Clive Fund“?

[A] His salary and emoluments in the East India Company
[B] Money earned by him as gifts and bribes from the Indians
[C] Money left by Mir Jafar for him as Gift
[D] Money confiscated from the Beghum of Nawab of Awadh

 

Correct Answer: C [Money left by Mir Jafar for him as Gift]

145.The term “Bleeding Madras” is related to which among the following?

[A] An event during the First war of Independence
[B] A Newspaper published in British Era
[C] A type of Cloth
[D] A type of Plant

 

Correct Answer: C [A type of Cloth]

146.Arrange the following events in their correct chronological order: 
1. August Offer
2. Cripps India Mission 
3. Bombay Mutiny 
4. Quit India Movement

[A] 1,2,3,4
[B] 1,2.4,3
[C] 1,4,2,3
[D] 3,1,4,2

 

Correct Answer: B [1,2.4,3]

Notes:

August Offer 1940,

Cripps Mission 1942 (March) ,

Quit India Movement 1942 (August) ,

Bombay Mutiny 1946

147.In which of the following cases, VD Savarkar was sentenced to transportation for life to the infamous Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Kala Pani) in 1911?

[A] Alipore Bomb Case
[B] Nasik Conspiracy Case
[C] Delhi conspiracy case
[D] Lahore Conspiracy Case

 

Correct Answer: B [Nasik Conspiracy Case]

148.Satya Shodhak Samaj” was founded by whom among the following ?

[A] Raja Rammohan Roy
[B] Sant Tukaram
[C] Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
[D] None of them

 

Correct Answer: C [Mahatma Jyotiba Phule]

149.”Faith is a Battle” is the biographical work on which of the following personalities?

[A] Mohammad Ali Jinnah
[B] Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
[C] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[D] None of them

 

Correct Answer: B [Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan]

150.The Jakarta History Museum located in old Jakarta, Indonesia was once used as the headquarters of which of the following?

[A] British East India Company
[B] Dutch East India Company
[C] Portuguese East India Company
[D] Danish East India Company

 

Correct Answer: B [Dutch East India Company]



151.Lalita Mahal that was specially built as a residence of Viceroy of British India is located in which of the following city?

[A] Mysore
[B] Hyderabad
[C] Chennai
[D] Kolkata

 

Correct Answer: A [Mysore]

152.Mahatma Ghandhi’s remarks, “A Post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” was regarding the proposals of which of the following?

[A] Government of India Act 1935
[B] Wavel Plan
[C] Cripps Mission
[D] Simon Commission

 

Correct Answer: C [Cripps Mission]

153.Which among the following was the work field of Jibanananda Das , a Bengal Icon?

[A] Social Service
[B] Literature
[C] Science and Technology
[D] Journalism

 

Correct Answer: B [Literature]

154.Consider the following matches: 

1.   Ashtapradan : Maratha Empire

2.   AshtaDiggaja : Vijaynagar Empire 

3.   Navaratna : Chandra Gupta I 

4.   Dahasala : Administration of Akbar 

Which among the above are matched correctly?

[A] Only 1
[B] Only 1 & 2
[C] Only 1, 2, 3,
[D] Only 1, 2 , 4

 

Correct Answer: D [Only 1, 2 , 4]

155.The Woods dispatch of 1854 is related to which of the following?

[A] Setting up of some universities in India
[B] Introduction of the India Post
[C] Abolition of the Sati
[D] Establishment of Administration Services in India

 

Correct Answer: A [Setting up of some universities in India]

156.Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme was started for which among the following?

[A] Ex-Andaman political prisoners, freedom fighters and their dependents
[B] Freedom fighters under Goa Liberation Movement
[C] Strugglers for merger of erstwhile Nizam State of Hyderabad with Union of India
[D] All the above

 

Correct Answer: D [All the above]

157.From which of the following, East India Company aquired Bombay on a lease on 27 March 1668?

[A] British Empire
[B] Spain
[C] Portugal
[D] France

 

Correct Answer: A [British Empire]

158.Who among the following is best known for defending three Indian National Army soldiers accused of treason during World War II?

[A] Asaf Al
[B] Bhulabhai Desai
[C] Subhash Chandra Bose
[D] C Rajgopalachari

 

Correct Answer: B [Bhulabhai Desai]

159.Consider the following: 

1.   She is the first person of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church 

2.   A commemorative coin was issued by the Government of India in her memory in 2009. 

3.   She is only the second Indian to be elevated to sainthood after the 16th century martyr, Gonsalo Garcia, who was canonized in 1862

Who among the following fits in the above three criteria?

[A] Mother Teresa
[B] Saint Alphonsa
[C] Saint Paulina
[D] Gemma Galgani

 

Correct Answer: B [Saint Alphonsa]

160.Which among the following was the apex court in of India during the British Era?

[A] Federal Court
[B] Presidency Supreme Court
[C] Privy Council
[D] Supreme Court of England

 

Correct Answer: C [Privy Council]



161.Which among the following provisions was not provided by the Charter Act of 1833?

[A] Governor General of Bengal was made the Governor General of India
[B] Government of Bombay and Madras were deprived of their legislative powers
[C] The activities of East India Company as a commercial entity ended
[D] The Portfolio system was given a statutory Recognition

 

Correct Answer: D [The Portfolio system was given a statutory Recognition]

162.Which of the following Sikh Guru is know to have completed the Harmandir Sahib?

[A] Guru Arjun Dev
[B] Guru Ram Das
[C] Guru Har Gobind
[D] Guru Amar Das

 

Correct Answer: A [Guru Arjun Dev]

163.Consider the following: 

1.   Botanical Survey of India 

2.   Zoological Survey of India

3.   Archeological Survey of India 

4.   Anthropological Survey of India

Which among the following represents the correct chronological arrangement of their establishments ?

[A] 1 3 2 4
[B] 3 1 2 4
[C] 1 2 3 4
[D] 3 1 4 2

 

Correct Answer: B [3 1 2 4]

Notes:

Botanical Survey of India 1887,

Zoological Survey of India 1916,

ASI 1784 as Asiatic Society of Bengal ,

Anthropological Survey of India 1945

164.Bring out the only incorrect statement:

[A] Kaveri is the longest river of Tamil Nadu
[B] India is the second largest producer of Chillies after China
[C] Regulating act 1773 established a supreme Court in India
[D] Attorney General of India is appointed as per article 1976

 

Correct Answer: B [India is the second largest producer of Chillies after China]

165.Bring out the only incorrect statement:

[A] Impeachment of the President Can be initiated in any house of the parliament
[B] Winston Churchill called Mahatma Gandhi as a “Naked Faqir”
[C] Megasthenes has written in detail about slavery in India that was prevalent in Mauryan Era
[D] Raj Rajeshwar temple was built by Chola Kings as Tanjore

 

Correct Answer: C [Megasthenes has written in detail about slavery in India that was prevalent in Mauryan Era]

Notes:

Slavery in India was not prevalent and megasthenes said that there was no slavery

166.Consider the following statements: 

1.   Holders of the Bharat Ratna decoration find a place higher than Judges of Supreme Court of India in the Indian order of precedence

2.   First person to get Bharat Ratna posthumously was Lal Bahadur Shastri

Which among the above statements is / are correct?

[A] Only 1 is true
[B] Only 2 is true
[C] Both are True
[D] Both are untrue

 

Correct Answer: C [Both are True]

167.SNDT Women’s University, the first women university was established at which of the following places?

[A] Mumbai
[B] Pune
[C] Thane
[D] Nasik

 

Correct Answer: B [Pune]

168.Pipali in Bengal is best known for which of the following ?

[A] First Dutch Factory
[B] First Portuguese Factory
[C] First French Factory
[D] First British Factory

 

Correct Answer: A [First Dutch Factory]

169.In which year, Congress recognized the Muslim League as the political party representing the Muslims for the first time?

[A] 1912
[B] 1914
[C] 1916
[D] 1923

 

Correct Answer: C [1916]

170.Who among the following led the rebels during the “Siege of Cawnpore”?

[A] Nana Sahib
[B] Bajirao II
[C] Raghunathrao
[D] None of them

 

Correct Answer: A [Nana Sahib]



171.Bring out the only incorrect statement:

[A] Allahabad High Court has Maximum number of sanctioned Judges in India
[B] Uttar Pradesh shares its border with 8 states
[C] Sultan Sikandar Lodi was the first to move his capital from Delhi to Agra
[D] Aligarh Muslim University was originally established by an act of parliament

 

Correct Answer: D [Aligarh Muslim University was originally established by an act of parliament]

Notes:

Aligarh Muslim University was originally founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in 1875 as Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College

172.Who among the following was appointed as the secretary of Education for India in 1917 by British and was the first Muslim to get this appointment in India?

[A] Azimulah Khan
[B] Allamama Mashriqi
[C] Mukhtar Ahamed Ansari
[D] Liaqut Ali Khan

 

Correct Answer: B [Allamama Mashriqi]

173.Who among the following famous personalities had started a magazine called “Lisan-ul-Sidq’” ?

[A] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[B] APJ Abdul Kalam
[C] Dr. Zakir Hussain
[D] Dr. Hamid Ansari

 

Correct Answer: A [Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]

174.Who among the following is considered to be the first Finance Minister in British India, who also founded The Economist magazine and the Standard Chartered Bank?

[A] James Wilson
[B] Alexander Hamilton
[C] Henry Baillie
[D] Thomas Wyse

 

Correct Answer: A [James Wilson]

175.Which among the following was the only session in which Mahatma Gandhi elected as Congress President?

[A] Lucknow
[B] Belgaum
[C] Mumbai
[D] Karachi

 

Correct Answer: B [Belgaum]

176.Which among the following was the only session in which Mahatma Gandhi elected as Congress President?

[A] Lucknow
[B] Belgaum
[C] Mumbai
[D] Karachi

 

Correct Answer: B [Belgaum]

177.Which among the following was first established in India?

[A] Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
[B] Sangeet Natak Akademi
[C] Sindri Fertilizer Factory
[D] The National News Print Ltd

 

Correct Answer: C [Sindri Fertilizer Factory]

178.Who among the following formed the group” Brothers of India”?

[A] Annie Besant
[B] George Feuerstein
[C] H.S. Olcott
[D] Alan Watts

 

Correct Answer: A [Annie Besant]

179.From which of the following places Komagata Maru started its journey?

[A] Singapore
[B] Japan
[C] Kolkata
[D] Honkong

 

Correct Answer: D [Honkong]

180.In which year the British Government signed the Hague Opium Convention?

[A] 1910
[B] 1911
[C] 1912
[D] 1913

 

Correct Answer: C [1912]



181.Who among the following assassinated Lt. Colonial Sir William Curzon Wiley, Political ADC to the Secretary of State for India in 1909, as one of the first acts of revolution in the Indian independence movement?

[A] Madan Lal Dhingra
[B] Har Dayal
[C] Udham Singh
[D] Roshan Singh

 

Correct Answer: A [Madan Lal Dhingra]

182.In which of the following countries “Subhash Chandra Bose” organized the ” Tiger Legion”?

[A] Singapore
[B] Germany
[C] Japan
[D] Italy

 

Correct Answer: B [Germany]

183.In which year after independence, India became a party to the International Wheat Agreement for a four-year period?

[A] 1947
[B] 1949
[C] 1950
[D] 1955

 

Correct Answer: B [1949]

184.On February 3, 1882, the British Government of India appointed an Indian Education Commission 1882, with a view to enquire into the working of the existing System of Public Instruction and further extension of that system on popular basis. Who among the following was the chairman of 
this commission?

[A] H P Jacob
[B] C Pearson
[C] G E Ward
[D] W.W. Hunter

 

Correct Answer: D [W.W. Hunter]

185.Who among the following is also known as “Gandhi of Bihar”?

[A] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
[B] Babu Kunwar Singh
[C] Jayaprakash Narayan
[D] Sheel Bhadra Yagee

 

Correct Answer: A [Dr. Rajendra Prasad]

186.Aliah University is the First Muslim University of which of the following states?

[A] Gujarat
[B] West Bengal
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Uttar Pradesh

 

Correct Answer: B [West Bengal]

187.Consider the following:

1.   Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden

2.   Asiatic Society of Bengal

3.   Kolkata Alipur Zoological Gardens

Which among the following correctly represents the correct chronological order of the establishment of the above?

[A] 1,2,3
[B] 2,1,3
[C] 3,1,2
[D] 2,3,1

 

Correct Answer: B [2,1,3]

Notes:

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden : 1787,

Asiatic Society of Bengal : 1784,

Kolkata Alipur Zoological Gardens : 1800

188.The famous Lalbagh Garden of the Bangalore was commissioned by which of the following rulers?

[A] Hyder Ali
[B] Tipu Sultan
[C] Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
[D] Krishnaraja Wodeyar II

 

Correct Answer: A [Hyder Ali]

189.What was PEPSU, after India’s independence?

[A] Part A state
[B] Part B state
[C] Part C state
[D] Part D state

 

Correct Answer: B [Part B state]

190.Consider the following statements: 

1.   American Civil War (1861-1865) boosted the demand of Indian Cotton 

2.   The boost in the demand of Indian cotton ultimately led to failure of Bank of Bombay in 1866

Which among the above statements is / are correct?

[A] 1 only
[B] 2 only
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2

 

Correct Answer: C [Both 1 & 2]



191.Who among the following was elected the president of the Naval Central Strike committee of the Royal Indian Navy prior to the RIN Mutiny of 1946?

[A] M.S Khan
[B] General Shah Nawaz Khan
[C] Colonel Prem Sehgal
[D] Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon

 

Correct Answer: A [M.S Khan]

192.The triumphant saying of “Attock to Cuttack” was most closely related to which of the following ?

[A] Mughals
[B] Marathas
[C] Scindhias
[D] Rajputs

 

Correct Answer: B [Marathas]

193.Who among the following formed a government-in-exile, the Aarzi Hukumat or a temporary government in Junagarh ?

[A] Ramdas Gandhi
[B] Samaldas Gandhi
[C] Ramchandra Gandhi
[D] Harilal Gandhi

 

Correct Answer: B [Samaldas Gandhi]

194.During the integration and merger of states after India’s independence, the firman of which of the following rulers was rejected by the Government of India terming it a “legalistic claim of doubtful validity”?

[A] Raja of Kashmir
[B] Nizam of Hyderabad
[C] Ruler of Travancore
[D] Nawab of Junagarh

 

Correct Answer: B [Nizam of Hyderabad]

195.Who among the following was the leader of Mahagujarat Movement?

[A] Sardar Patel
[B] Indulal Yagnik
[C] Savjibhai Korat
[D] Vinubhai Patel

 

Correct Answer: B [Indulal Yagnik]

196.Which among the following is India’s first ministry to have an account on twitter?

[A] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
[B] Ministry of External Affairs
[C] Ministry of Finance
[D] Home Ministry

 

Correct Answer: B [Ministry of External Affairs]

197.Bandung Conference which was an important step toward the crystallization of the Non-Aligned Movement was organized by Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent. Which among the following participant of the Bandung Conference in 1955,  was not an independent state at that time?

[A] Ceylon
[B] Cyprus
[C] Laos
[D] Liberia

 

Correct Answer: B [Cyprus]

Notes:

Please note that Cyprus got independence in 1960, after an agreement in Zurich and London between the United Kingdom, Greece and Turkey

198.One of our Prime Ministers , Mr. IK Gujral had propounded a doctrine in early nineties which has come to be known as “Gujral Doctrine”. Which among the following statements gives an economic essence of Gujral Doctrine?

[A] India viewed the South Asian Region as one economic entity and emphasizes on the multilateral trade concessions
[B] India offered to create a South Asia Free Trade Region with this doctrine
[C] India offered to sign Free Trade Agreements with its smaller neighbors and was successful in signing such an agreement with Sri Lanka
[D] India offered unilateral concessions and benefits to all its neighbors, without expecting them to make reciprocal gestures to India

 

Correct Answer: D [India offered unilateral concessions and benefits to all its neighbors, without expecting them to make reciprocal gestures to India]

199.Which of the following Gurudwara in India is the site where the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded on the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1675 A.D?

[A] Gurdwara Moti Bagh Sahib
[B] Gurdwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
[C] Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib
[D] Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib

 

Correct Answer: C [Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib]

Notes:

Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib is in Chandni Chowk , Delhi

200.Which of the following commissions appointed by the British Government abolished the statutory civil service and recommended a Provincial Civil Service in 1888?

[A] Islington Commission
[B] Aitchison Commission
[C] Royal commission on the Superior Civil Services in India
[D] Charles Freer Andrews Commission

 

Correct Answer: B [Aitchison Commission]

 

 

 

 

 

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