Modern Indian History MCQs : This section focuses on the "Modern Indian History". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Modern Indian History skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
The prime objective of ................was to enhance foreign investment andprovide an internationally competitive and hassle free environment for exports.
A. SEZ
B. Land Grabbing
C. Liberalization
D. Privatization
Question 2
When was the Bengal Province partioned ?
A. 1905
B. 1906
C. 1911
D. 1909
Question 3
Shudhi movement was started by
A. . swami shraddhanand
B. swami dayanand
C. sree narayana guru
D. R G Ranade
Question 4
The first Indian selected for Indian Civil Service was:
A. Satyendra Nath Tagore
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. C.R. Das
Question 5
The governor general of India came to be known as Viceroy of India with effect from
A. 1855
B. 1856
C. 1857
D. 1858
Question 6
How many branches of Home rule league did Bal Gangadhar Tilak setup?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 8
Question 7
The treaty of Sreerangapattanam was between
A. tipu and british
B. hyder and british
C. tipu and french
D. hyder and french
Question 8
Who abolished dyrachy system?
A. warren hastings
B. lord curzon
C. cornwallis
D. minto.
Question 9
Defence organization was set up in 1948, on advice ................for the scientificevolution of weapons and equipment, operational research and special studies.
A. Prof. P.M.S Blackett
B. Vajpayee
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Indira Gandhi
Question 10
All men and women of ................. years or above of age whosenames are registered in the voters lists vote in elections for electing the members of Lok Sabha
A. 14
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18
Question 11
Noakhali is situated in
A. West Bengal
B. Bangladesh
C. Tripura
D. Bihar
Question 12
Which was first Vernacular paper in India ?
A. bengal gazette
B. samachar darpan
C. mumbai samachar
D. the times of india.
Question 13
During the First World War, ................joined the central powersagainstBritain.
A. America
B. Britain
C. France
D. Turkey
Question 14
Ramnath Goenka, the only newspaper owner who stood up to..................,was harassed and he faced a series of troubles at the hands of her government.
A. indira gandhi
B. jp, george fernandes,
C. ab vajpayee
D. lk advani,
Question 15
Officially issued by President................ Ahmed under Article 352(1) ofthe Constitution for "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977.
A. Fakhruddin Ali
B. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D. Manmohan Singh
Question 16
In 1917 Annie Besant was elected …........ of the Indian Natioanl Congress.
A. vice roy
B. cheif executive officer
C. manager
D. president.
Question 17
Independent India was founded by :
A. Gopalakrishna Gokhale
B. Thilak
C. M.N. Roy
D. Jayaprakas Narayanan
Question 18
In which year Mohammed Ali- Jinnah was elected to the Imperial LegislativeCouncil from Bombay?
A. 1910
B. 1914
C. 1919
D. 1924
Question 19
The constitution of India became fully operational with effectfrom 26thJanuary..........................
A. 1905
B. 1935
C. 1947
D. 1950
Question 20
Which of the following extremist leader murdered Kennedy on april 30,1908 ?
A. subramaniyam bharati
B. khudirium bose and prafulla chaki
C. hema chandra kanungo
D. sachindranath sanyal
Question 21
Name the important work of V.D. Savarkar
A. Princess
B. Politics
C. Freedom struggle
D. Hindutva1
Question 22
There is no doubt that J.L Nehru's India's first Prime Minister was fully analysed the indispensability of science and technology in the economicand the social independence.
A. J.L Nehru\s
B. Narasimha Rao
C. Prof. P.M.S Blackett
D. Vajpayee
Question 23
The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of .................... had brought alarge scale discontentment among the people of India.
A. 1909
B. 1911
C. 1916
D. 1919
Question 24
Who regarded the villages as the centre of Indian economic organization?
A. Gandhiji
B. Vivekananda
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Thilak
Question 25
Diarchy was introduced by the Act. Of .......................
A. 1908
B. 1913
C. 1915
D. 1919
Question 26
Tipu Sultan was the ruler of
A. hyderabad
B. b madurai
C. mysore
D. vijaya nagar
Question 27
In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, theGovernment of India Act, ................was designed on the basis of the recommendation of Simon Commission.
A. 1905
B. 1915
C. 1925
D. 1935
Question 28
Glimpses of world History’ was written by
A. Nehru
B. Gandhiji
C. Thilak
D. Ambedkar
Question 29
"Go back to Vedas." This call given by
A. Ramakrishna Paramhansa
B. Vivekananda
C. Jyotiba Phule
D. Dayanand Saraswati
Question 30
Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
A. Travancore
B. Baroda
C. Hyderaba
D. D Mysore
Question 31
The head quarters of the Ramakrishna Ashramam is at …........?
A. calcutta
B. bombay
C. delhi
D. dhakka
Question 32
When was Queen Victoria”s proclamatiom
A. 1857
B. 1858
C. 1862
D. 1892
Question 33
An All India Khilafat Conference was held at ..............on November 23,1919with Gandhi as its president.
A. Calcutta
B. Punjab
C. Gujarat
D. Delhi
Question 34
Haider Ali was born in 1722 at ….........
A. Siyal kot
B. Budikot
C. Sherkot
D. None of the above
Question 35
Who said the following of the Indian National Congress ;A safety valve for the escapeof great and growing forces generated by our own actions was urgently needed ?
A. a o hume
B. m a jinnah
C. bal ganghadhar tilak
D. bipin chandra pal
Question 36
Name the philosopher who believed that freedom is the keynote of spirituallife.?
A. Gopala Krishna Gokhale
B. Nehru
C. Ambedkar
D. Vivekanada
Question 37
S N D P formed in the year …......
A. 1905
B. 1903
C. 1914
D. none.
Question 38
The battle of plassey took place in the year .
A. 1757
B. 1787
C. 1907
D. 1717
Question 39
The vision of Homi. ..................also led to advanced research in nuclear energy and other fundamental areas through the creation of the Tata Institute ofFundamental Research which is now known as the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC).
A. J. Bhabha
B. Vajpayee
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Sardar Patel
Question 40
A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at ................in a smallparkenclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the Rawlatt Act.
A. Jallianwala Bagh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Mumbai
D. Delhi3
Question 41
Congress leaders, like Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, viewed the....................as an opportunity to bring about Hindu-Muslim unity against British.
A. Khalifat Movement
B. Khudai Khidmatgars
C. Peasant movement
D. Womens’ movement
Question 42
Name the Irish lady who was elected first women president of Indian nationalCongress ?
A. nivedita
B. mira benh
C. annie besant
D. sarojini naidu
Question 43
Under the farsighted leadership of ..................the nation, the government andthe public leaders became committed to the promotion of science and technology.
A. Nehru,
B. Narasimha Rao
C. Prof. P.M.S Blackett
D. Vajpayee
Question 44
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October..............
A. 1869
B. 1859
C. 1889
D. 1900
Question 45
Bal Gangadhar Tilak born on …....................
A. 23 July 1866
B. 23 July 1876
C. 23 July 1846
D. 23 July 1856
Question 46
B.R. Ambedker was born in
A. 1891
B. 1893
C. 1898
D. 1901
Question 47
A Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of Mahammad Ali,...................., Maulana Azad and Hasrat Mohini to organise a Country-wide agitation.
A. Shaukat Ali
B. Qutubuddin Ahmad
C. Shamsuddin Hussain
D. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Question 48
..................... succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the JanataParty government till 1980.
A. Morarji Desai
B. Lalu Prasad Yadav,
C. Mulayam Singh Yadav
D. , Sharad Yadav
Question 49
Which is the oldest English daily in India?
A. the hindustan times
B. the statesman
C. the times of india
D. the indian express .
Question 50
Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British state of
A. travancore
B. baroda
C. hyderabad
D. mysore
Question 51
Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a
A. Justice
B. Dharma
C. power
D. Status
Question 52
India came under direct colony of British in
A. 1857
B. 1858
C. 1869
D. 1860
Question 53
Who is the champion of the doctrine of ‘social revolution through humanRevolution’?
A. M.N.Roy
B. Lohia
C. Jayaprakash Narayanan
D. Nehru
Question 54
Social back ground of Indian Nationalism is a work by …...
A. dr a c das
B. prof maxmuller
C. ram lal desai
D. dr k k sharma
Question 55
In the ................... Lok Sabha polls, Indira Gandhi returned to power andremainedin power till her assassination in 1984.
A. 1908
B. 1940
C. 1970
D. 1980
Question 56
since its inauguration on 26th January.............., the Constitution India hasbeen successfully guiding the path and progress of India.
A. 1905
B. 1915
C. 1930
D. 1950
Question 57
Which was the oldest daily in India?
A. bengal gazetee
B. samachar darpan
C. mumbai samachar
D. the times of india.
Question 58
Nehru's economic policies have often been considered to be .................in nature.
A. Socialist
B. Communist
C. Capitalist
D. Utopian Socialism
Question 59
In which session the Indian National Congress split in to the Moderates and theextremists?
A. 1905
B. 1909
C. 1908
D. 1907
Question 60
Gandhism is not merely a political creed it is
A. A programme of action
B. A message
C. theory
D. Working class movement
Question 61
............... second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, tookcharge of the administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers to jails across India.
A. nanaji deshmukh’s
B. morarji desai’s
C. indira gandhi's
D. , subramanian swamy’s,
Question 62
Who considered Jinnah as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?
A. Gandhiji
B. Thilak
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Vivekananda
Question 63
The doctrine of Hindutva was expounded by
A. V. D. Savarkar
B. Tilak
C. Gandhiji
D. Nehru
Question 64
The theory of ‘Cultural Nationalism’ was expounded by
A. Gokhale
B. Vivekananda
C. Savarkar
D. Nehru
Question 65
Who was the Viceroy of India during Swadeshi Movement ?
A. lord curzon
B. lord irwin
C. lord willingdon
D. lord lansdowne
Question 66
Which was the first news paper in India?
A. bengal gazate
B. malayala manorama
C. mathrubhumi
D. the hindu
Question 67
Since......................., the Indian economy has pursued free market liberalisation , greater openness in trade and increase investment in infrastructure.
A. 1961
B. 1971
C. 1981
D. 1991
Question 68
When was Indian Councils Act announced ?
A. 1905
B. 1906
C. 1909
D. 1911
Question 69
Which of the folllowing personality is considerd as father of Indian Unrest ?
A. pandit nehru
B. mahatma gandhi
C. bal gangadhar tilak
D. subash chandra bose.
Question 70
The Drain Theory was propounded by
A. jawaharlal nehru
B. dadabhai naoroji
C. r c dutt
D. m k gandhi.
Question 71
Annie Besant was first women to support …......... in England.
A. none of these
B. social responsibility
C. birth control
D. literacy rate.
Question 72
Who founded Brahma Samaj?
A. mohan roy
B. benkin chandra chatterji
C. tagore
D. none .
Question 73
The Constitution of India indeed much bigger than the US Constitutionwhich hasonly 7 Articles and the ..................Constitution with its 89 Articles.
A. French
B. Dutch
C. Pakistan
D. Afghanistan
Question 74
In....................., the country experienced a balance of payments dilemmafollowing the Gulf War and the downfall of the erstwhile Soviet Union.
A. 1951
B. 1961
C. 1971
D. 1991
Question 75
Hindu college Calcutta founded by
A. rajaram mohan roy
B. vivekanda
C. syyed ahmed khan
D. none.
Question 76
Pump priming is
A. injection of purchasing power into the public through government spending
B. withdrawal of purchasing power from the public
C. balancing revenue and expenditure
D. none of the above
Question 77
In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, the Government of India Act, ................was designed on the basis of therecommendation of Simon Commission.
A. 1905
B. 1915
C. 1925
D. 1935
Question 78
The enthusiastic efforts of Mr. ........................led to the expansion of theCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research into a chain of national laboratories spanning a wide spectrum of science, technology, engineering and biomedical sciences.
A. shanti swarup bhatnagar
B. vajpayee
C. jawaharlal nehru
D. sardar patel
Question 79
up to 1704 Mysore was under the supremacy of
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shajahan
D. Aurangazeb
Question 80
Where was the first section of Indian National Congress held in 1885
A. poona
B. calcutta
C. bombay
D. agra
Question 81
What was the prominent reason of the out break of the Battle of Plassey
A. Mir Jafar
B. Mir Kasim
C. Jagat Sait
D. None of them
Question 82
When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested, who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha?
A. Vinoba Bhave
B. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
C. Abbas Tayyabji
D. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
Question 83
............visited Malabar in 1921, giving a further impetus to the Khilafatmovement.
A. Gandhiji
B. Motilal Nehru
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Sri Aurobindo
Question 84
......................., who led the Congress party, introduced Mahatma Gandhi tothe concerns in India and the struggle of the people.
A. Tej Bahadur Sapru
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Question 85
Who is regarded as the pragmatic social reformer?
A. Nehru
B. Thilak
C. Sree Narayana Guru
D. Mahathma Gandhi
Question 86
.................. was the main architect of first green revolution of India listedfivecomponents of Agricultural renewal?
A. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
B. Lalu Prasad Yadav,
C. Mulayam Singh Yadav
D. Sharad Yadav
Question 87
Doctrine of Total Revolution was expounded by
A. Jayaprakas Narayanan
B. M.N Roy
C. Gandhiji
D. Thilak
Question 88
India has an elected head of state (President of India) who wields power for afixed term of ................... years.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Question 89
The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November..............
A. 1916
B. 1926
C. 1946
D. 1956
Question 90
Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by:
A. Clive
B. Hastings
C. Wellesley
D. Cornwallis
Question 91
..............is a specifically delineated duty-free enclave and shall be deemed tobe foreign territory for the purposes of trade operations and duties and tariffs.
A. SEZ
B. Liberalization
C. Privatization
D. Globalization
Question 92
The Second Carnatic war was fought between
A. 1749-1752
B. 1749-1754
C. 1749-1753
D. 1749-1755
Question 93
The tenure of the Lok Sabha is ........................ years.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Question 94
Panditha Rama Bai belongs to …...........
A. karnataka
B. delhi
C. bengal
D. kerala
Question 95
Tipu sultan was the ruler of
A. Hyderabad
B. Madurai
C. Mysore
D. Vijaya nagar
Question 96
The father of extremist movement in India is:
A. Motilal Nehru
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Vallabh Bhai Patel
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Question 97
............... second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, tookcharge of the administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers to jails across India.
A. Nanaji Deshmukh’s
B. Morarji Desai’s
C. Indira Gandhi\s
D. , Subramanian Swamy’s,
Question 98
India Struggle for Independence is a book edited by
A. bipan chandra
B. satis chandra
C. sumit sarkar
D. none
Question 99
Gandhiji came back to India from South Africa, in the year...
A. 1914
B. 1915
C. 1916
D. 1917
Question 100
Which sect of Bhudhism flourished in Ceylon?
A. mahayan
B. hinayan
C. vajrayana
D. mahayana and hinayana equally
Question 101
Who represented India in The Second Round Table Conference?
A. Aruna Asaf Ali
B. Sucheta Kripalani
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Kalpana Joshi
Question 102
Who among the following is considered as the 'Grand mother of Indianrevolutionary movement ?
A. sarojini naidu
B. lakshmibai,the rani of jhansi
C. annie besant
D. madam cama
Question 103
The firebrand trade union leader ....................had successfully organised an allIndia Railways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt.
A. George Fernandes
B. Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
C. Jaya Prakash Narayan
D. EMS
Question 104
In 1913 ,Annie Besant founded Central Hindu College High School at …........
A. banaras
B. allhabad
C. delhi
D. kolkata
Question 105
There is no doubt that J.L Nehru's India's first Prime Minister was fullyanalysed the indispensability of science and technology in the economic and the social independence.
A. j.l nehru's
B. narasimha rao
C. prof. p.m.s blackett
D. vajpayee
Question 106
October 17, ................was observed as Khilafat Day, when the Hindus alongwith Muslims in fasting observed hartal on that day.
A. 1908
B. 1909
C. 1916
D. 1919
Question 107
In.................., the Atomic Energy Act was passed and the Department ofAtomic Energy was directly under his charge was created.
A. 1908
B. 1938
C. 1945
D. 1948
Question 108
In................, with the emergence of a new politically independent nation,India continued to march ahead pursuing a programme of using modern science and technology for national development.
A. 1907
B. 1917
C. 1937
D. 1947
Question 109
In................., Nehru directed the CSIR to prepare National Register ofScientific and Technical personnel.
A. 1908
B. 1938
C. 1948
D. 1958
Question 110
The leader of Revolt of 1857 in Lucknow was ….........?
A. beegam hazrat mahal
B. tanteo tope
C. birjis qadir
D. none.
Question 111
Jinnh’s Two –nation Theory was adopted on
A. 1935
B. 1940
C. 1925
D. 1947
Question 112
Jinnah’s two nation theory was adopted as the
A. Lahore Resolution
B. Karachi Resolution
C. Dacca Declaration
D. Bombay resolution
Question 113
Who was the first women president of Indian Natioanl Congress?
A. sarojini naidu
B. annie besant
C. nellie sen gupta
D. lakhshmi sehgal
Question 114
soon after becoming the Prime Minister of India, .................created a Ministryof Scientific Research and Natural Resources and actively supported the atomic energy programme for peaceful purposes.
A. Nehru
B. Narasimha Rao
C. Prof. P.M.S Blackett
D. Vajpayee5
Question 115
Who was the president of Indin Natioanl Congress during Swadeshi movement ?
A. dadabaha naoroji
B. a o hume
C. m k gandhi
D. b g tilak
Question 116
What does the meaning peshwa means
A. A great personality
B. A great commander of the Army
C. Hea
D. of justice department D leader or Prime minister
Question 117
Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January ............. and then emergedvictorious in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections.
A. 1906
B. 1916
C. 1956
D. 1966
Question 118
The Constitution of ....................is the largest written liberal democraticconstitution of the world.
A. India
B. America
C. Pakistan
D. Afghanistan
Question 119
The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ................who signed it immediately.
A. Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
B. George Fernandes
C. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
D. ManmohanSingh
Question 120
All Indian Muslim League was started in :
A. 1960
B. 1906
C. 1921
D. 1928
Question 121
However, .................... shocked everybody by declaring Lok Sabhaelections in January 1977 bringing an end to draconian Emergency.
A. Indira Gandhi
B. Ramakrishna Hegde,
C. HD Deve Gowda,
D. M Karunanidhi.
Question 122
Ramnath Goenka, the only newspaper owner who stood up to.................., was harassed and he faced a series of troubles at the hands of her government.
A. Indira Gandhi
B. JP, George Fernandes,
C. AB Vajpayee
D. LK Advani,
Question 123
The permanent settlement was introduced in India by
A. warren hastings
B. lord welleseley
C. lord cornwallis
D. robert clive
Question 124
Name the political leader who supported two nation theory
A. Gandhiji
B. Gokhale
C. Jinnah
D. Tilak
Question 125
Dayantha Saraswathy founded …........
A. arya samaj
B. prarthana samaj
C. aligarh movement
D. brahma samaj.
Question 126
The socialist stalwart ...................openly led a mass movement against hercalling her corrupt and autocratic.
A. Jaya Prakash Narayan
B. Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
C. EMS
D. AKG
Question 127
One of Nehru's key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five YearsPlan in........................
A. 1901
B. 1911
C. 1941
D. 1951
Question 128
What was the immediate cause of the out break of the revolt of 1857
A. Greased Catridges
B. Transfer policy of English
C. Behavoiur of the English
D. None of the above
Question 129
V.D Savarkar was born in
A. 1885
B. 1883
C. 1888
D. 1870
Question 130
Who condemned Gandhism as a reactionary social philosophy?
A. Gopalakrishna Gokhale
B. M.N.Roy
C. Nehru
D. Lohia
Question 131
.................. started his career as the Prime Minister of independent India in1947, and immediately launched a number of economic reforms.
A. Nehru
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Morarji Desai
D. Rajiv Gandhi
Question 132
The economic liberalisation in India denotes the continuing financial reformswhich began since July 24, ..........................
A. 1961
B. 1971
C. 1981
D. 1991
Question 133
How many years did the third Carnatic war last?
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. six
Question 134
The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by :
A. Indian Council Act of 1892
B. Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
C. Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919
D. Government of India of 1935
Question 135
Who was the founder of Gadar party?
A. lala hardayal
B. sohan singh bhakkna
C. taraknath das
D. all of the above.
Question 136
The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy in India first came into inception onApril 1, ..........................
A. 1900
B. 1947
C. 1991
D. 2000
Question 137
On 9th of August, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and the entire Congress WorkingCommittee were arrested in................
A. UP
B. Delhi
C. Ahmedabad
D. Mumbai
Question 138
The Indian Soldier who instigated the sepoys to the revolt of 1857 was
A. Mangal Pandey
B. Suresh Pandey
C. Ramesh Pandey
D. None of the above
Question 139
The Constitution of ...................provides for a mixture of federalismandUnitarianism, and flexibility and with rigidity.
A. Afghanistan
B. America
C. Pakistan
D. India
Question 140
Permanent settlement proved harmful mostly to
A. land lords
B. peasants
C. company
D. money lenders
Question 141
In ….....Annie Besant founded the Home Rule League.
A. 1923
B. 1945
C. 1916
D. 1910
Question 142
Who is the chief exponent of Two nation theory
A. Vivikananda
B. Gokhale
C. Gandhiji
D. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Question 143
In 1913 Annie Besant started a journal called …........
A. the india
B. indian
C. independence india
D. new india
Question 144
In which place khar party was founded?
A. san francisco
B. california
C. tokyo
D. london
Question 145
On June 25, ......................prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency inIndia citing grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country from both internal and external forces.
A. 1955
B. 1965
C. 1968
D. 1975
Question 146
Who is the Champion of secularism?
A. Jinnah
B. Nehru
C. Savarkar
D. Thilak
Question 147
.....................appointed a scientific man power committee and five institutes oftechnology came up at Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur and Delhi besides a number of regional engineering colleges by his efforts.
A. J.L. Nehru
B. Prof. P.M.S Blackett
C. Indira Gandhi
D. Vajpayee
Question 148
Brigadier-General ..................with his British troops entered the parkatJallianwala Bagh , closed the entrance of the park and commanded his army to fire on the gathered people without any warning.
A. reginald dyer
B. sir stafford cripps
C. sir claude auchinleck
D. general sir rob lockhart.
Question 149
Mangal Pandey was executed on
A. 9 th may 1857
B. 9 th may 1858n
C. 9 th may 1890
D. 8 th april 1857.
Question 150
Which part of India witnessed the revolt of 1857?
A. north india
B. south india
C. eastern india
D. north east
Question 151
Who said permanent settlement that it was sad blunder
A. Marshman
B. Holmes
C. V A Smith
D. Lanepoole
Question 152
Who was the first martyr of the Revolt ?
A. mangal pandey
B. nehru
C. rani laxmi bhai
D. tantio tope
Question 153
The main object of Khilafat Movement was to force the ..............Governmentto change its attitude towards Turkey and to restore the Sultan.
A. British
B. Austrian
C. American
D. Serbian
Question 154
The battle of Buxar took place in the year
A. 1757
B. 1764
C. 1907
D. 1717
Question 155
Azad Muslim conference’ was formed in
A. 1939
B. 1940
C. 1941
D. 1947
Question 156
India came directly under the British empire by ….........
A. victorian proclamation
B. act of 1813
C. act of 1909
D. act of 1919.
Question 157
Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, .............gave the call for Quit India Movement.
A. 1942
B. 1920
C. 1930
D. 1940
Question 158
The Kheda Satyagraha and Champaran agitation in 1918 was oneof...................first significant steps to achieve Indian independence.
A. Rabindranath Tagore’s
B. Gandhiji
C. Motilal Nehru’s
D. Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s
Question 159
Who is the author of Discovery of India?
A. Gandhiji
B. Vivekananda
C. Nehru
D. Gokhale
Question 160
Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?
A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
D. Acharya J.B. Kriplani
Question 161
In India, "the Emergency" refers to a 21-month period in 1975–77 when PrimeMinister................ unilaterally had an emergency declared across the country.
A. Indira Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
D. Rajiv Gandhi
Question 162
Who wrote 'vande mataram”
A. rabindra nath tagore
B. bankim chandra chatterjee
C. muhammad iqbal
D. b g tilak
Question 163
The keyperson behind the Constitution of India was..................
A. Dr.
B. R. Ambedkar b) Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Question 164
When was the Indian association formed ?
A. 1876
B. 1885
C. 1886
D. 1893
Question 165
Who setup Swadesh Bandhab Samiti to propagate the Swadeshi Movement ?
A. surendra nath banerjee
B. rabindra nath tagore
C. g k gokhale
D. ashwini kumar dutt
Question 166
The revolt of 1857 began at …........
A. delhi
B. meerut
C. alahabhad
D. none
Question 167
Among the following ,permanent settlement was introduced in the province of
A. Madras
B. punjab
C. Bengal
D. Bombay
Question 168
Radical Democratic party was organised by
A. Lohia
B. M.N.Roy
C. Jayaprakash Narayanan
D. Thilak
Question 169
Indian Constitution consists of ................ Articles divided into 22 Parts with12Schedules and 94 constitutional amendments.
A. 295
B. 305
C. 388
D. 395
Question 170
The doctrine of Ramarajya was expounded by
A. Tilak
B. Gokhale
C. Gandhiji
D. Nehru
Question 171
The tenure of the Lok Sabha is ........................ years. a)2 b)3 c)4 d) 512.The keyperson behind the Constitution of India was..................
A. Dr.
B. R. Ambedkar b) Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Question 172
What was the basis of transfer of power to India on 15th August?
A. On this day the Indian National Congress had demanded Poorna Swaraj
B. On this day Mahatma Gandhi started Quit India Movement
C. Anniversary of formation of Interim Government
D. Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army before Admiral Mountbatten
Question 173
Taikh -i-Ferishta was written as per the instruction of which ruler ?
A. nizam shah
B. muhammad bin tuglaq
C. akbar
D. ibrahim adilshah
Question 174
Sree Narayana Guru was born in
A. Sivagiri
B. Aruvipuram
C. Chempazanthi
D. Kollam
Question 175
Who presided over the second session of INC?
A. pherozeshah metha
B. a o hume
C. dada bhai naoroji
D. mahatma gandhi
Question 176
SNDP Yogam was formed in the year
A. 1903
B. 1896
C. 1908
D. 1914
Question 177
The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by ..................had fanned the fireof this discontentment.
A. Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
D. Sardar Vallabhai
Question 178
Whose tomb is at Bristol?
A. Rajaram Mohan Roy
B. William Bentik
C. Vivekanda
D. None
Question 179
The fundamental principles of Pancha shila were laid down in the year;
A. 1961
B. 1955
C. 1954
D. 1950
Question 180
Wellesely came to India as governor general in
A. 1796
B. 1797
C. 1798
D. 1799
Question 181
Who among the following is not the chief architect of Swadeshi Movement ?
A. arabindo ghosh
B. m k gandhi
C. lokmanya bal gangadhar tilak
D. bipin chandra pal
Question 182
Where and when the extremists were readmitted in to the congress ?
A. lahore-1916
B. lucknow 1916
C. karachi 1917
D. surat,1917.
Question 183
India struggle for Independence is a book edited by
A. bipan chandra
B. satish chandra
C. sumit sarkar
D. none.
Question 184
Which of the following is not related to Bal Gangadhar Tilak ?
A. social reformer
B. journalist
C. physician
D. teacher.
Question 185
The concept of four pillar state was advocated by
A. Lohia
B. M.N.Roy
C. Nehru
D. Ambedker