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This section includes 4894 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your History knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 2201. |
Who among the following was the founder of Dev Samaj? |
| A. | Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| B. | Shivnarayan Agnihotri |
| C. | Ramakrishna Paramhansa |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» C. Ramakrishna Paramhansa | |
| 2202. |
Who was the founder of Prarthana Samaj? |
| A. | Swami Sahajanand |
| B. | atmaram pandurang |
| C. | Swami Dayanand Saraswati |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati | |
| 2203. |
On what principle is the Brahmo Samaj based? |
| A. | polytheism |
| B. | monism |
| C. | atheism |
| D. | Ekeshwarabad |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2204. |
Who gave the slogan 'Return to the Vedas'? |
| A. | a. O. Hume |
| B. | R. Paas Dutt |
| C. | Michael Madhusudan Dutt |
| D. | annie besant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2205. |
Who organized the Kuka movement? |
| A. | Guru Ramdas Guru Nanak |
| B. | Guru Ram Singh |
| C. | Guru Gobind Singh |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Guru Gobind Singh | |
| 2206. |
Who among the following said: 'Good governance is not a substitute for self-government'? |
| A. | Swami Vivekananda |
| B. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| C. | Swami Dayanand Saraswati |
| D. | Lokmanya Tilak |
| Answer» D. Lokmanya Tilak | |
| 2207. |
Who is called the father of modern India? |
| A. | Bhagat Singh |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| D. | Ramakrishna Paramhansa |
| Answer» D. Ramakrishna Paramhansa | |
| 2208. |
Who was the leader of the Young Bengal Movement? |
| A. | devendranath tagore |
| B. | Henry Vivian Derozio |
| C. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| D. | David Heyer |
| Answer» C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy | |
| 2209. |
Which religious reformer died outside India? |
| A. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| B. | Ramakrishna Paramhansa |
| C. | Jyotiba Phule |
| D. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2210. |
What was the main center of the Wahhabi movement? |
| A. | Lucknow |
| B. | Patna |
| C. | Tamil Nadu |
| D. | Mumbai |
| Answer» C. Tamil Nadu | |
| 2211. |
What is Arya Samaj against? |
| A. | Islam |
| B. | Religious rituals and idol worship |
| C. | Hindutva |
| D. | existence of god |
| Answer» C. Hindutva | |
| 2212. |
When was slavery outlawed in India? |
| A. | in 1843 |
| B. | in 1853 |
| C. | in 1863 |
| D. | in 1873 |
| Answer» B. in 1853 | |
| 2213. |
During whose tenure was the first census conducted in India during the British period? |
| A. | Lord Ripon's |
| B. | Lord Dufferin's |
| C. | Lord Mayo's |
| D. | Lord Lytton's |
| Answer» D. Lord Lytton's | |
| 2214. |
Mainly due to whose efforts the practice of Sati was abolished? |
| A. | British |
| B. | Maharshi Karve |
| C. | missionary |
| D. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2215. |
The first reform movement in Hinduism in modern India was |
| A. | brahmo samaj |
| B. | Ram krishna mission |
| C. | Arya Samaj |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Ram krishna mission | |
| 2216. |
Who is known as the father of modern education in India? |
| A. | Charles Grant |
| B. | Jan Marshan |
| C. | William Jones |
| D. | Marshman |
| Answer» B. Jan Marshan | |
| 2217. |
What was the original name of Swami Vivekananda? |
| A. | Batukeshwar Dutt |
| B. | Surendra Dutt |
| C. | Krishna Dutt |
| D. | Narendranath Dutt |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2218. |
Who propounded the theory of 'diffusion of wealth' from India to Britain? |
| A. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| B. | Surendra Nath Banerjee |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» D. Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| 2219. |
Who among the following got maximum benefit from the British land revenue system in India? |
| A. | sharecropper |
| B. | farm worker |
| C. | landlord |
| D. | Farmer |
| Answer» D. Farmer | |
| 2220. |
Who was the founder of Dharma Sabha? |
| A. | devendranath tagore |
| B. | Keshav Chandra Sen |
| C. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| D. | Radhakanta Dev |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2221. |
Who was the Governor General who banned adoption? |
| A. | Lord Dalhousie |
| B. | William Batik |
| C. | lord harding |
| D. | lord wellesley |
| Answer» B. William Batik | |
| 2222. |
The first cotton textile mill in India was established in which city? |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | coimbatore |
| C. | Ahmedabad |
| D. | face |
| Answer» B. coimbatore | |
| 2223. |
Which state was annexed by Dalhousie to the British Empire on the basis of administrative disorder? |
| A. | Orissa |
| B. | United Provinces |
| C. | Burma |
| D. | Awadh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2224. |
Where was the capital of Raja Ranjit Singh of Punjab? |
| A. | Amritsar |
| B. | Peshawar |
| C. | Rawalpindi |
| D. | Lahore |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2225. |
Who among the following laid the first railway line in India? |
| A. | William Dudley |
| B. | George Clarke |
| C. | Warren Hastings |
| D. | Roger Smith |
| Answer» C. Warren Hastings | |
| 2226. |
Where was the first coffee plantation planted by the British? |
| A. | Chikmagalur district |
| B. | in Nilgiri district |
| C. | in Wayanad district |
| D. | in Coorg district ; |
| Answer» D. in Coorg district ; | |
| 2227. |
Which Sikh Guru helped the rebellious prince Khusrau with money and blessings? |
| A. | by Guru Hargobind |
| B. | Guru Tegh Bahadur |
| C. | Guru Arjun Dev |
| D. | Guru Gobind Singh |
| Answer» D. Guru Gobind Singh | |
| 2228. |
Who started the Khalsa Panth, the military sect of Sikhs? |
| A. | Har Kishan |
| B. | Tegh Bahadur |
| C. | Govind Singh |
| D. | Harram |
| Answer» D. Harram | |
| 2229. |
In which area was the influence of British rule more? |
| A. | political |
| B. | psychologist |
| C. | Economic |
| D. | Religious |
| Answer» D. Religious | |
| 2230. |
Nander Gurudwara is considered holy by the Sikhs because of whose samadhi? |
| A. | Guru Ramdas |
| B. | Guru Gobind Singh |
| C. | guru arjundev |
| D. | Guru Angad |
| Answer» C. guru arjundev | |
| 2231. |
During whose reign the 'Black Hole' accident happened? |
| A. | Alivardi Khan |
| B. | mir kasim |
| C. | sirajuddaula |
| D. | mir jafar |
| Answer» D. mir jafar | |
| 2232. |
To which misal did Ranjit Singh belong? |
| A. | sandhawalia |
| B. | ahluwalia |
| C. | Ramgarhia |
| D. | sukarchakia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2233. |
Which Sikh Guru wrote the biography of Guru Nanak? |
| A. | Guru Angaddev |
| B. | Guru Arjun Dev |
| C. | Guru Ramdas |
| D. | Guru Amardas |
| Answer» C. Guru Ramdas | |
| 2234. |
When was Tipu Sultan killed in a war with the British? |
| A. | 1857 AD |
| B. | 1799 AD |
| C. | 1899 AD |
| D. | 1789 AD |
| Answer» C. 1899 AD | |
| 2235. |
Who was to lead the English army in the battle of Buxar? |
| A. | Charles Eyre Coot |
| B. | by Robert Clive |
| C. | by Hector Munro |
| D. | by Warren Hastings |
| Answer» D. by Warren Hastings | |
| 2236. |
Who opposed the British the most? |
| A. | Rajputs |
| B. | Marathas |
| C. | Sikhs |
| D. | Mughals |
| Answer» C. Sikhs | |
| 2237. |
Who led the British army in the Battle of Plassey? |
| A. | by Robert Clive |
| B. | by Warren Hastings |
| C. | by Hector Munro |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. by Warren Hastings | |
| 2238. |
Which of the following materials was mainly used in the manufacture of coins of the Harappan period? |
| A. | terracotta |
| B. | iron |
| C. | ताबाँ |
| D. | bronze |
| Answer» B. iron | |
| 2239. |
Who was the Governor General associated with the abolition of thugs? |
| A. | benthic |
| B. | ripon |
| C. | Dalhousie |
| D. | Cornwallis |
| Answer» B. ripon | |
| 2240. |
What was the capital of Tipu Sultan? |
| A. | Mysore |
| B. | Bhagyanagar |
| C. | Bangalore |
| D. | Srirangapatna |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2241. |
Which was the first Puranic city discovered in India? |
| A. | Punjab |
| B. | Harappa |
| C. | mohenjodaro |
| D. | Singh |
| Answer» C. mohenjodaro | |
| 2242. |
The house of Rajputs with which Akbar first established matrimonial relations was? |
| A. | Babar |
| B. | Aurangzeb |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Akbar |
| Answer» D. Akbar | |
| 2243. |
In which year was the Harappan civilization discovered? |
| A. | 1935 AD |
| B. | 1942 AD. |
| C. | 1901 AD |
| D. | 1921 AD |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2244. |
What were the houses of the Indus civilization made of? |
| A. | from brick |
| B. | from wood |
| C. | from stone |
| D. | from bamboo |
| Answer» B. from wood | |
| 2245. |
Who was the king of India when the East India Company of Britain was established? |
| A. | Jahangir |
| B. | Humayun |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Aurangzev |
| Answer» D. Aurangzev | |
| 2246. |
Was the paranoid rebellion really a rebellion? |
| A. | of Bhils |
| B. | of collies |
| C. | of Gonds |
| D. | of cows |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2247. |
Which incident happened in Maharashtra? |
| A. | kol rebellion |
| B. | Santhal rebellion |
| C. | Rampa Rebellion |
| D. | Bhil rebellion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2248. |
Which one of the following Europeans came last as traders in pre-independence India? |
| A. | Dutch |
| B. | Portuguese |
| C. | French |
| D. | English |
| Answer» D. English | |
| 2249. |
Who was the editor of Hindu Patriot who strongly supported the Nile movement? |
| A. | Hem Chandrakar |
| B. | Digambar Vishwas |
| C. | Harishchandra Mukherjee |
| D. | Deenbandhu Mitra |
| Answer» D. Deenbandhu Mitra | |
| 2250. |
Who gave the slogan One religion for human, One caste one God? |
| A. | Shree Narayan Guru |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | E V, Ramaswamy Naicker |
| D. | Jyotiba Phule |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |