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This section includes 302 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your History knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
*$_Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birth right in :? |
| A. | 1896 |
| B. | 1904 |
| C. | 1906 |
| D. | 1910 |
| Answer» D. 1910 | |
| 52. |
*$_In March 1923 Chittranjan Das along with Motilal Nehru formed :? |
| A. | The Gaddar Party |
| B. | The Forward Block |
| C. | The Swaraj Party |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 53. |
*$_Which Act provided for the establishment of an All India federation at the centre consisting of the provinces of British India and the princely states?? |
| A. | The Government of India Act 1935 |
| B. | Government of India Act 1918 |
| C. | Government of India Act 1925 |
| D. | Government of India Act 1930 |
| Answer» B. Government of India Act 1918 | |
| 54. |
*$_The committee headed by Motilal Nahru constituted to draw up a blue print for the future constitution of India published? |
| A. | Nehru Report |
| B. | Constitution report |
| C. | Government of India Report |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Constitution report | |
| 55. |
*$_Bang Darshan was the main newspaper of? |
| A. | Sisir Kumar Ghosh |
| B. | Birendra Nath Chatterjee |
| C. | Pini Chandra Pal |
| D. | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Answer» E. | |
| 56. |
*$_While delivering the presidential address’ The Congress president who advocated the introduction of Roman Script for Hindi language was? |
| A. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| D. | Sankaran Nair |
| Answer» D. Sankaran Nair | |
| 57. |
*$_Who wrote famous thesis entitled ‘South India in 1857: war of Independence’:? |
| A. | J K Hikki |
| B. | K M Pannikar |
| C. | M G Ranade |
| D. | V.D. Savarkar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 58. |
*$_Who was the first to call the revolt of 1857 as an organized war for national Independence?? |
| A. | Ashok Mehta |
| B. | Dr. S Gopal |
| C. | Syed Hasan Imam |
| D. | V. D. Savarkar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 59. |
*$_The first economic thinker of India who showed through his writings that the basic cause of India’s poverty lay in the British exploitation and drain of wealth was? |
| A. | Badruddin Tyabji |
| B. | Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | N.G. Chandavarkar |
| Answer» D. N.G. Chandavarkar | |
| 60. |
*$_Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organizational skill in:? |
| A. | Kheda Satyagraha |
| B. | Champaran Satyagraha |
| C. | The Bardoli Satyagraha |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 61. |
*$_Who was the commander of 1857 revolt in Rohilkhand?? |
| A. | Ahmadullah |
| B. | Begum Hazrat Mahal |
| C. | Jung Bahadur Rana |
| D. | Tatya Tope |
| Answer» B. Begum Hazrat Mahal | |
| 62. |
*$_There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?? |
| A. | Santhals |
| B. | Ahoms |
| C. | Pagal Panthis |
| D. | Ramosi |
| Answer» B. Ahoms | |
| 63. |
*$_The Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha was formed in :? |
| A. | 1872 |
| B. | 1883 |
| C. | 1886 |
| D. | 1893 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 64. |
*/*_Mahatma Gandhi launched Kheda Satyagrah on Gujrat in 1918 to support the cause of :? |
| A. | Mill Owners |
| B. | Land Lords |
| C. | The peasants |
| D. | Kol Rebellion |
| Answer» D. Kol Rebellion | |
| 65. |
*/*_The Queen Victoria assumed the title of the Empress of India in 1876 by :? |
| A. | British parliament |
| B. | Indian Sabha |
| C. | Singaporian Parliament |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Indian Sabha | |
| 66. |
*/*_Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’?? |
| A. | Robert Knight |
| B. | T N Das |
| C. | Ashok Mehta |
| D. | K M Pannikar |
| Answer» D. K M Pannikar | |
| 67. |
*/*_Who was the founder of a society known as ‘Abhinav Bharat’ ?? |
| A. | J K Hikki |
| B. | B B Upadhyay |
| C. | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 68. |
*/*_Who played an important role in the Gadar Movement in 1915?? |
| A. | Lala Hardayal |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| 69. |
*/*_Which foreigner arrived in India on Nov. 16, 1893?? |
| A. | Khan Abdul Gaffar |
| B. | W A Hume |
| C. | Annie Besant |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 70. |
*/*_Who said," One Country One God, One Caste, one Mind brothers all of us Without Difference, without Doubt ?"? |
| A. | V. D. Savarkar |
| B. | Syed Hasan Imam |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» B. Syed Hasan Imam | |
| 71. |
*/*_In the elections held in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in :? |
| A. | Eleven States |
| B. | Nine States |
| C. | Five States |
| D. | Ten States |
| Answer» B. Nine States | |
| 72. |
*/*_The British government declared Communist Party of India illegal in:? |
| A. | 1924 |
| B. | 1934 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1939 |
| Answer» C. 1930 | |
| 73. |
*/*_Vivekanand established Ramakrishna Mission :? |
| A. | In 1892 |
| B. | In 1897 |
| C. | In 1937 |
| D. | In 1939 |
| Answer» C. In 1937 | |
| 74. |
*/*_In 1893 mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa in connection with the trial of a merchant:? |
| A. | Hemu Kalani |
| B. | Sachindra Bakshi |
| C. | Manmath Nath Gupta |
| D. | Abdulla Seth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 75. |
*/*_In accordance with provisions of the Government of India Act 1935 elections to the Provincial Legislatures were held in :? |
| A. | February 1925 |
| B. | February 1932 |
| C. | February 1935 |
| D. | February 1937 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 76. |
*/*_Lucknow pact of 1916 was between:? |
| A. | Indian Muslim League and Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress |
| C. | Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge |
| D. | Lord Hardinge and Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» C. Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge | |
| 77. |
*/*_To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated? |
| A. | Ghurids |
| B. | Arabs |
| C. | Karkotakas |
| D. | Hindushahis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 78. |
*/*_An English weekly called ‘New India’ was started by;? |
| A. | K M Pannikar |
| B. | Devendra Nath Tagore |
| C. | Annie Besant |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» D. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 79. |
*/*_The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?? |
| A. | Shankracharya was born that year. |
| B. | Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died. |
| C. | Samudragupta converted to Hinduism. |
| D. | All Muslim invaders were defeated. |
| Answer» B. Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died. | |
| 80. |
*/*_In 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent :? |
| A. | Wavell Mission to India |
| B. | Cripps Mission to India |
| C. | Mount Mission to India |
| D. | August Offer |
| Answer» C. Mount Mission to India | |
| 81. |
*/*_Which slogan was given by the Congress in opposition to British Government involving India in Second World War in 1939 without consulting the people of India ?? |
| A. | Karo ya Maro |
| B. | Nahi Karenge, Nahi Ladenge |
| C. | Na koi bhai, na koi pai. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 82. |
*/*_The Rowlatt Act was passed in :? |
| A. | 1905 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1919 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» D. 1925 | |
| 83. |
%_Against which Mughal Emperor was a FATWA issued from Jaunpur?_% |
| A. | Humayun |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Shahjahan |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» C. Shahjahan | |
| 84. |
%_Who was governor general when the 1857 revolt broke out?_% |
| A. | Canning |
| B. | Lawrence |
| C. | Dalhousie |
| D. | Curzon |
| Answer» B. Lawrence | |
| 85. |
%_The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of_% |
| A. | Sutlej and Beas |
| B. | Jhelum and Chenab |
| C. | Ravi and Chenab |
| D. | Ganga and Yamuna |
| Answer» C. Ravi and Chenab | |
| 86. |
%_The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and_% |
| A. | Robert Clive |
| B. | Cornwallis |
| C. | Dalhousie |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» C. Dalhousie | |
| 87. |
%_We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of_% |
| A. | Cartius |
| B. | Trajan |
| C. | Nero |
| D. | Brutus |
| Answer» C. Nero | |
| 88. |
%_To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated_% |
| A. | Ghurids |
| B. | Arabs |
| C. | Karkotakas |
| D. | Hindushahis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 89. |
%_To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?_% |
| A. | Karkota |
| B. | Utpala |
| C. | Paramara |
| D. | Gurjara Pratihara |
| Answer» D. Gurjara Pratihara | |
| 90. |
%_Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the president of the Indian national congress :_% |
| A. | Ramgarh Session, 1940 |
| B. | Bombay Session, 1934 |
| C. | Tripuri session, 1939 |
| D. | Wardha Session, 1942 |
| Answer» D. Wardha Session, 1942 | |
| 91. |
%_Gandhiji launched the Non-cooperation movement in:_% |
| A. | The year 1910 |
| B. | The year 1915 |
| C. | The year 1917 |
| D. | The year 1920 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 92. |
%_Lucknow pact of 1916 was between:_% |
| A. | Indian Muslim League and Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress |
| C. | Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge |
| D. | Lord Hardinge and Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» C. Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge | |
| 93. |
%_Who was the selected as first satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi to begin individual satyagraha in 1940?_% |
| A. | Vinoba Bhave |
| B. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C. | Brahma Datt |
| D. | Annie Besant |
| Answer» B. Jawahar Lal Nehru | |
| 94. |
%_Who said “one religion one caste and one God for mankind?”_% |
| A. | Dayanand Sarshwati |
| B. | Swami Sachidanand Sarshwati |
| C. | Swami Ramanand Sarshwati |
| D. | Narayan Guru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 95. |
%_Who was admired as tempestuous Hindu in 1893 in the World Parliament of Religious in Chicago ?_% |
| A. | Swami Dyanand Sarshawati |
| B. | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| C. | Gautam Budha |
| D. | Swami Vivekanand |
| Answer» E. | |
| 96. |
%_The Indian National Congress passed Quit India Resolution at :_% |
| A. | Wardha Session, 1942. |
| B. | Bombay Session, 1934 |
| C. | Tripuri Session, 1939 |
| D. | Ramgarh Session, 1940 |
| Answer» B. Bombay Session, 1934 | |
| 97. |
%_Lord Mountbatten put forth the plan proposing the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan :_% |
| A. | On May 3, 1947 |
| B. | On June 3, 1947 |
| C. | On July 3, 1947 |
| D. | On August 3, 1947 |
| Answer» C. On July 3, 1947 | |
| 98. |
%_In 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent :_% |
| A. | Wavell Mission to India |
| B. | Cripps Mission to India |
| C. | Mount Mission to India |
| D. | August Offer |
| Answer» C. Mount Mission to India | |
| 99. |
%_Indian Dyarchy was started by :_% |
| A. | Indian Council Act, 1861 |
| B. | Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909 |
| C. | Indian Council Act, 1992 |
| D. | Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 100. |
%_An interim cabinet headed by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed by the congress in :_% |
| A. | August 1940 |
| B. | August 1943 |
| C. | September 1946 |
| D. | September 1942 |
| Answer» D. September 1942 | |