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This section includes 313 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your History knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Where did the British establish their first factory in Bengal? |
| A. | Hugli |
| B. | Kasimbazar |
| C. | Burdwan |
| D. | Sutanati |
| Answer» B. Kasimbazar | |
| 2. |
Who formed the gadar party in the United States of America in 1913? |
| A. | Lala Hardayal |
| B. | V.D. Savarkar |
| C. | Madame Gama |
| D. | Madan Lal Hingra |
| Answer» C. Madame Gama | |
| 3. |
The president of all India Kisan sabhain1936 was............. |
| A. | N.G. Ranga |
| B. | Swami shahajananda saraswathi |
| C. | Vidyanand |
| D. | Baba Ramachandra. |
| Answer» D. Baba Ramachandra. | |
| 4. |
In 1946, the Indian signal crops at ----- went on strike |
| A. | Bhopal |
| B. | Dehradun |
| C. | Ambala |
| D. | Jabalpur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Gandhi went on a fast unto death in the --------- jail on 20 September1932 |
| A. | Yeravada |
| B. | Bhopal |
| C. | Gwalior |
| D. | Nasik |
| Answer» B. Bhopal | |
| 6. |
The Khudai Khidmatgars were also known as -------- shirts |
| A. | Black |
| B. | Yellow |
| C. | Red |
| D. | Green |
| Answer» D. Green | |
| 7. |
Quit India resolution was passed on |
| A. | August 6 |
| B. | August 9 |
| C. | August 8 |
| D. | August 11 |
| Answer» D. August 11 | |
| 8. |
The governor general council came in to being in the year |
| A. | 1784 |
| B. | 1782 |
| C. | 1785 |
| D. | 1783 |
| Answer» B. 1782 | |
| 9. |
Where was the Panchayath Raj first introduced? |
| A. | Tamilnadu |
| B. | Gujarat |
| C. | Kerala |
| D. | Rajasthan. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
When did Mountbatten come to India as viceroy? |
| A. | March 1947 |
| B. | July 1947 |
| C. | June 1946 |
| D. | October 1946 |
| Answer» B. July 1947 | |
| 11. |
Who wrote the causes of the Indian Mutiny? |
| A. | V.D. Savarkar |
| B. | T.R. Holmes |
| C. | Sayyid Ahamed Khan |
| D. | B. Disraeli |
| Answer» D. B. Disraeli | |
| 12. |
“Sepoy Mutiny and the Revolt of 1857” was published by -------- |
| A. | R.C. Majumdar |
| B. | K.K. Datta |
| C. | Ray Chaudhari |
| D. | Sardesai |
| Answer» B. K.K. Datta | |
| 13. |
Which was the shortest session of the congress? |
| A. | Belgam |
| B. | Bankipore |
| C. | Haripura |
| D. | Belur |
| Answer» D. Belur | |
| 14. |
Who wrote the book, Observation on State and Society? |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Charles Grant |
| C. | William Hunter |
| D. | James Mill. |
| Answer» C. William Hunter | |
| 15. |
------ deals with the history of Indian economy from the Battle ofPlassey up to 1900 |
| A. | Hunter |
| B. | Smith |
| C. | R.C.Dutt |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» D. Karl Marx | |
| 16. |
Surya Sen was arrested in ------- 1933 |
| A. | March |
| B. | June |
| C. | February |
| D. | October |
| Answer» D. October | |
| 17. |
What has been described by V.A.Smith as the monument of AkbarsFolly? |
| A. | Revenue policy |
| B. | Marriage relations |
| C. | Din – i- IIahi |
| D. | Rajput policy |
| Answer» C. Din – i- IIahi | |
| 18. |
The Simla conference was held under the viceroyalty of .............. |
| A. | Lytton |
| B. | Wavell |
| C. | Canning |
| D. | Mount Batten |
| Answer» C. Canning | |
| 19. |
Who gave the slogan of Do or Die? |
| A. | S.C. Bose |
| B. | J.L. Nehru |
| C. | J.B. Kripalani |
| D. | Gandhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Where was the swaraj party formed in March, 1923? |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Lucknow |
| C. | Madrass |
| D. | Allahabad |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
When was Subhas Chandra Bose Born? |
| A. | 1893 |
| B. | 1877 |
| C. | 1897 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» D. 1889 | |
| 22. |
What proved to be the chief instrument for spreading the message of nationalism? |
| A. | Railway |
| B. | English education |
| C. | Press |
| D. | Telegraph |
| Answer» D. Telegraph | |
| 23. |
Who among the following were the pioneers in opening oceanic trade with India.? |
| A. | English |
| B. | Dutch |
| C. | Portuguese |
| D. | French. |
| Answer» D. French. | |
| 24. |
When was a supreme court established for the first time at Calcutta? |
| A. | 1771 |
| B. | 1773 |
| C. | 1775 |
| D. | 1778 |
| Answer» C. 1775 | |
| 25. |
When was announced the formation of the Simon commission |
| A. | January 1927 |
| B. | November 1927 |
| C. | October 1927 |
| D. | March 1927 |
| Answer» C. October 1927 | |
| 26. |
When did the third carnatic war came to an end |
| A. | 1765 |
| B. | 1759 |
| C. | 1761 |
| D. | 1763 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
The ----- laws were broken at Dandi |
| A. | Salt |
| B. | Sugar |
| C. | Forest |
| D. | Chowkidari |
| Answer» B. Sugar | |
| 28. |
When did the revolt begin in 1857? |
| A. | 7 may |
| B. | 10 may |
| C. | 12 may |
| D. | 15 may |
| Answer» C. 12 may | |
| 29. |
When did Queen Victoria assume the title of the Empress of India? |
| A. | 1872 |
| B. | 1878 |
| C. | 1876 |
| D. | 1880 |
| Answer» D. 1880 | |
| 30. |
The Berlin revolution started by --------- |
| A. | Ranke |
| B. | Srivastava |
| C. | Majumdar |
| D. | Sardesai |
| Answer» B. Srivastava | |
| 31. |
Cornwallis code dealt with -------- matters |
| A. | Revenue |
| B. | Religious |
| C. | Judicial |
| D. | cultural |
| Answer» D. cultural | |
| 32. |
Who was the chief inspirator of the kuka movement? |
| A. | Sant Singh |
| B. | Ram Singh |
| C. | Balak Singh |
| D. | Lal Singh |
| Answer» C. Balak Singh | |
| 33. |
Who brought out a daily called new India |
| A. | G |
| B. | Tilak b) Gandhi |
| C. | Annie Besant |
| D. | Bahadur Sapru |
| Answer» D. Bahadur Sapru | |
| 34. |
The first article in which the English started trading was |
| A. | Indigo |
| B. | Saltpetre |
| C. | Pepper |
| D. | Cotton |
| Answer» C. Pepper | |
| 35. |
K.P Jayaswal wrote book entitled ...........? |
| A. | Indian antiquitie |
| B. | Hindu polity |
| C. | Carnaticwars |
| D. | India today. |
| Answer» C. Carnaticwars | |
| 36. |
Who was the first commander of I.N.A? |
| A. | Rash behari Bose |
| B. | Mohan sing |
| C. | S.C. Bose |
| D. | Niranjan Sing Gill. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Some hints of congress programme for the quit India movement wasgiven in the paper |
| A. | Harijan |
| B. | Hindu |
| C. | New India |
| D. | states man |
| Answer» B. Hindu | |
| 38. |
Permanent settlement was introduced in Bengal and Bihar in 1793 A.D. by |
| A. | Cornwalli |
| B. | John shore |
| C. | Hastings |
| D. | Clive |
| Answer» B. John shore | |
| 39. |
Who considered the revolt as a war of the orthodoxy againstChristianity? |
| A. | L.E.R. Ree |
| B. | G.B. Malleson |
| C. | T.R. Holmes |
| D. | C. Raikes |
| Answer» B. G.B. Malleson | |
| 40. |
With whose help did Lakshmibhai capture Gwalior |
| A. | Dundee Khan |
| B. | Azimullah |
| C. | Tantia Tope |
| D. | Khan Bahadur |
| Answer» D. Khan Bahadur | |
| 41. |
Wellesley came to India in ----------- |
| A. | 1801 |
| B. | 1802 |
| C. | 1800 |
| D. | 1798 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Who was the viceroy from 1922? |
| A. | Irwin |
| B. | Willingdon |
| C. | Linlithgow |
| D. | Reading |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
The leader of the congress socialist party who played a key role in thequit India movement |
| A. | Jaya Prakash Narayanan |
| B. | J.B. Kripalani |
| C. | P.C. Joshi |
| D. | Gandhi |
| Answer» B. J.B. Kripalani | |
| 44. |
Who has written the book the Great Rebellion? |
| A. | Sen b) S.N. Sen |
| B. | Ashok Mehta |
| C. | B.R. Grover |
| Answer» D. | |
| 45. |
India wins freedom was written by ................... |
| A. | Azad |
| B. | Patel |
| C. | Sarojini Naidu |
| D. | Bipan Chandra |
| Answer» B. Patel | |
| 46. |
When did the cabinet mission reach India? |
| A. | 24 March 1946 |
| B. | 10 June 1946 |
| C. | 17 May 1946 |
| D. | 2 December 1946 |
| Answer» B. 10 June 1946 | |
| 47. |
Safety valve theory is associated with |
| A. | De Industrialization |
| B. | Industrial Revolution |
| C. | Jallian Wala Bagh Massacre |
| D. | Indian National Congress |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
The revolt of 1857 mainly remained confined to ------- India |
| A. | Eastern &Southern |
| B. | Western &Eastern |
| C. | Northern& Central |
| D. | Southern & Coastal |
| Answer» D. Southern & Coastal | |
| 49. |
Who established a madrasa in Calcutta in 1781? |
| A. | Monson |
| B. | John Shore |
| C. | Cornwallis |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
In ----- 1931, the Congress started a no rent no tax campaign |
| A. | December |
| B. | March |
| C. | June |
| D. | May |
| Answer» B. March | |