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1
Who is the founder of Haryanka Dynasty?
A
Ajatashatru
B
Harshvardhan
C
Bimbisara
D
Ghananand
2
The revolutionary like Ashfaqullah Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri were all associated with :
A
The Kakori Conspiracy case (1925)
B
1857 Revolt
C
Chauri Chaura Case
D
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
3
The Moplah Rebellion in 1921 in Malabar was Muslim Peasants Rabellion against :
A
Muslim Land Holders
B
The British Government Authority
C
The non-tribal outsiders
D
Hindu Land Holders
4
The Rowlatt Act was passed in :
A
1905
B
1903
C
1919
D
1925
5
Mahatma Gandhi launched Kheda Satyagrah on Gujrat in 1918 to support the cause of :
A
A. Mill Owners
B
Land Lords
C
The peasants
D
Kol Rebellion
6
Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
A
Babar and Humayun
B
Babar and Humayun
C
Babar and Jahangir
D
Jahangir and Shahjahan
7
What was the major cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857?
A
The Religious Cause
B
Question of promotion and pay
C
Political Cause
D
None of these
8
Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as :
A
Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as :
B
Sher-e-Bengal
C
Sher-e-Maharastra
D
. Sher-e-Punjab
9
To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
A
Chandragupta
B
Ashoka
C
Kanishka
D
Harshavardhan
10
The use of spinning wheel (,) became common during the
A
9th Century AD
B
10th Century AD C. D.
C
12th Century AD
D
14th Century AD
11
The use of spinning wheel (,) became common during the
A
9th Century AD
B
10th Century AD C. D.
C
12th Century AD
D
14th Century AD
12
Banga Darshan – a monthly magazine – was started in 1872 from Behrampur by:
A
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B
Umakant desai
C
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D
None of these
13
Who said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
A
Jawahar Lal Nehru
B
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C
Basant Kumar Biswas
D
Annie Besant
14
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year :
A
1872
B
1982
C
1884
D
1892
15
Doctrine of Passive Resistance was published in the daily Vande Mataram in:
A
April 1907
B
April 1906
C
April 1905
D
April 1904
16
The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was A.
A
Bhojpuri
B
Magadhi
C
Pali
D
Sanskrit
17
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
18
Which revolutionary said – “freedom is objective of our life and the Hindu religion would led us to the attainment of this objective?â€
A
Vinoba Bhave
B
Narayan Guru
C
Dayanand Sarshwati
D
Aurobindo Ghosh
19
Who was the commander of 1857 revolt in Rohilkhand?
A
Ahmadullah
B
Begum Hazrat Mahal
C
Jung Bahadur Rana
D
Tatya Tope
20
Who said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years later to port with the cargo of freedom�
A
Syed Hasan Imam
B
Dr. S.Gopal
C
M
D
Bharat Kumar
21
The Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha was formed in :
A
1872
B
1883
C
1886
D
1893
22
The East India Association was set up in
A
1866 B. C. D.
B
1857
C
1836
D
1885
23
Who established the Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha in the year 1893 by :
A
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B
Raja Ram Mohan Rai
C
Dyanand Sarshawati
D
Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
24
Bande Matram was a series of articles published in the year 1907 by :
A
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
C
Domadar Chapekar
D
Balkrishana Chapekar
25
Who called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak ?
A
Lala Lajpat Rai
B
Rabindranath Tagore
C
Mahatma Gandhi
D
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
26
Who founded Anushulin Samiti in 1907 in Dhaka?
A
Shambhuchand Mukherjee
B
Barindra Ghosh and Bhupendra Nath Dutt
C
Jogesh Chandra Dutt
D
Pulin Behari Das
27
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
28
Who were associated with Indian league established in 1875 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) ?
A
Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Arvindo Ghosh
B
Kali Mohan Das and Arvindo Ghosh
C
Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee
D
None of these
29
Sarojini Naidu was elected Congress President at :
A
Haripura 1938
B
Bombay 1934
C
Madras Session 1927
D
Kanpur Session 1925
30
In 1918 who founded Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association ?
A
Annie Besant
B
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C
Mahatma Gandhi
D
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
31
In 1918 who founded Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association ?
A
Annie Besant
B
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C
Mahatma Gandhi
D
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
32
The third person who presented himself for individual Satyagrah launched by Mahatma Gandhi in October 1940 was:
A
Brahma Datt
B
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
C
Jawahar Lal Nehru
D
None of these
33
Who called Government India Act 1935 a Charter of Slavery ?
A
Mahatma Gandhi
B
Subhash Chandra Bose
C
Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel
D
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
34
Who called Government India Act 1935 a Charter of Slavery ?
A
Mahatma Gandhi
B
Subhash Chandra Bose
C
Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel
D
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
35
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
36
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
37
When Japan handed over Andaman Nicobar islands to Subhash Chandra Bose in Nov. 1943, he named these islands as :
A
Shaheed Island and Samaj Island respectively
B
Samaj Island and Swaraj Island respectively
C
Swaraj Island and Shaheed Island respectively
D
Shaheed Island and Swaraj Island respectively
38
Subhash Chandra Bose became the Supreme Commander of Indian National Army in :
A
1932
B
1935
C
1943
D
1945
39
Wavell Plan- essentially dealing with Indian demand of self-rule and reconstitution of Viceroy’s Council was put forth by Lord Wavell in:
A
1935
B
1942
C
1945
D
1943
40
The demand officially made by the Congress for a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution of India was accepted in principal by the British government in what is known as :
A
Cripps Mission 1942
B
Government of India 1935
C
Independent India 1947
D
August Offer of 1940
41
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
42
When quit India Resolution was passed in 1942, the Viceroy of India was :
A
Lord Linlithgow
B
Lord Wavell
C
Lord Willingdon
D
Lord Mountbatten
43
By which act of British India, was the Governor General empowered to issue ordinance ?
A
Indian Councils Act 1861
B
Charter Act of 1853
C
Government of India Act 1858
D
Indian Council Act 1892
44
In 1915-16 the Home Rule League movement was launched under the leadership of :
A
Mohammad Ali Jinnah and G. S. Khaparde
B
G. S. Khaparde and Sir S. Subramania Iyer
C
Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D
Sir S. Subramania Iyer and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
45
In 1932, Poona Pact was signed between:
A
Gandhiji and Jawahar Lal Nehru
B
Gandhiji and Dr.
C
R. Ambedkar
D
Gandhiji and Md. Ali Jinnah
46
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
47
Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?
A
Khilafat movement
B
Noncooperation Co-operation
C
Civil Disobedience Movement
D
Quit India Movement
48
Who presided over the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931 ?
A
Sarojani Naydu
B
Mahatma Gandhi
C
Subhash Chandra Bose
D
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
49
The congress nationalist party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the congress by:
A
Madan Mohan Malviya and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B
Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
C
Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D
Annie Bessant and Md. Ali Jinha
50
Rani Gaidinliu was a rebel leader against the Britishers from:
A
Manipur
B
Uttar Pardesh
C
Madhya Pradesh
D
Maharashtra
51
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
52
The revolutionary who was associated with the Indian Independence League was :
A
Rash Behari Bose
B
Bhagat Singh
C
Rajguru
D
None of these
53
In which session of the Indian National congress did the historic union of congress and Muslim League take place?
A
Tripuri Session in 1939
B
Lahore session in 1940
C
Meerut Session in 1946
D
Lucknow session in 1916
54
The Muslim League demanded a separate homeland for Indian Muslims for the first time at its :
A
Lahore session in 1940.
B
Lucknow session in 1916
C
Meerut Session 1946
D
Tripuri Session in 1939
55
Indian War of independence 1857 was written by :
A
Lala Lajpat Rai
B
Jawahar Lal Neharu
C
Damodar Chapekar
D
Savarkar
56
Which revolutionary was sentenced to death on August 17, 1909?
A
Rash Bihari Bose
B
Bhagat Singh
C
Chandra Sekhar Ajad
D
Madanlal Dhingra
57
Under the Government of India act 1935 it was decided to establish a federation consisting of :
A
Governor’s provinces
B
Princely states
C
Governor’s provinces and princely states
D
None of these
58
Who called Government of India Act 1935 as thoroughly rotten, fundamentally bad and totally unacceptable?
A
Subhash Chandra Bose
B
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
C
Mahatma Gandhi
D
Balkrishana Chapekar
59
Who founded Tattvabodhini sabha in 1839 ?
A
Dayanand Sarswati
B
Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
C
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D
Jogesh Chandra Dutt
60
The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Vande Mataram who aroused a new consciousness in the 19th century Bengal Society was :
A
Rabindranath Tagore
B
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
C
Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
D
None of the above
61
Vivekanand established Ramakrishna Mission :
A
In 1892
B
In 1897
C
In 1937
D
In 1939
62
For the cause of national liberation Swami Dayananda stressed on :
A
Swabhasha and Swarajya
B
Swadharma
C
Swadeshi
D
All of the above
63
Who brought out a paper with the title of the ‘loyal Muhammadanans of India’ ?
A
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan.
B
Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan
C
Abbas Tyabji
D
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
64
Individual Satyagrah was started on:
A
October 17 1935
B
October 17 1939
C
October 17 1940
D
October 17 1942
65
In order to secure co-operation of Indians the British government in the midst of worsening wartime international situation sent Cripps Mission to India:
A
In 1940
B
In 1942
C
In 1945
D
In 1946
66
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
67
The First Round Table Conference was held on:
A
November 12 1930
B
December 12 1930
C
November 12 1937
D
October 12 1930
68
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar organized a Bhishkrit Hitkari Sabha, (The Depressed Classes Institute) in : B. C. D.
A
1924
B
1920
C
1916
D
1911
69
Who founded Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 ?
A
Shri Bharat Kumar
B
Purushottam Das Tandon
C
Bankim Chandra Chattopashyay
D
Jyotiba Phule
70
The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on :
A
July 5 1931
B
June 5 1931
C
March 5 1931
D
January 5 1931
71
In July 1933 the Congress decided to launch:
A
An Individual Civil Disobedience
B
Satyagrah
C
Bharat Chhoro Aandolan
D
None of these
72
The first President of Indian National congress was :
A
Sir Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
B
Annie Besant
C
Dadabhai Naoroji
D
George Yule
73
Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you�
A
Annie Besant
B
Badruddin Tyabji
C
George Yule
D
Sir William Wedderburn
74
Who said “Every blow on my body will prove a nail in the coffin of the British Empire�
A
Lala Lajpat Rai
B
Kunwar Singh
C
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D
Chandra Sekhar Azaad
75
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
76
After the suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement, who were called pro-changers in the Congress?
A
Motilal Nehru and Anne Besant
B
Anne Besant and Chittranjan Das
C
Motilal Nehru and Chittranjan Das
D
None of these
77
Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, B.P. Mitra, Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta were associated with the revolutionary organization :
A
Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
B
Satya Shodhak Samaj
C
Bengal Society
D
None of these
78
Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Block in :
A
The Year 1935
B
The Year 1939
C
The Year 1937
D
The Year 1942
79
The main centre of Gadar Movement of 1915 was :
A
United States of America.
B
Japan
C
Australia
D
Singapore
80
Who called the 1857 revolt as ‘Student Farmer-Middle class Revolt’?
A
Sumit Sarkar
B
Barun De
C
B A Saletore
D
Dr. Amba Prasad
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