A.
March 15, 1930
B.
March 5, 1921
C.
March 15, 1933
D.
March 5, 1931
Answer:
Option D: March 5, 1931
2. The Poona Pact was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and _____________.
A.
Jawaharlal Nehru
B.
B. R. Ambedkar
C.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Answer:
Option B: B. R. Ambedkar
3. The Battle of Buxar was fought in which year?
A.
1724
B.
1764
C.
1799
D.
1810
Answer:
Option B: 1764
4. The First Round Table Conference was held in which year?
A.
1928
B.
1929
C.
1930
D.
1931
Answer:
Option C: 1930
5. Who was the last Emperor of British India?
A.
Edward VII
B.
Edward VIII
C.
George V
D.
George VI
Answer:
Option D: George VI
6. Who among the following visited Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa?
A.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D.
Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer:
Option B: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
7. The Indian National Congress was founded in which year?
A.
1875
B.
1880
C.
1885
D.
1890
Answer:
Option C: 1885
8. The Sharda Act is related to?
A.
Empowerment of Women
B.
Child Marriage
C.
Upliftment of Minorities
D.
Upliftment of Scheduled Tribes
Answer:
Option B: Child Marriage
9. Who threw two bombs, along with Bhagat Singh, at the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi on 8 April 1929?
A.
Chandra Shekhar Azad
B.
Batukeshwar Dutt
C.
Ram Prasad Bismil
D.
Sukhdev Thapar
Answer:
Option B: Batukeshwar Dutt
10. The Sepoy Mutiny broke out on 10 May 1857 at?
A.
Meerut
B.
Kanpur
C.
Delhi
D.
Lucknow
Answer:
Option A: Meerut
11. Which independence activist was called “The Father of the Indian Unrest” by the British?
A.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B.
Lala Lajpat Rai
C.
Bipin Chandra Pal
D.
Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer:
Option A: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
12. Who among the below led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?
A.
Tantia Tope
B.
Kunwar Singh
C.
Begum Hazrat Mahal
D.
Nana Sahib
Answer:
Option C: Begum Hazrat Mahal
13. “Poverty and un-British rule in India” is a book written by?
A.
Dadabhai Naoroji
B.
Mahatma Gandhi
C.
Rabindranath Tagore
D.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Answer:
Option A: Dadabhai Naoroji
14. Who among the below Viceroys of India was murdered in office?
A.
Lord Curzon
B.
Lord Lytton
C.
Lord John Lawrence
D.
Lord Mayo
Answer:
Option D: Lord Mayo
15. Who among the below was not a member of the Simon Commission?
A.
Austin Hudson
B.
Donald Howard
C.
John Simon
D.
Clement Attlee
Answer:
Option A: Austin Hudson
16. Who among the below was born in Varanasi?
A.
Kunwar Singh
B.
Rani Lakshmibai
C.
Mangal Pandey
D.
Tantia Tope
Answer:
Option B: Rani Lakshmibai
17. Who among the below was not born in Kolkata?
A.
Dadabhai Naoroji
B.
Surendranath Banerjee
C.
Rabindranath Tagore
D.
Swami Vivekananda
Answer:
Option A: Dadabhai Naoroji
18. Who was the founder of the Sikh Empire?
A.
Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh
B.
Maharaja Kharak Singh
C.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
D.
Maharaja Sher Singh
Answer:
Option C: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
19. Which Governor General was associated with the Doctrine of lapse?
A.
Lord Mountbatten
B.
Lord William Bentinck
C.
Lord Reading
D.
Lord Dalhousie
Answer:
Option D: Lord Dalhousie
20. Who defended Aurobindo Ghosh in the ‘Alipore Bomb Case’?
A.
Motilal Nehru
B.
Chittaranjan Das
C.
Bipin Chandra Pal
D.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer:
Option B: Chittaranjan Das
21. Who proposed the ‘CR Formula’ to solve the political deadlock between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress?
A.
C. R. Narasimhan
B.
C. N. Annadurai
C.
Chittaranjan Das
D.
C. Rajagopalachari
Answer:
Option D: C. Rajagopalachari
22. Who said on the death of Mahatma Gandhi, “‘The Light Has Gone Out of Our Lives'”?
A.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
B.
Lala Lajpat Rai
C.
Rajendra Prasad
D.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer:
Option D: Jawaharlal Nehru
23. The Commonweal and New India were the newspapers started by?
A.
Bhikaiji Cama
B.
Sucheta Kripalani
C.
Annie Besant
D.
Sarojini Naidu
Answer:
Option C: Annie Besant
24. Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885?
A.
Umesh Chandra Banerjee
B.
Dadabhai Naoroji
C.
Badruddin Tyabji
D.
George Yule
Answer:
Option A: Umesh Chandra Banerjee
25. Who played the lead role in the 2005 film “Mangal Pandey: The Rising”?
A.
Salman Khan
B.
Aamir Khan
C.
Shah Rukh Khan
D.
Saif Ali Khan
Answer:
Option B: Aamir Khan
26. The Indian Councils Act 1909 was commonly known as?
A.
Hindu Personal Law
B.
The Foreigners Act
C.
Morley-Minto reforms
D.
Bengal Regulation Act
Answer:
Option C: Morley-Minto reforms
27. Who among the below was executed by British in the year 1908?
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Mangal Pandey
D.
Veerapandiya Kattabomman
Answer:
Option B: Khudiram Bose
28. Mahatma Gandhi attended the ___________ Round Table Conference in London
A.
First
B.
Second
C.
Third
D.
Fourth
Answer:
Option B: Second
29. Kunwar Singh led the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in?
A.
Lucknow
B.
Bihar
C.
Kanpur
D.
Rajasthan
Answer:
Option B: Bihar
30. Who wrote the book “The Indian Struggle”?
A.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
B.
Sarojini Naidu
C.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D.
Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer:
Option D: Subhas Chandra Bose
31. Champaran is in which state of India?
A.
Gujarat
B.
Rajasthan
C.
Bihar
D.
West Bengal
Answer:
Option C: Bihar
32. All India Forward Bloc is a political party founded by?
A.
Subhas Chandra Bose
B.
Lala Lajpat Rai
C.
Bipin Chandra Pal
D.
Chittaranjan Das
Answer:
Option A: Subhas Chandra Bose
33. Who among the below represented Indian women in the Second Round Table Conference?
A.
Annie Besant
B.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C.
Sarojini Naidu
D.
Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer:
Option C: Sarojini Naidu
34. Which Governor-General made the practice of Sati illegal in all jurisdictions of India?
A.
Lord Ellenborough
B.
Lord Canning
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Answer:
Option D: Lord William Bentinck
35. Who among the below was born in Hyderabad?
A.
C. Rajagopalachari
B.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C.
C. V. Raman
D.
Sarojini Naidu
Answer:
Option D: Sarojini Naidu
36. Who among the below was not an extremist?
A.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B.
Bipin Chandra Pal
C.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D.
Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer:
Option C: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
37. The Aga Khan Palace is located in which city?
A.
Nagpur
B.
Mumbai
C.
Pune
D.
Thane
Answer:
Option C: Pune
38. Who was the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament?
A.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C.
Motilal Nehru
D.
Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer:
Option D: Dadabhai Naoroji
39. Who was the adopted son of Baji Rao II?
A.
Bahiroji Pingale
B.
Nana Sahib
C.
Balaji Vishwanath
D.
Amrut Rao
Answer:
Option B: Nana Sahib
40. In which year Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa?
A.
1900
B.
1910
C.
1912
D.
1915
Answer:
Option D: 1915
41. Which one of the below was the first English-language newspaper published in India?
A.
Bengal Gazette
B.
Samvad Kaumudi
C.
Hindoo Patriot
D.
Indian Mirror
Answer:
Option A: Bengal Gazette
42. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Allahabad
D.
Bombay
Answer:
Option D: Bombay
43. Who hoists the flag on Independence Day at Red Fort?
A.
President
B.
Prime Minister
C.
Chief Minister
D.
Chief Justice
Answer:
Option B: Prime Minister
44. The Quit India Movement was launched after the failure of?
A.
Cripps Mission
B.
Simon Commission
C.
Rowlatt Act
D.
Indian Independence Act
Answer:
Option A: Cripps Mission
45. Alfred Park at Allahabad was renamed after which one of the below freedom fighters?
A.
Subhas Chandra Bose
B.
Bhagat Singh
C.
Chandra Shekhar Azad
D.
Jatindra Nath Das
Answer:
Option C: Chandra Shekhar Azad
46. How many points were proposed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in response to the Nehru Report in 1929?
A.
7
B.
10
C.
12
D.
14
Answer:
Option D: 14
47. Who was the first European to reach India by sea?
A.
Francisco de Almeida
B.
Bartolomeu Dias
C.
Vasco da Gama
D.
John Mildenhall
Answer:
Option C: Vasco da Gama
48. The Charter Act of 1833 is also known as?
A.
Pitt’s India Act
B.
Saint Helena Act 1833
C.
Regulating Act
D.
Christian Personal Law
Answer:
Option B: Saint Helena Act 1833
49. Bahadur Shah II was exiled to which place after the 1857 revolt?
A.
Nepal
B.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
C.
Madagascar
D.
Rangoon
Answer:
Option D: Rangoon
50. Who is the author of the book “Mother India”?
A.
Ruskin Bond
B.
Katherine Mayo
C.
Gregory David Roberts
D.
Sam Miller
Answer:
Option B: Katherine Mayo