A.
Dadabhai Naoroji
B.
Subhas Chandra Bose
C.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D.
Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer:
Option D: Lala Lajpat Rai
2. Who among the below was not died in Mumbai?
A.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B.
Dadabhai Naoroji
C.
Chittaranjan Das
D.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer:
Option C: Chittaranjan Das
3. Which one of the following was not a French settlement in India?
A.
Puducherry
B.
Chandannagar
C.
Goa
D.
Mahe
Answer:
Option C: Goa
4. Where is Jallianwala Bagh located?
A.
Amritsar
B.
Chandigarh
C.
Varanasi
D.
Ahmedabad
Answer:
Option A: Amritsar
5. When did the Salt March end?
A.
06 April 1930
B.
12 March 1930
C.
12 April 1930
D.
06 March 1930
Answer:
Option A: 06 April 1930
6. Who was the first governor and viceroy of Portuguese India?
A.
Francisco de Almeida
B.
Afonso de Albuquerque
C.
Vasco da Gama
D.
Francisco Barreto
Answer:
Option A: Francisco de Almeida
7. Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal?
A.
Alivardi Khan
B.
Siraj ud-Daulah
C.
Mir Jafar
D.
Mir Qasim
Answer:
Option B: Siraj ud-Daulah
8. Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of the Quit India Movement?
A.
Lord Mountbatten
B.
Lord Reading
C.
Lord Ripon
D.
Lord Linlithgow
Answer:
Option D: Lord Linlithgow
9. In which year Calcutta became the capital of British India?
A.
1600
B.
1662
C.
1700
D.
1772
Answer:
Option D: 1772
10. Who was the ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir at the time of India’s independence?
A.
Ranbir Singh
B.
Pratap Singh
C.
Hari Singh
D.
Gulab Singh
Answer:
Option C: Hari Singh
11. Who started the newspaper “The Independent” in 1919?
A.
Dadabhai Naoroji
B.
Motilal Nehru
C.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer:
Option B: Motilal Nehru
12. What was the slogan given by Mahatma Gandhi during Quit India Movement?
A.
Jai Hind
B.
Do or Die
C.
Vande Mataram
D.
Satyameva Jayate
Answer:
Option B: Do or Die
13. Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress?
A.
Kamala Nehru
B.
Annie Besant
C.
Sarojini Naidu
D.
Indira Gandhi
Answer:
Option B: Annie Besant
14. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha?
A.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
C.
Rajendra Prasad
D.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer:
Option A: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
15. To which place Lala Lajpat Rai was deported from India in 1907?
A.
Mandalay
B.
Rangoon
C.
Maldives
D.
Borneo
Answer:
Option A: Mandalay
16. Name the fort built by the British East India Company in Madras?
A.
Fort St. George
B.
Fort William
C.
Fort Louis
D.
Fort St. David
Answer:
Option A: Fort St. George
17. Who was elected as the president of the Constituent Assembly of India in 1946?
A.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
B.
Rajendra Prasad
C.
B. R. Ambedkar
D.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer:
Option B: Rajendra Prasad
18. Who among the below is known as the “Father of Modern India”?
A.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B.
Dadabhai Naoroji
C.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D.
Rabindranath Tagore
Answer:
Option C: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
19. The Defence of India Act was enacted by the Governor-General of India in which year?
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1910
D.
1915
Answer:
Option D: 1915
20. Who among the below led the revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?
A.
Nana Sahib
B.
Begum Hazrat Mahal
C.
Bahadur Shah II
D.
Rani Lakshmibai
Answer:
Option A: Nana Sahib
21. Who wrote the book ‘The Indian War of Independence 1857’?
A.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B.
Jawaharlal Nehru
C.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
D.
Rabindranath Tagore
Answer:
Option C: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
22. Who gave the title of “Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malaviya?
A.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
B.
Mahatma Gandhi
C.
Rabindranath Tagore
D.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Answer:
Option C: Rabindranath Tagore
23. The Non-cooperation movement was withdrawn after the ________________.
A.
Cripps Mission
B.
Partition of Bengal
C.
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
D.
Chauri Chaura incident
Answer:
Option D: Chauri Chaura incident
24. Who led the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930?
A.
Surya Sen
B.
Udham Singh
C.
Khudiram Bose
D.
Ram Prasad Bismil
Answer:
Option A: Surya Sen
25. Who was the founder of the Arya Samaj?
A.
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Dayananda Saraswati
D.
Sri Aurobindo
Answer:
Option C: Dayananda Saraswati
26. Who among the below died in London?
A.
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
B.
Lala Lajpat Rai
C.
Dadabhai Naoroji
D.
Rash Behari Bose
Answer:
Option A: Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
27. Who among the below was not the President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B.
Lala Lajpat Rai
C.
Chittaranjan Das
D.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer:
Option A: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
28. The All-India Muslim League was formed at?
A.
Lucknow
B.
Calcutta
C.
Lahore
D.
Dhaka
Answer:
Option D: Dhaka
29. The Treaty of Salbai was signed on 17 May 1782 between the British East India Company and ____________.
A.
Sikh Empire
B.
Mughal Empire
C.
Maratha Empire
D.
Kingdom of Mysore
Answer:
Option C: Maratha Empire
30. Who founded the Public Works Department in India in 1848?
A.
Lord Linlithgow
B.
Lord Wavell
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Irwin
Answer:
Option C: Lord Dalhousie
31. The High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were established in which year?
A.
1852
B.
1862
C.
1872
D.
1882
Answer:
Option B: 1862
32. Which one of the below aimed to discuss the transfer of power from the British government to the Indian leadership?
A.
Simon Commission
B.
Cabinet Mission
C.
Cripps Mission
D.
Hunter Commission
Answer:
Option B: Cabinet Mission
33. Barrackpore is located in which Indian state?
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bihar
C.
Uttar Pradesh
D.
Odisha
Answer:
Option A: West Bengal
34. The Battle of Wandiwash was a battle in India between the __________ and the British in 1760.
A.
Dutch
B.
French
C.
Portuguese
D.
Spanish
Answer:
Option B: French
35. Who wrote the article titled ‘Rashtrapati’ under a pseudo name ‘Chanakya’ in 1937?
A.
Jawaharlal Nehru
B.
Subhash Chandra Bose
C.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
D.
Indira Gandhi
Answer:
Option A: Jawaharlal Nehru
36. Who was the longest-serving Governor-General and Viceroy of India?
A.
Lord Linlithgow
B.
Lord Irwin
C.
Lord Chelmsford
D.
Lord Mountbatten
Answer:
Option A: Lord Linlithgow
37. In which year King George V and Queen Mary visited India?
A.
1911
B.
1912
C.
1913
D.
1914
Answer:
Option A: 1911
38. The Treaty of Bassein was signed in 1802 between the British East India Company and ___________.
A.
Balaji Vishwanath
B.
Baji Rao II
C.
Madhav-Rao II
D.
Balaji Bajirao
Answer:
Option B: Baji Rao II
39. All India Kisan Sabha was formed by?
A.
Vinoba Bhave
B.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
D.
Sahajanand Saraswati
Answer:
Option D: Sahajanand Saraswati
40. Who betrayed Siraj ud-Daulah in the Battle of Plassey?
A.
Alivardi Khan
B.
Ahmad Ali Khan
C.
Mir Qasim
D.
Mir Jafar
Answer:
Option D: Mir Jafar
41. Who founded the newspaper Kesari in the year 1881?
A.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C.
Swami Vivekananda
D.
Dinabandhu Mitra
Answer:
Option B: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
42. Who popularized the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Lala Lajpat Rai
C.
Subhas Chandra Bose
D.
Mangal Pandey
Answer:
Option A: Bhagat Singh
43. In which session, the Indian National Congress was split into two groups – the Extremists and the Moderates?
A.
Ahmedabad
B.
Lahore
C.
Surat
D.
Amritsar
Answer:
Option C: Surat
44. Who played the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the film Gandhi released in 1982?
A.
Ben Kingsley
B.
Martin Sheen
C.
Roshan Seth
D.
Edward Fox
Answer:
Option A: Ben Kingsley
45. Who wrote the Bengali play “Nil Darpan’’ depicting the Indigo Revolt?
A.
Rabindranath Tagore
B.
Sri Aurobindo
C.
Kazi Nazrul Islam
D.
Dinabandhu Mitra
Answer:
Option D: Dinabandhu Mitra
46. The August Offer in 1940 was an offer made by?
A.
Lord Willingdon
B.
Lord Irwin
C.
Lord Linlithgow
D.
Lord Wavell
Answer:
Option C: Lord Linlithgow
47. The Aga Khan Palace was built in which year?
A.
1890
B.
1892
C.
1894
D.
1896
Answer:
Option B: 1892
48. How many days did Gandhiji and his volunteers take to complete Dandi March?
A.
12
B.
20
C.
24
D.
40
Answer:
Option C: 24
49. Which one of the below took place in 1806?
A.
Sannyasi Rebellion
B.
Vellore Mutiny
C.
Malabar Rebellion
D.
Sepoy Mutiny
Answer:
Option B: Vellore Mutiny
50. In which year Indian Penal Code came into force in British India?
A.
1862
B.
1865
C.
1869
D.
1874
Answer:
Option A: 1862