Chapter Modern India 1

1. When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha ?
(a) Vinoba Bhave
(b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(c) Abbas Tyabji
(d) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
Ans: (c)

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2. In which session of Congress the demand of “Poorna Swaraj” was accepted as the aim of the Congress ?
(a) Calcutta (b) Madras
(c) Nagpur (d) Lahore
Ans: (d)

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3. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha ?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Acharya J. B. Kripalani
Ans: (c)

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4. “Go back to Vedas.” This call given by
(a) Ramakrishna Paramah-amsa
(b) Vivekananda
(c) Jyotiba Phule
(d) Daynand Saraswati
Ans: (d)

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5. Naokhali is situated in—
(a) West Bengal (b) Bangladesh
(c) Tripura (d) Bihar
Ans: (b)

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6. Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested during ‘Satyagrah’ in the year—
(a) 1906 (b) 1908
(c) 1913 (d) 1917
Ans: (b)

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7. What was the basis of transfer of power to India on 15th August by ?
(a) On this day the Indian National Congress had demanded “Poorna Swaraj”.
(b) On this day Mahatma Gandhi started ‘Quit India Movement’.
(c) Anniversary of formation of Interim Government
(d) Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army before Admiral Mountbatten
Ans: (d)

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8. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by :
(a) Clive (b) Hastings
(c) Wellesley (d) Cornwallis
Ans: (d)

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9. The father of extremist movement in India is :
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (d)

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10. Through which principle or device did Gandhiji strive to bridge economic inequalities?
(a) Abolition of machinery
(b) Establishment of village industries
(c) Trusteeship theory
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)

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11. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from :
(a) Tuoreau (b) Ruskin
(c) Confucius (d) Tolstoy
Ans: (a)

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12. The first Indian selected for Indian Civil Service was :
(a) Surendra Nath Banerji
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) C.R. Das
Ans: (*)

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13. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by :
(a) Indian Council Act of 1892.
(b) Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
(c) Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919
(d) Government of India of 1935
Ans: (b)

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14. Who represented India in the Second Round Table Conference?
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(b) Sucheta Kripalani
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Kalpana Joshi
Ans: (c)

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15. What was the ultimate goal of Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha?
(a) repeal of Salt Satyagraha
(b) curtailment of the Government’s power
(c) economic relief to the common people
(d) ‘Purna Swaraj’ for India
Ans: (d)

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16. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel and M.A.
Jinnah
(d) Morarji Desai and J.B. Kripalani
Ans: (c)

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17. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada Jail against :
(a) British repression of the Satyagrahis.
(b) Violation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
(c) Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald.
(d) Communal riots in Calcutta.
Ans: (c)

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18. In 1939, for the first time, Gandhiji tried out his specific techniques of controlled mass struggle in a native state. He allowed a close associate of his to lead a satyagraha. Who was he?
(a) K. T. Bhashyam in Mysore
(b) Jamnalal Bajaj in Jaipur
(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel in Rajkot
(d) Nebakrushna Chaudhri in Dhenkanal
Ans: (c)

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19. One time associate of Mahatma Gandhi, broke off from him and launched a radical movement called ‘self-respect movement’. Who was he ?
(a) P. Thyagaraja Shetti
(b) Chhatrapati Maharaj
(c) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(d) Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
Ans: (c)

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20. The first attempt to introduce a representative and popular element in the governance of India was made through :
(a) Indian Council Act, 1861
(b) Indian Council Act, 1892
(c) Indian Council Act, 1909
(d) Government of India Act, 1919
Ans: (c)

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21. What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
(a) Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
(b) Attacking the caste system
(c) Led an anti-landlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara
(d) Separate representation for untouchables
Ans: (a)

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22. In which of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger Strike as a weapon?
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement, 1920-22
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
(c) Ahmedabad Strike, 1918
(d) Bardoli Satyagraha
Ans: (c)

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23. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Mridula Sarabhai
(c) Muthu Lakshmi
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (d)

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24. Sati was prohibited by
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: (c)

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25. The Simon Commission was formed to review
(a) legislatures in India
(b) fitness of India for further reforms
(c) the position of the viceroy
(d) a Constitution for India
Ans: (b)

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26. Where did Aurangzeb die?
(a) Ahmednagar
(b) Aurangabad
(c) Allahabad
(d) Lahore
Ans: (b)

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27. When was the first train steamed off in India ?
(a) 1848 (b) 1853
(c) 1875 (d) 1880
Ans: (b)

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28. Which one of the following libraries has the largest collection of manuscripts of historical value?
(a) Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library
(b) Tanjavur Maharaja Serfoji Saraswati Mahal Library
(c) Asiatic Society Library
(d) Rampur Raza Library
Ans: (a)

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29. In which of the following systems of land settlement adopted by the English did provide more protection to the interests of farmers ?
(a) Permanent Settlement of Bengal
(b) Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
(c) Zamindari Settlement of Central States
(d) Malgujari (land revenue) Setternent of United State
Ans: (b)

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30. Which of the following pairs contributed significantly to integrate the princely states into Indian Union ?
(a) Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Sardar Patel and V.P. Menon
(c) Sardar Patel and Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Sardar Patel and K.M. Munsi
Ans: (b)

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31. When was first telegraph line started in India ?
(a) 1851 (b) 1875
(c) 1884 (d) 1900
Ans: (a)

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32. The Home Rule Leagu was started by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (b)

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33. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly ?
(a) After the Battle of Plassey
(b) After the Battle of Panipat
(c) After the War of Mysore
(d) After Sepoy Mutiny
Ans: (a)

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34. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe ?
(a) Bardoli Satayagraha
(b) Khilafat Agitation
(c) Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
(d) Chauri Chaura incident
Ans: (c)

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35. Who was the Chairman of the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel
(b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (d)

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36. From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the Individual Satyagraha in 1940?
(a) Nadiad in Gujarat
(b) Pavnar in Maharashtra
(c) Adyar in Tamil Nadu
(d) Guntur in Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (b)

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37. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India ?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Auckland
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Ans: (a)

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38. The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in
(a) 1852 (b) 1853
(c) 1854 (d) 1855
Ans: (b)

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39. The original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati was
(a) Abhi Shankar
(b) Gowri Shankar
(c) Daya Shankar
(d) Mula Shankar
Ans: (d)

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40. The Swadeshi Movement was launched
(a) as a protest against division of Bengal
(b) with a view to improve the economic condition of the people by encouraging consumption of Indian goods
(c) as a protest against the massacre of Indian people at Jallianwala Bagh
(d) due to the failure of the British Government to introduce responsible Government in India
Ans: (a)

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41. The 19th Century reawak-ening in India was confined to the
(a) Priestly class
(b) Upper middle class
(c) Rich peasantry
(d) Urban landlords
Ans: (b)

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42. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (a)

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43. Who introduced the perma-nent settlement in Bengal ?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) William Bentinck
(d) Lord Curzon
Ans: (a)

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44. When was the first passenger train run in India ?
(a) January 1848
(b) April 1853
(c) May 1857
(d) April 1852
Ans: (b)

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45. Who designed the national flag of Independent India ?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Pingali Venkaiah
Ans: (d)

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46. Which of the following European Colonisers did not have a settlement on the Eastern Coast of India ?
(a) French (b) Portuguese
(c) Dutch (d) Danish
Ans: (d)

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47. In which session of Indian National Congress the tricolour flag was unfurled for the first time ?
(a) Calcutta Session, 1920
(b) Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur, 1920
(c) Lahore Congress, 1929
(d) Haripura Congress Conference, 1938
Ans: (c)

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48. Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges ?
(a) Pitts India Act, 1784
(b) Educational Despatch, 1854
(c) Macaulay Minute, 1835
(d) Regulating Act, 1773
Ans: (c)

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49. During colonial period, British capital was mainly invested in :
(a) Infra structure (b) Industry
(c) Agriculture (d) Services
Ans: (c)

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50. M. A. Jinnah, in his early political life–
(a) supported two nation theory
(b) initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
(c) imagined Pakistan as an independent State
(d) was a communalist
Ans: (b)

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51. Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century ?
(a) Portuguese
(b) Dutch
(c) The house of Jagat Seth
(d) Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans: (a)

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52. Match the following :
List : I
A. Jayprakash Narayan
B. C. F. Andrew
C. Dadabhai Nauroji
D. Lala Lajpat Rai List : II
1. Dinbandhu
2. Grand old man of India
3. Lok Nayak
4. Punjab Kesari
5. Raja Jee
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(a) 5 4 3 2
(b) 3 1 2 4
(c) 1 2 5 3
(d) 4 3 1 5
Ans: (b)

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53. Given below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair.
(a) Rani Laxmibai—Indore
(b) Khan Bahadur Khan—Ruhelkhand
(c) Kunwar Singh—Sahabad
(d) Nana Saheb—Kanpur
Ans: (a)

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54. Who was the National leader who wrote History of India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail ?
(a) Nandanlal Bose
(b) Ambedkar
(c) Vir Savarkar
(d) Jyotiba Phule
Ans: (c)

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55. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the Princely State of
(a) Satara (b) Jhansi
(c) Oudh (d) Jaunpur
Ans: (a)

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56. The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of
(a) Macaulay
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Ans: (c)

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57. One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
(a) Kalpana Dutt
(b) Surya Sen
(c) Pritialata Woddedar
(d) Dinesh Gupta
Ans: (d)

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58. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba ?
(a) Battle of Buxar, 1764
(b) Battle of Plassey, 1757
(c) Farrukh Siyar’s Farman, 1717
(d) Ibrahim Khan’s Farman, 1690
Ans: (a)

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59. Apart from the Quit India Movement which started on 9th August 1942, what other sensational activity of the freedom fighters was done on 9th August?
(a) Salt Satyagraha
(b) Boycott of Simon Commission
(c) Champaran Satyagraha
(d) Kakori Mail train “robbery”
Ans: (d)

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60. Which of the following treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao II ?
(a) The Treaty of Purandhar
(b) Convention of Wadgaon
(c) Treaty of Bassein
(d) Treaty of Salbai
Ans: (c)

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61. Which Indian statesman used these magic words, “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge ….” ?
(a) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (d)

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62. Satyagraha finds expression in
(a) Sudden outbursts of violence
(b) Armed conflicts
(c) Non-cooperation
(d) Communal riots
Ans: (c)

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63. The Muslim League advocated a separate Muslim State
(a) At its birth in 1906
(b) During the Khilafat Movement
(c) In 1930, when it opposed the Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) At the Lahore Session of 1940
Ans: (d)

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64. Who scripted Gandhiji’s favorite song ‘Vaishnav Jan To ……” ?
(a) Narsinh Mehta
(b) Premanand
(c) Chunilal
(d) Dharmiklal
Ans: (a)

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65. Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London ?
(a) Srinivas Ramanujam
(b) A.C. Wadia (c) C.V. Raman
(d) P.C. Mahalanobis
Ans: (b)

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66. Which of these battles proved decisive in the Anglo-French rivalry in India ?
(a) Battle of Wandiwash
(b) Battle of Assaye
(c) Battle of Chillianwala
(d) Battle of Seringapatam
Ans: (a)

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67. ‘Do or Die’ is the famous slogan given by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Rajiv Gandhi
Ans: (a)

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68. The English established their first factory in India at
(a) Bombay (b) Surat
(c) Sutanati (d) Madras
Ans: (b)

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69. In which of the following years, 26th January was celebrated as an independence day ?
(a) 1930 (b) 1929
(c) 1942 (d) 1946
Ans: (a)

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70. Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by
(a) Clive (b) Hastings
(c) Wellesley (d) Cornwallis
Ans: (d)

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71. Who spoke : “At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom” ?
(a) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) C. Rajagopalachari
Ans: (c)

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72. Who started the first English newspaper in India ?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) J.A. Hickey
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Ans: (c)

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73. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed against
(a) British mill owners and goverment officials
(b) Indian mill owners and non government officials
(c) British non-government officials
(d) Indian government officials
Ans: (b)

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74. The former princely state Nahan is part of which State now ?
(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Ans: (d)

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75. Which town/city in India has got a tower (minaar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah ?
(a) Mumbai (b) Aligarh
(c) Calicut (d) Guntur
Ans: (d)

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76. Who wrote “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Hai” ?
(a) Mohammed Iqbal
(b) Ramprasad Bismil
(c) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(d) Firaq Gorakhpuri
Ans: (b)

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77. Which of the following Acts gave representation to the Indians for the first time in legislation ?
(a) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(b) Indian Councils Act, 1919
(c) Government of India Act, 1919
(d) Government of India Act, 1935
Ans: (a)

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78. Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor-General
(a) Lord Bentick
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Lord Canning
Ans: (b)

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79. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer :
List-I
A. Lord Clive
B. Lord Wellesley
C. Lord Dalhousie
D. Lord Curzon List-II
1. Subsidiary Alliance
2. Indian Universities Act
3. Doctrine of Lapse
4. Dual Government in Bengal
(a) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
(b) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
(c) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
(d) A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
Ans: (b)

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80. Who from the following leaders was not assassinated ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Liaqat Ali Khan
(c) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
(d) Lord Louis Mountbatten
Ans: (c)

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81. Place chronologically the following treaties :
(a) Treaty of Amritsar
(b) Treaty of Bassein
(c) Treaty of Seringapatam
(d) Treaty of Salbai
(a) (a), (c), (b), (d)
(b) (d), (c), (a), (b)
(c) (d), (c), (b), (a)
(d) (b), (a), (d), (c)
Ans: (c)

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82. The Government of India, 1919 is also known as
(a) Morley-Minto Reforms
(b) Montague – Chelmsford Reforms
(c) Regulating Act
(d) Pitts India Act
Ans: (b)

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83. Who is called the ‘Father of the Indian National Congress’?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) A.O. Hume
(c) Lokmanya Tilak
(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Ans: (b)

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84. Who founded the Home Rule League in Calcutta in 1916 A.D.?
(a) Bipin Chandra Pal
(b) Arvind Ghosh
(c) Lokmanya Tilak
(d) Mrs. Annie Besant
Ans: (d)

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85. Mahatma Gandhi owed his inspiration for civil disobedience and non-payment of taxes to
(a) Thoreau
(b) Leo Tolstoy
(c) John Ruskin
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans: (a)

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86. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857 ?
(a) The last effort of the old political order to regain power.
(b) Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army
(c) A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule
(d) An effort to establish a limited Indian nation
Ans: (a)

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87. Match the following
A. Brahmo Samaj 1. Bombay
B. Veda Samaj 2. Bengal
C. Arya Samaj 3. Madras
D. Prarthana 4. North Samaj India A B C D
(a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 2 3 4 1
Ans: (d)

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88. Land Revenue under Tipu—
(a) was mainly collected through revenue officers.
(b) was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
(c) was collected by interme-diaries
(d) was not allowed to go into the hands of Sultan
Ans: (b)

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89. Who was the advocate at the famous INA Trials ?
(a) Bhulabhai Desai
(b) Asaf Ali
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) C. Rajagopalachari
Ans: (a)

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90. Which year did Bankim Chandra Chatopadhyay write Anandmath?
(a) 1858 (b) 1892
(c) 1882 (d) None of these
Ans: (c)

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91. The Governor-General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was—
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Macaulay
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Hastings
Ans: (c)

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92. Who among the following visited Gandhiji in South Africa ?
(a) B. G. Tilak
(b) Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) G.K. Gokhale
(d) J.L. Nehru
Ans: (c)

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93. In which year Salt Satyagraha took place ?
(a) 1929 (b) 1930
(c) 1931 (d) 1932
Ans: (b)

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94. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence ?
(a) Macaulay’s Minute
(b) Hunter Commission
(c) Charter Act
(d) Wood’s Despatch
Ans: (d)

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95. Cabinet Mission came to India in the year
(a) 1946 (b) 1945
(c) 1942 (d) 1940
Ans: (a)

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96. Muslim League was founded in the year
(a) 1900 (b) 1905
(c) 1906 (d) 1902
Ans: (c)

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97. The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai …’ was composed by
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Khudiram Bose
(c) Chandrasekhar Azad
(d) Ramprasad Bismil
Ans: (d)

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98. The first Viceroy of India was
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Elgin
Ans: (a)

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99. From which of the following Upanishads the words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the State Emblem are ?
(a) Prashna (b) Mundaka
(c) Mandukya(d) Ishavasya
Ans: (b)

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100. Lahore was Ranjeet Singh’s Political Capital. Which city was called his Religious Capital ?
(a) Amritsar
(b) Anandpur Shahib
(c) Gujranwala
(d) Peshawar
Ans: (a)

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101. ‘Permanent Settlement’, the system of revenue collection was introduced in India by
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Hastings
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Ans: (d)

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102. Who was the first woman President of Congress ?
(a) Mrs. Annie Besant
(b) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
(c) Mrs. Nellie Sengupta
(d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Ans: (a)

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103. The Simon Commission which came to India in February 1928 was boycotted because
(a) all its members were Englishmen
(b) at that time a large number of nationalist leaders were in prison
(c) the chairman, Sir John Simon was very unpopular
(d) the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms had failed
Ans: (a)

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104. Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council ?
(a) M. A. Jinnah
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) V. P. Menon
Ans: (b)

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105. Gandhi’s inspiration for Civil Disobedience came from the writings of
(a) Henry David Thoreau
(b) David Ricardo
(c) Henry Kissinger
(d) Bertrand Russell
Ans: (a)

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106. The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by
(a) Muhammad Iqbal
(b) M. A. Jinnah
(c) Shaukat Ali
(d) Aga Khan
Ans: (a)

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107. Who is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self-government in modern India ?
(a) Ripon (b) Mayo
(c) Lytton (d) Curzon
Ans: (a)

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108. After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel was given by
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (c)

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109. ‘Sati’ was abolished by
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) William Bentinck
Ans: (d)

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110. Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi was called as ‘Mahatma’ by
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Ans: (d)

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111. The ‘Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College’ later became the
(a) Osamania University
(b) Jamia-Milia Muslim University
(c) Baraktullah University
(d) Aligarh Muslim University
Ans: (d)

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112. ‘Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its Session of
(a) Lucknow, 1916
(b) Lahore, 1929
(c) Tripuri, 1939
(d) Lahore, 1940
Ans: (b)

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113. Who was the author of the book My Experiments with Truth ?
(a) Aurobindo (b) Tilak
(c) Gandhi (d) Vinoba
Ans: (c)

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114. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the foundermembers of the
(a) Communist Party of India
(b) Forward Block
(c) Socialist-Swarajist Party
(d) Swarajya Party
Ans: (d)

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115. The immortal national song Bande Mataram has been written by
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(d) Surendranath Bandopadhyaya
Ans: (c)

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116. The Mohemmadan Anglo–Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by
(a) Md. Ali Jinnah
(b) Mohammad Ali
(c) Saukat Ali
(d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Ans: (d)

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117. Who among the following is generally regarded as the pioneer of Local Self-Government in Modern India ?
(a) Ripon (b) Lytton
(c) Mayo (d) Curzon
Ans: (a)

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118. Which one of the following was not a French settlement in India ?
(a) Puducherry
(b) Mahe
(c) Goa
(d) Chandarnagar
Ans: (c)

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119. Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of
(a) industrialisation
(b) economic independence
(c) economic growth
(d) moral purity
Ans: (b)

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120. “India Wins Freedom” is the autobiography of
(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Muhammad Ali
(c) Zakir Hussain
(d) Syed Ahmad Khan
Ans: (a)

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121. Gandhi wanted to realise ‘truth’ through :
(a) Ahimsa (Non-violence)
(b) Dharma (Religion)
(c) Karma (Service)
(d) Dhyana (Meditation)
Ans: (a)

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122. The Round table conference at London met for the discussion of
(a) Provision of Provincial Autonomy
(b) A future Administration of India
(c) Gandhi’s demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians
Ans: (b)

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123. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated with
(a) Mazzini (b) Cavour
(c) Garibaldi (d) Bismarck
Ans: (d)

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124. For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms ?
(a) Jews (b) Muslims
(c) Christians (d) Sikhs
Ans: (b)

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125. In Gandhian Socialism
(a) State is required
(b) State is not required
(c) State is sometimes required and sometimes not required
(d) State is neither required nor not required
Ans: (b)

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126. Who said “The Simon Commission Report should be thrown on a heap of rubbish” ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Shivaswami Ayyar
(c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (b)

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127. The Marathas were defeated at Panipat because
(a) The Marathas did not fight bravely
(b) The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
(c) The Martha army was short of food supplies
(d) The Marathas were considered alien by the local population
Ans: (b)

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128. Which day was declared as the ‘Direct Action Day’ by the Muslim League ?
(a) 3rd September, 1946
(b) 16th August, 1946
(c) 16th May, 1946
(d) 4th December, 1946
Ans: (b)

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129. When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the ‘Quit India Movement’ of 1942 ?
(a) 7th August 1942
(b) 30th April 1942
(c) 9th August 1942
(d) 5th July 1942
Ans: (c)

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130. Gandhiji believed that
(a) End justifies means
(b) Means justify end
(c) Neither end justifies means nor means justify end
(d) End and Means both should be justified
Ans: (b)

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131. With which ‘Movement’, the following were/are associated?
List-I
a. Vinoba Bhave
b. Medha Patkar
c. Sunderlal Bahuguna
d. Jaya Prakash Narayan List-II
1. ‘Chipko’
2. ‘Sampurna Kranti’
3. ‘Narmada Bachao’
4. ‘Bhoodan’
(a) a – 4, c – 1, b – 2, d – 3
(b) a – 4, b – 3, c – 1, d – 2
(c) b – 3, c – 1, a – 2, d – 4
(d) d – 2, a – 4, b – 1, c – 2
Ans: (b)

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132. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(a) Lord Dalhousie – Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Lord Minto – Indian Councils Act, 1909
(c) Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance
(d) Lord Curzon – Vernacular Press Act, 1878
Ans: (d)

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133. The province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts in 1905 by
(a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Dufferin(d) Lord Curzon
Ans: (d)

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134. The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as
(a) The Montagu Declaration
(b) The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
(c) The Morley-Minto Reforms
(d) The Rowlatt Act
Ans: (c)

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135. The Home Rule League was started by
(a) M.K. Gandhi (b) B.G. Tilak
(c) Ranade (d) K.T. Telang
Ans: (b)

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136. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because
(a) it sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians
(b) it proposed to partition India
(c) it was an all-white commission without Indian representation
(d) it proposed measures to contain nationalism
Ans: (c)

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137. The founder of the ‘Brahmo Samaj’ was
(a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Raja Ram Mohun Roy
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Ans: (c)

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138. The correct chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is
(a) Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
(b) Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
(c) Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
(d) Surat, Madras,Calcutta, Bombay
Ans: (c)

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139. The Revolt of 1857 was started by
(a) the Sepoys
(b) the Zamindars
(c) the Peasants
(d) the Plantation Workers
Ans: (a)

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140. After leaving the Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose formed, in 1939, his own party, named
(a) Socialist Bloc
(b) Revolutionary Socialist Bloc
(c) Forward Bloc
(d) Socialist-Congress Bloc
Ans: (c)

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141. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokamanya during
(a) his imprisonment in 1908
(b) Home Rule Movement
(c) Revoelutionary Movement
(d) Swadeshi Movement
Ans: (b)

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142. ‘Do or Die’ (Karenge ya Marenge) — Gandhiji gave this Mantra to the nation on the eve of which mass movement ?
(a) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(b) Salt Satyagraha
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Non-Cooperation Movement
Ans: (c)

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143. Which of the following was established by B.R. Ambedkar ?
(a) Swaraj Party
(b) Samaj Samata Party
(c) All India Scheduled Castes Federation
(d) The Independent Labour Party
Ans: (c)

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144. Who was in favour of a partyless democracy ?
(a) Jai Prakash Narain
(b) Bhupendra Nath Dutta
(c) M.N. Roy
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (a)

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145. Provincial autonomy was introduced in India by the
(a) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(b) Government of India Act, 1919
(c) Government of India Act, 1935
(d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Ans: (c)

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146. Who was the first Indian Governor-
General of India?
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Ans: (b)

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147. In which state was the first Non-
Congress Government set up in independent India?
(a) Punjab (b) Bihar
(c) Maharashtra (d) Kerala
Ans: (d)

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148. November 26, 1949 is a significant day in our constitutional history because
(a) India took a pledge of complete independence on this day
(b) The Constitution was adopted on this day
(c) India became a Republic on this day
(d) The first amendment of the Constitution was passed on this day
Ans: (b)

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149. The first General Secretary of the Indian National Congress was
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) A.O. Hume
(c) Ferozeshah Mehta
(d) Badruddin Tyabji
Ans: (b)

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150. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
(a) Caste system
(b) Evil custom of sati
(c) Degrading position of women in society
(d) Practice of superfluous religious rituals
Ans: (b)

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151. “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge…..” This was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by
(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (c)

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152. The Indian National Congress had passed the famous resolution on “Non-Cooperation” in 1920 at its session held at
(a) Lucknow (b) Delhi
(c) Bombay (d) Calcutta
Ans: (d)

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153. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
Ans: (a)

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154. Which of the following can be considered as the most useful and outstanding reforms made by Lord Curzon, especially in respect of the people living in the undivided province of Punjab?
(a) Educational Reforms
(b) Police Reforms
(c) Industrial Reforms
(d) Agricultural Reforms
Ans: (d)

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155. ‘Dyarchy’ was introduced in the Government of India Act of
(a) 1909 (b)1919
(c) 1935 (d)None of these
Ans: (b)

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156. The transfer of Government from the ‘Company’ to the ‘Crown’ was pronounced by Lord Canning
(November 1, 1858) at
(a) Calcutta (b) Delhi
(c) Patna (d) Allahabad
Ans: (d)

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157. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League came closer to each other in 1916 at
(a) Lahore (b) Amritsar
(c) Lucknow (d) Haripura
Ans: (c)

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158. Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by
(a) Clive (b) Hastings
(c) Wellesley (d) Cornwallis
Ans: (d)

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159. Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during British imperialism?
(a) W.C. Bannerji
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Gopalkrishna Gokhale
(d) Gandhiji
Ans: (b)

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160. Which is the oldest trade union organisation in India?
(a) Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC)
(b) Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)
(c) All India Trade Union Congress
(AITUC)
(d) Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
(BMS)
Ans: (c)

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161. Sarvodaya stands for
(a) Total revolution
(b) Non-cooperation
(c) Upliftment of all
(d) Non-violence
Ans: (c)

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162. In which city of South Africa was Gandhi beaten up and thrown off the pavement by the white people?
(a) Cape Town (b) Durban
(c) Johannesburg (d) Pretoria
Ans: (b)

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163. Who attended the Congress of Oppressed Nationalists at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of the National Congress ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Dr. Ansari
(d) Motilal Nehru
Ans: (a)

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164. Who amongst the following made it possible for the Indians to enter the Indian Civil Service through an open competitive examination?
(a) William Bentinck
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Mayo
(d) Ripon
Ans: (b)

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165. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab?
(a) 1905 (b) 1907
(c) 1909 (d) 1911
Ans: (b)

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166. Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
(a) Minto I (b) William Bentinck
(c) Hastings (d) Auckland
Ans: (b)

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167. The “Arya Samaj” was founded by
(a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) Keshav Chandra Sen
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
Ans: (a)

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168. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912, but, on its being banned by the Government, he founded at Al-Balagh in
(a) 1913 (b) 1914
(c) 1915 (d) 1916
Ans: (c)

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169. High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in
(a) 1935 (b) 1919
(c) 1892 (d) 1861
Ans: (d)

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170. Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Sucheta Kripalani
(c) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(d) Annie Besant
Ans: (d)

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171. Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th century?
(a) Prarthana Samaj
(b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) Rama Krishna Mission
Ans: (b)

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172. Who was the President of Indian National Congress when the Mountbatten Plan of independence was accepted ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) Maulana Azad
(d) Acharya J. B. Kripalani
Ans: (d)

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173. Who developed the idea that “means justify the ends” ?
(a) Kautilya
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (d)

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174. Who said that ‘the real seat of taste is not the tongue, but the mind’?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Ans: (b)

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175. Provincial Autonomy was one of the important features of the Act of
(a) 1935 (b) 1919
(c) 1909 (d) 1858
Ans: (a)

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176. Who was the Governor-general of India during the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) Lord Ripon
Ans: (b)

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177. When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this earth” ?
(a) Bertrand Russell
(b) Leo Tolstoy
(c) Albert Einstein
(d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Ans: (c)

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178. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called
(a) Non-Cooperation move-ment
(b) Swadeshi Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Move-ment
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)

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179. The Cabinet Mission came to India in
(a) 1943 (b) 1944
(c) 1945 (d) 1946
Ans: (d)

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180. The first to come and last to leave India were
(a) the Portuguese
(b) the French
(c) the English
(d) the Dutch
Ans: (a)

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181. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress ?
(a) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
(b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (b)

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182. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transfer of power from
(a) East India Company to the British Crown
(b) British Crown to the East India Company
(c) East India Company to the Governor General
(d) British Crown to the Board of Directors
Ans: (a)

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183. The issue on which the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 was launched was
(a) equal employment opportunities for Indians
(b) the proposed execution of Bhagat Singh
(c) salt monopoly exercised by the British Government
(d) complete freedom
Ans: (c)

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184. Who was the last Governor-General of India ?
(a) Sir Cripps
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Sir Attlee
Ans: (c)

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185. Which Directive Principle bears the direct impact of Gandhi’s moral philosophy ?
(a) Equal pay for equal work
(b) Provision of free legal aid and advice
(c) Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
(d) Protection of the monuments of historical importance
Ans: (c)

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186. Who represented India in the Second Round Table Conference?
(a) Sarojani Nadu
(b) Anne Besaint
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)

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187. Who declared as his ultimate aim the wiping of every tear from every eye?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Gandhiji
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Sardar Patel
Ans: (b)

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188. In ends and means relationship, Gandhiji believed
(a) Means become good if they serve the end
(b) Means and ends are watertight compartments
(c) Means determine the end
(d) End is everything, no matter what or how the means are
Ans: (c)

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189. The First Victory & Governor-
General of British India was
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Sir John Lawrence
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Canning
Ans: (d)

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190. The split between the ‘Extremists’ and ‘Moderates’ came up in the open at the Surat Congress Session in the year
(a) 1905 (b) 1906
(c) 1907 (d) 1910
Ans: (c)

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191. Bhulabhai Desai’s most memorable achievement was his defence of the Indian National Army (I.N.A.) personnel at the Red Fort Trial towards the end of
(a) 1943 (b) 1944
(c) 1945 (d) 1946
Ans: (c)

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192. The First Viceroy of the Portuguese in the East was
(a) Albuquerque
(b) Joa de Castro
(c) Francisco de Almedia
(d) Nuno da Cunha
Ans: (c)

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193. When was the All India Women’s Conference founded
(a) 1924 (b) 1925
(c) 1926 (d) 1927
Ans: (d)

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194. The Kuka movement started in mid-Nineteenth century in
(a) Western Punjab
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Bengal
(d) Madhya Bharat
Ans: (a)

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195. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” is regarding the proposals of
(a) Simon Commission
(b) Cripps Mission
(c) Cabinet Mission
(d) Wavel Plan
Ans: (b)

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196. Under whose leadership was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934 ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narayan
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose and P.C, Joshi
(d) Saifuddin Kitchlew and Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (b)

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197. Which one of the following is incorrectly matched ?
(a) Columbus – 1492
(b) Vasco de Gama – 1498
(c) Magellan – 1520
(d) Balboa – 1530
Ans: (d)

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198. When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India ?
(a) 1813 (b) 1833
(c) 1835 (d) 1844
Ans: (c)

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199. During whose Veceroyship did the High Courts come into existence at the three presidential cities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay ?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) John Lawrence
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: (c)

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200. Who was popularly known as ‘Nana Saheb” ?
(a) Baji Rai I
(b) Balaji Baji Rao
(c) Balaji Vishwanath
(d) Madhav Rao
Ans: (b)

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201. In which session of the Indian National Congress did the historic union of Congress and Muslim League take place?
(a) Surat (b) Bombay
(c) Calcutta (d) Lucknow
Ans: (d)

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202. Who attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi ?
(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
Ans: (d)

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203. Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper ‘Kesari’ during the National Struggle ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Lokmanya Tilak
(d) Muhammad Iqbal
Ans: (c)

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204. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :
List – I
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. M.A. Jinnah
c. Tej Bahadur Sapru
d. V.D. Savarkar List – II
1. Muslim League
2. Indian National Congress
2. Hindu Mahasabha
4. Liberal Party Code :
a b c d
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 2 1 3 4
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 4 1 3 2
Ans: (a)

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205. Who was the only Indian to be elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly ?
(a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(b) V.K. Krishna Menon
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Rajeshwar Dayal
Ans: (a)

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206. What was the reason for Gandhiji’s support to decentralisation of power ?
(a) Decentralisation ensures more participation of the people into democracy
(b) India had decentralisation of power in the past
(c) Decentralisation was essential for the economic development of the country
(d) Decentralisation can prevent communalism
Ans: (c)

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207. Which of the following, according to Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world?
(a) Non-violence of the brave
(b) Non-violence of the weak
(c) Non-violence of the coward
(d) Non-violence of the downtrodden
Ans: (a)

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208. Who among the following were members of the Swaraj Party?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(a) a and b (b) a only
(c) b and c (d) a, b and c
Ans: (b)

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209. Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India?
(a) Goa (b) Calicut
(c) Cannanore (d) Cochin
Ans: (a)

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210. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
(a) promote heavy industries in India
(b) facilitate British commerce and adminis-trative control
(c) move foodstuff in case of famine
(d) enable Indians to move freely within the country
Ans: (b)

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211. According to Dadabhai Naoroji ‘Swaraj’ meant
(a) Complete independence
(b) Self government
(c) Economic independence
(d) Political independence
Ans: (b)

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212. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’ ?
(a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(b) R.G. Bhandarkar
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(d) B.G. Tilak
Ans: (a)

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213. Who was the first Governor– General of Bengal?
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) William Bentinck
(d) Cornwallis
Ans: (b)

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214. Which scripture was called his ‘mother’ by Gandhiji ?
(a) Ramayana
(b) The New Testament
(c) Bhagwat Gita
(d) The Holy Quran
Ans: (c)

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215. The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of
(a) January (b) March
(c) August (d) December
Ans: (c)

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216. Match the following :
Column-I
(A) Keshab Sen
(B) Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Atmaram Pandurang
(D) Syed Ahmad Khan Column-II
1. Prarthana Samaj
2. Brahmo Samaj
3. Aligarh Movement
4. Arya Samaj A B C D
(a) 4 1 3 2
(b) 1 4 2 3
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 3 2 4 1
Ans: (c)

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217. Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress ?
(a) George Yule
(b) William Wedderburn
(c) A.O. Hume
(d) Henry Cotton
Ans: (a)

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218. Which one of the following personalities is known as ‘Grand Old Man of India’ ?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (b)

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219. The pledge for “Poorna Swaraj” was taken at the Congress Session of
(a) Calcutta (b) Lahore
(c) Allahabad (d) Madras
Ans: (b)

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220. Who was the founder of the ‘Servants of India Society’ ?
(a) G.K. Gokhale
(b) M.G. Ranade
(c) B.G. Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans: (a)

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221. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
(a) Bernard Shaw
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Lenin
(d) Leo Tolstoy
Ans: (d)

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222. Who is rightly called the “Father of Local Self Government” in India ?
(a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Clive
Ans: (b)

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223. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Curzon
Ans: (b)

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224. India attained ‘Dominion Status’ on
(a) 15th January, 1947
(b) 15th August, 1947
(c) 15th August, 1950
(d) 15th October, 1947
Ans: (b)

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225. What is Gandhi’s definition of Rama Raj ?
(a) The rule as it was during the time of Rama
(b) Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
(c) The greatest good of all
(d) The absolute power concentrated in the hands of a king
Ans: (c)

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226. Who among the following was the first to sign the ‘Instruments of Accession’ ?
(a) The Maharaja of Baroda
(b) The Dewan of Travancore
(c) The Nizam of Hyderabad
(d) The Raja of Jodhpur
Ans: (b)

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227. The decline of Indian Handicrafts industry in the 19th century was attributed to
(a) competition from British manufacturing industries only
(b) disappearance of Indian Princely Courts only
(c) establishment of alien rule only
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d)

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228. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by the Indians?
(a) It did not include any Indian as a member
(b) It did not have any woman member
(c) It was appointed before the stipulated time
(d) It refused to meet prominent Indian leaders
Ans: (a)

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229. Who among the following started the first newspaper in India?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) W.C. Bonnerjee
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) James A. Hickey
Ans: (d)

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230. English education was introduced in India by
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Lord Macaulay
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: (c)

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231. Name the important French possession in India.
(a) Goa (b) Pondicherry
(c) Daman (d) Cochin
Ans: (b)

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232. As per provisions of the Charter Act of 1833, a Law Commission
(for consolidating, codifying and improving Indian laws) was constituted under the Chairmanship of
(a) Lord Bentinck
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) Lord Macaulay
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: (c)

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233. Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament ?
(a) W.C. Bonnerjee
(b) Behramji M. Malabari
(c) D.N. Wacha
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: (d)

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234. Who said “Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India” ?
(a) Raj Narain Bose
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Ans: (*)

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235. According to Gandhiji, which of the following are the major means of Satyagraha ?
(a) Non-cooperation
(b) Strike
(c) Demonstration
(d) Civil disobedience
(a) a and b are correct
(b) a and d are correct
(c) b and d are correct
(d) c and d are correct
Ans: (b)

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236. Hardayal, an intellectual giant, was associated with
(a) Home Rule Movement
(b) Ghadar Movement
(c) Swadeshi Movement
(d) Non-Cooperation Movement
Ans: (b)

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237. The credit of discovering the sea route of India goes to the
(a) French (b) Dutch
(c) Portuguese(d) English
Ans: (c)

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238. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
(a) Jay He
(b) Rashtra Jagriti
(c) Bharat Vidhata
(d) Matribhoomi
Ans: (c)

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239. On imprisonment in 1908 by the Brities, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sent to
(a) Andaman and Nicobar
(b) Rangoon
(c) Singapore
(d) Mandalay
Ans: (d)

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240. The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in
(a) 1928 (b) 1930
(c) 1931 (d) 1922
Ans: (b)

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241. At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651?
(a) Calcutta (b) Qasim Bazar
(c) Singur (d) Burdwan
Ans: (b)

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242. Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad” ?
(a) Chandrashekhar Azad
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Iqbal
Ans: (c)

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243. The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in
(a) 1909 (b) 1935
(c) 1919 (d) 1945
Ans: (c)

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244. The Editor of ‘Young India’ and ‘Harijan’ was
(a) Nehru
(b) Ambedkar
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Subash Chandra Bose
Ans: (c)

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245. Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences ?
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) M.M.Malavia
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Gandhiji
Ans: (a)

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246. The call of “Back to the Vedas” was given by :
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (b)

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247. Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India because :
(a) they felt that it was only an eyewash
(b) all the members of the Commission were English
(c) the members of the Commission were biased against India
(d) it did not meet the demands of the Indians
Ans: (b)

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248. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt ?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Disraeli
Ans: (d)

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249. The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in
(a) 1919 (b) 1935
(c) 1906 (d) 1909
Ans: (d)

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250. The two states which had non-
Congress Ministries in 1937 were
(a) Bengal and Punjab
(b) Punjab and NWFP
(c) Madras and Central Provinces
(d) Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (a)

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251. Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities?
(a) Abolition of machinery
(b) Establishment of village industries
(c) Adoption of non-violence
(d) Trusteeship theory
Ans: (d)

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252. Which one of the following was the first English ship that came to India ?
(a) Elizabeth (b) Bengal
(c) Red Dragon (d) Mayflower
Ans: (c)

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253. The All India Muslim League was founded by
(a) Maulana Ahmed Ali
(b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Agha Khan
(d) Hakim Ajmal Khan
Ans: (c)

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254. Gandhiji was influenced by the writings of
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Thomas Hobbes
(c) Charles Darwin
(d) Leo Tolstoy
Ans: (d)

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255. The Governor-General who abolished the practice of Sati was
(a) Dalhousie
(b) Ripon
(c) William Bentinck
(d) Curzon
Ans: (c)

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256. In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement ?
(a) 1919 (b) 1927
(c) 1934 (d) 1942
Ans: (a)

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257. Where was the Royal Durbar held on November 1st, 1858 to issue the Queen’s proclamation?
(a) Lucknow (b) Cawnpore
(c) Delhi (d) Kanpur
Ans: (*)

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258. Who is called as the ‘Prophet of New India’ ?
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Sri Ramakrishna
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Ans: (b)

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259. Who declared “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”?
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Bal Gangadhara Tilak
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) K.T. Telang
Ans: (b)

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260. The Indian council Act of 1909 was popularly known as :
(a) Parliament Act
(b) Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
(c) Minto-Morely Reforms
(d) The Judiciary Act
Ans: (c)

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261. Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under :
(a) Government of India Act of 1919
(b) Indian Councils Act of 1909
(c) Government of India Act of 1935
(d) Indian Independence Act of 1947
Ans: (c)

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262. ‘Royal Asiatic Society’ was founded by
(a) Sir William Jones
(b) Sir John Marshall
(c) R. D. Banerjee
(d) Sir William Bentick
Ans: (a)

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263. The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) fought in the Second World War against–
(a) Germany (b) Japan
(c) Italy (d) Great Britain
Ans: (d)

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264. Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of
(a) Lord Lytton
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Hardinge-I
Ans: (b)

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265. The hero of the Kakori ‘Dacoity’ case was
(a) Ramprasad Bismil
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Batukeshwar Datta
(d) Barkatulla
Ans: (a)

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266. The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was
(a) Montague
(b) Tez Bahadur Sapru
(c) Lionel Curtis
(d) Chelmsford
Ans: (a)

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267. Tricolour was adopted as the National Flag in—
(a) Lahore Congress
(b) Belgaum Congress
(c) Allahabad Congress
(d) Haripura Congress
Ans: (a)

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268. Who presided over the first Session of the Indian National Congress?
(a) A.O. Hume
(b) W.C. Bannerjee
(c) Surendranth Bannerjee
(d) Badruddin Tyabji
Ans: (b)

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269. When was the Dandi March undertaken?
(a) 31st December, 1929
(b) 12th March, 1930
(c) 5th April, 1930
(d) 5th May, 1930
Ans: (b)

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270. Who was the first propounder of the Doctrine of Passive Resistance?
(a) B.G. Tilak
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Lajpat Rai
(d) G. K. Gokhale
Ans: (b)

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271. Who was the Congress President during 1940-46?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Maulana Azad
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (c)

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272. What are the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909 known for?
(a) Separate Electorates
(b) Provincial Dyarchy
(c) Provincial Autonomy
(d) Federalism
Ans: (a)

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273. What was meant by the Secretary of State for India during the British rule?
(a) An official who worked as the Secretary to the Viceroy of India
(b) A Secretary level official appointed in each Presidency of India
(c) A British minister given full control over the Government of India
(d) A senior officer appointed by the Viceroy to look into the internal administration in India
Ans: (c)

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274. ‘Lucknow Pact’ was a deal between
(a) Indians and the British about legislative seats
(b) Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures
(c) Depressed castes and Brahmins about job reservations
(d) Hindus and Sikhs about job reservations
Ans: (b)

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275. The joint session of the Congress and Muslim League was held in 1916 at—
(a) Delhi (b) Kanpur
(c) Lucknow (d) Madras
Ans: (c)

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276. Who, among the following, founded the ‘All India Depressed Classes Federation’ in 1920?
(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) Jyotiba Phule
(c) G.K. Gokhale
(d) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: (d)

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277. The first Trading Centre which was established by the British was
(a) Kolkata (b) Surat
(c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
Ans: (b)

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278. When and which Governor-General decided to make English the medium of instruction in India?
(a) 1805-Lord Wellesley
(b) 1845-Lord Hardinge
(c)1835-Lord William Bentick
(d) 1850-Lord Dalhousie
Ans: (c)

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279. Who among the following, is acknowledged as the pioneer of Local Self-Government in India?
(a) Rippon (b) Mayo
(c) Lytton (d) Curzon
Ans: (a)

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280. Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Periyar’?
(a) C.V. Raman Pillai
(b) C.N. Mudaliar
(c) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(d) L. Ramkrishna Pillai
Ans: (c)

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281. In which of the following places was the Ryotwari settlement introduced?
(a) Uttar Pradesh and Punjab
(b) North-West Provinces and Punjab
(c) Madras and Bombay
(d) Bengal and Bihar
Ans: (c)

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282. Which among the following places, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Agra (b) Kanpur
(c) Jhansi (d) Lucknow
Ans: (a)

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283. Who, among the following, abolished the Dual System of Government in Bengal?
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Spencer
(d) Lord Warren Hastings
Ans: (d)

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284. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?
(a) Lord Elgin (b) Lord Macaulay
(c) Sadler (d) None of these
Ans: (b)

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285. Who, among the following, has been known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(b) Khan Saheb
(c) Chaudhary Shaukatullah
(d) Liaquat Ali Khan
Ans: (a)

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286. The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure refers to a situation where—
(a) the Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
(b) the Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar
(c) the person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and in return pays rent to the landlord
(d) the land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis
Ans: (a)

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287. Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the first Arya Samaj in 1875 at
(a) Bombay (b) Lahore
(c) Nagpur (d) Ahmadnagar
Ans: (a)

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288. Who, among the following, was the pioneer of social reform movements in 19th century India?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Devendra Nath Tagore
(d) Keshav Chandra Sen
Ans: (b)

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289. Who started the Home Rule Movement?
(a) Annie Beasant
(b) Padmaja Naidu
(c) Kamla Devi Chattopadyaya
(d) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
Ans: (a)

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290. When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?
(a) 1935 (b) 1931
(c) 1929 (d) 1932
Ans: (b)

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291. What was not true about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan?
(a) He founded the Mohamma dan Anglo Oriental College at Aligarh
(b) He was a leader of the Muslim League
(c) He was a leader of the Aligarh Movement
(d) He opposed the Indian National Congress
Ans: (b)

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292. ‘Neel Darpan’ a play depicting the revolt against the indigo planters was written by
(a) Dinbandhu Mitra
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Naveen Chandra Sen
Ans: (a)

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293. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
(a) Indigo (b) Mill-owners
(c) Plague
(d) Fresh assessment of land
Ans: (a)

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294. Who among the following implemented the Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Hastings
(d) Lord Rippon
Ans: (b)

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295. The first newspaper which was published in India was
(a) The Calculatta Gazette
(b) The Calculatta Gazette
(c) The Oriental Magazine of Calcutta
(d) The Bengal Gazette
Ans: (d)

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296. The Portuguese built their first fort on Indian soil in the territory of the Raja of
(a) Calicut (b) Cochin
(c) Daman (d) Bijapur
Ans: (b)

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297. The partition of Bengal was revoked by the British in
(a) 1911 (b) 1914
(c) 1917 (d) 1919
Ans: (a)

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298. Who among the following, analysed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British and the Muslims?
(a) Syed Ahmed Brelvi
(b) Shah Waliullah
(c) Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Syed Amir Ali
Ans: (c)

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299. Who created the Madras Presidency as it existed till Indian Independence?
(a) Sir Thomas Munro
(b) Lord Hastings
(c) Lord cornwallis
(d) Lord Welliesley
Ans: (a)

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300. The theory of ‘economic drain’ was propounded by
(a) B.G. Tilak
(b) R.C. Dutt
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) G.K. Gokhale
Ans: (c)

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301. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
(a) Lucknow (b) Calcutta
(c) Bombay (d) Madras
Ans: (c)

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302. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (b)

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303. Who led the armed raid on the government armoury at Chittagong in 1930?
(a) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Surya Sen (d) Sukhdev
Ans: (c)

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304. The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
(a) at the ramparts of the Red Fort in 1947
(b) on the banks of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
(c) when India became a democratic republic in 1950
(d) when The Government of India Act was passed in 1935.
Ans: (b)

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305. Morley-Minto Reforms were introduced in which of the following years?
(a) 1909 (b) 1919
(c) 1924 (d) 1935
Ans: (a)

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306. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
(a) Punjab (b) Chota Nagpur
(c) Tarai (d) Manipur
Ans: (b)

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307. The slogan of Quit India Movement was given by
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (b)

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308. Which British Viceroy is associated with the Partition of Bengal?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Hardinge
(d) Lord Wellesley
Ans: (b)

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309. In which year did Gandhiji undertake the famous Dandi March ?
(a) 1920 (b) 1930
(c) 1925 (d) 1935
Ans: (b)

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310. Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Bentinck
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Lytton
Ans: (c)

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311. Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring
(a) communal disunity
(b) division in the Hindu Society
(c) economic miseries to India
(d) destruction to handi-crafts
Ans: (b)

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312. Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law?
(a) Rowlatt Act of 1999
(b) Government of India Act of 1935
(c) Indian Councils Act of 1909
(d) Government of India Act of 1919
Ans: (a)

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313. Gandhi-Irwin Pact is associated with
(a) Quit India Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement
(d) Rowlatt Agitation
Ans: (b)

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314. Who, among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement?
(a) Shyamaji Krishnavarma
(b) M. N. Roy
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Lala Har Dayal
Ans: (d)

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315. Which of the following movements was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Champaran Satyagraha
(b) Wahabi Movement
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans: (b)

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316. Who said “Give me Blood, I will give you Freedom” ?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Ans: (a)

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317. Simon Commission was sent by British Parliament to India to review the
(a) progress of English education
(b) social reforms
(c) working of dyarchy
(d) Hindu-Muslim unity
Ans: (c)

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318. Who was the first Governor-
General of Independent India?
(a) Lord Attlee
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (b)

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319. The Arya Samaj is against
(a) existence of God
(b) rituals and idol-worship
(c) Hinduism
(d) Islam
Ans: (b)

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320. Who, among the following benefitted most by the British revenue system in India?
(a) Sharecroppers
(b) Peasants
(c) Zamindars
(d) Agriculture-labour
Ans: (c)

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321. Who, among the following Europeans, established their trade and influence in India first?
(a) British (b) French
(c) Dutch (d) Portuguese
Ans: (d)

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322. Who was the leader of the Young Bengal Movement?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Debendranath Tagore
(c) Henry Vivian Derozio
(d) David Hare
Ans: (c)

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323. When and where did the Theosophical Society establish its headquarters in India?
(a) 1882-Adyar (b) 1885-Belur
(c) 1890-Avadi (d) 1895-Vellore
Ans: (a)

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324. A prominent leader of the Ghadar Party was
(a) P. Mitra
(b) Lala Har Dayal
(c) B.G. Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans: (b)

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325. Who propounded the theory of ‘Drain of wealth’ from India to Great Britain ?
(a) Gopal Krishana Gokhale
(b) Dadabahai Naoroji
(c) Surendranth Banerjee
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (b)

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326. Swarajya was declared as the goal of the Congress at its session held in 1906 at
(a) Bombay (b) Calcutta
(c) Lucknow (d) Madras
Ans: (b)

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327. Gandhi started the ‘Dandi March’ from
(a) Ahmedabad(b) Allahabad
(c) Dandi (d) Calcutta
Ans: (a)

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328. The Congress adopted the ‘Quit India Resolution’ in the year
(a) 1940 (b) 1938
(c) 1946 (d) 1942
Ans: (d)

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329. The Asiatic society of Bengal (founded in 1784) owes its origin to
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Sir William Jones
(c) Sir James Mackintosh
(d) James Princep
Ans: (b)

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330. The book “Prison Diary” was written by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) V.D. Savarkar
(c) Jaya Prakash Narayan
(d) Morarji Desai
Ans: (c)

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331. “India House” is located in
(a) New Delhi (b) Kolkata
(c) London (d) New York
Ans: (c)

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332. Who is called the ‘Nightingale of India’?
(a) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) Sucheta Kriplani
Ans: (b)

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333. The first Governor General of the East India Company in India was
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Sir John Shore
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Marquis of Hastings
Ans: (c)

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334. Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (b)

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335. Find the correct match:
I II
A. Abdul Gaffar Khan 1. Mahatma
B. Dadabhai NaoroJi 2. Frontier Gandhi
C. Mohandas Karam- 3. Grand Old chand Gandhi dia Man of ln
D. Rabindra Nath Tagore 4. Gurudev
(a) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
(b) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
(c) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
(d) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
Ans: (b)

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336. The Gandhian economy was based on the principle of
(a) State control
(b) Competition
(c) Trusteeship
(d) Rural co-operation
Ans: (c)

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337. Who among the following was instrumental in the abolition of Sati in 1829?
(a) Lord Hastings (b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Bentick (d) Lord lrwin
Ans: (c)

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338. Bengal was partitioned in 1905 under the viceroyalty of
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Hardings
(d) Lord Minto
Ans: (a)

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339. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first apply his technique of Satyagraha?
(a) Dandi (b) Champaran
(c) England (d) South Africa
Ans: (d)

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340. The Azad Hind Fauj was formed in
(a) 1937 (b) 1942
(c) 1943 (d) 1945
Ans: (b)

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341. ‘Deshbandhu’ is the title of
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) C.R. Das
(c) B.C. Pal
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: (b)

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342. The Bhoodan Movement was launched by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jaiprakash Narain
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Rammanohar Lohia
Ans: (c)

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343. The Indian National Congress had its first meeting in the city of
(a) Calcutta (b) Bombay
(c) Ahmedabad (d) Allahabad
Ans: (b)

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344. Begum Hazrat Mahal led the 1857 revolt from :
(a) Lucknow (b) Kanpur
(c) Benares (d) Allahabad
Ans: (a)

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345. The Sati System was abolished in 1829 A.D. by
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Ans: (d)

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346. The Poona Pact signed in 1934 provided for
(a) the creation of dominion status for India
(b) separate electorates for Muslims
(c) separate electorates for the Harijans
(d) joint electorate with reservation for Harijans
Ans: (d)

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347. Bardoli Satyagraha is associated with
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Jamnalal Bajaj
Ans: (c)

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348. If
a. Dandi March
b. Tragedy of Jallianwallah
c. Quit India Movement and
d. Swadeshi Movement are arranged in the chronological order then they come as –
(a) b, a, c, d (b) d, c, a, b
(c) d, b, a, c (d) c, d, a, b
Ans: (c)

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349. Capt. Saunders, the English Police Officer was shot dead by
(a) Batukeshwar Dutt
(b) Ram Prasad
(c) Chandra Shekar Azad
(d) Bhagat Singh
Ans: (d)

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350. The Muslim League adopted the resolution for a separate nation in the year
(a) 1907 (b) 1922
(c) 1931 (d) 1940
Ans: (d)

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351. The man behind the first railway line in India was:
(a) William Dudley
(b) Roger Smith
(c) George Clark
(d) Warren Hastings
Ans: (c)

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352. To end the III Anglo-Mysore War.
Tipu Sultan signed the following Treaty with the British
(a) Treaty of Mangalore
(b) Treaty of Srirangapatnam
(c) Treaty of Mysore
(d) Treaty of Bidnur
Ans: (b)

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353. The original name of Swami Vivekananda was
(a) Narendranath Dutta
(b) Batukeshwara Dutta
(c) Krishna Dutta
(d) Surendra Dutta
Ans: (a)

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354. The British Governor-General who introduced the Postal system in India was
(a) Lord Dolhousie
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Auckland
(d) Lord Bentinck
Ans: (a)

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355. The Communal Awared of 1932, gave separate representation to
(a) Harijans (b) Muslims
(c) Sikhs (d) Christians
Ans: (a)

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356. Who among the following Portuguese captured Goa ?
(a) Francisco de Almeida
(b) Alfonso de Albuquerque
(c) Vasco da Gama
(d) Roberto de Nobili
Ans: (b)

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357. The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor-Generalship of
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord William Bentick
(c) Lord Dufferin
(d) Lord Curzon
Ans: (c)

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358. Federal form of government was introduced under the
(a) Government of India Act, 1919
(b) Government of India Act, 1935
(c) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(d) Government of India Act, 1858
Ans: (b)

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359. Subhash Chandra Bose set up the provisional Government of Free India in
(a) Burma (b) Singapore
(c) Thailand (d) Indonesia
Ans: (b)

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360. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(c) Kasturba Gandhi
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (a)

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361. The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was
(a) the Company’s Charter Act of 1813
(b) the Company’s Charter Act of 1853
(c) the Indian Councils Act of 1851
(d) the Indian Councils Act of 1893
Ans: (*)

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362. Which among the following States was forced to merge itself with the Union of India after 1947?
(a) Hyderabd (b) Kashmir
(c) Patiala (d) Mysore
Ans: (a)

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363. Who gave the solgan – ‘Jai Hind’?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) Moti Lal Nehru
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (a)

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364. Which of the Directive Principles can be described as Gandhian in character?
(a) Protection of workers and children
(b) Organisation of Village Panchayats as effective units of self-Government
(c) Equal work for both men and women
(d) Separation of the executive from the judiciary
Ans: (b)

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365. Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed ?
(a) The Hindu
(b) The Bengal Gazette
(c) The Anand Bazaar Patrika
(d) The Times of India
Ans: (b)

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366. Who revived the Theosophical Society ?
(a) Mother Teresa
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Florence Nightingale
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (b)

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367. Who was the pioneer of the western system of eduction in India ?
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Surendranath Bannerjee
Ans: (c)

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368. Who gave the slogan, ‘Dilli Chalo’?
(a) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) G.K. Gokhale
Ans: (c)

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369. Lord Dalhousie annexed Oudh for the British Empire in India
(a) through policy of subsidiary alliance
(b) through doctrine of lapse
(c) as the State being maladministered
(d) through wagging a war
Ans: (c)

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370. In which city did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place ?
(a) Jallandhar (b) Patiala
(c) Bhatinda (d) Amritsar
Ans: (d)

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371. Who is associated with the term ‘Loknayak’ in India ?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Jay Prakash Narayan
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
Ans: (c)

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372. Which of the following are the most important teachings of Gandhiji ?
A. Truth
B. Non-Violence
C. Religion
D. Satyagraha Select the correct code :
(a) A and C Only
(b) B and D Only
(c) A and B Only
(d) A, B and C Only
Ans: (b)

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373. Gandhiji was the staunch supporter of
(a) big industries
(b) cottage industries
(c) both big as well as small industries
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)

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374. Who was the last Viceroy of India?
(a) Lord Linlithgow
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Clement Attlee
Ans: (b)

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375. The Swarajya Party was formed following the failure of
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Champaran Satyagraha
Ans: (a)

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376. Who was the founder of Aligarh Movement ?
(a) Sir Agha Khan
(b) Maulana Altaf Husain Hali
(c) Maulana Shibli
(d) Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Ans: (d)

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377. In which year, Gandhiji established Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat ?
(a) 1916 (b) 1917
(c) 1918 (d) 1929
Ans: (b)

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378. Where was the First Session of Indian National Congress held?
(a) Bombay (b) Madras
(c) Calcutta (d) Delhi
Ans: (a)

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379. Gandhiji’s movement of boycotting the foreign goods aimed at
(a) full independence
(b) creating anti-British sentiment
(c) promotion of welfare state
(d) promotion of cottage industries
Ans: (d)

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380. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revalt of 1857 at
(a) Barrackpore (b) Meerut
(c) Kanpur (d) Jhansi
Ans: (a)

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381. Who said ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it’ ?
(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) B.G. Tilak
(c) G.K. Gokhale
(d) B. R. Ambedkar
Ans: (b)

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382. After the Chauri -Chaura incident, Gandhiji suspended the
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Khilafat Movement
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
Ans: (c)

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383. According to Mahatma Gandhi, which of the following is correct?
(a) Religion is to be separated from politics.
(b) Politics and religion must go hand in hand.
(c) Religion should be completely banned.
(d) Politics must be completely eliminated from socio-economic life.
Ans: (b)

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384. Who expounded “The Theory of Drain”
(a) Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Nauroji
(c) Gokhale
(d) Govinda Ranade
Ans: (b)

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385. Which place among the following was the headquarters of-the Portuguese in India ?
(a) Cochin (b) Goa
(c) Calicut (d) Cannanore
Ans: (b)

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386. Bal, Pal and Lal were the most prominent leaders of the :
(a) Swaraj Party
(b) Militant National Party
(c) Gadar Party
(d) Congress Party
Ans: (d)

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387. The Governor General of India impeached by the House of Commons in England was:
(a) Waren Hastings
(b) Cornwallis
(c) Wellesley
(d) William Bentinct
Ans: (a)

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388. What is the name of the Fort built by the English in Calcutta ?
(a) Fort St. David
(b) Fort St. Andrew
(c) Fort William
(d) Fort Victoria
Ans: (c)

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389. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ after,
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Non Cooperation Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
Ans: (b)

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390. What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality ?
(a) Rowlatt Act
(b) Minto-Morley Reforms
(c) Simon Commission
(d) Pitts India Act
Ans: (c)

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391. The last Governor-General of the East India Company ,and the first Viceroy under the crown was
(a) Lord Elgin
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: (b)

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392. The first Governor-General of Bengal was
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Lord Warren Hastings
(c) Lord John Shore
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Ans: (b)

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393. On April 12, 1944 Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the INA Flag in a town. In which State/ Union Territory is that town now ?
(a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(b) Tripura
(c) Manipur
(d) Mizoram
Ans: (c)

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394. Name the ‘Political Guru’ of Mahatma Gandhi.
(a) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (a)

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395. Who said that “India’s soul lives in villages” ?
(a) Vinoba Bhave
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (d)

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396. What was the name of the Newspaper edited by Gandhiji till 1933 ?
(a) Sarvodaya
(b) Arya
(c) Times of India
(d) Young India
Ans: (d)

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397. Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British ?
(a) Jatin Das
(b) Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) Rajguru
(d) Kalpana Dutt
Ans: (c)

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398. Who among the following was the first Viceroy of India ?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Pitt
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Robert Clive
Ans: (c)

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399. Who among the following established the Ghadar Party ?
(a) V.D. Savarkar
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Chandrashekhar Azad
Ans: (c)

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400. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from
(a) Sabarmati Ashram
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Porbandar
(d) Dandi
Ans: (a)

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401. ‘Kesari’, the Newspaper was started by :
(a) G.K. Gokhale
(b) B. G. Tilak
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (b)

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402. The Third battle of Panipat was fought in the year :
(a) 1526 A.D. (b) 1556 A.D,
(c) 1761 A.D. (d) 1776 A.D.
Ans: (c)

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403. The ‘Poorna Swaraj’ resolution was adopted in the annual session of the Indian National Congress held at
(a) Bombay (b) Lahore
(c) Calcutta (d) Madras
Ans: (b)

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404. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru ?
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: (*)

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405. Who introduced ‘doctrine of lapse’ ?
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Lytton
Ans: (c)

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406. The Lahore Conspiracy Case was registered against whom?
(a) V.D. Savarkar
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Chandrashekhar Azad
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: (b)

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407. Who among the following was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam ?
(a) Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (a)

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408. Aurobindo was arrested in connection with :
(a) Alipore Bomb Case
(b) Kolhapur Bomb Case
(c) Lahore Conspiracy Case
(d) Kakori Case
Ans: (a)

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409. The National Anthem was first sung in the year 1911 at the Annual session of the Indian National Congress held at :
(a) Pune (b) Mumbai
(c) Kolkata (d) Lucknow
Ans: (c)

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410. Who is known as the ‘Indian Bismarck’ ?
(a) Vallabhai Patel
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Bal Gangadhara Tilak
Ans: (a)

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411. Which Party was established by Subhash Chandra Bose after he came out of Indian National Congress ?
(a) Indian National Army
(b) Republican Party
(c) Forward Block
(d) Socialist Party
Ans: (c)

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412. The Rama Krishna Mission was established by:
(a) Vivekananda
(b) Rama Krishna
(c) M.G. Ranade
(d) Keshab Chandra Sen
Ans: (a)

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413. In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in
(a) 7 states (b) 9 states
(c) 5 states (d) 4 states
Ans: (a)

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414. Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942 ?
(a) Severe unrest among the people
(b) Report of Simon Commission
(c) Failure of the Cripps Mission
(d) British involved in the World War II
Ans: (c)

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415. Which movement got the support both from Hindus and Muslims?
(a) Non Cooperation Movement
(b) Quit India Movement
(c) Champaran Satyagraha
(d) Anti-Partition Movement
Ans: (a)

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416. In which session of the Indian National Congress was ‘Purna Swaraj’ adopted as its goal?
(a) Bombay (b) Lucknow
(c) Calcutta (d) Lahore
Ans: (d)

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417. Name the Governor-General who accepted the view of Macaulay to make English as the medium of instruction.
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Ans: (d)

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418. ‘Give me blood, I will give you freedom’. These words are attributed to :
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Khudiram Bose
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Veer Savarkar
Ans: (a)

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419. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress ?
(a) Badruddin Tyabji
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Hassan Imam
(d) M.A.Ansari
Ans: (a)

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420. Who was the first Indian Governor General after Lord Mountbatten?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) Pattabi Sitaramayya
Ans: (b)

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421. Where did the so-called ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ take place ?
(a) Dacca (b) Monghyr
(c) Calcutta (d) Murshidabad
Ans: (c)

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422. India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister :
(a) Clement Attlee
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Ramsay MacDonald
(d) William Pitt
Ans: (a)

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423. Who are the three, among the following who fought against British in 1857 Revolt ?
a. Kunwar Singh
b. Tantia Tope
c. Nana Saheb
d. Maulavi Ahmudullah
(a) a, b and c (b) a, c and d
(c) a, b and d (d) b, c and d
Ans: (*)

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424. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of
(a) The Turkish Caliph
(b) Aga Khan
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (a)

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425. Who among the following founded the All India Muslim League?
(a) Syed Ahmed Khan
(b) Muhammad Ali
(c) Aga Khan
(d) Hamid Ali Khan
Ans: (c)

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426. The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of indigo farmers was observed at
(a) Champaran
(b) Chauri-Chaura
(c) Bardoli
(d) Sabarmati
Ans: (a)

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427. The Portuguese Governor who abolished Sati in Goa was
(a) Albuquerque (b) Cabral
(c) Almeida (d) De Braganza
Ans: (a)

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428. According to Gandhi, the scope for class struggle and love for property can be reduced by
(a) Decentralisation
(b) Participatory democracy
(c) Separation of Judiciary from Executive
(d) Trusteeship
Ans: (d)

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429. The battle of Plassey was fought between
(a) East India Company and Shah Alam
(b) East India Company and Shujauddaula
(c) East India Company and Sirajuddaula
(d) East India Company and Anwaruddin
Ans: (c)

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430. The Non-Cooperation Movement started in
(a) 1870 (b) 1920
(c) 1921 (d) 1942
Ans: (b)

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431. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856 ?
(a) Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
(b) Wajid Ali Shah
(c) Shujaud Daula
(d) Alivardi Khan
Ans: (b)

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432. In the integration of Princely States, the following played a major role :
(a) Pannikar and Kunzru
(b) S.K. Dhar and Fazal Ali
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel and V.P.
Menon
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawahar Lal Nehru
Ans: (c)

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433. Who among the following Viceroys became a victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the Andamans ?
(a) Curzon (b) Mayo
(c) Ripon (d) Lytton
Ans: (b)

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434. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between
(a) the Marathas and the Afghans
(b) the Marathas and the Mughals
(c) the Mughals and the Afghans
(d) the Marathas and the Rajputs
Ans: (a)

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435. Who termed Cripps’ proposals as ‘a post dated cheque in a crashing bank’ ?
(a) Ambedkar (b) Annie Besant
(c) Patel (d) Gandhiji
Ans: (d)

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436. The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Policy of Subsidiary Alliance
(c) War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)

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437. Mahatma Gandhi started his Dandi March from
(a) Dandi
(b) Porbandar
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Sabarmati Ashram
Ans: (d)

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438. Who founded the Servants of India Society ?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
(and ) and
Ans: (c)

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439. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked fakir” ?
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Lord Linlithgow
Ans: (a)

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440. Gandhi’s ‘Dandi March’ is associated with :
(a) Khilafat Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
Ans: (b)

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441. Who among the following is not a moderate ?
(a) Pherozeshah Mehta
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (d)

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442. Permanent Settlement of Bengal was done by British Governor General :
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Warren Hastings
Ans: (a)

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443. Who gave the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel ?
(a) Rajaji (b) Gandhiji
(c) Nehru (d) M.A. Jinnah
Ans: (b)

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444. In which session of the Indian National Congress was the “Poorna Swaraj” resolution adopted ?
(a) Lucknow Session in 1916
(b) Belgaum Session in 1924
(c) Lahore Session in 1929
(d) Karachi Session in 1931
Ans: (c)

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445. Who was regarded by Gandhiji as his political Guru ?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans: (d)

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446. Which among the following movements was not led by Mahatma Gandhi ?
(a) Quit India Movement
(b) Swadeshi Movement
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans: (b)

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447. Who among the following is known as the “Father of the Indian Renaissance” ?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Swami Vivekanand
Ans: (a)

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448. Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara’ ?
(a) Ashafaqullah Khan
(b) Sahir Ludhianvi
(c) Mohammad Iqbal
(d) Ramprasad Bismil
Ans: (c)

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449. Who was called the “Father of Local Self-government” in India?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Lytton
Ans: (a)

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450. Which among the following is correctly matched ?
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement — Surendra Nath Banerjee
(b) Swadeshi Movement —Rabindra Nath Tagore
(c) Indian National Army — Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Swaraj Party — Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (c)

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451. In which year did the Indian National Congress split between moderates and extremists ?
(a) 1907 (b) 1908
(c) 1909 (d) 1910
Ans: (a)

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452. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on
(a) March 10, 1930
(b) March 20,1931
(c) March 12, 1930
(d) March 5, 1931
Ans: (d)

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453. Who was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Services?
(a) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(b) Satyendra Nath Tagore
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Ans: (b)

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454. Match the following :
List-I (Sobriquets)
(a) Frontier Gandhi
(b) Grand Old Man of India
(c) Mahamana
(d) Strong Man of India List-II (Names)
i. Madan Mohan Malaviya
ii. Vallabhbhai Patel
iii. Dadabhai Naoroji
iv. Balgangadhar Tilak
v. Abdul Gaffar Khan
(a) a – iv, b – ii, c – iii, d – v
(b) a – v, b – iii, c – i, d – ii
(c) a – iv, b – ii, c – v, d – i
(d) a – v, b – iii, c – ii, d – iv
Ans: (b)

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455. Who founded the Indian National Party in Berlin during 1914?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) W.C. Banerjee
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Champakaraman Pillai
Ans: (d)

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456. During Quit India Movement, ‘Parallel Government’ was constituted at:
(a) Varanasi (b) Allahabad
(c) Lucknow (d) Ballia
Ans: (d)

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457. The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between:
(a) Nehru and Ambedkar
(b) Gandhi and Ambedkar
(c) Malaviya and Ambedkar
(d) Gandhi and Nehru
Ans: (b)

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458. Who gave the title of “Sardar” to Ballabh Bhai Patel ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Vinoba Bhave
(c) Women of Bardoli
(d) Peasants of Gujrat
Ans: (a)

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459. What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
(a) Salt Satyagraha
(b) Individual Satyagraha
(c) Ryots Satyagraha
(d) Flag Satyagraha
Ans: (d)

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460. Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India ?
(a) Load Curzon
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Hardinge
(d) Lord Waveli
Ans: (c)

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461. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936 ?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (c)

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462. Which of the following was established first ?
(a) Banaras Hindu University
(b) University of Bombay
(c) Aligarh Muslim University
(d) University of Allahabad
Ans: (b)

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463. Who gave the title of “Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya ?
(a) Dada Bhai Naurozi
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (c)

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464. Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement ?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) Lord Wavell
(c) Lord Lin Lithgow
(d) Lord Irwin
Ans: (c)

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465. Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923 ?
(a) B.G. Tilak
(b) Chittaranjan Das
(c) M.K. Gandhi
(d) G.K. Gokhale
Ans: (b)

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466. Who is known for establishing the “Anand Van” ?
(a) Jubilant Buddha
(b) H. N. Bahuguna
(c) Baba Amte
(d) Motilal Nehru
Ans: (c)

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467. Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the period of
(a) Lord Chelmsford
(b) Lord William
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Bentinck
Ans: (a)

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468. Constituent Assembly of India was formulated on the recommendation of
(a) Wavel Plan
(b) Cripps Mission
(c) August Offer
(d) Cabinet Mission
Ans: (d)

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469. Who said “Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God” ?
(a) Swamy Vivekananda
(b) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(c) M.K.Gandhi
(d) Radhakrishnan
Ans: (c)

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470. Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana Bhagat” movement ?
(a) Uraon (b) Munda
(c) Santhal (d) Kondadora
Ans: (a)

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471. Who founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha ?
(a) B.C.Pal
(b) G. Subramania Iyer
(c) Sardar Bagat Singh
(d) Rukmani Lakshmipath
Ans: (c)

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472. The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of Princes was inaugurated in 1921 by
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Duke of Cannaught
(d) Duke of Wellingdon
Ans: (c)

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473. Who is commonly known as the Iron Man ?
(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(c) Vittal Bhai Patel
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans: (a)

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474. Gandhiji withdraw the Non Cooperation Movement due to
(a) Chauri-Chaura Incident
(b) Champaran Movement
(c) Kakori Conspiracy
(d) Bardoli Movement
Ans: (a)

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475. In 1937, an educational conference endorsing Gandhi’s proposals for ‘basic education’ through the vernacular medium was held at
(a) Surat (b) Bombay
(c) Ahmedabad (d) Wardha
Ans: (d)

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476. Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha was a part of—
(a) Champaran Satyagraha
(b) Quit India Movement
(c) Non Cooperation Movement
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans: (d)

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477. The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
(a) Raghunath Rao
(b) Narayan Rao
(c) Madhav Rao II
(d) Baji Rao II
Ans: (d)

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478. By which Charter Act, the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China came to an end?
(a) Charter Act of 1793
(b) Charter Act of 1813
(c) Charter Act of 1833
(d) Charter Act of 1853
Ans: (c)

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479. The idea of federation was first proposed in
(a) Indian Councils Act of 1892
(b) Morley-Minto Reforms
(c) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
(d) Nehru Report of 1928
Ans: (d)

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480. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an
(a) White paper
(b) Regulating Act
(c) Ordinance
(d) Resolution
Ans: (b)

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481. Which one of the following statements is not true in respect of A.O. Hume ?
(a) He was an ornithologist.
(b) He was a member of the Indian Civil Service.
(c) He founded the Indian National Congress,
(d) He presided over the Congress Annual Sessions twice.
Ans: (d)

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482. Which of the following movements saw the biggest peasant guerilla war on the eve of independence?
(a) Noakhali Movement
(b) Tebhaga Movement
(c) Punnapra Vayalar Movement
(d) Telangana Movement
Ans: (d)

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483. Gandhi’s concept of Trusteeship:
(a) Recognises right of private ownership of property
(b) Transforms the capitalistic society into an egalitarian one
(c) Excludes legislative regulation of the ownership and use of wealth
(d) Does not fix minimum or maximum income
Ans: (b)

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484. Match the following :
(a) Hunter’s Commission
(b) Wardha Scheme
(c) University’s Act
(d) Radhakrishnan Commission
(i) 1948 (ii) 1904
(iii)1937 (iv) 1882
(a) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
(b) (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(i)
(c) (a)-(iii) (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
(d) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
Ans: (d)

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485. The Dandi March of Gandhi is an example of
(a) Direct Action
(b) Boycott
(c) Civil Disobedience
(d) Non-Cooperation
Ans: (a)

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486. Which one of the following cities and the personalities associated with their establ ishment is wrongly matched ?
(a) Pondicherry – Francis Martin
(b) Ahmedabad – Ahmad Shah I
(c) Madras – Francis Day
(d) Calcutta – Robert Clive
Ans: (d)

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487. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India ?
(a) Battle of Wandiwash
(b) First Carnatic War
(c) Battle of Buxar
(d) Battle of Plassey
Ans: (a)

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488. For the annexation of which Indian Kingdom, the “Doctrine of Lapse” was not followed ?
(a) Satara (b) Nagpur
(c) Jhansi (d) Punjab
Ans: (d)

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489. Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India ?
(a) Masulipatnam
(b) Pulicat
(c) Surat
(d) Ahmedabad
Ans: (b)

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490. During British rule, who was instrumental for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency ?
(a) Macartney
(b) Elphinstone
(c) Thomas Munro
(d) John Lawrence
Ans: (c)

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491. Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India?
(a) Pariksha Guru
(b) Anandmath
(c) Rangbhoomi
(d) Padmarag
Ans: (b)

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492. Name three important forms of Satyagraha.
(a) Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott
(b) Boycott, civil disobedience and rebellion
(c) Non-cooperation, revolution and referendum
(d) Revolution, plebiscite and boycott
Ans: (a)

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493. When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
(a) Jehangir (b) Humayun
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Akbar
Ans: (d)

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494. Which one of the following events did not take place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon?
(a) Establishment of the Department of Archaeology
(b) Second Delhi Durbar
(c) Formation of Indian National Congress
(d) Partition of Bengal
Ans: (c)

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495. Who among the following organised the “All India Depressed Classes Association.” in colonial India ?
(a) M.K.Gandhi
(b) Jyotiba Phule
(c) Pandita Ramabai
(d) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: (d)

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496. The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship of :
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Canning
Ans: (d)

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497. Who coined the term ‘Satyagraha’?
(a) Gandhi
(b) Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (a)

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498. India became independent during the viceroyalty of
(a) William Bentinck
(b) Wellesley
(c) Wavell
(d) Mountbatten
Ans: (d)

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499. The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Keshab Chandra
(c) Ram Mohari Roy
(d) Vivekananda
Ans: (d)

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500. Who was the founder of’ ‘Ghadar Party’ ?
(a) Sachindranath Sanyal
(b) Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) Lala Har Dayal
(d) Batukeshwar Dutt
Ans: (c)

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501. Socialism is essentially a movement of
(a) intellectuals
(b) the poor people
(c) the middle classes
(d) the workers
Ans: (d)

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502. Who passed the Indian Universities Act ?
(a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Ripon
Ans: (b)

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503. Who among the following is the founder of the “Azad Hind Fauj” ?
(a) Lala Har Dayal
(b) Subash Chandra Bose
(c) Vir Savarkar
(d) Chandrashekhar Azad
Ans: (b)

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504. Who is known as the Father of ‘Indian Unrest’ ?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Lalalajpat Rai
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Bipin Chandrapal
Ans: (a)

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505. The first meeting of the Indian National Congress held in 1885 was presided by
(a) Shri P.M. Mehta
(b) Shri Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
(c) D.E. Wacha
(d) S.N. Bannerjee
Ans: (b)

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506. The Gandhi’s ‘Dandi March’ was a part of
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Home Rule League
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
Ans: (c)

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507. Find the incorrect match among the
(a) Sir Syed Murtza Khan – Aligarh Muslim University
(b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar – Ambedkar University
(c) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru – Jawaharlal Nehru University
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya – Banaras Hindu University
Ans: (a)

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508. The first country which discovered sea route to India was
(a) Portugal (b) Dutch
(c) French (d) Britain
Ans: (a)

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509. Who introduced the Indian University Act ?
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Morelay (d) Lord Rippon
Ans: (a)

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510. The Quit India Resolution (1942) proposed the starting of a nonviolent mass struggle on the widest possible scale. Who gave the mantra “Do or Die” for this struggle ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Ans: (a)

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511. Which Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company’s monopoly in India’s foreign trade ?
(a) Charter Act of 1853
(b) Charter Act of 1793
(c) Charter Act of 1813
(d) Charter Act of 1833
Ans: (c)

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512. ‘There are no politics devoid of religion’ is stated by
(a) Nehru a (b) Gandhi
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Jaya Prakash Narayan
Ans: (b)

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513. Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757 ?
(a) Hyder Ali (b) Mir Qasim
(c) Mir Jaffar (d)Nawab of Oudh
Ans: (c)

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514. British Crown assumed sovereignty over India from the East India Company in the year
(a) 1857 (b) 1858
(c) 1859 (d) 1860
Ans: (b)

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515. The first woman President of Indian National congress was
(a) Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Ans: (c)

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516. Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in 19th century?
(a) Swami Dayanand
(b) Swami Vivekanand
(c) Guru Shankaracharya
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (b)

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517. Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry. Who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company ?
(a) Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally
(b) Godeheu
(c) La Bourdonnais
(d) Joseph Francois Dupleix
Ans: (d)

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518. The first Mysore War fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767 – 69 A.D., came to an end by the
(a) Treaty of Pondicherry
(b) Treaty of Madras
(c) Treaty of Mysore
(d) Treaty of Aix – la – Chapelle
Ans: (b)

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519. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the
(a) Regulating Act
(b) Pitt’s India Act
(c) Charter Act
(d) Company Act
Ans: (a)

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520. Which rebellion in Bengal was highlighted by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel ‘Anand Math’ ?
(a) Chaur Uprising
(b) Sanyasi Rebellion
(c) Kol Uprising
(d) Santhal Uprising
Ans: (b)

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521. Who founded ‘The Gadar Party’ in Sanfrancisco in the USA?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Lala Lazpat Rai
(c) Azit Singh
(d) Bipin Chandra Paul
Ans: (a)

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522. Who was the founder of Satya Shodak Sabha in Maharashtra ?
(a) Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar
(b) Dr. Atmaram Pandurang
(c) Gopal Baba Wala
(d) Jyothiba Phule
Ans: (d)

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523. Cripps Mission came to India in ______
(a) 1946 (b) 1945
(c) 1942 (d) 1940
Ans: (c)

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524. Who was the governor–general during the Second Anglo–Mysore War ?
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Sir John Shore
(d) Warren Hastings
Ans: (d)

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525. The foundar of the ‘Arya Samaj’ was :
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Dayananda Saraswati
(d) Vivekananda
Ans: (c)

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526. Who among the following introduced Ryotwari system in Madras ?
(a) Lord Hastings
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Sir Thomas Munro
(d) Lord Cannemara
Ans: (c)

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527. Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised ?
(a) Sukhdev (b)Bhagat Singh
(c) Surya Sen (d) Rajguru
Ans: (c)

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528. Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761 ?
(a) Alamgir I
(b) Muhammad Shah
(c) Jahandar Shah
(d) Shah Alam II
Ans: (d)

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529. Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised ?
(a) Sukhdev (b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Surya Sen (d) Rajguru
Ans: (c)

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530. Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761 ?
(a) Alamgir I
(b) Muhammad Shah
(c) Jahandar Shah
(d) Shah Alam II
Ans: (d)

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531. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating
(a) Pattabhi Sitharamayya
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) VB Patel
Ans: (a)

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532. Jallianwala incident took place at
(a) Allahabad (b) Lucknow
(c) Surat (d) Amritsar
Ans: (d)

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533. The Battle of Plassey was fought in year
(a) 1775 (b) 1757
(c) 1761 (d) 1576
Ans: (b)

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534. Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from :
(a) Dandi (b) Kheda
(c) Sabarmati (d) Champaran
Ans: (d)

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535. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of :
(a) Arya Samaj
(b) Ram Krishna Mission
(c) Brahmo Samaj
(d) Prathna Samaj
Ans: (c)

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536. Who was the Indian women president of the United Nations General Assembly?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Margret Thatcher
(c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(d) Golda Mayer
Ans: (c)

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537. In which year was the Indian National Congress formed :
(a) 1885 (b) 1875
(c) 1901 (d) 1835
Ans: (a)

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538. Who initiated the movement to form the India Nations Congress :
(a) Annie Besant
(b) A.O. Hume
(c) W.C. Banerjee
(d) Gandhi ji
Ans: (b)

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539. Gandhiji’s famous Quit India Movement call to the British was given in –
(a) 1943 (b) 1941
(c) 1942 (d) 1940
Ans: (c)

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540. Swaraj is may Birth Right and I shall have it. This was advocated by :
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Sardar patel
(c) Lokmanya Tilak
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (c)

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541. Who was the Nawab of Bengal during “Battle of Plassey”?
(a) Mir Jafar
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Siraj–ud–duala
(d) None of these
Ans: (d)

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542. Which of the following is not correct about Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Gandhi advocated complete sepration of politics from religion.
(b) Gandhi believed in non–violence
(c) Gandhi believed in nthe sanctity of means.
(d) Gandhi supported close relation between religion and politics.
Ans: (a)

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543. The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at :
(a) Calcutta (b) Madras
(c) Belgaum (d) Lahore
Ans: (c)

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544. Who among the following was the first European to be selected as President of Indian National Congress ?
(a) Annie Besant (b)George Yule
(c) A.O. Hume (d) Alfred Webb
Ans: (b)

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545. Which of the following pair is incorrect ?
(a) Comrade – Mohammed Ali
(b) Indian Sociologist – Lala Har Dayal
(c) Young India – Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Common Weal – Annie Besant
Ans: (c)

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546. With which conspiracy case Aurobindo Ghosh’s name is connected ?
(a) Kakori Conspiracy Case
(b) Lahore Conspiracy Case
(c) Meerut Conspiracy Case
(d) Alipore Conspiracy Case
Ans: (d)

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547. Who was the founder of Swatantra Party ?
(a) B.G.Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) C. Rajagopalachari
Ans: (d)

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548. Arrange in chronological order :
1. Cabinet Mission
2. Cripps Mission
3. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
4. Minto-Marley Reforms
(a) 3, 2, 4, 1 (b) 1, 2, 3, 4
(c) 4, 3, 2, 1 (d) 2, 3, 4, 1
Ans: (c)

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549. The Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi was
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (b)

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550. Who among the following is known as the ‘Napoleon of India’ ?
(a) Chandragupta
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Harshavardhana
(d) Ashoka
Ans: (b)

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551. Dadabhai Naroji has described his theory of ‘Drain of Wealth’ in the book.
(a) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(b) British Rule and its Consequences
(c) Exploitative Nature of British Rule in India
(d) Nature of British Colonial Rule
Ans: (a)

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552. When was the office of District Collector created ?
(a) 1786 (b) 1772
(c) 1771 (d) 1773
Ans: (b)

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553. Who established the ‘Sharda Sadan’, a school for Indian Widows in colonial India ?
(a) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Pandita Ramabai
Ans: (d)

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554. Who is the founder of the concept “Sarvodaya”?
(a) Vinobha Bhave
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jai Prakash Narayan
(d) K G Mushroowala
Ans: (b)

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555. The battle of Plassey was fought between
(a) Sirajudduala and Robert Clive.
(b) None of the options
(c) Mir Kasim and Robert Clive.
(d) Mir Jafar and Robert Clive.
Ans: (a)

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556. Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament?
(a) D.N. Wacha
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Firozshah Mehta
Ans: (c)

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557. The non–cooperation movement was called off due to
(a) Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
(b) Chauri Chaura Incident
(c) Poona pact
(d) Gandhi–Irwin pact
Ans: (b)

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558. When was the railway system established in India?
(a) 1969 (b) 1753
(c) 1853 (d) 1953
Ans: (c)

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559. Where did the Black-Hole tragedy took place ?
(a) Monghyr (b) Calcutta
(c) Murshidabad (d) Dacca
Ans: (b)

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560. Which Brigadier was associated with Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?
(a) General Dyer
(b) Arthur Wellesly
(c) General Harris
(d) Colonel Wellesly
Ans: (a)

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561. Who is popularly known as the Grand Old Man of India?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(c) Mahadeva Govinda Ranade
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
Ans: (a)

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562. Who was the founder of the Indian National Army?
(a) Nehru
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Gandhiji
Ans: (b)

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563. Who was referred to as the “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity” by Sarojini Naidu ?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Shaukat Ali
(d) Maulana Azad
Ans: (a)

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564. ‘Do or Die’ is associated with which of the movements in India’s freedom struggle?
(a) Dandi March
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Khilafat Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
Ans: (d)

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565. Who was responsible for the integration of princely states into the Indian Union after Independence ?
(a) Sri Rajagopalachari
(b) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (c)

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566. Who was the first Governor General of free India?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) V. V. Giri
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: (a)

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567. The Panchsheel agreement was between India and:
(a) Russia (b) China
(c) Brazil (d) Sri Lanka
Ans: (b)

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568. Which of the following event in 1976 was an outcome of “Simla Agreement” between India and Pakistan?
(a) End of IndoPak war over Kashmir.
(b) Halt in production of nuclear weapon
(c) Aries wars condition in both the countries
(d) Aries conflicts in trade and mutual benefits between both the countries
Ans: (*)

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569. Who introduced Mansabdari system in India?
(a) Babur (b) Humayun
(c) Akbar (d) Jahangir
Ans: (c)

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570. During the period of which Governor General/Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?
(a) Dalhousie (b) Curzon
(c) Bentick (d) Cornwallis
Ans: (d)

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571. The India Independence Bill was first presented in the House of Commons in London on:
(a) August 10,1947
(b) August 1,1947
(c) July 14,1947
(d) July 4,1947
Ans: (d)

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572. Who established the Sadr-Diwani-
Adalat during the British East India Company’s rule?
(a) Wellesley
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Dalhousie
(d) Cornwallis
Ans: (b)

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573. The quintessence of Gandhian thought is:
(a) Satyagraha (b) Metaphysics
(c) Spiritualism(d) Moksha
Ans: (a)

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574. In which pact, warm relations were established between “Garam dal”and “Naram dal”, the two groups of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(b) Lucknow Pact
(c) Karachi agreement
(d) Lahore declaration
Ans: (b)

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575. In which year was the Morley Minto reform passed?
(a) 1917 (b) 1902
(c) 1909 (d) 1912
Ans: (c)

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576. Who was the founder of Kolkata’s first “Atmiya Sabha” (philosophical discussion circle) held in 1815?
(a) Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Ans: (a)

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577. The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
(a) Lord Harding
(b) Lord Northbrook
(c) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Lord Mayo
Ans: (d)

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578. Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society?
(a) Justice Ranade
(b) Madam Blavatsky
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (b)

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579. “Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman’s need but not everyman’s greed”. Who said this?
(a) Guru Nanak Dev
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Pope Paul VI
(d) Smt. Indira Gandhi
Ans: (b)

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580. The Kakori conspiracy was a train robbery that took place between Kakori and Lucknow in
(a) 1931 (b) 1919
(c) 1925 (d) 1929
Ans: (c)

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581. Who is the first female governor of Independent India?
(a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(b) Sharda Mukherjee
(c) Fathima Beevi
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (d)

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582. Who is generally considered to be the father of the Indian Renaissance ?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) Mahatma Phule
(d) M.G. Ranade
Ans: (b)

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583. The ‘Blue Water Policy’ was introduced by the Portugese leader
(a) Franscisco-de-Almeida
(b) Alfonso de Albuquerque
(c) Francis Caron
(d) Francis Martin
Ans: (a)

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584. Which of the following institutions was not founded by Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Sabarmati Ashram
(b) Sevagram Ashram
(c) Vishwa Bharti
(d) Phoenix Ashram
Ans: (c)

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585. Who among the following did Gandhiji regard as his political Guru?
(a) Mahadev Desai
(b) Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Acharya Narendra Dev
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans: (d)

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586. Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress?
(a) A.O. Hume
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) W.C. Banerjee
(d) Badruddin Tayyabji
Ans: (c)

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587. Which one of the following party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose?
(a) Abhinav Bharat
(b) Azad Hind Sena
(c) Revolutionary Army
(d) Forward Block
Ans: (d)

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588. Which one of the following papers was edited by Gandhiji in South Africa?
(a) Indian Opinion
(b) Harijan
(c) Young India
(d) Indian Mirror
Ans: (a)

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589. General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh massacre, was shot dead by?
(a) Hasrat Mohini
(b) Vir Savarkar
(c) Udham Singh
(d) Jatin Das
Ans: (*)

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590. The first Woman President of the Indian National Congress was
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Kadambani Ganguli
Ans: (c)

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591. Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session at
(a) Allahabad (b) Calcutta
(c) Surat (d) Lahore
Ans: (c)

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592. English education was introduced in India by
(a) Curzon (b) Macaulay
(c) Dalhousie (d) Bentick
Ans: (b)

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593. Which Governor General was called as the ‘Father of Local Self-
Government’ in India?
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Ripon
Ans: (d)

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594. What was the chief objective of the ‘Wahabi movement’?
(a) Forge cordial relations with the British
(b) Purify Islam
(c) Improve the condition of women
(d) Adopt rational education
Ans: (b)

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595. Which of the following was published by Gandhiji during his stay in South Africa?
(a) Young India
(b) Indian Opinion
(c) Nav Jivan
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)

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596. Who is referred to as ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
(a) Sheikh Abdullah
(b) Manilal Gandhi
(c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans: (c)

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597. Who referred to Mahatma Gandhi as “Father of the Nation” for the first time?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(c) C. Rajgopalachari
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: (d)

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598. Which title, given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi, was surrendered during the noncooperation movement?
(a) Hind Kesari
(b) Rai Bahadur
(c) Rt. Honourable
(d) Kaisar-i-Hind
Ans: (d)

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599. What was the immediate cause of the Mutiny of 1857?
(a) The discontentment of the soldiers
(b) The use of greased cartridges in the new Enfield Rifle
(c) The social conditions of India
(d) The introduction of railways and telegraphs
Ans: (b)

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600. Who introduced the “Doctrine of Lapse” to expand British territories in India?
(a) Lord Hastings
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: (d)

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601. The Sharda Act is related to
(a) Upliftment of scheduled tribes
(b) Upliftment of minorities
(c) Child Marriage
(d) Empowerment of women
Ans: (c)

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602. Gandhiji’s ‘Satyagraha’ meant an attachment to the following two elements
(a) Knowledge and religion
(b) Truth and non-violence
(c) Truth and chastity
(d) Love of motherland and hate for colonial masters
Ans: (b)

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603. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
(a) Acharya Narendra Dev
(b) Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Ans: (b)

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604. During whose Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Harding
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord Clive
Ans: (b)

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605. The Working Committee of National Congress sanctioned the resolution named ‘Quit India’ at
(a) Wardha (b) Nagpur
(c) Mumbai (d) Delhi
Ans: (a)

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606. Who coined the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
(a) Subash Chandra Bose
(b) Balagangadhar Tilak
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Sukhdev
Ans: (c)

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607. Who introduced Western education?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Ans: (a)

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608. The system of Budget was introduced in India during the Viceroyalty of
(a) Canning (b) Dalhousie
(c) Ripon (d) Elgin
Ans: (a)

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609. Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian independence ?
(a) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
(b) J. B. Kriplani
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (b)

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610. Who gave the title ‘Nightingale of India’ to Sarojini Naidu ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (d)

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611. The Swadeshi Boycott Movement is related to
(a) Partition of Bengal in 1947
(b) Partition of Bengal in 1905
(c) Non cooperation movement in 1921
(d) Partition of Punjab in 1947
Ans: (b)

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612. Mutiny of 1857 was described as the First Indian War of Independence by
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) V. D. Savarkar
Ans: (d)

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613. “Abhinav Bharat” was founded in 1904 as a secret society of revolutionaries by :
(a) Damodar Chapekar
(b) V. D. Savarkar
(c) Praffula Chaki
(d) Khudiram Bose
Ans: (b)

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614. Who propounded the “Doctrine of Passive Resistance”?
(a) Balgangadhar Tilak
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans: (b)

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615. The first Muslim to be elected President of ‘Indian National Congress’ was?
(a) Maulana Azad
(b) Mohammed Ali
(c) Badruddin Tyabji
(d) Shah Waliullah
Ans: (c)

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616. Gandhiji’s first Satyagraha in India was held at __________
(a) Champaran (b) Ahmedabad
(c) Kheda (d) Allahabad
Ans: (a)

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617. Who was the founder of the Indian Reform Association in 1870?
(a) Debendranath Tagore
(b) Keshub Chandra Sen
(c) Rammohan Roy
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
Ans: (b)

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618. Who was the founder of the Theosophical society of India?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
(c) Ram Prasad Bismil
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: (a)

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619. Who was the first Indian to be elected as the leader of the Communist International?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) P.C. Joshi
(c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
(d) M.N Roy
Ans: (d)

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620. The ‘Cabinet Mission’ of 1946 was led by
(a) Lord Linlithgow
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Sir Pethic Lawrence
(d) Sir Mountford
Ans: (c)

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621. What did Gandhiji meant by ‘Sarvodaya’?
(a) Non-violence
(b) Upliftment of untouchables or dalits
(c) The birth of a new society based on ethical values
(d) Satyagraha
Ans: (c)

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622. Which of the following was not actively engaged in social and religious reforms in India ?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Jotiba Phule
(d) Bharatendu Harishchandra
Ans: (d)

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623. British achieved political power in India after which of the following ?
(a) Battle of Plassey
(b) Battle of Panipat
(c) Battle of Buxar
(d) Battle of Wandiwash
Ans: (a)

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624. Which Governor General decided to make English as the medium of instruction in India?
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Ans: (d)

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625. What was ‘Komagata Maru’?
(a) An army unit
(b) A harbour
(c) A ship
(d) An industrial township
Ans: (c)

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626. Who was the reformer of oppressed and backward classes?
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (c)

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627. What was the Wood’s Despatch about ?
(a) Industry (b) Army
(c) Education (d) Agriculture
Ans: (c)

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628. Khilafat Movement was connected with which of the following?
(a) Turkey (b) Egypt
(c) Saudi Arabia (d) Iran
Ans: (a)

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629. Who was known as the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’ ?
(a) Vivekananda
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
Ans: (c)

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630. In which of its sessions did the Indian National Congress declare ‘Purna Swaraj’ as its specific goal?
(a) Lahore Session, 1929
(b) Tripuri Session, 1939
(c) Surat Session, 1905
(d) Special Session in Calcutta, 1920
Ans: (a)

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631. Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das were the founders of a party known as the :
(a) Gadar Party
(b) Forward Bloc
(c) Swarajya Party
(d) Socialist Congress
Ans: (c)

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632. Which of the following princely states did not accede to the Indian Union after independence?
(a) Hyderabad (b) Junagarh
(c) Kashmir (d) Jodhpur
Ans: (a)

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633. Who was the first Indian Governor General of Independent India?
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) A. Kriplani
(d) Lord Mountbatten
Ans: (b)

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634. Which of the following was not advocated by Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Prohibition
(b) Heavy Industries
(c) Village Panchayat
(d) Dignity of Labour
Ans: (b)

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635. One of the following was not associated with the Gadar party?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Baba Gurdit Singh
(c) Mohammad Barkatullah
(d) Sohan Singh Bhakna
Ans: (b)

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636. Who was the first Indian to be elected as a Member of the British House of Commons?
(a) Jayaprakash Narayan
(b) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(c) Ram Manohar Lohia
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (b)

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637. What was Kuomintang ?
(a) A nationalist party in Japan
(b) A fascist party in Japan
(c) A terrorist organisation in China
(d) A nationalist party in China
Ans: (d)

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