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GK MCQ Indian History Set 1

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1. The swaraj party was formed by




2. Who founded Arya Samaj?




3. The name Pakistan was coined by




4. Vande Mataram author is




5. When was the British capital of India shifted from Kolkata to Delhi?




6. The Battle of Plassey was fought in




7. Which of the following was a recommendation of Hunters Commission?




8. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by




9. Who amongst the following was involved in the Alipore Bomb case?




10. Gandhiji wanted that the students should spend their vacations in




11. Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857?




12. Which of the following was not founded by Dr.B. R. Ambedkar?




13. The title �Punjab Kesari� was conferred on




14. Indian Constitution was amended for the first time in




15. Who among the following was called as �Father of Indian Renaissance�?




16. Muslim League first demanded partition of India in




17. Who among the following is known as the Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement?




18. Brahma Samaj mainly insisted upon




19. The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the




20. What is the number of main Puranas?




21. According to many scholars the Puranas were completed during the reign of




22. The Greek ambassador Megasthenes came in the court of




23. The book Rajatarangini was written by




24. The Harappan civilization was discovered in




25. The relics of this civilization were first noticed at




26. The important site of Harappa was excavated by




27. The Harappan civilizations known extent in the west is up to




28. The Harappan civilizations known extent in the east was up to




29. Which conclusions have been derived from the debasement of the coins and gradual disappearance of gold coins during the post-Gupta period?




30. With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?




31. Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India?




32. Which one of the following began with the Dandi March?




33. In collaboration with Dravid hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?




34. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular indignation?




35. During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in




36. Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942?




37. Who among the following Governor General created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?




38. With reference to the Simon Commissions recommendations, which one of the following statements is correct?




39. The oldest form of composition of the Hindustani Vocal Music is




40. Frontier Gandhi was the nickname of




41. Who founded the Indian National Congress ?




42. The Revolt of 1857 was




43. Which one of the following Indian languages does not have a Dravidian Origin ?




44. The Sikh Kingdom of Punjab was annexed by the English East India Company in




45. The Kol Uprising of 1831 started in




46. The first Indian Factories Act was passed in




47. The Archaeological Survey of India was set up during the Viceroyalty of




48. Who was known as The Grand Old Man of India ?




49. The term Nirgrantha is associated with