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1. The swaraj party was formed by
Nehru
Tilak
GandhiJi
C.R.Das
2. Who founded Arya Samaj?
Dayanand Saraswathi
Ramakrishnan
Vivekanandha
Raja Ram Mohan Rai
3. The name Pakistan was coined by
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Muhammed Iqbal
Abul Kalam Azad
4. Vande Mataram author is
Madan Mohan Malaviya
Aurobindo
Bankin Chandra Chatterjee
Mahatma Gandhi
5. When was the British capital of India shifted from Kolkata to Delhi?
1911
1912
1909
1905
6. The Battle of Plassey was fought in
1781
1757
1764
1748
7. Which of the following was a recommendation of Hunters Commission?
Womens education
New regulation for the organized senates system
Gradual withdrawal of state support from higher education
Introduction of civic education at college and university level
8. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
M. K. Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dadabhai Naoroji
R. C. Dutt
9. Who amongst the following was involved in the Alipore Bomb case?
S. N. Banerjea
Bipin Chandra Pal
Jatin Das
Aurobindo Ghosh
10. Gandhiji wanted that the students should spend their vacations in
Studies
Games
Social service
None of these
11. Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857?
Sanyasi Rebellion
Santal Rebellion
Indigo Disturbances
Pabna Disturbances
12. Which of the following was not founded by Dr.B. R. Ambedkar?
Deccan Education Society
Samaj Samata Sangh
Peoples Education Society
Depressed Classes Institute
13. The title �Punjab Kesari� was conferred on
Ranjit Singh
Bhagat Singh
Lala Lajpat Rai
Sardar Baldev Singh
14. Indian Constitution was amended for the first time in
1950
1951
1952
1953
15. Who among the following was called as �Father of Indian Renaissance�?
B. G. Tilak
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Lala Lajpat Rai
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
16. Muslim League first demanded partition of India in
1906
1916
1940
1946
17. Who among the following is known as the Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement?
Dr. Annie Besant
Suchitra Kriplani
Aruna Asaf Ali
Sarojini Naidu
18. Brahma Samaj mainly insisted upon
Abolition of sati
Abolition of child marriage
Monotheism
Reintroduction of converted Hindus
19. The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the
Portuguese
Dutch
French
Danish
20. What is the number of main Puranas?
14
16
18
20
21. According to many scholars the Puranas were completed during the reign of
Parishit
Mahapadma Nand
Uday
All the above
22. The Greek ambassador Megasthenes came in the court of
Ajatasatru
Udayi
Mahapadma Nanda
Chandragupta Maurya
23. The book Rajatarangini was written by
Al-beruni
Kalhan
Kalidas
Rajshekhar
24. The Harappan civilization was discovered in
1864-65
1920-21
1853-54
1891-92
25. The relics of this civilization were first noticed at
Mohenjodaro
Harappa
Rojdi
Kalibangan
26. The important site of Harappa was excavated by
R.D. Banerjee
John Marshal
D.R. Sahni
R.S. Sharma
27. The Harappan civilizations known extent in the west is up to
Sotka koh
Nausharo
Dabarkot
Sutkagan Dor
28. The Harappan civilizations known extent in the east was up to
Chirand
Mitathal
Rakhigarhi
Alamgirpur
29. Which conclusions have been derived from the debasement of the coins and gradual disappearance of gold coins during the post-Gupta period?
Gold Mining was stalled
Commodities became cheap
Money economy was gradually replaced by Barter Economy
There was a decline in trade
30. With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
Akbar
Jahangir
Shahjahan
Aurangzeb
31. Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India?
James Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
32. Which one of the following began with the Dandi March?
Home rule Movement
Non-Cooperation Movement
Civil disobedience Movement
Quit India Movement
33. In collaboration with Dravid hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Keshab Chandra Sen
Raja Rammohan Roy
34. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular indignation?
It curtailed the freedom of religion.
It suppressed the Indian traditional education
It authorized the government to imprison people without trial
It curbed the trade union activities
35. During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in
Civil Disobedience Movement
Non-Cooperation Movement
Quit India Movement
Swadeshi Movement
36. Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942?
It was a non-violent movement
It was led by Mahatma Gandhi
It was a spontaneous movement
It did not attract the labour class in general
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?
Warren Hastings
Wellesley
Cornwallis
William Bentinck
38. With reference to the Simon Commissions recommendations, which one of the following statements is correct?
It recommended the replacement of diarchy with responsible government in the province.
It proposed the setting up of inter provincial council under the Home Department.
It suggested the abolition of bicameral legislature at the Centre.
It recommended the creation of Indian Police Service with a provision for increased pay and allowances for British recruits and compared to Indian recruits.
39. The oldest form of composition of the Hindustani Vocal Music is
Ghazal
Dhrupad
Thumri
Khayal
40. Frontier Gandhi was the nickname of
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Vinoba Bhave
Mahatma Gandhi
None of these
41. Who founded the Indian National Congress ?
A. O. Hume
Sardar Patel
Subhash Chandra Bose
W.C. Bannerjee
42. The Revolt of 1857 was
A British conspiracy
A revolt by rulers and landlords
The first war of independence
A sepoy mutiny
43. Which one of the following Indian languages does not have a Dravidian Origin ?
Kannada
Marathi
Malayalam
Telugu
44. The Sikh Kingdom of Punjab was annexed by the English East India Company in
1836
1839
1849
1852
45. The Kol Uprising of 1831 started in
Gujarat
Bengal
Rajputana
Chota Nagpur
46. The first Indian Factories Act was passed in
1881
1885
1891
1894
47. The Archaeological Survey of India was set up during the Viceroyalty of
Lord Lytton
Lord Ripon
Lord Dufferin
Lord Curzon
48. Who was known as The Grand Old Man of India ?
B.G. Tilak
G.K. Gokhale
Mahatma Gandhi
Dadabhai Naoroji
49. The term Nirgrantha is associated with
Ajivikas
Charvakas
Jainas
Pasupatas
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