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1. Who is the hero of Quit India Movement?
nts;isaNd ntspNaW ,af;fj;jpd; fjhehafd; vd miof;fg;gLgth;?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose/ Rgh~; re;jpu Ngh];

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru/[tfh;yhy; NeU

(c) Mahatma Gandhi /kfhj;kh fhe;jp

(d) Jaiprakash Narain /n[agpufh~; ehuhazd;

2. Who was the INC President during the Surat Split?

R+uj; gpstpd; NghJ fhq;fpu]; jiytuhf gzpahw;wpath;?
(a) Rash Bihari Ghosh/uh~; gPfhhp Nfh~;

(b) Rash Bihari Bose/ uh~; gPfhhp Ngh];

(c) Mahatma Ghandhi / kfhj;kh fhe;jp

(d) Subash Chandra Bose/Rgh~; re;jpu Ngh];

3. When was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
fhq;fpu]pd; Kjy; khehL ve;j Mz;L eilngw;wJ?
(a) December 1885

(b) November 1885

(c) October 1885

(d) None of the above

4. Who was Annie Besant? md;dpngrz;l vd;gth;

(a) A member of Fabian Society/nggpad; rq;fj;jpd; cWg;gpdh;
(b) A member of Theosophical Society/jpahrpgpfy; rq;fj;jpd; cWg;gpdh;
(c) President of Indian National Congress/,e;jpa Njrpa fhq;fpu]pd; jiyth;
(d) All of the above/,it midj;Jk;
5. Which one of the following periodicals was published by Mahatma Gandhi during his stay in South
Africa ? njd;Mg;gphpf;fhtpy; kfhj;kh fhe;jpahy; ntspaplg;gl;l gj;jphpf;if
(a) Afrikanes/Mg;gphpf;fd;];

(b) Indian opinion/,e;jpa xg;gpdpad;

(c) India Gazette/,e;jpa nf[l;

(d) Navjivan/et [Ptd;

6. During the Civil Disobedience movement, who led the Red Shirts of North-Western India?
rl;l kWg;G ,af;fjpd; NghJ tl Nkw;F gFjpapy; rpfg;G rl;il Nghuhl;lj;jpw;F
jiyikNaw;W elj;jpath;
(a) Abul Kalam Azad/ mGy; fyhk; Mrhj;
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan/fhd; mg;Jy; fghh; fhd;
(c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah/KfkJ myp [pd;dh

(d) Shaukat Ali/nrsfj; myp

7. In the year 1946, who among the following joined the viceroy's executive council with the finance
Portfolio ?1946 ,ilf;fhy mikr;ruitapy; epjp ke;jphpahf gzpahw;wpath;?
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah/KfkJ myp [pd;dh

(b) Liaqat Ali Khan/ypahfj; mypfhd;

(c) Nawab Salimullah/ethg; rypKy;yh

(d) Shaukat Ali/nrsfj; myp

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8. Consider the following statements$w;iw Muha;f

1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the National Flag on 31st December, 1929 at Lahore.
gz;bl; [th;fyhy; NeU brk;gh; 31 1929 y; yh$hpy; Njrpaf; nfhbia Vw;wpdhh;
2. Independence day was observed on 26th January, 1930 all over India.
[dthp 26 1930 Rje;jpu jpd ehshf mDrbf;fg;gl;lJ
,jpy; vJ rhp

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only/ 1 kl;Lk;

(b) 2 only/ 2 kl;Lk;

(c) Both 1 and 2/ 1 kw;Wk; 2 ,uz;Lk;

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 ,jpy; vJTkpy;iy

9. Which one of the following towns was captured by the Indian National Army in March, 1944
1944-y; ,e;jpa Njrpa uhZtk; ve;j efuj;ij ifg;gw;wpaJ
(a) Agartala/ mfhh;jyh

(b) Aizwal/ ma;];thy;

(c) Digboi/ jpf;gha;

(d) Kohima/ Nfh`pkh

10. The Constituent Assembly was set up under the ,e;jpa murpayikg;G mikf;fg;gl;lJ vjd;
mbg;ilapy;
(a) Cripps Mission/ fphpg;]; J}Jf;FO

(b) Cabinet Mission Plan/ Nfgpdl; J}Jf; FO

(c) Wavell Plan/ Ntty; jpl;lk;

(d) Nehru Report/ NeU mwpf;if

11. Which of the following is not correctly matched? fPo;f;fz;ltw;wpy; vJ jtwhdJ?

(a) The Government of India Act, 1919 Minto-Morley Reforms
,e;jpa muR rl;lk; 1919

- kpd;Nlh khh;yp rPh;jpUj;jk;

(b) The Cripps Missionyear 1942

fphpg;]; J}Jf; FO tUlk; 1942
(c) The Government of India Act, 1935 Provincial Autonomy
,e;jpa muR rl;lk; 1935 khfhz jd;dhl;rp
(d) The Cabinet Mission Plan year- 1946
Nfgpdl; J}Jf; FO 1946
12. During whose tenure as the viceroy of India were the great Martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and
Rajguru hanged ? ahUila fhyj;jpy; gfj;rpq;> Rf;Njt;> uh[FU J}f;fpylg;gl;lhh;fs;?
(a) Lord Curzon/ fh;rd; gpuG

(b) Lord Irwin/ ,h;tpd; gpuG

(c) Lord Minto/ kpd;Nlh gpuG

(d) Lord Chelmford/ nrk;];Nghh;L gpuG

13. Who was the first woman President of Congress?

,e;jpa Njrpa fhq;fpu]pd; Kjy; ngz; jiyth;
(a) Mrs. Annie Besant/ md;dpngrd;l;
(b) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu/rNuh[pdp ehAL

(c) Mrs. Nellie Sengupta/ney;yp nrd; Fg;jh

(d) Aruna Asaf Ali/mUzh Mrg; myp

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14. Both congress and Muslim league accepted it/ fPo;f;fz;ltw;wpy; fhq;fpu]; kw;Wk; K];yPk; yPf;
Mfpa ,uz;Lk;; Vw;Wf;nfhs;;sg;gl;lJ
(a) Cripps Mission/ fphpg;]; J}Jf;FO

(b) Cabinet Mission/ fhgpdl; J}Jf; FO

(c) Rowlat Act/ nusl; rl;lk;

(d) Pune Pact/ GNd xg;ge;jk;

15. Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away from the
Congress? Rgh~; re;jpu Ngh]; cUthf;fpa mikg;G
(a) Indian Freedom Party/ ,e;jpa Rje;jpu fl;rp

(b) Azad Hind Fauj/ Mrhj; `pe;j; gh/[;

(c) Revolutionary Front/ kWkyh;r;rp Kd;Ndw;wk;

(d) Forward Bloc/ghh;thh;L gpshf;

16. Which portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946?
1946 ,ilf;fhy murpy; ,uhN[e;jpu gpurhj; gjtp tpfpj;j Jiw
(a) Defence/ghJfhg;G

(b) Food and Agriculture / czT kw;Wk; tptrhaj;Jiw

(c) External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations/ntsptptfhuj;Jiw kw;Wk; fhkd;nty;j; cwT

(d) None of the above/,tw;wpy; vJTk; ,y;iy
17. Who of the following founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
mfkjhghj; E}w;ghiy njhopyhsh; mikg;ig Njhw;Wtpj;jth;
(a) Mahatma Gandhi /kfhj;kh fhe;jp
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel/rh;jhh; ty;ygha; gNly;
(c) N.M.Joshi / N[hrp

(d) J.B. Kripalani/fpUghspdp

18. Khadar Party was formed in the city of /fhjh; fl;rp cUthd ,lk;
(a). London / yz;ld;

(b). Sanfransico /

rhd;gpuhd;rp];Nfh

(c). New Delhi / epa+ nly;yp

(d).Calcutta/ fy;fj;jh

19. Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?
mGy;fyhk; Mrhj; elj;jpa gj;jphpif ?
(a) Al-Hilal/ my; `pyhy;

(b) Comrade / fhk;NuL

(c) The Indian Sociologist / ,e;jpad; Nrhryp];l;

(d) Zamindar/ [kpd;jhh;

20. Who was assassinated by Udam Singh/ cj;jk;rpq;fhy; nfhy;yg;gl;lth;

(a) Michael Francis ODwyer /ikf;Nfy; gpuhd;rp]; x lah;
(b) Regiald Dyer/ nu[pdhy;L lah;
(c) Lord Litton / ypl;ld; gpuG

(c) Lord Harding/yhh;L `hh;bQ;

21. At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
kfhj;kh fhe;jp vq;F jdJ Kjy; rj;jpahfpufj;ij njhlq;fpdhh;
(a) Ahmedabad / mfkjhghj;

(b) Bardoli/ gh;Njhyp

(c) Champaran / rk;guhd;

(d) Kheda/ Nfjh

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22. The Poona Pact of 1932 was the result of / vjd; fPo; g+dh xg;ge;jk; KbTf;F te;jJ
(a) the Gandhi-Irwin Pact/fhe;jp ,h;tpd; xg;ge;jk;
(b) the boycott of the simon Commission/ irkd; fkp~d; ntspNaw;wk;
(c) the All parties convention/midj;J fl;rpapd; xl;L nkhj;j ,zf;fk;
(d) Gandhijis fast in Jail/rpiwapy; fhe;jp[p cz;zhtpujk;
23. During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in
/ mUzhMrg; myp nghpJk; gq;fhw;wpaJ
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement/ rl;l kWg;G ,af;fk;
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement/ xj;Jioahik ,af;fk;
(c) Quit India Movement/ nts;isaNd ntspNaW
(d) Swadeshi Movement/ RNjrp ,af;fk;
24. Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India?
fphpg;]; J}Jf;FOit ,e;jpahtpw;F mDg;gpath;
(a) James Ramsay Mac Donald/ uhk;Nr nkf; Nlhdhy;L
(b) Stanley Baldwin/ ];lhd;yp ghy;Ltpd;
(c) Neville Chamberlain/ rhk;gh;ypd;

(d) Winston Churchill/ rh;rr

; py;

25. With the failure of the August offer in 1940 gandhiji started the
Mf];l; mwpf;if Njhy;tpf;F gpd;dh; fhe;jp[p Muk;gpj;j ,af;fk;
(a) Mass disobedience / ngUe;jpushd rl;l kWg;G ,af;fk;

(b) Hartals/ `h;jhy;

(c) Individual civil disobedience movement / jdpegh; rl;l kWg;G ,af;fk;

(d) Swaraj Party/ Rtuh[; ,af;fk;
26. Nehru Report of 1928 was submitted by/ 1928-y; NeU mwpf;if ntspapl;lth;
(a) Arun Nehru / mUz; NeU

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru/ [tfh;yhy; NeU

(c) Motilal Nehru/ Nkhjpyhy; NeU

(d) None of these/,tw;wpy; vJTk; ,y;iy

27. The ship which was purchased by V.O.C is/ t.c.rp thq;fpa fg;gypd; ngah;
(a) Lucitania / Y}rpl;lhdpah

(b) Komagatamaru /NfhkfjkU

(c) Kaliya /fhypah

(d) Jhansi/[hd;rp

28. Who was the known as the Grant Old man of south India?
njd; ,e;jpahtpd; KJ ngUk; fpoth; vd miof;fg;gLgth;?
(a) subramania Siva / Rg;gpukzpa rpth

(b) subramania Bharathi/Rg;gpukzpa ghujp

(c) subramania Iyer/ Rg;gpukzpa [ah;

(d) Bharathidasan/ ghujpjhrd;

29. Rajaji started the Swatanra Party in the Year of /uh[h[p Rje;jpuh fl;rpia njhlq;fpa Mz;L?
(a) 1954

(b) 1955
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30. Who headed the Jhansi Rani wing of Indian National Army (INA) /,e;jpa Njrpa uhZtj;jpd;
[hd;rp gphptpw;F jiyikNaw;W topelj;jpath;
(a) Lakshmi Sehgal

/ y~;kp nrfy;

(b) Lakshmi Bai/ y~;kp gha;

(c) Annie Besant / md;dpngrd;l;

(d) Begum Hazrat Mahal/ Ngfk; `~uj; kfhy;

31. who was called Grand Old lady of Indian Nationalism?/

,e;jpa Njrpa Nghuhl;lj;jpy; KJ ngUk; ngz;kzp vd miof;fg;gl;lth;
(a) Sarojini Naidu / rNuh[pdp ehAL
(b) Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy/ Kj;J nyl;Rkp nul;b
(c) Dr. Annie Besant /md;dp ngrz;l;

(d) Meerabai/ kPuhgha;

32. Name of the leader who was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his political guru
kfhj;kh fhe;jpapd; murpay; FU vd miof;fg;gl;lth;
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale / Nfhghy fpU~;z NfhfNy (b) Lord Irwin/ yhh;L ,h;tpd;
(c) Rabindranath Tagore / utPe;jpuehj; jh$h;

(d) Leo Tolstoy/ ypNah lhy;];lha;

33.T he Simon Commision visited India after the /fPo;f;fz;ltw;wpy; vjd; fhuzkhf irkd; fkp~d;
,e;jpahtpw;F tp[ak; nra;jJ
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement / rl;l kWg;G ,af;fk;
(b) Non-cooperation Movement / xj;Jioahik ,af;fk;
(c) Swadeshi Movement / RNjrp ,af;fk;
(d) Quit India Movement/ nts;isaNd ntspNaW
34. In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress was the demand for Swarajya
made ? / ve;j fhq;fpu]; khehl;by; Rauh[;ak; vd;w Nfhhpf;if vOg;gg;gl;lJ
(a) Lahore, 1929 /yh$h;> 1929

(b) Lucknow, 1899 / yf;Ndh> 1899

(c) Calcutta, 1928 /fy;fj;jh> 1928

(d) Karachi, 1931/fuhr;rp> 1931

35. Which one of the following authors put forth the theory of the Drain of India's resources to England ?
,e;jpa tsq;fspd; Ruz;ly;; vd;w Gj;jfj;ij vOjpath;
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy / uh[h uhk; Nkhfd; uha;
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee / gf;fpk; re;jpu rl;lh;[p
(c) G.G. Agarkar /mfh;fh;

(d) Dadabhai Naoroji / jhjhgha; nesNuh[p

36. Who among the following organized the famous Chittagong Armoury raid ?
rpl;lfhq; MAjf;fplq;F jhf;Fjiy elj;jpath;
(a) Laxmi Sehgal /

y~;kp nrfy;

(c) Batukeshwar Dutta / gj;JNfrh; jj;jh

(b) Surya Sen / R+h;ah nrd;

(d) J.M. Sengupta/ nrd; Fg;jh

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37. All India Muslim League was formed in / ,e;jpa K];yPk; yPf; cUthd tUlk;
(a) Lahor / yh$h;

(b) Aligarh / mypfhh;

(c) Lucknow / yf;Ndh

(d) Dhaka/ lhf;fh

38. The Hunter Inquiry Committee was appointed by the British Government which was expected to look
into /`z;lh; fkpl;b fPo;f;fz;ltw;wpy; vjd; epfo;r;rpapd; fhuzkhf epakpf;fg;gl;lJ
(a) Bardoli Satyagraha /gh;Njhyp rj;afpufh
(b) Khilafat agitation / fpyhgj; fpsh;rr
; p
(c) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre / [hypad; thyhghf; gLnfhiy
(d) Chauri-Chaura incident/ nrshp nrsuh rk;gtk;
39. In the 'Individual Satyagraha', Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was the second?
jdp egh; rj;jpahfpufj;ij ,uz;lhtJ eguhf

elj;jpath;

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad/ uhN[e;jpu gpurhj;

(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru/gz;bl; [tfh;yhy; NeU
(c) C. Rajagopalachari/uh[Nfhghyr;rhhp
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel/rh;jhh; ty;ygha; gNly;
40. Which of the following are the three landmarks of Dalhousies administration?
fPo;f;fz;ltw;wpy; ly;n`rp gpuGtpd; eph;thf jpwikapd; rhd;Wfs;
1. Indian Railways/ ,e;jpa uapy;Nt
2. Public Works Department/nghJg;gzpj; Jiw
3. English as a medium of instruction/ Mq;fpy topf; fy;tp
4. Telegraph/ je;jp
(a) 1,2,3

(b) 1,3,4

(c) 2, 3,4

(d) 1,2,4

41. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

fPo;f;fz;ltw;wpy; vJ jtwhdJ
(a) Lord Cornwallis -Subsidiary System/ fhud;thyp]; gpuG Jizg;gil jpl;lk;
(b) Lord Rippon -Local Self Government / hpg;gd; gpuG cs;shl;rp murhq;fk;
(c) Holt Mackenzie -Mahalwari Settlement in Northern India
N`hy;l; nkf;d;]p tl ,e;jpa kfy;thhp epythpj; jpl;lk;
(d) Thomas Munro-Ryotwari System / jhk]; kd;Nuh uaj;thhp jpl;lk;
42. Who gave the motto Back to the Vedas? Ntjj;jpw;F jpUk;Gq;fs; vd;W $wpath;
(a) Ramakrishna Paramhansa/ uhkfpU~;z guk`k;rh;
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy/ uh[h uhk; Nkhfd; uha;
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati/ Rthkp jahde;j ru];tjp
(d) Swami Vivekananda/ Rthkp tpNtfhde;jh
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43. Which of the following is correctly matched? / fPo;f;fz;ltw;wpy; vJ rhpahdJ

(a) Kesari B. G. Tilak/ Nfrhp jpyfh;
(b) New India M. K. Gandhi/ epA+ ,e;jpah fhe;jp[p
(c) Young India Annie Besant/ aq; ,e;jpah md;dpngrd;l;
(d) Yugantar Ambedkar / Afe;jh; - mk;Ngj;fhh;
44. The President of the Indian National Congress at the time of Indian Independence was
,e;jpah Rje;jpuk; milAk; nghOJ ,e;jpa Njrpa fhq;fpu]pd; jiytuhf gzpahw;wpath;
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad/mGy; fyhk; Mrhj;

(b) J. B. Kripalani/fpUghspdp

(c) Jawahar1a1 Nehru /[th;fyhy; NeU

(d) Rajendra Prasad/uhN[e;jpu gpurhj;

45. Consider the following events: / $w;iwf; Muha;f

1. Hunter Commission/ `z;lh; fkp~d;
2. Charles Woods Despatch/ rhh;y]; Tl; fy;tp mwpf;if
3. Sadler Commission/ rhl;yh; fkp~d;
4. Raleigh Commission/ uhNy fkp~d;
Their correct chronological sequence is / ,tw;wpy; rhpahd fhy thpir
(a) 3, 2,1,4

(b) 2,1,4,3

(c) 1,4,3,2

(d) 4,3,2,1

46. Who was called by the British rulers as the leader of Indian unrest?
Mq;fpy Ml;rpahsh;fshy; mikjpapd;ikapd; jiyth; vd miof;fg;gl;lth;
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale / Nfhghy fpU~;z NfhfNy (b) M. K. Gandhi /fhe;jp[p
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose /Rgh~; re;jpu Ngh]; (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak / ghy fq;fhju jpyf;
47. Who was founded the Servants of India Society in 1905
,e;jpa Copah; rq;fk; vd;w mikg;ig Njhw;Wtpj;jth;
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale/ Nfhghy fpU~;z NfhfNy
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose/ Rgh~; re;jpu Ngh];
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak/ ghy fq;fhjpu jpyf;

(d) M. K. Gandhi/ kfhj;kh fhe;jp[p

48. The word Swaraj was first used in the Calcutta session in / Rtuh[; vd;w thh;j;ij ve;j fy;fj;jh
khehl;by; cgNahfg;gLj;jg;gl;lJ
(a) 1904

(b) 1905

(c) 1906

(d) 1907

49. In Chicago, swami Vivekananda soul stirring speech was delivered on /Rthkp tpNtfhde;jh;
rpfhNfhtpy; jdJ Md;k czh;r;rpkpF ciuia epfo;j;jpa Mz;L
(a) 1892

(b) 1893

(c) 1894

(d) 1895

50. Jana Gana Mana.. Indias National Anthem, was first sung on Dec 27 at the INC session at Calcutta
,e;jpahtpd; Njrpa fPjk; [d fd kd fy;fj;jh fhq;fpu]; khehl;by; ve;j Mz;L ghlg;gngw;wJ
(a) 1892

(b) 1893
(c) 1894
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(d) 1895
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