Questions on History - 1

Q1. Which one among the following statements

about Civil Disobedience Movement is
correct?
(a) It started with
Champaran

Gandhiji

march

to

(b) Under Gandhi-Irwin agreement Congress

agreed to give up Civil Disobedience
Movement
(c) The British Government was quite soft
towards the movement from the
beginning
(d) There was no violence during the
movement
Q2. Consider the following statements about
Satyagraha
1. It was first experimented by Gandhiji in
South Africa.
2. It was first experimented in India at
Champaran.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q3. Consider the following statements:
1. The Russian Revolution of 1917 inspired
the Indian Working Class Movement.
2. The Non-Cooperation Movement (192122) saw the involvement of the Indian
Working Class.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
(a) Both 1 and 2 are true and 2 is the correct
explanation of 1
(b) Both 1 and 2 are true but 2 is not correct
explanation of a
(c) 1 is true, but 2 is false
(d) 1 is false, but 2 is true
Q4. British colonialism in India saw the emergence
of new cities. Calcutta, now Kolkata, was one
of the first cities. Which of the following
villages were amalgamated to form the city of
Calcutta?

(a) Midnapur, Chittagong, Burdwan

(b) 24-Parganas, Kalikata, Thakurgaon
(c) Sutanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur
(d) Midnapur, Thakurgaon, Gobindapur
Q5. The Cabinet Mission Plan for India envisaged a
(a) Federation
(b) Confederation
(c) Unitary form of Government
(d) Union of States
Q6. Which one among the following states was
first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the
Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Nagpur
(b) Jhansi
(c) Sambalpur
(d) Satara
Q7. The Name of Ram Prasad Bismil is associated
with
(a) Kanpur Conspiracy case
(b) Alipore Conspiracy Case
(c) Kakori Conspiracy Case
(d) Meerut Conspiracy Case
Q8. Which among the following was the most
immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi
and boycott of foreign goods during the first
decade of the last century?
(a) Curzons design to curtail the sphere of
local self-government
(b) Curzons attempt
universities

to

control

the

(c) Curzons partition of Bengal

(d) Curzons plan to curb the growing of the
Indian National Congress
Q9. The Doctrines of Non-Violence and Civil
Disobedience associated with Mahatma
Gandhi were influenced by the works of
(a) Chuchill-Irwin-Tolstoy
(b) Ruskin-Tolstoy-Thoreau
(c) Thpreau-Humen-Shaw
(d) Cripps-Tolstoy-Howes

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Q10. Who among the following was elected as the

President of All India Khilafat Conference
met at Delhi in 1919?

Q15. Who among the following has started the

Public Works department in India in AD
1848?

(a) Motilal Nehru

(a) Lord William Bentinck

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Lord Dalhousie

(c) M A Jinnah

(c) Lord Wellesley

(d) Shaukat Ali

(d) Lord Cornwallis

Q11. In which of the following years was the All

India Trade Union Congress formed in
Bombay?

Q16. The Arthasastra is a treatise on which one

of the following?
(a) Economics

(a) 1918

(b) Environment

(b) 1919

(c) Political Philosophy

(c) 1920

(d) Religion in Administration

(d) 1921
Q12. Under which one of the following systems of
assessment, the British Government
collected revenue directly from the farmers?

Q17. In which one of the following cities, was the

east India Association founded by Dadabhai
Naroji in 1866?
(a) Paris

(a) Zamindari

(b) London

(b) Ryotwari

(c) New York

(c) Annawari

(d) Tokyo

(d) Desaiwari
Q13. Which of the statements given below about
Vivekananda are correct?
1. He believed that Vedanta was fully
rational.

Q18. After 1857, which of the following

announcement at a Darbar at Allahabad, the
assumption of the Government of India by
the Sovereign of Great Britain?
(a) Lord Canning

2. He criticized his countrymen for having

lost touch with the outside world.

(b) Sir John Lawrence

3. He condemned the caste system.

(d) Lord Northbrok

4. He considered the Veda to be infallible.

Select the correct answer using the codes given
below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 2
Q14. Which one of the following was not a result
of British colonial rule in India?
(a) Ruin of Indian agriculture
(b) Ruin of Indian industries

(c) Lord Mayo

Q19. With which one of the following did the Civil
Disobedience
Movement
in
India
commerce?
(a) The Dandi March
(b) No Tax campaign by Sardar Patel
(c) The unfurling of the National flag by
Nehru
(d) Mahatma Gandhis going on fast
Q20. Who among the following was the GovernorGeneral of India immediately preceeding
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari?

(c) Ruin of Indian trade

(a) The Marquess of Linlithgow

(d) Ruin of Indian feudalism

(b) Lord Mountbatten

(c) Lord Wavell

(d) Lord Chelmsford

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