26.

Non-corporation movement started in

(a) 1870
(b) 1921
(c) 1920
(d) 1842
Ans. C
27. Gandhiji started Satyagrah movement in 1919 in protest against the
(a) Simon commission
(b) Champaran wrongs
(c) Enactment of Rowllact act
(d) Colonial exploitation of India
Ans. C
28. Where did the Gandhiji first try the weapon of Satyagrah?
(a) South Africa
(b) Champaran
(c) Bardoli
(d) Dandi
Ans. A
29. The British Governor General, who formulated the policy of subsidiary alliance with regard to Indian
powers was
(a) Warren Hasting
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord William Bentick
Ans. C
30. When did the Alexander invade India?
(a) 336 B.C
(b) 326 B.C
(c) 445 B.C
(d) 327 B.C
Ans. B
31. The first woman president of the INC was
(a) Kasturba Gandhi
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Ans. B
32. Who was the founder of the Muslim league in India?
(a) Sir syed ahmad Khan
(b) M.A Jinnah
(c) Nawab Salimulla
(d) Sikander
Ans. C
33. Who is considered as the father of Indian Archeology?
(a) Alexander Cunningham
(b) Mortimer Wheeler
(c) John Marshall
(d) S .R Rao
Ans. A
34. The first session of the INC was held under the presidentship of
(a) A.O Hume
(b) W.C Banerjee
(c) B. Malabari
(d) Badruddin Tyabji
Ans. B
35. Who was the Governor General of India when the INC was formed?
(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord Mountbatten
Ans. A
36. Dasakumar Charitam was composed by
(a) Surdas
(b) Tulsidas
(c) Dandin
(d) Kalidas
Ans. D
37. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India?
(a) Bombay Samachar
(b) Bengal Gazette
(c) Bengal Chronicle
(d) The hindu
Ans. B
38. The doctrine of lapse was introduced by
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans. D
39. Who laid down the first Mughal garden in India?
(a) Babar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Humanyun
(d) Akbar
Ans. A
40. The ruins of Harappa were first noticed by
(a) Charles Mason
(b) Sahni
(c) Wheeler
(d) John marshall
Ans. A
41. When was the partition of Bengal was done
(a) 1905
(b) 1904
(c) 1907
(d) 1906
Ans. A
42. Who conquered the land between Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal?
(a) Kanishka
(b) Bindusara
(c) Vikramaditya
(d) Ajatshatru
Ans. B
43. A standing army was first introduced in Medieval India by
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Balban
(c) Firoz shah Tuglaq
(d) Iltutmish
Ans. B
44. The king who did not allow any body to laugh in his court was
(a) Qutab-ud-din Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Balban
Ans. D
45. The founder of boy scouts and civil guides movement in India was
(a) Charles Andrew
(b) Baden Powell
(c) Richard Temple
(d) Robert Jassy
Ans. B
46. Decimal system was introduced by
(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Brahmagupta
(c) Bhaskara
(d) None
Ans. A
47. The English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi was
(a) Kesari
(b) Comrade
(c) Bombay Chronicles
(d) Young India
Ans. D
48. In 1917, at Champaran, the government forced farmers to undertake
(a) Indigo cultivation
(b) Hallow cultivation
(c) Opium cultivation
(d) Land ceiling
Ans. A
49. The title Devanam Priya was given to
(a) Harsha
(b) Kanishka
(c) Ashoka
(d) Chandra gupta
Ans. C
50. The only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi was
(a) Nurjehan
(b) Razia Sultan
(c) Mumtaz Mahal
(d) Gulbadan Begum
Ans. B