1.

Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of
Independence?
[A]Dr.RajendraPrasad
[B]JBKriplani
[C]Dr.BhimraoAmbedkar
[D] Jawahar Lal Nehru

2
Who among the following had translated the famous drama Neel Darpan in English?
[A]MadhusudanDatta
[B]DinabanduMitra
[C] Harish Chandra Mukerjee
[D] Sisir Kumar Ghose

3
Ahalyabai, the saintly queen of Maheshwar (Central India) belonged to which dynasty?-
[A] Scindhya dynasty
[B] Peshwa dynasty
[C] Holkar dynasty
[D] Rajput dynasty
4

On February 18, 1911, the first commercial plane flew in India between which among the
following cities?
[A] Mumbai & Pune
[B] Allahabad & Naini
[C] Agra and Delhi
[D] Mumbai and Nasik

5.

which among the following Viceroy’s tenure, Simon Commission was appointed?
[A] Lord Wellington
[B] Lord Irwin
[C] Lord Reading
[D] Lord Chelmsford

6.Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act ?

[A] Lord Lytton
[B] Lord Ripon
[C] Lord Dufferin
[D] Lord Lansdowne
7.After failure of which among the following movements, the Swaraj Party was formed?

[A] Quit India Movement

[B] Non-cooperation Movement
[C] Civil disobedience Movement
[D] Swadeshi Movement

8.who among the following published leaders Sambad Kaumudi” ?

[A] Raja Rammohan Roy
[B] Dayanand Saraswati
[C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
[D] Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya

9. Who among the following brought the first Printing Machine in India?

[A]Portuguese
[B]French
[C]Dutch
[D] British

10.Arrange the following events in their correct chronological order:

1.AugustOffer
2.CrippsIndiaMission
3.BombayMutiny
4. Quit India Movement
[A]1,2,3,4
[B]1,2.4,3
[C]1,4,2,3
[D] 3,1,4,2

11.Which among the following was the apex court in of India during the British Era?

[A]FederaCourt
[B]PresidencySupremeCourt
[C]PrivyCouncil
[D] Supreme Court of England

12.Which among the following provisions was not provided by the Charter Act of 1833?

[A] Governor General of Bengal was made the Governor General of India
[B] Government of Bombay and Madras were deprived of their legislative powers
[C] The activities of East India Company as a commercial entity ended
[D] The Portfolio system was given a statutory Recognition

13Which of the following Sikh Guru is know to have completed the Harmandir Sahib?

[A]GuruArjunDev
[B]GuruRamDas
[C] Guru Har Gobind
[D] Guru Amar Das

14

Who among the following is considered to be the first Finance Minister in British India, who also
founded The Economist magazine and the Standard Chartered Bank?
[A] James Wilson
[B] Alexander Hamilton
[C] Henry Baillie
[D] Thomas Wyse

15.

Which among the following was the only session in which Mahatma Gandhi elected as Congress
President?
[A] Lucknow
[B] Belgaum
[C] Mumbai
[D] Karachi

16.
Which among the following is India’s first ministry to have an account on twitter?
[A] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
[B] Ministry of Foreign Affairs
[C] Ministry of Finance
[D] Home Ministry

17.

What name was given to the first assault launched in the world’s highest battlefield, Siachen
Glacier by the Indian Armed Forces in 1984?
[A] Operation Vijay
[B] Operation Meghdoot
[C] Operation Black Sky
[D] Operation Ganga

18.
Who among the following presided the first session of Indian National Congress 1885?
[A] W. C. BANNERJEE
[B] DADABHAI NAOROJI
[C] BADRUDDIN TYABJI
[D] GEORGE YULE

19. What is the name of the women’s wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad?
[A] Sewa Bharti
[B] Durga Vahini
[C] VHP Mahila Morcha
[D] Hindu Shakti

20
In which year, Capital of India was shifted to Delhi from Kolkata?
[A] 1910
[B] 1911
[C] 1915
[D] 1917

21

James Augustus Hickey is also known as

[A] Father of Indian media
[B] Father of Indian Press
[C] Father of Indian Television
[D] Pioneer of Photography in India

22. Aung San Suu Kyi is daughter of General Aung San, who is also known as Father of Modern
Burma. Which of the following parties of Burma she leads?
[A] National Council of the Union of Burma
[B] National League for Democracy
[C] Union Solidarity and Development Association
[D] Communist Party of Burma
23.

In context with Indian Freedom Movement , which of the following took place on June 14, 1945?
[A] Cabinet Mission Plan put forth
[B] Wavell Plan Put forth
[C] Lord Mountbatten Plan put forth
[D] Interim Government set up

24.

Who among the following is known for preparing the draft of Quit India Resolution?
[A] Sardar Patel
[B] Jawahar lal Nehru
[C] Acharya Kriplani
[D] P Sitarammaiya

25. Who among the following viceroys of India wrote a book ” Persia” ?
[A] Lord Elgin
[B] Lord Curzon
[C] Lord Minto
[D] Lord Irwin

26 Who was the first English President of Indian National Congress?

[A] William Wedderburn

[B] George Yule
[C] A O Hume
[D] Henery Cotton

27.

Which among the following is not correctly matched?

[A] First Sikh War – Lord Hardinge
[B] Second Sikh War – Lord Dalhousie
[C] Fourth Mysore war – Lord Wellesley
[D] Permanent settlement of Benga-Lord curzon

28.

Who among the following is known to organize a military force of Sikhs called Khalsa to avenge
the murder of his father thus establishing Khalsa Panth ?
[A] Guru Teg Bahadur
[B] Guru Gobind Singh
[C] Banda Bahadur
[D] Guru Arjun Dev

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29. In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress , our national anthem was first
sung 27 December 1911 ?
[A] Lahore
[B] Calcutta
[C] Delhi
[D] Surat
30.

Who was India’s first I.C.S. Officer?

[A] Satyendra Nath Tagore
[B] Sukumar Sen
[C] Uday Singh
[D] Annada Shankar Ray

31.

In which year Calcutta Flag designed by Sachindra Prasad Bose unfurled in Calcutta?
[A] 1904
[B] 1905
[C] 1906
[D] 1907

32.

Which of the following is related to Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit pathshala?

[A] First Meeting of Indian National Congress
[B] Second Session of Indian National Congress
[C] First fast of Gandhi Ji
[D] First Ashram of Gandhi Ji

33
In which of the following sessions Indian National Congress was split between two groups
moderates and extremists?
[A] Surat
[B] Lucknow
[C] Delhi
[D] Bombay

34.

Who among the following gave communal award?

[A] Ramsay Macdonald
[B] S Baldwin
[C] Llyod George
[D] Winston Churchill

35Consider the following incidences:

1. Foundation of Muslim league
2. Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre
3. Khilafat Movement
4. Civil Disobedience Movement
Arrange the above in Correct Chronological order:
[A]1,2,3,4
[B]1,3,2,4
[C]2,1,3,4
[D] 2,4,1,3

36.

Which among the following suspended the Non cooperation movement?

[A] Jallianwala Bagh Incident
[B] Chauri Chaura Incident
[C] Peterloo massacre of 1819,
[D] None of the above
37.

Boycott of British Goods is related to which of the following?

[A] Swadeshi Movement
[B] Quit India Movement
[C] Non Cooperative Movement
[D] Home Rule Movement

39. Which among Mountbatten plan, CR Formula, Wavell Plan and Cabinet Mission is
chronologically earliest?
[A] CR Formula
[B] Wavell Plan
[C] Cabinet mission
[D] Mountbatten Plan

39.

For how many times Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize ?
[A] 3
[B] 4
[C] 5
[D] He never nominated

40. Lord Clement Atlee was prime minister of England at which of the following events?
[A] Simon Commission
[B] Government of India Act 1935
[C] Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre
[D] India’s Independence

41.

Who among the following imposed Press censorship?

[A] Lord William Bentinck
[B] Lord Curzon
[C] Lord Wellesley
[D] Lord Rippon

42. Adi Granth ” was compiled by which of the following Sikh Guru’s in India?
[A] Guru Amardas
[B] Guru Arjun Dev
[C] Guru Ram das
[D] None of the above

43. Who among the following was greeted with Hartals when he visited India in November 1921?
[A] Prince of wales
[B] Elizabeth II
[C] Edward VIII
[D] Simon commission
44.

Who among the following was greeted with Hartals when he visited India in November 1921?
[A] Prince of wales
[B] Elizabeth II
[C] Edward VIII
[D] Simon commission

45.

Champaran Satyagraha was the first to be started but the word Satyagraha was used for the first
time in which of the following?
[A] Anti Rowlatt agitation
[B] agitation against Simon Commission
[C] Amritsar Massacre of 1919
[D] Non cooperation movement

46.

Which of the following dispute made Gandhi ji to undertake a fast for the first time?
[A] Minto-Morley Reforms
[B] Ahmedabad Mill Strike
[C] Punjab Unrest
[D] Poona pact

47.

The Third battle of Panipat was fought between ?

[A] Babur & Ibrahim Lodi
[B] Ahmed Shah Abdali & Marathas
[C] Akbar & Shershah Suri
[D] Shershah Suri & Humayun

48. Who has initiated the slogan ” Inqlab Zindabad”?

[A] Bhagat Singh

[B] Chandra shekahar Azad
[C] Iqbal
[D] Hasrat Mohani

49.

Pindari War (1817-1818) is also known as ________?

[A] First Anglo-Maratha War
[B] Second Anglo-Maratha War
[C] Third Anglo-Maratha War
[D]
First Carnatic war

50. First Round Table Conference was held during November 1930 January 1931. Who was the
Viceroy of India at that time?
[A] Lord Reading
[B] Lord Irwin
[C] Lord Linlithgow
[D] Lord wavel
51.

Who among the following established the “Sadar Diwani Adalat”?

[A] Warren Hastings
[B] Cornwallis
[C] John Macpherson
[D] Wellesly
52.

Which among the following acts provided for direct control of Indian Affairs by the British
Government?
[A] Government of India Act 1858
[B] Pitts India Act of 1784
[C] Government of India Act 1909
[D] Indian Councils Act 1892
53. Swaraj party was out come of which among the following incidents?
[A] Chauri Chaura
[B] Quit India Movement
[C] Arrival of Simon Commission
[D] Bardoli Satyaghara

54. Which among the following treaty was signed after Battle of Buxar?
[A] Treaty of Allahabad
[B] Treaty of Carnatic
[C] Treaty of Alinagar
[D] Treaty of Kanpur

55

Which among the following incidents established the supremacy of British over French in India?
[A] Battle of Buxar
[B] Battle of Wandiwash
[C] Carnatic Wars
[D] Battle of Chingleput

56

Who was the first Indian to get elected in House of commons?

[A] Bhikaji Kama
[B] JRD Tata
[C] Dadabhai Naoroji
[D] Dinshaw Edulji Wacha

57.

Under which among the following Governor Generals of India, the Public works department was
started in 1848?
[A] Lord Dalhousie
[B] Lord William Bentinck
[C] Lord Wellesley
[D] Lord Viscount Canning

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Correct Answer: A [Lord Dalhousie]

58.

Which among the following is the year of famous Queen Victoria’s Proclamation assuming the
Government of India?
[A] 1857
[B] 1858
[C] 1859
[D] 1860

59.

What was the original name of Mirabehn, an associate and disciple of Mahatma Gandhi?
[A] Oliver Schriener
[B] Millie Graham Polock
[C] Madeline Slade
[D] Margarate Cousins