[1] Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian independence?
A.
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
B.
J. B. Kriplani
C.
Jawahar Lal Nehru
D.
Rajendra Prasad
Ans:
J. B. Kriplani
Explanation :
J. B. Kripalani was an Indian politician, noted particularly for holding the presidency of the Indian National Congress during the transfer of power in 1947. Kripalani was a Gandhian socialist, environmentali mystic and independence activist. He was one of Gandhi's most ardent disciples.
[2] Who is popularly known as the Grand Old Man of India?
A.
Dadabhai Naoroji
B.
Madan Mohan Malaviya
C.
Mahadeva Govinda Ranade
D.
Surendranath Banerjee
Ans:
Dadabhai Naoroji
Explanation :
Dadabhai Naoroji, a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader, is known as the Grand Old Man of India. He is credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress, along with A.O. Hume. His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain.
[3] Who was the founder of the Indian National Army?
A.
Nehru
B.
Subhash Chandra Bose
C.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D.
Gandhiji
Ans:
Subhash Chandra Bose
Explanation :
The Indian National Army was first formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh, by Indian prisoners of war of the British-Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore. However, it soon fell into decline. It was revived under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose after his arrival in Souteast Asia in 1943.
[4] There are no politics devoid of religion' is stated by -
A.
Nehru
B.
Gandhi
C.
Vinoba Bhave
D.
Jaya Prakash Narayan
Ans:
Gandhi
Explanation :
Gandhi said, ‘Those who talk about the separation of religion and politics do not know what religion is.' He added, 'for me there is no politics without religion-not the religion of the superstitious and the blind, religion that hates and fights, but the universal religion of toleration.
[5] Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
A.
Hyder Ali
B.
Mir Qasim
C.
Mir Jaffar
D.
Nawab of Oudh
Ans:
Mir Jaffar
Explanation :
Mir Jafar rose to power after betraying Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. His rule is widely considered the start of British rule in India.
[6] Who gave the title of "Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?
A.
Dada Bhai Naurozi
B.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C.
Mahatma Gandhi
D.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans:
Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation :
The people of India addressed him as Mahamana meaning Most Respected. However, the honorific title was popularized and used for him by Mahatma Gandhi.
[7] Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?
A.
Lord Mountbatten
B.
Lord Wavell
C.
Lord Lin Lithgow
D.
Lord Irwin
Ans:
Lord Lin Lithgow
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for Satyagraha (independence). Lord Linlithgow (1936-1943) was the Viceroy then.
[8] In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in -
A.
7 states
B.
9 states
C.
5 states
D.
4 states
Ans:
7 states
Explanation :
The Congress Party gained an absolute majority in Bombay, Madras, U.P., Bihar, Orissa and the C entral Provinces and was that largest single party in the NWFP Congress ministries were formed in July 1937 in seven out of eleven provinces.
[9] Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942?
A.
Severe unrest among the people
B.
Report of Simon Commission
C.
Failure of the Cripps Mission
D.
British involved in the World War II
Ans:
Failure of the Cripps Mission
Explanation :
After the failure of the Cripps Mission, the All India Congress Committee meeting at Bombay on August 8, 1942 adopted the 'Ouit Indla' resolution.
[10] Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed?
A.
The Hindu
B.
The Bengal Gazette
C.
The Anand Bazaar Patrika
D.
The Times of India
Ans:
The Bengal Gazette
Explanation :
The first major newspaper in India - The Bengal Gazette-was started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hickey. Other newspapers such as The India Gazette, The Calcutta Gazette, The Madras Courier (1785), The Bombay Herald (1789) etc. soon followed.
[11] Who, among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement?
A.
Shyamaji Krishnavarma
B.
M. N. Roy
C.
Bhagat Singh
D.
Lala Har Dayal
Ans:
Lala Har Dayal
Explanation :
Lala Har Dayal was an Indian nationalist revisionary who founded the Ghadar Party in America. He was a polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His simple living and intellect acumen inspired many expatriate Indians living Canada and the USA to fight against British Imperiaism during the First World War.
[12] Which of the following movements was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A.
Champaran Satyagraha
B.
Wahabi Movement
C.
Non-Cooperation Movement
D.
Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans:
Wahabi Movement
Explanation :
Wahhabism was a popular revivalist movement stigated by an eighteenth century theologian, Muhanmad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) from Najd, Saudi Arabia.
[13] The hero of the Kakori 'Dacoity' case was -
A.
Ramprasad Bismil
B.
Bhagat Singh
C.
Batukeshwar Datta
D.
Barkatulla
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
In the Kakori Rail Dacoity which took place on August 9, 1925, Ramprasad Bismil along with his nine revolutionary followers looted the British government's money from the guard's carriage. The incident jolted the government and they issued arrest warrants against the participants and other leaders of the Hindusthan Republican Association.
[14] The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was -
A.
Montague
B.
Tez Bahadur Sapru
C.
Lionel Curtis
D.
Chelmsford
Ans:
Montague
Explanation :
Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu (secretary of state for India, 1917-22) and Lord Chelmsford (viceroy of India 1916-21). It marked the first introduction of the democratic principle into the executive branch of the British administration of India.
[15] The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of -
A.
January
B.
March
C.
August
D.
December
Ans:
August
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence.
[16] Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
George Yule
B.
William Wedderburn
C.
A.O. Hume
D.
Henry Cotton
Ans:
George Yule
Explanation :
George Yule was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was founder of George Yule & Co. of London, and headed Andrew Yule & Co., of Calcutta. He served as Sheriff of Calcutta and as President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
[17] High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in -
A.
1935
B.
1919
C.
1892
D.
1861
Ans:
1861
Explanation :
British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennaí), Bombay (Mumba), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June, 1862. The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861
[18] Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
A.
Sarojini Naidu
B.
Sucheta Kripalani
C.
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D.
Annie Besant
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement.
[19] The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -
A.
The Montagu Declaration
B.
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
C.
The Morley-Minto Reforms
D.
The Rowlatt Act
Ans:
The Morley-Minto Reforms
Explanation :
Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj.
[20] The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Chandrasekhar Azad
D.
Ramprasad Bismil
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India.
[21] The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
A.
Satara
B.
Jhansi
C.
Oudh
D.
Jaunpur
Ans:
Satara
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
J. B. Kripalani was an Indian politician, noted particularly for holding the presidency of the Indian National Congress during the transfer of power in 1947. Kripalani was a Gandhian socialist, environmentali mystic and independence activist. He was one of Gandhi's most ardent disciples.
[2] Who is popularly known as the Grand Old Man of India?
A.
Dadabhai Naoroji
B.
Madan Mohan Malaviya
C.
Mahadeva Govinda Ranade
D.
Surendranath Banerjee
Ans:
Dadabhai Naoroji
Explanation :
Dadabhai Naoroji, a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader, is known as the Grand Old Man of India. He is credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress, along with A.O. Hume. His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain.
[3] Who was the founder of the Indian National Army?
A.
Nehru
B.
Subhash Chandra Bose
C.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D.
Gandhiji
Ans:
Subhash Chandra Bose
Explanation :
The Indian National Army was first formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh, by Indian prisoners of war of the British-Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore. However, it soon fell into decline. It was revived under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose after his arrival in Souteast Asia in 1943.
[4] There are no politics devoid of religion' is stated by -
A.
Nehru
B.
Gandhi
C.
Vinoba Bhave
D.
Jaya Prakash Narayan
Ans:
Gandhi
Explanation :
Gandhi said, ‘Those who talk about the separation of religion and politics do not know what religion is.' He added, 'for me there is no politics without religion-not the religion of the superstitious and the blind, religion that hates and fights, but the universal religion of toleration.
[5] Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
A.
Hyder Ali
B.
Mir Qasim
C.
Mir Jaffar
D.
Nawab of Oudh
Ans:
Mir Jaffar
Explanation :
Mir Jafar rose to power after betraying Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. His rule is widely considered the start of British rule in India.
[6] Who gave the title of "Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?
A.
Dada Bhai Naurozi
B.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C.
Mahatma Gandhi
D.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans:
Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation :
The people of India addressed him as Mahamana meaning Most Respected. However, the honorific title was popularized and used for him by Mahatma Gandhi.
[7] Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?
A.
Lord Mountbatten
B.
Lord Wavell
C.
Lord Lin Lithgow
D.
Lord Irwin
Ans:
Lord Lin Lithgow
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for Satyagraha (independence). Lord Linlithgow (1936-1943) was the Viceroy then.
[8] In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in -
A.
7 states
B.
9 states
C.
5 states
D.
4 states
Ans:
7 states
Explanation :
The Congress Party gained an absolute majority in Bombay, Madras, U.P., Bihar, Orissa and the C entral Provinces and was that largest single party in the NWFP Congress ministries were formed in July 1937 in seven out of eleven provinces.
[9] Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942?
A.
Severe unrest among the people
B.
Report of Simon Commission
C.
Failure of the Cripps Mission
D.
British involved in the World War II
Ans:
Failure of the Cripps Mission
Explanation :
After the failure of the Cripps Mission, the All India Congress Committee meeting at Bombay on August 8, 1942 adopted the 'Ouit Indla' resolution.
[10] Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed?
A.
The Hindu
B.
The Bengal Gazette
C.
The Anand Bazaar Patrika
D.
The Times of India
Ans:
The Bengal Gazette
Explanation :
The first major newspaper in India - The Bengal Gazette-was started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hickey. Other newspapers such as The India Gazette, The Calcutta Gazette, The Madras Courier (1785), The Bombay Herald (1789) etc. soon followed.
[11] Who, among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement?
A.
Shyamaji Krishnavarma
B.
M. N. Roy
C.
Bhagat Singh
D.
Lala Har Dayal
Ans:
Lala Har Dayal
Explanation :
Lala Har Dayal was an Indian nationalist revisionary who founded the Ghadar Party in America. He was a polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His simple living and intellect acumen inspired many expatriate Indians living Canada and the USA to fight against British Imperiaism during the First World War.
[12] Which of the following movements was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A.
Champaran Satyagraha
B.
Wahabi Movement
C.
Non-Cooperation Movement
D.
Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans:
Wahabi Movement
Explanation :
Wahhabism was a popular revivalist movement stigated by an eighteenth century theologian, Muhanmad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) from Najd, Saudi Arabia.
[13] The hero of the Kakori 'Dacoity' case was -
A.
Ramprasad Bismil
B.
Bhagat Singh
C.
Batukeshwar Datta
D.
Barkatulla
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
In the Kakori Rail Dacoity which took place on August 9, 1925, Ramprasad Bismil along with his nine revolutionary followers looted the British government's money from the guard's carriage. The incident jolted the government and they issued arrest warrants against the participants and other leaders of the Hindusthan Republican Association.
[14] The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was -
A.
Montague
B.
Tez Bahadur Sapru
C.
Lionel Curtis
D.
Chelmsford
Ans:
Montague
Explanation :
Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu (secretary of state for India, 1917-22) and Lord Chelmsford (viceroy of India 1916-21). It marked the first introduction of the democratic principle into the executive branch of the British administration of India.
[15] The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of -
A.
January
B.
March
C.
August
D.
December
Ans:
August
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence.
[16] Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
George Yule
B.
William Wedderburn
C.
A.O. Hume
D.
Henry Cotton
Ans:
George Yule
Explanation :
George Yule was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was founder of George Yule & Co. of London, and headed Andrew Yule & Co., of Calcutta. He served as Sheriff of Calcutta and as President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
[17] High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in -
A.
1935
B.
1919
C.
1892
D.
1861
Ans:
1861
Explanation :
British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennaí), Bombay (Mumba), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June, 1862. The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861
[18] Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
A.
Sarojini Naidu
B.
Sucheta Kripalani
C.
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D.
Annie Besant
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement.
[19] The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -
A.
The Montagu Declaration
B.
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
C.
The Morley-Minto Reforms
D.
The Rowlatt Act
Ans:
The Morley-Minto Reforms
Explanation :
Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj.
[20] The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Chandrasekhar Azad
D.
Ramprasad Bismil
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India.
[21] The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
A.
Satara
B.
Jhansi
C.
Oudh
D.
Jaunpur
Ans:
Satara
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
The Indian National Army was first formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh, by Indian prisoners of war of the British-Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore. However, it soon fell into decline. It was revived under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose after his arrival in Souteast Asia in 1943.
[4] There are no politics devoid of religion' is stated by -
A.
Nehru
B.
Gandhi
C.
Vinoba Bhave
D.
Jaya Prakash Narayan
Ans:
Gandhi
Explanation :
Gandhi said, ‘Those who talk about the separation of religion and politics do not know what religion is.' He added, 'for me there is no politics without religion-not the religion of the superstitious and the blind, religion that hates and fights, but the universal religion of toleration.
[5] Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
A.
Hyder Ali
B.
Mir Qasim
C.
Mir Jaffar
D.
Nawab of Oudh
Ans:
Mir Jaffar
Explanation :
Mir Jafar rose to power after betraying Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. His rule is widely considered the start of British rule in India.
[6] Who gave the title of "Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?
A.
Dada Bhai Naurozi
B.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C.
Mahatma Gandhi
D.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans:
Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation :
The people of India addressed him as Mahamana meaning Most Respected. However, the honorific title was popularized and used for him by Mahatma Gandhi.
[7] Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?
A.
Lord Mountbatten
B.
Lord Wavell
C.
Lord Lin Lithgow
D.
Lord Irwin
Ans:
Lord Lin Lithgow
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for Satyagraha (independence). Lord Linlithgow (1936-1943) was the Viceroy then.
[8] In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in -
A.
7 states
B.
9 states
C.
5 states
D.
4 states
Ans:
7 states
Explanation :
The Congress Party gained an absolute majority in Bombay, Madras, U.P., Bihar, Orissa and the C entral Provinces and was that largest single party in the NWFP Congress ministries were formed in July 1937 in seven out of eleven provinces.
[9] Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942?
A.
Severe unrest among the people
B.
Report of Simon Commission
C.
Failure of the Cripps Mission
D.
British involved in the World War II
Ans:
Failure of the Cripps Mission
Explanation :
After the failure of the Cripps Mission, the All India Congress Committee meeting at Bombay on August 8, 1942 adopted the 'Ouit Indla' resolution.
[10] Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed?
A.
The Hindu
B.
The Bengal Gazette
C.
The Anand Bazaar Patrika
D.
The Times of India
Ans:
The Bengal Gazette
Explanation :
The first major newspaper in India - The Bengal Gazette-was started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hickey. Other newspapers such as The India Gazette, The Calcutta Gazette, The Madras Courier (1785), The Bombay Herald (1789) etc. soon followed.
[11] Who, among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement?
A.
Shyamaji Krishnavarma
B.
M. N. Roy
C.
Bhagat Singh
D.
Lala Har Dayal
Ans:
Lala Har Dayal
Explanation :
Lala Har Dayal was an Indian nationalist revisionary who founded the Ghadar Party in America. He was a polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His simple living and intellect acumen inspired many expatriate Indians living Canada and the USA to fight against British Imperiaism during the First World War.
[12] Which of the following movements was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A.
Champaran Satyagraha
B.
Wahabi Movement
C.
Non-Cooperation Movement
D.
Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans:
Wahabi Movement
Explanation :
Wahhabism was a popular revivalist movement stigated by an eighteenth century theologian, Muhanmad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) from Najd, Saudi Arabia.
[13] The hero of the Kakori 'Dacoity' case was -
A.
Ramprasad Bismil
B.
Bhagat Singh
C.
Batukeshwar Datta
D.
Barkatulla
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
In the Kakori Rail Dacoity which took place on August 9, 1925, Ramprasad Bismil along with his nine revolutionary followers looted the British government's money from the guard's carriage. The incident jolted the government and they issued arrest warrants against the participants and other leaders of the Hindusthan Republican Association.
[14] The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was -
A.
Montague
B.
Tez Bahadur Sapru
C.
Lionel Curtis
D.
Chelmsford
Ans:
Montague
Explanation :
Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu (secretary of state for India, 1917-22) and Lord Chelmsford (viceroy of India 1916-21). It marked the first introduction of the democratic principle into the executive branch of the British administration of India.
[15] The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of -
A.
January
B.
March
C.
August
D.
December
Ans:
August
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence.
[16] Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
George Yule
B.
William Wedderburn
C.
A.O. Hume
D.
Henry Cotton
Ans:
George Yule
Explanation :
George Yule was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was founder of George Yule & Co. of London, and headed Andrew Yule & Co., of Calcutta. He served as Sheriff of Calcutta and as President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
[17] High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in -
A.
1935
B.
1919
C.
1892
D.
1861
Ans:
1861
Explanation :
British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennaí), Bombay (Mumba), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June, 1862. The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861
[18] Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
A.
Sarojini Naidu
B.
Sucheta Kripalani
C.
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D.
Annie Besant
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement.
[19] The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -
A.
The Montagu Declaration
B.
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
C.
The Morley-Minto Reforms
D.
The Rowlatt Act
Ans:
The Morley-Minto Reforms
Explanation :
Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj.
[20] The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Chandrasekhar Azad
D.
Ramprasad Bismil
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India.
[21] The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
A.
Satara
B.
Jhansi
C.
Oudh
D.
Jaunpur
Ans:
Satara
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
Mir Jafar rose to power after betraying Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. His rule is widely considered the start of British rule in India.
[6] Who gave the title of "Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?
A.
Dada Bhai Naurozi
B.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C.
Mahatma Gandhi
D.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans:
Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation :
The people of India addressed him as Mahamana meaning Most Respected. However, the honorific title was popularized and used for him by Mahatma Gandhi.
[7] Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?
A.
Lord Mountbatten
B.
Lord Wavell
C.
Lord Lin Lithgow
D.
Lord Irwin
Ans:
Lord Lin Lithgow
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for Satyagraha (independence). Lord Linlithgow (1936-1943) was the Viceroy then.
[8] In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in -
A.
7 states
B.
9 states
C.
5 states
D.
4 states
Ans:
7 states
Explanation :
The Congress Party gained an absolute majority in Bombay, Madras, U.P., Bihar, Orissa and the C entral Provinces and was that largest single party in the NWFP Congress ministries were formed in July 1937 in seven out of eleven provinces.
[9] Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942?
A.
Severe unrest among the people
B.
Report of Simon Commission
C.
Failure of the Cripps Mission
D.
British involved in the World War II
Ans:
Failure of the Cripps Mission
Explanation :
After the failure of the Cripps Mission, the All India Congress Committee meeting at Bombay on August 8, 1942 adopted the 'Ouit Indla' resolution.
[10] Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed?
A.
The Hindu
B.
The Bengal Gazette
C.
The Anand Bazaar Patrika
D.
The Times of India
Ans:
The Bengal Gazette
Explanation :
The first major newspaper in India - The Bengal Gazette-was started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hickey. Other newspapers such as The India Gazette, The Calcutta Gazette, The Madras Courier (1785), The Bombay Herald (1789) etc. soon followed.
[11] Who, among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement?
A.
Shyamaji Krishnavarma
B.
M. N. Roy
C.
Bhagat Singh
D.
Lala Har Dayal
Ans:
Lala Har Dayal
Explanation :
Lala Har Dayal was an Indian nationalist revisionary who founded the Ghadar Party in America. He was a polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His simple living and intellect acumen inspired many expatriate Indians living Canada and the USA to fight against British Imperiaism during the First World War.
[12] Which of the following movements was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A.
Champaran Satyagraha
B.
Wahabi Movement
C.
Non-Cooperation Movement
D.
Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans:
Wahabi Movement
Explanation :
Wahhabism was a popular revivalist movement stigated by an eighteenth century theologian, Muhanmad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) from Najd, Saudi Arabia.
[13] The hero of the Kakori 'Dacoity' case was -
A.
Ramprasad Bismil
B.
Bhagat Singh
C.
Batukeshwar Datta
D.
Barkatulla
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
In the Kakori Rail Dacoity which took place on August 9, 1925, Ramprasad Bismil along with his nine revolutionary followers looted the British government's money from the guard's carriage. The incident jolted the government and they issued arrest warrants against the participants and other leaders of the Hindusthan Republican Association.
[14] The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was -
A.
Montague
B.
Tez Bahadur Sapru
C.
Lionel Curtis
D.
Chelmsford
Ans:
Montague
Explanation :
Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu (secretary of state for India, 1917-22) and Lord Chelmsford (viceroy of India 1916-21). It marked the first introduction of the democratic principle into the executive branch of the British administration of India.
[15] The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of -
A.
January
B.
March
C.
August
D.
December
Ans:
August
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence.
[16] Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
George Yule
B.
William Wedderburn
C.
A.O. Hume
D.
Henry Cotton
Ans:
George Yule
Explanation :
George Yule was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was founder of George Yule & Co. of London, and headed Andrew Yule & Co., of Calcutta. He served as Sheriff of Calcutta and as President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
[17] High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in -
A.
1935
B.
1919
C.
1892
D.
1861
Ans:
1861
Explanation :
British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennaí), Bombay (Mumba), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June, 1862. The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861
[18] Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
A.
Sarojini Naidu
B.
Sucheta Kripalani
C.
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D.
Annie Besant
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement.
[19] The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -
A.
The Montagu Declaration
B.
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
C.
The Morley-Minto Reforms
D.
The Rowlatt Act
Ans:
The Morley-Minto Reforms
Explanation :
Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj.
[20] The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Chandrasekhar Azad
D.
Ramprasad Bismil
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India.
[21] The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
A.
Satara
B.
Jhansi
C.
Oudh
D.
Jaunpur
Ans:
Satara
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for Satyagraha (independence). Lord Linlithgow (1936-1943) was the Viceroy then.
[8] In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in -
A.
7 states
B.
9 states
C.
5 states
D.
4 states
Ans:
7 states
Explanation :
The Congress Party gained an absolute majority in Bombay, Madras, U.P., Bihar, Orissa and the C entral Provinces and was that largest single party in the NWFP Congress ministries were formed in July 1937 in seven out of eleven provinces.
[9] Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942?
A.
Severe unrest among the people
B.
Report of Simon Commission
C.
Failure of the Cripps Mission
D.
British involved in the World War II
Ans:
Failure of the Cripps Mission
Explanation :
After the failure of the Cripps Mission, the All India Congress Committee meeting at Bombay on August 8, 1942 adopted the 'Ouit Indla' resolution.
[10] Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed?
A.
The Hindu
B.
The Bengal Gazette
C.
The Anand Bazaar Patrika
D.
The Times of India
Ans:
The Bengal Gazette
Explanation :
The first major newspaper in India - The Bengal Gazette-was started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hickey. Other newspapers such as The India Gazette, The Calcutta Gazette, The Madras Courier (1785), The Bombay Herald (1789) etc. soon followed.
[11] Who, among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement?
A.
Shyamaji Krishnavarma
B.
M. N. Roy
C.
Bhagat Singh
D.
Lala Har Dayal
Ans:
Lala Har Dayal
Explanation :
Lala Har Dayal was an Indian nationalist revisionary who founded the Ghadar Party in America. He was a polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His simple living and intellect acumen inspired many expatriate Indians living Canada and the USA to fight against British Imperiaism during the First World War.
[12] Which of the following movements was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A.
Champaran Satyagraha
B.
Wahabi Movement
C.
Non-Cooperation Movement
D.
Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans:
Wahabi Movement
Explanation :
Wahhabism was a popular revivalist movement stigated by an eighteenth century theologian, Muhanmad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) from Najd, Saudi Arabia.
[13] The hero of the Kakori 'Dacoity' case was -
A.
Ramprasad Bismil
B.
Bhagat Singh
C.
Batukeshwar Datta
D.
Barkatulla
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
In the Kakori Rail Dacoity which took place on August 9, 1925, Ramprasad Bismil along with his nine revolutionary followers looted the British government's money from the guard's carriage. The incident jolted the government and they issued arrest warrants against the participants and other leaders of the Hindusthan Republican Association.
[14] The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was -
A.
Montague
B.
Tez Bahadur Sapru
C.
Lionel Curtis
D.
Chelmsford
Ans:
Montague
Explanation :
Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu (secretary of state for India, 1917-22) and Lord Chelmsford (viceroy of India 1916-21). It marked the first introduction of the democratic principle into the executive branch of the British administration of India.
[15] The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of -
A.
January
B.
March
C.
August
D.
December
Ans:
August
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence.
[16] Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
George Yule
B.
William Wedderburn
C.
A.O. Hume
D.
Henry Cotton
Ans:
George Yule
Explanation :
George Yule was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was founder of George Yule & Co. of London, and headed Andrew Yule & Co., of Calcutta. He served as Sheriff of Calcutta and as President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
[17] High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in -
A.
1935
B.
1919
C.
1892
D.
1861
Ans:
1861
Explanation :
British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennaí), Bombay (Mumba), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June, 1862. The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861
[18] Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
A.
Sarojini Naidu
B.
Sucheta Kripalani
C.
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D.
Annie Besant
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement.
[19] The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -
A.
The Montagu Declaration
B.
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
C.
The Morley-Minto Reforms
D.
The Rowlatt Act
Ans:
The Morley-Minto Reforms
Explanation :
Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj.
[20] The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Chandrasekhar Azad
D.
Ramprasad Bismil
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India.
[21] The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
A.
Satara
B.
Jhansi
C.
Oudh
D.
Jaunpur
Ans:
Satara
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
After the failure of the Cripps Mission, the All India Congress Committee meeting at Bombay on August 8, 1942 adopted the 'Ouit Indla' resolution.
[10] Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed?
A.
The Hindu
B.
The Bengal Gazette
C.
The Anand Bazaar Patrika
D.
The Times of India
Ans:
The Bengal Gazette
Explanation :
The first major newspaper in India - The Bengal Gazette-was started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hickey. Other newspapers such as The India Gazette, The Calcutta Gazette, The Madras Courier (1785), The Bombay Herald (1789) etc. soon followed.
[11] Who, among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement?
A.
Shyamaji Krishnavarma
B.
M. N. Roy
C.
Bhagat Singh
D.
Lala Har Dayal
Ans:
Lala Har Dayal
Explanation :
Lala Har Dayal was an Indian nationalist revisionary who founded the Ghadar Party in America. He was a polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His simple living and intellect acumen inspired many expatriate Indians living Canada and the USA to fight against British Imperiaism during the First World War.
[12] Which of the following movements was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A.
Champaran Satyagraha
B.
Wahabi Movement
C.
Non-Cooperation Movement
D.
Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans:
Wahabi Movement
Explanation :
Wahhabism was a popular revivalist movement stigated by an eighteenth century theologian, Muhanmad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) from Najd, Saudi Arabia.
[13] The hero of the Kakori 'Dacoity' case was -
A.
Ramprasad Bismil
B.
Bhagat Singh
C.
Batukeshwar Datta
D.
Barkatulla
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
In the Kakori Rail Dacoity which took place on August 9, 1925, Ramprasad Bismil along with his nine revolutionary followers looted the British government's money from the guard's carriage. The incident jolted the government and they issued arrest warrants against the participants and other leaders of the Hindusthan Republican Association.
[14] The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was -
A.
Montague
B.
Tez Bahadur Sapru
C.
Lionel Curtis
D.
Chelmsford
Ans:
Montague
Explanation :
Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu (secretary of state for India, 1917-22) and Lord Chelmsford (viceroy of India 1916-21). It marked the first introduction of the democratic principle into the executive branch of the British administration of India.
[15] The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of -
A.
January
B.
March
C.
August
D.
December
Ans:
August
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence.
[16] Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
George Yule
B.
William Wedderburn
C.
A.O. Hume
D.
Henry Cotton
Ans:
George Yule
Explanation :
George Yule was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was founder of George Yule & Co. of London, and headed Andrew Yule & Co., of Calcutta. He served as Sheriff of Calcutta and as President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
[17] High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in -
A.
1935
B.
1919
C.
1892
D.
1861
Ans:
1861
Explanation :
British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennaí), Bombay (Mumba), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June, 1862. The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861
[18] Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
A.
Sarojini Naidu
B.
Sucheta Kripalani
C.
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D.
Annie Besant
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement.
[19] The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -
A.
The Montagu Declaration
B.
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
C.
The Morley-Minto Reforms
D.
The Rowlatt Act
Ans:
The Morley-Minto Reforms
Explanation :
Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj.
[20] The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Chandrasekhar Azad
D.
Ramprasad Bismil
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India.
[21] The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
A.
Satara
B.
Jhansi
C.
Oudh
D.
Jaunpur
Ans:
Satara
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
Lala Har Dayal was an Indian nationalist revisionary who founded the Ghadar Party in America. He was a polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His simple living and intellect acumen inspired many expatriate Indians living Canada and the USA to fight against British Imperiaism during the First World War.
[12] Which of the following movements was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A.
Champaran Satyagraha
B.
Wahabi Movement
C.
Non-Cooperation Movement
D.
Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans:
Wahabi Movement
Explanation :
Wahhabism was a popular revivalist movement stigated by an eighteenth century theologian, Muhanmad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) from Najd, Saudi Arabia.
[13] The hero of the Kakori 'Dacoity' case was -
A.
Ramprasad Bismil
B.
Bhagat Singh
C.
Batukeshwar Datta
D.
Barkatulla
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
In the Kakori Rail Dacoity which took place on August 9, 1925, Ramprasad Bismil along with his nine revolutionary followers looted the British government's money from the guard's carriage. The incident jolted the government and they issued arrest warrants against the participants and other leaders of the Hindusthan Republican Association.
[14] The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was -
A.
Montague
B.
Tez Bahadur Sapru
C.
Lionel Curtis
D.
Chelmsford
Ans:
Montague
Explanation :
Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu (secretary of state for India, 1917-22) and Lord Chelmsford (viceroy of India 1916-21). It marked the first introduction of the democratic principle into the executive branch of the British administration of India.
[15] The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of -
A.
January
B.
March
C.
August
D.
December
Ans:
August
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence.
[16] Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
George Yule
B.
William Wedderburn
C.
A.O. Hume
D.
Henry Cotton
Ans:
George Yule
Explanation :
George Yule was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was founder of George Yule & Co. of London, and headed Andrew Yule & Co., of Calcutta. He served as Sheriff of Calcutta and as President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
[17] High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in -
A.
1935
B.
1919
C.
1892
D.
1861
Ans:
1861
Explanation :
British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennaí), Bombay (Mumba), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June, 1862. The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861
[18] Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
A.
Sarojini Naidu
B.
Sucheta Kripalani
C.
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D.
Annie Besant
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement.
[19] The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -
A.
The Montagu Declaration
B.
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
C.
The Morley-Minto Reforms
D.
The Rowlatt Act
Ans:
The Morley-Minto Reforms
Explanation :
Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj.
[20] The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Chandrasekhar Azad
D.
Ramprasad Bismil
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India.
[21] The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
A.
Satara
B.
Jhansi
C.
Oudh
D.
Jaunpur
Ans:
Satara
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
In the Kakori Rail Dacoity which took place on August 9, 1925, Ramprasad Bismil along with his nine revolutionary followers looted the British government's money from the guard's carriage. The incident jolted the government and they issued arrest warrants against the participants and other leaders of the Hindusthan Republican Association.
[14] The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was -
A.
Montague
B.
Tez Bahadur Sapru
C.
Lionel Curtis
D.
Chelmsford
Ans:
Montague
Explanation :
Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu (secretary of state for India, 1917-22) and Lord Chelmsford (viceroy of India 1916-21). It marked the first introduction of the democratic principle into the executive branch of the British administration of India.
[15] The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of -
A.
January
B.
March
C.
August
D.
December
Ans:
August
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence.
[16] Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
George Yule
B.
William Wedderburn
C.
A.O. Hume
D.
Henry Cotton
Ans:
George Yule
Explanation :
George Yule was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was founder of George Yule & Co. of London, and headed Andrew Yule & Co., of Calcutta. He served as Sheriff of Calcutta and as President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
[17] High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in -
A.
1935
B.
1919
C.
1892
D.
1861
Ans:
1861
Explanation :
British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennaí), Bombay (Mumba), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June, 1862. The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861
[18] Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
A.
Sarojini Naidu
B.
Sucheta Kripalani
C.
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D.
Annie Besant
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement.
[19] The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -
A.
The Montagu Declaration
B.
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
C.
The Morley-Minto Reforms
D.
The Rowlatt Act
Ans:
The Morley-Minto Reforms
Explanation :
Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj.
[20] The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Chandrasekhar Azad
D.
Ramprasad Bismil
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India.
[21] The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
A.
Satara
B.
Jhansi
C.
Oudh
D.
Jaunpur
Ans:
Satara
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
The Quit India Movement or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence.
[16] Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
George Yule
B.
William Wedderburn
C.
A.O. Hume
D.
Henry Cotton
Ans:
George Yule
Explanation :
George Yule was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was founder of George Yule & Co. of London, and headed Andrew Yule & Co., of Calcutta. He served as Sheriff of Calcutta and as President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
[17] High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in -
A.
1935
B.
1919
C.
1892
D.
1861
Ans:
1861
Explanation :
British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennaí), Bombay (Mumba), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June, 1862. The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861
[18] Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
A.
Sarojini Naidu
B.
Sucheta Kripalani
C.
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D.
Annie Besant
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement.
[19] The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -
A.
The Montagu Declaration
B.
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
C.
The Morley-Minto Reforms
D.
The Rowlatt Act
Ans:
The Morley-Minto Reforms
Explanation :
Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj.
[20] The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Chandrasekhar Azad
D.
Ramprasad Bismil
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India.
[21] The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
A.
Satara
B.
Jhansi
C.
Oudh
D.
Jaunpur
Ans:
Satara
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennaí), Bombay (Mumba), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June, 1862. The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861
[18] Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
A.
Sarojini Naidu
B.
Sucheta Kripalani
C.
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D.
Annie Besant
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement.
[19] The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -
A.
The Montagu Declaration
B.
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
C.
The Morley-Minto Reforms
D.
The Rowlatt Act
Ans:
The Morley-Minto Reforms
Explanation :
Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj.
[20] The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Chandrasekhar Azad
D.
Ramprasad Bismil
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India.
[21] The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
A.
Satara
B.
Jhansi
C.
Oudh
D.
Jaunpur
Ans:
Satara
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj.
[20] The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
A.
Bhagat Singh
B.
Khudiram Bose
C.
Chandrasekhar Azad
D.
Ramprasad Bismil
Ans:
Ramprasad Bismil
Explanation :
Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India.
[21] The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
A.
Satara
B.
Jhansi
C.
Oudh
D.
Jaunpur
Ans:
Satara
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
[22] Naokhali is situated in -
A.
West Bengal
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Tripura
D.
Bihar
Ans:
Bangladesh
Explanation :
Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony
[23] The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
A.
Macaulay
B.
Warren Hastings
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord William Bentinck
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established in on 24 January 1857. By foundation date, it is the first institution in South Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western style universe.
[24] One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A.
Kalpana Dutt
B.
Surya Sen
C.
Pritialata Woddedar
D.
Dinesh Gupta
Ans:
Dinesh Gupta
Explanation :
The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh) armoury in Bengal province of British India by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen.
[25] The first Viceroy of India was -
A.
Lord Canning
B.
Lord Hardinge
C.
Lord Dalhousie
D.
Lord Elgin
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
Explanation :
Charles John Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English states-man and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.