501) Who was the regent of Akbar in his early days?
Answer
Bairam Khan
502) Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan -
Answer
Nasir-ud-din
503) The Market Regulation system was introduced by -
Answer
Ala-ud-din Khilji
504) The most powerful Peshwa was -
Answer
Baji Rao
505) Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur in the battle of -
Answer
Chausa in 1539 A.D.
506) Who was the founder of Lodhi dynasty?
Answer
Bahlol Lodhi
507) The capital of Yadava Kings was -
Answer
Devagiri
508) Abdul Fazal was the son of which Sufi saint?
Answer
Sheikh Mubarak
509) Which dynasty was ruling in Vijaynagar Empire at the time of the Battle of Talikota?
Answer
Tuluva
510) Chachnama records the history of which conquest?
Answer
Arabs
511) The first Europeans to come to India were -
Answer
Portugese
512) Amir Khusro was a -
Answer
Poet
513) The first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire was-
Answer
Iltutmish
514) When the rule of the Delhi Sultan began?
Answer
1206 A.D
515) Humayun had to run away from India after he was defeated in the battle of -
Answer
Kannauj
516) Who was the author of Gita Govinda?
Answer
Jayadeva
517) The court language of the Delhi Sultanate was -
Answer
Persian
518) Who wrote"Ain-i-Akbari" the great historical work?
Answer
Abul Fazl
519) The reputed musician duo, Tans en and Baiju Bawra, flourished during the reign of -
Answer
Akbar
520) The first Bhakti Movement was organized by -
Answer
Ramanujacharya
521) Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition:
Answer
The Portuguese
522) The Khilji Sultans of Delhi were
Answer
Turks
523) Who is considered as the greatest of all the Vijayanagar rulers?
Answer
Krishnadeva Raya
524) Which of the undermentioned facts about Taj Mahal in not correct?
Answer
The names of artisans who built it are engraved on it
525) Select the correct order-
Answer
Nizamuddin Auliya, Kabin, Mirabai, Tulsidas
526) Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
Answer
Lord Dalhousie
527) The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in -
Answer
1853
528) The former princely state Nahan is part of which State now?
Answer
Himachal Pradesh
529) Which town/city in India has got a tower (minaar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
Answer
Guntur
530) Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor-General -
Answer
Lord Dalhousie
531) The Mohemmadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by -
Answer
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
532) Who is known as the Grand Old Man of India'?
Answer
Dadabhai Naoroji
533) Bhulabhai Desai's most memorable achievement was his defence of the Indian National Army (I.N.A.) personnel at the Red Fort Trial towards the end of -
Answer
1945
534) The First Viceroy of the Portuguese in the East was -
Answer
Francisco de Almedia
535) The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by -
Answer
Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
536) The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in -
Answer
1919
537) The Editor of Young India and 'Harijan' was -
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
538) 'Neel Darpan' a play depicting the revolt against the indigo planters was written by -
Answer
Dinbandhu Mitra
539) 'Deshbandhu' is the title of -
Answer
C.R. Das
540) The Bhoodan Movement was launched by -
Answer
Vinoba Bhave
541) The last Governor-General of the East India Company and the first Viceroy under the crown was -
Answer
Lord Canning
542) The first Governor-General of Bengal was -
Answer
Lord Warren Hastings
543) Gandhi's 'Dandi March' is associated with:
Answer
Civil Disobedience Movement
544) During British rule, who was instrumental for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency?
Answer
Thomas Munro
545) Who initiated the movement to form the India Nations Congress:
Answer
A.O. Hume
546) Gandhiji's famous Quit India Movement call to the British was given in -
Answer
1942
547) General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh massacre, was shot dead by?
Answer
Amritsar
548) Who was the first Indian Governor General of Independent India?
Answer
C. Rajagopalachari
549) Who was the first Indian to be elected as a Member of the British House of Commons?
Answer
Dada Bhai Naoroji
550) The first Woman President of the Indian National Congress was -
Answer
Annie Besant
551) Swaraj is may Birth Right and I shall have it. This was advocated by -
Answer
Lokmanya Tilak
552) Who was the Nawab of Bengal during Battle of Plassey"?
Answer
None of these
553) Name three important forms of Satyagraha.
Answer
Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott
554) When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was -
Answer
Akbar
555) Permanent Settlement of Bengal was done by British Governor General:
Answer
Lord Cornwallis
556) Who gave the title of ‘Sardar' to Vallabhbhai Patel?
Answer
Nehru
557) On April 12, 1944 Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the INA Flag in a town. In which State/Union Territory is that town now?
Answer
Manipur
558) Name the Political Guru' of Mahatma Gandhi.
Answer
Gopalakrishna Gokhale
559) The Indian National Congress had its first meeting in the city of-
Answer
Bombay
560) Begum Hazrat Mahal led the 1857 revolt from:
Answer
Lucknow
561) Champaran Satyagraha was related to -
Answer
Indigo
562) The call of "Back to the Vedas” was given by:
Answer
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
563) When was the All India Women's Conference founded -
Answer
1927
564) The Kuka movement started in mid-Nineteenth century in -
Answer
Western Punjab
565) Who wrote : "Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Hai"?
Answer
Ramprasad Bismil
566) 'Dyarchy' was introduced in the Government of India Act of -
Answer
1919
567) The original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati was -
Answer
Mula Shankar
568) Who represented India in the Second Round Table Conference?
Answer
Sarojini Naidu
569) What was the ultimate goal of Mahatma Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha?
Answer
'Purna Swaraj' for India
570) Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?
Answer
Vallabh Bhai Patel and M.A Jinnah
571) On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada Jail against -
Answer
Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
572) The Swadeshi Movement was launched -
Answer
as a protest against division of Bengal
573) The 19th Century reawakening in India was confined to the -
Answer
Upper middle class
574) The Government of India, 1919 is also known as -
Answer
Montague - Chelmsford Reforms
575) Who is called the 'Father of the Indian National Congress?
Answer
A.O. Hume
576) Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of -
Answer
economic independence
577) "India Wins Freedom" is the autobiography of -
Answer
Abul Kalam Azad
578) The transfer of Government from the Company' to the Crown' was pronounced by Lord Canning (November 1, 1858) at -
Answer
Allahabad
579) Mahatma Gandhi's remark, "A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank" is regarding the pro posals of -
Answer
Cripps Mission
580) Under whose leadership was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934?
Answer
Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narayan
581) The first newspaper which was published in India was -
Answer
The Bengal Gazette
582) The Portuguese built their first fort on Indian soil in the territory of the Raja of
Answer
Cochin
583) The Sati System was abolished in 1829 A.D. by -
Answer
Lord William Bentinck
584) The Poona Pact signed in 1934 provided for -
Answer
joint electorate with reservation for Harijans
585) Who said that "India's soul lives in villages"?
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
586) What was the name of the Newspaper edited by Gandhiji till 1933?
Answer
Young India
587) In which session of the Indian National Congress was the "Poorna Swaraj” resolution adopted?
Answer
Lahore Session in 1929
588) Who was regarded by Gandhiji as his political Guru?
Answer
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
589) The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at:
Answer
Belgaum
590) Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session at-
Answer
Surat
591) What was Kuomintang?
Answer
A nationalist party in China
592) English education was introduced in India by -
Answer
Macaulay
593) Which Governor General was called as the 'Father of Local Self-Government' in India?
Answer
Lord Ripon
594) The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship of -
Answer
Lord Canning
595) Who coined the term 'Satyagraha'?
Answer
Gandhi
596) Bardoli Satyagraha is associated with -
Answer
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
597) Capt. Saunders, the English Police Officer was shot dead by -
Answer
Bhagat Singh
598) The partition of Bengal was revoked by the British in -
Answer
1911
599) The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in -
Answer
1909
600) The two states which had non-Congress Ministries in 1937 were -
Answer
Bengal and Punjab
601) Who founded the Home Rule League in Calcutta in 1916 A,D.?
Answer
Mrs. Annie Besant
602) Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
Answer
Dadabhai Naoroji
603) When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India?
Answer
1835
604) The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League came closer to each other in 1916 at -
Answer
Lucknow
605) Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by -
Answer
Cornwallis
606) Gandhi wanted to realize 'truth through :
Answer
Ahimsa (Non-violence)
607) In 1939, for the first time, Gandhiji tried out his specific techniques of controlled mass struggle in a native state. He allowed a close associate of his to lead a Satyagraha. Who was he?
Answer
Vallabh Bhai Patel in Rajkot
608) One time associate of Mahatma Gandhi, broke off from him and launched a radical movement called 'self-respect movement. Who was he?
Answer
E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
609) Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal?
Answer
Lord Cornwallis
610) When was the first passenger train run in India?
Answer
April 1853
611) Mahatma Gandhi owed his inspiration for civil disobedience and non-payment of taxes to -
Answer
Thoreau
612) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated with -
Answer
Bismarck
613) Who propounded the theory of Economic Drain of India' during British imperialism?
Answer
Dadabhai Naoroji
614) During whose Veceroyship did the High Courts come into existence at the three presidential cities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay?
Answer
John Lawrence
615) Who was popularly known as Nana Saheb"?
Answer
Balaji Baji Rao
616) Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities?
Answer
Trusteeship theory
617) Who created the Madras Presidency as it existed till Indian Independence?
Answer
Lord Hastings
618) The theory of economic drain' was propounded by -
Answer
Dadabhai Naoroji
619) The Muslim League adopted the resolution for a separate nation in the year -
Answer
1940
620) The man behind the first railway line in India was:
Answer
William Dudley
621) Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from -
Answer
Sabarmati Ashranm
622) Who wrote the song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara'?
Answer
Mohammad Iqbal
623) Who was called the "Father of Local Self-government" in India?
Answer
Lord Ripon
624) India became independent during the viceroyalty of -
Answer
Mountbatten
625) The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by -
Answer
Vivekananda
626) With which conspiracy case Aurobindo Ghosh's name is connected?
Answer
Alipore Conspiracy Case
627) Who was the founder of Swatantra Party?
Answer
C. Rajagopalachari
628) What was the chief objective of the Wahabi movement?
Answer
Purify Islam
629) Who is referred to as 'Frontier Gandhi’?
Answer
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
630) Who referred to Mahatma Gandhi as "Father of the Nation" for the first time?
Answer
Subhash Chandra Bose
631) The Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi was -
Answer
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
632) Who was the founder of 'Ghadar Party'?
Answer
Lala Har Dayal
633) Socialism is essentially a movement of -
Answer
intellectuals
634) In which year did the Indian National Congress split between moderates and extremists?
Answer
1907
635) Kesari', the Newspaper was started by:
Answer
B. G. Tilak
636) The Third battle of Panipat was fought in the year:
Answer
1761 A.D.
637) The original name of Swami Vivekananda was -
Answer
Krishna Dutta
638) Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
Answer
Bombay
639) Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
Answer
Badruddin Tyabji
640) The All India Muslim League was founded by -
Answer
Agha Khan
641) Gandhiji was influenced by the writings of -
Answer
Leo Tolstoy
642) In which session of the Indian National Congress did the historic union of Congress and Muslim League take place?
Answer
Lucknow
643) Who attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi?
Answer
Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
644) Which is the oldest trade union organisation in India?
Answer
All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
645) Who designed the national flag of Independent India?
Answer
Pingali Venkaiah
646) Sarvodaya stands for -
Answer
Upliftment of all
647) For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms?
Answer
Muslims
648) In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
Answer
Chota Nagpur
649) The British Governor-General who introduced the Postal system in India was -
Answer
Lord Dolhousie
650) The Communal Awared of 1932, gave separate representation to -
Answer
Harijans
651) The 'Poorna Swaraj' resolution was adopted in the annual session of the Indian National Congress held at -
Answer
Lahore
652) Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru?
Answer
Mahadev Govind Ranade
653) Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on -
Answer
March 5, 1931
654) Who was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Services?
Answer
Satyendra Nath Tagore
655) Who passed the Indian Universities Act?
Answer
Lord Curzon
656) Dadabhai Naroji has described his theory of Drain of Wealth' in the book.
Answer
Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
657) When was the office of District Collector created?
Answer
1772
658) Which title, given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi, was surrendered during the non-cooperation movement?
Answer
Kaisar-i-Hind
659) The first attempt to introduce a representative and popular element in the governance of India was made through:
Answer
Indian Council Act, 1909
660) In which session of Indian National Congress the tricolor flag was unfurled for the first time?
Answer
Lahore Congress, 1929
661) Who was the advocate at the famous INA Trials?
Answer
Bhulabhai Desai
662) Which year did Bankim Chandra Chatopadhyay write Anand math?
Answer
1882
663) In Gandhian Socialism -
Answer
State is not required
664) Who said "The Simon Commission Report should be thrown on a heap of rubbish"?
Answer
Shivaswami Ayyar
665) In which city of South Africa was Gandhi beaten up and thrown off the pavement by the white people?
Answer
Durban
666) Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper 'Kesari’ during the National Struggle?
Answer
Lokmanya Tilak
667) Who was the only Indian to be elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly?
Answer
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
668) The Governor-General who abolished the practice of Sati was -
Answer
William Bentinck
669) In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement?
Answer
1919
670) Who led the armed raid on the government armory at Chittagong in 1930?
Answer
Surya Sen
671) Who introduced the "Doctrine of Lapse" to expand British territories in India?
Answer
Lord Dalhousie
672) The Sharda Act is related to -
Answer
Child Marriage
673) Who established the 'Sharda Sadan', a school for Indian Widows in colonial India?
Answer
Pandita Ramabai
674) Who is the founder of the concept "Sarvodaya"?
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
675) Who is known as the Father of Indian Unrest'?
Answer
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
676) The first meeting of the Indian National Congress held in 1885 was presided by -
Answer
Shri Womesh Chandra Barnnerjee
677) Who founded the Indian National Party in Berlin during 1914?
Answer
Champakaraman Pillai
678) During Quit India Movement, Parallel Government' was constituted at:
Answer
Ballia
679) Who introduced 'doctrine of lapse?
Answer
Lord Dalhousie
680) The Lahore Conspiracy Case was registered against whom?
Answer
Bhagat Singh
681) The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor-Generalship of -
Answer
Lord Dufferin
682) The slogan of Quit India Movement was given by -
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
683) Where was the Royal Durbar held on November 1st, 1858 to issue the Queen's proclamation?
Answer
Lucknow
684) Who is called as the ‘Prophet of New India'?
Answer
Sri Ramakrishna
685) Who attended the Congress of Oppressed Nationalists at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of the National Congress?
Answer
Jawaharlal Nehru
686) The Governor-General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was -
Answer
Lord Bentinck
687) Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?
Answer
Sarojini Naidu
688) Sati was prohibited by -
Answer
Lord William Bentinck
689) During colonial period, Britislh capital was mainly invested in:
Answer
Agriculture
690) M. A. Jinnah, in his early political life -
Answer
initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
691) In which year Salt Satyagraha took place?
Answer
1930
692) Which day was declared as the Direct Action Day' by the Muslim League?
Answer
16th August, 1946
693) When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the Quit India Movement' of 1942?
Answer
9th August 1942
694) In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organizing the agrarian movement in Punjab?
Answer
1907
695) Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India?
Answer
Goa
696) Who declared "Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it"?
Answer
Bal Gangadhara Tilak
697) The Indian council Act of 1909 was popularly known as:
Answer
Minto-Morely Reforms
698) Which British Viceroy is associated with the Partition of Bengal?
Answer
Lord Curzon
699) In which year did Gandhiji undertake the famous Dandi March?
Answer
1930
700) Federal form of government was introduced under the -
Answer
Government of India Act, 1935
701) Subhash Chandra Bose set up the provisional Government of Free India in -
Answer
Singapore
702) Aurobindo was arrested in connection with -
Answer
Alipore Bomb Case
703) The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between:
Answer
Gandhi and Ambedkar
704) Who gave the title of Sardar" to Ballabh Bhai Patel?
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
705) The Gandhi's 'Dandi March' was a part of -
Answer
Civil Disobedience Movement
706) Find the incorrect match among the -
Answer
Sir Syed Murtza Khan - Aligarh Muslim University
707) The battle of Plessey was fought between -
Answer
Sirajudduala and Robert Clive.
708) Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament?
Answer
Dadabhai Naoroji
709) Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
Answer
Dayanand Saraswati
710) During whose Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?
Answer
Lord Harding
711) The Working Committee of National Congress sanctioned the resolution named Quit India' at -
Answer
Wardha
712) The non-cooperation movement was called off due to -
Answer
Chauri Chaura Incident
713) When was the railway system established in India?
Answer
1853
714) The first country which discovered sea route to India was -
Answer
Portugal
715) Who introduced the Indian University Act?
Answer
Lord Curzon
716) What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
Answer
Flag Satyagraha
717) Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?
Answer
Lord Hardinge
718) The National Anthem was first sung in the year 1911 at the Annual session of the Indian National Congress held at -
Answer
Kolkata
719) Who is known as the 'Indian Bismarck'?
Answer
Vallabhai Patel
720) Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
Answer
Annie Besant
721) The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was -
Answer
None of these
722) Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?
Answer
Lord Canning
723) Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring -
Answer
division in the Hindu Society
724) Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under:
Answer
Government of India Act of 1935
725) Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by -
Answer
Sir William Jones
726) According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj' meant -
Answer
Self government
727) Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
Answer
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
728) Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
Answer
William Bentinck
729) The Arya Samaj was founded by -
Answer
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
730) Gandhiji believed that -
Answer
Means justify end
731) Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
Answer
Wood's Despatch
732) Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
Answer
1946
733) Muslim League was founded in the year -
Answer
1906
734) In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
Answer
Lahore
735) Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?
Answer
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
736) "Go back to Vedas." This call given by -
Answer
Daynand Saraswati
737) Given below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair.
Answer
Rani LaxmibaiIndore
738) Who was the National leader who wrote History of India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail?
Answer
Vir Savarkar
739) The province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts in 1905 by -
Answer
Lord Curzon
740) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912, but, on its being banned by the Government, he founded at Al-Balagh in -
Answer
1915
741) Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
Answer
Warren Hastings
742) Which scripture was called his mother by Gandhiji?
Answer
Bhagwat Gita
743) The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) fought in the Second World War against -
Answer
Great Britain
744) Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of -
Answer
Lord Curzon
745) Gandhi-Irwin Pact is associated with -
Answer
Civil Disobedience Movement
746) Who gave the solgan - Jai Hind'?
Answer
Subhash Chandra Bose
747) Which Party was established by Subhash Chandra Bose after he came out of Indian National Congress?
Answer
Forward Block
748) The Rama Krishna Mission was established by:
Answer
Vivekananda
749) Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936?
Answer
Jawahar Lal Nehru
750) The Quit India Resolution (1942) proposed the starting of a non-violent mass struggle on the widest possible scale. Who gave the mantra "Do or Die" for this struggle?
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
751) Which Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company's monopoly in India's foreign trade?
Answer
Charter Act of 1813
752) Where did the Black-Hole tragedy took place?
Answer
Calcutta
753) Which Brigadier was associated with Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?
Answer
General Dyer
754) Who coined the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad"?
Answer
Bhagat Singh
755) Who introduced Western education?
Answer
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
756) The system of Budget was introduced in India during the Viceroyalty of -
Answer
Canning
757) Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian independence?
Answer
J. B. Kriplani
758) Who is popularly known as the Grand Old Man of India?
Answer
Dadabhai Naoroji
759) Who was the founder of the Indian National Army?
Answer
Subhash Chandra Bose
760) There are no politics devoid of religion' is stated by -
Answer
Gandhi
761) Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
Answer
Mir Jaffar
762) Who gave the title of "Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
763) Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?
Answer
Lord Lin Lithgow
764) In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in -
Answer
7 states
765) Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942?
Answer
Failure of the Cripps Mission
766) Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed?
Answer
The Bengal Gazette
767) The hero of the Kakori 'Dacoity' case was -
Answer
Ramprasad Bismil
768) The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was -
Answer
Montague
769) The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of -
Answer
August
770) Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
Answer
George Yule
771) High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in -
Answer
1861
772) Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
Answer
Annie Besant
773) The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -
Answer
The Morley-Minto Reforms
774) The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -
Answer
Ramprasad Bismil
775) The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -
Answer
Satara
776) Naokhali is situated in -
Answer
Bangladesh
777) The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of -
Answer
Lord Canning
778) The first Viceroy of India was -
Answer
Lord Canning
779) The Home Rule League was started by -
Answer
B.G. Tilak
780) The pledge for "Poorna Swaraj" was taken at the Congress Session of -
Answer
Lahore
781) Tricolour was adopted as the National Flag in -
Answer
Lahore Congress
782) Who presided over the first Session of the Indian National Congress?
Answer
W.C. Bannerjee
783) Who said "Give me Blood. I will give you Freedom"?
Answer
Subhash Chandra Bose
784) Simon Commission was sent by British Parliament to India to review the -
Answer
working of dyarchy
785) Who revived the Theosophical Society?
Answer
Annie Besant
786) Who was the pioneer of the western system of education in India?
Answer
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
787) Which movement got the support both from Hindus and Muslims?
Answer
Non Cooperation Movement
788) In which session of the Indian National Congress was ‘Purna Swaraj' adopted as its goal?
Answer
Lahore
789) Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?
Answer
Chittaranjan Das
790) Who is known for establishing the "Anand Van"?
Answer
Baba Amte
791) British Crown assumed sovereignty over India from the East India Company in the year -
Answer
1858
792) The first woman President of Indian National congress was -
Answer
Annie Besant
793) Who was referred to as the “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity" by Sarojini Naidu?
Answer
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
794) 'Do or Die' is associated with which of the movements in India's freedom struggle?
Answer
Quit India Movement
795) Who was responsible for the integration of princely states into the Indian Union after Independence?
Answer
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
796) Who gave the title Nightingale of India' to Sarojíni Naidu?
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
797) The Swadeshi Boycott Movement is related to -
Answer
Partition of Bengal in 1905
798) Mutiny of 1857 was described as the First Indian War of Independence by -
Answer
V. D. Savarkar
799) "Abhinav Bharat" was founded in 1904 as a secoret society of revolutionaries by:
Answer
V. D. Savarkar
800) Who was the first Governor General of free India?
Answer
Lord Mountbatten
801) Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry. Who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company?
Answer
Joseph Francois Dupleix
802) Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the period of -
Answer
Lord Chelmsford
803) Constituent Assembly of India was formulated on the recommendation of -
Answer
Cabinet Mission
804) Name the Governor-General who accepted the view of Macaulay to make English as the medium of instruction.
Answer
Lord William Bentinck
805) 'Give me blood. I will give you 4 freedom'. These words are attributed to:
Answer
Subhash Chandra Bose
806) Who gave the slogan, Dilli Chalo'?
Answer
Subhash Chandra Bose
807) Lord Dalhousie annexed Oudh for the British Empire in India -
Answer
as the State being maladministered
808) Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India?
Answer
Lord Mountbatten
809) The Arya Samaj is against -
Answer
rituals and idol-worship
810) When was the Dandi March undertaken?
Answer
12th March, 1930
811) Who was the first propounder of the Doctrine of Passive Resistance?
Answer
Aurobindo Ghosh
812) Who was the founder of the Servants of India Society?
Answer
G.K. Gokhale
813) Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of -
Answer
Leo Tolstoy
814) Who was the President of Indian National Congress when the Mountbatten Plan of independence was accepted?
Answer
Acharya J. B. Kripalani
815) Who developed the idea that “means justify the ends"?
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
816) The founder of the 'Brahmo Samaj' was -
Answer
Raja Ram Mohun Roy
817) Lahore was Ranjeet Singh's Political Capital. Which city was called his Religious Capital?
Answer
Amritsar
818) Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by:
Answer
Cornwallis
819) The father of extremist movement in India is:
Answer
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
820) Who was the first woman President of Congress?
Answer
Mrs. Annie Besant
821) The Revolt of 1857 was started by -
Answer
the Sepoys
822) Who said that 'the real seat of taste is not the tongue, but the mind'?
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
823) Who is rightly called the "Father of Local Self Government" in India?
Answer
Lord Ripon
824) Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
Answer
Lord Dalhousie
825) Who was the Congress President during 1940-46?
Answer
Maulana Azad
826) In which city did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place?
Answer
Amritsar
827) Who is associated with the term Loknayak in India?
Answer
Jay Prakash Narayan
828) Through which principle or device did Gandhiji strive to bridge economic inequalities?
Answer
Trusteeship theory
829) Apart from the Quit India Movement which started on 9th August 1942, what other sensational activity of the freedom fighters were done on 9th August?
Answer
Kakori Mail train "robbery"
830) 'Permanent Settlement, the system of revenue collection was introduced in India by -
Answer
Lord Cornwallis
831) The correct chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is -
Answer
Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
832) Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
Answer
Badruddin Tyabji
833) Who was the first Indian Governor General after Lord Mountbatten?
Answer
C. Rajagopalachari
834) Who said "Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God"?
Answer
M.K.Gandhi
835) The first Mysore War fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767 69 A.D., came to an end by the -
Answer
Treaty of Madras
836) The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the -
Answer
Regulating Act
837) The Panchsheel agreement was between India and:
Answer
China
838) Who propounded the "Doctrine of Passive Resistance"?
Answer
Aurobindo Ghosh
839) The first Muslim to be elected President of 'Indian National Congress' was?
Answer
Badruddin Tyabji
840) Gandhiji's first Satyagraha in India was held at -
Answer
Champaran
841) Who introduced Mansabdari system in India?
Answer
Akbar
842) During the period of which Governor General/Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?
Answer
Cornwallis
843) Which rebellion in Bengal was highlighted by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel 'Anand Math'?
Answer
Sanyasi Rebellion
844) Who founded The Gadar Party in Sanfrancisco in the USA?
Answer
Lala Hardayal
845) Who founded the Naujawan Bhar at Sabha?
Answer
Sardar Bagat Singh
846) The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of Princes was inaugurated in 1921 by -
Answer
Duke of Cannaught
847) Where did the so-called 'Black Hole Tragedy' take place?
Answer
Calcutta
848) India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister:
Answer
Clement Attlee
849) Gandhiji was the staunch supporter of -
Answer
cottage industries
850) Who was the last Viceroy of India?
Answer
Lord Mountbatten
851) Who was the leader of the Young Bengal Movement?
Answer
Henry Vivian Derozio
852) When and where did the Theosophical Society establish its headquarters in India?
Answer
1882-Adyar
853) What are the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909 known for?
Answer
Separate Electorates
854) India attained 'Dominion Status' on -
Answer
15th August, 1947
855) Provincial Autonomy was one of the important features of the Act of -
Answer
1935
856) Who was the Governor-general of India during the Revolt of 1857?
Answer
Lord Canning
857) After leaving the Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose formed, in 1939, his own party, named -
Answer
Forward Bloc
858) Which Indian statesman usedthese magic words, "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge .
Answer
Jawaharlal Nehru
859) Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from
Answer
Tuoreau
860) The first Indian selected for Indian Civil Service was:
Answer
Satyendranath Tagore
861) The Simon Commission was formed to review -
Answer
fitness of India for further reforms
862) Satyagraha finds expression in -
Answer
Non-cooperation
863) The Muslim League advocated a separate Muslim State -
Answer
At the Lahore Session of 1940
864) Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council?
Answer
Lord Mountbatten
865) Who is commonly known as the Iron Man?
Answer
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
866) Gandhiji withdraw the Non Cooperation Movement due to -
Answer
Chauri-Chaura Incident
867) Who was the founder of Satya Shodak Sabha in Maharashtra?
Answer
Jyothiba Phule
868) Cripps Mission came to India in -
Answer
1942
869) The India Independence Bill was first presented in the House of Commons in London on:
Answer
July 4, 1947
870) Who established the Sadr-Diwani-Adalat during the British East India Company's rule?
Answer
Warren Hastings
871) Who was the founder of the Indian Reform Association in 1870?
Answer
Keshub Chandra Sen
872) Who was the founder of the Theosophical society of India?
Answer
Annie Besant
873) Who was the first Indian to be elected as the leader of the Communist International?
Answer
M.N Roy
874) The Cabinet Mission' of 1946 was led by -
Answer
Sir Pethic Lawrence
875) The quintessence of Gandhian thought is:
Answer
E. Jones
876) In which pact, warm relations were established between "Garam dal' and "Naram dal", the two groups of the Indian National Congress?
Answer
Gandhi-Irwin Pact
877) Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo-Mysore War?
Answer
Warren Hastings
878) Gandhi's inspiration for Civil Disobedience came from the writings of -
Answer
Henry David Thoreau
879) Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epíthet of Lokmanya during -
Answer
Home Rule Movement
880) 'Do or Die' (Karenge ya Marenge) - Gandhiji gave this Mantra to the nation on the eve of which mass movement?
Answer
Quit India Movement
881) When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, "None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this earth"?
Answer
Albert Einstein
882) The joint session of the Congress and Muslim League was held in 1916 at -
Answer
Lucknow
883) A prominent leader of the Ghadar Party was -
Answer
Lala Har Dayal
884) Who propounded the theory of ‘Drain of wealth' from India to Great Britain?
Answer
Dadabahai Naoroji
885) Who was the founder of Aligarh Movement?
Answer
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
886) The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of -
Answer
The Turkish Caliph
887) The foundar of the ‘Arya Samaj' was -
Answer
Dayananda Saraswati
888) In 1937, an educational conference endorsing Gandhi's proposals for 'basic education' through the vernacular medium was held at -
Answer
Wardha
889) Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha was a part of -
Answer
Civil Disobedience Movement
890) The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of indigo farmers was observed at -
Answer
Champaran
891) The Portuguese Governor who abolished Sati in Goa was -
Answer
Albuquerque
892) In which year, Gandhiji established Sabarmati Ashram in Guarat?
Answer
1917
893) Where was the First Session of Indian National Congress held?
Answer
Bombay
894) Swarajya was declared as the goal of the Congress at ifs session held in 1908 at -
Answer
Calcutta
895) Gandhi started the ‘Dandi March’ from -
Answer
Ahmedalbad
896) The first Trading Centre which was established by the British was -
Answer
Surat
897) In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called
Answer
Civil Disobedience Move-ment
898) The Cabinet Mission came to India in -
Answer
1946
899) The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by -
Answer
Muhammad Iqbal
900) Who scripted Gandhiji's favorite song “Vaishnav Jan To ”.
Answer
Narsinh Mehta
901) Where did Aurangzeb die?
Answer
Aurangabad
902) When was the first train steamed off in India?
Answer
1853
903) Who was the Chairman of the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?
Answer
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
904) From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the Individual Satyagraha in 1940?
Answer
Pavnar in Maharashtra
905) The first to come and last to leave India were -
Answer
the Portuguese
906) What was the Wood's Despatch about?
Answer
Education
907) What is the name of the Fort built by the English in Calcutta?
Answer
Fort William
908) 'Sati' was abolished by -
Answer
William Bentinck
909) Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?
Answer
A.C. Wadia
910) Which of these battles proved decisive in the Anglo-French rivalry in India?
Answer
Battle of Wandiwash
911) Who is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self-government in modern India?
Answer
Ripon
912) After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of 'Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel was given by -
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
913) Who was in favour of a partyless democracy?
Answer
Jai Prakash Narain
914) Provincial autonomy was introduced in India by the -
Answer
Government of India Act, 1935
915) The first to come and last to leave India were -
Answer
The Portuguese
916) English education was introduced in India by -
Answer
Lord Macaulay
917) Name the important French possession in India.
Answer
Pondicherry
918) When and which Governor-General decided to make English the medium of instruction in India?
Answer
1835-Lord William Bentick
919) The Congress adopted the Quit India Resolution' in the year -
Answer
1942
920) The Aslatic society of Bengal (founded in 1784) owes its origin to -
Answer
Sir William Jones
921) Gandhiji's movement of boycotting the foreign goods aimed at -
Answer
promotion of cottage industries
922) Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revalt of 1857 at -
Answer
Barrackpore
923) According to Gandhi, the scope for class struggle and love for property can be reduced by -
Answer
Trusteeship
924) The battle of Plassey was fought between -
Answer
East India Company and Sirajuddaula
925) The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa -
Answer
Baji Rao II
926) By which Charter Act, the East India Company's monopoly of trade with China came to an end?
Answer
Charter Act of 1833
927) Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised?
Answer
Surya Sen
928) Who was the founder of Kolkata's first "Atmiya Sabha" (philo-sophical discussion circle) held in 1815?
Answer
Ram Mohan Roy
929) What did Gandhiji meant by ‘Sarvodaya'?
Answer
The birth of a new society based on ethical values
930) Which Governor General decided to make English as the medium of instruction in India?
Answer
Lord William Bentinck
931) The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was -
Answer
Lord Mayo
932) Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society?
Answer
Madam Blavatsky
933) Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761?
Answer
Shah Alam II
934) Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised?
Answer
Surya Sen
935) The idea of federation was first proposed in -
Answer
Nehru Report of 1928
936) Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an -
Answer
Regulating Act
937) The Non-Cooperation Movement started in -
Answer
1920
938) Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856?
Answer
Wajld Ali Shah
939) Who said Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it'?
Answer
B.G. Tilak
940) After the Chauri -Chaura incident, Gandhiji suspended the -
Answer
Non-Cooperation Movement
941) The book “Prison Diary" was written by -
Answer
Jaya Prakash Narayan
942) "India House" is located in -
Answer
London
943) As per provisions of the Charter Act of 1833, a Law Commission (for consolidating, codifying and improving Indian laws) was constituted under the Chairmanship of -
Answer
Lord Macaulay
944) Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament?
Answer
Dadabhai Naoroji
945) Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
Answer
Badruddin Tyabji
946) The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transfer of power from -
Answer
East India Company to the British Crown
947) Who was the first Indian Governor-General of India?
Answer
C. Rajagopalachari
948) Who represented India in the Second Round Table Conference?
Answer
Sarojani Nadu
949) The Azad Hind Fauj was formed in -
Answer
1942
950) When was first telegraph line started in India?
Answer
1851
951) The Home Rule Leagu was started by -
Answer
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
952) The English established their first factory in India at -
Answer
Surat
953) Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi was called as ‘Mahatma' by -
Answer
Rabindra Nath Tagore
954) The 'Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College' later became the -
Answer
Aligarh Muslim University
955) In which state was the first Non-Congress Government set up in independent India?
Answer
Kerala
956) Who was the last Governor-General of India?
Answer
C. Rajagopalachari
957) Who said "Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India"?
Answer
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
958) Hardayal, an intellectual giant, was associated with -
Answer
Ghadar Movement
959) Who is called the 'Nightingale of India'?
Answer
Sarojini Naidu
960) The first Governor General of the East India Company in India was -
Answer
Warren Hastings
961) Who expounded “The Theory of Drain”?
Answer
Dadabhai Nauroji
962) Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761?
Answer
Shah Alam II
963) In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating -
Answer
Pattabhi Sitharamayya
964) "Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman's need but not everyman's greed". Who said this?
Answer
Mahatma Gandhi
965) The Kakori conspiracy was a train robbery that took place between Kakori and Lucknow in -
Answer
1925
966) What was 'Komagata Maru'?
Answer
A ship
967) Who was the reformer of oppressed and backward classes?
Answer
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
968) What was the Wood's Despatch about?
Answer
Education
969) Who is the first female governor of Independent India?
Answer
Sarojini Naidu
970) Who is generally considered to be the father of the Indian Renaissance?
Answer
Raja Rammohan Roy
971) Jallianwala incident took place at -
Answer
Amritsar
972) The Battle of Plassey was fought in year -
Answer
1757
973) The Dandi March of Gandhi is an example of -
Answer
Direct Action
974) The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between -
Answer
the Marathas and the Afghans
975) Who termed Cripps' proposals as a post dated cheque in a crashing bank'?
Answer
Gandhiji
976) Bal, Pal and Lal were the most prominent leaders of the -
Answer
Congress Party
977) The Gandhian economy was based on the principle of -
Answer
Trusteeship
978) The credit of discovering the sea route of India goes to the -
Answer
Portuguese
979) The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana' composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of -
Answer
Bharat Vidhata
980) Which Directive Principle bears the direct impact of Gandhi's moral philosophy?
Answer
Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
981) Who represented India in the Second Round Table Conference?
Answer
Sarojani Nadu
982) The first General Secretary of the Indian National Congress was -
Answer
A.O. Hume
983) 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its Session of -
Answer
Lahore, 1929
984) Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by -
Answer
Cornwallis
985) When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
Answer
After the Battle of Plassey
986) The Aslatic society of Bengal (founded in 1784) owes its origin to -
Answer
Sir William Jones
987) Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761?
Answer
Shah Alam II
988) Who started the first English newspaper in India?
Answer
J.A. Hickey
989) Who was the author of the book My Experiments with Truth?
Answer
Gandhi
990) Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the -
Answer
Swarajya Party
991) What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?
Answer
Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
992) Who spoke: "At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom"?
Answer
Jawaharlal Nehru
993) Raja Rammohan Roy organized a historic agitation against the
Answer
Evil custom of sati
994) "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge …….” This was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by -
Answer
Jawaharlal Nehru
995) Who declared as his ultimate aim the wiping of every tear from every eye?
Answer
Gandhiji
996) In ends and means relationship, Gandhijí believed -
Answer
Means determine the end
997) The First Victory & Governor General of British India was -
Answer
Lord Canning
998) On imprisonment in 1908 by the Brities, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sent to -
Answer
Mandalay
999) The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in -
Answer
1930
1000) Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the first Arya Samaj in 1875 at -
Answer
Bombay