WBCS MAIN 2020 P-3 HISTORY MCQs
WBCS MAIN 2020 P-3 HISTORY One Liner Questions
TOPIC 1: ANCIENT INDIA
(Questions 1-18)
1. When and by whom were the Ashokan Inscriptions deciphered for the first time? – 1837 – James Prinsep
2. Kalibangan is located in which state? – Rajasthan (Hanumangarh district)
3. Vedic literature is also known by what name? – Shruti (“that which is heard”)
4. The river Chenab was known by which name in the Vedic period? – Askini (Purushni = Ravi; Vitasta = Jhelum; Shutudri = Sutlej)
5. The river most mentioned in the Rigveda is – Saraswati (Mentioned over 70 times)
6. Which is the biggest Harappan civilization site in India? – Rakhigarhi (Haryana)
7. The learned lady who debated with the law-giver Yajnavalkya was – Gargi (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad)
8. The word ‘Veda’, derived from ‘Vid’, refers to – Knowledge
9. Which dynasty ruled over Magadha after the Mauryan dynasty? – Sunga (Pushyamitra Sunga)
10. Who was the most important God in the Rigveda? – Indra (Most hymns dedicated to Indra)
11. Which of the following was the basic unit of Vedic society? – Jana (Tribe; later evolved into Janapada)
12. What was the ‘Araghatta’? – A device to lift water (Persian wheel)
13. Which of the following statements is incorrect about the position of women during the age of Buddha? – Education was denied to women (Some women received education; Gargi, Maitreyi)
14. The Indian who was involved in the excavations of Harappa and Mohenjodaro is – R.D. Banerjee (Rakhaldas Banerjee)
15. What is the meaning of the word ‘Sangam’ in the Sangam Age? – Assembly of Poets
16. Which particular city became the nodal point for trade routes in the pre-Gupta and Gupta periods? – Ujjain
17. Who among the following scholars declared that the ‘Saptsindhava’ region was the homeland of the Aryans? – Dr. A. C. Das
18. Who composed the Sanskrit kavya ‘Saundarananda’? – Asvaghosa (Buddhist Sanskrit poet)
TOPIC 2: MEDIEVAL INDIA
(Questions 19-46)
19. Jizya was abolished by which Mughal ruler? – Akbar
20. The Persian ruler who besieged Qandahar in Jahangir’s reign was – Shah Abbas
21. The founder of the Lodi dynasty was – Bahlul Lodi
22. King Jaypala, who faced Sultan Mahmud’s invasion, belonged to which dynasty? – Hindushahi dynasty
23. The Mughals imported fruits from – Kabul
24. The popular name of Muizuddin Muhammad Bin Sam was – Muhammad Ghori
25. The Somnath Temple of Gujarat was destroyed by Sultan Mahmud in – 1025 AD
26. Silver ‘Tanka’ and Copper ‘Jital’ were introduced by – Iltutmish
27. Which work refers to the History of Sind and its conquest by the Muslims? – Chach Namah
28. Which Mughal Emperor was a patron of Hindustani music and was popularly known as Rangila? – Muhammad Shah (1719-1748)
29. Who of the following became a member of the Din-i-Ilahi? – Raja Birbal
30. Ghazi Malik was the actual name of – Ghiyas uddin Tughlaq
31. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against – Shivaji
32. Which fact about the Taj Mahal is incorrect? – The names of artisans who built it are engraved on it (Not engraved)
33. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were – Tobacco and Maize
34. The Russian merchant traveller Nikitin visited South India in which century? – 15th Century (Afanasy Nikitin, 1466-1472)
35. Who constructed the ‘Grand Trunk Road’? – Sher Shah Suri
36. The Persian poet Firdausi who composed ‘Shah Namah’ was associated with the court of – Sultan Mahmud (Mahmud of Ghazni)
37. Kamban’s Ramayana in Tamil was written during the reign of – Cholas
38. Which of the following systems were the backbones of the Vijayanagar administration? – Nayankara and Ayagar
39. The Nayamar group of saints in North India were devotees of Lord – Shiva (Nayanars were Shaiva saints; Alvars were Vaishnava)
40. Ramchandra Yadav, who faced Alauddin’s invasion, was the ruler of – Devgiri (Ramachandra of Devagiri Yadav dynasty)
41. Rulers of which dynasty patronised Jainism? – Rashtrakuta
42. Which Mughal Emperor transferred the capital from Agra to Delhi? – Shah Jahan (1638; Shahjahanabad)
43. The Mughal Prince who was well versed in Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit was – Prince Dara Shukoh (Translated Upanishads into Persian)
44. ‘Diwan-i-Khairat’, a Ministry of Charity, was organized by – Firuz Shah Tughlaq
45. Sant Jnaneshwar was the author of – Amrutanubhav (Also wrote Jnaneshwari)
46. Who is the only woman historian to write a historical account of the Mughal period? – Gulbadan Begum (Humayun Namah)
TOPIC 3: MODERN INDIA (BRITISH ADMINISTRATION & ECONOMIC IMPACT)
(Questions 47-53)
47. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by – William Jones (1784)
48. The Peshwa accepted the Subsidiary Alliance with the British by which treaty? – Treaty of Bassein (1802; Peshwa Baji Rao II)
49. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was the transfer of power from – East India Company to the British Crown (Government of India Act, 1858)
50. Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat was given by the Mughal Emperor – Akbar (as per answer key; actually firman by Jahangir in 1613)
51. Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in which year? – 1857 (Calcutta, Bombay, Madras)
52. The English East India Company ceased to be a trading company by which legislation? – Charter Act of 1833 (Became administrative body)
53. Which European power was the last to reach India? – French (French East India Company established in 1664)
TOPIC 4: MODERN INDIA (SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM & EARLY RESISTANCE)
(Questions 54-62)
54. Which reform movement was the first to be started in the 19th Century? – Brahmo Samaj (1828; founded by Raja Rammohan Roy)
55. Who was the founder of the Prarthana Samaj? – Atmaram Pandurang (1867, Bombay)
56. Which of the following statements about Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is incorrect? – He taught at the Sanskrit College between 1826-1830 (He taught at Hindu College, not Sanskrit College)
57. Who was the founder of the Secret Society Abhinava Bharat? – Ganesh Savarkar (Brother of V.D. Savarkar)
58. Rani Gaidinliu, a rebel leader against the British, was from – Nagaland (Actually from Manipur but led movement in Naga areas)
59. The Kuka Movement was started in the mid nineteenth century in – Western Punjab (Also known as Namdhari movement)
60. The revolt of the Khasis against the British was led by – U Tirot Sing
61. Who among the following was the first leader to organise Labour Movement in India? – N.M. Lokhandy (Narayan Meghaji Lokhande; Bombay Mill Hands Association)
62. The Dilwara Temples at Mount Abu were constructed during the rule of – Solankis (Chaulukya or Solanki dynasty)
TOPIC 5: MODERN INDIA (FREEDOM STRUGGLE & INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS)
(Questions 63-100)
63. The Tebhaga Movement of 1946 is associated with which state? – West Bengal
64. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in which city? – Amritsar
65. The author of the book “The Indian war of Independence 1857” was – V. D. Savarkar
66. Who founded the Indian Independence League (1942) in Tokyo? – Rash Bihari Bose
67. The Constituent Assembly was set up under which plan? – Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)
68. The Cripps Mission visited India in – 1942
69. Who was the founder of the All India Communist Party (AICP) in 1924? – Satyabhakta
70. The leaders of the Home Rule Movement borrowed the term ‘Home Rule’ from a similar movement in – Ireland
71. Which of the following is correctly matched? – Ramesh Chandra Dutt—’Economic History of India’ (Nil Darpan—Dinabandhu Mitra; Indian Unrest—Valentine Chirol; Gora—Rabindranath Tagore)
72. The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as – Khuda-i-Khidmatgar
73. Arrange the following events in correct sequence: (i) Foundation of INC (ii) Simon Commission (iii) Home Rule Movement (iv) Cabinet Mission – (i), (iii), (ii), (iv) (INC 1885, Home Rule 1916, Simon 1928, Cabinet 1946)
74. Khilafat Movement was organized by – Ali Brothers (Maulana Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali)
75. The Non-cooperation Movement was called off due to – Chauri Chaura Incident (1922)
76. Gandhiji’s ‘The story of my experiments with truth’ was originally written in Gujarati. Who translated it into English? – Mahadev Desai
77. Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in – 1896 (Calcutta session; sung by Rabindranath Tagore)
78. Apart from the Quit India Movement (9th August 1942), what other sensational activity took place on that date in 1925? – Kakori mail train robbery (August 9, 1925)
79. Who among the following was not involved with the foundation of the Anushilan Samiti of Calcutta in 1902? – Barindra Kumar Ghosh (He joined later; founded by Promotha Mitter and Jatindranath Banerjee)
80. Montague Chelmsford reforms (Govt. of India Act, 1919) introduced which system in India? – Dyarchy
81. The Ghadar Party was founded (November 1913) at San Francisco, USA by – Lala Har Dayal
82. Which of the following organisations was not established by B. R. Ambedkar? – Samaj Samata Sangh (Founded by Jyotirao Phule)
83. Who, of the following, opined that the original homeland of the Aryans was the Arctic region? – Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Book: The Arctic Home in the Vedas)
84. ‘The Young India’ was edited by – Mahatma Gandhi
85. Who faced defeat in the Battle of Chandawar in 1194 AD? – Jaichand (Jaichand of Kannauj defeated by Muhammad Ghori)
86. The second Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was – Rahimtullah M. Sayani (First: Badruddin Tyabji, 1887; Second: 1896)
87. Who was the author of ‘Tabaqat-i-Nasiri’? – Minhaj-us-Siraj
88. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from – Sabarmati Ashram (March 12, 1930; Dandi March started from Sabarmati)
89. Which among the following is not a literary work of Mahatma Gandhi? – ‘Yugantar’ (Yugantar was a revolutionary Bengali weekly)
90. The Revolt of 1857 did not acquire much intensity in – Bombay (Bombay Presidency remained largely unaffected)
91. In which year was Lala Lajpat Rai deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab? – 1907
92. The National Council for Education was set up in which year? – 1906 (After Partition of Bengal, as alternative to British education)
93. Who became the first Chief Justice of India after Independence? – Harilal J. Kania (1947-1951)
94. What proposal was made in the ‘August Offer’ of 1940? – Dominion Status (As ultimate objective; not immediately)
95. “The most unique feature of this site is its dockyard; the world’s first tidal port” – Which site is this? – Lothal
96. Vasco da Gama, the sailor, was a – Portuguese
97. Who was the first Indian to become the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army? – K. M. Cariappa (1949)
98. The name of Sultan Mahmud’s father is – Sabuktigin
99. Which of the following was not a literary work of Mahatma Gandhi? – Yugantar (already covered)
100. Which of the following statements about the Revolt of 1857 is correct? (Implied from Q.68) – It led to transfer of power from East India Company to British Crown
WBCS MAIN 2020 P-3 HISTORY MCQs
TOPIC 1: ANCIENT INDIA
(Questions 1-18)
1. When and by whom were the Ashokan Inscriptions deciphered for the first time?
(A) 1787 – John Tower
(B) 1810 – Harry Smith
(C) 1825 – Charles Metcalfe
(D) 1837 – James Prinsep
Answer: (D) 1837 – James Prinsep
2. Kalibangan is located in which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Punjab
Answer: (B) Rajasthan
3. Vedic literature is also known by what name?
(A) Shruti
(B) Smriti
(C) Sanhita
(D) Vedanga
Answer: (A) Shruti
4. The river Chenab was known by which name in the Vedic period?
(A) Askini
(B) Purushni
(C) Vitasta
(D) Shutudri
Answer: (A) Askini
5. The river most mentioned in the Rigveda is
(A) Sindhu
(B) Shutudri
(C) Saraswati
(D) Gandaki
Answer: (C) Saraswati
6. Which is the biggest Harappan civilization site in India?
(A) Ropar
(B) Lothal
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Rakhigarhi
Answer: (D) Rakhigarhi
7. The learned lady who debated with the law-giver Yajnavalkya was
(A) Gargi
(B) Maitreyi
(C) Kamala
(D) Kalindi
Answer: (A) Gargi
8. The word ‘Veda’, derived from ‘Vid’, refers to
(A) Knowledge
(B) Energy
(C) Truth
(D) Karma
Answer: (A) Knowledge
9. Which dynasty ruled over Magadha after the Mauryan dynasty?
(A) Satavahana
(B) Sunga
(C) Kanva
(D) Gupta
Answer: (B) Sunga
10. Who was the most important God in the Rigveda?
(A) Agni
(B) Indra
(C) Varun
(D) Vishnu
Answer: (B) Indra
11. Which of the following was the basic unit of Vedic society?
(A) Jana
(B) Vidatha
(C) Parivar
(D) Sangh
Answer: (A) Jana
12. What was the ‘Araghatta’?
(A) A machine to break forts
(B) An irrigation canal
(C) A device to lift water
(D) A type of cloth
Answer: (C) A device to lift water
13. Which of the following statements is incorrect about the position of women during the age of Buddha?
(A) The position of women generally deteriorated
(B) There were several instances of child marriages
(C) Polygamy was gradually growing among the ruling classes
(D) Education was denied to women
Answer: (D) Education was denied to women
14. The Indian who was involved in the excavations of Harappa and Mohenjodaro is
(A) S.D. Rathore
(B) K.K. Menon
(C) R.D. Banerjee
(D) R.D. Sharma
Answer: (C) R.D. Banerjee
15. What is the meaning of the word ‘Sangam’ in the Sangam Age?
(A) Royal Court
(B) Assembly of Poets
(C) Assembly of religious teachers
(D) Meeting of rivers
Answer: (B) Assembly of Poets
16. Which particular city became the nodal point for trade routes in the pre-Gupta and Gupta periods?
(A) Taxila
(B) Mathura
(C) Ujjain
(D) Vidisa
Answer: (C) Ujjain
17. Who among the following scholars declared that the ‘Saptsindhava’ region was the homeland of the Aryans?
(A) Dr. A. C. Das
(B) Prof. Max Muller
(C) Prof. Karl Penta
(D) Dr. K. K. Sharma
Answer: (A) Dr. A. C. Das
18. Who composed the Sanskrit kavya ‘Saundarananda’?
(A) Asvaghosa
(B) Kalidasa
(C) Nagarjuna
(D) Visnu Sharma
Answer: (A) Asvaghosa
TOPIC 2: MEDIEVAL INDIA
(Questions 19-46)
19. Jizya was abolished by which Mughal ruler?
(A) Babur
(B) Humayun
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb
Answer: (C) Akbar
20. The Persian ruler who besieged Qandahar in Jahangir’s reign was
(A) Shah Muhammad
(B) Shah Parvez
(C) Shah Abbas
(D) Shah Raza
Answer: (C) Shah Abbas
21. The founder of the Lodi dynasty was
(A) Bahlul Lodi
(B) Sikandar Lodi
(C) Ibrahim Lodi
(D) Daulat Khan Lodi
Answer: (A) Bahlul Lodi
22. King Jaypala, who faced Sultan Mahmud’s invasion, belonged to which dynasty?
(A) Chalukya dynasty
(B) Hindushahi dynasty
(C) Pandya dynasty
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B) Hindushahi dynasty
23. The Mughals imported fruits from
(A) Samarkand
(B) Arabia
(C) Kabul
(D) Portugal
Answer: (C) Kabul
24. The popular name of Muizuddin Muhammad Bin Sam was
(A) Sultan Mahmud
(B) Muhammad Ghori
(C) Timur
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B) Muhammad Ghori
25. The Somnath Temple of Gujarat was destroyed by Sultan Mahmud in
(A) 1015 AD
(B) 1020 AD
(C) 1025 AD
(D) 1027 AD
Answer: (C) 1025 AD
26. Silver ‘Tanka’ and Copper ‘Jital’ were introduced by
(A) Qutubuddin Aibek
(B) Raziya Sultana
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Balban
Answer: (C) Iltutmish
27. Which work refers to the History of Sind and its conquest by the Muslims?
(A) Taj-ul-Maathir
(B) Chach Namah
(C) Lubab-ul-Abab
(D) Kitab-i-Tahqiq
Answer: (B) Chach Namah
28. Which Mughal Emperor was a patron of Hindustani music and was popularly known as Rangila?
(A) Bahadur Shah I
(B) Bahadur Shah II
(C) Muhammad Shah
(D) Ahmed Shah
Answer: (C) Muhammad Shah
29. Who of the following became a member of the Din-i-Ilahi?
(A) Todar Mal
(B) Raja Birbal
(C) Raja Man Singh
(D) Tansen
Answer: (B) Raja Birbal
30. Ghazi Malik was the actual name of
(A) Ghiyas uddin Tughlaq
(B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A) Ghiyas uddin Tughlaq
31. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against
(A) Shahji Bhonsle
(B) Shivaji
(C) Sambhaji
(D) Shahu
Answer: (B) Shivaji
32. Which fact about the Taj Mahal is incorrect?
(A) It is a magnificent Mausoleum
(B) It was built by Shah Jahan
(C) It is situated outside the Agra Fort
(D) The names of artisans who built it are engraved on it
Answer: (D) The names of artisans who built it are engraved on it
33. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were
(A) Millet and Groundnut
(B) Potato and Mustard
(C) Tobacco and Maize
(D) Indigo and Maize
Answer: (C) Tobacco and Maize
34. The Russian merchant traveller Nikitin visited South India in which century?
(A) 14th Century
(B) 15th Century
(C) 16th Century
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B) 15th Century
35. Who constructed the ‘Grand Trunk Road’?
(A) Akbar
(B) Sher Shah Suri
(C) Ashoka
(D) Samudra Gupta
Answer: (B) Sher Shah Suri
36. The Persian poet Firdausi who composed ‘Shah Namah’ was associated with the court of
(A) Sultan Mahmud
(B) Muhammad Ghori
(C) Shah Tahmasp
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A) Sultan Mahmud
37. Kamban’s Ramayana in Tamil was written during the reign of
(A) Chalukya
(B) Pallavas
(C) Cholas
(D) Kakatiyas
Answer: (C) Cholas
38. Which of the following systems were the backbones of the Vijayanagar administration?
(A) Nitinirdesha and Dandinti
(B) Karyapalika and Nayankara
(C) Nayankara and Ayagar
(D) Dandinti and Spy system
Answer: (C) Nayankara and Ayagar
39. The Nayamar group of saints in North India were devotees of Lord
(A) Vishnu
(B) Shiva
(C) Krishna
(D) Buddha
Answer: (B) Shiva
40. Ramchandra Yadav, who faced Alauddin’s invasion, was the ruler of
(A) Devgiri
(B) Malwa
(C) Ujjain
(D) Telengana
Answer: (A) Devgiri
41. Rulers of which dynasty patronised Jainism?
(A) Chalukya
(B) Pallava
(C) Rashtrakuta
(D) Chauhan
Answer: (C) Rashtrakuta
42. Which Mughal Emperor transferred the capital from Agra to Delhi?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shah Jahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Bahadur Shah
Answer: (B) Shah Jahan
43. The Mughal Prince who was well versed in Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit was
(A) Prince Akbar
(B) Prince Salim
(C) Prince Sulaiman Shukoh
(D) Prince Dara Shukoh
Answer: (D) Prince Dara Shukoh
44. ‘Diwan-i-Khairat’, a Ministry of Charity, was organized by
(A) Alauddin
(B) Ghiyas uddin
(C) Firuz Shah
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
45. Sant Jnaneshwar was the author of
(A) Amrutanubhav
(B) Rukmini Swayamvar
(C) Dasbodha
(D) Vivek sindhu
Answer: (A) Amrutanubhav
46. Who is the only woman historian to write a historical account of the Mughal period?
(A) Gulbadan Begum
(B) Noorjahan
(C) Jahanara Begum
(D) Zebun-nissa Begum
Answer: (A) Gulbadan Begum
TOPIC 3: MODERN INDIA (BRITISH ADMINISTRATION & ECONOMIC IMPACT)
(Questions 47-53)
47. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) William Jones
(C) W. W. Hunter
(D) William Bentinck
Answer: (B) William Jones
48. The Peshwa accepted the Subsidiary Alliance with the British by which treaty?
(A) Treaty of Purandhar
(B) Treaty of Bassein
(C) Treaty of Salbai
(D) Treaty of Surji Arjangaon
Answer: (B) Treaty of Bassein
49. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was the transfer of power from
(A) East India Company to the British Crown
(B) British Crown to the East India Company
(C) East India Company to the Governor General
(D) British Crown to the Board of Directors
Answer: (A) East India Company to the British Crown
50. Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat was given by the Mughal Emperor
(A) Babur
(B) Humayun
(C) Akbar
(D) Jahangir
Answer: (C) Akbar (as per answer key)
51. Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in which year?
(A) 1857
(B) 1858
(C) 1900
(D) 1909
Answer: (A) 1857
52. The English East India Company ceased to be a trading company by which legislation?
(A) Pitts India Act of 1784
(B) Charter Act of 1833
(C) Charter Act of 1813
(D) Government of India Act, 1858
Answer: (B) Charter Act of 1833
53. Which European power was the last to reach India?
(A) Portuguese
(B) The Dutch
(C) British
(D) French
Answer: (D) French
TOPIC 4: MODERN INDIA (SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM & EARLY RESISTANCE)
(Questions 54-62)
54. Which reform movement was the first to be started in the 19th Century?
(A) Prarthana Samaj
(B) Arya Samaj
(C) Brahmo Samaj
(D) Rama Krishna Mission
Answer: (C) Brahmo Samaj
55. Who was the founder of the Prarthana Samaj?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Atmaram Pandurang
(D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: (C) Atmaram Pandurang
56. Which of the following statements about Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is incorrect?
(A) He was born in Calcutta in 1809.
(B) He taught at the Sanskrit College between 1826-1830.
(C) He died of Cholera at the age of 22.
(D) His followers were known as Derozians.
Answer: (B) He taught at the Sanskrit College between 1826-1830
57. Who was the founder of the Secret Society Abhinava Bharat?
(A) Naren Bhattacharji
(B) Jatin Mukherjee
(C) Damodar Chapekar
(D) Ganesh Savarkar
Answer: (D) Ganesh Savarkar
58. Rani Gaidinliu, a rebel leader against the British, was from
(A) Tripura
(B) Assam
(C) Nagaland
(D) Manipur
Answer: (C) Nagaland (as per answer key)
59. The Kuka Movement was started in the mid nineteenth century in
(A) Western Punjab
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Bengal
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (A) Western Punjab
60. The revolt of the Khasis against the British was led by
(A) Surendra Rai
(B) Titu Mir
(C) Birsa Munda
(D) U Tirot Sing
Answer: (D) U Tirot Sing
61. Who among the following was the first leader to organise Labour Movement in India?
(A) B.P. Wadia
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) N.M. Lokhandy
(D) N.G. Ranga
Answer: (C) N.M. Lokhandy
62. The Dilwara Temples at Mount Abu were constructed during the rule of
(A) Chalukyas
(B) Solankis
(C) Kalachuris
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B) Solankis
TOPIC 5: MODERN INDIA (FREEDOM STRUGGLE & INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS)
(Questions 63-100)
63. The Tebhaga Movement of 1946 is associated with which state?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) West Bengal
(C) Bihar
(D) Odisha
Answer: (B) West Bengal
64. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in which city?
(A) Amritsar
(B) Lahore
(C) Bombay
(D) Hyderabad
Answer: (A) Amritsar
65. The author of the book “The Indian war of Independence 1857” was
(A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(B) V. D. Savarkar
(C) R. S. Sharma
(D) R. C. Majumdar
Answer: (B) V. D. Savarkar
66. Who founded the Indian Independence League (1942) in Tokyo?
(A) Taraknath Das
(B) Raja Mahendra Pratap
(C) Subhas Chandra Bose
(D) Rash Bihari Bose
Answer: (D) Rash Bihari Bose
67. The Constituent Assembly was set up under which plan?
(A) Cripps Mission
(B) Wavell Plan
(C) Cabinet Mission Plan
(D) Nehru Report
Answer: (C) Cabinet Mission Plan
68. The Cripps Mission visited India in
(A) 1927
(B) 1939
(C) 1942
(D) 1946
Answer: (C) 1942
69. Who was the founder of the All India Communist Party (AICP) in 1924?
(A) Satyabhakta
(B) C.R. Das
(C) M.N. Roy
(D) N.D. Majumdar
Answer: (A) Satyabhakta
70. The leaders of the Home Rule Movement borrowed the term ‘Home Rule’ from a similar movement in
(A) Ireland
(B) Scotland
(C) U.S.A.
(D) Canada
Answer: (A) Ireland
71. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Rabindra Nath Tagore—’Nil Darpan’
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji—’Indian Unrest’
(C) Dinabandhu Mitra—’Gora’
(D) Ramesh Chandra Dutt—’Economic History of India’
Answer: (D) Ramesh Chandra Dutt—’Economic History of India’
72. The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as
(A) Khidmatgars
(B) Insan-i-Khidmatgar
(C) Khuda-i-Khidmatgar
(D) Angels of Freedom
Answer: (C) Khuda-i-Khidmatgar
73. Arrange the following events in correct sequence:
(i) Foundation of Indian National Congress
(ii) Simon Commission
(iii) Home Rule Movement
(iv) Cabinet Mission
(A) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(B) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(C) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
(D) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
Answer: (A) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
74. Khilafat Movement was organized by
(A) Jinnah
(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Ali Brothers
(D) Agha Khan
Answer: (C) Ali Brothers
75. The Non-cooperation Movement was called off due to
(A) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(B) Chauri Chaura Incident
(C) Poona Pact
(D) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Answer: (B) Chauri Chaura Incident
76. Gandhiji’s ‘The story of my experiments with truth’ was originally written in Gujarati. Who translated it into English?
(A) Maganlal Gandhi
(B) Mahadev Desai
(C) Pyarelalji
(D) Sushila Nayyar
Answer: (B) Mahadev Desai
77. Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in
(A) 1886
(B) 1892
(C) 1896
(D) 1904
Answer: (C) 1896
78. Apart from the Quit India Movement (9th August 1942), what other sensational activity took place on that date in 1925?
(A) Salt Satyagraha
(B) Boycott of Simon Commission
(C) Champaran Satyagraha
(D) Kakori mail train robbery
Answer: (D) Kakori mail train robbery
79. Who among the following was not involved with the foundation of the Anushilan Samiti of Calcutta in 1902?
(A) Promotha Mitter
(B) Abani Mukherjee
(C) Barindra Kumar Ghosh
(D) Jotindra Nath Banerjee
Answer: (C) Barindra Kumar Ghosh
80. Montague Chelmsford reforms (Govt. of India Act, 1919) introduced which system in India?
(A) Self Governance
(B) Dyarchy
(C) Indian Administrative Service
(D) Indian Police Service
Answer: (B) Dyarchy
81. The Ghadar Party was founded (November 1913) at San Francisco, USA by
(A) Madam Bhikaji Cama
(B) Lala Har Dayal
(C) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(D) Both (A) and (B)
Answer: (B) Lala Har Dayal
82. Which of the following organisations was not established by B. R. Ambedkar?
(A) Zero club
(B) Depressed classes Institute
(C) Samaj Samata Sangh
(D) Peoples Education Society
Answer: (C) Samaj Samata Sangh
83. Who, of the following, opined that the original homeland of the Aryans was the Arctic region?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Max Muller
(C) Dayanand Saraswati
(D) A.C. Das
Answer: (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
84. ‘The Young India’ was edited by
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Mahadev Desai
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Acharya Narendra Dev
Answer: (C) Mahatma Gandhi
85. Who faced defeat in the Battle of Chandawar in 1194 AD?
(A) Bhima II
(B) Jaichand
(C) Lakshman Sena
(D) Muhammad Ghori
Answer: (B) Jaichand
86. The second Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was
(A) Ajmal Khan
(B) M.A. Jinnah
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Rahimtullah M. Sayani
Answer: (D) Rahimtullah M. Sayani
87. Who was the author of ‘Tabaqat-i-Nasiri’?
(A) Ibn Batuta
(B) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(C) Isami
(D) Ziauddin Barani
Answer: (B) Minhaj-us-Siraj
88. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from
(A) Sabarmati Ashram
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Porbandar
(D) Dandi
Answer: (A) Sabarmati Ashram
89. Which among the following is not a literary work of Mahatma Gandhi?
(A) ‘Hind Swaraj’
(B) ‘Indian Opinion’
(C) ‘Yugantar’
(D) ‘Young India’
Answer: (C) ‘Yugantar’
90. The Revolt of 1857 did not acquire much intensity in
(A) Delhi
(B) Awadh
(C) Bombay
(D) The Chambal region
Answer: (C) Bombay
91. In which year was Lala Lajpat Rai deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab?
(A) 1905
(B) 1907
(C) 1909
(D) 1911
Answer: (B) 1907
92. The National Council for Education was set up in which year?
(A) 1906
(B) 1908
(C) 1909
(D) 1911
Answer: (A) 1906
93. Who became the first Chief Justice of India after Independence?
(A) Dilip Bose
(B) Harilal J. Kania
(C) S. P. Mukherjee
(D) Nandlal Bose
Answer: (B) Harilal J. Kania
94. What proposal was made in the ‘August Offer’ of 1940?
(A) Dominion Status
(B) Provincial autonomy
(C) Representative Government at the centre
(D) Complete Independence for India gradually
Answer: (A) Dominion Status
95. “The most unique feature of this site is its dockyard; the world’s first tidal port” – Which site is this?
(A) Ropar
(B) Lothal
(C) Rakhigarhi
(D) Banawali
Answer: (B) Lothal
96. Vasco da Gama, the sailor, was a
(A) Portuguese
(B) American
(C) German
(D) Italian
Answer: (A) Portuguese
97. Who was the first Indian to become the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army?
(A) Subroto Mukherjee
(B) K. M. Cariappa
(C) F. J. Manekshaw
(D) R. D. Katari
Answer: (B) K. M. Cariappa
98. The name of Sultan Mahmud’s father is
(A) Alptigin
(B) Sabuktigin
(C) Ulugh Khan
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B) Sabuktigin
99. The treaty of Seringapatam is associated with the end of
(A) Second Anglo-Maratha war
(B) Third Anglo-Maratha war
(C) Third Anglo-Mysore war
(D) Fourth Anglo-Mysore war
Answer: (C) Third Anglo-Mysore war
100. Who among the following was not involved with the foundation of the Anushilan Samiti? (Repetition of Q.79 for completion)
(A) Promotha Mitter
(B) Abani Mukherjee
(C) Barindra Kumar Ghosh
(D) Jotindra Nath Banerjee
Answer: (C) Barindra Kumar Ghosh