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Toppers Academy Weekly Mock Test – Modern History 233 MCQ / One Mark Each E...

Toppers Academy Weekly Mock Test – Modern History 233 MCQ / One Mark Each E Date – 21st September 2024 Contact - 6909898587 Be a Topper 1. Which of the following Acts was described by Jawaharlal Nerhu as “Charter of Slavery “? a. Pitt’s India Act , 1784 b. Regulating Act, 1773 c. The Government of India Act, 1935 d. The Government of India Act, 1919 2. Who among the following established the Tattvabodhini Sabha in 1839 at Calcutta Calcutta? a. Keshab Chandra Sen b. Sivanatha Sasri c. Ram Mohan Roy d. Dabendra Nath Tagore 3. Which of the following tribal revolt was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee throughh his novel Anandmath ? a. Sanyasi Rebellion c. Kittur Rising b. Revolt of Ramosis d. Sambalpur Outbreak 4. Ramosi were the hill tribes of : a. The Himalayas b. Western Ghats c. Eastern Ghats d. Aravallis 5. In which ich of the following places did the Imperial Government not establish a university ? a. Madras b. Delhi c. Bombay d. Calcutta 6. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament to the British Constituency ? a. A.A.C Bannerjee c. C.Sarojini Naidu b. B.Dadabhai Naoroji d. D.J.R.D Tata 7. Home Rule at Poona was organised by ? a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak c. Lala Lajpat Rai b. Annie Besant d. Suredranath Bannerjee 8. The Viceroy that made the Partition of Bengal was : a. Lord Hardinge b. Lord Montague c. Lord Curzon d. Lord Minto 1 9. In the Chauri Chaura incident : a. A mob of 3000 killed 22 policemen and one inspector b. Police fired and killed 3000 people c. Nerhu was arrested d. ALL OF THE ABOVE 10. The first President of the Indian National Congress (1885) at Bombay was ? a. Dadabhai Naoroji b. Mahatma Gandhi c. Badruddin Tayabji d. W.C Bannerjee 11. 1920 Non-Cooperation Movement policy involved: a. Renunciation of government titles b. Boycott of legislature and law courts c. Boycott of schools and colleges d. ALL OF THE ABOVE 12. Which among the following is not correctly matched ? a. Raja Ram Mohan Roy- Brahmo Samaj b. Swami Dayanand – Arya Samaj c. Swami Maharishi – Prarthana Samaj d. Annie Besant – Theosophical Society 13. In 1639 the East India Company obtained the lease of Madras from the ruler of : a. Chandrapur b. Chandragiri c. Chandpur d. Chandranogore 14. “Educate,Agitate, Organise”, who said this ? a. Mahatma Gandhi b. B.R Ambedkar c. Nerhu d. B.G Tilak 15. Who founded the Ghadar Party in the USA ? a. Lala Hardayal c. Chandrashekar Azad b. Subhash Chandra Bose d. Bhagat Singh 16. V.D Savarkar organised a secret society of revolutionary in 1904. What was the society called ? a. Nav Bharat b. Abhinav Bharat c. Home League d. NOTA 17. Who was the chairman of the Constituent Assembly ? a. DR Rajendra Prasad b. Dr B.R Ambedkar c. Sardar Vallabhai Patel d. D.C Rajagopalcharyi 18. Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit India Movement in the city of ? a. Delhi b. Bombay c. Calcutta d. Ahmedabad 19. Which act did the British government passed in order to restrict the freedom of press? a. The Indian Press Act of 1901 b. The Vernacular Language Act 1879 c. The Indian Official Secrets Act 1904 2  d. The Indian Official Media Act 1903 20. In 1916, the Lucknow Pact between Muslim Leauge and Congress resulted in : a. Constitution Reforms b. Separate Electorates c. Increase the number of seats for muslims d. ALL OF THE ABOVE 21. Who was the Viceroy when the control of the Indian Govt. was assumed by the British Crown? a. Lord Ripon b. Lord Metcalf c. Lord Canning d. Lord Mayo 22. Clive laid the foundation of the British empire by winning the Battle of ? a. Panipat b. Jhansi c. Plassey d. NONE OF THESE 23. The Swaraj party founded by Motilal Nerhu and C.R Das advocated the policy of ? a. Cooperation in Council b. Council entry and wreck the functioning of the Council c. Non- Participation in Legislature Election d. NONE OF THE ABOVE 24. Subhash Chandra Bose was first reffered to as “Netaji” by ? a. Nerhu b. B.Patel c. Mahatma Gandhi d. D. Gokhale 25. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association in 1928 was started by : a. Subhash Chandra Bose c. Chandra Shekar Azad b. Bhagat Singh d. Sukhdev 26. “The Cripps Mission was a post dated cheque drawn on a crashing bank “, was said by ? a. Jawaharlal Nerhu c. Mahatma Gandhi b. DR B.R Ambedkar d.Sardar Patel 27. In which year did Pt.Jawaharlal Nerhu visited Nagaland? a. 1956 b. 1953 c. 1954 d. 1955 28. Sarada Act was passed with effect from the year ? a. 1929 b. 1930 c. 1931 d. 1932 29. “Deliverance Day” was observed by : a. Indian National Congress c. Swaraj Party b. Muslim League d. Communist Party 30. Mahatma Gandhi started his first political activities from : a. Bardoli b. Kheda c. Champaran d. Ahmedabad 3 31. In which year the Cabinet Mission Plan visited India ? a. 1943 b. 1944 c. 1945 d. 1946 32. In which year did the Chauri Chaura Incident took place ? a. 1921 b. 1922 c. 1923 d. 1924 33. The first woman graduate of Calcutta University was: a. Srilekha Basu b. Kadambini Ganguly c. Supriya Bose d.Aparna Sen 34. Who founded the Khalsa ? a. Guru Nanak c. Guru Hargobind b. Guru Gobind Singh d.GuruTegh Bahadur 35. Montague-Chelmsford reforms came in to operation in the year ? a. 1919 b. 1920 c. 1921 d. 1922 36. The Indian Independence Bill was passed by the Parliament on ? a. 1st July 1947 b. 2nd July 1947 c. 3rd July 1947 d. 4th July 1947 37. “Nationalism is the religion that comes from GOD”. Who said this ? a. B.G Tilak c. Aurobindo Ghosh b. Vivekananda d. Mahatma Gandhi 38. How many members of the Muslim League joined the Interim Government ? a. Five b. Four c. Three d. Six 39. The Muslim League passed the famous Pakistan Resolution in which year ? a. 1939 b. 1940 c. 1941 d.1942 40. Mahatma Gandhi was first reffered to as “Father of the Nation” by whom ? a. Jawaharlal Nerhu c. C.Rabindranath Tagore b. B.Sardar Patel d. Subhash Chandra Bose 41. In which year Gandhi founded the Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmedabad? a. 1913 b.1914 c.1915 d.1916 42. In which year was “Hind Swaraj” by Gandhi written ? a. 1907 b.1908 c.1909 d.1910 43. With which conspiracy case Bhagat Singh was tried by the British ? a. Kanpur b. Lahore c. Karachi d. Delhi 44. Who was the first Indian to be selected to the Indian Civil Services ? a. Anandamohan Bose b. Satyedranath Tagore c. Gurudas Bannerjee d. Gautum Chattopadhyay 45. Who among the following Viceroys passed the Illbert Bill ? a. Lord Lytton b. Lord Ripon c. Lord Dufferin d. Lord Curzon 4 46. Who among the following renounced Knighthood in protest against Jallian Walla Bagh Massacre? a. Tilak b. Gandhi c. Rabindranath Tagore d. Motilal Nerhu 47. In which year Woods Despatch on Education was introduced ? a. 1851 b. 1852 c.1853 d.1854 48. What was the name of the newspaper started by Gandhi in South Africa ? a. South Africa Times b. Indian Opinion c. Indian Pulse d.India Times 49. By which act diarchy was introduced in India? a. 1892 b. 1909 c. 1919 d. 1935 50. Identify the person who persuaded Gandhiji to come to Champaran to know the problems of the cultivators ? a. Rajkumar Shukla c. Mohan Prasad b. Vinod Desai d. Mahesh Shah 51. Who among the following organised a NO-TAX campaign in famine stricken Maharashtra in 1896-97? a. Gopal Khrishna Gokhale c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak b. Mahadev Govind Ranade d. G.V Joshi 52. In which year the Irwin declaration was made in the form of an official communique in the Indian Gazette ? a. November 21,1929 c. August 30,1929 b. October 31, 1929 d. July 27, 1929 53. Who drafted the Independence pledge of January 26, 1930 ? a. Jawaharlal Nerhu c. Sardar Vallabhai Patel b. Mahatma Gandhi d. Rajendra Prasad 54. How many demands were presented by Gandhi to the Government on January 31, 1930? a. 10 b.11 c.12 d.13 55. A band of how many marched to the Coast of Dandi and covered how many miles ? a. 76 members anad 240 miles b. 78 members and 240 miles c. 78 members and 260 miles d. 76 members and 270 miles 56. In which year, Gandhiji was arrested after he had announced to lead a raid on Dharasana salt works on the West Coast ? a. May 2, 1930 b. March 3,1930 c. March 6,1930 d. May 4, 1930 57. British called Tiruchipalli as ? a. Trechinepoli b. Trichinapoly c. Trich d. Threchinoly 5 58. In April 1930, which among the following organised a march from Tiruchipalli to Vedaranniyam in the Tanjore to break the salt law ? a. K.Kellapan b. C.Rajagopalachari c. P.Krishna Pillai d. Gopal Bandhu 59. In Malabar, who organised the salt satyagraha ? a. K.Kellapan b. Gopal Bandhu c. Chaudhuri d. C.Rajagopalachari 60. Who among the following defended the national flag in the face of the police lathicharge on Calicut beach in November 1930? a. K.Kellapan b. P.Krishna Pillai c. Sardar Patel d. C.Rajagopalachari 61. In Andhra regions, which among the following places played very active role in salt satyagraha? a. Godavari b. Krishna c. Guntur d. ALL OF THE ABOVE 62. In Orissa, under whose leadership, a salt satyagraha was organised in a planned manner ? a. Khrishna Pillai c. J.M Sengupta b. Gopalbandhu Chaudhuri d. Ambika Kant Sinha 63. In Assam, under whose leadership in December 1930, incited the aboriginal Kachari villages to break the forest laws ? a. Kumar Sen b. Chandraprabha Saikiani c. Santosh Prabhu d. Gupta Sen 64. In Bihar, which two districts were first to start the salt satyagraha ? a. Champaran & Billai c. Champaran & Saran b. Billai & Saran d. Saran & Lahore 65. Bihar is a landlock,therefore not practicable to organise the salt law, so they chose which pond to break the law ? a. Guntur Pond b. Nakhas Pond c. verru Pond d. Siahch Pond 66. Under whose millitancy, a movement in Hazaribagh which combined socio-religious reform along Sanskritising was started ? a. Bonga Majhi c. Verru Majhi b. Somra Majhi d. Both A & B 67. Gaffar Khan also called Badshah Khan and Frontier Gandhi had started the first Phusto Political called Pukhtoon which was a : a. Daily b. Weekly c. Monthly d. Annually 68. Sarojini Naidu, Iman Sahib and Manilal who took up the unfinished task of leading a raid on the Dharasana Salt on : a. May 21, 1930 b. April 21, 1930 c. March 21, 1930 d. June 21, 1930 6 69. During the Civil Disobedience Movement, in which state was a No-Tax movement organised which refused to pay the land revenue : a. Gujarat b. Bihar c. Punjab d. Maharashtra 70. Which among the following places saw defiance of forest laws such as grazing and timber restrictions during the Civil disobedience Movement ? a. Maharashtra b. Karnataka c. Central Provinces d. ALL OF THE ABOVE 71. A No-Revenue campaign was started in which of the following places during the Civil Disobedience Movement ? a. United Provinces b. Assam c. Central Provinces d. None of the above 72. Who declared “ we are free people, the white men should not rule over us “ during the course of Civil Disobedience Movement ? a. Sarojini Naidu b. Rani Gaidinliu c. Haipu Jadonang d. Manilal Gandhi 73. “Gandhiji’s body is in jail, but his soul is with you. India’s prestige is now in your hands “ is attributed to which personality ? a. Jawaharlal Nerhu b. Sarojini Naidu c. Sardar Patel d. P Krishna Pillai 74. Which among the following is the mediator to be allowed to explore the peace between the Congress and the Government ? a. Tej Bahadur Sapru b. P.Khrishna Pillai c. Sen Kumar d. C.Rajagopalachari 75. In August 1930, Motilal Nerhu and Jawaharlal Nerhu were taken to which jail to meet Gandhi and discuss the possibility of a settlement. a. Andaman & Nicobar Islands b. Yeravada Jail c. Patna Jail d. Tura Jail 76. In the Gandhi Irwin Pact, the Viceroy turned down two of Gandhi’s demands. Which among the following are the rejected demands ? a. Right to peaceful and non aggressive picketing b. Withdrawal of emergency ordinance c. Public inquiry into police excess d. Commutation of Bhagat and his comrades Consider A. BOTH A & B C. A,B,C B. BOTH C & D D. All of the above 77. “India is one vast prison-house. I repudiate this law” attribute to : a. Sardar Patel b. Mahatma Gandhi c. Jawaharlal Nerhu d. M.A Jinnah 78. Gandhi was greeted with black flags while routed to Karachi by which party? a. Shiromani Akhari c. Naujawan Bharat Sabha b. Labour Party d. Shiromani Sabha 7 79. The Karachi session adopted the National Economic programme. Which among the following was not adopted ? a. Protection of culture, language, script of minorities and linguistic groups b Right to workers and peasant to form union c. Control of usury d. Relief from agricultural indebtedness 80. In which session, the Congress spelt for the first time of what Swaraj means ? a. 1928, Calcutta b. 1929,Lahore c. 1931, Karachi d. 1932, Delhi 81. Who officially opened the First Round Table Conference on November 12, 1930 ? a. King George IV b. King George V c. King George VI d. King George VII 82. Among the following members, who represented the Hindu Mahasabha in the first round table conference? a. B.S Moonje b. M.R Jayakar c. Diwan Bahadur Raja Narendra Nath d. ALL OF THE ABOVE 83. The trade monopoly of the East India Company was ended by : a. Charter Act of 1813 c. Regulating Act of 178 b. Charter Act of 833 d. Regulating Act 1773 84. Tobacco was introduced in India by the : a. English b. Arabs c. French d. Portuguese 85. Who among the following poets witnessed the Revolt of 1857 ? a. Ghalib b. Mir Taqi Mis c. Zaug d. Iqbal 86. Who was the viceroy of India at the time of the formation of INC? a. Lord Lytton b. Lord Mayo c. Lord Dufferin d. Lord Ripon 87. Who established a modern arsenal in Dindigul with the help of French ? a. Haidar Ali b. Mir Qasim c. Sirajuddaula d. Tipu Sultan 88. Who was the founder of Sikh Rule in Punjab ? a. Sher Singh b. Maharaj Ranjit Singh c. Kharak Singh d. Dalip Singhh 89. The Birth place of Rani Laxmi Bai is ? a. Agra b. Vrindaban c. Varanasi d. Jhansi 90. First Portuguese factory was established by : a. Albuquerque b. Cabral c. D’ Almeida d. Vasco Da Gama 91. Who among the following were defeated by Munro in the battle of Buxar ? 1. Mir Qasim 2. Shah Alam II 3. Mir Jafar 4. Shujaudduala Consider a. 1,2, and 3 b. 2,3 and 4 c. 1,3 and 4 d. 1,2 and 4 8 92. “Sunset Law” is associated with ? a. Mahalwari System c. Ryotwari System b. Zamindari System d. Izaredari System 93. Liyaqat Ali, a prominent leader of the revolt of 1857 belongs to : a. Kanpur b. Lucknow c. Allahabad d. Bihar 94. In which year Queen Victoria was declared as the Kaisar I Hind ? a. 1857 b.1875 c.1858 d.1876 95. Who presented the first budget in India (1860)? a. Lord Canning b. Henry Fowler c. James Wilson d. Hershell 96. Sir Thomas Roe came to India with a letter from which of the following British Monarch? a. James I b. Queen Elizabeth c. Edward IV d. Queen Mary 97. Mountbatten Plan is also known as: a. Divided Plan b. 3rd June Plan c. Freedom in Plan d. Sovereign Plan 98. “No Tax Campaign” was started by Gandhi at ? a. Champaran b. Singapore c. Ahmedabad d. Khera 99. Which Governor-General of India made Shimla as his Summer Capital ? a. Warren Hastings b. John Lawrence c. Lord Cornwallis d. NOTA 100. Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded in the year ? a. 1761 b. 1864 c. 1784 d. 1745 101. Vardha Proposal was associated with ? a. Quit India Movement c. Rowlatt Act b. Non-Coopeartion Movement d. Civil Disobedience Movement 102. Comrade: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mooknayak: ? a. KM Pannikar b. MG Ranade c. Ambedkar d. Annie Besant 103. Who was the first Governor-General of free India ? a. Lord Wavell b. Lord Mountbatten c. Rajagopalchari d. NOTA 104. Identify a year : Slogan “ Divide and Quit” was adopted by Muslim League. a. 1947 b. 1934 c. 1940 d. 1943 105. Who was the Governor-General of India when Anglo-Nepal war was fought ? a. Lord Cornwallis b. Warren Hastings c. Lord Hastings d. NOTA 9 106. ____ remains memorable as the first major Indian effort to draft a constitutional framework for India ? a. Govt of India Act 1990 c. Nerhu Report b. August Declaration d. Gandhi Irwin Pact 107. Who was the President of INC when the Lahore Session was held in 1929 ? a. Nerhu b. Kalppan c. Rai Sahib Sarda d. GD Birla 108. Clement Atlee who became the Prime Minister of England in 1945 was from which party ? a. Labour Party c. Liberal Party b. Republican d. Conservative Party 109. Who started the process of financial decentralisation in India ? a. Lord Mayo b. Lord Elgin c. Lord Ripon d. Lord Canning 110. In which year did Subhash Chandra Bose passed the Indian Civil Service examination? a. 1920 b. 1933 c. 1917 d. 1923 111. Income Tax was introduced for the first time in 1860 during the time of ? a. Lord Minto b. Lord Elgin c. Lord Canning d. Lord Lytton 112. Which INC session is memorable for its resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Programme ? a. Karachi Session b. Gaya Session c. Nagpur Session d. Lahore Session 113. Who was the Governor-General of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement ? a. Reading b. Chelmsford c. Irwin d. Wavell 114. Who first addressed Mahatma Gandhi as the “ Father of the Nation “? a. Nerhu b. Muhammad Ali c. SC Bose d. Rabindranath Tagore 115. “Tinkathia System “ is associated with : a. Ahmedabad Satyagraha c. All of these b. Champaran Satyagraha d. Kheda Satyagraha 116. Who introduced Permanent Settlement ? a. Lord Wellesley b. Lord Hastings c. Lord Cornwallis d. Lord Minto I 117. Who is also called as Lord Mornington ? a. Lord Cornwallis b. Lord Minto c. None d. Lord Wellesley 118. In which year was the Civil Disobedience Movement withdrawn ? a. 1935 b. 1932 c. 1934 d. 1944 119. Who is known as LOK NAYAK ? a. SC Bose b. JP Narayan c. Mahatma Gandhi d. Tilak 10 120. “All India Anti-Untouchability League “ was started by Gandhi in the year ? a. 1933 b. 1989 c. 1932 d. 1908 121. “Naval Mutiny” took place in the year ? a. 1875 b. 1946 c. 1857 d. 1930 122. Archaeological survey of India was founded during the time of ? a. Lord Cornwallis b. Lord Hastings c. Lord Minto d. Lord Canning 123. Durand Commission which was set up to define the line between British India and Afghanistan was appointed during the time of ? a. Lord Lansdowne b. Lord Ripon c. Lord Curzon d. Lord Lytton 124. Who said “ Pakistan would be made on my dead body “? a. Patel b. Gandhi c. Nerhu d. Ali Jinnah 125. The universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madraas were establlished in ? a. 1774 b. 1961 c. 1908 d. 1857 126. 183. Swaraj party was formed after a split within congress in which session ? a. Gaya Session b. Calcutta Session c. Nagpur Session d. Bombay Session 127. Illbert Bill was passed in ? a. 1883 b. 1898 c. 1765 d. 1854 128. “Rowlatt” is associated with ? a. Mosque b. Name of a person c. City name d. Temple 129. Who led the attack on European Club at Pahartali in Chittagong ? a. P.Waddedar b. Surya Sen c. Loknath Bal d. Anant Singh 130. Who wrote the book “ Deshar Katha “ ? a. Vira Raghavachari c. Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar b. Murali Mohan Prasad d. NOTA 131. Who was the first editor of Yogantar ? a. Ullaskar Dutt c. Jatindra Nath Mukherjee b. Barindra Ghosh d. Bipin Chandra Pal 132. Who among the following revolutionaries set up the United India House in USA ? a. Ramnath Puri & Vir Savarkar b. Lala Hardayal & Bhagat Singh c. Taraknath Das & GD Kumar d. Harnam & Bhagwan Singh 133. The Silk Letter Conspiracy (1916 ) was organised by ? a. Maulana Abdul Kalam & Maulana Mahmud Hasan b. Maulana Abdul Bari Maulana Ali 11  c. Raja Pratap & John Henting d. Maulana Obeidullah and Maulana Baracktullah 134. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu weekly AL HILAL but on it being banned started another journal- Al Balagh in : a. 1912 b. 1908 c. 1913 d. 1914 135. The first indication of the revolutionary movement was seen in : a. Rajasthan b. West Bengal c. Maharashtra d. Punjab 136. Barindra Kumar Ghosh was a member of which revolutionary organisation of Bengal ? a. Swadesh Bandhav Samiti c. Shadhana Jhang b. Varti Samiti d. Anushilan 137. Where were Ghadar revolutionaries who became active during the outbreak of World War I based ? a. North America b. Central America c. West America d. South America 138. Who called Muhammad Ali Jinnah as “ Ambassador of Hindu -Muslim Unity “ ? a. Tilak b. Annie Besant c. Gopal Khrishna Gokhale d. Sarojini Naidu 139. Who called Tilak “ Father of Indian unrest “ ? a. Valentile Chirol b. Lord Curzon c. Henry Cotton d. Vincent Smith 140. Alfred Park at Allahabad was renamed after : a. Motilal Nerhu b. Bhagat Singh c. Chandrashekar Azad d. SC Bose 141. Where and when was Ghadar Party founded ? a. America 1913 b. Sweden 1917 c. England 1914 d. scotland 1913 142. All India Muslim League was formed at : a. Lahore b. Lucknow c. Aligarh d. Dhaka 143. The Anushilan Samiti was founded by ? a. Varindra Ghosh b. VD Savarkar c. P N Mitra d. Narendra Gosain 144. In which session of INC did the historic union of Congress and Muslim League take place ? a. Bombay b. Lucknow c. Surat d. Lahore 145. In which year Lord Hardinge cancelled the Partition of Bengal ? a. 1913 b. 1912 c. 1911 d. 1910 146. When did the attempt of murder of Kingsford was made at Muzaffarpur ? a. 1903 b. 1907 c. 1908 d. 1909 147. Who founded the Swadesh Bandhav Samiti ? a. Surya Sen b. Ashwin Kumar Dutt c. Barindra Ghosh d. Pulin Das 12 148. Aurobindo Ashram is situated in ? a. Rameshwaram c. Andaman&Nicobar Islands b. Puducherry d. Patna 149. Who was the first editor of the newspaper “ Hindu Patriot” ? a. Davendranath Tagore b. Girishchandra Ghosh c. Sisirkumar Ghosh d. Sachindranath Sanyal 150. Bengal Gazette that was started by James Augustus Hickey was first published in ? a. 1778 b. 1779 c. 1780 d. 1781 151. “National Herald “ was started by Jawaharlal Nerhu in the year : a. 1936 b. 1937 c. 1938 d. 1939 152. “The Hindu” newspaper that was started in 1879 was founded by ? a. Dwarkanath Vidyabhushan b. G.Subramaniyar Aiyer c. Sisirkumar Ghosh d. E.V Ramaswamy 153. “Bombay Chronicle “ was started by : a. Madan Mohan Malaviya b. Jawaharlal Nerhu c. Pherozshah Mehta d. Bankim Chandra Chatterji 154. “Banga Darshan” , a monthly magazine was started in 1872 by : a. Devandranath Tagore b. Rabindranath Tagore c. Raja Ram Mohan Roy d. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay 155. The Newspaper “Yagantar” was founded by ? a. Bhulabhai Desai b. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay c. Barindra Kumar Ghosh d. Anand Mohan Bose 156. “Poverty and Un-British rule in India “, by Dadabhai Naoroji was written in the year ? a. 1904 b. 1903. C. 1902 d. 1901 157. “Neel Darpan Natakam” ,by Dinbandhu Mitra was published in the year ? a. 1878 b. 1864 c. 1860 d. 1868 158. Who was the author of the famous book “ Gulamgiri” ? a. Gopal Krishna Gokhale c. Jyotibha Phule b. Jawaharlal Nerhu d. Kasturba Gandhi 159. 319. The song “Sare Jahan Se Accha”, was originally a poem written by ? a. Rabindranath Tagore b. Sarojini Naidu c. Allama Mohammed Iqbal d. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 160. Rabindranath Tagore won a Nobel Prize in 1913 for writing “ Gitanjali”. In which year did he publish the Gitanjali ? 13  a. 1912 b. 1911 c. 1910 d. 1909 161. Which among the following books is not written by Jawaharlal Nerhu ? a. The Discovery of India b. The Unity of India c. The Indian Struggle d. India and the World 162. “The Golden Threshold”, was written by Sarojini Naidu in which year ? a. 1902 b. 1905 c. 1908 d. 1912 163. The Congress policy of “Pray and Petition “ ultimately came to an end under the guidance of ? a. Aurobindo Ghosh c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak b. Lala Lajpat Rai d. Bipin Chandra Pal 164. The Maxwell-Broomfield Commission was set up by the British Government to: a. To survey and report and suggest measures about textiles in Ahmadabad b. To review and suggest preventive measures of famine in India c. Enquire into the increases in land revenue by the government in Bardoli Taluka d. To suggest reforms in the land revenue settlement system in Bengal 165. The famous Curzon – Kitchener controversy is associated with : a. The Partition of Bengal b. Waiving off land tax during famine c. Ending the dual control of Military affairs d. Establishment of Indian University 166. Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement ? a. Sarojini Naidu c. A O Hume b. Annie Besant d. Madame Bhikaji Cama 167. Which of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel “ Anand Math “ ? a. Bhil Uprising c. Indigo Revolt b. Rangpur and Dinapur Uprising d. Sanyasi Rebellion 168. “Tilak Swaraj fund “ was raised to support ? a. Home Rule Movement b. Non-Cooperation Movement c. Rowlatt Act d. All India Trade Union Congress 169. Who observed that “ The Congress is in reality, a civil war without arms “ ? a. Lord Dufferin c. Muhammad Ali Jinnah b. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan d. Tilak 170. Who among the following is not associated with the Indigo Revolt ? a. Harishchandra Mukherjee b. Digambar Biswas c. Dinabandhu Mitra d. Keshub Chandra Sen 171. In the Context of the Indian freedom struggle “Dickie Bird Plan” was associated with ? 14  a. Partition of India Into two countries b. To Take up referendum for North-West Frontier Province of India c. Transfer of Power by 30th June , 1948 d. Balkanizing India into small parts 172. Who among the following introduced the Ryotwari System in India ? a. Lord Cornwallis b. Thomas Munro c. Warren Hastings d. Lord Wellesley 173. The Journalist who whole heartedly championed the cause of indigo movement was : a. Harishe Chandra Mukherjee c. S.T Sen b. Vidhya Seth Rao d. Bal Vikram Seth 174. In which session the National song “Vande Mataram” was first sung ? a. Bombay in 1896 b. Calcutta in 1896 c. Bombay in 1897 d. Calcutta 1897 175. Who among the following did not represent the militant nationalist school of thought in India ? a. Ashwani Kumar Dutt c. Krishna Kumar Mitra b. Vishnushastri Chiplunkar d. Lala Lajpat Rai 176. Which leader was describe as the “Diamond of India” due to his invaluable services ? a. Sardar Vallabhai Patel c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak b. G.K Gokhale d. Madan Mohan Malviya 177. Which of these were not organised by Bal Gangadhar Tilak ? a. Lathi Clubs c. Akharas b. Anti-cow killing societies d. Hindu Sangathan 178. What was the symbol of Swadeshi Movement ? a. Salt b. Khadi Cloth c. Charkha d. Dhoti 179. The Anti-Partition Movement was initiated on : a. 7th August, 1904 c. 7th August, 1906 b. 7th August, 1905 d. 7th August, 1907 180. In which one of the following sessions did the INC split into Moderates and Extremists? a. Nagpur b. Allahabad c. Surat d. Calcutta 181. Who drafted the constitution of Muslim League “The Green Book” ? a. Rahmat Ali b. Muhammad Iqbal c. Muhammad Ali Jinnah d. Mualana Muhammad Ali Jauhar 182. Swami Vivekananda founded Ramakrishna Mission in the year : a. 1893 b. 1895 c. 1896 d. 1897 15 183. Who called to observe 16th October 1905 as “ Raksha Bandhan day”? (Anti-Partition of Bengal ) a. Surendranath Tagore b. Gopal Krishna Gokhale c. Rabindranath Tagore d. Dadabhai Naoroji 184. Lord Ripon introduced the “Local Self Government” in the year : a. 1879 b. 1880 c. 1881 d. 1882 185. The Durand Commission defined the Durand Line between British India anad Afghanistan in the year : a. 1891 b. 1892 c. 1893 d. 1894 186. Who said that exploitative nature of the British was “Bleeding India White”? a. Tilak b. Annie Besant c. Dadabhai Naoroji d. G.K Gokhale 187. Who among the following is associated with the August Offer 1940 ? a. Lord Curzon b. Lord Minto c. Lord Linlithgow d. Lord Mayo 188. Which of the following forms the “Basis or Blueprint” of the Indian Constitution ? a. British Constitution b. Nerhu Report 1929 c. Objective Resolution d. Government of India Act 1935 189. Who led the No Tax Campaign in 1928 ? a. Lala Lajpat Rai b. Mahatma Gandhi c. Sardar Vallabhai Patel d. Subhash Chandra Bose 190. Why did Bhagat Singh and BK Dutt hurl a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929 ? a. To protest against the Press Act b. To Protest against the Indian Statutory commission c. To protest against the Irwin Pact d. To Protest against the passing of the Public Safety Bill 191. The First Post-Independence session of Congress was held at : a. Meerut b. Tripuri c. Bombay d. Jaipur 192. The Simon Commission published a two volume report in the year ? a. 1929 b. 1935 c. 1932 d. 1930 193. Who said “ The Simon Commission Report should be thrown on a heap of Rubbish “ ? a. Shivaswami Iyer b. Mahatma Gandhi c. Jawaharlal Nerhu d. Mohammad Ali Jinnah 194. The Communal Award was announced by Ramsay McDonald on : a. June 14, 1932 c. August 16, 1932 b. July 15, 1932 d. September 17, 1932 16 195. Arrange the following in Chronological order : 1. Dandi March 2. Simon Commission 3. Poona Pact 4. Gandhi – Irwin Pact Consider:- a. 2, 1,4,3 b. 1,2,4,3 c. 1,3,2,4 d. 1,2,3,4 196. Who among the following is considered as the “Grandmother of Indian Revolutionary Movement “ ? a. Rani Laxmi Bai c. Sarojini Naidu b. Begum Hazrat Mahal d. Madam Cama 197. Who killed Curzon Wyllie in London (1909) ? a. Ram Prasad Bismil c. Madam Lal Dhingra b. Bhagat Singh d. P.Mitra 198. Which one of the following has the seconded the Quit India Resolution of 1942 ? a. A.K Azad c. Sardar Vallabhai Patel b. Rajendra Prasad d. Nerhu 199. Which one of the following books is associated with the rise of National Movement in India ? a. Gitanjali b. Anand Math c. Satyarth d. Gita Rahasya 200. On which of the following fleet, the Naval Revolt of 1946 was started ? a. I.N.S Virat b. I.N.S Crown c. I.N.S Talwar d. NONE OF THESE 201. World Ozone day is celebrated every year on : a. 16th September b. 17 September c. 15 August d. 23 December 202. Which among the following are ozone depleting substance ? a. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) b. Hydrofluoro carbons c. Methyl Chloroform d. ALL OF THESE e. NONE OF THESE 203. The 1857 uprising failed mainly because : a. The British got support of the Gorkhas and others b. The Military supremacy of the British c. Lack of planning and leadership on the Indian side d. None of these 204. Home Rule Movement was started by : a. Bal Gangadhar & Annie Besant b. Shaukat Ali & Muhammad Ali c. Jawaharlal Nerhu & Motilal Nerhu d. Lala Lajpat Rai & Dadabhai Naoroji 205. Who among the following attended all the Three Round Table Conference ? a. Jawaharlal Nerhu c. Sardar Patel b. Dr. Ambedkar d. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 17 206. The call for total revolution was given by : a. M K Gandhi c. Dr. Amberdkar b. Bhagat Singh d. Jayaprakash Narayan 207. Who composed our National anthem ? a. Rabindranath Tagore b. Bankim Chandra Chaterjee c. Sri Chadopaddya d. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh 208. Which important event immediately proceded the Jallian wala Bagh Massacre? a. Rowlatt Act Enactment c. Champaran Satyagraha b. Communal Award d. Kheda satyagraha 209. Who among the following was not a moderate? a. Ferozshah Mehta b. Bal Gangadhar Tilak d. SN Banerjee c. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 210. The Leaders of Khilafat Movement were : a. Muhammad Ali Jinnah & Hakim Ajmal Khan b. Mohammad Ali & Shaukat Ali c. Shaukat Ali & Hakim Ajmal Khan d. Mohammad Khan & Karim Abdul Jaffar 211. Which day was decided as the day for observing Purna Swaraj by the Indian National Congress ? a. 26th January 1929 c. 26th December 1929 b. 26th January 1930 d. 26th January 1931 212. All India Depressed Congress was led by : a. Dr. B.R Ambedkar c. Jagjivan Lohia b. Mahatma Gandhi d. None of the above 213. The Quit India Movement differ from both Non-Cooperation movement and Civil Disobedience Movement in terms of : a. Strength of the crowd b. Use of Gandhiji’s techniques c. Extensive spread of the movement and government repression d. d. None of the above 214. Identify who was among the following was not in the Cabinet Mission ? a. Linlithgow b. Pathick Lawrence c. Stafford Cripps d. A.V.Alexander 215. Who was the Chairman of the two boundaries commission at the time of Partition of India ? a. Cyril Radcliffe b. Lord Mountbatten c. Lord Wavell d. Lord Linlithgow 216. Surat Split in 1907 was : a. Between Gandhi & Netaji 18  b. Between the rightist and the leftist wings of the Congress c. The Moderates and Extremists d. Between Hindus & Muslims 217. Which among the following is correct ? a. Raja Ram Mohan Roy – Brahmo Samaj b. Dayanand Saraswati – Prarthan Samaj c. Kesab Sen – Arya Samaj d. Mualana Azad – Muslim League 218. The All White Commission is also known as : a. Cripps Mission b. Hunter Commission c. Cabinet Mission d. Simon Commossion 219. Who among the following was the liberal Governor General of India ? a. Lord Ripon b. Lord Lytton c. Lord Curzon d. Lord Dufferin 220. What is Durand Line ? a. Line between India and Pakistan b. Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan c. Line between India and Bangladesh d. Line between India and Afghanistan 221. In 1853, the first passenger railway in India was introduced in : a. Kolkatta b. Madras c. Delhi d. Bombay 222. Lucknow Pact 1916 was arrived between : a. Indian National Congress and British Government b. Muslim League and British Government c. Indian National Congress and Muslim League d. NONE OF THE ABOVE 223. The revolt of the Naval Rating in British India began in the year ? a. 1944 b. 1945 c. 1946 d. 1943 224. Who was the author of the book “India Wins Freedom” ? a. Savarkar b. Firoz Shah Mehta c. Vallabhai Patel d. Abul Kalam Azad 225. Who was the viceroy when Dehi became the capital of British India ? a. Lord Curzon b. Lord Hardinge c. Lord Minto d. Lord Wavell 226. Who gave the Title “Sardar” to Vallabhai Patel ? a. Mahatma Gandhi c. Women of Bardoli b. Vinobha Bhave d. Peasants of Gujarat 227. What satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923? a. Salt satyagraha c. Flag satyagraha b. Cooperation satyagraha d. Ryot satyagraha 19 228. Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement ? a. Lord Linlithgow c. Lord Wavel b. Lord Irwin d. Lord Mountbatten 229. Who satrted publishing a weekly journal of the name Harijan ? a. Jawaharlal Nerhu b. Mualana Azad c. B.R Ambedkar d. Mahatma Gandhi 230. Swadeshi movement started against the Partition of Bengal during the Viceroy of : a. Lord Hardinge b. Lord Curzon c. Lord Chelmsford d. Lord Reading 231. The Kakori Conspiracy was a train robbery organised by : a. Chittagong Group b. A group of Kisan Sabha c. Hindustan Republican Association d. None of the above 232. The Communal Award was announced by the British Prime Minister : a. Chamberlain b. Clement Atlee c.Ramsay McDonald d.None of the above 233. Lord Ripon appointed the first education commission under whose chairmanship ? a. William Hunter b. Macualy c. James Hunter d. None of these xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE END xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 20