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(N.D.A) History T.Q =150 National Defence Academy 5. The 'Jallianwala Bagh Massacre' took 1. The first battle of Panipa...

(N.D.A) History T.Q =150 National Defence Academy 5. The 'Jallianwala Bagh Massacre' took 1. The first battle of Panipat was fought in place in which year? [NDA 2019 (I)] which year? [NDA 2016 (II)] A) 1915 A) 1526 B) 1917 B) 1556 C) 1919 C) 1761 D) 1920 D) 1857 Answer: C) 1919 Answer: A) 1526 6. Who was the founder of the Gupta 2. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire? [NDA 2014 (II)] Empire in India? [NDA 2015 (I)] A) Chandragupta I A) Ashoka B) Samudragupta B) Chandragupta Maurya C) Chandragupta II C) Bindusara D) Sri Gupta D) Bimbisara Answer: D) Sri Gupta Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya 7. Who was the Viceroy of India during 3. Who was the last Governor-General of the Quit India Movement? [NDA 2020 (I)] independent India? [NDA 2017 (I)] A) Lord Linlithgow A) C. Rajagopalachari B) Lord Wavell B) Lord Mountbatten C) Lord Irwin C) Lord Wavell D) Lord Mountbatten D) Lord Irwin Answer: A) Lord Linlithgow Answer: A) C. Rajagopalachari 8. Who introduced the 'Doctrine of 4. The famous 'Kalinga War' was fought Lapse'? [NDA 2013 (I)] by which Mauryan Emperor? [NDA 2018 (II)] A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Canning A) Ashoka C) Lord Ripon B) Chandragupta Maurya D) Lord Curzon C) Bindusara Answer: A) Lord Dalhousie D) Brihadratha Answer: A) Ashoka 9. The 'Pitt's India Act' was introduced in which year? [NDA 2012 (II)] A) 1784 B) 1773 C) 1793 D) 1813 Answer: A) 1784 10. Which Indian leader presided over the C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy first session of the Indian National D) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Congress? [NDA 2016 (I)] Answer: B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati A) W.C. Bonnerjee 16. The 'Simon Commission' was B) Dadabhai Naoroji boycotted by Indians because [NDA 2020 C) Badruddin Tyabji (II)] D) A.O. Hume Answer: A) W.C. Bonnerjee A) It did not include any Indian members B) It was formed without consulting the Indian 11. The 'Battle of Plassey' was fought in leaders which year? [NDA 2015 (II)] C) It was seen as a step towards further subjugation A) 1757 D) It did not provide for Indian independence B) 1764 Answer: A) It did not include any Indian C) 1857 members D) 1784 Answer: A) 1757 17. The 'Doctrine of Ahimsa' was a part of which religion? [NDA 2012 (I)] 12. Who was the ruler of Delhi when it was invaded by Nadir Shah in 1739? A) Buddhism [NDA 2017 (II)] B) Jainism C) Hinduism A) Muhammad Shah D) Sikhism B) Shah Alam II Answer: B) Jainism C) Bahadur Shah I D) Akbar Shah II 18. The 'Treaty of Alinagar' was signed Answer: A) Muhammad Shah between the British and [NDA 2016 (II)] 13. The 'Champaran Satyagraha' was A) Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula related to [NDA 2018 (I)] B) Tipu Sultan C) Hyder Ali A) Indigo plantation D) Mir Qasim B) Salt tax Answer: A) Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula C) Peasant uprising D) Textile workers 19. The 'Non-Cooperation Movement' Answer: A) Indigo plantation was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in which year? [NDA 2015 (I)] 14. Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian A) 1919 National Congress? [NDA 2019 (II)] B) 1920 C) 1921 A) Sarojini Naidu D) 1922 B) Annie Besant Answer: B) 1920 C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit D) Aruna Asaf Ali 20. The 'Battle of Buxar' was fought in Answer: A) Sarojini Naidu which year? [NDA 2017 (I)] 15. Who founded the 'Arya Samaj' in A) 1764 1875? [NDA 2014 (I)] B) 1765 C) 1767 A) Swami Vivekananda D) 1769 B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati Answer: A) 1764 21. Who was the first Indian to be elected C) 1942 as a member of the British Parliament? D) 1943 [NDA 2018 (II)] Answer: C) 1942 A) Dadabhai Naoroji 27. Who was the first Governor-General B) Mahatma Gandhi of independent India? [NDA 2015 (II)] C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale D) B.R. Ambedkar A) Lord Mountbatten Answer: A) Dadabhai Naoroji B) C. Rajagopalachari C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 22. The 'Civil Disobedience Movement' D) Jawaharlal Nehru was launched in which year? [NDA 2019 Answer: A) Lord Mountbatten (I)] 28. The 'Permanent Settlement' was A) 1929 introduced by [NDA 2017 (II)] B) 1930 C) 1931 A) Lord Cornwallis D) 1932 B) Warren Hastings Answer: B) 1930 C) Lord Curzon D) Lord Wellesley 23. Who among the following was the first Answer: A) Lord Cornwallis to introduce local self-government in India? [NDA 2014 (II)] 29. The 'Moplah Rebellion' took place in which region? [NDA 2018 (I)] A) Lord Ripon B) Lord Curzon A) Kerala C) Lord Lytton B) Tamil Nadu D) Lord Dalhousie C) Karnataka Answer: A) Lord Ripon D) Andhra Pradesh Answer: A) Kerala 24. The 'Second Round Table Conference' 30. The 'Vernacular Press Act' was was held in which year? [NDA 2020 (I)] enacted in which year? [NDA 2019 (II)] A) 1930 B) 1931 A) 1878 C) 1932 B) 1880 D) 1933 C) 1882 Answer: B) 1931 D) 1884 Answer: A 25. The 'Battle of Haldighati' was fought 4o between [NDA 2013 (I)] You said: A) Akbar and Maharana Pratap B) Aurangzeb and Shivaji more questions C) Babur and Rana Sanga D) Humayun and Sher Shah ChatGPT said: Answer: A) Akbar and Maharana Pratap ChatGPT 26. The 'Quit India Movement' was launched in which year? [NDA 2016 (I)] Here are more important history questions for your NDA 2024 exam preparation: A) 1940 B) 1941 31. Who was the leader of the 'Revolt of D) All of the above 1857' in Kanpur? [NDA 2014 (I)] Answer: D) All of the above A) Nana Sahib 37. The 'Ghadar Party' was founded in B) Tantia Tope which year? [NDA 2019 (I)] C) Rani Laxmi Bai D) Bahadur Shah II A) 1913 Answer: A) Nana Sahib B) 1915 C) 1917 32. The 'Poona Pact' was signed between D) 1919 Mahatma Gandhi and [NDA 2020 (II)] Answer: A) 1913 A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 38. The 'Battle of Wandiwash' was fought B) Jawaharlal Nehru between the British and [NDA 2014 (II)] C) Subhas Chandra Bose D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel A) French Answer: A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar B) Portuguese C) Dutch 33. The 'Ilbert Bill' controversy took D) Marathas place during the Viceroyalty of [NDA Answer: A) French 2012 (II)] 39. The 'Swadeshi Movement' was A) Lord Ripon launched in response to the [NDA 2020 B) Lord Lytton (I)] C) Lord Dufferin D) Lord Curzon A) Partition of Bengal Answer: A) Lord Ripon B) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre C) Rowlatt Act 34. The 'Regulating Act' was passed in D) Simon Commission which year? [NDA 2015 (I)] Answer: A) Partition of Bengal A) 1773 40. The 'Third Battle of Panipat' was B) 1784 fought in which year? [NDA 2013 (I)] C) 1793 D) 1813 A) 1761 Answer: A) 1773 B) 1526 C) 1556 35. Who was the first Mughal emperor in D) 1757 India? [NDA 2017 (I)] Answer: A) 1761 A) Babur 41. Who was the first Indian Governor- B) Akbar General of independent India? [NDA C) Humayun 2016 (I)] D) Aurangzeb Answer: A) Babur A) C. Rajagopalachari B) Lord Mountbatten 36. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was primarily C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad used by the British to annex which of the D) Jawaharlal Nehru following states? [NDA 2018 (II)] Answer: A) C. Rajagopalachari A) Satara 42. The 'Rani of Jhansi' was a prominent B) Jhansi figure in which movement? [NDA 2015 C) Nagpur (II)] A) Revolt of 1857 A) Thomas Munro B) Non-Cooperation Movement B) Lord Cornwallis C) Quit India Movement C) Warren Hastings D) Civil Disobedience Movement D) Lord Curzon Answer: A) Revolt of 1857 Answer: A) Thomas Munro 43. Who led the 'Salt Satyagraha' in 49. The 'Quit India Movement' was Tamil Nadu? [NDA 2017 (II)] adopted by the Congress in which session? [NDA 2015 (I)] A) C. Rajagopalachari B) S. Satyamurti A) Bombay Session C) K. Kamaraj B) Lahore Session D) E.V. Ramasamy C) Calcutta Session Answer: A) C. Rajagopalachari D) Madras Session Answer: A) Bombay Session 44. The 'Battle of Plassey' marked the beginning of British rule in [NDA 2018 50. The 'Second Battle of Tarain' was (I)] fought between [NDA 2017 (I)] A) Bengal A) Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori B) Punjab B) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi C) Deccan C) Akbar and Rana Pratap D) Madras D) Sher Shah and Humayun Answer: A) Bengal Answer: A) Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori 45. The 'Indian National Army' was founded by [NDA 2019 (II)] 51. The 'Dandi March' was a part of which movement? [NDA 2018 (II)] A) Subhas Chandra Bose B) Mahatma Gandhi A) Civil Disobedience Movement C) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Non-Cooperation Movement D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel C) Quit India Movement Answer: A) Subhas Chandra Bose D) Swadeshi Movement Answer: A) Civil Disobedience Movement 46. The 'Rowlatt Act' was passed in which year? [NDA 2014 (I)] 52. Who was the first Indian woman President of the United Nations General A) 1919 Assembly? [NDA 2019 (I)] B) 1920 C) 1921 A) Vijayalakshmi Pandit D) 1922 B) Sarojini Naidu Answer: A) 1919 C) Indira Gandhi D) Sucheta Kripalani 47. The 'First Anglo-Maratha War' ended Answer: A) Vijayalakshmi Pandit with the Treaty of [NDA 2020 (II)] 53. The 'Battle of Buxar' was fought A) Salbai between the British and [NDA 2014 (II)] B) Purandar C) Bassein A) Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula, and Shah Alam II D) Surat B) Tipu Sultan and Haider Ali Answer: A) Salbai C) Rani Laxmi Bai and Tantia Tope D) Siraj-ud-Daula and Mir Jafar 48. The 'Ryotwari Settlement' was Answer: A) Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula, and introduced by [NDA 2012 (I)] Shah Alam II 54. The 'Khilafat Movement' was C) Indian Princely States organized to protest against the injustice D) Indian National Congress done to [NDA 2020 (I)] Answer: A) East India Company A) Turkey 60. The 'Battle of Panipat' in 1526 was B) Egypt fought between [NDA 2019 (II)] C) Persia D) Afghanistan A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi Answer: A) Turkey B) Akbar and Rana Pratap C) Humayun and Sher Shah 55. Who was the founder of the Indian D) Aurangzeb and Shivaji National Congress? [NDA 2013 (I)] Answer: A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi A) A.O. Hume 61. The 'Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms' B) W.C. Bonnerjee were introduced in which year? [NDA C) Dadabhai Naoroji 2014 (I)] D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale Answer: A) A.O. Hume A) 1919 B) 1920 56. The 'Purna Swaraj' resolution was C) 1921 adopted in which session of the Indian D) 1922 National Congress? [NDA 2016 (I)] Answer: A) 1919 A) Lahore Session 62. The 'Indigo Rebellion' was mainly B) Karachi Session associated with the peasants of [NDA 2020 C) Lucknow Session (II)] D) Calcutta Session Answer: A) Lahore Session A) Bengal B) Bihar 57. The 'Third Battle of Panipat' was C) Odisha fought between [NDA 2015 (II)] D) Punjab Answer: A) Bengal A) Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali B) Mughals and British 63. The 'First Anglo-Mysore War' was C) Sikhs and Mughals fought between the British and [NDA D) Marathas and British 2012 (II)] Answer: A) Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali A) Hyder Ali 58. The 'Azad Hind Fauj' was founded in B) Tipu Sultan which country? [NDA 2017 (II)] C) Nizam of Hyderabad D) Marathas A) Singapore Answer: A) Hyder Ali B) Japan C) Germany 64. The 'Lucknow Pact' of 1916 was D) Italy signed between [NDA 2015 (I)] Answer: A) Singapore A) Indian National Congress and Muslim League 59. The 'Regulating Act' of 1773 was B) Indian National Congress and British passed to regulate the affairs of the [NDA Government 2018 (I)] C) Indian National Congress and All India Forward Bloc A) East India Company D) Indian National Congress and Swaraj Party B) British Government Answer: A) Indian National Congress and Muslim League 65. The 'Battle of Haldighati' was fought D) Aurangzeb and Shivaji in which year? [NDA 2017 (I)] Answer: A) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri A) 1576 71. The 'Quit India Resolution' was B) 1526 passed in which year? [NDA 2016 (I)] C) 1556 D) 1757 A) 1940 Answer: A) 1576 B) 1941 C) 1942 66. The 'Cabinet Mission' came to India D) 1943 in which year? [NDA 2018 (II)] Answer: C) 1942 A) 1946 72. The 'Ryotwari System' was introduced B) 1947 by the British in [NDA 2015 (II)] C) 1945 D) 1942 A) Madras and Bombay Presidencies Answer: A) 1946 B) Bengal Presidency C) Punjab and Sindh 67. Who was the first Indian to join the D) Central Provinces Indian Civil Services? [NDA 2019 (I)] Answer: A) Madras and Bombay Presidencies A) Satyendranath Tagore 73. The 'Third Anglo-Maratha War' B) Dadabhai Naoroji ended with the defeat of [NDA 2017 (II)] C) Surendranath Banerjee D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak A) Peshwa Bajirao II Answer: A) Satyendranath Tagore B) Hyder Ali C) Tipu Sultan 68. The 'Home Rule Movement' was D) Nana Sahib started by [NDA 2014 (II)] Answer: A) Peshwa Bajirao II A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant 74. The 'Battle of Talikota' was fought B) Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru between [NDA 2018 (I)] C) Dadabhai Naoroji and Gopal Krishna Gokhale D) Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal A) Vijayanagar Empire and Deccan Sultanates Answer: A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie B) Marathas and Mughals Besant C) British and Mysore D) Nizam of Hyderabad and British 69. The 'Pitt's India Act' of 1784 was Answer: A) Vijayanagar Empire and Deccan passed to [NDA 2020 (I)] Sultanates A) Regulate the East India Company's affairs 75. The 'Treaty of Amritsar' was signed B) Grant independence to India between the British and [NDA 2019 (II)] C) Introduce local self-government D) Abolish the Indian princely states A) Maharaja Ranjit Singh Answer: A) Regulate the East India Company's B) Tipu Sultan affairs C) Nizam of Hyderabad D) Marathas 70. The 'Battle of Chausa' was fought Answer: A) Maharaja Ranjit Singh between [NDA 2013 (I)] 76. The 'First Anglo-Sikh War' was A) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri fought in which year? [NDA 2014 (I)] B) Akbar and Rana Pratap C) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi A) 1845 B) 1846 C) 1847 A) 1793 D) 1848 B) 1784 Answer: A) 1845 C) 1813 D) 1828 77. The 'Partition of Bengal' was annulled Answer: A) 1793 in which year? [NDA 2020 (II)] 83. The 'Simon Commission' was A) 1911 boycotted in India because [NDA 2014 B) 1912 (II)] C) 1913 D) 1914 A) It did not include any Indian members Answer: A) 1911 B) It was formed without consulting the Indian leaders 78. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was associated C) It was seen as a step towards further with which Governor-General? [NDA subjugation 2012 (II)] D) It did not provide for Indian independence Answer: A) It did not include any Indian A) Lord Dalhousie members B) Lord Canning C) Lord Ripon 84. The 'Battle of Buxar' was fought in D) Lord Curzon which year? [NDA 2020 (I)] Answer: A) Lord Dalhousie A) 1764 79. The 'Battle of Plassey' was fought in B) 1757 which year? [NDA 2015 (I)] C) 1857 D) 1784 A) 1757 Answer: A) 1764 B) 1764 C) 1857 85. The 'Jallianwala Bagh Massacre' took D) 1784 place in which year? [NDA 2013 (I)] Answer: A) 1757 A) 1919 80. The 'Indigo Rebellion' was mainly B) 1920 associated with which state? [NDA 2017 C) 1921 (I)] D) 1922 Answer: A) 1919 A) Bengal B) Bihar 86. The 'Treaty of Salbai' was signed C) Odisha between the British and [NDA 2016 (I)] D) Punjab Answer: A) Bengal A) Marathas B) Nizam of Hyderabad 81. The 'Vernacular Press Act' was C) Tipu Sultan passed in which year? [NDA 2018 (II)] D) Nawab of Bengal Answer: A) Marathas A) 1878 B) 1880 87. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was primarily C) 1882 used by the British to annex which of the D) 1884 following states? [NDA 2015 (II)] Answer: A) 1878 A) Satara 82. The 'Permanent Settlement' was B) Jhansi introduced in which year? [NDA 2019 (I)] C) Nagpur D) All of the above D) Land revenue system Answer: D) All of the above Answer: A) Indigo plantation 88. The 'First Round Table Conference' 94. The 'Bardoli Satyagraha' was led by was held in which year? [NDA 2017 (II)] [NDA 2015 (I)] A) 1930 A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel B) 1931 B) Mahatma Gandhi C) 1932 C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) 1933 D) Rajendra Prasad Answer: A) 1930 Answer: A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 89. The 'Moplah Rebellion' took place in 95. The 'Battle of Haldighati' was fought which state? [NDA 2018 (I)] between [NDA 2017 (I)] A) Kerala A) Akbar and Maharana Pratap B) Tamil Nadu B) Babur and Rana Sanga C) Karnataka C) Sher Shah and Humayun D) Andhra Pradesh D) Aurangzeb and Shivaji Answer: A) Kerala Answer: A) Akbar and Maharana Pratap 90. The 'Battle of Wandiwash' was fought 96. The 'Rowlatt Act' was passed in which in which year? [NDA 2019 (II)] year? [NDA 2018 (II)] A) 1760 A) 1919 B) 1757 B) 1920 C) 1784 C) 1921 D) 1805 D) 1922 Answer: A) 1760 Answer: A) 1919 91. The 'First Anglo-Burmese War' was 97. The 'Khilafat Movement' was led by fought in which year? [NDA 2014 (I)] [NDA 2019 (I)] A) 1824 A) Ali Brothers B) 1815 B) Mahatma Gandhi C) 1830 C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak D) 1845 D) Jawaharlal Nehru Answer: A) 1824 Answer: A) Ali Brothers 92. The 'Partition of Bengal' took place in 98. The 'Second Round Table Conference' which year? [NDA 2020 (II)] was held in which year? [NDA 2014 (II)] A) 1905 A) 1931 B) 1904 B) 1930 C) 1906 C) 1932 D) 1907 D) 1933 Answer: A) 1905 Answer: A) 1931 93. The 'Champaran Satyagraha' was 99. The 'Dandi March' was undertaken in related to [NDA 2012 (II)] which year? [NDA 2020 (I)] A) Indigo plantation A) 1930 B) Cotton plantation B) 1920 C) Salt production C) 1942 D) 1947 105. Who presided over the first session of Answer: A) 1930 the Indian National Congress in 1885? [NDA 2015 (II)] 100. The 'Regulating Act' was passed in which year? [NDA 2013 (I)] A) W.C. Bonnerjee B) Dadabhai Naoroji A) 1773 C) A.O. Hume B) 1784 D) Badruddin Tyabji C) 1793 Answer: A) W.C. Bonnerjee D) 1813 Answer: A) 1773 106. The 'Cripps Mission' came to India in which year? [NDA 2020 (II)] 101. The 'Swaraj Party' was founded by [NDA 2012 (II)] A) 1942 B) 1940 A) Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das C) 1941 B) Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru D) 1943 C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Krishna Answer: A) 1942 Gokhale D) Subhas Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel 107. The 'Ilbert Bill' controversy was Answer: A) Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das related to [NDA 2014 (I)] 102. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was A) The racial discrimination in the Indian primarily associated with the annexation judiciary of [NDA 2016 (II)] B) The introduction of local self-government C) The partition of Bengal A) Satara D) The Vernacular Press Act B) Jhansi Answer: A) The racial discrimination in the C) Nagpur Indian judiciary D) All of the above Answer: D) All of the above 108. The 'Battle of Buxar' was fought between the British and [NDA 2019 (I)] 103. The 'Purna Swaraj' resolution was adopted in which session of the Indian A) Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula, and the Mughal National Congress? [NDA 2013 (I)] Emperor B) Siraj-ud-Daula A) Lahore Session, 1929 C) Tipu Sultan B) Calcutta Session, 1928 D) The Marathas C) Karachi Session, 1931 Answer: A) Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula, and the D) Lucknow Session, 1916 Mughal Emperor Answer: A) Lahore Session, 1929 109. The 'Kheda Satyagraha' was led by 104. The 'Battle of Wandiwash' was a Mahatma Gandhi in which year? [NDA decisive battle fought between [NDA 2018 2013 (II)] (I)] A) 1918 A) British and French B) 1920 B) British and Marathas C) 1922 C) British and Mysore D) 1930 D) British and Sikhs Answer: A) 1918 Answer: A) British and French 110. The 'Round Table Conferences' were held to discuss [NDA 2016 (I)] A) The constitutional reforms in India 116. Who was the founder of the 'Brahmo B) The economic reforms in India Samaj'? [NDA 2015 (I)] C) The defense strategy during World War II D) The education reforms in India A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy Answer: A) The constitutional reforms in India B) Swami Vivekananda C) Dayanand Saraswati 111. The 'Third Battle of Panipat' was D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak fought between [NDA 2014 (II)] Answer: A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy A) Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali 117. The 'Treaty of Versailles' was signed B) Mughals and British after which war? [NDA 2013 (I)] C) Marathas and Mughals D) British and French A) World War I Answer: A) Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali B) World War II C) Crimean War 112. The 'Revolt of 1857' started from D) Franco-Prussian War which place? [NDA 2012 (I)] Answer: A) World War I A) Meerut 118. The 'Permanent Settlement' was B) Delhi introduced in Bengal by [NDA 2014 (II)] C) Kanpur D) Jhansi A) Lord Cornwallis Answer: A) Meerut B) Warren Hastings C) Lord Dalhousie 113. Who was the first Governor-General D) Lord Wellesley of independent India? [NDA 2016 (II)] Answer: A) Lord Cornwallis A) Lord Mountbatten 119. The 'Simon Commission' was B) C. Rajagopalachari boycotted in India because [NDA 2012 C) Lord Wavell (II)] D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad Answer: A) Lord Mountbatten A) It did not include any Indian members B) It proposed the partition of India 114. The 'Jallianwala Bagh Massacre' was C) It sought to curb the powers of the Indian ordered by [NDA 2018 (I)] National Congress D) It introduced repressive laws A) General Dyer Answer: A) It did not include any Indian B) Lord Curzon members C) Lord Lytton D) Lord Irwin 120. Who gave the title of 'Mahatma' to Answer: A) General Dyer Gandhiji? [NDA 2016 (I)] 115. The 'Poona Pact' of 1932 was related A) Rabindranath Tagore to [NDA 2019 (I)] B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Subhas Chandra Bose A) Reservation of seats for the depressed classes D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak in provincial legislatures Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore B) The communal award C) The demand for Pakistan 121. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was used to D) The formation of the Indian National Congress annex which of the following states? Answer: A) Reservation of seats for the depressed [NDA 2017 (II)] classes in provincial legislatures A) Satara 127. The 'Bardoli Satyagraha' was led by B) Jhansi [NDA 2013 (II)] C) Nagpur D) All of the above A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Answer: D) All of the above B) Mahatma Gandhi C) Jawaharlal Nehru 122. Who was the Viceroy of India at the D) Rajendra Prasad time of the Quit India Movement? [NDA Answer: A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 2019 (II)] 128. The 'All India Muslim League' was A) Lord Linlithgow founded in which year? [NDA 2017 (I)] B) Lord Wavell C) Lord Mountbatten A) 1906 D) Lord Irwin B) 1905 Answer: A) Lord Linlithgow C) 1911 D) 1915 123. The 'Battle of Buxar' was fought in Answer: A) 1906 which year? [NDA 2014 (I)] 129. The 'Regulating Act' of 1773 was A) 1764 aimed at [NDA 2019 (I)] B) 1757 C) 1857 A) Controlling the affairs of the East India D) 1784 Company Answer: A) 1764 B) Granting independence to India C) Abolishing slavery in India 124. The 'Champaran Satyagraha' D) Establishing the Indian National Congress marked the first active involvement of Answer: A) Controlling the affairs of the East Gandhi in [NDA 2015 (II)] India Company A) Indian politics 130. The 'Quit India Resolution' was B) Social reforms passed at which session of the Indian C) Economic reforms National Congress? [NDA 2016 (II)] D) Environmental protection Answer: A) Indian politics A) Bombay Session, 1942 B) Lahore Session, 1929 125. The 'Khilafat Movement' was C) Karachi Session, 1931 launched in protest against the [NDA D) Lucknow Session, 1916 2018 (II)] Answer: A) Bombay Session, 1942 A) Dissolution of the Ottoman Caliphate 131. The 'Permanent Settlement' was B) Rowlatt Act primarily introduced in [NDA 2020 (II)] C) Partition of Bengal D) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre A) Bengal Answer: A) Dissolution of the Ottoman Caliphate B) Madras C) Bombay 126. The 'August Offer' of 1940 was made D) Punjab by [NDA 2020 (I)] Answer: A) Bengal A) Lord Linlithgow 132. The 'Ilbert Bill' controversy was B) Lord Wavell during the time of which Viceroy? [NDA C) Lord Mountbatten 2015 (I)] D) Winston Churchill Answer: A) Lord Linlithgow A) Lord Ripon 138. The 'Rowlatt Act' was passed in B) Lord Lytton which year? [NDA 2018 (II)] C) Lord Curzon D) Lord Wellesley A) 1919 Answer: A) Lord Ripon B) 1920 C) 1921 133. The 'Civil Disobedience Movement' D) 1922 was started with [NDA 2018 (I)] Answer: A) 1919 A) Dandi March 139. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was B) Non-Cooperation Movement introduced by [NDA 2020 (I)] C) Quit India Movement D) Swadeshi Movement A) Lord Dalhousie Answer: A) Dandi March B) Lord Canning C) Lord Wellesley 134. The 'Lahore Session' of the Indian D) Lord Curzon National Congress in 1929 was significant Answer: A) Lord Dalhousie because [NDA 2017 (II)] 140. The 'Vernacular Press Act' was A) The demand for Purna Swaraj was made passed during the time of [NDA 2014 (II)] B) The Quit India Movement was launched C) The Rowlatt Act was protested A) Lord Lytton D) The Non-Cooperation Movement was started B) Lord Ripon Answer: A) The demand for Purna Swaraj was C) Lord Curzon made D) Lord Wellesley Answer: A) Lord Lytton 135. The 'Battle of Buxar' resulted in [NDA 2013 (I)] 141. The 'Battle of Plassey' was fought in which year? [NDA 2012 (I)] A) British control over Bengal B) The abolition of the Mughal Empire A) 1757 C) The defeat of the Marathas B) 1764 D) The victory of the French C) 1857 Answer: A) British control over Bengal D) 1784 Answer: A) 1757 136. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India? [NDA 2019 (II)] 142. The 'Non-Cooperation Movement' was called off by Gandhi because of [NDA A) C. Rajagopalachari 2017 (I)] B) Lord Mountbatten C) Lord Wavell A) Chauri Chaura incident D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad B) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Answer: A) C. Rajagopalachari C) Rowlatt Act D) Simon Commission 137. The 'Jallianwala Bagh Massacre' Answer: A) Chauri Chaura incident took place in which year? [NDA 2015 (II)] 143. The 'Cabinet Mission' came to India A) 1919 in which year? [NDA 2015 (I)] B) 1920 C) 1921 A) 1946 D) 1922 B) 1945 Answer: A) 1919 C) 1947 D) 1944 Answer: A) 1946 144. The 'Khilafat Movement' was C) Nagpur associated with [NDA 2013 (II)] D) All of the above Answer: D) All of the above A) Protest against the abolition of the Caliphate B) Demand for Pakistan 150. The 'Quit India Movement' was C) Non-Cooperation Movement launched in which year? [NDA 2015 (II)] D) Swadeshi Movement Answer: A) Protest against the abolition of the A) 1942 Caliphate B) 1940 C) 1941 145. The 'Battle of Haldighati' was fought D) 1943 between [NDA 2019 (I)] Answer: A) 1942 A) Akbar and Maharana Pratap B) Babur and Rana Sanga C) Sher Shah and Humayun D) Aurangzeb and Shivaji Answer: A) Akbar and Maharana Pratap 146. The 'Regulating Act' was passed in which year? [NDA 2014 (I)] A) 1773 B) 1784 C) 1793 D) 1813 Answer: A) 1773 147. The 'First Anglo-Maratha War' ended with the [NDA 2016 (II)] A) Treaty of Salbai B) Treaty of Purandar C) Treaty of Bassein D) Treaty of Srirangapatna Answer: A) Treaty of Salbai 148. The 'Second Round Table Conference' was held in which year? [NDA 2017 (II)] A) 1931 B) 1930 C) 1932 D) 1933 Answer: A) 1931 149. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was used to annex which of the following states? [NDA 2013 (I)] A) Satara B) Jhansi