101. Nadir Shah invaded India during the reign of:
a) Shah Alam b) Bahadur Shah c) Muhammed Shah d) Farrukhsiyar Ans. (c) 102. Who united all the Sikhs and founded a kingdom in the Punjab? a) Guru Nanak b) Guru Gobind Singh c) Maharaja Ranjit Singh d) Guru Tegh Bahadur Ans. (c) 103. Who among the following was called as ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’? a) B.G. Tilak b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale c) Lala Lajpat Rai d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy Ans. (d) 104. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwat Gita into English? a) William Jones b) Charles Wilkins c) James Prinsep d) Sir Alexander Cunningham Ans. (b) 105. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India? a) Bombay Samachar b) Bengal Gazette c) Bengal Chronicle d) The Hindu Ans. (b) 106. Who gave the motto ‘Go back to the Vedas’? a) Ramakrishna Paramhansa b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati d) Swami Vivekananda Ans. (c) 107. Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in: a) 1886 b) 1892 c) 1896 d) 1904 Ans. (c) 108. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held under the Presidentship of: a) A.O. Hume b) B. Malabari c) Badruddin Tyyabji d) W.C. Banerjee Ans. (d) 109. The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress was: a) Ajmal Khan b) Abul Kalam Azad c) M.A. Jinnah d) Badruddin Tyyabji Ans. (d) 110. Who was the first Englishman to preside over a congress session? a) A.O. Hume b) W. Wedderburn c) George Yule d) None Ans. (c) 111. A public Works Department was set up in India by: a) Lord Ripon b) William Bentinck c) Lord Dalhousie d) Warren Hastings Ans. (c) 112. Which of the following Land tenure systems was introduced by Lord Cornwallis? a) Mahalwari b) Ryotwari c) Sthayi d) Inamdari Ans. (c) 113. Who was the Governor-General when the Great Mutiny of 1857 broke out? a) Lord Ripon b) Lord Dalhousie c) Lord Canning d) Lord Hardinge Ans. (c) 114. The system of budget was introduced in India during the viceroyalty of: a) Dalhousie b) Canning c) Elgin d) Ripon Ans. (b) 115. Who was the head of the Committee formed by the government to enquire into Jallianwala Bagh massacre? a) General Dyer b) John Simon c) Hunter d) None of these Ans. (c) 116. Who among the following was impeached in England for his actions in India? a) Lord Wavell b) Warren Hastings c) Lord Ripon d) Lord Cornwallis Ans. (b) 117. Who was known as the ‘Liberator of the Press’? a) Bentick b) Hastings c) Metcalfe d) Macaulay Ans. (c) 118. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by: a) Lord Wellesley b) Warren Hastings c) Lord Canning d) Lord Dalhousie Ans. (d) 119. Who among the following is associated with the Local Self-Government Act? a) Cornwallis b) William Bentinck c) Dalhousie d) Ripon Ans. (d) 120. Who was the first Indian to become the member of British Parliament? a) Badruddin Tyyabji b) W.C. Banerjee c) D. Wacha d) Dadabhai Naoroji Ans. (d) 121. The Revolt of 1857 cannot be called merely a sepoy mutiny because: a) It was spread all over India b) It was inspired by nationalistic sentiments and led by former rulers c) It was the result of socio-economic causes not confined to the sepoys d) It involved the participation of all classes of society Ans. (c) 122. Lord Curzon is best known for which of the following? a) University Act of 1904 b) Partition of Bengal in 1905 c) Indian Councils Act of 1892 d) Government of India Act of 1909 Ans. (b) 123. The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was first raised by: a) Lokmanya Tilak b) Veer Savarkar c) Chandrashekhar Azad d) Bhagat Singh Ans. (d) 124. The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched by: a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Dadabhai Naoroji c) Chittaranjan Das d) Mahatma Gandhi Ans. (d) 125. Who founded the Banaras Hindu University? a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Madan Mohan Malviya c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) None of these Ans. (b) 126. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was: a) Kasturba Gandhi b) Annie Besant c) Sarojini Naidu d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit Ans. (b) 127. The first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress was: a) Sarojini Naidu b) Kasturba Gandhi c) Annie Besant d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit Ans. (a) 128. Who started the Bhoodan Movement? a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Jayaprakash Narayan c) Swami Vivekananda d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave Ans. (d) 129. The Indians celebrated the Independence Day for the first time on: a) January 1, 1930 b) January 26, 1930 c) August 15, 1947 d) January 26, 1950 Ans. (b) 130. Who conceived the idea of Pakistan? a) Asaf Ali b) Chowdhary Rahmat Ali c) Mohd. Ali Jinnah d) H.S. Suharwardhy Ans. (b) 131. Who initiated the greeting of ‘Jai Hind’? a) Mahatma Gandhi b) B.G. Tilak c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Subhash Chandra Bose Ans. (d) 132. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged for their role in: a) Kakori case b) Lahore Conspiracy case c) Meerut Conspiracy case d) All the above Ans. (b) 133. ‘Vande Mataram’ was first published in a) Kesari b) Harijan c) Gitanjali d) Anandmath Ans. (d) 134. Who led the ‘Rally for the Valley’ against the Narmada Dam? a) Arundhati Roy b) Keshu Bhai Patel c) Digvijay Singh d) Shobha De Ans. (a) 135. University of Nalanda was situated in a) Orissa b) Bihar c) Madhya Pradesh d) Gujarat Ans. (b) 136. The oldest existing newspaper in India a) Jugantar b) Anand Bazar Patrika c) Bombay Samachar d) Malayala Manorama Ans. (c) 137. The first venture of Gandhiji in all India politics was the a) Non-Cooperation Movement b) Rowlatt Satyagraha c) Champaran Movement d) Dandi March Ans. (b) 138. The Chinese traveller Fa-hien visited India during the times of a) Chandra Gupta Maurya b) Chandra Gupta I c) Samudra Gupta d) Chandra Gupta II Ans. (d) 139. Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil Service? a) Satyendranath Tagore b) Surendranath Banerjee c) R. C. Dutt d) Subhash Chandra Bose Ans. (b) 140. The first battle of Panipat was fought in a) 1566 AD b) 1526 AD c) 1546 AD d) 1528 AD Ans. (b) 141. Vasco da Gama was a a) Australian navigator b) Portuguese explorer c) British Explorer d) French navigator Ans. (b) 142. Begum Akhtar was famous for her singing of a) Film songs b) Ghazals c) Qawwalis d) Folk songs Ans. (b) 143. Which European leader was called the ‘Man of Blood and Iron’? a) Hitler b) Mussolini c) Bismarck d) Napoleon Ans. (c) 144. Name the ruler of India who transferred his capital from Delhi to Daultabad. a) Feroz Tughlaq b) Mohd. Tughlaq c) Alauddin Khiliji d) Aurangzeb Ans. (b) 145. Who said, ”The government of the people by the people and for the people shall not vanish from the earth”? a) George Washington b) Winston Churchill c) Subhash Chandra Bose d) Abraham Lincoln Ans. (d) 146. Which of the following Vedas is a collection of spells and incantations? a) Rig Veda b) Sama Veda c) Yajur Veda d) Atharva Veda Ans. (d) 147. ’Tripitakas’ are the sacred books of the a) Hindus b) Muslims c) Jains d) Buddhists Ans. (d) 148. Who was the founder of ‘Parsi Religion’? a) Moses b) Zoroaster c) Cyrus d) Darius Ans. (b) 149. Charminar is at a) Lucknow b) Agra c) Patna d) Hyderabad Ans. (d) 150. Which is the highest gateway of India? a) India Gate b) Buland Darwaza c) China Gate d) Gateway of India Ans. (b) |
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