Events on Independence

1.

Chauri-Chaura incident is related to

(a) Non-co-operation movement

(b) Quit India movement

(c) Civil disobedience movement

(d) None of these

ANS: A

2.

On 23rd March1931, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged in ...... jail by

British rulers

(a) Bellari (b) Thihar (c) Calcutta (d) Lahore

ANS: D

3.

Who was the political guru of M.K. Gandhi?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Gopalkrishna Gokhale

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Lokamanya Tilak

ANS: B

4.

Who formed Indian Ambulance Corps to nurse the wounded soldiers in Boer war?

(a) Martin Luther king (b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Annie Besent (d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

ANS: B

5.

Who was the president of Indian National Congress on 15th August 1947

(a) J.B. Kripalani (b) Pattabhi Sitaramaiah (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Abudul Kalam

Azad

ANS: A

6.

When was Bengal partitioned by Curzon

(a) 1905 (b) 1901 (c) 1919 (d) 1947

ANS: A

7.

Who led the 'Quit India Movement' in the absence of Mahatma Gandhi?

(a) Sardar Patel (b) Sarojini Naidu (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Aruna Asaf Ali

ANS: D

8.

Who among the following Congress leaders was called the 'Grand Old Man of India?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) Madan Mohan Malaviya

ANS: C

9.

The Indian National Army (INA) came into existence in 1943 in

(a) Japan (b) Then Burma (c) Singapore (d) Then Malaya

ANS: C

10.

Which was the first among the following?

(a) Doctrine of Lapse (b) Subsidiary Alliance

(c) Permanent Settlement (d) Double Government

ANS: D

11.

'Abhinav Bharat' was organized by

(a) Bhai Parmanand (b) Khudiram Bose (c) Vir Savakar (d) None of these

ANS: C

12.

Who among the following were popularly known as Red Shirts?

(a) Congress Socialists (b) Members of Azad Hind Fauj

(c) Khudai Khidmatgars (d) People led by Rani Gaidinliu

ANS: C

13.

The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the

freedom movement in:

(a) The Madras Presidency (b) Punjab (c) Bombay-Karnataka (d) East Bengal

ANS: D

14.

In the first manifesto of the Indian National Congress, which General Secretary

referred to it as forming the "Germ of a native Parliament"?

ANS: Allan Octavian Hume

15.

Who was the Constitutional Advisor to the Constituent Assembly of India?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(c) Sir. B.N. Rau

(d) Shri K.M. Munshi

ANS: C

16.

Who gave the salutation "JAI HIND" to the nation?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Rabindranath Tagore

(c) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

ANS: C

17.

Which of the following Acts of British Parliament envisaged for the first time a

closer association of Indians with the administration?

(a) Indian Councils Act, 1861

(b) Indian Councils Act, 1892

(c) Indian Councils Act, 1909

(d) Government of India Act, 1919

ANS: C

18.

Dyarchy as the form of Government at the provincial level was introduced by the

(a) Government of India Act, 1919

(b) Minto-Moreley Reforms

(c) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms

(d) Government of India Act, 1935

ANS: A

19.

Which of the following events made Gandhiji to launch, for the first time, Civil

Disobedience Movement ?

(a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919

(b) Killing of peaceful agitators at Chauri Chaura by the British troops in 1922

(c) Promulgation of the Rowlatt Act of 1919

(d) Failure of talks with the Cripps Mission in 1942

ANS: C

20.

In how many provinces did the Indian National Congress form governments after

the elections to the Assemblies held under the Government of India Act of 1935 ?

(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 10

ANS: B

21.

The Cabinet Mission to India was headed by

(a) A.V Alexander (b) Hugh Gaitskell

(c) Stafford Cripps (d) Lord Pethick Lawrence

ANS: D

22.

Following the famous Quit India resolve, the top Congress leaders were arrested on

(a) August 8, 1942 (b) August 9, 1942

(c) August 11, 1942 (d) August 12, 1942

ANS: B

23.

The Indian National Union was formed in 1854 by

(a) A.O Hume (b) Henry Cotton

(c) Dadabhai Nauroji (d) Badruddin Tyabji

ANS: A

24.

Which of the following states was not annexed by Lord Dalhousie by using the

Doctrine of Lapse?

(a) Nagpur (b) Udaipur (c) Mysore (d) Satara

ANS: C

25.

The objective of the Morley-Minto Reforms was

(a) extension of Provincial Assemblies

(b) to give more powers to local government

(c) to abolish the post of Secretary of State for India

(d) to establish dyarchy in provinces

ANS: A

26.

In 1921, a session of the Indian National Congress was held when its President was

in prison and with some other leader acting as its President. Who was the Congress

President in prison?

(a) Mohammad Ali (b) C.R Das

(c) Abul Kalam Azad (d) Mahatma Gandhi

ANS: B

27.

Which Indian freedom fighter served as the first president of the All India Trade

Union Congress?

ANS: Lala Lajpat Rai

28.

Consider the following events during India's freedom struggle:

1. Chauri-Chaura Outrage 2. Minto- Morley Reforms

3. Dandi March 4. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events gives

above?

(a) 1-3-2-4 (b) 2-4-1-3 (c) 1-4-2-3 (d) 2-3-1-4

ANS: B

29.

Consider the following Viceroys of India during the British rule

1. Lord Curzon 2. Lord Chelmsford 3. Lord Hardinge 4. Lord Irwin

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure?

(a) 1-3-2-4 (b) 2-4-1-3 (c) 1-4-2-3 (d) 2-3-1-4

ANS: A

30.

The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on

him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab

in 1919 was

(a) Tej Bahadur Sapru (b) Ashutosh Mukherjee

(c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Syed Ahmad Khan

ANS: C

31.

During the Indian Freedom struggle, who among the following proposed that

Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign controls?

(a) Mazharul Haque (b) Maulana Hasrat Mohani

(c) Hakim Ajmal Khan (d) Abul Kalam Azad

ANS: D

32.

The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of

(a) the Indian Councils Act, 1909

(b) the Government of India Act, 1919

(c) the Government of India Act, 1935

(d) the Government of India Act, 1947

ANS: B

33.

The first session of the Indian National Congress was shifted from Poona to Bombay

almost at the eleventh hour because

(a) the leaders of the Bombay Presidency Association were against holding the first

meeting of the Congress at Poona.

(b) the Bombay Governor agreed to A.O. Hume's proposal to act as first President of

the Congress.

(c) Bombay as the capital of the Presidency would help the conference attract more

attention if it was held there.

(d) an outbreak of cholera in Poona forced the organisers of the first session of the

Congress to shift its venue from Poona to Bombay.

ANS: D

34.

After elections in 1937, the Congress ministers tendered their resignations because

(a) the British Government declared India a party to World War II without consulting

them.

(b) of undue interference in their working by the Government.

(c) of paucity of financial resources which hampered all developmental works.

(d) of their inexperience to run the administration.

ANS: A

35.

The introduction of local self-government in the modern period of India is

associated with the administration of

(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Irwin (c) Lord Dufferin (d) Lord Canning

ANS: A

36.

Who succeeded Robert Clive to lead the East India Company?

(a) Lord Bentinck (b) Lord Cornwallis (c) Lord Hastings (d) Lord Wellesley

ANS: C

37.

Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) Annie Besant (b) Aruna Asaf Ali (c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit

ANS: A

38.

The slogan "Inquilab Zindabad" was first raised by

(a) Lokmanya Tilak (b) Veer Savarkar (c) Chandra Shekhar Azad (d) Bhagat singh

ANS: D

39.

Who introduces in 1870 the scheme of decentralisation of finances?

(a) Canning (b) Lawrence (c) Mayo (d) Lytton

ANS: C

40.

Atmiya Sabha was established in the year

ANS: 1814

41.

Rajaram Mohan Roy was related to the activities of Atmiya Sabha. True or False

ANS: True

42.

What was the real name of 'Tantya Tope'

ANS: Ramachandra Panduranga

43.

Who was called as the father of local self government in India

ANS: Lord Ripon

44.

The term Congress was derived from

ANS: The history of North America

45.

The Sepoys revolted openly in 1857 at

ANS: Meerut

46.

Who among the following never became the President of the Indian National

Congress

(a) G.K. Gokhale (b) S.C. Bose (c) Bahruddin Tyabji (d) B.G. Tilak

ANS: D

47.

Where the Communist Party of India was founded in December 1925

ANS: Kanpur

48.

The Bardoli no tax campaign was led by

ANS: Sardar Vallabhai Patel

49.

Mahatma Gandhi was first referred as the father of nation by

(a) Subhas Chandra Bose (b) Rajagopalachari (c) Vallabhai Patel (d) Jawaharlal Nehru

ANS: A

50.

In which of the following cities, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose laid the foundation of

Indian National Army

(a) Singapore (b) Rangoon (c) Delhi (d) Bombay

ANS: A

51.

The British Viceroy who was assassinated in India

ANS: Lord Mayo

52.

The Governor General of India known as the Maker of Modern India

ANS: Lord Dalhousie

53.

The Ryotwari System in India was introduced by

ANS: Thomas Munro

54.

Sarada Act sought to abolish

ANS: Child marriage

55.

Who is known as man of masses

ANS: Kumaraswami Kamaraj

56.

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by

ANS: Nathuram Godse

57.

The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by the British in the

a. Madras and Bombay Presidencies

b. Bengal Presidency

c. Madras Presidency

d. Bombay Presidency

ANS: A

58.

Which year Subhash Chandra Bose resigned the Presidentship of Congress

ANS: 1939

59.

Why did Subhas Chandra Bose resign the Presidentship of the Indian National

Congress in 1939

a. Opposition of Gandhiji

b. Ill health

c. Desire to form a new party

d. Wanted to make room for Pattabhi Sitaramayya

ANS: A

60.

When did Cabinet Mission come into India

ANS: 24th March 1946

61.

Hunter commission on education was appointed during the period of

a. Lord Dufferin

b. Lord Lytton

c. Lord Curzon

d. Lord Ripon

ANS: D

62.

The Khilafat movement was started by

ANS: Ali brothers

63.

Who introduced the subsidiary alliance system

ANS: Wellesley

64.

Who said the following: We could have preferred a united India. We couldnt get it,

though we tried hard

ANS: Clement Atlee

65.

What was often referred as the steel frame of the British Raj

ANS: The Indian Civil Service

66.

The congress observed as INA week during the period

ANS: November 5-11, 1945

67.

Indias last war of Independence has begun, ..... Father of our Nation! In this holy

war of Indias liberation, we ask for your blessing and good wishes. Who said this

ANS: Subhash Chandra Bose on Azad Hind Radio (6th July 1944)

68.

The women regiment formed by the Indian National Army was known as

ANS: Rani Jhansi Regiment

69.

Where did Subhash Chandra Bose setup the Provincial Government of Free India in

1943

ANS: Singapore

70.

Which woman was an important member of the small group, that operated the

Congress Ratio in 1942

ANS: Usha Mehta

71.

Which political party did not support the Quit India Movement

ANS: Communists

72.

A Jatiya Sarkar was established by the people during the Quit India Movement in

ANS: Midnapur (Bengal)

73.

In which year the Cripps mission came to India

ANS: 1942

74.

The Delhi Chalo movement was associated with

ANS: Individual Satyagraha

75.

Who was the first person to perform the Individual Satyagraha in 1940

ANS: Vinoba Bhave (Nehru was the second one)

76.

Who was elected as the President of Indian National Congress in 1939, after the

resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose

ANS: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

77.

Who was referred to as The Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity

ANS: Muhammad Ali Jinnah

78.

Who represented the Indian National Congress in the International Congress against

colonial oppression and imperialism held in Brussels in 1927

ANS: Jawaharlal Nehru

79.

In which year the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry was

established

ANS: 1927

80.

The group of paramilitary force used by the Nizam of Hyderabad to attack the

struggle by the people of the state was known as

ANS: Razakars

81.

In which year, the congress appointed the National Planning Committee

ANS: 1938

82.

How long did the provincial congress ministries formed in 1937 in power

ANS: 28 months

83.

Which act by the British, provided for an All India Federation

ANS: Govt. of India Act 1935

84.

Which political party was formed by Subhash Chandra Bose in 1939

ANS: Forward Block

85.

In 1934, which party was organized under the leadership of Jayaprakash Narayan,

Acharya Narendra Dev and Minno Masani

ANS: Congress Socialist Party

86.

Which organization was founded by Gandhiji to propagate the removal of

untouchability

ANS: Harijan Sewak Sangh

87.

The Poona Pact was signed between

ANS: Gandhiji and Ambedkar

88.

Which Round Table Conference was attended by Gandhiji

ANS: Second

89.

Which session of the Indian National Congress, approved the resolution on

Fundamental Rights and the National Economic program

ANS: 1931, Karachi

90.

Which nationalist leader formed a band of revolutionaries known as Khudai

Khidmatgars (Red Shirts)

ANS: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (Frontier Gandhi)

91.

Which congress leader led a march from Trichanapally to Vedaranyam to break the

Salt Law

ANS: C. Rajagopalachari

92.

On which day, Gandhiji broke the Salt law

ANS: 6th April 1930

93.

From which place, Gandhiji has started his Dandi March to break the Salt law

ANS: Sabarmathi Ashramam

94.

Who proposed the fourteen points in objection to the Nehru report framed by

Motilal Nehru in 1928

ANS: M.A Jinnah

95.

Which commission was setup by the British in 1927, to look into whether India was

ready for further constitutional progress and on which lines?'

ANS: Simon Commission

96.

Which foreign power ruled over Pondicherry before 1954, when it was ceded to

India

ANS: French

97.

The Dewan of Junagadh who invited the Government of India to intervene in

Junagadh was

ANS: Shah Nawaz Bhuto

98.

Which three Princely States, did not accede to India by 15th August 1947

ANS: Junagadh, Jammu & Kashmir and Hyderabad

99.

Who played the lead role, in the integration of the Princely States to India

ANS: Sardar Patel

100.

Which office had been called by Nehru as the Linchpin of Government

ANS: Prime Minister

101.

Which speech of Jawaharlal Nehru is known as the Tryst with Destiny speech

ANS: Speech on the eve of Independence (14th August, 1947)

102.

Where did Gandhiji start his first struggle (Satyagraha) in India

ANS: Champaran

103.

Name the British Prime Minister during whose period independence was granted to

India

ANS: Clement Attlee

104.

Asiatic society was established by

ANS: Sir William Jones

105.

Ghadar Party was organized by

ANS: Lala Hardayal

106.

Muslim League was formed in the year

ANS: 1906

107.

Which revolutionary led the Chittagong Armory raid

ANS: Surya Sen

108.

Which revolutionary died after a 64 day hunger strike in 1931

ANS: Jatin Das

109.

To avenge whose death, Bhagat Singh, Azad and Rajguru assassinated Saunders, a

police officer

ANS: Lala Lajpat Rai

110.

Which national leader was known as Sher-e-Punjab

ANS: Lala Lajpat Rai

111.

The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was formed in the year

ANS: 1928

112.

Which organization was formed by Ramprasad Biamil, Jogesh Chartejee and

Sachidranath Sanyal in 1924

ANS: Hindustan Republican Association

113.

During 1923-24, Jawaharlal Nehru became the Mayor of which municipality

ANS: Allahabad

114.

Who gave the title Mahatma to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

ANS: Rabindranath Tagore

115.

What was the name of the political party, formed by C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru in

1923

ANS: Swaraj Party

116.

The Akali Movement (Gurdwara Reform Movement) in the 1920s in Punjab had the

objective of freeing the Gurdwaras from the control of

ANS: Corrupt Mahants (Priests)

117.

Who gave the title Sardar to Vallabhai Patel

ANS: Women of Bardoli (during Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928)

118.

Which incident in 1922 made Gandhiji to withdraw the non-cooperation movement

ANS: Chauri-Chaura incident

119.

In which year, Khadi became the uniform of the National movement

ANS: 1921

120.

What was the name of ashram, setup by Gandhiji in South Africa

ANS: Tolstoy Farm

121.

Which Newspaper was started by Gandhi in South Africa

ANS: Indian Opinion

122.

With whom the congress entered into the Lucknow pact in 1916

ANS: Muslim League

123.

The Home Rule Society was organized by Annie Besant in the year

ANS: 1916

124.

Annie Besant was elected as the President of Indian National Congress in the year

ANS: 1917

125.

Who is the founder of Central Hindu College at Varanasi in 1898

ANS: Annie Besant

126.

Which were the Newspapers published by Annie Besant

ANS: New India & Commonwealth

127.

The Theosophical Society had its Headquarters in India at

ANS: Adayar (Chennai)

128.

The Headquarters of the Ghadar (Revolt) movement was at

ANS: San Francisco

129.

Which newspaper was started by the nationalist leader, Tarak Nath Das in

Vancouver

ANS: Free Hindustan

130.

Which revolutionaries threw bomb on Lord Hardinge in 1912 on his way to Delhi

ANS: Rash Behari Bose & Sachin Sanyal

131.

Who organized Abhinav Bharat a secret society of revolutionaries in 1904

ANS: V.D. Savarkar

132.

Which section of the Indian society did not support the Swadeshi Movement

ANS: Muslims

133.

The Bengal Chemicals Factory was founded by

ANS: Acharya P.C. Ray

134.

Which song written by Rabindranath Tagore during the Swadeshi Movement later

became the National anthem of Bangladesh

ANS: Amar Sonar Bangla

135.

Who was the principal of the Bengal National College, founded during the Swadeshi

Movement

ANS: Aurobindo Ghosh

136.

Which organization was started by Ashwini Kumar Dutt during the Swadeshi

Movement

ANS: Swadesh Bandhav Samiti

137.

What was the theme song of the Swadeshi Movement

ANS: Vande Mataram

138.

Which movement was organized against the partition of Bengal

ANS: Swadeshi Movement

139.

Who has been considered by Gandhiji as his political guru

ANS: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

140.

Who assassinated Rand, the chairman of the Plague Committee in Poona and Lt.

Ayerst in 1898

ANS: Chaphekar Brothers

141.

Which festivals were started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak to propagate nationalist ideas

and to stimulate nationalism

ANS: Ganpathi festival and Shivaji feastival

142.

What was the name of the English Newspaper started by Tilak

ANS: Maratta

143.

The proposals for the partitions of India into the states of India and Pakistan were

formally mooted in

ANS: Mountbatten plan

144.

Indian Independence League was founded by

ANS: Rash Behari Bose

145.

Jalianwalabagh massacre took place in which city

ANS: Amritsar

146.

Who was the first Muslim President of the INC

ANS: Rahimulla Sayani

147.

In 1757, Siraj-Ud-daula was defeated by

ANS: Robert Clive

148.

Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India

ANS: Mohammed Iqbal

149.

Which Governor General introduced the doctrine of lapse

ANS: Lord Dalhousie

150.

In 1921, the session of the Indian National Congress was held when its President

was in prison and with some other leader acting as the President. Who was the

Congress President in prison

ANS: C.R. Das

151.

The famous 1935 Minutes on education is associated with

a. M.G. Ranade

b. Sir William Jones

c. Lord McCaulay

d. Warren Hastings

ANS: C

152.

In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from

ANS: Sabarmati

153.

The pledge India is my country, all Indians are my brothers and sisters . Was

recommended by which committee

ANS: Emotional Integration Committee

154.

Who was the founder leader of Swaraj party

ANS: Motilal Nehru

155.

Who was the British Governor General at time of Bengal Partition

ANS: Lord Curzon

156.

In the battle of Kulachal was fought between Marthanda Varma and the Dutch in the

year

ANS: 1741

157.

In which year was English recommended as the medium of instruction for higher

education in India by Lord Macaulay

ANS: 1835

158.

Which one of the Universities was not established by Lord Dalhousie

a. Bombay

b. Delhi

c. Calcutta

d. Madras

ANS: B

159.

The kingdom of French-India was

a. Pondicherry

b. Yanam

c. Madras

d. Karaikal

ANS: B

160.

Of the following events which one did not take place during the period of Lord

William Bentinck

a. Rohilla war

b. Suppression of Thugs

c. Judicial Reforms

d. Abolition of Sati

ANS: A

161.

Who said the following when the Rowlatt Act was passed If the bill goes through, I

do not believe there is any one here who would be doing his duty if he did not join

the agitation

ANS: Srinivasa Sastri

162.

The Governor General of Bengal who abolished Suttee (Sati)

ANS: Lord William Cavendish Bentinck

163.

Lord William Cavendish Bentinck became first Governor General of Bengal in the

year

ANS: 1833

164.

The first Governor General of Bengal

ANS: Lord William Cavendish Bentinck

165.

Who was known as Quaid-I-Azam

ANS: Mohammed Ali Jinnah

166.

Who among the following was not associated with the formation of U.P Kisan Sabha

in February 1918

a. Gauri Shankar Misra

b. Jawaharlal Nehru

c. Indra Narain Dwivedi

d. Madan Mohan Malavya

ANS: D

167.

Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Act

a. Lord Ripon

b. Lord Curzon

c. Lord Dufferin

d. Lord Hardinge

ANS: A

168.

Which one of the following states did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the

Revolt of 1857 belong to

a. Uttar Pradesh

b. Bihar

c. Madhya Pradesh

d. Rajasthan

ANS: B

169.

In October 1920, which of the following person headed a group of Indians gathered

at Tashkent to setup a Communist Party of India

a. P.C. Joshi

b. H.K. Sarkar

c. M.N. Roy

d. M.C. Chagla

ANS: C

170.

At which congress session was the working committee authorized to launch the

program of Civil Disobedience

ANS: Lahore

171.

Gandhis famous Harijan-uplift tour started from

a. Wardha

b. Dandi

c. Varanasi

d. Porbandar

ANS: A

172.

Which of the following slogan is associated with Gandhiji

a. Jai Hind

b. Vande Mataram

c. Inquilab Zindabad

d. Do or Die

ANS: D

173.

Who was the Governor General in India during the revolt of 1857

ANS: Lord Canning

174.

Which British Prime Minister declared that the British would quit India by June 1948

ANS: Clement Atlee

175.

Who gave the slogan Jai Hind

ANS: Subash Chandra Bose

176.

Who organized the Public Works Department in India in 1854-55

a. Lord Dalhousie

b. Lord Mayo

c. Lord Canning

d. Robert Clive

ANS: A

177.

The first organized revolt against the British authority in Kerala

a. Attingal revolt

b. Pazhassi revolt

c. Kurichiya revolt

d. Malabar revolt

ANS: D

178.

Among the following who became the last Governor General and the first Viceroy of

India

a. Lord Mayo

b. Lord Canning

c. Warren Hasting

d. William Bentick

ANS: B

179.

The leader who adopted guerilla tactics in the Great revolt of 1857

a. Rani Lakshmi

b. Tantia Tope

c. Bahadur shah

d. Nanasahib

ANS: B

180.

The British officer who partitioned Bengal in 1905

ANS: Lord Curzon

181.

The place where Britain (East India company) established the first factory in India is

at

a. Bombay

b. Chennai

c. Surat

d. Cochin

ANS: C

182.

The proponent of the Two Nation Theory is

ANS: Mohammed Ali Jinnah

183.

Who introduced English education in India

ANS: William Bentinck

184.

The well-known Indian revolutionary who died while on hunger strike for 63 days in

the British jail was

ANS: Jatin Das

185.

Which bill, during the British Rule was nick named as Black Bill

ANS: Rowlatt Act

186.

Gandhiji raised the slogan Do or Die during which movement

ANS: Quit India Movement

187.

General Dyer who was responsible for Jalianwala Bagh massacre was shot dead by

ANS: Udham Singh

188.

The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of

ANS: Cabinet Mission

189.

For which among the following reasons Bengal was divided

a. Fulfill the facility of Muslims

b. Divide the Hindus in Western and Eastern Bengal and aggravate the tension

between Hindus and Muslims

c. Subdue the revolution

d. For the satisfaction of Hindus and Muslims

ANS: B

190.

The Regulating Act of 1773 was passed by the British Government to control

ANS: The British East India Company

191.

Which British Prime Minister proclaimed the communal award in 1932

ANS: Ramsay Mac Donald

192.

Which one of the following was not the result of Dandi march

a. The British decided to leave India

b. People started violating all the repressive laws

c. Important leaders were arrested

d. Congress was declared an illegal organization

ANS: A

193.

Servants of India Society was founded by

ANS: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

194.

The Indian who attended all the three round table conferences

ANS: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

195.

Who was the president of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian

independence

ANS: J.B Kripalani

196.

The foundation of modern educational system in India was laid by

ANS: Macaulays minutes of 1835

197.

Who imposed restrictions on vernacular press

ANS: Lord Rippon

198.

General Dyer was related with the event

ANS: Jalian Wala Bagh massacre

199.

All of the persons are extremists of Independence, except

a. Lala Lajpat Rai

b. Bipin Chandrapal

c. Goplakrishana Ghokale

d. Aurobindo Ghosh

ANS: C

200.

The first Portuguese Governor in India was

ANS: De Almeida