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Subject- Indian History
Topic- Modern History 1857 to 1947
Type- MCQs / FAQs
– George Washington Carver
1. Which 'Englishmen was fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa? Polak
2. Who com merited that Cripps Mission was a postdated cheque on a crashing bank? Mahatma Gandhi
3. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?Champaran in 1917 (against Indigo Plantation)
4. Who was the Afghan ruler of India whose administrative system was emulated by the British? Sher Shah Suri
5. Who organised a Maratha confederacy against the English leading to the Third Anglo Maratha War? The Peshwa
6. By whom was Shuddhi movement (conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism) started? Swami Dayanand Saraswati
7. "The best and bravest of the military leader of the rebels" about whom was this said by Sir Hugh Rose? Rani of Jhansi
8. During India's Freedom Struggle, which led to the first 'All India Hartal'?Protest against Rowlatt Act in 1919
9. Siraj-ud-daulah was defeated by Lord Clive in which battle? Plassey
10. Under the leadership of which Guru did the Sikh become a political and military force? Guru Gobind Singh
11. Which decisive battle was fought during the Third Carnatic War between the English and the French? Battle of Wandiwash
12. The ruler of which State was removed from power by the British on the protext of misgovernance? Awadh
13. During which reign was the East India Company founded in London? Akbar
14. Where was Shivaji crowned as an independent king? Raigarh
15. Which saint name is associated with Shivaji? Ram Das
16. By whom was Island of Bombay was given to the English Prince Charles II as
dowry? Portuguese
17. Which first Europeans came to India? Portuguese in 1498 AD
18. During which movement was 'Mahatma' added before Gandhiji's name?Champaran satyagraha (in 1917)
19. Who was impeached in England for his actions in India? Warren Hastings
20. Who was the 1st General-Secretary of the INC? Dadabhai Naoroji
21. When was the monopoly of East India Company in trade brought under the control of the British Crown? 1773 A.D.
22. By whom was the Home Rule Movement in India was started? Annie Besant and Tilak
23. After whose name was a women's division of the Indian National Army named? Rani of Jhansi
24. Who started the newspaper "Shome Prakash"? Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
25. Which ruler had granted Diwani to the East India company? Shah Alam II
26. The Maratha power reached the zenith of its glory during? Shivaji
27. Which Land tenure systems was introduced by Lord Cornwallis? Zamindari
28. By whom was Swaraj as a national demand first made? Dadabhai Naoroji
29. Who is the author of book 'Glimpses of World History'? Jawaharlal Nehru
30. Who attended the Second Round Table Conference as the representative of
the Congress? Gandhiji and INC & Ali Jinnah
31. Who did the 1st estimate of national income in India? Dadabhai Naoroji
32. On which date Guru Gobind Singh established Khalsa? 13th Apr 1699
33. The Maratha power reached its zenith during which Peshwaship? Balaji II
34. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?Lord Chelmsford (in 1919)
35. What was the 1st venture of Gandhiji in all-India politics? Rowlatt Satyagraha
36. During the reign of which Indian National Congress banned and over 1,20,000 persons were arrested?Lord Willingdon
37. Who led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal (1905)?Surendranath Banerjee
38. Who had led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi? Syed Haider Raza
39. Who is associated with Tashkent Agreement? Lal Bahadur Shastri
40. In India, where did the Dutch establish their earliest factory? Masulipattanam in 1605 AD
41. Who is the Father of local self government in India? Lord Ripon
42. Who commanded the Maratha army in the third battle of Panipat? Sadashiv Rao Bhau
43. By whom was the practice of Sati was declared illegal? Lord William Bentinck (with Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1829 AD)
44. Who was the leader to have the unique distinction of firing the first shot in the rebellion of 1857? Mangal Pande
45. From where did Gandhi start his historic Dandi March? Sabarmati Ashram
46. Who 1st voiced the idea of separate Muslim state in India? Mohammad Iqbal
47. Who was responsible for integration of Indian Princely States? Sardar Patel
48. Which of the British Officials defeated Portuguese at Sowlley? Thomas Best
49. Which Sikh Guru called himself the 'Sachcha Badshah'? Guru Hargovind
50. Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS?Satyendranath Tagore (2nd Indian - Surendranath Bannerjee)
51. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal? Warren Hastings
52. Who was the British PM at the time of Revolt of 1857? Pamstern
53. The Cabinet Mission to India headed by- Lord Pethick Lawrence
54. Who advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India?Jawaharlal Nehru
55. Who was thrice elected President of the INC? Dadabhai Naoroji
56. The English East India Company founded a permanent factory at Surat in which year? 1613
57. Who succeeded Siraj-ud-Daulah as Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Plassey? Mir Jafar
58. In which year was Vande Mataram first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress? 1896 at Calcutta
59. Which State was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse? Satara in 1858
60. Which leader of the Revolution of 1857 had the real name of Ram Chandra Pandurang? Tatiya Tope
61. From which ruler did Albuquerque capture Goa? Bijapur
62. Which European were the last to come- to pre-independence India as traders? French
63. Who was the 1st Muslim President of INC? Badruddin Tyyabji in 1887
64. Who was the 1st Englishman to preside over a Congress session? George Yule
65. Which Urdu poets was invited, to the Second and Third Round Table Conference? Muhammad Iqbal
66. Which first movement was launched against the British in India? Swadeshi Movement (in 1906)
67. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the Second Round Table Conference? Ramsay Macdonald
68. Who was the 1st European to translate the Bhagwad Gita into English?Charles Wilkins
69. By whom was the Asiatic Society established in Calcutta? Sir William Jones
70. Which reformer from Maharashtra was known as Lokhitavadi? Gopal Hari Deshmukh
71. Where was the sepoys revolted openly in 1857? Meerut
72. By whom was the Civil Disobedience Movement led in the North-West Frontier Province? Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
73. During the freedom struggle, who established 'The Deccan Educational Society'? M. G. Ranade
74. With whom was the last opportunity to avoid the partition of India lost?Cabinet Mission
75. What was the original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati? Mula Shankar
76. Who had started 'Mitra Mela' Association? VD Savarkar
77. Which was a revolutionary who later turned into a yogi and a philosopher?Aurobindo Ghosh
78. With how many volunteers did Gandhiji start on his famous Dandi march on March 12, 1930? 78 trusted volunteers
79. Who opposed Mahatma Gandhi's association with the Khilafat movement? Mohammed Ali Jinnah
80. Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on which date? 13-Apr-1919
81. Who was the Governor General to merge Sindh in British India? Lord Ellenborough
82. In what commodity the English first conducted trade from India? Indigo
83. Raja Rammohan Roy and David Hare were associated with the foundation of which college? Hindu College
84. Who was the founder of the Radha Swami Satsang? Siva Dayal Saheb
85. Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during? Lord Curzon
86. What are the birth & death years of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?Birth - 1891, Death - 1956
87. In which year did the Congress loose its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections? 1967
88. By whom was Micheal O' Dwyer who was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre was shot dead? Udham Singh 1940 in London
89. By whom was the first estimate of national income in India made? Dadabhai Naoroji
90. Which upheaval took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857?Indigo Disturbances
91. Which revolt was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Anand Math? Sanyasi rebellion
92. By whom was Indian Independence League set up? Rash Behari Bose
93. Quit India Movement started after which proposal? Cripps' proposal
94. Tipu Sultan took support of which power to fight the English? French
95. Who was the successor of Shivaji? Sambhaji
96. Who was the leader of the Young Bengal Movement? Henry Vivian Derozio
97. Who composed the National Anthem? Rabindranath Tagore
98. On the death of Gandhiji, who said that "The light has gone out of our lives..."? Jawaharlal Nehru
99. Where was Swarajya declared as the goal of the Congress at its session held in 1906? Calcutta
100. Who used the phrase 'Un-British' to criticize the English colonial control of India? Dadabhai Naoroji
101. To whom the credit of discovering the sea route of India goes? Portuguese
102. Who was the first President of the Indian Trade Union Congress in 1920? Lala Lajpat Rai
103. Whose ideas had Influenced Mahatma Gandhi's thought? Tolstoy
104. Who was the first Mughal emperor to allow Britishers to establish trade links with India? Jahangir
105. Who among the following Governor-Generals formed the Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan? Lord Cornwallis
106. Who pioneered Khilafat Movement?Ali Brothers
107. Who voted against the partition of India in the A.I.C.C. meeting held on 14 June 1947? Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
108. Which Peshwas was popularly known as Nana Saheb? Balaji Baji Rao
109. Which Maratha Peshwa followed ideal of Hindu Pada-Padshahi?Baji Rao I
110. By whom was the agitation against the partition of Bengal led? Surendranath Banerjee
111. Against whom did Gandhiji started Satyagraha movement in 1919 in protest? Enactment of Rowlatt Act
112. Which Sikh Guru assumed the title 'Sachcha Badshah'? Guru Teg Bahdur
113. Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar? William Bentick
114. Which leaders took major initiative in the formation of the League of Nations? Franklin Roosevelt
115. The Maratha, confederacy was virtually dissolved after which battle? Third Battle of Panipat
116. Which Indian king requested Napoleon for help to drive the British from India? Tipu Sultan
117. What was the earliest public association formed in the history of modern India in 1837? The Landholder's Society
118. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly? After Sepoy Mutiny
119. Who recaptured Delhi from the rebels for the British? John Nicholson
120. During the 1857 Revolt who captured Gwalior from the Scindhia? Rani Lakshmibai
121. Who was the first to receive the Nobel prize? Rabindranath Tagore
122. In the history of the freedom movement of India, the year 1930 is associated with which event? Dandi March
123. Who was the most radia of the Bhakti Saints? Kabir
124. In which year, the Battle of Buxar was fought? 1764
125. Who was the Governor General when the first Anglo- Burmese was started? Lord Amherst
126. Which is the oldest surviving newspaper in India?Bombay Samachar
127. Who remarked 'the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India'? William Bentinck
128. Who founded the Banaras Hindu University? Madan Mohan Malviya
129. Where was the Arya Samaj setup for the first time in 1875? Bombay
130. Which event was characterised by Montague as 'Preventive Murder'?Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh
131. On which date was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated? 30-Jan-1948
132. Who was the 1st English person who visited the court of Akbar? Ralph Fitch
133. Who was a blind poet who worshipped Krishna and spread Krishna Bhakti cult? Surdas
134. Who said, "Good government was never a good substitute for self government"? Swami Dayananda
135. Who had founded the Theosophical Society in the United States of America? Madame Blavatsky
136. In which year Mahatma Gandhi enter into freedom struggle in India? 1915
137. Who was thrice elected President of the Indian National Congress?Dadabhai Naoroji
138. During whose Viceroyalty, Queen Victoria was crowned with 'Kaiser-i Hind' in Delhi Durbar? Lord Lytton
139. Who was the political guru of Gandhiji? Gopal Krishna Gokhale
140. To which battle of the beginning of the British political sway over India can be traced? Plassey
141. The final defeat of the Maratha Confederacy came during the time of which governor? Warren Hastings
142. Who streamlined the Maratha administration after Shambhaji? Raja Ram
143. During the Mughal period which trader first came to-India? Portuguese
144. The First Anglo-Burmese War was concluded by a treaty Which is that?Treaty of Yandaboo
145. In which movements Vande Mataram was adopted as a slogan for agitation? Partition of Bengal in 1905
146. Who united all the Sikhs and founded a kingdom in the Punjab? Maharaja Ranjit Singh
147. Who was the founder of the Muslim League in India? Nawab Salimulla
148. Under which system of assessment, the British Government collected revenue directly from the farmers? Ryotwari
149. When was the decimal system of currency introduced in India? 1957
150. Where was the first Indian university opened in 1857? Calcutta
151. Who was named as Mira Ben by Mahatma Gandhi? Madeline Slade
152. The Governor General of Kolkata William became the Governor General of India under which Charter Act- 1833
153. By whom was the All India Muslim League founded? Agha Khan
154. In city was the East India Association founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866? London
155. The title of Governor-General was changed to that of Viceroy in which year? 1858 A.D.
156. Which rulers fought the fourth Anglo-Mysore in which he was killed? Tipu Sultan
157. Which Englishmen was honoured by Jahangir with the title of 'Khan'? William Hawkins
158. Who started Public Works Department in India in AD 1848? Lord Dalhousie
159. By whom was 1st English newspaper in India started? Rabindranath Tagore
160. Who was involved in the Alipore Bomb case? Aurobindo Ghosh
161. On whom was the title 'Punjab Kesari' was conferred? Lala Lajpat Rai
162. In whom did the Government of India Act, 1935 veste the residuary power? Governor-General
163. Tipu Sultan died fighting English forces under? Lord Cornwallis
164. Who was the first lady to preside over the Congress? Annie Besant
165. By whom was the slogan 'Inquilab Zinda bad first raised? Bhagat Singh
166. Who was called by the British rulers as the leader of Indian unrest? Bal Gangadhar Tilak
167. Who said, "God helps those who help themselves"? Swami Vivekananda
168. Who Gandhian follower was a teacher by profession? J. B. Kriplani
169. Who conceived the idea of Pakistan? Chowdhary Rahmat Ali
170. By whom the Mahatma Gandhi was referred to 'Father of the Nation' first? Subhash Chandra Bose
171. Where was the All India Muslim League formed in 1906? Dacca
172. Who laid foundations of Portuguese power in India? Alfonso de Albuquerque
173. In 1757, By whom was the Siraj-ud-daula defeated? Clive
174. According to the Govt. of India Act of 1935, India had been divided into how many provinces? 11
175. Why is the date April 6, 1930 known in Indian History? Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi
176. Who was the only Viceroy to be assassinated in India? Lord Mayo
177. Who had called SC Bose as 'Desh Nayak'? Rabindranath Tagore
178. During which Viceroy system of budget was introduced in India? Canning
179. By whom was the Doctrine of Lapse introduced? Lord Dalhousie
180. Who founded the 'East India Association'? Dadabhai Naoroji
181. Who popularised the theory of 'Arctic Region' as the original home of Aryans? B. G. Tilak
182. Ram Prasad Bismil was associated with? Kakori Conspiracy Case
183. Which was the first fort constructed by the British in India? Fort St. George
184. Who annulled the Partition of Bengal? Lord Hardinge
185. With which did the Civil Disobedience Movement in India commence? The Dandi March
186. Which struggley of Mahatma Gandhi was related to Industrial worker? Ahmedabad Struggle
187. Who was associated with Kakori Conspiracy case? Ashfaqulla Khan
188. By which peshwa was Treaty of Bassein signed with the British? Baji Rao
189. Who was called as 'Father of Indian Renaissance'? Raja Ram Mohan Roy
190. Who were the first Europeans to set up sea trade centres in India? The Portuguese
191. Who was the founder of the autonomous state of Awadh? Saadat Khan
192. Who was the Governor - general of the second battle of Anglo-Mysore?Warren Hastings
193. Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daulah in the battle of Plassey in 1757? Mir Zafar
194. Between who was the Battle of Plassey fought? Siraj-ud-Daulah and Robert Clive
195. In which battle did the British completely defeated the French? Battle of Vandivash
196. Who was the founder of 'Arya Samaj'? Dayanand Saraswati
197. Who founded the Ramkrishna Mission? Vivekanand
198. Who is known as the 'Paigambar of New India'? Raja Rammohan Roy
199. Who was the founder of 'Prayer Society'? Atmaram Pandurang
200. Who established the 'Asiatic Society' in Kolkata of the colorized India?William Jones
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