Which Portuguese governor captured Goa from the ruler of Bijapur?

A. Vasco da Gama

B. Francisco Almeida

C. Nino-da-cunha

D. Albuquerque

Answer: D. Albuquerque

Who was the first Governor General of British India?

A. Lord William Bentinck

B. Lord Dalhousie

C. Lord Cornwallis

D. None of these

Answer: A. Lord William Bentinck

The movement of the local farmers of Bardoli in Gujarat against the British in 1928 was led by

A. Vallabhbhai Patel

B. Lokmanya Tilak

C. Jawaharlal Nehru

D. Lal Bahadur Shastri

Answer: A  Vallabhbhai Patel

Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Unrest’?

A. Anant Singh

B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C. Bhagat Singh

D. Dadabhai Naoroji

Answer: B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Where was the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ founded?

A. Singapore

B. Thailand

C. Britain

D. Italy

Answer: A. Singapore

Lord Cornwallis is known for?

A. permanent revenue settlement of Bengal

B. attacking the caste system

C. land revenue settlement of United States

D. ryotwari settlement of Madras

Answer: A. permanent revenue settlement of Bengal

Who was the founder of the Ghadar Party?

A. Basant Kumar Biswas

B. Sohan Singh Bhakna

C. Ram Prasad Bismil

D. Kartar Singh

Answer: B. Sohan Singh Bhakna

Who shot dead John Saunders on 17th December 1927?

A. Bhagat Singh

B. Mangal Panday

C. Sukhdev

D. Bipin Chandra Pal Singh

Answer: A. Bhagat Singh

Which act ended the “Trade Monopoly” of the East India Company?

A. Regulating Act of 1773

B. Pitt’s India Act of 1784

C. The Charter Act of 1833

D. The Charter Act of 1813

Answer: D. The Charter Act of 1813

The Poona Pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and?

A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

B. Lord Irwin

C. Subhash Chandra Bose

D. B. R. Ambedkar

Answer: D. B. R. Ambedkar

Which Governor General abolished the ‘Sati System’ in India?

A. Lord Canning

B. Lord Ripon

C. Lord Wiliam Bentinck

D. Lord Dalhousie

Answer: C. Lord Wiliam Bentinck

Where did the leader of the Individual Satyagraha movement, Acharya Vinoba Bhave started this movement?

A. Nashik

B. Poona

C. Pavnar

D. Nagpur

Answer: C. Pavnar

In 1876, the Indian National Association was established by _______ in Calcutta.

 A. V. K. Chiplunkar

B. Anand Mohan Bose

C. Shishir Kumar Ghosh

D. Badruddin Tyabji

Answer: B. Anand Mohan Bose

The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was formed in the year ________ with an aim to overthrow the British.

A. 1992

B. 1930

C. 1921

D. 1928

Answer: D. 1928

Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress in the year____.

A. 1874

B. 1854

C. 1863

D. 1894

Answer: D. 1894

The Khilafat Movement of 1920 was organized as a protest against the injustice done to _____.

A. Iraq

B. Turkey

C. Egypt

D. Afghanistan

Answer: B. Turkey

As a reaction to Rowlatt Act, was organized as National Humiliation Day on?

A. 6th April 1919

B. 8th May 1920

C. 2nd February 1913

D. 14th June 1921

Answer: A. 6th April 1919

The Sepoy Mutiny in India started from?

A. Meerut

B. Bareilly

C. Champaran

D. Rajkot

Answer: A. Meerut

British East India Company defeated the Portuguese in the?

A. Battle of Suvali

B. Battle of Buxar

C. Battle of Plassey

D. Battle of Chamkaur

Answer: A. Battle of Suvali

The Aligarh Movement was started by?

B. Maulana Manzoor Ahsan

C. Dr Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi

D. Syed Ahmed Khan

Answer: D. Syed Ahmed Khan

Who led the English Army in the Battle of Buxar?

A. Lord Clive

B. Vansittart

C. Hector Munro

D. Eyre Coot

Answer: C. Hector Munro

Which of the following rebellion/agitation did NOT happen in the area of Bengal?

A.  Sannyasi Rebellion

B.  Chuar Rebellion

C.  Pagal Panthi rebellion

D.  Baghera Rebellion

Answer: D. Baghera Rebellion

For the first time in India, the Kisan Diwas was celebrated on which of the following years?

A. 1936

B. 1937

C. 1930

D. 1926

Answer: A. 1936

Which of the following events is not related to the era of Warren Hastings?

A. First Anglo-Maratha War

B. Rohilla War

C.  Chait Singh Incident

D. The establishment of the College of Hellbury

Answer: D. The establishment of the College of Hellbury

In 1852, Who published the newspaper ‘Satyaprakash’ in Gujarati

A. Gangadhar Rao

B. Vishnu Shastri

C. Gopal Hari Deshmukh

D. Karsandas Mulji

Answer: D. The establishment of the College of Hellbury

Who was elected the President of All India Workers and Peasants Party in Calcutta in 1928?

A. M.N. Joglekar

B.  Shripad Amrit Dange

C. Sahel Singh Josh

D.  Mujaffar Ahmed

Answer: C. Sahel Singh Josh

Who among the following is considered as a political guru of Mahatma Gandhi

A. Dadabhai Naoroji

B.  Gopal Krishna Gokhale

C.  Lala Lajpat Rai

D.  Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

In which year Swami Vivekananda established the Ramakrishna Mission at Belur

A. 1885

B. 1890

C. 1897

D. 1901

Answer: C. 1897

Whom did Lord Minto send to Ranjit Singh to make a peace immediate before the Treaty of Amritsar (1809)?

A. Robert Rebert

B. Joshua Child

C. Ochterlony

D. Charles Metcalfe

Answer: D. Charles Metcalfe

Which of the following movement is related to the Teenkathiya system?

A. Tebhaga Movement

B.  Kheda Satyagraha

C. Champaran Satyagraha

D. Bardoli Satyagraha

Answer: C. Champaran Satyagraha

Which Governor-General of India used to write poetry with the name of “Owen Meredith”?

A. Lord Dalhousie

B. Lord Ripon

C. Lord Lytton

D. Lord Canning

Answer: C. Lord Lytton

Which of the following events is NOT considered for the time being of Viceroy Lord Lytton?

A. Afghan War

B. Burma war

C. Arms Act

D. Press Act

Answer: B. Burma war

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

A. Munda Rebellion: 1899

B. Vellore Mutiny: 1806

C. Santhal Rebellion: 1855

D. Chuar Rebellion: 1870

Answer: D. Chuar Rebellion: 1870

Who of the following leaders is NOT associated with Champaran Satyagraha?

A. Anugraha Narain Sinha

B. J.B. Kripalani

C. Braj Kishore Prasad

D. Sardar Patel

Answer: D. Sardar Patel

Salt March also known as Dandi March was initiated by?

A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

B. Mahatma Gandhi

C. Avantikabai Gokhale

D. Kasturba Gandhi

Answer: B. Mahatma Gandhi

Chauri Chaura incident took place in?

A.1902

B.1912

C.1922

D.1932

Answer: C. 1922

Which of the following newspapers is NOT related to Madan Mohan Malaviya?

A. Leader

B. Comrade

C. Hindustan

D. Abhyudaya

Answer: B. Comrade

At which session of Congress was the first foreign leader to chaired?

A. Allahabad

B. Guwahati

C. Calicut

D. Belgaum

Answer: A. Allahabad

Which of the following governor generals used to call himself as Bengal Tiger?

 A. Lord Clive

B. Warren Hastings

C. Lord Cornwallis

D. Lord Wellesley

Answer: D. Lord Wellesley

Which of the following were NOT related to the Congress Socialist Party?

 A. Acharya Narendradev

B. Ram Manohar Lohia

C.Jai Prakash

D. Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer: D. Subhash Chandra Bose

Which of the following movements was headed by Sitaram Raju?

A. Kuka Movement

B. Rampa Movement

C. Pabna Agitation

D. Bardoli Satyagraha

 Answer: B. Rampa Movement

E.P. Ramaswamy Naicker is associated with which of the following movements?

A. Self-respect movement

B. Viacom movement

C. Justice movement

D. Ezhava movement

Answer: A. Self-respect movement

Which of the following rebellion occurred due to the removal of King Bharmal?

A. Kutch Rebellion

B. Surat Rebellion

C. Khasi Rebellion

D. Bhil Rebellion

Answer: A. Kutch Rebellion

When was the Arya Samaj divided on principles?

A. 1893

B. 1895

C. 1903

D. 1913

Answer: A. 1893

For the first time, postage stamps were released in which of the following reign?

A. Lord Ripon

B. Lord Lytton

C. Lord Dalhousie

D. Lord Canning

Answer: C. Lord Dalhousie

Who gave the title of Raja to Ranjit Singh?

A. Diwan Shah

B. Lord Lake

C. Zaman Shah

D. King of Kashmir

Answer: C. Zaman Shah

Which of the following is related to the Tinkathia Pratha?

A. Champaran

B. Kheda

C. Bardoli

D. Darbhanga

Answer: A. Champaran

In which of the following years sea travel has been made mandatory for Indian soldiers?

A. 1854 A D

B. 1856 AD

C. 1857 AD

D. 1858 AD

Answer: B. 1856 AD

The famous Kosijura Case of Bengal happened in whose reign?

A. Warren Hastings

B. Lord Cornwallis

C. John Shore

D. Wellesley

Answer: A. Warren Hastings

Sikh Khalsa Army was formed under the rule of _______.

A. Sher Shah

B. Rana Pratap

C. Hemu Vikramaditya

D. Ranjit Singh

Answer: D. Ranjit Singh

Which of the following leaders formed ‘India Home Rule Society’?

A. Shyamji Krishna Varma

B. Annie Besant

C. Lala Hardayal

D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: A. Shyamji Krishna Varma

In which year did Vivekananda participate in the Parliament of the World’s Religions?

A. 1893 A D

B. 1895 AD

C. 1897 AD

D 1899 AD

Answer: A. 1893 A D

Which of the following organizations was established outside India?

A. Indian Association

B. East India Association

C. Bengal-British India Society

D. India league

Answer: B. East India Association

Which of the following was not done during the time of Lord Curzon?

A. Partition of Bengal

B. Formation of Bhartiya Lok Seva Mandal

C. Establishment of the Famine Commission

D. Formation of Hunter Commission

Answer: D. Formation of Hunter Commission

Which of the following work is not credited to Lord Dalhousie?

A. Merger of Punjab

B. Merger of Bengal

C. Merger of Mysore

D. Merger of Satara

Answer: B. Merger of Bengal

In which session of the Congress was the slogan of the Simon Commission’s boycott?

A. Calcutta Convention (1928)

B. Madras Session (1927)

C. Surat Session (1907)

D. Nagpur session (1920)

Answer: B. Madras Session (1927)

Which Portuguese governor transferred the capital from Cochin to Goa?

A. Vasco da Gama

B.  Francisco Almeida

C.  Nino-da-cunha

D.  Albuquerque

Answer: C. Nino-da-cunha

Tobacco was introduced in India by the:

A.  French

B. Portuguese

C.  English

D.  Arabs

Answer: B. Portuguese

The battle of Wandiwash (1760) was fought between:

A.  Marathas and the Portuguese

B.  The English and the French

C.  The English and the Portuguese

D.  Marathas and the English

Answer: B.

Which of the British Officials defeated the Portuguese at Sowlley?

A. William Hawkins

B. Thomas Best

C. Thomas Roe

D. Josiah Child

Answer: B. Thomas Best

Who among the following was an ally of Mir Qasim in the Battle of Buxar?

A. Haider Ali

B. Maharaja Ranjit Singh

C. Malhar Rao Holkar

D. Shah Alam II

Answer: D. Shah Alam II

Which one among the following states was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse?

 (a) Nagpur

(b) Jhansi

(c) Sambhalpur

(d) Satara

Answer: D. Satara

‘Neel Darpan’ is a play based on the story of Indigo Rebellion of Bengal of 1860-61. Who authored it?

A. Dinabandhu Mitra

B. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya

C.  Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh jointly

D. Madhusudan Datta

Answer: A. Dinabandhu Mitra

In which of the following year was the first Railway line between Bombay and Thane laid?

(a) 1853

(b) 1854

(c) 1856

(d) 1858

Answer: A. 1853

The masterstroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was:

A. Doctrine of Lapse

B. Subsidiary Alliance

C. Mediatisation

D. Annexation of Indian States

Answer: B. Subsidiary Alliance

Which Governor-General of India introduced the East India Company policy named ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?

A. Warren Hastings

B. Lord Cornwallis

C. Lord Wellesley

D. Lord Dalhousie

Answer: D. Lord Dalhousie

The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was

A. Bangalore

B. Srirangapatnam

C. Mysore

D. Hellebid or Halebid

Answer: C. Hellebid or Halebid

The Permanent Settlement Introduced by Cornwallis in Bengal is known as:

A. Ryotwari System

B. Mahalwari System

C. Zamindari System

D. Iqtadari System

Answer: C. Zamindari System

Who was appointed as the chairman of committee to work out the details of Wardha Scheme?

A. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

B. S. Radhakrishnan

C.  Rajendra Prasad

D.  Zakir Hussain

Answer: D. Zakir Hussain

Ilbert bill was related to:

A. Press

B. Education

C.  Judiciary

D.  Executive expansion

Answer: C. Judiciary

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

A. Lord Dalhousie – Doctrine of Lapse

B.  Lord Minto – Indian Councils Act, 1909

C. Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance

D. Lord Curzon – Vernacular Press Act, 1878

Answer:  D. Lord Curzon – Vernacular Press Act, 1878

Under whose administration did the Archaeological Survey of India start functioning?

A. Warren Hastings

B. Curzon

C. Canning

D. Ripon

Answer: C. Canning

Who among the following is known as the Father of Local Self Government in India?

A. Lord Dalhousie

B. Lord Ripon

C. Lord Minto

D. Lord Reading

Answer: B. Lord Ripon

Under whose Governor Generalship was the hated Vernacular Press Act passed in 1878?

A. Lord Canning

B. Lord Ripon

C. Lord Lytton

D. Lord Minto

Answer: C. Lord Lytton

The Vernacular Press Act, 1878 was repealed under the Governor-Generalship of:

A.  Lord Minto

B.  Lord Ripon

C.  Lord Lytton

D.  Lord Reading

Answer: B. Lord Lytton

Under which Government of India Act, the British Crown assumed direct administration of India in the new British Raj?

A.  Act of 1658

B.  Act of 1758

C.  Act of 1858

D.  Act of 1947

Answer: C. Act of 1858

Joseph François Dupleix was the commander of which forces in India?

A.  French

B.  British

C.  American

D.  Dutch

Answer: A. French

When was The Permanent Settlement enforced?

A. 1693

B. 1793

C. 1893

D. 1933

Answer: B. 1793

Which Treaty was signed during the first Anglo–Burmese War?

A. Treaty of Lahore

B. Treaty of Gandamak

C. Treaty of Yandabo

D. Treaty of Mangalore

Answer: C. Treaty of Yandabo

Which Treaty was signed during the third Anglo–Mysore War?

A. Treaty of Lahore

B. Treaty of Gandamak

C. Treaty of Yandabo

D. Treaty of Srirangapatnam

Answer: D. Treaty of Srirangapatnam

Which place was annexed by Britishers during second Anglo–Burmese War?

A. Rangoon

B. Pegu

C. Thibaw

D. Burma

Answer: D. Burma

Who of the following was the target of an assassination  attempt in the Delhi conspiracy  case headed by Rash Bihari  Bose in 1911

(a) Lord Chelmsford

(b) Lord Ripon

(c) Lord Hardinge

(d) Lord Minto

Answer: C. Lord Hardinge

Who was the author of the book Gulamgiri?

A.  C.R.Das

B. Veeresalingam Pantulu

C.  Keshab Chandra Sen

D.  Jyotiba Phule

Answer: D. Jyotiba Phule

Dinabandhu Sarvajanik Sabha was founded by:

A.  E. V. Ramaswami Naickar

B.  Jyotibha Phule

C.  Gopalkrishna Gokhale

D.  Balgangadhar Tilak

Answer: B. Jyotibha Phule

Who played Socrates to the first generation of the English educated young men of Bengal?

A. Swami Vivekananda

B.  Raj Narain Bose

C.  Henry Vivian Derozio

D.  Drinkwater Bethune

Answer: C. Henry Vivian Derozio

The social reformer of Maharashtra who became famous by his pen name ‘Lokhitwadi’ was:

A.  Atmaram Panduranga

B.  Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C.  Gopal Hari Deshmukh

D.  KS Chaplunkar

Answer: C. Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Which of the following was not a common social reform attempted by all the Hindu social reformers of the 19th  century:

A.  Emancipation of women

B.  Monogamy

C.  Female education

D.  Untouchability

Answer: D. Untouchability

M. G. Ranade, R. G. Bhandarkar, and N. G. Chandavarkar were prominent leaders of:

A.  Brahmo Samaj

B.  Arya Samaj

C.  Prarthana Samaj

D.  None of the above

Answer: C. Prarthana Samaj

Who wrote – “So far as Bengal is concerned, Vivekananda may be regarded as the spiritual father of Modern Nationalist Movement”

A. Keshav Chandra

B. Mahatma Gandhi

C. S.C. Bose

D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Answer: C. S.C. Bose

Which one among the following was not a demand of the Prarthana Samaj?

A.  Women education

B.  Widow remarriage

C.  Raising the age of marriage for boys and girls

D.  Abolition of untouchability

Answer: D. Abolition of untouchability