General Knowledge GK Indian History

General Knowledge GK Indian History

1. Which of the following India States was annexed by Lord Dalhousie on the pretext of maladministration?
(a) Udaipur
(b) Oudh
(c) Nagpur
(d) None of these

Ans:-B

2. Sir Charles Wood despatches of 1854 dealt primarily with
(a) Administrative reforms
(b) Social reforms
(c) Economic reforms
(d) Educational reforms

Ans:-D

3. Gandhiji’s first fast in India was in connection with
(a) Champaran Satyagraha
(b) Chauri Chaura incident
(c) Communal riots in eastern India
(d) The strike of mill workers at Ahmedabad

Ans:-D

4. Who amongst the following is associated with the Local Self- Government Act?
(a) Cornwallis
(b) William Bentick
(c) Dalhousie
(d) Ripon

Ans:-D

5. The Supreme Court in British Ina was established under
(a) Regulating Act of 1773
(b) Pitt’s India Act of 1784
(c) The Charter Act of 1813
(d) The Charter Act of 1833

Ans:-A

6. The year 1943 is important because
(a) Dandi March was organized by Mahatma Gandhi.
(b) World War II ended.
(c) Azad Hind Fauj was formed.
(d) Quit India Resolution was passed.

Ans:-C


7. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwad Gita into English?
(a) William Jones
(b) Charles Wilkins
(c) James Prinsep
(d) Sir Alexander Cunningham

Ans:-B

8. Who was the leader of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha founded in 1870?
(a) S. N. Banerjee
(b) Justice Ranade
(c) K. T. Telang
(d) Ferozeshah Mehta

Ans:-B

9. Who was the President of Lahore session of INC at which the resolution of ‘Complete Independence’ was passed?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) S. N. Banerjee

Ans:-A

10. Who started the Bhoodan Movement?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Ans:-D

11. The first main British Parliamentary Act regarding East India Company’s administration in India was
(a) Rowlett Act
(b) Regulating Act
(c) Charter Act of 1913
(d) Pitts India Act

Ans:-B

12. Who was the first Indian to become the member of British Parliament?
(a) Badruddin Tyabji
(b) W.C. Banerjee
(c) D.N. Wacha
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Ans:-D


13. Who conceived the idea of Pakistan?
(a) Asaf Ali
(b) Chowdhary Rahmat Ali
(c) Mohd. Ali Jinnah
(d) H. S. Suharwardhy

Ans:-B


14. Gandhiji started Satyagraha movement in 1919 in protest against the
(a) Simon Commission
(b) Champaran wrongs
(c) Enactment of Rowlett Act
(d) Colonial exploitation of India
Ans:-C

15. The introduction of Cooperative Credit Societies in India was first suggested in a report of 1892 to the Government of Madras by
(a) George Padison
(b) Antony MacDonnell
(c) Frederic Nicholson
(d) Maclegan

Ans:-B


16. What is the correct chronological order of the formation of the following?
1. Prarthana Samaj
2. Ramakrishna Mission
3. Theosophical Society
4. Arya Samaj
(a) 1,3,4,2
(b) 1,4,3,2
(c) 3,2,1,4
(d) 4,2,1,3

Ans:-B
17. The main purpose of Home Rule Movement was
(a) To harass the British
(b) To bring about social reforms
(c) To attain self-government and turn out British
(d) To attain self-government within the British Empire

Ans:-D


18. Shuddhi movement (conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism) was started by
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Raja Rammohan Roy

Ans:-B


19. Where was the session of Muslim League held when the resolution demanding the creation of Pakistan was passed?
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Lahore
(d) Madras

Ans:-C


20. Who among the following, took great interest in the preservation of the ancient monuments in India?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Lord Irwin
(d) Lord Amherst

Ans:-D

21. Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on
(a) January 30, 1918
(b) April 13, 1919
(c) August 14,1920
(d) July 3, 1930

Ans:-B


22. When was the title of ‘Raja’ conferred on Ram Mohan Roy?
(a) 1830
(b) 1831
(c) 1832
(d) 1833

Ans:-C

23. The Civil Disobedience Movement was led in the North -West Frontier Province by
(a) Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Dr. M.A. Ansari
(d) Sewa Singh Thikriwala

Ans:-B

24. Who among the following started the first newspaper in India?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) James A. Hickey
(d) J.C. Maishman

Ans:-C

25. When was the monopoly of East India Company in trade brought under the control of the British Crown?
(a) 1773A.D.
(b) 1784A.D.
(c) 1793 A.D.
(d) 181.3 A.D.

Ans:-A