India History Objective Test

India History Objective Test


1. For the eradication of the evil of untouchability the Anti- Untouchability League was set up by

(a) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

(b) Jagjivan Ram

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) K. Kelappan

Ans:-C

2. The Muslim League started demanding a separate nation for the Muslims from the year

(a) 1919

(b) 1925

(c) 1929

(d) 1940

Ans:-D

3. Who among the following is known as the ‘Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement’?

(a) Dr. Annie Besant

(b) Suchitra Kriplani

(c) Aruna Asaf Ali

(d) Sarojini Naidu

Ans:-C

4. Brahma Samaj mainly insisted upon

(a) Abolition of sati

(b) Abolition of child marriage

(c) Monotheism

(d) Reintroduction of converted Hindus

Ans:-C

5. The first to start a joint stock company trade with India were the

(a) Portuguese

(b) Dutch

(c) French

(d) Danish

Ans:-A

6. The affairs of East India Company came into the hands of the British Crown under

(a) Pitt’s India Act

(b) Cabinet Mission Plan

(c) Regulating Act

(d) Govt. of India Act

Ans:-C

7. Theosophist, educationist and Indian national leader’. This description fits

(a) Madan Mohan Malviya

(b) Srinivasa Shastri

(c) Annie Besant

(d) Shyama Prasad Mookherji

Ans:-C

8. Indian Constitution was amended for the first time in

(a) 1950

(b) 1951

(c) 1952

(d) 1953

Ans:-B

9. Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in

(a) 1886

(b) 1892

(c) 1896

(d) 1904

Ans:-C

10. AL Hilal was a newspaper started for propagating nationalism by

(a) Abul Kalam Azad

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Mohammed Ali

(d) Syed Ahmed Khan

Ans:-A

11. The leader of the Young Bengal Movement was

(a) Dwarkanath Tagore

(b) Chandrashekhar Deb

(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

(d) Henry Vivian Derozio.

Ans:-D

12. Seeds of Indian participation in the Legislative Council of the Governor General of India are embodied in the

(a) Indian Council Act, 1861

(b) Indian Councils Act, 1892

(c) Indian Councils Act, 1909

(d) Government of India Act, 1919

Ans:-B

13. Arya Samaj was started by

(a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(c) Swami Vivekananda

(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Ans:-A

14. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?

(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

(b) C. Rajagopalachari

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai

(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Ans:-D

15. Which of the following was a recommendation of Hunter’s Commission?

(a) Gradual withdrawal of state support from higher education

(b) Women’s education

(c) New regulation for the organized senates system

(d) Introduction of civic education at college and university level

Ans:-A

16. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Warren Hastings - Regulating Act

2. Cornwallis - Permanent Land Settlement

3. Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance

4. Dalhousie - Abolition of Sati

(a) 2 and 3

(b) 1 and 3

(c) 1, 2 & 4

(d) 1, 2 & 3

Ans:-A

17. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by

(a) M. K. Gandhi

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Dadabhai Naoroji

(d) R. C. Dutt

Ans:-C

18. Arrange the following in chronological order, who administered as Governor Generals of India.

1. Wellesley

2. Cornwallis

3. Warren Hastings

4. Dalhousie

(a) 3,2, l, 4

(b) 1,2,4, 3

(c) 4, 2, 3, 1

(d) 4, 1, 2,3

Ans:-A

19. Who amongst the following was involved in the Alipore Bomb case?

(a) S. N. Banerjea

(b) Bipin Chandra Pal

(c) Jatin Das

(d) Aurobindo Ghosh

Ans:-C

20. Gandhiji wanted that the students should spend their vacations in

(a) studies

(b) Games

(c) Social service

(d) None of these

Ans:-C

21. Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857?

(a) Sanyasi Rebellion

(b) Santal Rebellion

(c) Indigo Disturbances

(d) Pabna Disturbances

Ans:-C

22. Which of the following was not founded by Dr.B. R. Ambedkar?

(a) Deccan Education Society

(b) Samaj Samata Sangh

(c) Peoples Education Society

(d) Depressed Classes Institute

Ans:-A

23. The title ‘Punjab Kesari’ was conferred on

(a) Ranjit Singh

(b) Bhagat Singh

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai

(d) SardarBaldev Singh

Ans:-C

24. 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

25. Muslim League first demanded partition of India in

(a) 1906

(b) 1916

(c) 1940

(d) 1946

Ans:-C