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1) The first attempt to introduce a representative b) The War of Mysore

and popular element in the governance of India was c) The Sepoy Mutiny
made through…………? d) The Battle of Panipat
a) Government of India Act, 1919 5) Who was the chairman of the Union Powers
b) Indian Councils Act, 1861 Committee of the Constituent assembly of India?
c) Indian Councils Act, 1892 a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Indian Councils Act, 1909 b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
2) Which of the following systems of land-settlement c) Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
adopted by English provided more protection to the d) Dr. B.R Ambedkar
interests of the farmers? 6) Which one of the following Governor General
a) Ryotwari settlement of Madras introduced Postage Stamp in India?
b) Malgujari settlement of United States a) Lord Canning
c) Permanent settlement of Bengal b) Lord William Bentick
d) Zamindari settlement of Madras c) Lord Dalhousie
3) Which of the following pairs contributed d) Lord Auckland
significantly to integrate the princely states into 7) The First Telegraph line between Calcutta and
Indian Union? Agra was opened in which year?
a) Sardar Patel and K.M Munsi a) 1853
b) Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru b) 1855
c) Sardar Patel and V.P Menon c) 1852
d) Sardar Patel and Mahatma Gandhi d) 1861
4) The British Government started ruling India 8) What was the original name of Swami
directly after………….? Dayananda Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj?
a) The Battle of Plassey a) Daya Shankar

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b) Gowri Shankar b) Portuguese
c) Mula Sankara c) Dutch
d) Abhi Shankar d) French
9) Who among the following was the first Indian to 13) Given below are the names of prominent leaders
be elected to the British Parliament? and their respective operational areas during the
a) Bipin Chandra Pal revolt period. Select the incorrect pair.
b) Lala Lajpat Rai a) Khan Bahadur Khan- Ruhelkhand
c) Dadabhai Naoroji b) Rani laxmibai- Indore
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale c) Kunwar Singh- Sahabad
10) Which of the following European colonisers did d) Nana Saheb- Kanpur
not have a settlement on the Eastern Coast of 14) The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the
India? Princely state of…………...?
a) Danish a) Jaunpur
b) French b) Satara
c) Portuguese c) Jhansi
d) Dutch d) Oudh
11) Which among the following regulations made 15) The Indian Universities were first founded in
English as a medium of education compulsory in the time of which Governor-General?
government aided schools and colleges? a) Warren Hastings
a) Regulating act, 1773 b) Lord Canning
b) Pitts India act, 1784 c) Lord William Bentick
c) Educational Despatch, 1854 d) Lord Wellesley
d) Macaulay Minute, 1835 16) Who among the following was not involved in
12) Who among the following controlled maximum the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934?
trade in the western coastal region during 17th a) Pritialata Woddedar
century? b) Kalpana Dutt
a) Mulla Abdul Gaffar c) Surya Sen
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d) Dinesh Gupta 21) Punjab was annexed to the British empire
17) Which of the following events made the English during the reign of Governor-General…………?
East India company the legitimate masters of a) Lord Cornwallis
Bengal Suba? b) Lord Bentick
a) Farrukh Siyar’s Farman, 1717 c) Lord Canning
b) Battle of Buxar, 1764 d) Lord Dalhousie
c) Battle of Plassey, 1757 22) Who among the following was the advocate of
d) Ibrahim Khan’s Farman, 1690 the famous INA Trials?
18) Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of a) Subhash Chandra Bose
the Royal Society of London? b) Bhulabhai Desai
a) A.C Wadia c) C. Rajagopalachari
b) Srinivas Ramanujam d) Asaf Ali
c) C.V Raman 23) Anandamath, a Bengali novel was written by
d) P.C Mahalanobis Bankim Chandra Chatopadhyay in which year?
19) Which of the following battles proved decisive in a) 1882
the Anglo-French rivalry in India? b) 1889
a) Battle of Chillianwala c) 1880
b) Battle of Wandiwash d) 1875
c) Battle of Seringapatam 24) The Governor-General of India who initiated
d) Battle of Assaye the introduction of English in India was………….?
20) Who among the following started the first a) Lord Bentick
English newspaper in India? b) Lord Curzon
a) J.A Hickey c) Lord Hastings
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak d) Lord Macaulay
c) Raja Rammohan Roy 25) ………………. was an English statesman and
d) Lord William Bentick governor-general of India during the Indian
Rebellion of 1857?
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a) Lord Hardinge a) 16th August, 1946
b) Lord Dalhousie b) 16th May, 1946
c) Lord Elgin c) 4th December, 1946
d) Lord Canning d) 3rd September, 1946
26) Who among the following was the Chairman of 30) The Province of Bengal was partitioned into two
the Partition Council? parts in 1905 by…………...?
a) V.P Menon a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Mountbatten b) Lord Lytton
c) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Lord Ripon
d) M.A Jinnah d) Lord Dufferin
27) Who among the following Governor-General is 31) Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny,
generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self- and now the time comes when we shall redeem our
government in modern India? pledge’. This was stated on the night of August, 14,
a) Lord Mayo 1947 by…………...?
b) Lord Curzon a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c) Lord Ripon b) Dr. B.R Ambedkar
d) Lord Lytton c) C. Rajagopalachari
28) The Round Table Conference at London met for d) Jawaharlal Nehru
the discussion of……………? 32) The Indian National Congress had passed the
a) Gandhi’s demands for calling off Civil disobedience famous resolution on ‘Non-cooperation’ in 1920 at
movement its session held at………….?
b) Provision of Provincial autonomy a) Bombay
c) A future administration of India b) Delhi
d) Congress claim to be the sole representative of c) Lucknow
Indians d) Calcutta
29) Which day was declared as the ‘Direct Action 33) Which of the following can be considered as the
Day’ by the Muslim league? most useful and outstanding reforms made by Lord
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Curzon, especially in respect of people living in the 37) Who attended the Congress of Oppressed
undivided province of Punjab? Nationalists at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of the
a) Police reforms National Congress?
b) Agricultural reforms a) Dr. Ansari
c) Industrial reforms b) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Educational reforms c) Mahatma Gandhi
34) The transfer of Government from the d) B.R Ambedkar
‘Company’ to ‘Crown’ was pronounced by Lord 38) Which one of the following Governor-General
Canning on November 1, 1858 at…………? had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at
a) Patna Ropar?
b) Calcutta a) William Bentick
c) Allahabad b) Minto I
d) Delhi c) Warren Hastings
35) The Indian National Congress and the Muslim d) Lord Auckland
league came closer to each other in 1916 39) Who was the President of Indian National
at………….? Congress when the Mountbatten Plan of
a) Lucknow independence was accepted?
b) Lahore a) Maulana Azad
c) Haripura b) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Amritsar c) Acharya J.B Kriplani
36) Who among the following propounded the d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during British 40) The split between the ‘Extremists’ and
Imperialism? ‘Moderates’ came up in the open at the Surat
a) Gopalkrishna Gokhale Congress session in the year………...?
b) W.C Bannerji a) 1906
c) Dadabhai Naoroji b) 1907
d) Mahatma Gandhi c) 1910
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d) 1905 d) Lord Dalhousie
41) During whose Viceroy ship did the High Court’s 45) At which place in Bengal was the East India
came into existence at the three Presidential cities of Company given permission to trade and build a
Calcutta, Madras and Bombay? factory by the Mughals in 1651?
a) Lord Lawrence a) Singur
b) Warren Hastings b) Calcutta
c) Lord Dalhousie c) Qasim Bazar
d) Lord Cornwallis d) Burdwan
42) Who was the only Indian to be elected as 46) Who among the following British persons
President of the United Nations General Assembly? admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
a) Rajeshwar Dayal a) Lord Canning
b) Vijayalakshmi Pandit b) Benjamin Disraeli
c) V.K Krishna Menon c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Lord Ellenborough
43) Who among the following was the first English 47) Who among the following was the first
President of the Indian National Congress? propounder of the Doctrine of Passive Resistance?
a) William Wedderburn a) Aurobindo Ghosh
b) A.O Hume b) Lajpat Rai
c) George Yule c) G.K Gokhale
d) Henry Cotton d) B.G Tilak
44) As per the provisions of the Charter Act of 48) Who among the following founded the ‘All
1833, a Law Commission (for consolidating, India Depressed Classes Federation’ in 1920?
codifying and improving Indian laws) was a) B.R Ambedkar
constituted under the Chairmanship of………….? b) M.K Gandhi
a) Lord Macaulay c) Jyotiba Phule
b) Lord Bentick d) G.K Gokhale
c) Raja Rammohan Roy
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49) Who among the following analysed the causes of 53) Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt
the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation of 1857 at………….?
between the British and the Muslims? a) Kanpur
a) Syed Ahmed Khan b) Barrackpore
b) Syed Ahmed Brelvi c) Meerut
c) Syed Amir Ali d) Jhansi
d) Shah Waliaullah 54) Which place among the following was the
50) Which of the following authorised the British headquarters of the Portuguese in India?
Government to imprison any person without trial a) Cochin
and conviction in a court of law? b) Calicut
a) Government of India Act of 1935 c) Goa
b) Indian Councils Act of 1909 d) Cannanore
c) Rowlatt Act of 1919 55) Which of the following Governor-General was
d) Government of India Act of 1919 impeached by the House of Commons in England?
51) Who among the following were benefitted most a) Lord Wellesley
by the British Revenue system in India? b) Warren Hastings
a) Zamindars c) William Bentick
b) Sharecroppers d) Lord Cornwallis
c) Peasants 56) The National Anthem was first sung in the year
d) Agriculture-labour 1911 at the Annual Session of the Indian National
52) The Indian National Congress was formed Congress held at………...?
during the Governor-Generalship of………...? a) Kolkata
a) Lord Curzon b) Pune
b) Lord Ripon c) Mumbai
c) Lord William Bentick d) Lucknow
d) Lord Dufferin 57) Who founded the Indian national party in
Berlin during 1914?
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a) W.C Banerjee d) Jhansi
b) Champakaraman Pillai 62) During British rule, who was instrumental for
c) Subhash Chandra Bose the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then
d) Surendranath Banerjee Madras Presidency?
58) Who among the following was the Viceroy when a) Thomas Munro
Delhi became the capital of British India? b) Macartney
a) Lord Hardinge c) Elphinstone
b) Lord Curzon d) John Lawrence
c) Lord Minto 63) The first meeting of the Indian National
d) Lord Canning Congress held in 1885 was presided by whom?
59) Who among the following was the Viceroy at the a) D.E Wacha
time of ‘Quit India movement’? b) Shri P.M Mehta
a) Lord Irwin c) Shri Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
b) Lord Mountbatten d) S.N Banerjee
c) Lord Wavell 64) British Crown assumed sovereignty over India
d) Lord Lin Lithgow from the East India Company in the year……….?
60) The East India Company’s monopoly of trade a) 1859
with China came to an end by which charter act? b) 1860
a) Charter act of 1793 c) 1858
b) Charter act of 1853 d) 1857
c) Charter act of 1813 65) Who among the following was responsible for
d) Charter act of 1833 the revival of Hinduism in 19th century?
61) For the annexation of which Indian kingdom a) Guru Shankar Acharya
‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was not followed? b) Swami Dayanand
a) Mysore c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Satara d) Swami Vivekanand
c) Nagpur
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66) Who among the following established the 70) Who among the following was referred as the
‘Sharda Sadan’ a school for Indian widows in ‘Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity’ by Sarojini
colonial India? Naidu?
a) Sarojini Naidu a) Maulana Azad
b) Mahadev Govind Ranade b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
c) Pandita Ramabai c) Shaukat Ali
d) Dayanand Saraswati d) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
67) The British Government intervened in the 71) The Indian Independence Bill was first
affairs of the Company and passed an act in 1773 presented in the House of Commons in London
A.D known as the…………...? on…………?
a) Company act a) August 1, 1947
b) Regulating act b) July 14, 1947
c) Charter act c) July 4, 1947
d) Pitt’s India act d) August 10, 1947
68) Which rebellion in Bengal was highlighted by 72) Who established the Sadr-Diwani-Adalat during
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel ‘Anand the British East India Company’s rule?
Math’? a) Dalhousie
a) Kol Uprising b) Cornwallis
b) Chaur Uprising c) Wellesley
c) Santhal Uprising d) Warren Hastings
d) Sanyasi rebellion 73) Who was the founder of Kolkata’s first ‘Atmiya
69) Who among the following was the Governor- Sabha’ (philosophical discussion circle) held in
General during the ‘Second Anglo-Mysore War’? 1815?
a) Warren Hastings a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Lord Wellesley b) Rammohan Roy
c) Sir John Shore c) Jawahar lal Nehru
d) Lord Cornwallis d) Lala Lajpat Rai
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74) The Working Committee of National Congress a) Battle of Panipat
sanctioned the resolution named ‘Quit India’ b) Battle of Plassey
at…………? c) Battle of Wandiwash
a) Nagpur d) Battle of Buxar
b) Delhi 79) The English established their first factory in
c) Mumbai India at which of the following location?
d) Wardha a) Surat
75) The system of Budget was introduced in India b) Madras
during the Viceroyalty of………...? c) Bombay
a) Dalhousie d) Sutanati
b) Canning 80) Who was the first Indian to be elected as a
c) Ripon Member of the British House of Commons?
d) Elgin a) Sarojini Naidu
76) Mutiny of 1857 was described as the First b) Dada Bhai Naoroji
Indian war of Independence by………….? c) Jayaprakash Narayan
a) Bhagat Singh d) Ram Manohar Lohia
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 81) The first country which discovered sea route to
c) Subhash Chandra Bose India was…………...?
d) V.D Savarkar a) French
77) Who was the first Indian to be elected as the b) Britain
leader of the Communist International? c) Dutch
a) M.N Roy d) Portugal
b) Jawaharlal Nehru 82) Who among the following betrayed Siraj-ud-
c) P.C Joshi Daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel a) Nawab of Oudh
78) British achieved political power in Indian after b) Hyder Ali
which of the following Battle? c) Mir Jaffar
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d) Mir Qasim 87) The pledge for ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was taken at
83) Who was the founder of Satya Shodak Sabha in the Congress session of………...?
Maharashtra? a) Allahabad
a) Gopal Baba Wala b) Calcutta
b) Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar c) Madras
c) Dr. Atmaram Pandurang d) Lahore
d) Jyotiba Phule 88) Who among the following was the Nawab when
84) Who among the following took over the Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856?
leadership of Salt Satyagraha when Mahatma a) Wajid Ali Shah
Gandhi was arrested? b) Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel c) Alivardi Khan
b) Vinoba Bhave d) Shujaud Daula
c) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad 89) Who among the following viceroys became a
d) Abbas Tyabji victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the
85) Who was the founder-editor of the famous Andamans?
newspaper ‘Kesari’ during the National Struggle? a) Lord Lytton
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Lord Curzon
b) Mahatma Gandhi c) Lord Mayo
c) Muhammad Iqbal d) Lord Ripon
d) Lokmanya Tilak 90) Who among the following is considered as the
86) Where are the traces of the Portuguese culture ‘Father of Extremist Movement’ in India?
found in India? a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
a) Cochin b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Calicut c) Motilal Nehru
c) Cannanore d) Vallabhbhai Patel
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91) The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by 95) What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating
Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in against when he succumbed to police brutality?
January 1912 under the title of…………...? a) Simon Commission
a) Matribhoomi b) Rowlatt act
b) Jay He c) Minto-Morley reforms
c) Rashtra Jagriti d) Pitts India act
d) Bharat Vidhata 96) The last Governor-General of the East India
92) Who among the following was the pioneer of the Company and the first Viceroy under the crown
western system of education of India? was…………...?
a) Surendranath Banerjee a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lala Lajpat Rai b) Lord Canning
c) Dayanand Saraswati c) Lord Elgin
d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy d) Lord Warren Hastings
93) After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of 97) What did the Hunter Commission appointed by
‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel was given the Viceroy probe?
by………...? a) Chauri Chaura incident
a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad b) Khilafat Agitation
b) Motilal Nehru c) Bardoli Satyagraha
c) Mahatma Gandhi d) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
d) Jawaharlal Nehru 98) ‘Permanent Settlement’ the system of revenue
94) What is the name of the Fort built by the collection was introduced in India by………….?
English in Calcutta? a) Lord Hastings
a) Fort Victoria b) Lord Cornwallis
b) Fort St. David c) Lord Curzon
c) Fort St. Andrew d) Lord Dalhousie
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99) All India Women’s Conference, organization 100) Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, ‘A post-dated
dedicated to upliftment and betterment of women cheque on a crumbling bank’ is regarding the
and children was founded in which year? proposals of…………?
a) 1927 a) Cripps mission
b) 1925 b) Simon Commission
c) 1921 c) Cabinet mission
d) 1928 d) Wavell Plan

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1) Answer: d) preceding and following the independence convinced
The first attempt to introduce a representative and the rulers of almost all of the hundreds of princely
popular element in the governance of India was made states to accede to India.
through Indian Council Act 1909. This Act is generally 4) Answer: c)
regarded as the Morley- Minto reforms. As per this After Sepoy Mutiny rule established in 1857, British
rule, the government limited the increase of Indian govt. started ruling over India. Governor general
representatives in the governance of British India. became the Viceroy and Lord Canning became the last
2) Answer: a) Governor General and first Viceroy.
Ryotwari Settlement of Madras was the land settlement 5) Answer: a)
system adopted by the English to provide more The Constituent Assembly constituted on November
protection to the interests of farmers. Under the 1946 under Cabinet Mission Plan. The total strength of
Ryotwari System, settlement of land revenue was made the Constituent Assembly was 389. It comprised of
directly between the government and the ryots the several Committees to deal with different tasks. One
cultivator. such Union Powers Constitution Committee was
3) Answer: c) headed by Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Through a combination of tactics, Sardar Vallabhbhai 6) Answer: c)
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Lord Dalhousie introduced postage stamps in India. He was exerted both by conquest and trade, especially in
served as governor general of India from 1848 to 1856. spices. Danish did not have a settlement on the Eastern
7) Answer: a) Coast of India.
In 1850, the first experimental electric telegraph line 11) Answer: d)
was started between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour. In Macaulay minute reform which was introduced in 1835
1851, it was opened for the use of the British East India made English as a medium of education which was
Company. Subsequently, the construction of 6,400 km compulsory in upper primary level education.
of telegraph lines connecting Kolkata and Peshawar in 12) Answer: b)
the north along with Agra, Mumbai through Sindwa Portuguese controlled maximum trade in western
Ghats and Chennai in the South as well as Ootacamund coastal region during 17th century. They traded gold,
and Bangalore was started in November 1853. and also spices, ivory, and slaves for metals, cloth, and
8) Answer: c) manufactured goods.
The original name of Dayanand Saraswati was Mula 13) Answer: b)
Sankara because he was born in Dhanu Rashi and Mul Rani Lakshmi bai or also known as Jhansi Ki rani led
Nakshatra. His father was Karshanji Lalji Kapadi, and the revolt of 1857 at Jhansi. She fought bravely and
his mother was Yashodabai. died while fighting the British during the 1857 revolt
9) Answer: c) and became a supreme symbol of Indian nationalism.
Dadabhai Naoroji also known as the "Grand Old Man 14) Answer: b)
of India’’ was an Indian Parsi scholar, trader and The Doctrine of lapse theory was introduced by Lord
politician who was a Liberal Party member of Dalhousie. The company took over the princely states
Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of of Satara (1848), Jaitpur and Sambalpur (1849),
Commons between 1892 and 1895, and the first Indian Nagpur and Jhansi (1854), Tore and Arcot (1855) and
to be elected to the British Parliament. Udaipur (Chhattisgarh) under the terms of the doctrine
10) Answer: a) of lapse. Thus, Satara was the first princely state where
Colonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent Doctrine of lapse applied.
that was under the jurisdiction of European colonial 15) Answer: b)
powers during the Age of Discovery. European power
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The University of Calcutta is a public state university The Battle of Wandiwash was a decisive battle in India
located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India established on during the Seven Years' War. The Count de Lally's
24 January 1857. The school was founded in 1857 army, burdened by a lack of naval support and funds,
while Lord Canning was the Governor General of attempted to regain the fort at Vandavasi, now in Tamil
India. Nadu. He was attacked by Sir Eyre Coote's forces and
16) Answer: d) decisively defeated. This battle proved to be decisive in
Chittagong armoury raid also known as the Chittagong the Anglo-French rivalry in India.
uprising, was an attempt on 18 April 1930 to raid the 20) Answer: a)
armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the The first newspaper in India was published on 29
Chittagong armoury in the Bengal Presidency of January, 1780 by James Augustus Hicky under the
British India by armed Indian independence fighters British Raj and its name was 'The Bengal Gazette'. It
led by Surya Sen. Dinesh Gupta was not involved in was also called as 'Calcutta General Advertiser' and
the Chittagong Armoury Raid. people simply remember it as 'Hicky's Gazette'.
17) Answer: b) 21) Answer: d)
English East India Company became the legitimate The Governor of the Punjab was head of the British
masters of Bengal Suba after battle of Buxar which administration in the province of the Punjab. In 1849
was held on 22 Oct, 1764 between East lndia company the East India Company defeated the Sikh Empire and
led by Hector Munro and Mir Qasim (Nawab of annexed the Punjab region. The Governor-General of
Bengal), Mughal emperor Shah Alam, Nawab of India, Lord Dalhousie implemented a three-member
Avadh Shira-jud-daula. Board of Administration to govern the province. Thus,
18) Answer: a) Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the
Parsi-born Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, an Indian reign of Governor-General Lord Dalhousie.
shipbuilder and engineer belonging to the Wadia ship 22) Answer: b)
building family, was the first Indian to be elected a Bhulabhai Desai was an Indian independence activist
Royal Society Fellow, way back in 1841. and acclaimed lawyer. When three captured Indian
19) Answer: b) National Army (INA) officers, Shahnawaz Khan, Prem
Kumar Sahgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon were put
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on trial for treason, the Congress formed a Defence Patel, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Liaqat Ali Khan and Abdur
committee composed of 17 advocates including Rab Nishtar. Later this committee was replaced by a
Bhulabhai Desai. Partition Council.
23) Answer: a) 27) Answer: c)
Anandamath is a Bengali fiction, written by Bankim Lord Ripon is known to have granted the Indians first
Chandra Chattopadhyay and published in 1882. Set in taste of freedom by introducing the Local Self
the background of the Sannyasi Rebellion in the late Government in 1882. He is known as Father of Local
18th century, it is considered one of the most important Self Government in India. This was not enacted by any
novels in the history of Bengali and Indian literature. act, it was a resolution that was passed in 1882.
24) Answer: a) 28) Answer: c)
Thomas Babington Macaulay was the one who started The three-round table conference of 1930-1932 were a
English education in India. In his report, Macaulay series of conferences organized by British government
emphasized the promotion of European literature and to discuss constitution reforms in India on the basis of
science through English medium to the people of India. report given by Simon Commission. The Round table
This recommendation was wholeheartedly accepted by conference at London met for the discussion of a future
William Bentinck. The Government Resolution in Administration of India.
1835 made English the official and literary language of 29) Answer: a)
India. Direct Action Day (16 August 1946), also known as
25) Answer: d) the 1946 Calcutta Killings, was a day of widespread
The governor general at the time of 1857 revolt was communal rioting between Muslims and Hindus in the
Lord Canning. He was made general just after the very city of Calcutta in the Bengal province of British India.
famous Lord Dalhousie (1848–1856). Canning became The day also marked the start of what is known as The
general in 1856 and after having the famous revolt of Week of the Long Knives.
1857, till 1862 he was on the post. 30) Answer: a)
26) Answer: b) October 16, 1905 is an important date for Bengal. The
Partition Committee was formed which was chaired by then Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon decided to divide
Lord Mountbatten and its members were Vallabh Bhai the region in a way that the western part was home to
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the Hindu majority area and the eastern part for the On November 1, 1858, a grand Darbar was held at
Muslim majority. The real motives behind the partition Allahabad. Here Lord Canning sent forth the royal
plan were the British desire to weaken Bengal, the proclamation which announced that the queen had
nerve centre of Indian nationalism and divide the assumed the government of India. This proclamation
Muslims and Hindus on the basis of religion. declared the future policy of the British Rule in India.
31) Answer: d) 35) Answer: a)
"Tryst with Destiny" was a speech delivered by The Lucknow Pact was an agreement that reached
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim
independent India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly League at the following joint session of both the parties
in The Parliament, on the eve of India's Independence, held in Lucknow in October 1916 during
towards midnight on 14 August 1947. It spoke on the A.C.Mazumdar as the President.
aspects that transcend India's history. It is considered to 36) Answer: c)
be one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century. The theory of economic drain of India during British
32) Answer: d) imperialism was propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji. He
The Calcutta Special Session of Congress in September mentioned the concept of drain of wealth from India
1920 passed the Non-cooperation resolution, the during British rule in his book Poverty and Un-British
resolution was officially valid in the Nagpur annual Rule in India.
session in Dec 1920. It was the movement under the 37) Answer: b)
leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. In February 1927, Jawaharlal Nehru on behalf of the
33) Answer: b) National Congress attended the Congress of Oppressed
Lord Curzon introduced some reforms in agriculture. Nationalities at Brussels organised by political exiles
He passed the Punjab Land alienation Act of 1902. and revolutionaries from the countries of Asia, Africa
Under this act, Curzon declared the land of agriculture and Latin America suffering from economic or
will not be transferred to non-agriculturist. In this way, political imperialism. The Congress was called to
he protected the farmers from moneylenders. coordinate and plan their common struggle against
34) Answer: c) imperialism. Many left-wing intellectuals and political
leaders of Europe also joined the Congress.
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38) Answer: a) of the United Nations General Assembly. Pandit was
Lord William Bentick's meeting with Maharaja Ranjit sent to London as India's most important diplomat after
Singh at Ropar, on the bank of the Sutlej, in the spring serving as Nehru's envoy to the Soviet Union, the
of 1831 October 15 was an occasion of a impressive United States and the United Nations.
ceremony and display. Both sides met on the either 43) Answer: c)
side of Sutlej with their full forces. Thus, William George Yule (1829-1892) was a Scottish merchant in
Bentick entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at England and India who served as the fourth President
Ropar. of the Indian National Congress in 1888 at Allahabad,
39) Answer: c) the first non-Indian to hold that office.
In the Session of 1947 held at Meerut Acharya J.B 44) Answer: a)
Kripalani was the President of Indian National Charter Act 1833 was passed by the British Parliament
Congress when Mountbatten plan of independence was to renew the charter of East India Company which was
accepted. last renewed in 1813. Via this act, the charter was
40) Answer: b) renewed for 20 years but the East India Company was
The Surat Split was the splitting of the Indian National deprived of its commercial privileges which it enjoyed
Congress into two groups - the Extremists and the so far. India’s first law commission was set up under
Moderates - at the Surat session in 1907. The Charter act of 1833 and Lord Macaulay was made its
moderates wanted "Ras Bihari Ghosh “as president of Chairman.
the Indian National Congress and radicals wanted 45) Answer: c)
"Lala Lajpat Rai" as president. At Qasim Bazar in Bengal the East India Company was
41) Answer: a) given permission to trade and build a factory by the
It was during the period of Lord Lawrence (1864 – Mughals in the year 1651.
1869) that the three High Courts were established at 46) Answer: b)
Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1865. British member of Parliament (House of commons)
42) Answer: b) Benziman Disraeli admitted the revolt of 1857 as a
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and National Revolt. V.D. Savarkar describe this revolt as
politician who was elected as the first female president the Indian's first struggle for Independence.
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47) Answer: a) purpose of the Act was to curb the growing nationalist
Doctrine of Passive Resistance is authored by upsurge in the country.
Aurobindo Ghosh. It is based on a series of articles by 51) Answer: a)
Aurobindo Ghosh which were published in April 1907 During Kingship, land was divided into Jagirs, Jagirs
in the journal Bande Matram. The articles were written were alloted to Jagirdars, these Jagirdars split the land
when the Bengal was burning with indignation after its they got and allocated to sub-ordinate Zamindars.
partition on October 16, 1905, by Viceroy Curzon. Zamindars made peasants cultivate the land, in-return
48) Answer: a) collected part of their revenue as tax. Thus, Zamindars
The All India Depressed Classes Association was were benefitted most by the British revenue system in
organised by B.R Ambedkar in 1930. The main aim India
was to uplift the economy and status of depressed 52) Answer: d)
classes and provide them reservation. They wanted to On 28 December 1885, the Indian National Congress
provide them their rights. was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in
49) Answer: a) Bombay, with 72 delegates in attendance. Hume
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, was an Islamic pragmatist, assumed office as the General Secretary, and Womesh
Islamic reformer and philosopher of nineteenth century Chunder Banerjee of Calcutta was elected President.
British India. He analysed the causes of the uprising of Lord Dufferin was the Governor General and Viceroy
1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British of India during the formation of Indian National
and the Muslims. Congress.
50) Answer: c) 53) Answer: b)
The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played a
popularly known as the Rowlatt Act or Black Act, was key part in the events immediately preceding the
a legislative council act passed by the Imperial outbreak of the Indian rebellion of 1857. At the
Legislative Council in Delhi on 21 March 1919. The Barrackpore ground near Kolkata, on the afternoon of
British government passed the infamous Rowlatt Act 29 March 1857, Pandey attacked and injured his
which gave enormous powers to the police to arrest British sergeant and wounded an adjutant. While
any person without any reason whatsoever. The Pandey incited his fellow soldiers to join him in the
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rebellion, a native soldier prevented him from killing Calcutta is the first capital of India. In 13 February
the adjutant and the sergeant-major. 1931 Delhi became the capital of India, shifting
54) Answer: c) Calcutta. The capital was shifted from Calcutta as
The Southern Province, also known simply as Goa, Delhi was the financial and political seat of many
was the headquarters of Portuguese India, and seat of earlier empires and was located closer to the
the Portuguese viceroy who governed the Portuguese geographical centre of India. Lord Hardinge was the
possessions in Asia. Viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British
55) Answer: b) India.
Warren Hastings was the first Governor General of 59) Answer: d)
India. He resigned, returned to England, was Lord Linlithgow was Viceroy of India from 1936 to
impeached for his conduct in India and had to face a 1944 and this eight years period was longest reign as
trial by Parliament. Viceroy of India. Thus, he was the Viceroy at the time
56) Answer: a) of Quit India Movement that took place in 1942.
“Jana Gana Mana” is the national anthem of India. 60) Answer: d)
Written in highly Sanskritised Bengali, it is the first of The charter act of 1833 legalized the British
five stanzas of a Brahmo hymn composed and scored colonization of India and the territorial possessions of
by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It was first the company were allowed to remain under its
sung in Calcutta Session of the Indian National government, but were held “in trust for his majesty, his
Congress on 27 December 1911. heirs and successors” for the service of Government of
57) Answer: b) India. This act ended the East India Company’s
Champakaraman Pillai founded the Indian National monopoly to trade with China.
Part in Berlin during 1914. He was an Indian-born 61) Answer: a)
political activist and revolutionary from Trivandrum, The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy applied
Kerala. Pillai lived in Germany for most of his active by the British East India Company in India until
years, and died in Berlin in 1934. 1859.Mysore state did not have a 'natural heir' and it
58) Answer: a) was not annexed under the 'doctrine of lapse' by the
'East India Company'.
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62) Answer: a) atman and its innate purity and perfection,
Ryotwari System was introduced in India in 1820 by reincarnation and religion as realization.
Thomas Munro and Charles Reed. It was first 66) Answer: c)
introduced in Madras presidency. Under this British Pandita Ramabai started 'Sharda sadan' (House of
Government collected taxes directly from the peasants. Learning) at Bombay in 1889. It was the school of
63) Answer: c) Indian Widows in colonial India.
On 28 December 1885, the Indian National Congress 67) Answer: b)
was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in The Regulating Act of 1773 recognized the political
Bombay, with 72 delegates in attendance. Hume functions of the company, because it asserted for the
assumed office as the General Secretary, and Womesh first time right of the parliament to dictate the form of
Chunder Banerjee of Calcutta was elected President. government. It was the first attempt of British
Thus, Womesh Chunder Banerjee presided the first government to centralize the administrative machinery
meeting of Indian National Congress in 1885. in India.
64) Answer: c) 68) Answer: d)
The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Anand Math is a Bengali fiction, written by Bankim
British parliament that transferred the government and Chandra Chattopadhyay and published in 1882. It is
territories of the East India Company to the British inspired by and set in the background of the Sannyasi
Crown. The company's rule over British territories in Rebellion in the late 18th century, it is considered one
India came to an end and it was passed directly to the of the most important novels in the history of Bengali
British government. and Indian literature.
65) Answer: d) 69) Answer: a)
Swami Vivekananda was responsible for the revival of The Second Anglo–Mysore War was a conflict
Hinduism in the 19th century. A Hindu, according to between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East
Vivekananda, is one who believes in the authority of India Company from 1780 to 1784. Warren Hastings
the Vedas, God, the cyclical order of creation, was the Governor-General during this war.
preservation and dissolution, the immortality of the 70) Answer: b)

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Sarojini Naidu called Mohammad Ali Jinnah as On 14 July 1942, the Congress Working Committee
'Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity. He advocated met again at Wardha and resolved that it would
Hindu–Muslim unity in early years of his political authorise Gandhi to take charge of the non-violent
career. Gopal Krishna Gokhale stated that Jinnah "has mass movement. The Resolution, generally referred to
true stuff in him, and that freedom from all sectarian as the 'Quit India' resolution, was to be approved by the
prejudice which will make him the best ambassador of All India Congress Committee meeting in Bombay in
Hindu–Muslim Unity". August.
71) Answer: c) 75) Answer: b)
The Indian Independence Act, which was based on the Charles John Canning was an English statesman and
Mountbatten plan of June 3, was passed by the British Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion
parliament on July 5, 1947 and first presented in the of 1857.The system of budget was introduced in India
House of Commons in London on July 4, 1947. It during the viceroyalty of Lord Canning.
received royal assent or approval on July 18, 1947. 76) Answer: d)
72) Answer: d) In India, the term First War of Independence was first
Sadr-Diwani- Adalat in civil court was introduced by popularized by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in his 1909
Warren Hastings. It was established in Kolkata (then book The History of the War of Indian Independence,
Calcutta) in 1772. The system was reformed two times which was originally written in Marathi.
in 1780 and 1793 respectively by the British. 77) Answer: a)
73) Answer: b) Manabendra Nath Roy, born Narendra Nath
Atmiya Sabha was a philosophical discussion circle in Bhattacharya, was an Indian revolutionary, radical
India. The association was started by Ram Mohan Roy activist and political theorist, as well as a noted
in 1815 in Kolkata (then Calcutta). They used to philosopher in the 20th century. Roy was a founder of
conduct debate and discussion sessions on the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist
philosophical topics, and also used to promote free and Party of India. He was the first Indian to be elected as
collective thinking and social reforms. the leader of the Communist International.
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The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the 82) Answer: c)
British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the
and his French allies on 23 June 1757, under the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal
leadership of Robert Clive which was possible due to and his French allies on 23 June 1757, under the
the defection of Mir Jafar Ali Khan, who was Siraj-ud- leadership of Robert Clive which was possible due to
Daulah's commander in chief. The battle helped the the defection of Mir Jafar Ali Khan, who was Siraj-ud-
Company seize control of Bengal. Daulah's commander in chief. The battle helped the
79) Answer: a) Company seize control of Bengal. Thus, Mir Jaffar
Surat is the first place where the EIC decided to betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey.
establish a factory first though it materialized first in 83) Answer: d)
Masulipatnam. The company created trading posts in Satyashodhak Samaj is a social reform society
Surat (where a factory was built in 1612), Madras established by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule in Pune, India,
(1639), Bombay (1668), and Calcutta (1690). on 24 September 1873. Its purpose was to liberate the
80) Answer: b) Shudra and Untouchable castes from exploitation and
Sir Dadabhai Naoroji also known as the "Grand Old oppression.
Man of India” was an Indian Parsi scholar, trader and 84) Answer: d)
politician who was a Liberal Party member of Mahatma Gandhi appointed Abbas Tyabji to replace
Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of him as leader of the Salt Satyagraha in May 1930 after
Commons between 1892 and 1895. He was the first Gandhi's arrest. Tyabji was arrested soon afterwards
Indian to be elected as a Member of the British House and imprisoned by the British Indian Government.
of Commons. 85) Answer: d)
81) Answer: d) Kesari is a Marathi newspaper which was founded in
On May 20, 1498, when the Portuguese explorer Vasco 1881 by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent
da Gama landed in Kozhikode, India, via the Cape of leader of the Indian Independence movement. The
Good Hope, in the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal became newspaper was started and was used as a spokes piece
the first European country to discover the new sea for the Indian national freedom movement.
route to India. 86) Answer: d)
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Goa is a former Portuguese colony, the Portuguese 90) Answer: a)
overseas territory of Portuguese India that existed for Bal Gangadhar Tilak born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak,
about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961. was a popular leader of the people who fought for
Thus, the traces of Portuguese culture are found in Indian independence during the Indian Independence
Goa. Movement. He was a journalist, teacher, social
87) Answer: d) reformer, playwright, and lawyer. He was also a
It was the Madras session of 1927 that for the first time political extremist and considered as the ‘Father of
the Congress called for Purna Swaraj, or complete Extremist Movement’ in India.
freedom, with Jawaharlal Nehru moving the 91) Answer: d)
Independence Resolution but the demand for 'Poorna Jana-Gana-Mana was composed by Rabindra Nath
swaraj' or complete independence was adopted at Tagore in Bengali language. Under the title of Bharat
Lahore session of Congress in December 1929. Vidhata it was first published in 1912 and sung in the
88) Answer: a) Calcutta session,1911.
On 7 February 1856 by order of Lord Dalhousie, 92) Answer: d)
General of the East India Company, the king of Oudh In 1822, Roy founded the Anglo-Hindu school,
(Wajid Ali Shah) was deposed, and its kingdom was followed four years later (1826) by the Vedanta
annexed to British India under the terms of the college; where he insisted that his teaching of
Doctrine of lapse on the grounds of alleged internal monotheistic doctrines be incorporated with modern
misrule. Thus, Wajid Ali Shah was the Nawab when western curriculum. However, Ram Mohan was the
Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856. chief advocate of the western system of education and
89) Answer: c) the scientific learning.
Sher Ali Afridi, also called Shere Ali, is known for 93) Answer: c)
killing Lord Mayo, the Viceroy of India, on 8 February The Bardoli Satyagraha was a major peasant
1872. He was a prisoner on the Andaman and Nicobar movement in Gujarat in the year 1928, led by
Islands at the time, sentenced for murder. Thus, Lord Vallabhbhai Patel. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of
Mayo became a victim of one of the convicts during Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organizational
his visit to the Andamans. skill in The Bardoli Satyagraha.
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94) Answer: d) Hunter. It also had Indian members. In the final report
Fort William is a fort in Calcutta (Kolkata), built submitted in March 1920, the committee unanimously
during the early years of the Bengal Presidency of condemned Dyer's actions.
British India. It sits on the eastern banks of the River 98) Answer: b)
Hooghly, the major distributary of the River Ganges. Permanent settlement was introduced in 1793 by Lord
95) Answer: a) Cornwallis and covered around one fifth of British
In Lahore, Lala Lajpat Rai, who was leading the territory in India, including Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, parts
demonstration against the Simon Commission, was of Northern Karnataka, Varanasi and some other areas.
brutally lathi-charged. He died later that year due to With the permanent settlement, the auctioning of land
injuries sustained then. Thus, Lala Lajpat Rai was (Izaredar system in Bengal) came to at an end.
demonstrating against Simon Commission when he 99) Answer: a)
succumbed to police brutality. All India Women’s Conference was founded in 1927
96) Answer: b) by Margaret Cousins in order to improve educational
Lord Canning was the last Governor-General of East efforts for women and children and has expanded its
India Company and became the first Viceroy of India scope to also tackle other women's rights issues. The
under Crown rule after the Queen Victoria's organisation is one of the oldest women's groups in
proclamation in the year 1858. India and has branches throughout the country.
97) Answer: d) 100) Answer: a)
The government formed a committee of inquiry to Cripps Mission headed by Sir Stafford Cripps came to
investigate the Jallianwala Bagh shootings. The India in the year 1942 to secure full Indian co-
committee was commonly known as Hunter operation for world war-II. Gandhiji remarked Cripps
Commission after the name of chairman, Lord William Mission as Post-dated Cheque on a crumbling bank.

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