MCQGeeks
0 : 0 : 1
CBSE
JEE
NTSE
NEET
English
UK Quiz
Quiz
Driving Test
Practice
Games
Quiz
History
Modern Indian History
Quiz 9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Q.1
The Cripps Mission visited India in the year
1940
1942
1945
1946
Q.2
Who said, The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
Lord Dufferin
Lord Curzon
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Elgin
Q.3
The Mohamedan Association was founded in __________in 1856
Calcutta
Adayar
Madras
Maharashtra
Q.4
The first weekly paper published by the INC (in 1889) was
Young India
India
Indian People
Voice India
Q.5
Assertion (A): The permanent settlement is said to have initially resulted in increased agricultural production.
Reason (R): In this system the Zamindar could keep for himself any increase in the rental of his estate
Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Q.6
Who amidst the following great music composers was the ruler of a State?
Tyagaraja
Shyama Shastri
Muthu Swami Diskshitar
Swati Thirunal
Q.7
Which of the following Acts had provision of Indian Civil Services recruitment on the basis of competitive examination?
Charter Act of 1813
Government of India Act, 1858
Charter Act of 1853
Charter Act of 1833
Q.8
Which reforms Act had created the office of the secretary of state for India?
Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
The Government of India Act, 1858
The Indian Councils Act, 1861
Minto-Morley Reforms, 1908
Q.9
The Government of India Act of 1935 consists of __________ sections and 10 schedules
300
330
321
331
Q.10
Who represented Indian women in The Second Round Table Conference?
Aruna Asaf Ali
Sucheta Kripalani
Sarojini Naidu
Kalpana Joshi
Q.11
The Charter Act of 1813 left intact the Company's monopoly of __________ trade
China
Jawa
Ceylon
Japan
Q.12
Who started the Young Men's Indian Association in 1914?
Annie Besant
Swarnakumari Devi
Devendranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Q.13
In May__________, S. Ramaswami Mudaliar and P. Anandacharlu established the Madras Mahajana Sabha
1783
1784
1872
1884
Q.14
The Act of 1833 concentrated the legislative powers in the hands of
Parliament
Governor-General in Council
Board of Control
Crown
Q.15
The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the partition of India in the __________ session held in 1940
Lahore
Allahabad
Karachi
Dacca
Q.16
The President of the Congress Sessions of 1898 and 1902 was
Hume
Tilak
Dadabhai Naoroji
S. N. Banerjee
Q.17
Which of the following was established by B. R. Ambedkar?
Swaraj Party
Samaj Samata Party
All India Schedule Castes Federation
Congress Party
Q.18
Hevarappathinkangal is a Tamil work of __________
Chattambi Swamikal
Sree Narayana Guru
K. Ayyappan
K. madhvan Nair
Q.19
Sati was prohibited by
Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
Lord William Bentinck
Lord Dalhousie
Q.20
Who shot dead John Saunders on 17th December 1928?
Bhagat Singh
Mangal Pandey
Sukhdev
Bipin Chandra Pal
Q.21
Which of the following newspaper was started by Annie Besant?
The Hindu
Indian Express
The Times of India
New India
Q.22
Who among the following started Bengali weekly newspaper 'Sambad Kaumudi' in year 1821?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Aurobindo Ghosh
Ramkrishna Paramhans
Debendranath Tagore
Q.23
Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of
Lord Lytton
Lord Curzon
Lord Ripon
Lord Hardinge-I
Q.24
The doctrine of lapse had been put to much use by
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Bentick
Lord Curzon
Lord Ripon
Q.25
The first definite and forceful expression of the concept of a separate homeland for the Muslims came from (or the Catcher of the idea of Pakistan was)
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Rahmat Ali
M A Jinnah
Liaqat Ali
Q.26
The young Nanu had a keen mind and was sent to a famous scholar, __________ Asan at Karunagapally, a village fifty miles away from his home, at the age of 21
Madan Asan
Kummampilli Raman Pillai
Krishnan Vaidyan
Kumaran Asan
Q.27
The main cause of the tribal uprisings of the 19th century was
the British land settlements and land laws had created tension in the tribal society
Christian Missionary activities in the tribal areas
the British Forest Laws
new excise regulations and police exactions
Q.28
As per the Cabinet Mission Plan, the power would be first transferred to __________
The Indian National Congress
The Interim Government
The Viceroy
The Princes of the States
Q.29
After 1893, when complete ban was imposed on all commercial activities of the Company. India was left open to exploitation by
British officers in India
Planters
British mercantile industrial capitalist class
Zamindars and big landlords
Q.30
Narayana Guru started a Sanskrit school in __________
Varkala
Kottayam
Mahi
Calicut
Q.31
The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed between
The British and the Peshwa
The British and the Nizam
The British and Sikh
The British and Nawab of Arcot
Q.32
"Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education" who said this?
Mahatma Gandhi
Sree Narayana Guru
Chattambi Swamikal
Tilak
Q.33
Which of the following leader organised the Swaraj Party?
Lala Lajpat Rai and Feroz Shah Mehta
Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
C. Rajagopalachari and C. Y. Chintamani
Q.34
Why was the Second Round Table Conference failed?
Priority to be given to communal question
Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
Grant of Dominion Status
Date of transfer of power
Q.35
The Mountbatten plan did not envisage the inclusion of the __________ province in the Indian dominion
Bihar
Sind
Madras
Bombay
Q.36
The Indian Civil Service Examination was thrown open to all by the Act of
1853
1858
1813
1784
Q.37
__________'s Darsana Mala is written in Sanskrit
Sree Narayana Guru
Chattambi Swamikal
C. Kesavan
Dr. Palpu
Q.38
The first Indian to enter the Indian Civil Service was
Gokhale
Satyendra Nath Tagore
Ramanuja
Rabindranath Tagore
Q.39
__________ made a whirlwind tour of the country in 1916 and in his speeches he said, "Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it."
Tilak
Mahatma Gandhi
Gokhale
Jawaharlal Nehru
Q.40
The first President of the Ghadar Party - founded in 1913 in USA was
Lata Hardayal
Sohan Singh Bhakna
Bhai Parmanand
Sardar Ajit Singh
Q.41
Sarvodaya stands for
Total revolution
Non-cooperation
Upliftment of all
Non-violence
Q.42
In the Cabinet Mission Plan, provision was made for the Commissioner's Provinces to represent by __________ members in the Constituent Assembly
14
10
8
4
Q.43
As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the Princely States would be represented by __________ members in the Constituent Assembly
90
93
103
100
Q.44
The first statue of the Guru was conceived by __________
Moorkoth Kumaran
Tavaroli
Bodhananda Swamikal
Gokahale
Q.45
Whom had Gandhi named as Mira Behn?
Annie Besant
Kamla Devi
Indira Gandhi
Madeline Slade
Q.46
Who attended the Congress of Oppressed Nationalities at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of the National Congress?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Dr. Ansari
Motilal Nehru
Q.47
Chanakya was known as__________
Sumit Sarkar
R.C.Majumdar
Panikkar K.N
K.K.N.Kurup
Q.48
This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Mahatma Gandhi came on the scene
M. G. Ranade
Jyotiba Phule
Dayanand Saraswati
Atmaram Panduranga
Q.49
What was the single most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Indian History?
He was responsible for the acceptance of the Mountbatten Plan by the Congress
As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
He was the leading light of Mahatma Gandhi's NonCooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements
As President of the Indian National Congress he engineered the passing of the Quit India Resolution
Q.50
Who is the first female governor of Independent India?
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Sharda Mukherjee
Fathima Beevi
Sarojini Naidu
0 h : 0 m : 1 s
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Report Question
×
What's an issue?
Question is wrong
Answer is wrong
Other Reason
Want to elaborate a bit more? (optional)
Support mcqgeeks.com by disabling your adblocker.
×
Please disable the adBlock and continue.
Thank you.
Reload page