451. The famous ‘Vandemataram’ song was written by:
A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: A
452. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: B
453. The ‘Swaraj Party’ was founded in the year:
A) 1920
B) 1921
C) 1923
D) 1925
Answer: C
454. Who was the first Vice-President of India?
A) S. Radhakrishnan
B) Zakir Husain
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) V.V. Giri
Answer: A
455. The “Simla Agreement” between India and Pakistan was signed in:
A) 1972
B) 1955
C) 1965
D) 1947
Answer: A
456. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Answer: A
457. The first woman Governor of an Indian state was:
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D) Indira Gandhi
Answer: A
458. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
A) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Surendranath Banerjee
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: A
459. The famous ‘Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ took place in the year:
A) 1919
B) 1920
C) 1922
D) 1917
Answer: A
460. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) C. V. Raman
D) Har Gobind Khorana
Answer: B
461. The ‘Chauri Chaura’ incident took place in which year?
A) 1920
B) 1921
C) 1930
D) 1942
Answer: B
462. The famous ‘Champaran Satyagraha’ was held in the state of:
A) Bihar
B) Bengal
C) Punjab
D) Rajasthan
Answer: A
463. The famous ‘Lal-Bal-Pal’ was a trio of which freedom fighters?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Lala Lajpat Rai, Subhas Chandra Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi, Bipin Chandra Pal
D) Subhas Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi, Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: A
464. The Indian Constitution came into force on:
A) 15th August 1947
B) 26th January 1950
C) 15th August 1950
D) 26th January 1947
Answer: B
465. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Annie Besant
C) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
D) Indira Gandhi
Answer: B
466. The Indian Independence Act of 1947 was passed by:
A) Indian Government
B) British Parliament
C) United Nations
D) The Indian National Congress
Answer: B
467. The famous ‘Khilafat Movement’ was started by:
A) Maulana Azad
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: C
468. The ‘Lahore Resolution’, which demanded the creation of Pakistan, was passed in the year:
A) 1930
B) 1940
C) 1942
D) 1947
Answer: B
469. The famous ‘Gadar Party’ was founded in which country?
A) India
B) USA
C) Canada
D) UK
Answer: B
470. The first Governor-General of India after Independence was:
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: B
471. Who was the first woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Mother Teresa
D) Lata Mangeshkar
Answer: A
472. The famous ‘Simla Conference’ was held in:
A) 1947
B) 1945
C) 1942
D) 1931
Answer: D
473. Who was the first governor of independent India?
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: D
474. The famous ‘Non-Cooperation Movement’ was started in the year:
A) 1915
B) 1920
C) 1930
D) 1942
Answer: B
475. Who was the founder of the ‘Indian National Army’ (INA)?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Bhagat Singh
Answer: A
476. The first woman to receive the Param Vir Chakra was:
A) Rani Lakshmibai
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Gunjan Saxena
D) Lata Mangeshkar
Answer: C
477. Who was the first leader to propose the concept of a united India?
A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Swami Vivekananda
Answer: B
478. Who was the first to describe India’s freedom struggle as ‘First War of Indian Independence’?
A) V.D. Savarkar
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: A
479. The ‘Lucknow Pact’ was signed between the:
A) Congress and Muslim League
B) Congress and British
C) Hindus and Sikhs
D) Hindus and Muslims
Answer: A
480. Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
A) Santosh Yadav
B) Bachendri Pal
C) Kalpana Chawla
D) Arunima Sinha
Answer: B
481. The first battle of Panipat was fought in the year 1526 between:
A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
B) Akbar and Rana Pratap
C) Sher Shah and Humayun
D) Rajput and Mughals
Answer: A
482. The famous battle of Buxar took place in the year:
A) 1757
B) 1764
C) 1799
D) 1805
Answer: B
483. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Surendranath Banerjee
C) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: C
484. The ‘Permanent Settlement’ was introduced by:
A) Lord Wellesley
B) Lord Cornwallis
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Curzon
Answer: B
485. The ‘Simon Commission’ was boycotted by the Indian National Congress because:
A) It was formed without any Indian representation
B) It was led by a British officer
C) It was not a solution to Indian problems
D) All of the above
Answer: A
486. The famous ‘Battle of Plassey’ was fought in the year:
A) 1757
B) 1764
C) 1776
D) 1803
Answer: A
487. The ‘Lahore Session’ of the Indian National Congress in 1929 declared that:
A) India should be a republic
B) Dominion status should be granted to India
C) The goal of the Congress was to seek complete independence
D) A new constitution should be created for India
Answer: C
488. The ‘Champaran Satyagraha’ was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in the state of:
A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Bihar
D) Punjab
Answer: C
489. Who was the first Viceroy of British India?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Wellesley
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Canning
Answer: D
490. The Indian Independence Act of 1947 was passed in:
A) British Parliament
B) Indian Parliament
C) UN General Assembly
D) Indian National Congress
Answer: A
491. The ‘Quit India Movement’ was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in the year:
A) 1942
B) 1930
C) 1940
D) 1947
Answer: A
492. The famous ‘Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ occurred during the tenure of which British General?
A) General Dyer
B) General Montgomery
C) General Lord Wellesley
D) General Clive
Answer: A
493. Who is known as the ‘Father of the Nation’ in India?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: C
494. The first woman to become the Prime Minister of India was:
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Answer: B
495. Who was the founder of the All India Muslim League?
A) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
B) Aga Khan
C) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
D) Liaquat Ali Khan
Answer: C
496. The famous ‘Salt March’ of Mahatma Gandhi was undertaken from:
A) Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi
B) Delhi to Dandi
C) Calcutta to Dandi
D) Madras to Dandi
Answer: A
497. Who was the first General of the Indian National Army?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Mohan Singh
C) Shahnawaz Khan
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: B
498. The ‘Simla Agreement’ was signed between India and Pakistan in:
A) 1947
B) 1965
C) 1971
D) 1972
Answer: D
499. The famous ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’ was led by:
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Medha Patkar
C) Anna Hazare
D) Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: B
500. The famous ‘Chauri Chaura’ incident occurred during which movement?
A) Civil Disobedience Movement
B) Non-Cooperation Movement
C) Quit India Movement
D) Salt Satyagraha
Answer: B