551. The famous ‘Subhash Chandra Bose’ was associated with which of the following?
A) Indian National Congress
B) All India Muslim League
C) Indian National Army
D) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Answer: C
552. Who was the first to describe the 1857 revolt as the ‘First War of Indian Independence’?
A) V.D. Savarkar
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: A
553. The famous ‘Bardoli Satyagraha’ was organized in the year:
A) 1915
B) 1925
C) 1930
D) 1940
Answer: B
554. Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services (ICS)?
A) Satyendranath Tagore
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: A
555. The ‘Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ took place in which city?
A) Delhi
B) Amritsar
C) Calcutta
D) Lucknow
Answer: B
556. The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Economics was:
A) Amartya Sen
B) Raghuram Rajan
C) Manmohan Singh
D) Jagdish Bhagwati
Answer: A
557. The ‘Chauri Chaura’ incident took place in the year:
A) 1920
B) 1919
C) 1925
D) 1930
Answer: A
558. Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?
A) Lord Cornwallis
B) Lord Wellesley
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Curzon
Answer: C
559. The famous ‘Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ took place on:
A) April 13, 1919
B) March 12, 1920
C) October 30, 1931
D) June 5, 1942
Answer: A
560. The famous ‘Viceroy’s Executive Council’ was introduced by:
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Lord Wellesley
D) Lord Canning
Answer: D
561. Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian National Congress’?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) A.O. Hume
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: B
562. The famous ‘Quit India Movement’ was launched in the year:
A) 1947
B) 1942
C) 1930
D) 1921
Answer: B
563. The famous ‘Bombay Resolution’ was passed in:
A) 1946
B) 1947
C) 1948
D) 1945
Answer: A
564. The ‘Montague-Chelmsford Reforms’ were announced in the year:
A) 1917
B) 1919
C) 1920
D) 1922
Answer: A
565. The famous ‘Chandni Chowk’ is located in which city?
A) Mumbai
B) Ahmedabad
C) New Delhi
D) Kolkata
Answer: C
566. The ‘Swadeshi Movement’ was launched by the Indian National Congress in the year:
A) 1905
B) 1910
C) 1920
D) 1925
Answer: A
567. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Lord Mountbatten
D) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: C
568. The famous ‘Nehru Report’ was drafted by:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Motilal Nehru
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: C
569. The famous ‘Gadar Movement’ was founded in the year:
A) 1905
B) 1915
C) 1920
D) 1930
Answer: B
570. The first woman to hold the position of the Prime Minister of India was:
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
D) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Answer: B
571. The famous ‘Moplah Rebellion’ occurred in:
A) 1921
B) 1930
C) 1942
D) 1947
Answer: A
572. The famous ‘Rani of Jhansi’ was a warrior queen during which war?
A) First War of Indian Independence
B) Second Anglo-Maratha War
C) Battle of Plassey
D) First Battle of Panipat
Answer: A
573. The famous ‘Indian National Army’ was formed by:
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: A
574. The ‘Salt March’ started from:
A) Bombay
B) Calcutta
C) Dandi
D) Sabarmati
Answer: D
575. Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature?
A) C. V. Raman
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) R. K. Narayan
D) Mulk Raj Anand
Answer: B
576. Who was the first woman to lead the Indian National Congress?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Answer: A
577. The famous ‘Swaraj Movement’ was launched by the Indian National Congress in the year:
A) 1915
B) 1920
C) 1925
D) 1930
Answer: B
578. The famous ‘Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ occurred during the tenure of:
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Canning
C) Lord Wellesley
D) Lord Chelmsford
Answer: D
579. The ‘Battle of Plassey’ was fought between:
A) Mughals and Marathas
B) East India Company and Siraj-ud-Daula
C) British and Tipu Sultan
D) Rajputs and Mughals
Answer: B
580. The first Indian to become the President of the Indian National Congress was:
A) A.O. Hume
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Surendranath Banerjee
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: B
581. The famous ‘Salt Satyagraha’ was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in the year:
A) 1925
B) 1930
C) 1935
D) 1940
Answer: B
582. The ‘Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms’ led to the introduction of:
A) Indian Council Act of 1909
B) Government of India Act of 1919
C) Government of India Act of 1935
D) Indian Independence Act of 1947
Answer: B
583. The first Governor-General of independent India was:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) C. Rajagopalachari
D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: D
584. The first Battle of Panipat was fought between:
A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
B) Akbar and Rana Pratap
C) Mughals and Rajputs
D) Sher Shah Suri and Humayun
Answer: A
585. The famous ‘Bardoli Satyagraha’ was organized by:
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: B
586. The ‘Indian National Army’ was established during World War II by:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: B
587. The famous ‘Indian National Congress’ session at Lucknow in 1916 saw the agreement between:
A) Congress and Muslim League
B) Congress and the British
C) Congress and the Marathas
D) Congress and the Rajputs
Answer: A
588. The famous ‘Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ took place during the tenure of:
A) Lord Chelmsford
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Curzon
Answer: A
589. The ‘Quit India Movement’ was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in:
A) 1930
B) 1942
C) 1947
D) 1950
Answer: B
590. The famous ‘Khilafat Movement’ was led by:
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Maulana Mohammad Ali
C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: B
591. The famous ‘Salt March’ began on:
A) March 12, 1930
B) April 6, 1930
C) May 21, 1930
D) January 1, 1931
Answer: A
592. The famous ‘Bose Subhas Chandra’ was the leader of the:
A) Indian National Congress
B) All India Muslim League
C) Indian National Army
D) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Answer: C
593. Who was the first to describe the 1857 revolt as the ‘First War of Indian Independence’?
A) V.D. Savarkar
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: A
594. The ‘Gadar Movement’ was founded by:
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Bhagat Singh
D) Kartar Singh Sarabha
Answer: D
595. The famous ‘Subhash Chandra Bose’ was associated with which of the following?
A) Indian National Congress
B) All India Muslim League
C) Indian National Army
D) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Answer: C
596. The famous ‘Battle of Buxar’ was fought between the British and:
A) Mir Qasim
B) Shuja-ud-Daula
C) Mir Jafar
D) Both A and B
Answer: D
597. The famous ‘Bardoli Satyagraha’ was organized in the year:
A) 1915
B) 1925
C) 1930
D) 1940
Answer: B
598. The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services was:
A) Satyendranath Tagore
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: A
599. The famous ‘Champaran Satyagraha’ was led by:
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: A
600. Who was the first to give the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’?
A) Bhagat Singh
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Rajguru
Answer: A