601. The ‘Gadar Party’ was founded in 1913 in:
A) Lahore
B) San Francisco
C) Calcutta
D) Bombay
Answer: B
602. The famous ‘Chauri Chaura’ incident took place during which movement?
A) Non-Cooperation Movement
B) Quit India Movement
C) Civil Disobedience Movement
D) Swaraj Movement
Answer: A
603. The ‘Partition of Bengal’ took place in the year:
A) 1905
B) 1919
C) 1920
D) 1947
Answer: A
604. The ‘Salt Satyagraha’ was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in the year:
A) 1921
B) 1929
C) 1930
D) 1935
Answer: C
605. Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Kasturba Gandhi
C) Annie Besant
D) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Answer: A
606. The ‘Swadeshi Movement’ was started as a protest against the partition of:
A) Bengal
B) Punjab
C) Assam
D) Bihar
Answer: A
607. The ‘First Battle of Panipat’ was fought between Babur and:
A) Ibrahim Lodi
B) Rana Sanga
C) Sher Shah Suri
D) Akbar
Answer: A
608. The ‘Quit India Movement’ was launched during the tenure of which British Prime Minister?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Ramsay MacDonald
C) Clement Attlee
D) Stanley Baldwin
Answer: C
609. Who was the first Governor-General of free India?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Lord Mountbatten
D) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: C
610. The famous ‘Chakravarti Rajagopalachari’ was the last Governor-General of India. He succeeded Lord Mountbatten in:
A) 1947
B) 1948
C) 1950
D) 1952
Answer: B
611. The famous ‘Battle of Buxar’ was fought in 1764 between the British and:
A) Shuja-ud-Daula
B) Mir Qasim
C) Mir Jafar
D) All of the above
Answer: D
612. The first Indian woman to receive the Bharat Ratna was:
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Kasturba Gandhi
D) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Answer: B
613. Who was the first person to start the ‘Indian National Congress’?
A) Surendranath Banerjee
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) A.O. Hume
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: C
614. The ‘Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ took place during the tenure of which British Governor-General?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Chelmsford
C) Lord Wellesley
D) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: B
615. The first war of Indian independence began in the year:
A) 1855
B) 1857
C) 1859
D) 1860
Answer: B
616. The famous ‘Indigo Revolt’ took place in:
A) Bihar
B) Bengal
C) Punjab
D) Assam
Answer: B
617. The ‘Lal-Bal-Pal’ refers to the trio of: 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
618. Who was the first person to start the ‘Indian National Congress’?
A) Surendranath Banerjee
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) A.O. Hume
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: C
619. The ‘Muslim League’ was founded in the year:
A) 1905
B) 1912
C) 1906
D) 1916
Answer: C
620. The ‘Gandhi-Irwin Pact’ was signed in 1931 after which movement?
A) Salt Satyagraha
B) Quit India Movement
C) Non-Cooperation Movement
D) Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: D
621. The famous ‘Lahore Resolution’ of 1940 was passed by the:
A) Indian National Congress
B) Muslim League
C) Hindu Mahasabha
D) All India Kisan Sabha
Answer: B
622. The first woman ruler of India was:
A) Rani Durgavati
B) Rani Lakshmibai
C) Razia Sultana
D) Indira Gandhi
Answer: C
623. The ‘Partition of Bengal’ took place under the rule of:
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Wellesley
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Minto
Answer: A
624. The ‘Bose Subhas Chandra’ 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
625. The famous ‘Champaran Satyagraha’ of 1917 was led by Mahatma Gandhi in:
A) Bihar
B) Bengal
C) Punjab
D) Gujarat
Answer: A
626. The famous ‘Quit India Movement’ was launched in 1942 at which session of the Indian National Congress?
A) Lucknow Session
B) Bombay Session
C) Kolkata Session
D) August Session
Answer: D
627. The first woman to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress was:
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Kasturba Gandhi
C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D) Indira Gandhi
Answer: A
628. Who was the first man to establish the ‘Indian National Army’ during World War II?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: B
629. The famous ‘Chauri Chaura Incident’ of 1922 led to the suspension of which movement?
A) Non-Cooperation Movement
B) Quit India Movement
C) Salt Satyagraha
D) Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: A
630. The ‘Salt March’ started from: A) Sabarmati Ashram
B) Dandi
C) Ahmedabad
D) Delhi
Answer: A
631. The first person to take over as the Viceroy of India under the British rule was:
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Canning
D) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: C
632. 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
633. The first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize for Physics was:
A) C. V. Raman
B) Satyendra Nath Bose
C) Jagdish Chandra Bose
D) Homi J. Bhabha
Answer: A
634. The ‘Muslim League’ was established in the year:
A) 1905
B) 1906
C) 1912
D) 1919
Answer: B
635. Who was the founder of the ‘Hindu Mahasabha’?
A) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: A
636. The famous ‘Chandni Chowk’ is located in which city?
A) Kolkata
B) Mumbai
C) Delhi
D) Chennai
Answer: C
637. The first Indian to be elected as the President of the United Nations General Assembly was:
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) V. K. Krishna Menon
Answer: D
638. The famous ‘First Battle of Panipat’ was fought in the year:
A) 1526
B) 1556
C) 1600
D) 1761
Answer: A
639. The famous ‘Battle of Plassey’ was fought in 1757 between:
A) Robert Clive and Siraj-ud-Daula
B) Mir Jafar and Siraj-ud-Daula
C) Warren Hastings and Mir Qasim
D) Lord Cornwallis and Tipu Sultan
Answer: A
640. The ‘Indian National Congress’ was founded in the year:
A) 1885
B) 1892
C) 1905
D) 1920
Answer: A
641. The ‘Muslim League’ played a crucial role in the formation of Pakistan in:
A) 1930
B) 1940
C) 1947
D) 1950
Answer: B
642. The famous ‘Dandi March’ took place in the year:
A) 1927
B) 1930
C) 1942
D) 1947
Answer: B
643. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Kasturba Gandhi
D) Mother Teresa
Answer: D
644. Who was the first Emperor of the Mughal dynasty?
A) Akbar
B) Humayun
C) Babur
D) Shah Jahan
Answer: C
645. The famous ‘Raja Rammohun Roy’ was associated with the reform movement known as:
A) Brahmo Samaj
B) Arya Samaj
C) Ramakrishna Mission
D) All India Muslim League
Answer: A
646. The ‘Battle of Buxar’ was fought between the British and the combined forces of:
A) Shuja-ud-Daula, Mir Qasim, and Mir Jafar
B) Siraj-ud-Daula and Marathas
C) Tipu Sultan and British
D) Marathas and Mughals
Answer: A
647. The famous ‘Bose Subhas Chandra’ was the leader of which of the following?
A) Indian National Congress
B) All India Muslim League
C) Indian National Army
D) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Answer: C
648. The famous ‘Chauri Chaura Incident’ took place during which movement?
A) Non-Cooperation Movement
B) Quit India Movement
C) Civil Disobedience Movement
D) Swaraj Movement
Answer: A
649. Who was the founder of the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Bhagat Singh
Answer: B
650. The first Governor-General of independent India was:
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: B