301. Who was the founder of the Maratha Empire?
A) Shivaji Maharaj
B) Shahu Maharaj
C) Sambhaji Maharaj
D) Rajaram Maharaj
Answer: A
302. Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi?
A) Razia Sultana
B) Nur Jahan
C) Begum Hazrat Mahal
D) Chand Bibi
Answer: A
303. The famous ‘Battle of Plassey’ was fought between:
A) The Marathas and the British
B) The Mughals and the Rajputs
C) The British and the Nawab of Bengal
D) The Sikhs and the British
Answer: C
304. Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Nationalism’?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: A
305. The ‘Swadeshi Movement’ was launched in response to the partition of which state in 1905?
A) Bengal
B) Punjab
C) Assam
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: A
306. Who was the last Mughal Emperor?
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Aurangzeb
D) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: D
307. The ‘Non-Cooperation Movement’ was started by:
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: B
308. The first battle of Panipat was fought in the year:
A) 1526
B) 1556
C) 1761
D) 1857
Answer: A
309. Who wrote the famous book ‘The Discovery of India’?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: B
310. Who is known as the ‘Nightingale of India’?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Rani Lakshmibai
C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D) Kamini Roy
Answer: A
311. The ‘First War of Indian Independence’ was fought in which year?
A) 1857
B) 1848
C) 1875
D) 1905
Answer: A
312. Who was the leader of the Indian National Army during World War II?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Bhagat Singh
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: A
313. The ‘Champaran Satyagraha’ of 1917 was led by:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: B
314. Who was the founder of the Muslim League?
A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B) Syed Ahmad Khan
C) Allama Iqbal
D) Liaquat Ali Khan
Answer: B
315. The ‘Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ took place in:
A) 1915
B) 1917
C) 1919
D) 1921
Answer: C
316. The ‘Quit India Movement’ was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in:
A) 1920
B) 1942
C) 1947
D) 1930
Answer: B
317. Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?
A) Allan Octavian Hume
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: A
318. The famous ‘Red Fort’ is located in which city?
A) Jaipur
B) Agra
C) Delhi
D) Kolkata
Answer: C
319. The ‘First Indian National Congress’ session was held in 1885 at:
A) Bombay
B) Lucknow
C) Calcutta
D) Madras
Answer: A
320. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: A
321. The ‘Viceroy’ of India at the time of independence was:
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Wellesley
Answer: B
322. Who was the first President of India?
A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B) Dr. Zakir Husain
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) S. Radhakrishnan
Answer: A
323. The Battle of Buxar was fought between the British East India Company and:
A) Marathas
B) Rajputs
C) Mughals and their allies
D) Sikhs
Answer: C
324. Who led the ‘Home Rule Movement’ in India?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: A
325. Who was the leader of the ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ or the ‘Indian Rebellion of 1857’ in Meerut?
A) Mangal Pandey
B) Bahadur Shah Zafar
C) Rani Lakshmibai
D) Kunwar Singh
Answer: A
326. The ‘All India Muslim League’ was founded in which year?
A) 1905
B) 1906
C) 1910
D) 1920
Answer: B
327. The ‘Indian Civil Services’ was established by:
A) Robert Clive
B) Lord Wellesley
C) Lord Cornwallis
D) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: C
328. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D) Sucheta Kriplani
Answer: B
329. The ‘Swaraj’ resolution was passed by the Indian National Congress in the year:
A) 1920
B) 1930
C) 1929
D) 1942
Answer: C
330. Who was the founder of the ‘Arya Samaj’?
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: C
331. The ‘Third Battle of Panipat’ was fought between the Marathas and:
A) The Mughals
B) The Rajputs
C) The Sikhs
D) The Afghans
Answer: D
332. Who was the founder of the ‘Brahmo Samaj’?
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Keshab Chandra Sen
D) Dayanand Saraswati
Answer: B
333. The famous ‘Himalaya Expedition’ was led by:
A) Sir George Everest
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Lord Curzon
Answer: A
334. Who was the founder of the ‘Veda Samaj’?
A) Dayanand Saraswati
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Keshab Chandra Sen
D) Swami Vivekananda
Answer: A
335. The famous Indian leader who was known as the ‘Lion of Punjab’ was:
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Bhagat Singh
Answer: A
336. The Indian National Congress was founded in the year:
A) 1857
B) 1885
C) 1905
D) 1920
Answer: B
337. The ‘Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act’ (MGNREGA) was passed in:
A) 2000
B) 2005
C) 2010
D) 2015
Answer: B
338. The famous ‘Bihar Movement’ was led by:
A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B) Jai Prakash Narayan
C) Lalu Prasad Yadav
D) Babu Jagjivan Ram
Answer: B
339. The ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’ started with the famous ‘Salt March’ at:
A) Sabarmati
B) Dandi
C) Calcutta
D) Amritsar
Answer: B
340. Who was the last ruler of the Gupta dynasty?
A) Kumaragupta
B) Vishnugupta
C) Skandagupta
D) Chandragupta II
Answer: C
341. The famous ‘Mughal Gardens’ of Kashmir were built by:
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Aurangzeb
D) Jahangir
Answer: B
342. The first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics was:
A) Mary Kom
B) P.T. Usha
C) Kiran Bedi
D) Karnam Malleswari
Answer: D
343. The ‘Father of Indian Cinema’ is:
A) Dadasaheb Phalke
B) Satyajit Ray
C) Raj Kapoor
D) Bimal Roy
Answer: A
344. The ‘Indian Independence Act’ was passed in which year?
A) 1935
B) 1947
C) 1950
D) 1942
Answer: B
345. The ‘Maratha Confederacy’ was established by:
A) Shivaji Maharaj
B) Sambhaji Maharaj
C) Balaji Vishwanath
D) Shahu Maharaj
Answer: C
346. The ‘First Battle of Panipat’ was fought between Babur and:
A) Ibrahim Lodi
B) Humayun
C) Sher Shah Suri
D) Akbar
Answer: A
347. Who among the following was the founder of the ‘Sikh Khalsa Panth’?
A) Guru Gobind Singh
B) Guru Nanak
C) Guru Arjan
D) Guru Teg Bahadur
Answer: A
348. The ‘British East India Company’ was dissolved in:
A) 1765
B) 1784
C) 1858
D) 1875
Answer: C
349. Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian Renaissance’?
A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: A
350. The famous ‘Chauri Chaura’ incident took place in:
A) 1919
B) 1922
C) 1925
D) 1930
Answer: B