351. The ‘Panchayati Raj’ system was introduced in India by:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Rajiv Gandhi
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Answer: B
352. The ‘Brahmo Samaj’ was founded in 1828 by:
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Dayanand Saraswati
D) Keshab Chandra Sen
Answer: B
353. The famous ‘Jantar Mantar’ observatory was built by:
A) Raja Jai Singh II
B) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
C) Shah Jahan
D) Akbar
Answer: A
354. Who led the ‘Salt Satyagraha’ in Tamil Nadu?
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: A
355. The ‘Swaraj’ resolution was passed at the Indian National Congress session held at:
A) Lucknow
B) Surat
C) Lahore
D) Calcutta
Answer: C
356. The famous ‘Suez Canal’ was constructed by which country?
A) Britain
B) Egypt
C) France
D) Italy
Answer: C
357. The first battle fought by the Marathas with the Mughals was the Battle of:
A) Panipat
B) Haldighati
C) Sinhagad
D) Surat
Answer: B
358. Who was the first to introduce the system of ‘Zabt’ in the Mughal Empire?
A) Akbar
B) Jahangir
C) Shah Jahan
D) Aurangzeb
Answer: A
359. The first ‘Viceroy of India’ was:
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Wellesley
C) Lord Lytton
D) Lord Canning
Answer: D
360. The famous ‘Bihar Movement’ was led by:
A) Jai Prakash Narayan
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Lalu Prasad Yadav
Answer: A
361. The famous ‘First Round Table Conference’ was held in:
A) 1927
B) 1930
C) 1931
D) 1932
Answer: C
362. The ‘Bardoli Satyagraha’ was led by:
A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: A
363. The famous ‘Salt March’ began at:
A) Sabarmati
B) Dandi
C) Surat
D) Patna
Answer: B
364. The ‘Young India Movement’ was led by:
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: B
365. The ‘Muslim League’ was founded in the year:
A) 1900
B) 1906
C) 1910
D) 1916
Answer: B
366. The first ‘Indian Governor-General of independent India’ was:
A) Rajendra Prasad
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) C. Rajagopalachari
D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: C
367. The famous ‘Satyagraha’ campaign was launched by Gandhiji in South Africa in the year:
A) 1915
B) 1912
C) 1907
D) 1906
Answer: D
368. The ‘Indian Rebellion of 1857’ was started by sepoys in which city?
A) Delhi
B) Meerut
C) Kanpur
D) Lucknow
Answer: B
369. The ‘Non-Cooperation Movement’ was launched in 1920 to protest against:
A) The Simon Commission
B) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
C) The Rowlatt Act
D) The Salt Tax
Answer: C
370. The ‘Muslim League’ declared that ‘Pakistan’ should be created in the year:
A) 1920
B) 1927
C) 1930
D) 1940
Answer: D
371. The ‘Salt Act’ of 1882 was enforced by which British Governor-General?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Lord Lytton
D) Lord Wellesley
Answer: C
372. The famous ‘Rani Lakshmibai’ was the queen of which princely state?
A) Jhansi
B) Satara
C) Gwalior
D) Bhopal
Answer: A
373. The ‘Father of the Indian Renaissance’ was:
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer: B
374. Who was the first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?
A) Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
B) Iltutmish
C) Alauddin Khilji
D) Muhammad Ghori
Answer: A
375. The ‘Deccan Plateau’ is believed to have been formed during which period?
A) Paleolithic
B) Mesozoic
C) Cenozoic
D) Pre-Cambrian
Answer: D
376. The famous ‘Jallianwala Bagh’ massacre took place in the year:
A) 1919
B) 1918
C) 1920
D) 1917
Answer: A
377. Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services (ICS)?
A) Satyendranath Tagore
B) Surendranath Banerjee
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: A
378. Who was the first woman ruler of India?
A) Razia Sultana
B) Rani Lakshmibai
C) Noor Jahan
D) Indira Gandhi
Answer: A
379. The famous ‘Treaty of Versailles’ was signed in 1919 after which war?
A) World War I
B) World War II
C) The Crimean War
D) The Franco-Prussian War
Answer: A
380. The famous ‘Azad Hind Government’ was founded by Subhas Chandra Bose in:
A) 1942
B) 1943
C) 1940
D) 1945
Answer: B
381. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?
A) Akbar
B) Babur
C) Humayun
D) Shah Jahan
Answer: B
382. The famous “Dandi March” of Mahatma Gandhi was conducted in the year:
A) 1927
B) 1930
C) 1932
D) 1935
Answer: B
383. The ‘Quit India Movement’ was launched in which year?
A) 1935
B) 1942
C) 1940
D) 1947
Answer: B
384. The “Viceroy’s Executive Council” was introduced by which British Governor-General?
A) Lord Wellesley
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Lord Curzon
D) Lord Canning
Answer: D
385. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Surendranath Banerjee
Answer: B
386. Who was the first woman to become the Prime Minister of India?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Answer: A
387. The Rowlatt Act was passed in which year?
A) 1917
B) 1919
C) 1921
D) 1925
Answer: B
388. The first battle of Panipat took place in:
A) 1526
B) 1556
C) 1576
D) 1600
Answer: A
389. The famous ‘Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ took place in:
A) 1917
B) 1919
C) 1921
D) 1922
Answer: B
390. The capital of the Vijayanagar Empire was:
A) Hampi
B) Madurai
C) Delhi
D) Lucknow
Answer: A
391. The first emperor of the Maurya dynasty was:
A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Bindusara
C) Ashoka
D) Bimbisara
Answer: A
392. The largest and most powerful of the early Maurya rulers was:
A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Bindusara
C) Ashoka
D) Samudragupta
Answer: C
393. Who wrote the book “India of My Dreams”?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: C
394. The first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the Olympics was:
A) Mary Kom
B) P.T. Usha
C) Saina Nehwal
D) Abhinav Bindra
Answer: A
395. The famous battle of Haldighati was fought between:
A) Akbar and Rana Pratap
B) Rajputana and Mughals
C) Marathas and Mughals
D) Sikhs and Mughals
Answer: A
396. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: B
397. Who was the first female emperor of India?
A) Razia Sultana
B) Nur Jahan
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Rani Lakshmibai
Answer: A
398. The famous Indian reformer who advocated the abolition of the caste system and promoted women’s rights was:
A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Dayanand Saraswati
D) B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: A
399. The battle of Plassey was fought in the year:
A) 1757
B) 1761
C) 1776
D) 1780
Answer: A
400. The Indian Independence Act of 1947 was passed by the British Parliament in which year?
A) 1946
B) 1947
C) 1948
D) 1949
Answer: B