401. The first war of independence is also known as:
A) The Sepoy Mutiny
B) The First War of Indian Independence
C) The Indian Rebellion of 1857
D) All of the above
Answer: D

402. The ‘Brahmo Samaj’ was founded by:
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Keshab Chandra Sen
C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D) Dayanand Saraswati
Answer: C

403. The famous ‘Satyagraha’ campaign against the British was launched in Champaran by:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: C

404. The Indian National Congress was founded in:
A) 1857
B) 1885
C) 1900
D) 1915
Answer: B

405. Who was the first emperor of the Gupta dynasty?
A) Samudragupta
B) Chandragupta I
C) Chandragupta II
D) Skandagupta
Answer: B

406. Who led the revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?
A) Mangal Pandey
B) Nana Sahib
C) Rani Lakshmibai
D) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: B

407. The famous book “The Discovery of India” was written by:
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: B

408. The first and only Viceroy of India to have been assassinated was:
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) Lord Curzon
C) Lord Hardinge
D) Lord Chelmsford
Answer: C

409. The ‘Indian Civil Services’ was established by which British governor-general?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Wellesley
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Canning
Answer: C

410. The famous ‘Swaraj’ speech was delivered by:
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: B

411. Who was the first Indian to get elected to the British Parliament?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer: A

412. The first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna award was:
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Mother Teresa
D) Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: B

413. The famous ‘Non-Cooperation Movement’ was launched by Gandhiji in the year:
A) 1915
B) 1920
C) 1930
D) 1942
Answer: B

414. Who introduced the ‘Permanent Settlement’ system in Bengal?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Wellesley
C) Lord Cornwallis
D) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: C

415. The first President of the Indian Republic was:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C) Dr. Zakir Husain
D) S. Radhakrishnan
Answer: B

416. The ‘Panchayati Raj’ system in India was introduced through which amendment?
A) 44th Amendment
B) 73rd Amendment
C) 85th Amendment
D) 52nd Amendment
Answer: B

417. Who was the founder of the ‘Sikh Empire’?
A) Guru Nanak
B) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
C) Baba Banda Singh Bahadur
D) Guru Gobind Singh
Answer: B

418. The ‘Mughals’ were of which origin?
A) Turkish
B) Mongol
C) Persian
D) Arab
Answer: B

419. The famous ‘Battle of Plassey’ was fought between the British and the forces of:
A) Nawab of Bengal
B) Marathas
C) Sikhs
D) Rajputs
Answer: A

420. The ‘Chauri Chaura’ incident was related to which national movement?
A) Quit India Movement
B) Non-Cooperation Movement
C) Civil Disobedience Movement
D) Swadeshi Movement
Answer: B

421. The ‘Father of the Indian Constitution’ is:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: B

422. Who wrote the famous book “The Discovery of India”?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: B

423. The famous “Salt March” started from:
A) Delhi
B) Dandi
C) Surat
D) Sabarmati
Answer: D

424. The Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, was signed in:
A) 1915
B) 1918
C) 1919
D) 1920
Answer: C

425. The first Muslim president of the Indian National Congress was:
A) Maulana Azad
B) Liaquat Ali Khan
C) Zakir Husain
D) Badruddin Tyabji
Answer: D

426. The famous Battle of Haldighati was fought between Maharana Pratap and:
A) Aurangzeb
B) Akbar
C) Jahangir
D) Man Singh
Answer: D

427. The ‘Indian National Congress’ was founded in 1885 in:
A) Lucknow
B) Calcutta
C) Bombay
D) Madras
Answer: C

428. The first war of independence, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny, began in:
A) 1857
B) 1858
C) 1856
D) 1859
Answer: A

429. The Battle of Plassey was fought in 1757 between:
A) British and Mughals
B) Marathas and British
C) British and Nawab of Bengal
D) Sikhs and Mughals
Answer: C

430. The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services (ICS) was:
A) Satyendranath Tagore
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: A

431. The Quit India Movement was launched in:
A) 1940
B) 1942
C) 1945
D) 1947
Answer: B

432. The famous leader who coined the slogan “Do or Die” during the Quit India Movement was:
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: B

433. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: D

434. The first round table conference was held in:
A) 1927
B) 1930
C) 1931
D) 1932
Answer: C

435. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Annie Besant
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Answer: B

436. The famous “Rowlatt Act” was passed in which year?
A) 1917
B) 1919
C) 1921
D) 1920
Answer: B

437. The “Swaraj Party” was founded by:
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Motilal Nehru
D) C.R. Das
Answer: C

438. The famous “Chauri Chaura” incident took place during which movement?
A) Non-Cooperation Movement
B) Civil Disobedience Movement
C) Quit India Movement
D) Salt March
Answer: A

439. Who was the first to bring the idea of ‘Satyagraha’ to India?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: B

440. The first battle of Panipat took place between the Mughals and the:
A) Rajputs
B) Marathas
C) Afghans
D) Lodi Sultanate
Answer: D

441. The Indian National Army (INA) was formed by:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: C

442. The First Battle of Panipat was fought in the year:
A) 1526
B) 1556
C) 1576
D) 1600
Answer: A

443. The ‘Champaran Satyagraha’ was a movement led by Gandhi against:
A) Salt Tax
B) Indigo Plantation System
C) Simon Commission
D) Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: B

444. The famous ‘Indian National Army’ slogan “Jai Hind” was given by:
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: A

445. The ‘Salt Act’ of 1882 was enforced by which British Governor-General?
A) Lord Wellesley
B) Lord Curzon
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Lytton
Answer: D

446. The famous ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’ was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in:
A) 1920
B) 1930
C) 1942
D) 1947
Answer: B

447. Who was the first Governor-General of British India?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) Lord Cornwallis
C) Warren Hastings
D) Lord Canning
Answer: C

448. Who introduced the “Permanent Settlement” in Bengal?
A) Lord Cornwallis
B) Lord Curzon
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Wellesley
Answer: A

449. The famous ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’ was led by:
A) Medha Patkar
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Anna Hazare
D) Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: A

450. The first battle of Panipat was fought between Babur and:
A) Ibrahim Lodi
B) Humayun
C) Sher Shah Suri
D) Akbar
Answer: A