| Sr. No. |
Questions |
Answers |
| 1 |
The Anglo-Afghan relations in the 19th century were influenced by the fear of whose expansion towards India? |
Russia |
| 2 |
In India, the First Municipal Corporation was set up in which place? |
Madras |
| 3 |
In the Indian context, the attitude of ‘Paternalism in Governance’ is associated with – |
Thomas Munro |
| 4 |
Which famine of the 19th century in India has been described as the ‘Sea of Calamity’? |
Orissa Famine of 1866-67 |
| 5 |
In the second half of the 18th century, who was often called the local representative of “Aura and Authority of Company Bahadur”? |
Daroga |
| 6 |
The Indian Famine Code, of 1883 was prepared by – |
Strachey Commission |
| 7 |
Who introduced the printing press in India and in which year? |
Portuguese in 1550 |
| 8 |
He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji, and Shrikrishna; stayed in America for some time: and was also elected to the Central Assembly. He was – |
Lala Lajpat Rai |
| 9 |
“The British Government is not responsible for the partition of India.” This statement is attributed to – |
Lord Attlee |
| 10 |
“So always with the assent and often to the dictates of the Chamber of Commerce, the Government of India is carried on and this is the ‘White Man’s Burden.” Who said this? |
Sachchidananda Sinha |
| 11 |
“So long as this third power, i.e. England is here, our communal differences would keep on troubling us” Who said this? |
Mahatma Gandhi |
| 12 |
Who remarked about the East India Company that “The Company is an anomaly but it is part of a system where everything is an anomaly”? |
G.B. Macaulay |
| 13 |
Who said, “Political Freedom is the life-breath of a nation”? |
Aurobindo Ghosh |
| 14 |
Who proposed “Party Less Democracy’ in India? |
Mahatma Gandhi & Jay Prakash Narayan |
| 15 |
Rajani Palme Dutt said, “They both fought and collaborated with imperialism.” Which political grouping was he referring to? |
The Indian National Congress |
| 16 |
‘New Lamps for Old’ was a series of articles (1893-94) that criticized Congress for being out of touch with the ‘proletariat.’ Who was the author of these articles? |
Aurobindo Ghose |
| 17 |
Which two leaders visited India and served for social regeneration? |
Gandhi & Tilak |
| 18 |
Who was the first Speaker to discard the official wig and preside over the house wearing the Gandhi cap? |
G.V. Mavlankar |
| 19 |
On which date did the maker of the constitution of India Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar die? |
December 6, 1956 |
| 20 |
Which death anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar fall in 2016? |
61st |
| 21 |
Which Indian is known as Gurudev? |
Rabindranath Tagore |
| 22 |
In which year, Rabindranath Tagore died? |
1941 |
| 23 |
Who called Rabindra Nath Tagore ‘the Great Sentinel’? |
Mahatma Gandhi |
| 24 |
Who gives the Slogan ‘Jai Jawan’, Jai Kisan’? |
Lal Bahadur Sashtri |
| 25 |
Who said, “Freedom is almost within reach, we have to seize it”? |
Mahatma Gandhi |
| 26 |
Who coined the slogan ‘Quit India’? |
Yousuf Meher Ali |
| 27 |
Who had written, “India’s salvation will not be achieved under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi”? |
Subhash Chandra Bose |
| 28 |
“Everything else can wait, but not agriculture.” This statement is attributed to – |
Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| 29 |
In which year was the first cloth mill established in Bombay? |
1854 |
| 30 |
“Kings are made for the Public; Public is not made for the King.” Who made this statement during the National Movement? |
Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 31 |
Who has advocated ‘Practical Vedanta’? |
Vivekananda |
| 32 |
“The British empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction, and tyrannical and mean.” This statement was made by – |
Sister Nivedita |
| 33 |
Which leader said, “I am an Indian Tom-Tom, whose work is waking up all the sleepers so that they may wake and work for their motherland”? |
Annie Besant |
| 34 |
“Can you show me one free country where there are separate electorates? The British element is gone, but they have left mischief behind”. Who said this statement in the Constituent Assembly debate? |
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| 35 |
‘Indian nationalism in the middle of the 19th century was in the Embryonic stage’. Which historians are related to this fact? |
Dr. R.C. Majumdar and Dr. S.N. Sen |
| 36 |
The founder of the Boy Scouts and Civil Guides movement in India was – |
Baden-Powell |
| 37 |
Who led the ‘Banaras Rebellion’ against the Britishers? |
Raja Chet Singh |
| 38 |
The statement “I am a socialist and a republican and am no believer in Kings and Princes” is associated with – |
Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| 39 |
Who was considered as the high priest of Communism in India? |
Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| 40 |
Who is known as the father of Dyarchy? |
Sir Leonel Curtis |
| 41 |
“It will be our blunder if we leave the people of Bihar and their Government unsafe before the violence and uncivilized attacks of league leaders.” In the year 1946, who told this? |
Sardar Patel |
| 42 |
Who raised the demand for ‘Complete Independence’ for the first time in 1921? |
Maulana Hasrat Mohani |
| 43 |
Who has hailed Mohd. Ali Jinnah most responsible for the partition of India? |
Lord Mountbatten |
| 44 |
Who presided over the All Parties Muslim Conference held at Delhi on 31st December 1928? |
Aga Khan |
| 45 |
The Banaras Session of August 1923 of the Hindu Mahasabha was presided over by – |
Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya |
| 46 |
In which year the Communist Party of India and the RSS are found? |
1925 |
| 47 |
What is the real name of ‘Frontier Gandhi’? |
Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| 48 |
What was the name of the movement started by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan against the British? |
Red Shirt |
| 49 |
Who attacked Dr. B.R. Ambedkar by saying “Ambedkar has had his leadership thrust upon him by a benign British Government because his services were necessary to embarrass the Nationalist leaders.”? |
Dr. B. S. Moonje |
| 50 |
Rajendra Prasad belonged to which place? |
Bihar |
| 51 |
Name the revolutionary woman, who participated in the Peasant Movement of Bijoliya and was arrested. She also participated in the 1930 Satyragrah and 1932 Civil Disobedience Movement and was sentenced to Jail – |
Rama Devi |
| 52 |
The great poet Rabindranath Tagore emerged as a great painter in which age? |
Seventy Year |
| 53 |
Jagat Narayan Lal was sent to which jail? |
Hazaribagh Jail |
| 54 |
The Samadhis of Kasturba and Mahadev Desai are situated on the premises of – |
Agha Khan Palace, Poona |
| 55 |
During the colonial period in India, what was the purpose of the Whitley Commission? |
To report on existing conditions of labor and to make recommendations |
| 56 |
What was the common relationship between Katherine Mayo, Aldous Huxley, Charles Andrews, and William Digby? |
They wrote commentaries on the condition of India during the British rule |
| 57 |
The year of the Bengal Famine in which millions of people died is – |
1943 |
| 58 |
Which part of India remained under Portuguese control after 15 August 1947? |
Goa |
| 59 |
Who was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School? |
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| 60 |
The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was – |
Dada Bhai Naoroji |
| 61 |
The practice of indirect election in India was launched in which year? |
1892 |
| 62 |
Name the Deoband scholar who played a significant role in the freedom movement – |
Abul Kalam Azad |
| 63 |
The first Industrial Policy of independent India was announced in the year of – |
1948 |
| 64 |
The first communist Government of India was established in the province of – |
Kerala |
| 65 |
The first Communist State Government in Kerala was formed in – |
1957 |
| 66 |
Women Saint Daya Bai was a disciple of – |
Saint Charandas |
| 67 |
In which session of the Indian National Congress, Gandhi said, ‘Gandhi may die, but Gandhism will remain forever”? |
Karachi Session,1931 |
| 68 |
In February 2021 Prime Minister inaugurates which Centenary Celebration? |
Chauri Chaura Centenary Celebration |
| 69 |
Who organized the ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’ in 1929? |
Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| 70 |
When was the Punjab Land Alienation Act passed? |
1900 |
| 71 |
In which year did almost the entire area of present Uttar Pradesh separate from the Bengal Presidency and placed under the Agra Presidency? |
1834 A.D. |
| 72 |
The British entered Jharkhand for the first time from the side of – |
Palamu |
| 73 |
The Department of State was established under whose headship? |
Sardar Patel |
| 74 |
The ‘Deepavali Declaration’ was issued in the year 1929 and was related to which authority? |
Dominion status |
| 75 |
In which year was the Wavell Plan presented? |
1945 |
| 76 |
‘Who said “Imperialism” is dead as ‘Dodo’? |
Clement Attlee |
| 77 |
Who said, “Here is a revolution taking place and we should move quickly”? |
Sir Stafford Cripps |
| 78 |
In which city did the first atomic bomb explode? |
Hiroshima (Japan) |
| 79 |
The French Revolution started in – |
1789 |
| 80 |
The Shimla agreement between India and Pakistan was signed in – |
1972 |
| 81 |
‘Operation Vijay’ was conducted against which nation? |
Pakistan |
| 82 |
Kisan Diwas is celebrated on – |
23rd December |
| 83 |
On which day did the design of the National flag of India was adopted? |
July 22, 1947 |
| 84 |
Who is considered as the creator of Modern Bihar? |
Sachchidananda Sinha |
| 85 |
The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize was – |
Rabindranath Tagore |
| 86 |
Who was the Political Guru of Subhash Chandra Bose? |
C.R. Das |
| 87 |
Who was the chairperson of the first All India Socialist Youth Congress? |
Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| 88 |
Which revolutionary made this statement: “Avenge the blood of Indian Martyrs. Use your sword to liberate your motherland. Stand up against the entire Anglo-American enemy”? |
Ras Behari Bose |
| 89 |
Alipore Central Jail is situated at – |
Kolkata |
| 90 |
‘’Operation Polo’’ is associated/connected with – |
Military Action in Hyderabad State |
| 91 |
The ‘Secretariat Building’ of which the State is known as the “Writer’s Building”? |
West Bengal |
| 92 |
The biggest museum in the country depicts the story of the development of human civilization and is also known as Indira Gandhi Manav Sangrahalaya is situated in – |
Bhopal |
| 93 |
The active participant of the Bundela rebellion of 1842 Hirdeshah was Zamindar of which place? |
Hirapur |
| 94 |
In India ‘Teacher’s Day is celebrated on – |
5th September |
| 95 |
When is “National Press Day” celebrated? |
16 November |
| 96 |
The Bharatiya Kisan Union was established in – |
1986 |
| 97 |
Karl Marx explained the process of class struggle with the help of which theory? |
Dialectical materialism |
| 98 |
‘’Valentine’s Day’’ is celebrated every year on? |
14 February |
| 99 |
The present-day calendar is based on – |
Gregorian Calendar |
| 100 |
‘’Falun Gong’’ is becoming a popular movement in – |
China |
| 101 |
Religious Organisation established by Mother Teresa is called – |
Missionaries of Charity |
| 102 |
Who was the compiler of the “Imperial Gazetteer”? |
William Wilson Hunter |
| 103 |
Civil Service Day is celebrated on – |
21st April |
| 104 |
The first lady, the Prime Minister in the world, was – |
Sirmao Bhandarnaike |
| 105 |
Which place is named the official Residence of the British Prime Minister? |
10 Downing Street |
| 106 |
China occupied Tibet in which year? |
1959 |
| 107 |
Bangladesh was established as an independent nation after the Indo-Pakistan War of – |
December, 1971 |
| 108 |
When were the special rights and privy purse enjoyed by the Indian Princely States abolished? |
1971 |
| 109 |
In which year did the USSR become Russia? |
1991 |
| 110 |
When did the second unification of Germany take place? |
3 October, 1990 |
| 111 |
The main cause of participation of the USA in 2nd World War, 1941 was – |
Invasion at Pearl Harbour |
| 112 |
The first President of the United States of America was – |
George Washington |
| 113 |
Which country is concerned to Bishop Desmond Tutu? |
South Africa |
| 114 |
Who is credited with making real paper in China? |
Tsai-lun |
| 115 |
Which is the first month of the Indian National Calendar? |
Chaitra |
| 116 |
The ‘Tamaria’ Tribes are found in which state of India? |
Jharkhand |
