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Q1. Who Observed: “The Congress is, in reality, a civil war without arms?”
A. Lord Dufferin
B. M.A. Jinnah
C. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
D. Lord Curzon
Q2. Who was the Tenth and Last Guru of the Sikh?
A. Guru Ram Das
B. Guru Hargobind
C. Guru Govind
D. Guru Tegh Bahadur
Q3. The Vaikom Satyagraha was launched in 1924 for
A. Opening the temples to the low castes Hindus
B. Fighting against the exploitation by the landlords
C. Removal of Press restriction
D. Democratization of the administration of Travancore state
Q4. The first Satyagrahi selected by Mahatma Gandhi to launch the Individual Satyagraha in October 1940, was
A. C. Rajagopalachari
B. Vallabhbhai Patel
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D. J. B. Kripalani
Q5. After the Surat Split in 1907, the second split in the Congress took place in 1918 on the issue of
A. Lucknow Pact
B. Montagu Declaration
C. Election of Mrs. Annie Besant as President of the INC (1917)
D. Both (B) and (C) above
Q6. Which of the following acted as President of the Indian National Congress for six consecutive years?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. Abul Kalam Azad
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q7. Who was the last Sultan of Delhi?
A. Firuz-Tughluq
B. Bahlul Khan Lodi
C. Ibrahim Lodi
D. Sikandar Lodi
Q8. Who introduced ‘Din-i-Ilahi’?
A. Babur
B. Akbar
C. Jahangir
D. Shahjahan
Q9. The Youngest President of the Indian National Congress, who held that office at the age of 35, was
A. Rash Bihari Ghosh
B. Subhas Chandra Bose
C. Abul Kalam Azad
D. Lala Lajpat Rai
Q10. After the partition of Bengal, the two new provinces which came into existence were?
A. East Bengal and Bengal
B. East Bengal and West Bengal
C. East Bengal and Assam
D. East Bengal and North Bengal
Q11. The leader of the Ghadar Party in Bengal and Orissa was
A. Jatindranath Mukherjee
B. Jatindranath Das
C. Barindra Ghosh
D. M.N. Roy
Q12. Name the Chola King who adopted the title of “Gangaikonda”.
A. Rajendra Chola I
B. Rajraj I
C. Rajadhiraj Chola
D. Rajendra Chola II
Q13. Which Mughal emperor was known as Alamgir I?
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Aurangzeb
D. Bahadur Shah II
Q14. The Nehru Committee Report got a decent burial at the hands of the Congress at the___ __ session of the INC
A. Calcutta
B. Madras
C. Lahore
D. Bombay
Q15. Which Mughal emperor granted ‘Farman’ in 1717 to the British East India Company?
A. Bahadur Shah II
B. Shah Alam II
C. Farrukhshiyar
D. Muhammad Shah
Q16. The word Congress was borrowed from
A. The Congress (Parliament) of the USA
B. North American History, to connote an assembly of people
C. The Congress of Trade Unions
D. The Congress of World Religions at Chicago
Q17. Who gave the title of Rani to the Naga women leader Gaidinliu?
A. Subhas Bose
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Thakkar Bapa
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Q18. Name the Chalukya King who defeated Harshavardhana
A. Pulakeshin I
B. Pulakeshin II
C. Mangalesh
D. Kirtivarmana
Q19. Bal Ganghadhar Tilak introduced the Ganapati Festival in 1893. He held the first Shivaji festival in:
A. 1884
B. 1885
C. 1896
D. 1897
Q20. Name the first newspaper in India
A. Parthenon
B. Digdarshan
C. Bengal Gazette / Hicky’s Gazette / Hicky’s Bengal Gazette
D. Samachar Darpan
Q21. Who wrote the book “Amuktamalyada”?
A. Madhabacharya
B. Ramanuj
C. Krishnadevaray
D. Maladhar Basu
Q22. Where was the first Buddhist Council held?
A. Vaisali
B. Pataliputra
C. Rajagriha
D. Malava
Q23. Who is known as the ‘Parrot of India’?
A. Jimutavahana
B. Al-Beruni
C. Ibn-Batutah
D. Amir Khasru
Q24. The historical importance of the second session of the INC held in Calcutta in 1886 was the –
A. There was a merger between the INC and the National Conference.
B. It was presided over by Dadabhai Naoroji
C. The great scholar Rajendra Lal Mitra was the President of its local Reception Committee
D. All of the above
