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Quick Quiz
The pioneers to carry out excavations at Harappa and Mohenjodaro were :
1. Sir John Marshall and Alexander Cunningham
2. Daya Ram Sahni and R.D. Banerjee
3. M.S.Vats and K.N. Dikshit
4. M.G.Mazumdar and E.J. H. Mackay
Option 2 – Daya Ram Sahni and R.D. Banerjee
Swastik is symbol of :
1. Sangam origin
2. Indus Valley origin
3. Aryan origin
4. None of the above
Option 2 – Indus Valley origin
The Aryans came to India from :
1. Antarctica
2. Eastern Europe
3. North America
4. Central Asia
Option 4 – Central Asia
The Rig-Veda contains :
1. Hymns in honour of the gods
2. Yajnas to be performed
3. Rituals to be adopted by people
4. History of the Vedic period
Option 1 – Hymns in honour of the gods
Atharva Veda contains one of the following :
1. Canons of music
2. Magical spells and charms
3. Science formulate
4. Medical treatments
Option 2 – Magical spells and charms
Which of the Rig-Vedic gods was supposed to act as an intermediary between the gods and the people?
1. Marut
2. Agni
3. Usha
4. Varuna
Option 2 – Agni
The Gayatri Mantra found in the Rig-Veda is addressed to :
1. Indra
2. Sun
3. Varuna
4. Agni
Option 2 – Sun
Buddha preached his first sermon at :
1. Sarnath
2. Pavapuri
3. Gaya
4. Sanchi
Option 1 – Sarnath
Parsvanatha’s teachings were enlarged by one principle which was added by Mahavira. This principle was :
1. Ahimsa
2. Truth
3. Non-possession
4. Brahmcharya
Option 4 – Brahmcharya
The Ajivika sect was set up by :
1. Mahavira
2. Parsvanatha
3. Arishtanemi
4. Gosala Maskariputra
Option 4 – Gosala Maskariputra
Buddha was originally a prince called :
1. Siddhartha
2. Gautamiputra
3. Suddhodana
4. Rahul
Option 1 – Siddhartha
Buddha was born in :
1. 523 BC
2. 563 BC
3. 623 BC
4. 602 BC
Option 2 – 563 BC
Who out of the following transformed Buddhism into a world religion?
1. Menander
2. Ashoka
3. Kanishka
4. Buddha himself
Option 2 – Ashoka
The Ajanta caves are connected with :
1. Ramayana
2. Mahabharata
3. Jatakas
4. Panchatantra
Option 3 – Jatakas
Which of the European countries first of all started trade with India?
1. France
2. Portugal
3. Holland
4. England
Option 2 – Portugal
The 57feet high statue of Gomateshwara at Sravana Belgola in Mysore was erected in about 981 AD by the Ganga minister :
1. Rishabha
2. Chamundaraya
3. Rachamal
4. Bharata
Option 2 – Chamundaraya
To the classical Greek writers, Lord Krishna was known as :
1. Androkoztas
2. Sandrokottas
3. Heracles
4. Souraseni
Option 3 – Heracles
Magadha became prominent under the leader. ship of Bimbisara who belonged to the dynasty.
1. Nanda
2. Maurya
3. Sisunaga
4. Haryanka
Option 4 – Haryanka
Who of the following put up a stiff resistance against Alexander?
1. Ambhi
2. Mahapadma Nanda
3. Porus
4. All of them
Option 3 – Porus
Kautilya or Chanakya was also known as :
1. Vishnubhuja
2. Vishnugupta
3. Vishnukarma
4. Vishnusharma
Option 2 – Vishnugupta
Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered in 1837 by :
1. James Prinsep
2. William Jones
3. Vincent Smith
4. Max Mueller
Option 1 – James Prinsep
Present day man belongs to the species called :
1. Homo Sapiens
2. Cromagnon
3. Zinjanthropus
4. Pithecanthropus
Option 1 – Homo Sapiens
The first metal to be discovered and used for making tools was :
1. Iron
2. Copper
3. Bronze
4. Tin
Option 2 – Copper
The word Hindu is derived from the Sanskrit term for :
1. A language
2. A river
3. A religion
4. A caste
Option 2 – A river
The Great Bath was found in :
1. Mohenjodaro
2. Banawali
3. Rojdi
4. Harappa
Option 1 – Mohenjodaro
When was the Harappan Civilization discovered?
1. 1921
2. 1910
3. 1931
4. 1911
Option 1 – 1921
The Second Civil Disobedience Movement started with:
(a) Dandi march
(b) the passing of the ‘Quit India’ Resolution
(c) the adoption of a resolution declaring Poorna Swaraj as the objective of the Congress
(d) The Failure of Cripps Mission
Option b – the passing of the ‘Quit India’ Resolution
The achievements of the Swarajists did not include:
(a) exposing the hollowness of the Reform Act of 1919
(b) defeating the Government on several measures
(c) forging Hindu-Muslim unity and curbing communalism
(d) filling a political void when the national movement had temporarily lost momentum
Option c – forging Hindu-Muslim unity and curbing communalism
Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as ‘Father of the Nation’ first by:
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Option c – Subhash Chandra Bose
The most enduring as well as the most militant of the agitations originating in the period 1945-47 was the:
(a) Tebhaga Movement
(b) Telangana Movement
(c) The Travancore agitation
(d) The Bakasht Peasants’ agitation
Option b – Telangana Movement
“At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom” was said by:
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) None of these
Option c – Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth”?
(a) Leo Tolstoy
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Albert Einstein
(d) Bertrand Russell
Option a – Leo Tolstoy
The militant nationalism for the first time was against which of the following?
(a) Seditious Meetings Act 1907
(b) Partition of Bengal 1905
(c) The Indian Councils Act 1892
(d) Official Secrets Act 1904
Option a – Seditious Meetings Act 1907
During India’s Freedom Struggle, which one of the following led to the first ‘All India Hartal’?
(a) Protest against the Rowlatt Act
(b) Protest against Jallianwala Bagh massacre
(c) Trial of Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Arrival of Simon Commission
Option a – Protest against the Rowlatt Act
“A body like the Congress which represents not the mass of the population, but a single and very limited class, could not be called national”. This statement in context with the Indian National Congress was given by which among the following personalities?
(a) Nabagopal Mitra
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option b – Aurobindo Ghosh
Which of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Kesari – B.G. Tilak
(b) New India – M. K. Gandhi
(c) Young India – Annie Besant
(d) Yugantar – Aurobindo Ghosh
Option a – Kesari – B.G. Tilak
In which of the following countries did Subhash Chandra Bose organize the ‘Tiger Legion’?
(a) Singapore
(b) Germany
(c) Japan
(d) Italy
Option b – Germany
“Long ago we have made a tryst with destiny. We now move into a period, where we shall pledge to work hard and attain self-dependence in all spheres.” Those words were uttered by:
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru on the morning of 15th August 1947
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru on the first anniversary of Independence Day
(c) Rajendra Prasad on the day when India became a republic
(d) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan during the first joint session of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Option a – Jawaharlal Nehru on the morning of 15th August 1947
On which one of the following dates did Jawaharlal Nehru unfurl the tricolor national flag on the banks of the Ravi as the clock struck midnight?
(a) 31st December, 1929
(b) 26th January, 1930
(c) 31st December, 1931
(d) 26th January, 1933
Option a – 31st December, 1929
Which of the following revolutionary leaders organized an attack on the armory of Chittagong?
(a) Jatin Das
(b) Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) C. R. Das
(d) Surya Sen
Option d – Surya Sen
Michael O’ Dwyer, the British Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at the time of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, was shot dead by:
(a) Sohan Singh Bhakna
(b) V.V.S. Iyer
(c) Hasrat Mohani
(d) Udham Singh
Option d – Udham Singh
The Indian National Army (I.N.A.) came into existence in:
(a) Burma
(b) Japan
(c) Malaysia
(d) Singapore
Option d – Singapore
The word “Adivasi” was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by:
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jyotiba Phule
(d) Thakkar Bappa
Option d – Thakkar Bappa
Who led the revolutionary Yugantar party which tried to conserve its resources and build international contacts so as to organize a real military conspiracy at an appropriate time?
(a) Jatindranath Mukherjee
(b) Sachindranath Sanyal
(c) Rash Behari Bose
(d) None of the above
Option a – Jatindranath Mukherjee
Subhash C. Bose was unhappy with the Congress resolution at Ramgarh in March 1940 because
(a) Gandhi agreed to give support to the British war effort
(b) Gandhi did not give a call for an immediate struggle
(c) Subhash wanted no compromise with imperialism and wanted people to be ready for action
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
At which of the following sessions, the Indian National Congress adopted a significant resolution against the use of Indian troops in China, Mesopotamia, and Persia?
(a) 1920 Calcutta Session
(b) 1923 New Delhi Session
(c) 1927 Madras Session
(d) 1931 Karachi Session
Option c – 1927 Madras Session
The first authoritative exposition of the Extremist ideological position within the Indian National Congress was penned down by which among the following as a series of articles titled “New Lamps for Old” in a Bombay newspaper.
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Option b – Aurobindo Ghosh
One of the acts of Government that gave the nationalist movement the final push to set up an organization such as the Indian National Congress was:
(a) The Vernacular Press Act
(b) The Arms Act
(c) The Ilbert Bill
(d) Lowering the age for the Indian Civil Service Examination
Option c – The Ilbert Bill
The organizational change to turn the Congress Party into a real mass political party was made for the first time in
(a) 1916
(b) 1918
(c) 1920
(d) 1930
Option c – 1920
“To sound the order of retreat just when public enthusiasm was reaching the boiling point was nothing short of a national calamity”. Who said it regarding the unilateral withdrawal of the Non-cooperation movement by Gandhi on Feb 1922?
(a) S.C. Bose
(b) J.L. Nehru
(c) Mohammad Ali
(d) C.R. Das
Option a – S.C. Bose
Who strongly objected to the British government’s negotiations on terms of equality with the ‘Seditious Fakir’, i.e., Mahatma Gandhi in Feb-Mar, 1931?
(a) Ramsay MacDonald
(b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Lord Wavell
Option c – Winston Churchill
The Congress was passing through midnight gloom, and Gandhiji himself withdrew from politics altogether, devoting himself to his social programme. This refers to which period of the Indian National movement.
(a) Failure of Round Table Conference and its aftermath
(b) Post Non-Cooperation phase
(c) World-wide depression of the 1930s
(d) None of the above
Option a – Failure of Round Table Conference and its aftermath
‘Nauseating and humiliating spectacle of Gandhiji striding half-naked up the steps of the viceroy’s Palace to negotiate …….. on equal terms with the representatives of the King-Emperor’. Who said this?
(a) Clement Attlee
(b) William Digby
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Strafford Cripps
Option c – Winston Churchill
In which year did the British Government announce for the first time dominion status as the goal of British policy in India?
(a) 1922
(b) 1929
(c) 1932
(d) 1935
Option b – 1929
Which famine in colonial India was attributed to man-made causes?
(a) Famine of 1868-70
(b) Bengal Famine of 1943
(c) Famine of 1876-78
(d) Famine of 1896-97
Option b – Bengal Famine of 1943
Who coined the term ‘discriminating protection’ while appearing before the Indian Fiscal Commission?
(a) Lala Harkishan Lal
(b) CR Das
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Option a – Lala Harkishan Lal
In which year did Mohammad Ali Jinnah attend a session of the Muslim League for the first time without being its member?
(a) 1906
(b) 1896
(c) 1912
(d) 1915
Option c – 1912
Who was the President of the eighth session of the Muslim League in 1915 held in Bombay and attended by Madan Mohan Malviya, Surendranath Banerjea, Annie Besant, B G Horniman, and Sarojini Naidu?
(a) Mazhar-ul Haque
(b) Mohsin-ul-Mulk
(c) Aga Khan III
(d) Syed Ameer Ali
Option a – Mazhar-ul Haque
To investigate Muslim grievances against Congress ministries during 1937-39, the Muslim League formulated the “Pirpur Report” under the chairmanship of
(a) Raja Syed Muhammad Mehdi
(b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Fazl-al Haq
(d) SM Shareef
Option a – Raja Syed Muhammad Mehdi
Which of the following was the reason for the Congress to refuse to form a coalition government in the United Provinces with the Muslim League?
(a) Hindu-Muslim animosity
(b) The choice of ministers
(c) Muslim League’s refusal of merger in Congress
(d) Both were hostile to the formation of government.
Option b – The choice of ministers
When and where for the first time after 1916 did the Muslim League organize its session separately from the Congress?
(a) 1920, Nagpur
(b) 1921, Ahmedabad
(c) 1923, Lucknow
(d) 1924, Lahore
Option c – 1923, Lucknow
Which of these statements is false about the reasons for the split in the Congress?
(a) There were personal rivalries between moderate and extremist leaders.
(b) Extremists wanted to bypass democratic procedures within the Congress.
(c) Moderates were opposed to the boycott of British goods and institutions.
(d) Extremists were impatient with the moderate politics of ‘Mendicancy’
Option b – Extremists wanted to bypass democratic procedures within the Congress
Which of the following conclusions about Moderates and Extremists is false?
(a) The colonial government remained unaffected by the moderates’ pleas.
(b) Extremists wanted moderate leaders to continue to hold positions of power within the Congress.
(c) Moderates felt closer to the British than to the people of their own country.
(d) Extremists alienated Muslims with their Hindu revivalism.
Option b – Extremists wanted moderate leaders to continue to hold positions of power within the Congress
He was the most passionate exponent of the Extremists’ point of view and the programme he espoused anticipated Gandhi. The reference here is to
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Aurobindo Ghose
(c) B.G. Tilak
(d) None of the above
Option b – Aurobindo Ghose
In which city was the All India Muslim League established in 1906?
(a) Karachi
(b) Shimla
(c) Dacca
(d) Aligarh
Option c – Dacca
Which of these statements is true?
(a) The early Congress professed loyalty to the British Empire.
(b) The Congress was founded on the demand for the overthrow of British rule in India.
(c) The Congress was founded as a full-time political organization.
(d) The Congress had peasant leaders among its founders
Option a – The early Congress professed loyalty to the British Empire
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