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History Questions for Exam Objective
Who among the following was a supporter of the Fabian movement?
a) Annie Besant
b) AO Hume
c) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
d) DR Palme Dutt
Option a – Annie Besant
Which movement gained widespread popularity in India during the First World War?
a) Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
b) Home Rule Movement
c) Separatist Movement
d) Swaraj Party Movement
Option b – Home Rule Movement
Who among the following was not involved in the Home Rule League?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Annie Besant
c) S Subrahmanyam Ayer
d) TS Alcott
Option d – TS Alcott
Who among the following was not associated with the Home Rule Movement?
a) CR Das
b) S Subramania Iyer
c) Annie Besant
d) BG Tilak
Option a – CR Das
In which year were Tilak’s and Annie Besant’s Home Rule Leagues merged into one organisation?
a) 1916
b) 1918
c) 1920
d) 1923
Option b – 1918
Tilak established his Home Rule League in 1916 in which of the following places?
a) Satara
b) Pune
c) Belgaum
d) Berar
Option c – Belgaum
Which organisation was renamed as “Swarajya Sabha” in 1920?
a) All India Home Rule League
b) Hindu Mahasabha
c) South Indian Liberal Federation
d) The Servants of India Society
Option a – All India Home Rule League
Which major contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is considered most significant in shaping modern India?
a) Leading the Indian National Congress
b) Participation in the Non-Cooperation Movement
c) Involvement in the Quit India Movement
d) Unification of princely states
Option d – Unification of princely states
Which revolutionary from Chittagong, involved in the Non-Cooperation Movement, also served as a teacher in a national school?
a) Jatin Das
b) Surya Sen
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Chandrasekhar Azad
Option b – Surya Sen
Who introduced the concept of Antyodaya?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Vinoba Bhave
c) Sri Aurobindo
d) Jayaprakash Narayan
Option b – Vinoba Bhave
Who led revolutionary activities for Indian independence in America?
a) Shyamji Krishna Varma
b) Lala Hardayal
c) V.D. Savarkar
d) Sardarsingh Rana
Option b – Lala Hardayal
Who led the movement against the partition of Bengal?
a) Surendranath Banerjee
b) C. R. Das
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Option a – Surendranath Banerjee
Aurobindo Ghosh’s series of articles titled ‘Doctrine of Passive Resistance’ were linked to which movement?
a) Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
b) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Non-Cooperation Movement
d) Young Bengal Movement
Option a – Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
What was the primary objective of the Cripps’ Mission?
a) To grant complete independence to a united India
b) To increase the division between the Congress and the Muslim League
c) To propose a compromise between the Congress’s and the Muslim League’s demands
d) To provide proportional representation for Muslims in the new Constitution
Option c – To propose a compromise between the Congress’s and the Muslim League’s demands
After the Champaran inquiry report was issued, what settlement did Gandhi arrange with the planters?
a) Compensation for ten years of excessive payments by peasants
b) Full repayment of the year’s overcharged money
c) Refund of twenty-five percent of illegally collected payments
d) Complete halt of indigo plantations in exchange for cooperation
Option c – Refund of twenty-five percent of illegally collected payments
Who headed the Boundary Commission under the Indian Independence Act of 1947?
a) Lord Wavell
b) Stafford Cripps
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Cyril Radcliffe
Option d – Cyril Radcliffe
When the Muslim League joined the interim government in 1946, which ministry was given to Liyaqat Ali Khan?
a) Foreign Affairs
b) Home
c) Finance
d) Defense
Option c – Finance
Which of the following ‘parallel governments’ was the first to emerge during the Quit India Movement?
a) Jatiya Sarkar in Midnapore, Bengal
b) Ballia (East U.P.) under Chittu Pande
c) Prati Sarkar under Nana Patil in Gujarat
d) Satara, Maharashtra under Y.B. Chavan
Option b – Ballia (East U.P.) under Chittu Pande
The following biography describes which leader? “Graduate at 18, professor and editor at 20, secretary of Sarvajanik Sabha and Provincial Conference at 25, Secretary of the Congress at 29, key witness before a Royal Commission at 31, Provincial legislator at 34, Imperial legislator at 36, Congress President at 39, and considered a mentor by Gandhi.”
a) Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
b) Mahadev Govind Ranade
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option c – Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Which of the following triggered widespread public anger leading to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
a) The Arms Act
b) The Public Safety Act
c) The Rowlatt Act
d) The Vernacular Press Act
Option c – The Rowlatt Act
At which Congress session in 1906 was Swarajya declared as its ultimate goal?
a) Bombay
b) Calcutta
c) Lucknow
d) Madras
Option b – Calcutta
Who coined the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Sardar Patel
Option c – Lal Bahadur Shastri
Gandhi and Nehru had fundamental disagreements mainly regarding: ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Methods of mass mobilisation
b) Adoption of non-violence as state policy
c) The urgency of rapid industrialisation
d) Protection of minorities and weaker groups
Option c – The urgency of rapid industrialisation
Who was the key figure in the Delhi Conspiracy Case where a bomb was thrown at Lord Hardinge’s procession in Chandni Chowk on December 23, 1913?
a) Madan Lal Dhingra
b) Ras Behari Bose
c) V.D. Savarkar
d) Birendra Kumar Ghosh
Option b – Ras Behari Bose
In which year did Annie Besant preside over the Indian National Congress? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) 1916
b) 1917
c) 1918
d) 1920
Option b – 1917
Who was Gandhiji’s political mentor?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Option c – Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Who made the famous statement, “The light has gone out of our lives,” upon Gandhiji’s death? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
d) Lord Mountbatten
Option b – Jawaharlal Nehru
After the Congress leaders rejected the Montague-Chelmsford Report, which group did many moderates join?
a) Swarajya Party
b) Indian Freedom Party
c) Independence Federation of India
d) Indian Liberal Federation
Option d – Indian Liberal Federation
The federation proposed in the Government of India Act of 1935 never materialized because: ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Congress did not accept it
b) The Muslim League opposed it
c) Some provinces refused to join
d) The princely states did not agree to participate
Option d – The princely states did not agree to participate
The main point of the ‘August Offer’ of 1940 was:
a) Formation of a representative Indian body to draft a constitution
b) Protection of minority political rights
c) Assurance of no partition of India
d) Denial of separate electorates for the depressed classes
Option a – Formation of a representative Indian body to draft a constitution
In March 1908, who became the permanent president of the Muslim League? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Nawab Salimullah
b) Syed Ahmad Khan
c) Aga Khan
d) Syed Amir Ali
Option c – Aga Khan
Which of the following statements about Mohammad Ali Jinnah is incorrect?
a) He worked as Dadabhai Naoroji’s secretary during the 1906 Calcutta Congress session
b) He joined the Muslim League in 1913 and adopted communal politics
c) He collaborated with Tilak to draft the Lucknow Pact
d) He fully supported Gandhi’s non-violent non-cooperation movement in 1919-20
Option d – He fully supported Gandhi’s non-violent non-cooperation movement in 1919-20
Which pair is incorrectly matched with its year? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Santhal – 1855
b) Kol – 1831
c) Khasi – 1829
d) Ahom – 1815
Option d – Ahom – 1815
Harishchandra Mukherjee, the editor of “Hindu Patriot,” played a key role in supporting which movement? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Santhal Rebellion
b) Indigo Revolt
c) Munda Uprising
d) None of the above
Option b – Indigo Revolt
Who assumed leadership of the ‘Eka Movement’ in Awadh during 1921-22? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Bhagwan Ahir
b) Madari Pasi
c) Baba Ramchandra
d) Shah Naeem Ata
Option b – Madari Pasi
Which was the first significant voluntary association formed in Calcutta in 1851 to represent Indian landlords?
a) British Indian Association
b) Landholder’s Society
c) Madras Native Association
d) Bombay Association
Option a – British Indian Association
Who was the rebel leader at the Battle of Chinhat during the 1857 uprising? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Ahmadullah Shah
b) Shah Mal
c) Mangal Pandey
d) Kunwar Singh
Option a – Ahmadullah Shah
Which leader passed away while living in exile? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Rani Laxmibai
b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
c) Tantia Tope
d) Nana Saheb
Option b – Bahadur Shah Zafar
The Azamgarh Proclamation of August 1857 emphasized: ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Division between Hindus and Muslims
b) Support for the British Government
c) Restoration of Mughal rule
d) Protests against heavy revenue taxes
Option b – Support for the British Government
Which of the following took place first?
a) Establishment of Arya Samaj by Swami Dayanand
b) Writing of Neeldarpan by Dinabandhu Mitra
c) Composition of Anandmath by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
d) Success of Satyendranath Tagore in the ICS exam
Option b – Writing of Neeldarpan by Dinabandhu Mitra
Which social reformer was a vocal critic of the Jury Act of 1826? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Mahadev Govind Ranade
d) Rajnarayan Basu
Option b – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Which of the following statements about the Indigo Revolt of 1859 is accurate? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) It started in Poona and Ahmadnagar
b) It targeted moneylenders
c) It was supported by Bengal’s intellectuals
d) It was aimed at small landlords and former plantation employees
Option c – It was supported by Bengal’s intellectuals
Who led the Young Bengal Movement? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Henry Vivian Derozio
b) David Hare
c) Dwarkanath Tagore
d) Prasanna Kumar Tagore
Option a – Henry Vivian Derozio
Dewan Velu Thampi revolted against the British in which region?
a) Awadh
b) Kashmir
c) Travancore
d) Mysore
Option c – Travancore
Which Mughal emperor gave Ram Mohun Roy the title ‘Raja’? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Jahandar Shah
b) Mohammad Shah
c) Akbar II
d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Option c – Akbar II
In which year was the practice of Sati officially prohibited by law?
a) 1795
b) 1800
c) 1829
d) 1858
Option c – 1829
Who led the Munda rebellion known as Ulgulan? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Sidho
b) Birsa
c) Bapat
d) Korra Malya
Option b – Birsa
The Aligarh Movement was centered around which institution?
a) The Deoband School
b) The Anglo-Oriental College
c) Pir-Fakir Majlis
d) The Khilafat Committee
Option b – The Anglo-Oriental College
Sidhu and Kanu were leaders associated with which revolt? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Santhal Rebellion
b) Chakma Revolt
c) Khasi Uprising
d) Indigo Revolt
Option a – Santhal Rebellion
The Jury Act of 1827 faced strong opposition because it excluded Hindus and Muslims from the Grand Jury. Who prominently opposed this Act? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Lord Sinha
c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
d) Raja Rammohan Roy
Option d – Raja Rammohan Roy
Which army unit was heavily involved in the 1857 revolt?
a) Punjab Army
b) Madras Regiment
c) Bengal Army
d) Awadh Regiment
Option c – Bengal Army
Who was associated with the Bombay Association?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Dinshaw Wacha
c) Both of them
d) Neither of them
Option c – Both of them
Who was involved in establishing the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?
a) G.D. Birla
b) Thakurdas
c) Both of them
d) Neither of them
Option c – Both of them
Who played the most significant role in advancing women’s education in the 19th century? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
b) J.E.D. Bethune
c) D.K. Karve
d) The British Government
Option a – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Who actively fought for and succeeded in getting widow remarriage legalized?
a) M.G. Ranade
b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
c) Raja Ram Mohun Roy
d) Annie Besant
Option b – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
What was a major goal of the Aligarh Movement? ( History Questions for Exam MCQ )
a) To form an Anglo-Muslim alliance for Muslim security
b) Social and religious reforms among Muslims
c) Counter Christian missionary influence
d) Both (a) and (b)
Option d – Both (a) and (b)
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