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Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams Students
Who was the national leader who wrote History of India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail?
(a) Vir Savarkar
(b) Ambedkar
(c) Nand
(d) Bose
Option a – Vir Savarkar
The English established their first factory in the Indian subcontinent at: ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) Madras
(b) Surat
(c) Sutanati
(d) Bombay
Option b – Surat
Who started the first English newspaper in India?
(a) J.A. Hickey
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Option a – J.A. Hickey
What was the name of the newspaper edited by Gandhiji till 1933? ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) Arya
(b) Sarvodaya
(c) Young India
(d) Times of India
Option c – Young India
Who started the Home Rule Movement?
(a) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
(b) Padmaja Naidu
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Kamla Devi Chattopadhyay
Option c – Annie Besant
Gandhi’s inspiration for Civil Disobedience came from the writings of: ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) Henry Kissinger
(b) David Ricardo
(c) Henry David Thoreau
(d) Bertrand Russell
Option c – Henry David Thoreau
Who among the following is generally regarded as the pioneer of local self-government in Modern India?
(a) Mayo
(b) Lytton
(c) Curzon
(d) Ripon
Option d – Ripon
The father of the extremist movement in India is: ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Vallabh Bhai Patel
Option a – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Muthu Lakshmi
(d) Mridula Sarabhai
Option a – Sarojini Naidu
The original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati was: ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) Daya Shankar
(b) Mula Shankar
(c) Abhi Shankar
(d) Gowri Shankar
Option b – Mula Shankar
Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Option c – Dadabhai Naoroji
Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London? ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) P.C. Mahalanobis
(b) C.V. Raman
(c) A.C. Wadia
(d) Srinivasa Ramanujan
Option d – Srinivasa Ramanujan
The Indian Universities were first founded during the time of:
(a) Macaulay
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Option b – Lord Canning
The Indian National Congress and Muslim League came closer to each other in 1916 at: ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) Lahore
(b) Amritsar
(c) Lucknow
(d) Haripura
Option c – Lucknow
High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras in:
(a) 1861
(b) 1892
(c) 1919
(d) 1935
Option a – 1861
Who developed the idea that ‘means justify the ends’? ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Kautilya
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Option a – Mahatma Gandhi
Provincial Autonomy was one of the important features of the Act of:
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Delhi
(d) Lucknow
Option d – Lucknow
The Indian National Congress had passed the famous resolution on ‘Non-Cooperation’ in 1920 at its session held at: ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Delhi
(d) Lucknow
Option b – Calcutta
Sarvodaya stands for:
(a) Non-Violence
(b) Non-Cooperation
(c) Total Revolution
(d) Upliftment of All
Option d – Upliftment of All
Which religious reformer of western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’? ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) R.G. Bhandarkar
(d) Mahadev Govind Ranade
Option a – Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Who was popularly known as ‘Nana Saheb’?
(a) Baji Rao I
(b) Madhav Rao
(c) Balaji Baji Rao
(d) Balaji Viswanath
Option c – Balaji Baji Rao
Who was the first English president of the Indian National Congress? ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) A.O. Hume
(b) Henry Cotton
(c) William Wedderburn
(d) George Yule
Option d – George Yule
Who gave the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’?
(a) Iqbal
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Chandrasekhar Azad
Option b – Bhagat Singh
The credit of discovering the sea route to India goes to the: ( Indian History MCQ for State PSC Exams )
(a) English
(b) Dutch
(c) French
(d) Portuguese
Option d – Portuguese
Which among the following states was forced to merge itself with the Union of India after 1947?
(a) Kashmir
(b) Mysore
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Patiala
Option c – Hyderabad
The Congress adopted the ‘Quit India Revolution’ in the year:
(a) 1938
(b) 1940
(c) 1942
(d) 1946
Option c – 1942
‘India House’ is located in:
(a) Kolkata
(b) London
(c) New York
(d) New Delhi
Option b – London
The Marathi fortnightly ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’ was started by:
(a) B.D. Savarkar
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Option b – B.R. Ambedkar
Who among the following capitalists served as AICC treasurer for a long time and went to jail in 1930?
(a) Jamnalal Bajaj
(b) J.R.D. Tata
(c) G.D. Birla
(d) Balchand Hirachand
Option a – Jamnalal Bajaj
The date April 6, 1930, is known in Indian history for:
(a) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(b) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(c) First Round Table Conference
(d) Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi
Option d – Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi
The British government intervened in the affairs of the company and passed an act in 1773 A.D. known as:
(a) Company Act
(b) Charter Act
(c) Regulating Act
(d) Pitt’s India Act
Option c – Regulating Act
Who was the founder of the Indian National Army?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Option c – Jawahar Lal Nehru
Who among the following is considered to be the father of ‘Local Self-Government’ in India?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Option a – Lord Ripon
The Civil Services was brought into existence in India by:
(a) Cornwallis
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Ripon
(d) Warren Hastings
Option a – Cornwallis
Who wrote the famous song Sare Jahan Se Achchha Hindustan Hamara?
(a) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(b) Sahir Ludhyanvi
(c) Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Muhammad Iqbal
Option d – Muhammad Iqbal
Which one of the following was an émigré Communist journal of M. N. Roy?
(a) The Worker
(b) Vanguard
(c) Arushila
(d) Kisan Sabha
Option b – Vanguard
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Motilal Nehru – Nehru Report
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale – Servants of India Society
(c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah – Khilafat Movement
(d) Syed Ahmed Khan – Mohammed Anglo-Oriental Defence Association
Option c – Mohammad Ali Jinnah – Khilafat Movement
Who among the following Englishmen first translated the Bhagavad Gita into English?
(a) John Marshall
(b) Charles Wilkins
(c) William Jones
(d) Alexander Cunningham
Option b – Charles Wilkins
Where had Baba Ramchandra organized the farmers?
(a) Bengal
(b) Bihar
(c) Awadh
(d) Andhra
Option c – Awadh
When did the Akali Movement start?
(a) 1901
(b) 1911
(c) 1921
(d) 1931
Option c – 1921
Where did the Tebhaga Movement occur in 1946?
(a) Punjab
(b) Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Gujarat
Option b – Bengal
The founder president of All India Kisan Sabha was:
(a) Bankim Mukherjee
(b) Sahajanand Saraswati
(c) Jay Prakash Narayan
(d) Acharya Narendra Dev
Option b – Sahajanand Saraswati
Who founded Swadesh Bandhaw Samiti?
(a) Pulin Das
(b) Surya Sen
(c) Barindra Ghosh
(d) Ashwin Kumar Dutt
Option d – Ashwin Kumar Dutt
The Indian National Congress observed ‘Independence Day’ for the first time on 26th January in:
(a) 1920
(b) 1925
(c) 1930
(d) 1947
Option c – 1930
In which of the following provinces was a Congress ministry not formed under the Act of 1935?
(a) Punjab
(b) Madras
(c) Bihar
(d) Orissa
Option a – Punjab
Who was the first Indian woman to preside over The Indian National Congress?
(a) Padmaja Naidu
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Pritilata Waddedar
Option c – Sarojini Naidu
In the individual Satyagraha, Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was the second?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
Option d – Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
Who of the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained freedom?
(a) Jai Prakash Narayan
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Acharya J.B. Kripalani
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Option d – Mahatma Gandhi
Who among the following was not a signatory to the historic Poona Pact of 1932?
(a) M. K. Gandhi
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) B. R. Ambedkar
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
Option b – C. Rajagopalachari
Who wrote Unhappy India?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
Option a – Dadabhai Naoroji
The first President of Indian National Congress was:
(a) A. O. Hume
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Womesh Chandra Banerjee
Option d – Womesh Chandra Banerjee
Who founded All India Harijan Sevak Sangh?
(a) Raj Narayan
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) B. R. Ambedkar
(d) Jay Prakash Narayan
Option b – Mahatma Gandhi
The Gandhian economy was based on the principle of:
(a) Trusteeship
(b) Competition
(c) State Control
(d) Rural Co-operation
Option a – Trusteeship
The Home Rule League was started by:
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option d – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Which British Governor-General introduced postage stamps in India?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Auckland
Option b – Lord Dalhousie
Who was the first woman president of Congress?
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(b) Mrs. Nellie Sengupta
(c) Mrs. Annie Besant
(d) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
Option c – Mrs. Annie Besant
The book Prison Diary was written by:
(a) Morarji Desai
(b) V. D. Savarkar
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jaya Prakash Narayan
Option d – Jaya Prakash Narayan
Where did Mahatma Gandhi first apply his technique of Satyagraha?
(a) Champaran
(b) England
(c) Dandi
(d) South Africa
Option d – South Africa
Who among the following Europeans established their trade and influence in India first?
(a) French
(b) Dutch
(c) British
(d) Portuguese
Option d – Portuguese
Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Option c – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Bengal was partitioned in 1905 under the Viceroyalty of:
(a) Lord Minto
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Hardinge
(d) Lord Dufferin
Option b – Lord Curzon
Who was the author of the book My Experiments with Truth?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Vinoba Bhave
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Option a – Mahatma Gandhi
Who was the last Governor-General of India?
(a) Sir Attlee
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Sir Cripps
(d) C. Rajagopalachari
Option d – C. Rajagopalachari
The All India Muslim League was founded by:
(a) Aga Khan
(b) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(c) Maulana Ahmed Ali
(d) M. A. Jinnah
Option a – Aga Khan
Who is called the ‘Prophet of New India’?
(a) Sri Ramakrishna
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
Option a – Sri Ramakrishna
Champaran Satyagraha was related to:
(a) Indigo cultivation
(b) Mill owners
(c) Plague
(d) Free assessment of land
Option a – Indigo cultivation
The Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an:
(a) Resolution
(b) Regulating Act
(c) White Paper
(d) Ordinance
Option b – Regulating Act
The founder of the ‘Arya Samaj’ was:
(a) Dayananda Saraswati
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Vivekananda
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Option a – Dayananda Saraswati
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was called ‘Mahatma’ by:
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Option a – Rabindranath Tagore
Who was the founder of the ‘Servants of India Society’?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) M. G. Ranade
Option c – Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Who is known as the ‘Indian Bismarck’?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Option b – Vallabhbhai Patel
In which year did the Indian National Congress split between moderates and extremists?
(a) 1910
(b) 1909
(c) 1908
(d) 1907
Option d – 1907
When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal Emperor in India was:
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb
Option b – Akbar
The first Viceroy of India was:
(a) Lord Elgin
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Option c – Lord Canning
Who was the chairman of the Partition Council?
(a) V. P. Menon
(b) M. A. Jinnah
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Lord Mountbatten
Option d – Lord Mountbatten
The Cabinet Mission came to India in the year:
(a) 1940
(b) 1942
(c) 1945
(d) 1946
Option d – 1946
The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as:
(a) The Rowlatt Act
(b) The Morley-Minto Reforms
(c) The Montagu Declaration
(d) The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
Option b – The Morley-Minto Reforms
Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of:
(a) Bernard Shaw
(b) Leo Tolstoy
(c) Lenin
(d) Karl Marx
Option b – Leo Tolstoy
Who is associated with the term ‘Loknayak’ in India?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option b – Jayaprakash Narayan
The Dandi March of Gandhiji is an example of:
(a) Boycott
(b) Civil Disobedience
(c) Direct Action
(d) Non-Cooperation
Option c – Direct Action
The newspaper brought out by Bal Gangadhar Tilak to promote nationalism was:
(a) Kranti
(b) Kesari
(c) Yugantar
(d) Deshbhakti
Option b – Kesari
Who among the following wrote the book Bahuvivah?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Pandita Ramabai
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Option d – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
From which area did the social and religious reform movements start?
(a) Madras
(b) Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Orissa
Option b – Bengal
Which was the working area of Birsa Munda?
(a) Balia
(b) Ranchi
(c) Alipur
(d) Champaran
Option b – Ranchi
Who of the following founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
(a) J. B. Kripalani
(b) N. M. Joshi
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Option a – J. B. Kripalani
Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?
(a) Zamindar
(b) Comrade
(c) Al-Hilal
(d) The Indian Sociologist
Option c – Al-Hilal
The Poona Pact was signed between:
(a) Gandhi Ji and Subhas Chandra Bose
(b) Gandhi Ji and Ambedkar
(c) Gandhi Ji and Jinnah
(d) Gandhi Ji and Lord Irwin
Option b – Gandhi Ji and Ambedkar
Who was known as the Frontier Gandhi (Simanta Gandhi)?
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Shaukat Ali
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Option d – Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Who of the following Prime Ministers sent the Cripps Mission to India?
(a) Stanley Baldwin
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Neville Chamberlain
(d) Ramsay MacDonald
Option b – Winston Churchill
Who was the Nawab of Bengal during the Battle of Plassey?
(a) Mir Qasim
(b) Mir Jafar
(c) Siraj-ud-Daula
(d) None of these
Option c – Siraj-ud-Daula
Who was the founder of Prarthana Samaj?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Dayananda Saraswati
(c) Atmaram Pandurang
(d) Debendranath Tagore
Option c – Atmaram Pandurang
Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?
(a) R. Palme Dutt
(b) A. O. Hume
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Option c – Annie Besant
India’s War of Independence 1857 was written by:
(a) V. D. Savarkar
(b) S. B. Chaudhari
(c) R. C. Majumdar
(d) S. N. Sen
Option a – V. D. Savarkar
The first indication of the revolutionary movement in India was seen in:
(a) Bengal
(b) Punjab
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Maharashtra
Option d – Maharashtra
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