INDIAN HISTORY GK MCQ Notes

    Indian History GK is the Major important subjects for all the aspirants those who prepare for Competitive exams.In General awareness Section Questions asked from the ongoing present happening events(Current Affairs) & Current affairs of National event and International news events,But in the General Knowledge(GK)section, Questions arises from the All the Broad aspects area of the History, Geography,polity Economics and General Science. If we particularly Discussed on The History Section, then Most of Odisha History (MCQ)Multiple Choice Questions based Objective Questions Always Asked in the Different Competitive exams.


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Ancient History of India

1. Who founded the Indian National Congress ?

A. Sir A.O. Hume

B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

D. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer:- A


2. Which of the following is known as “ Hermit of Shimla ?

A. A.O. Hume

B. Badruddin Tyabji

C. JB Kriplani

D. WC bannerjee

Answer:-A


3. Indian National Congress was formed on

A. 28 Dec 1886

B. Dec 31 , 1885

C. Dec 28 , 1885

D.Dec 31, 1886

Answer:-C


4. Who was the Viceroy of British India at the time of first session of the Congress ?

[A] Lord Curzon

[B] Lord Dufferin

[C] Lord Mayo

[D] Lord Minto

Answer:-B


5. Who suggested the name of Indian National Congress ?

[A] Dadabhai Naoroji

[B] Rashbihari Ghosh

[C] Madan Mohan Malaviya

[D] Bishan Narayan Dar

Answer:-A


6. First session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidency of:

[A] AO Hume

[B] Badruddin Tyabji

[C] JB Kriplani

[D] WC bannerjee

Answer:-D


7. Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885 ?

A. Ahmadabad

B. Bombay

C. Calcutta

D. Delhi

Answer:-B


8. 2nd session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidency of:

[A] AO Hume

[B] Badruddin Tyabji

[C] Dadabhai Naoroji

[D] WC bannerjee

Answer:-C


9. Where was the 2nd Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1886 ?

A. Ahmadabad

B. Bombay

C. Calcutta

D. Delhi

Answer:-C


10. Where was the 3rd Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1887 ?

A. Madras

B. Bombay

C. Calcutta

D. Delhi

Answer:-A


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11. Who was the first British resident of INC:

A. A O Hume

B. Alfred Webb

C. Dinshaw Wacha

D. Geoge Yule

Answer:-D


12. In which Session of the Indian National Congress the National Song Vande Mataram was sung for the first time?

A. Madras Session of 1887

B. Allahabad session of 1888

C. Surat Session of 1907

D. Calcutta session of 1896

Answer:-D


13. Who was the president of Indian National Congress when the song Vande Mataram was first sung at the 12th session of the Indian National Congress?

A. Badruddin Tyabji

B. Rahimtulla M Sayani

C. Rahsbehari Ghosh

D. Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar

Answer:-B


14.Vande Mataram is a poem written in Sanskrit by____

(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) Abanindranath Tagore

Answer:-A


15.Who created the first image of Bharat Mata ?

(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) Abanindranath Tagore

Answer:-D

16. After partition of Bengal in 1905 the capital of Bangal was

A.Hugli

B. Calcutta

C. Varanasi

D.Allahabad

Answer:-B

17. What was the name of the first newspaper to announce the partition of Bengal on July 6th, 1905?

[A] Swaraj

[B] Sanjivani

[C] Kalantar

[D] Anandabazar Patrika

Answer:-B


18. National demand – Swaraj was first spread by –

[A] Dadavai Naoroji

[B] Gandhi

[C] Subhas Chandra Bose

[D] Annie Besant

Answer:-A


19. Swaraj was the goal of India’s political efforts – said by Dadavai Naoroji announced at –

[A] Calcutta session 1886

[B] Calcutta session 1906

[C] Lahore session 1885

[D] Mumbai session 1889

Answer:-B

20. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Partition of Bengal ?

A. Lord Dufferin

B. Lord Curzon

C. Lord Canning

D. Lord Minto

Answer:-B


21. Who was the first muslim President of Indian National Congress ?

A.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

B. Saukat Alli

C. Badruddin Tyabji

D.Muhammad Ali

Answer:-C


22. The president of the Surat session of INC in 1907 was

A.Bal Gangadhar Tilak

B.Gopal krishna Gokhale

C. Ras Bihari Bose

D.Dadabhai Naroji

Answer:-C


23. The Extremist camp was led by

A.Gopal krishna Gokhale

B.Ras Bihari Bose

C. Dadabhai Naroji

D.Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer:-D


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24. The moderate camp was led by

A.Bal Gangadhar Tilak

B.Gopal krishna Gokhale

C. Ras Bihari Bose

D.Dadabhai Naroji

Answer:-B


25. The national anthem of India ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was first sung at __:

[A]Calcutta, 1911

[B]Calcutta, 1912

[C]Delhi, 1911

[D]Mumbai, 1912

Answer:-A


26. Who was the president of Indian National Congress when the song Jana Gana mana was first sung ?

A. Badruddin Tyabji

B. Rahimtulla M Sayani

C. Rahsbehari Ghosh

D. Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar

Answer:-D


27. The original poem of jana gana written by

(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) Abid Ali

Answer:-C


28. The Jana gana Mana was translated into hindi by

(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) Abid Ali

Answer:-D


29.Who created the first image of Bharat Mata ?

(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) Abanindranath Tagore

Answer:-A


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30.Who painted the first image of Bharat Mata ?

(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) Abanindranath Tagore

Answer:-D

31. Foundation of Muslim league took place In ___

a) 1905

b)1906

c) 1907

d)1909

Answer:-B


32. Who was the founder of Muhammadan Educational Conference ?

a) Syed Ahmad Khan

b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

c) Muhammad Iqbal

d) Khwaja Salimullah

Answer:-A

33. Who was the founder of the Muslim League ?

a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

c) Muhammad Iqbal

d) Khwaja Salimullah

Answer:-D


34. Who proposed the name of “ Muslim league”

a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

c) Muhammad Iqbal

d) Khwaja Salimullah

Answer:-D


35. When Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined Muslim league ?

a) 1906

b)1909

c) 1911

d)1913

Answer:-D


36. Who gave the slogan Inquilab Zindabad ?

A. Bhagat Singh

B. Md. Iqbal

C. Hasrat Mohani

D. Rabindranath Tagore

Answer:-C


37. All India Muslim League was formed in _____ in 1906.

A) Dacca

B) Poona

C) Lahore

D) Peshawar

Answer:-A


38. Lucknow pact was signed in

(a) Dec. 1929

(b) Jan 1915

(c) Dec. 1916

(d) Jan 1917

Answer:-C

39. A separate Electorate was given to the Muslims in

(a) 1892

(b) 1909

(c) 1919

(d) 1935

Answer:-B


40.Who was known as Frontier Gandhi ?

(a) Maulana Abul Kalam

(b) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

(c) Sheikh Abdullah

(d) Nawab Salimmullah

Answer:-B


41. Which year British transferred the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi ?

[A] 1900

[B] 1930

[C] 1911

[D] 1912

Answer:-C


42 . Who was the biographer of A.O. Hume ?

A) George Yule

b) V. Chirol

c) W. Wedderburn

d) None of these

Answer:-C


43. Foundation of Hindu Mahasabha took place In ___

a) 1915

b)1912

c) 1919

d)1909

Answer:-A


44. In which of the following places, Hindu Mahasabha was for the first time organized in 1915 ?

A) Allahabad

b) Haridwar

c) Varanasi

d) None of these

Answer:-B


45.Who founded the Hindu Mahasabha ?

A. Madan Mohan Malviya

B. Annie Besant

C. V.D. Savarkar

D. D.N. Karve

Answer:-A


46. Arrange the following in chronological order:

1.Surat split

2.Partition of Bengal 

3.Foundation of Muslim League

a) 3, 2, 1

b) 2, 3, 1

c) 1, 2, 3

d) 2, 1, 3

Answer:-B


47. Who was called “ Grand Old Man of India”?

A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b) Dadabhai Naoroji

c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle

d) Feroz Shah Mehta

Answer:-B


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48. The theory of economic drain of India was propounded by

a) Dada Bhai Naoroji

b) M.G. Ranade

c) R.C. Dutt

d) R.N. Mudholkar

Answer:-A


49. The first woman President of Indian National Congress was ________

A. Clara Barton

B. Annie Besant

C. Elizabeth Blackwell

D. Pearl S. Buck

Answer:-B


50. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress ?

A. Sonia Gandhi

B. Indira Gandhi

C. Annie Besant

D. Sarojini Naidu

Answer:-D


51.After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in

a) Champaran

b) Chauri Chaura

c) Bardoli

d) Dandi

Answer:-A


52. Who among the following was the Governor General and Viceroy of India during Champaran Satyagraha ?

A. Lord Hardinge

B. Lord Chelmsford

C. Lord Reading

D. Lord Irwin

Answer:-B


53. Which of the following was forced by the government to cultivate in 1917 Champaran (Bihar) ?

A. Opium

B. Spices

C. Kattha Indigo

D. Jute

Answer:-C


54. In which place in Bihar, Gandhiji established the first basic school ?

A. Barharwa Lakhansen village

B. Bhitiharwa

C. Madhuban

D. None of the above

Answer:-A


55. When did kheda Satyagraha took place ?

(A) 1915

(B) 1916

(C) 1917

(D) 1918

Answer:-D


56. Who was nicknamed as “Onion Thief” (“Dungli Chor”) by Gandhiji ?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Mohanlal Pandya

(C) Sardar Patel

(D) Vinoba Bhave

Answer:-B


57. Ahmedabad mill strike took place in which year ?

(A) 1915

(B) 1916

(C) 1917

(D) 1918

Answer:-D

58. In February March 1918, there was a situation of conflict between the Gujarat Mill owners and workers on the question of ?

(A) Plague Bonus of 1917

(B) Salary hike

(C) Promotion

(D) None of the above

Answer:-A


59. Satyagraha at which of the following places was NOT related to the problems of farmers ?

(A) Kheda Satyagraha

(B) Ahmedabad mill strike

(C) Champaran Satyagraha

(D) None of the above

Answer:-B


60. Gandhiji was invited by whom to Ahmedabad and organised textile workers ?

(A) Sardar Patel

(B) Mohanlal Pandya

(C) Anasuya Ben Sarabai and her brother Ambalal Sarabhai

(D) None of the above

Answer:-C


61. Rowlatt Act bill (1919) is also known as

a) Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act

b) Anarchical and Rebellious Crimes Act

c) Monarchic and Rebellious Crimes Act

d) Monarchic and Revolutionary Crimes Act

Answer:-A


62. Another name of Rowlatt Act bill (1919) is

a) Green Act

b) Gray Act

c) Black Bills Act 

d) Yellow Act

Answer:-C


63. When the Rowlatt Act bill was introduced at the Imperial Legislative Council of Delhi ?

A) 18th March 1919

b) 18th May 1919

c) 18th October 1919

d) 18th April 1919

Answer:-A


64. To protest Rowlatt Act bill Gandhiji started Rowlatt Satyagraha on 

a) 4th April

b) 5th April

c) 6th April

d) 7th April

Answer:-C


65. Rowlatt Act was passed on 18 March 1919 by

a) Lord Chelmsford

b) Sir Sidney Rowlatt

c) Sir James Rowlatt

d) Sir Williams Rowlatt

Answer:-B

Note:-The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, popularly known as the Rowlatt Act, was a legislative council act passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 18 March 1919.


66. Who was the viceroy of India during this period ?

A) Lord Chelmsford

b) Sir Sidney Rowlatt

c) Lord Rippon

d) Lord Mountbatten

Answer:-D


67. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in the year

(a) 1913

(b) 1902

(c) 1915

(d) 1919

Answer:-D


68. Who ordered the shooting at Jallianwala Bagh that killed thousand protesters ?

(a) John Akehurst

(b) Reginald Dyer

(c) Frederick John Alfieri

(d) John Armstrong

Answer:-B

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69. The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was

a) Non-cooperation Movement

b) Salt Movement

c) Quit India Movement

d) Indigo Movement

Answer:-A


70. In which of the following movements, did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of hunger strike as a weapon ?

a) Non-cooperation Movement

b) Rowlatt Satyagraha

c) Ahmedabad Strike

d) Bardoli Satyagraha

Answer:-C


71. All India Khilafat Conference was held in Delhi in:

A) January 1920

B) November 1919

C) July 1920

D) January 1919

Answer:-B


72. Khilafat Committee was formed in 1919 in the city of

(a) Bombay

(b) Calcutta

(c) Lucknow

(d) Amritsar

Answer:-A


73. Who among the following participated in Khilafat Movement ?

(1) Shaukat Ali

(2) M.A Ansari

(3) Mohammad Ali Jauhar

(4) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Codes:

(a) 1, 2 and 4 only

(b) 1, 2 and 3 only

(c) 1,3 and 4 only

(d) All of the above

Answer:-C


74. Who among the following two leaders led the Khilafat Movement ?

(a) Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali

(b) Gandhiji and Sardar Patel

(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Abul Kalam Azad

(d) Abul Kalam Azad and Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer:-A


75. The only session of the Indian National Congress which was presided over by Mahatma Gandhi was

A.Amarvati

B.Belgaum

C.Karachi

D.Nagpur

Answer:-B


76. Which of the following is the correct chronology of the movement ?

(a) Champaran Satyagrah

(b) Kheda Satygraha

(c) Rowlatt Satyagrah

(d) Bardoli Satyagrah

Code:

A. (a) (b) (d) (c)

B. (a) (d) (b) (c)

C. (a) (c) (d) (b)

D. (a) (b) (c) (d)

Answer:-d


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