Dates And Times

Question 1

When was the first war of independence?

Answer 1

1857

Question 2

When was the battle of Plassey?

Answer 2

1757

Question 3

When was the battle of Buxar?

Answer 3

1764

Question 4

From when to when were the Anglo-mysore wars?

Answer 4

1767 - 1799

Question 5

From when to when was the third anglo-maratha war?

Answer 5

1817 - 1818

Question 6

When was the second anglo-sikh war?

Answer 6

1849

Question 7

When was the treaty of Awadh (Oudh) signed?

Answer 7

1765

Question 8

When was Awadh annexed on basis of misrule?

Answer 8

1856

Question 9

When did the british abolish sati, and because of whose efforts?

Answer 9

1829, Raja Rammohan Roy.

Question 10

When was widow remarriage act passed?

Answer 10

1856

Question 11

When was an English class established at Calcutta madrasa?

Answer 11

1829

Question 12

When was the religious disabilities act passed, and what did it establish?

Answer 12

1850, It changed the Hindu law of property to allow a convert to other religions to inherit things from their parents.

Question 13

When was the General service enlistment act established, and what did it do?

Answer 13

1856, It said that Indian soldiers could be sent overseas for duty, which was a taboo for the brahmins.

Question 14

When was the rumour about the Enfield spread, and what was it?

Answer 14

January 1857, It claimed that the greased cartridge which the soldiers had to bite to load the gun was greased with cow and pig fat.

Question 15

When was the Grand Delhi Durbar held? What else was going on at that time?

Answer 15

1877, Famine was happening.

Question 16

When were the Vernacular Press act and Indian arms act passed and by whom?

Answer 16

1878, Lord Lytton

Question 17

When was the Vernacular Press Act repealed?

Answer 17

1882

Question 18

When was the Ilbert bill passed? What did it do?

Answer 18

1883, It provided for trial of Europeans to be done by Indians, trying to introduce equality between Indian and English judges.

Question 19

When was “Gift to monotheists” written and by whom?

Answer 19

1809, Raja Rammohan Roy

Question 20

When was the Brahmo Samaj created and by whom?

Answer 20

1828, Raja Rammohan Roy

Question 21

When did Jyotiba Phule start his girls school, with his first wife?

Answer 21

1851

Question 22

When was Jyotiba Phule’s School for untouchables started?

Answer 22

1854

Question 23

When was the Satya Shodhak Samaj created and by whom?

Answer 23

1873, Jyotiba Phule

Question 24

What was the first political association to be started in India? Where was it?

Answer 24

1838, Kolkata

Question 25

When was the East India Association established? Where, and by whom?

Answer 25

1866, Dadabhai, London

Question 26

When was the Indian Association Started? Where and by whom?

Answer 26

1876, Banerjee, Bengal

Question 27

When was the foundation for the Indian National Congress established and through whose help?

Answer 27

1884, A.O. Hume

Question 28

When was the first session of the INC held, and with whom as president? Where was it and how many attended?

Answer 28

December 1885, Womesh Chandra Bonerjee, in mumbai, with 72 delegates

Question 29

When and where was the second session of the INC held and under whom?

Answer 29

1886, Dadabhai, Kolkata

Question 30

When was London Indian society founded, and by whom?

Answer 30

1865, Dadabhai and WC Bonerjee

Question 31

When was the resolution passed by the house of commons to hold the Indian Civil Service Examination simultaneously in India and Britain and because of whose efforts?

Answer 31

1893, Dadabhai

Question 32

When was Servants of India society established and by whom?

Answer 32

1905, Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Question 33

When did Gopal Krishna Gokhale become a member of the Imperial Legislative Council?

Answer 33

1902

Question 34

When did Surendranath Banerjee appointed as the minister of self government and health by the governor of Bengal?

Answer 34

1921

Question 35

When was the partition of Bengal announced and when was it implemented?

Answer 35

Announced July 1905, Implemented October 1905

Question 36

When did the Anti Partition movement start?

Answer 36

August 1905

Question 37

When did the Anti Partition movement start?

Answer 37

August 1905

Question 37

When did the Anti Partition movement start?

Answer 37

August 1905

Question 37

When did the Anti Partition movement start?

Answer 37

August 1905

Question 37

When did the Anti Partition movement start?

Answer 37

August 1905

Question 37

When did the Anti Partition movement start?

Answer 37

August 1905

Question 37

When did the Anti Partition movement start?

Answer 37

August 1905

Question 38

When was the partition of Bengal revoked?`

Answer 38

1911

Question 39

When was the capital of India changed from Kolkata to Delhi?

Answer 39

1911

Question 40

When was the Surat session of the INC held? What resolution was passed?

Answer 40

1907, Assertive nationalists were expelled from congress

Question 40

When was the Surat session of the INC held? What resolution was passed?

Answer 40

1907, Assertive nationalists were expelled from congress

Question 41

When were the famines that lead to the rise of Assertive Nationalism? How many were killed?

Answer 41

1896 - 1900, 9 million fatalities

Question 42

When and by whom was the Shivaji festival revived?

Answer 42

1895, Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Question 43

When was Tilak imprisoned and for how long?

Answer 43

1908, 6 years

Question 44

When was the National Council of Education set up? What was it later developed into?

Answer 44

1906, Jadavpur university

Question 45

When was the Home Rule League established and by whom?

Answer 45

1916, Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Question 46

When did Bipin Chandra Pal join the INC?

Answer 46

1886

Question 47

When did Lala Lajpat Rai join the INC?

Answer 47

1888

Question 48

When did Lala Lajpat Rai die, and how?

Answer 48

1928, from lathi blows leading a procession against the Simon commission

Question 49

When was muslim education resolution adapted and by whom?

Answer 49

1871, Lord Mayo

Question 50

The government of India act

Answer 50

1858