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1
Q

The Indian National Congress was established when
72 delegates from all over the country met at Bombay
in December

A

1885

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Jyotiba Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj
(Truth Seekers’ Society) in.

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1873

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The Lahore session of the Indian National Congress,
held on 19th Dec 1929, presided by Jawaharlal Nehru
is significant because

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It passed the resolution to demand Poorna Swaraj
and tricolour flag was unfurled for the first time

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The Permanent (Zamindari) Settlement system was.
introduced by which Governor General of the British
East India Company in 1793?

A

Lord Cornwallis

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5
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The 1st Battle of Panipat which laid the foundation
of Mughal rule was fought between Ibrahim Lodi and
Babar in the year

A

1526

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6
Q

The Non-Cooperation Movement, which started in
September 1920, was withdrawn by Gandhiji due to
Chauri-Chaura (U.P.) incident in

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1922-February

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7
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The Harshacharita is a biography of Harshavardhana,
the ruler of Kannauj, composed in Sanskrit by his
court poet

A

Banabhatta

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8
Q

Brahmo Samaj was founded by which social reformer
of British India in 1828

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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Who wrote “Ain-i-Akbari” (Akbarnama) , the title of
three-volume biography of Akbar

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Abul Fazal

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10
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Gandhi’s ‘Dandi March’/’Salt Styagraha’, started on
12th March 1930 from Sabarmati Asram is associated
with:

A

Civil Disobedience Movement

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11
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The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of indigo
farmers against Teenkathiya system was observed at

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Champaran (1917)

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12
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During the British rule in India, which Governor General
devised the Doctrine of Lapse’, a policy of annexation?

A

Lord Dalhousie

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13
Q

Who said ‘Swaraj/Freedom is my birth right and I
shall have it’?

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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14
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“All India Muslim League” was established in 1906 at

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Dacca

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15
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After over 21 years stay in South Africa, Gandhiji returned
to India in

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Jan, 1915

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16
Q

Who founded ‘The Gadar Party’ (a revolutionary organisation)
in Sanfrancisco in the USA?

A

Lala Hardayal and Sohan Singh Bhakna -1913

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17
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Who established the Arya Samaj and in which year?

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Swami Dayananda Sarasvati in 1875

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18
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Which governor general of India abolished Sati system
in 1829 by declaring it an offence?

A

William Bentinck

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19
Q

In which year Swami Vivekananda established the
Ramakrishna Mission at Belur?

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1897

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20
Q

The Battle of Plassey was fought on between Siraj-
ud-daulah and the Lord Clive of British East India
Company.

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23 June 1757

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21
Q

The province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts
in 1905 by _________

A

Lord Curzon

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22
Q

In 1867, Keshab Chandra Sen helped Atmaram Pandurang
found the Prarthana Samaj in,

A

Bombay (Maharashtra)

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23
Q

Who founded the Vikramshila University and revived
the Nalanda University?

A

Dharampala

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24
Q

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan also known as ‘Badshah
Khan’ or Frontier Gandhiji’ formed a non-government
organisation named as:

A

Khudai Khidmatgar

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25
Q

Who defeated whom in the Second Battle of Tarain (AD
1192) ?

A

Mohammad Ghauri defeated Prithviraj

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26
Q

During which freedom struggle movement, Mahatma
Gandhi Ji gave the call for “Do or Die” on 8 August
1942?

A

Quit India movement

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27
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In , _______________ Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, announced
the partition of Bengal.

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16 October 1905

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28
Q

Which is the oldest Veda among the four Vedas?

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Rigveda

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29
Q

In 1932, the Poona Pact was signed between Mahatma
Gandhi and __________

A

Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar

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30
Q

Sher Khan defeated _____________ at Chausa (1539) and Kannauj
(May 17th, 1540) , forcing him to flee to Iran.

A

Humayun

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31
Q

Which was the only Indus/Harappan site with an artificial
brick dockyard (Port-town) ?

A

Lothal (Gujrat)

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32
Q

The All India Forward Bloc was established by which
national leader together with his followers in 1939,
during British rule in India?

A

Subhash Chandra Bose

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33
Q

In which locations the Quit India Movement was
launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942?

A

August Kranti Maidan (Mumbai)

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33
Q

After failure of Non Cooperation Movement, Motilal
Nehru and Chittaranjan Das founded a party known
as the:

A

Swarajya Party (1923)

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34
Q

Who was the first ruler of Gupta dynasty to adopt the
grand title of Maharaj-adhiraja

A

Chandragupta I

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35
Q

Chinese traveller, Hiuen Tsang, hailed as the
prince of pilgrims, visited India during the reign of
king ___________

A

Harshavardhana

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36
Q

________________ a Moroccan traveller who is known for his extensive
travels, came to India during the regime of Muhammad
bin Tughlaq in the 14th century.

A

:- Ibn Battuta

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37
Q

The Battle of Buxar (1764) was fought between the
forces under the command of the British East India
Company led by Hector Munro, and the combined armies
of ____________

A

Mir Qasim, Mughal Emperor Shah Alam & Shujaud-
daulah of Awadh

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38
Q

Who became the Nawab of Bengal in 1756 after the
death of Alivardi Khan?

A

Siraj Ud Daulah

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39
Q

‘Who founded the Asiatic Society in 1784 in Calcutta?

A

William Jones

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40
Q

When did Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw
the bombs inside the Central Assembly in Delhi

A

08th Apr 1929

41
Q

The invasion of Delhi by Timur Lang in ________________ AD
marked the end of the Tughlaq empire

A

1398 A

42
Q

In which year did the battle of Khanua (Khanwa) take
place between Babar and the Rajput forces led by
Rana Sanga?

A

1527

43
Q

In which year did Congress and Muslim League signed
the Lucknow pact

A

1916

44
Q

‘Which Mauryan rulers fought the Kalinga War in 261
BC?

A

Ashoka

45
Q

Who established the Mughal Empire in India in
1526?

A

Babar

46
Q

In 1526, defeated Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat and
captured Delhi and Agra

A

Babur

47
Q

Who was the first Indian to be selected to the British
Parliament ‘House of Commons’ on a Liberal Party
ticket?

A

Dada Bhai Naoroji

48
Q

In south, who was the founder of the dynasty called
Rashtrakuta dynasty

A

Dantidurga

49
Q

‘Who founded the ‘All India Depressed Classes Association’
in 1930?

A

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

50
Q

Which Governor General was called as the Father of
Local Self- Government’ in India?

A

Lord Ripon

51
Q

Who defeated whom in the First Battle of Tarain (AD
1191) ?

A

Prithviraj Chauhan (Chahamana ruler) defeated
Mohammad Ghauri

52
Q

The famous Kailasa temple cut out of the solid rock at
Ellora was built under the patronage of the:

A

Rashtrakuta King Krishan-I

53
Q

The movement of the local farmers of Bardoli in Gujarat
(Bardoli Satyagraha) against the British in 1928
was led by ________________

A

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

54
Q

Buddha gave his first sermon “Dhammachakkapavattan”
at the Deer Park in

A

Sarnath

55
Q

Who was popularly known as Masterda, who led the
Chittagong Armory raid in April 1930 in British India?

A

Surya Sen

56
Q

Who became the first Governor General of Bengal in
1773?

A

Warren Hastings

57
Q

The Third Battle of Panipat between the Marathas and
Ahmad Shah Durrani , the ruler of Afghanistan was
fought in the year:

A

1761

58
Q

In which year did Alfonso de Albuquerque (Portuguese)
capture Goa, with the help of some locals?

A

1510

59
Q

In which year were the Arms Act and Vernacular Press
Act passed?

A

1878

60
Q

The ‘Surat Split’ took place in the session of the Indian
National Congress in the year

A

1907

61
Q

Who was the first Women President of Indian National
Congress

A

Annie Besant

62
Q

Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper
‘Kesari’ during the National Struggle

A

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

63
Q

The Gol Gumbad (Gumbaz) of is the mausoleum
of Muhammad Adil Shah.

A

Bijapur (Karnataka

64
Q

Who founded the Swaraj Party in 1923 along with Motilal
Nehru?

A

Chittaranjan Das (President

65
Q

Gandhi-Irwin Pact, signed on 5th March 1931 is associated
with

A

Civil Disobedience Movement

66
Q

Which leader of India’s freedom movement was called
the ‘Grand Old Man of India

A

Dada Bhai Naoroji

67
Q

Who was the founder of the ‘Servants of India Society’
in 1905?

A

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

68
Q

In August 1858, the British parliament passed an act
that set an end to the rule of the company, and transferred
rule into the hands of the British Monarch It
was called ___________

A

Government of India Act, 1858

69
Q

King Kanishka was a famous ruler of which Indian dynasty?

A

Kushan

70
Q

Who attacked and looted the famous Somnath temple
in 1026 AD

A

Mahmud of Ghazni

71
Q

Who wrote the grammatical work Ashtadhyayi (first
grammar book of Sanskrit language

A

Panini

72
Q

The first major nation wide Satyagraha launched by
Mahatma Gandhi, in 1919 was against

A

Rowlatt Act

73
Q

Who gave the British Indian government enormous
powers to repress political activities, and allowed the
detention of political prisoners without trial for two
years?

A

Rowlatt Act of 1919

74
Q

Which organisation was founded by Surendranath Banerjee
and Ananda Mohan Bose in 18767

A

The Indian Association

75
Q

The first English Factory in Bengal set up on the banks.
of river “Hugli” in

A

1651

76
Q

In which year did Shah Alam grant the Diwani of Bengal
province, i.e. the responsibility of collecting revenue,
to the East India Company?

A

1765

77
Q

In which year did Debendranath Tagore establish the
Tattvabodhini Sabha

A

1839

78
Q

In which year was the Chicago (USA) Conference of
World Religions held that included Swami Vivekananda’s
talk on religion as one of its highlights

A

1893

79
Q

Indian Council Act of , also called Morley-Minto
Reforms, series of reform measures enacted in the
British Parliament

A

1909

80
Q

The Great Stupa of Sanchi was built during the reign
of which king

A

Ashoka

81
Q

Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment under a
peepal tree at

A

Bodh gaya [#

82
Q

The rulers of which dynasty built the Khajuraho temples
between 950 to 1050 A.D in the central India

A

Chandela Dynasty

83
Q

_____________ was one of the founders of the Hindustan Socialist
Republican Association, established in 1928, in
Delhi.

A

Chandra Shekhar Azad

84
Q

Megasthenes, a Greek historian and diplomat came
to India as an ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator. In
which Mauryan emperor’s court did he come?

A

Chandragupta Maurya

85
Q

Shershah Suri defeated Humayun and captured Gaur
in the battle of

A

Chausa (26 June 1539 A.D.)

86
Q

Rajaraja I, who assumed power in 985 CE and was
known as one of the most powerful kings in South India,
belonged to the ________ dynasty

A

chola

87
Q

Mohammed Bin Tuglaq transferred his capital from

A

Delhi to Devagiri (Daulatabad

88
Q

The school of Indian art developed during the Kushan Period,
which is also known as the Greek-Roman-Buddhist
art is the ____________ school

A

Gandhara Art

89
Q

What was the capital of Pallava Dynasty

A

Kanchipuram

90
Q

Nalanda University was established by __________ in the
Sth century

A

Kumaragupta

91
Q

The last Governor-General of the East India Company,
and the first Viceroy under the crown was ________

A

Lord Canning

92
Q

Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the
governorship of

A

Lord Curzon

93
Q

In which site of Indus Valley Civilisation was ‘The
Great Bath’ found

A

Mohenjo-Daro

94
Q

Which Rajput ruler defeated Muhammad Ghori in the
First Battle of Tarain in 1191 AD?

A

:- Prithviraj Chauhan

95
Q

Who was the founder of the Shunga Dynasty (185 BC
- 73 BC)?

A

:- Pushyamitra

96
Q

was the first and only Muslim woman to ever sit
on the throne of Delhi.

A

Razia Begum

97
Q

Gautamiputra Satakarni was the greatest ruler of the _______________
Empire in the 2nd century CE.

A

Satavahana

98
Q

The Tripartite Struggle, also known as the Kannauj
Triangle Wars, took place in the 8th and 9th centuries,
between which of these three great Indian dynasties?

A

The Palas, The Pratiharas and The Rashtrakutas

99
Q

Which is the sacred/religious book of the Buddhists?

A

Tripitaka

100
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A

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