1. The first British colony was established in .........

by English East India Company at

Surat.
a.1616
b. 1617
c. 1618
d. 1619
2. Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana'?
a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b. Jai Prakash Narain
c. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
d. Madan Mohan Malaviya
3. Who said "Rama Rajya through Grama Rajya"?
a. Jayprakash Narayan
b. Vinoba Bhave
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Lal
Bahadur Shastri
4. The title Punjab Kesari was conferred on
a. Bhagat Singh
b. Rajguru
c. Ram Prasad Bismil
d. Lala
Lajpat Rai
5. Who among the following was called as Father of Indian Renaissance?
a. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b. Sant Kabir
c. Swami Dayanand
d. Swami Vivekanand
6. Muslim League first demanded partition of India in
a. 1930
b. 1940
c. 1947
d. 1942
e. 1950
7. Who among the following is known as the Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement?
a. Kasturba Gandhi b. Sarojini Naidu
c. Aruna Asaf Ali d. Laxmi Bai e. Usha
Narayanan
8. Brahma Samaj mainly insisted upon
a. Communalism b. Communism
c. Socialism d. Monotheism
e.
Monarchy
9. The affairs of East India Company came into the hands of the British Crown under
a. Regulating Act
b. Company Act
c. India Act d. 1857 Act
10.Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in
a. 1947
b. 1900
c. 1930
d. 1857
e.
1896
11.The objective of the Morley-Minto Reforms was
a. extension of provincial assemblies
b. to give more powers to
local government
c. to abolish the post of secretary of the state for India
d. to establish diarchy in
provinces
12. In Nov 1949 Nathuram Godse (who shot Mahatma Gandhi) was hanged at ................... Jail.
a. Gujarat
b. MP
c. Ambala
d. Mumbai

13.Sea route to India was discovered by

a. Columbus
b. Amundsen
c. Vascodagama
d. None
of these
14.Who introduced English in India?
a. Lord Rippon
b. Lord Dalhousie c. Lord Canning
d. Lord
William Bentick
15.The quit India movement was started in the year
a. 1942
b. 1945
c. 1943
d.
1939
16.Do or Die slogan is associated with
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Bala Gangadhara Tilak c. Jawaharlal Nehru d. Nethaji
17.The Indian National Congress was founded by
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Annie Besant
c. W. C. Bannerji
d. A. O.
Hume
18.The Civil services in India was established by
a. Lord Rippon
b. Lord Dalhousie c. Lord William Bentinck
d. Lord
Cornwallis
19.The founder of Portuguese power in India was
a. Danes
b. Salsette
c. Albuquerque
d. Vascodagama
20.Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution?

a. Locke
b. Plato
c. Rousseau
d. Hegel
21.In 1498, vasco da gama landed at
a. Delhi
b. Nalanda
c. Calcutta
d. Calicut
22.The French made their advent in India through
a. Mahe
b. Yenam
c. Karaikal
d. Pondicherry
23.The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the
a. French
b. Dutch
c. Portuguese
d. Danish
24.The first to establish regular trade with India was
a. Dutch
b. Portuguese
c. French
d. English
25.In the Battle of Wandiwash, the English defeated
a. the Dutch
b. the French
c. the Portuguese d. None of these
26.Indian Navy Act was passed on
a. 1921
b. 1925
c. 1927
d. 1930
27.The first president of the Republic of India was
a. V. V. Giri
b. Zakir Hussain
c. Dr. Radhakrishnan
d. Dr.
Rajendra Prasad
28.The treaty of Seringapatnam was between Cornwallis and
a. Haider Ali
b. Chand Bibi
c. Tipu Sultan
d. Nizam of
Hyderabad
29.Who abolished the system of Dual Government in Bengal?
a. Lord Clive
b. Cornwallis
c. Lord Dalhousie d. Warren Hastings
30.The Widow Remarriage Act was passed by
a. Lord Wavell
b. Lord Canning
c. Lord Dalhousied. Lord
Auckland
31.Who introduced the system of Local boards or Local Bodies in India?
a. Lord Lytton
b. Lord Ripon
c. Lord Curzon
d. Lord
Mayo
32.The Gandhi Mandapam where Gandhijis ashes were placed before immersion is in
a. Kanyakumari
b. Gandhinagar
c. Ahmedabad
d. Ganga
33.The British East India Company established its first factory in India at
a. Madras
b. Surat
c. Calcutta
d. Bombay
34.Who was the first to describe the great mutiny of 1857 as the first War of
Independence?
a. Nehru
b. Tilak
c. VD Savarkar
d. Lajpat Rai
35.Vasco Da Gama visited India for the first time on 20 May, 1498. In which city did he
first land?
a. Chennai
b. Kochi
c. Calicut
d. Surat
Kappadu near Calicut.
British first landed in Surat.
Zamorin was the local ruler of Calicut at the time.
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who discovered an ocean route from
Portugal to the East. He sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, on July 8, 1497. At the time many
people thought that da Gama's trip would be impossible because it was assumed that
the Indian Ocean was not connected to any other seas.
Da Gama rounded Africa's Cape of Good Hope on November 22, and after many
conflicts with Muslim traders who did not want interference in their profitable trade
routes, da Gama reached Calicut on May 20, 1498.
At first, da Gama and his trading were well-received, but this did not last for long. Da
Gama left India on August 29, 1498, after he was told to pay a large tax and leave all of
his trading goods. On his return to Portugal, he was treated as a hero and rewarded by
the king.
King Manuel I of Portugal sent da Gama, now an Admiral, on his second expedition to
India (1502-1503). On this trip da Gama took 20 armed ships (anticipating problems
from Muslim traders). On this voyage, da Gama killed hundreds of Muslims, often
brutally, in order to demonstrate his power. After King Manuel's death, King John III sent
da Gama to India as a Portuguese viceroy, which turned out to be his final expedition.

He died of an illness in India on December 24, 1524; his remains were returned to
Portugal for burial.
36.Who was appointed the first governor and viceroy of Portuguese India?
a. Vasco da Gama b. Estevao da Gama
c. Manuel I
d. Francisco
de Almeida
Appointed in 1505.
Manuel I was the king of Portugal
Vasco was overlooked for his failure to bring Zamorin of Calicut to submission in his
second voyage to India.
37.The Battle of Plassey was fought in:
a. 1782
b. 1757
c. 1748
d. 1764
38.Plassey is situated in which state of India?
a. Bihar
b. West Bengal
c. Odisha
d. Andhra
Pradesh
39.Battle of Plassey was fought between:
a. Siraj-ud-Doula and British East India Company
b. Mirzafar and British East
India Company
c. Mir Kasim and British East India Company
d. Shuja-ud-daulah and British East
India Company
40.Battle of Buxar was fought in:
a. 1764
b. 1757
c. 1748
d. 1764
41.Buxar is situated in which state of India?
a. Bihar
b. West Bengal
c. Odisha
d. Andhra
Pradesh
42.Which governor general of East India Company swindled to get the koh i noor
illegally from the heirs of Raja Ranjit Singh?
a. Lord William Bentinck b. Lord Mountbatten
c. Lord Dalhousie
d.
Lord Curzon
43.In the context of the Indian freedom struggle, 16th October 1905 is well known for
which one of the following reasons?
a. The formal proclamation of Swadeshi Movement was made in Calcutta Town hall
b. Partition of Bengal took effect
c. Dadabhai Naoroji declared that the goal of Indian National Congress was Swaraj
d. LokmanyaTilak started Swadeshi Movement in Poona
44.When was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?
a. 1948
b. 1951
c. 1958
d. 1971
45.Gandhi Ji considered whom as his political guru?
a. Dababhai Naoroji
b. GK Gokhale
c. MG Ranade
d.
BG Tilak
46.Who was Gandhi Ji's spiritual heir?
a. Narendra Dev
b. Miraben
c. Vinoba Bhave d. J B Kriplani
47.Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in:
a. 1886
b. 1892
c. 1896
d.
1904
48.The leader of the Young Bengal Movement was
a. Dwarkanath Tagore
b. Chandrashekhar Deb
c. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
d. Henry Vivian Derozio
49.The affairs of East India Company came into the hands of the British Crown under
a. Pitts India Act
b. Cabinet Mission Plan
c. Regulating Act d.
Rowlett Act
50.The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the:
a. Portuguese
b. Dutch
c. French
d. British
51.Muslim League first demanded partition of India in:
a. 1906
b. 1916
c. 1940
d.
1946