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1. The Battle of Wandiwash was fought between:
The Nizam of Hyderabad and the French
The English and the French
The English and Hyder Ali
The Nawab of Carnatic and the English

2. Which of the following Congress leader rejected the August Offer of 1940?
Lord Wavell
Lord Linlithgow
Sir George Stanley
Lord Willingdon

3. Which of the following event compel the Rabindranath Tagore to renounce his knighthood?
To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
To protest against lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death
To express solidarity with the leaders of Non-Cooperation Movement
To express solidarity with the protestors against the arrival of Simon Commission

4. Which of the following British official intiated the Doctrine of Lapse?
Lord Wellesley
Lord Auckland
Lord Dalhousie
Warren Hastings

5. Which of the following counterpart of British in the Treaty of Salbai?
the French
the Marathas
Tipu Sultan
the Nizam of Hyderabad

6. Which of the following treaty ended the First Carnatic War?
Salbai
Bassein
Aix-Ia-Chapelle
Paris

7. Which of the following Acts had provision of Indian Civil Services recruitment on the basis of competitive examination?
Charter Act of 1813
Government of India Act, 1858
Charter Act of 1853
Charter Act of 1833

8. Who among the following was the counter part of Tipu Sultan during the Treaty of Seringapatnam?
Warren Hastings
Robert Clive
Cornwallis
Dalhousie

9. Which of the following Governor-General introduced the services of Railway and telegraph systems?
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Wellesley
Lord Bentinck

10. Which of the following is correctly matched?
Third Battle of Panipat: 1764
Regulating Act: 1773
Pitt?s India Act: 1761
Treaty of Allahabad: 1784

11. Who among the following Indian cracks the British Indian Civil Services Examination in thr first time of Indian Histroy?
Satyendranath Tagore
R. C. Dutt
Behari Lal Gupta
Surendranath Banerjee

12. Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?
Lord Mayo
Lord Dufferin
Lord Northbrook
Lord Ripon

13. Who among the following Governors-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton?
Northbrook
Dufferin
Elgin-II
Ripon

14. Who among the British Governor- General shown great interest in the preservation of ancient monuments?
Lord Curzon
Lord Ripon
Lord Lytton
Lord Irwin

15. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
Hardinge-II
Chelmsford
Reading
Irwin

16. Which of the following leader is not correctly matched with their association/party/ books/ newspaper?
Devendranath Tagore: Young India
Rabindranath Tagore : Patrika
M. K. Gandhi: Gitanjali
B. G. Tilak : Kesari

17. Who among the following leader draws his inspiration from M.K Gandhi?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jayaprakash Narayan
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Subhas Chandra Bose

18. Which of the following reason compel the leaders of Muslim League to enter in the Interim Government?
The Congress accepted their demand that it would not nominate a non-Muslim League Muslim to the Interim Government.
The Viceroy accepted its stand that it would not join the Constituent Assembly.
The Viceroy had accepted its stand that it would not take steps to rescind the League Council?s resolution of July 29.
The Muslim League wanted to get a foothold to fight for the cherished goal of Pakistan.

19. Who among the following leader made the famous Objectives Resolution, in the Constituent Assembly?
Vallabhbhai Patel
C. Rajagopalachari
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dr. John Mathai

20. Which of the following leader was one of the founding member og the Muslim League?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Shaukat Ali
Nawab Salimullah
Aga Khan

21. Which of the following statement relates the Dadabhai Naoroji?s definition of ?Drain of Wealth??
Those resources of the country were being utilized in the interest of Britain.
That a part of Indias national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material return.
That the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power.
That the British goods were being imported into the country making it poorer day by day.

22. Which of the following reason that compel the Congress leader not to attend the Round Table Conference?
The British government was not in favour of M. K. Gandhis participation in it.
The British government wanted to give representation to communal organisations.
The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj.
Fazl-i-Hussain who was suspected of dislike towards the Muslims with leanings towards the Congress was to guide the British government in the choice of Muslim delegates to the conference.

23. Who among the following leader headed the interim Government of 1946?
C. Rajagopalachari
M.K Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dr. Rajendra Prasad

24. Who was the first Governor General of the new Indian Dominion?
Rajendra Prasad
Vallabhbhai Patel
Rajagopalachari
Lord Mountbatten

25. Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims?
Act of 1909
Act of 1919
Act of 1935
Act of 1947

26. Who among the following initiated the Kheda Satyagraha?
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohanlal Pandya
Sardar Patel
Vinoba Bhave

27. Which of the following event was probe by the Hunter Commission?
Chauri Chaura incident
Demolition of Kanpur mosque
Jalianwalla Bagh massacre
Kakori train dacoity incident

28. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the establishment of parties during Indian Struggle Movement?
Indian National Congress, Swaraj party, Justice Party, Muslim League
Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Swaraj Party, Justice Party
Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Justice Party
Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Justice Party, Muslim League

29. Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress?
Annie Besant
Madan Mohan Malviya
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Subhas Chandra Bose

30. Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besants idea of launching Home Rule Movement?
G. K. Gokhale
Mahatma Gandhi
Aurobindo Ghosh
B. G. Tilak

31. Who was the supreme body in the Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act- 1858?
Queen Victoria
The British Parliament
Government of Britan
None of these

32. After the commencement of the government of India Act-1858, what name was to British Governor-General of India?
Governor-General of India.
Governor of the state
Viceroy of the state
None of these

33. Who was the monarch of Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act, 1858?
William IV
Victoria
Edward VII
George V

34. When was The Government of India Act 1858 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom?
August 2, 1858
June,1857
January, 1858
December, 1857

35. As per government of India Act-1858, how many members were appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India?
10
15
13
14

36. Who started the Indian Reforms Association?
Narayan Guru
Swami Vivekananda
Krishna swami Aiyar
Keshav Chandra Sen

37. Who said that ?My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye??
Lord Curzon
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Daya Nand Saraswati

38. Which of the following is Not matched correctly?
Parrot of India: Amir Khusro
Scourge of God: Chengiz khan
Strong man of India: Sardar Patel
Father of Indian Unrest: Abdul Gaffar Khan

39. Which of the following is not matched correctly?
Abolition of sati: Lord William Bentick
Abolition of slavery: Lord Ellenborough
First railway line in India: Lord Canning
Swadeshi movement: Lord Minto II

40. Which of the following is not matched correctly?
Butler commission: 1927
Nehru report: 1928
14 points of Jinnah: 1929
Gandhi- Irvin pact: 1930