1) Mughal emperor Jahandar Shah was put to death by ______
A)Muhammed Shah
B)Farrukh Siyar
C) Nadir shah
D) Almgir 2
Answer: B
Jahandar shah was defeated in the battle at Agra on 10 January 1713 by Farrukhsiyar, his nephew and the second son of Azim-ush-Shan, with the support of the Sayyid Brothers, after which he was put to confinement and ultimately he died
2) Nadir shah attacked India during the reign of ______
A)Muhammed Shah
B)Farrukh Siyar
C) Shah Alam 2
D) Almgir 2
Answer: A
Nadir shah the ruler of Persia attack Punjab in 1739. Muhammed shah was easily defeated and imprisoned by Nadir Shah.
3) The Mughal ruler who was the part of BATTLE OF BUXAR 1764 ______
A)Muhammed Shah
B)Farrukh Siyar
C) Shah Alam 2
D) Almgir 2
Answer: C
The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22/23 October 1764, between the forces under the command of the British East India Company, led by Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal till 1764; the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II accompanied by Raja Balwant Singh of Kashi.
4) The Mughal ruler who gave the title of RAJA to Ram Mohan Roy was ______
A)Muhammed Shah
B)Farrukh Siyar
C) Shah Alam 2
D) Akbar 2
Answer: D
Raja Ram Mohan Roy (22 May 1772 – 27 September 1833) was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a social-religious reform movement in the Indian subcontinent. He was given the title of Raja by Akbar II, the Mughal emperor.
5) The Mughal ruler who was famously called as ZAFAR was ______
A)Muhammed Shah
B)Bahadur Shah 2
C) Shah Alam 2
D) Akbar 2
Answer: B
The last ruler of Mughal empire BAHADUR SHAH 2 was famous by his pen name ZAFAR. He used the name ZAFAR in all the poems he composed.
6)Who among the following has written Ghoolamgiri?
A)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
C)Jyotiba Phule
D)Dadu Dayal
Answer : C
In 1873 Phule wrote a book named Gulamgiri, meaning slavery. Phule dedicated his book to all those Americans who had fought to free slaves, thus establishing a link between the conditions of the “lower” castes in India and the black slaves in America
7) Which among the following was the ONLY session of Indian National Congress that was presided by Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Amaravati
B)Belgaum
C)Nagpur
D)Karachi
Answer : B
Gandhiji became the president of Indian National Congress in 1924 at the Belgaum session of Indian National Congress.
8) The leader of revolt of 1857 in Lucknow was __?
A)Tatya Tope
B)Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
C)Birjis Qadir
D)Begum Hazrat Mahal
Answer: D
Begum Hazrat Mahal was the wife of Nawab Wazid Ali Shah of Awadh. She ruled on behalf of her 11-year-old son Birjis Qadar and led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow .She refused to accept the pension offered to her by the British and chose to die unmourned in Nepal.
9) The resolution of Swadeshi was adopted in which session of Congress?
A)Madras session of 1903
B)Bombay session of 1904
C)Benaras session of 1905
D)Calcutta session of 1906
Answer: D
The resolution of Swadeshi was adopted in 1906 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. This session was headed by Dada Bhai Naoroji. Prior to this, in Banaras 1905 session, a resolution of boycott of British goods was put forward. However, it was 1906 session at Calcutta in which four resolutions on self-government, boycott movement, Swadeshi and national education were passed by the Congress. Dadabhai Naoroji said in his presidential speech: “we do not ask for favours we want only justice. Instead of going into any further divisions or details of our rights as British citizens the whole matter can be comprised in one word – self-government or Swaraj like that of the United Kingdom or colonies.”
10) Which among the following was the most important reason for social and religious reforms in nineteenth century?
A)Scientific inventions
B)Industrial revolution
C)Western education and awakening
D)Influence of Newspapers
Answer: C
In the 19th century in India basically two types of reform movement were present i.e., Reformist and Revivalist. The western education and awakening added impetus to it.
11) The infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre happened on which festival?
A)Holi
B)Baisakhi
C)Raksha Bandhan
D)Lohri
Answer : B
On the Baisakhi religious day of 13 April 1919 a large unarmed crowd of about 10 to 15 thousand gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in a festive, celebratory mood, and to also peacefully protest the arrest of its two leaders, Dr Satyapal and Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew, who had protested against the Rowlatt Acts. Jallianwala Bagh was a large open space enclosed on three sides by high walls and buildings with only one narrow exit. Brigadier General Reginald Dyer, the military commander of Amritsar, surrounded the Bagh with his troops and armoured cars just before the sunset, closed off the exit and then ordered his soldiers to shoot into the crowd with their machine-guns and rifles, without giving the slightest warning to the peaceful crowd to disperse. The trapped crowd had nowhere to run or hide. The massacre toll: 1,200 killed, and 3,600 wounded.
12) In Which year, Bardoli satyagrah took place?
A)1925
B)1926
C)1927
D)1928
Answer : D
Due to increase in land revenue by 22 %, the satyagraha was led by Vallabhbhai Patel at Bardoli, Gujarat. Under the leadership of Patel, the Bardoli peasants decided to refuse payments of the revised assessment until the Government appointed an independent tribunal or accepted the current amount as full payment. Those who opposed the movement had to face a social boycott. The outcome of the satyagraha was British Government setup Maxwell-Broomfield commission, reduced land Revenue to 6.03% and returned confiscated land back to farmers. In this struggle, Vallabhbhai Patel got the title of “Sardar” by local farmers of Bardoli.
13) Who was the earliest Congress leader to acknowledge that partition was inevitable?
A)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B)Sardar Patel
C)Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
D)Maulana Azad
Answer: C
Rajaji felt the Congress and the Indians must help Britain in its time of distress when it was fighting with its back to the wall. His proposal (CR Formula; July, 1940) was that British should give India freedom after the war, and establish a representative government forthwith; while India (Congress and Muslim League) should support British War efforts. Further, if Muslims in India wanted a partition, Congress should not oppose this. Congress should offer plebiscite of all the people in those regions where Muslims were in the majority.
14) The Individual Satyagraha was launched for which of the following?
A)Embarrass the British amid war chaos
B)Seek independence
C)Affirm right to speech
D)All of above
Answer: C
The Congress was in a confused state again after the August Offer. The radicals and leftists wanted to launch a mass Civil Disobedience Movement, but here Gandhi insisted on Individual Satyagraha. The Individual Satyagraha was not to seek independence but to affirm the right of speech. The first Satyagrahi selected was Acharya Vinoba Bhave, who was sent to Jail when he spoke against the war.
15) On 7-8 August 1942, Quit India Resolution was passed by the AICC at its meeting at __?
A)Mumbai
B)Wardha
C)Nagpur
D)Lahore
Answer: A
On 7-8 August 1942, Quit India Resolution was passed by the AICC at its meeting at Gowalia Tank in Mumbai, and Gandhi launched the Movement on 8 August 1942. On 9 August 1942, almost all the top Congress leaders were arrested. By and large, ‘Quit India’ fizzled out by the end of September 1942. The speed with which the administration was able to suppress ‘Quit India’ surprised the world media
