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The Battle of Wandiwash was fought between:

1. The Nizam of Hyderabad and the French
2. The English and the French
3. The English and Hyder Ali
4. The Nawab of Carnatic and the English

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following Congress leader rejected the August Offer of 1940?

1. Lord Wavell
2. Lord Linlithgow
3. Sir George Stanley
4. Lord Willingdon

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following event compel the Rabindranath Tagore to renounce his knighthood?

1. To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
2. To protest against lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death
3. To express solidarity with the leaders of Non-Cooperation Movement
4. To express solidarity with the protestors against the arrival of Simon Commission

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following British official intiated the Doctrine of Lapse?

1. Lord Wellesley
2. Lord Auckland
3. Lord Dalhousie
4. Warren Hastings

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following counterpart of British in the Treaty of Salbai?

1. the French
2. the Marathas
3. Tipu Sultan
4. the Nizam of Hyderabad

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following treaty ended the First Carnatic War?

1. Salbai
2. Bassein
3. Aix-Ia-Chapelle
4. Paris

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following Acts had provision of Indian Civil Services recruitment on the basis of competitive examination?

1. Charter Act of 1813
2. Government of India Act, 1858
3. Charter Act of 1853
4. Charter Act of 1833

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who among the following was the counter part of Tipu Sultan during the Treaty of Seringapatnam?

1. Warren Hastings
2. Robert Clive
3. Cornwallis
4. Dalhousie

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following Governor-General introduced the services of Railway and telegraph systems?

1. Lord Cornwallis
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. Lord Wellesley
4. Lord Bentinck

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is correctly matched?

1. Third Battle of Panipat: 1764
2. Regulating Act: 1773
3. Pitt?s India Act: 1761
4. Treaty of Allahabad: 1784

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who among the following Indian cracks the British Indian Civil Services Examination in thr first time of Indian Histroy?

1. Satyendranath Tagore
2. R. C. Dutt
3. Behari Lal Gupta
4. Surendranath Banerjee

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?

1. Lord Mayo
2. Lord Dufferin
3. Lord Northbrook
4. Lord Ripon

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who among the following Governors-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton?

1. Northbrook
2. Dufferin
3. Elgin-II
4. Ripon

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who among the British Governor- General shown great interest in the preservation of ancient monuments?

1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Ripon
3. Lord Lytton
4. Lord Irwin

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?

1. Hardinge-II
2. Chelmsford
3. Reading
4. Irwin

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following leader is not correctly matched with their association/party/ books/ newspaper?

1. Devendranath Tagore: Young India
2. Rabindranath Tagore : Patrika
3. M. K. Gandhi: Gitanjali
4. B. G. Tilak : Kesari

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who among the following leader draws his inspiration from M.K Gandhi?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Jayaprakash Narayan
3. Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4. Subhas Chandra Bose

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following reason compel the leaders of Muslim League to enter in the Interim Government?

1. The Congress accepted their demand that it would not nominate a non-Muslim League Muslim to the Interim Government.
2. The Viceroy accepted its stand that it would not join the Constituent Assembly.
3. The Viceroy had accepted its stand that it would not take steps to rescind the League Council?s resolution of July 29.
4. The Muslim League wanted to get a foothold to fight for the cherished goal of Pakistan.

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who among the following leader made the famous Objectives Resolution, in the Constituent Assembly?

1. Vallabhbhai Patel
2. C. Rajagopalachari
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Dr. John Mathai

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following leader was one of the founding member og the Muslim League?

1. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
2. Shaukat Ali
3. Nawab Salimullah
4. Aga Khan

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following statement relates the Dadabhai Naoroji?s definition of ?Drain of Wealth??

1. Those resources of the country were being utilized in the interest of Britain.
2. That a part of Indias national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material return.
3. That the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power.
4. That the British goods were being imported into the country making it poorer day by day.

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following reason that compel the Congress leader not to attend the Round Table Conference?

1. The British government was not in favour of M. K. Gandhis participation in it.
2. The British government wanted to give representation to communal organisations.
3. The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj.
4. 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.

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who among the following leader headed the interim Government of 1946?

1. C. Rajagopalachari
2. M.K Gandhi
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who was the first Governor General of the new Indian Dominion?

1. Rajendra Prasad
2. Vallabhbhai Patel
3. Rajagopalachari
4. Lord Mountbatten

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims?

1. Act of 1909
2. Act of 1919
3. Act of 1935
4. Act of 1947

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who among the following initiated the Kheda Satyagraha?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Mohanlal Pandya
3. Sardar Patel
4. Vinoba Bhave

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following event was probe by the Hunter Commission?

1. Chauri Chaura incident
2. Demolition of Kanpur mosque
3. Jalianwalla Bagh massacre
4. Kakori train dacoity incident

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the establishment of parties during Indian Struggle Movement?

1. Indian National Congress, Swaraj party, Justice Party, Muslim League
2. Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Swaraj Party, Justice Party
3. Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Justice Party
4. Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Justice Party, Muslim League

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress?

1. Annie Besant
2. Madan Mohan Malviya
3. Ambika Charan Majumdar
4. Subhas Chandra Bose

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besants idea of launching Home Rule Movement?

1. G. K. Gokhale
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Aurobindo Ghosh
4. B. G. Tilak

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who was the supreme body in the Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act- 1858?

1. Queen Victoria
2. The British Parliament
3. Government of Britan
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2

After the commencement of the government of India Act-1858, what name was to British Governor-General of India?

1. Governor-General of India.
2. Governor of the state
3. Viceroy of the state
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who was the monarch of Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act, 1858?

1. William IV
2. Victoria
3. Edward VII
4. George V

✅ Correct Answer: 2

When was The Government of India Act 1858 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom?

1. August 2, 1858
2. June,1857
3. January, 1858
4. December, 1857

✅ Correct Answer: 1

As per government of India Act-1858, how many members were appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India?

1. 10
2. 15
3. 13
4. 14

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who started the Indian Reforms Association?

1. Narayan Guru
2. Swami Vivekananda
3. Krishna swami Aiyar
4. Keshav Chandra Sen

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who said that ?My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye??

1. Lord Curzon
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Daya Nand Saraswati

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following is Not matched correctly?

1. Parrot of India: Amir Khusro
2. Scourge of God: Chengiz khan
3. Strong man of India: Sardar Patel
4. Father of Indian Unrest: Abdul Gaffar Khan

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is not matched correctly?

1. Abolition of sati: Lord William Bentick
2. Abolition of slavery: Lord Ellenborough
3. First railway line in India: Lord Canning
4. Swadeshi movement: Lord Minto II

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following is not matched correctly?

1. Butler commission: 1927
2. Nehru report: 1928
3. 14 points of Jinnah: 1929
4. Gandhi- Irvin pact: 1930

✅ Correct Answer: 4