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Q101mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
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The Lucknow Pact (1916) was signed by
Q102mediummcqHistoryWest Bengal Civil Services2026
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Which English Governor-General of India was murdered by a convict in the Andaman Islands?
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The first Maratha War took place during the tenure of
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When did the Dandi March take place?
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Which of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857?
Q106mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Practice Paper2026
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The Muslim League joined the Interim Government in:
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In the Tripuri session whom did Subhas Bose defeat to become the Congress President?
Q108mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
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Who was known as the Liberator of the Press?
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When the Pakistan Resolution was formally passed?
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Who was referred to by Lord Mountbatten as the "one man frontier army"?
Q111mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Practice Paper2026
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Between whom and when was the Treaty of Bassein signed?
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When was the 'Azad Hind Fauj' formed?
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Name one book written by Swami Vivekananda.
Q114mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Practice Paper2026
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In which year did the Cabinet Mission come to India?
Q115mediummcqSocial StudiesUPTET Paper 2 (Social Science)2026
In whose viceroyalty was the capital of India transferred from Calcutta to Delhi?
Q116mediummcqHistoryIndian Competitive Exams2026
According to which treaty were Tipu's children held in Calcutta as security pending payment of compensation to the Company?
Q117mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who gave the famous slogan 'Back to Vedas'?
Q118easymcqSocial StudiesUPTET Paper 2 (Social Science)2026
The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act was passed in which of the following years?
Q119mediummcqIndian HistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Which Governor-General of India strongly advocated and initiated rapid railway trunk line construction across British India?
Q120mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who wrote the path-breaking book 'Ghulamgiri'?
Q121mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam Prep2026
The "Break Down Plan" formulated in for a phased, tactical transfer of power and withdrawal from India was proposed by:
Q122easymcqSocial StudiesUPTET Paper 2 (Social Science)2026
Who started the Home Rule Movement in India in 1916?
Q123mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exams2026
Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because:
Q124mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam Prep2026
Who among the following historical figures described the Quit India Movement () as "by far the most serious rebellion since "?
Q125mediummcqGeneral AwarenessPractice Test2026
The Indigo Rebellion of 1859-60 occurred in which region of India?
Q126mediummcqSocial StudiesUPTET Paper 2 (Social Science)2026
Match the Reformers (List 1) with their respective Organizations (List 2) and select the correct option:
Q127mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam Prep2026
Abhinava Bharat, a secret society of revolutionaries, was organised by:
Q128mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam Prep2026
Which of the following books realistically depicts the plight of Indigo Cultivators in Bengal?
Q129mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
What was the primary significance of the Lahore Resolution (1940) passed by the All-India Muslim League?
Q130mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam Prep2026
Who among the following founded the Krishak Praja Party?
Q131mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam Prep2026
Who among the following was a prominent leader of the Ghadar Party?
Q132mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Which political party was founded directly by Subhas Chandra Bose?
Q133mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
Q134mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Which political party was founded in 1906?
Q135mediummcqGeneral Knowledge and General AwarenessPrepp2026
Vasco da Gama, who discovered the sea route from Europe to India, belonged to which nation?
Q136mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
In which year, the Koya rebellion took place in the eastern Godavari tract?
Q137mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
In which year was the Lucknow Pact signed between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress?
Q138mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Who was the President of the First Session of the Indian National Congress?
Q139easymcqSocial StudiesUPTET Paper 2 (Social Science)2026
Which of the following is called the 'Mother of Indian Revolution'?
Q140mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeWest Bengal Civil Services2026
Who is the author of the book 'An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India'?
Q141mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Which noted Indian historian is globally celebrated for his extensive and pioneering academic research on the history of the Mughal Empire?
Q142mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exam2026
The Younghusband Mission to Tibet was sent by which Viceroy?
Q143mediummcqHistoryStaff Selection Commission2026
Who was the first Indian woman president of Indian National Congress?
Q144mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
In its Lahore Session (1929), which of the following was declared to be the primary goal of the Indian National Congress?
Q145mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
In which year was the Pakistan Resolution adopted by the All-India Muslim League and where?
Q146mediummcqHistoryIndian Polity & History Quiz2026
The result of which of the following movements/satyagrahas was the abolishment of the Tinkathia System under which the farmers were asked to cultivate indigo in
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th of their holdings?
Q147mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeCompetitive Exams2026
What was the event that fundamentally changed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s life and drove him towards politics?
Q148mediummcqGeneral AwarenessSSC CGL2026
In which of the following years did the Government of India appoint the Saddler University Commission to analyse the problems of the Calcutta University?
Q149mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exam2026
Who was the founder of the Harijan Sevak Sangh?
Q150mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
The Morley-Minto Reform was declared in the year _____.
Q151easymcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who among the following founded the ‘Forward Bloc’?
Q152mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
The Partition of Bengal was annulled in which year?
Q153mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
When and where did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?
Q154mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
In which year was the Indian National Congress established?
Q155easymcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who first designed the current tricolour flag of the Government of India?
Q156mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of the outbreak of the Revolt of 1857?
Q157mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
With which revolt are the names of Sidhu and Kanhu associated?
Q158mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Who considered the constitutional proposals of the Cripps Mission as a 'post-dated cheque'?
Q159mediummcqGeneral StudiesWBCS Prelims2026
The first railway line of India was operationalised in between:
Q160mediummcqIndian HistoryGovernment Exams2026
The pact signed between the Indian National Congress and All India Muslim League in 1916 is called as
Q161mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
_______ was the center of the Aligarh movement.
Q162mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Who was the original founder of the 'Azad Hind Fauj' (Indian National Army)?
Q163mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Examination2026
Who painted the iconic allegorical image of ‘Bharat Mata’?
Q164mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Which phase is considered to be the liberal (moderate) phase of the Indian National Congress?
Q165mediummcqIndian HistoryGovernment Exams2026
In which of the following places did the first session of the Indian National Congress take place?
Q166mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
Who founded Servants of India Society?
Q167mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which were liberated in and handed over to the Provisional Government of Azad Hind, were renamed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as:
Q168mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
Who was the first Indian Governor General of free India?
Q169mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exams2026
Who declared the Communal Award in 1932?
Q170mediummcqIndian HistoryWBCS Prelims2026
In which year did the famous 'Great Escape' of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from house arrest in Calcutta to Germany take place?
Q171mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
In 1921–22 the farmers of the Malabar coast of Kerala organized a great revolt, known as ______.
Q172mediummcqIndian HistoryPractice Paper2026
First Governor General of India was:
Q173mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
The Act that gave enormous powers to the British Government to repress political activities was
Q174mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exams2026
Which among the following gases was leaked during the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984?
Q175mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Examination2026
Who ridiculed Gandhi as a 'seditious fakir'?
Q176mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exams2026
In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
Q177mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Examination2026
Who wrote the book 'Hind Swaraj'?
Q178mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when India achieved independence in August 1947?
Q179mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
In which of its historic sessions did the Indian National Congress pass the Social Democratic Resolution?
Q180mediummcqHistoryIndian Competitive Exam Prep2026
When was the repressive 'Carlyle Circular' issued by the British administration during the anti-partition agitation in Bengal?
Q181mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The Moplah (Malabar) Rebellion of broke out in which region?
Q182mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Who formulated the economic critique of British rule and popularised it through the concept of the 'Drain of Wealth'?
Q183mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
In which of the following years, the Nawab of Awadh accepted the subsidiary alliance initiated by Lord Wellesley, the Governor General of British India?
Q184easymcqHistoryIndian Competitive Exams2026
Which important event that started in 1930 played a significant role in motivating and mobilizing Indians to join the non-violent movement for independence?
Q185mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Examination2026
The comprehensive Non-Cooperation programme was formally ratified and adopted by the Indian National Congress in the:
Q186mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Who among the following early leaders is widely regarded as a pioneer of Indian Economic Nationalism?
Q187mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
The seminal book Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule was written by Mahatma Gandhi in during which of the following journeys?
Q188mediummcqHistoryIndian Competitive Exam Prep2026
The historical Poona Pact took place in which year?
Q189mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
During whose Governor-Generalship was the structured Indian Civil Service () formally introduced and consolidated?
Q190mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The Swaraj Party took part in the legislative council elections in which of the following years?
Q191mediummcqHistoryIndian Competitive Exam Prep2026
Who enunciated his famous formula that 'Swaraj' must be for the 'masses' and not for the 'classes' alone?
Q192mediummcqIndian HistoryWBCS Prelims2026
What was the primary direct trigger for the rapid rise of Extremism within the Indian National Movement during the early 20th century?
Q193mediummcqHistoryIndian Competitive Exam Prep2026
Who among the following leaders was primarily associated with leading the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928?
Q194mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Who among the following was not a member of the historic British Cabinet Mission that visited India in ?
Q195mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in the year _________.
Q196mediummcqGeneral AwarenessStaff Selection Commission2026
In India, where was the first jute mill set up near Kolkata in 1855?
Q197mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who amongst the following was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
Q198mediummcqHistorySSC CGL2026
Who of the following Viceroy is related to the Burma war?
Q199mediummcqHistoryIndian Competitive Exam Prep2026
Where is Chauri Chaura located?
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With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
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