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When did the Jalianwalabagh Massacre take place?
Q102mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
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Who introduced the Ryotwari settlement in Madras?
Q103mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
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Parallel governments during the 1942 Movement were formed in
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Who was known as the Liberator of the Press?
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Who opposed the burning of foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Q106mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Practice Paper2026
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In which year did the Cabinet Mission come to India?
Q107mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Practice Paper2026
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Who is called a traditional modernizer?
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In the Tripuri session whom did Subhas Bose defeat to become the Congress President?
Q109mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
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Which tribal leader was regarded as an incarnation of god (Dharti Aba) ?
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What was the primary direct trigger cause for the sudden rise of Extremism in the Indian National Movement during the early 20th century?
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Who was the founder Commander of the Indian National Army (INA)?
Q112mediummcqHistoryWest Bengal Civil Services2026
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Who was referred to by Lord Mountbatten as the "one man frontier army"?
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When did the Dandi March take place?
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Congress Democratic Party was founded by—
Q115mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who gave the famous slogan 'Back to Vedas'?
Q116mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who wrote the path-breaking book 'Ghulamgiri'?
Q117mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Which political party was founded directly by Subhas Chandra Bose?
Q118easymcqSocial StudiesUPTET Paper 2 (Social Science)2026
Who started the Home Rule Movement in India in 1916?
Q119mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
What was the primary significance of the Lahore Resolution (1940) passed by the All-India Muslim League?
Q120easymcqSocial StudiesUPTET Paper 2 (Social Science)2026
Which of the following is called the 'Mother of Indian Revolution'?
Q121mediummcqIndian HistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Which Governor-General of India strongly advocated and initiated rapid railway trunk line construction across British India?
Q122mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exams2026
Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because:
Q123easymcqSocial StudiesUPTET Paper 2 (Social Science)2026
Who among the following had founded the Atmiya Sabha?
Q124mediummcqHistoryStaff Selection Commission2026
Who was the first Indian woman president of Indian National Congress?
Q125mediummcqSocial StudiesUPTET Paper 2 (Social Science)2026
Match the Reformers (List 1) with their respective Organizations (List 2) and select the correct option:
Q126mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeWest Bengal Civil Services2026
Who is the author of the book 'An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India'?
Q127mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Which noted Indian historian is globally celebrated for his extensive and pioneering academic research on the history of the Mughal Empire?
Q128mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
Q129mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exam2026
The Younghusband Mission to Tibet was sent by which Viceroy?
Q130mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
In which year was the Indian National Congress established?
Q131mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Which political party was founded in 1906?
Q132mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of the outbreak of the Revolt of 1857?
Q133easymcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who among the following founded the ‘Forward Bloc’?
Q134mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
In which year was the Lucknow Pact signed between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress?
Q135mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
_______ was the center of the Aligarh movement.
Q136mediummcqGeneral Knowledge and General AwarenessPrepp2026
Vasco da Gama, who discovered the sea route from Europe to India, belonged to which nation?
Q137mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exam2026
Who was the founder of the Harijan Sevak Sangh?
Q138mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
When and where did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?
Q139mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
In which year, the Koya rebellion took place in the eastern Godavari tract?
Q140mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Who was the President of the First Session of the Indian National Congress?
Q141mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
Which phase is considered to be the liberal (moderate) phase of the Indian National Congress?
Q142mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
With which revolt are the names of Sidhu and Kanhu associated?
Q143mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeCompetitive Exams2026
What was the event that fundamentally changed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s life and drove him towards politics?
Q144mediummcqGeneral StudiesWBCS Prelims2026
The first railway line of India was operationalised in between:
Q145mediummcqHistoryIndian 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?
Q146easymcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who first designed the current tricolour flag of the Government of India?
Q147mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The Swaraj Party took part in the legislative council elections in which of the following years?
Q148mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The Moplah (Malabar) Rebellion of broke out in which region?
Q149mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
The Morley-Minto Reform was declared in the year _____.
Q150mediummcqGeneral 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?
Q151mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
The Partition of Bengal was annulled in which year?
Q152mediummcqIndian HistoryGovernment Exams2026
The pact signed between the Indian National Congress and All India Muslim League in 1916 is called as
Q153mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when India achieved independence in August 1947?
Q154mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exams2026
In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
Q155mediummcqIndian HistoryGovernment Exams2026
In which of the following places did the first session of the Indian National Congress take place?
Q156mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Examination2026
The Self-respect Movement was founded by
Q157mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exams2026
Which among the following gases was leaked during the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984?
Q158mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Examination2026
Who painted the iconic allegorical image of ‘Bharat Mata’?
Q159mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exams2026
Who declared the Communal Award in 1932?
Q160mediummcqHistoryCompetitive 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?
Q161mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Examination2026
Who among the following Viceroys repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
Q162mediummcqIndian HistoryWBCS Prelims2026
What was the primary direct trigger for the rapid rise of Extremism within the Indian National Movement during the early 20th century?
Q163mediummcqIndian HistoryWBCS Prelims2026
In which year did the famous 'Great Escape' of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from house arrest in Calcutta to Germany take place?
Q164mediummcqIndian HistoryPractice Paper2026
First Governor General of India was:
Q165mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
Who was felicitated by Aurobindo Ghosh as 'the Prophet of Great Political Creed'?
Q166mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
Q167mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by
Q168mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
In 1921–22 the farmers of the Malabar coast of Kerala organized a great revolt, known as ______.
Q169mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The main leaders of the Swaraj Party were
Q170mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
The Act that gave enormous powers to the British Government to repress political activities was
Q171mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who amongst the following was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
Q172mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The Indian National Congress was founded by:
Q173mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
Who was the first Indian Governor General of free India?
Q174mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The Battle of Buxar was fought in ______.
Q175mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
Q176easymcqHistoryIndian 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?
Q177mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
Who was the founder of 'Anushilan samity'?
Q178mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeWBCS Prelims2026
Who was Sikkim's last sovereign king?
Q179mediummcqHistoryIndian History Practice2026
Which battle established the political supremacy of the British rule in India?
Q180mediummcqHistoryIndian Competitive Exam Prep2026
Who enunciated his famous formula that 'Swaraj' must be for the 'masses' and not for the 'classes' alone?
Q181mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
'Neel-Darpan' by Dina Bandhu Mitra portrays the plight of _______.
Q182mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who was elected as President of the All India Khilafat Conference (23rd November, 1919)?
Q183mediummcqHistoryIndian Competitive Exam Prep2026
When was the repressive 'Carlyle Circular' issued by the British administration during the anti-partition agitation in Bengal?
Q184mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who authored the book 'The Spirit of Islam'?
Q185mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
In which Act yearly Rs 1 lakh was allotted for the education of Indians?
Q186mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Examination2026
Who wrote the book 'Hind Swaraj'?
Q187mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who founded the Khudai Khidmatgar party?
Q188mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
In which Congress session the demand for 'Purna Swaraj' was taken?
Q189mediummcqHistorySSC CGL2026
Who of the following Viceroy is related to the Burma war?
Q190mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Examination2026
Who ridiculed Gandhi as a 'seditious fakir'?
Q191mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Why did Rabindranath Tagore refuse Knighthood?
Q192mediummcqGeneral AwarenessCompetitive Exam2026
Who wrote the book 'The Indian War of Independence'?
Q193mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Examination2026
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were announced in the year
Q194mediummcqGeneral AwarenessCompetitive Exam2026
Which among the following Viceroys was associated with the 'Ilbert Bill Controversy'?
Q195mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exam2026
What was the last date of tendering old currency in 2016 demonetisation?
Q196mediummcqGeneral AwarenessStaff Selection Commission2026
In India, where was the first jute mill set up near Kolkata in 1855?
Q197mediummcqGeneral AwarenessGovernment Exams Practice2026
In which newspaper was the 'Boycott' program first declared during the Partition of Bengal?
Q198mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The first census in India was conducted during the tenure of which Viceroy/ruler?
Q199mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Examination2026
Who was known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'?
Q200mediummcqGeneral AwarenessGovernment Exams Practice2026
Who was the founder of the Tattvabodhini Sabha?
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