Simon Commission was sent by British Parliament to India to review the

(1) progress of English education
(2) social reforms
(3) working of dyarchy
(4) Hindu-Muslim unity

Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India?

(1) Lord Attlee
(2) Lord Mountbatten
(3) C. Rajagopalachari
(4) Rajendra Prasad

The Arya Samaj is against
(1) existence of God
(2) rituals and idol-worship
(3) Hinduism
(4) Islam

Who, among the following benefitted most by the British revenue system in India?

(1) Sharecroppers
(2) Peasants
(3) Zamindars
(4) Agriculture-labour

Who, among the following Europeans, established their trade and influence in India first?
(1) British                                              (2) French
(3) Dutch                                              (4) Portuguese

Who was the leader of the Young Bengal Movement?
(1) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(2) Debendranath Tagore
(3) Henry Vivian Derozio
(4) David Hare

When and where did the Theosophical Society establish its headquarters in India?
(1) 1882-Adyar                                      (2) 1885-Belur
(3) 1890-Avadi                                      (4) 1895-Vellore

A prominent leader of the Ghadar Party was
(1) P. Mitra
(2) Lala Har Dayal
(3) B.G. Tilak
(4) Bipin Chandra Pal

Who propounded the theory of ‘Drain of wealth’ from India to Great Britain?
(1) Gopal Krishana Gokhale
(2) Dadabahai Naoroji
(3) Surendranth Banerjee
(4) Lala Lajpat Rai

Swarajya was declared as the goal of the Congress at its session held in 1906 at
(1) Bombay                              (2) Calcutta
(3) Lucknow                             (4) Madras

Gandhi started the ‘Dandi March’ from
(1) Ahmedabad                 (2) Allahabad
(3) Dandi                           (4) Calcutta