Who among the following Portuguese captured Goa ?
(1) Francisco de Almeida
(2) Alfonso de Albuquerque
(3) Vasco da Gama
(4) Roberto de Nobili

The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor-Generalship of

(1) Lord Ripon
(2) Lord William Bentick
(3) Lord Dufferin
(4) Lord Curzon

Federal form of government was introduced under the
(1) Government of India Act, 1919
(2) Government of India Act, 1935
(3) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(4) Government of India Act, 1858

Subhash Chandra Bose set up the provisional Government of Free India in
(1) Burma                                        (2) Singapore
(3) Thailand                                     (4) Indonesia

Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
(1) Annie Besant
(2) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(3) Kasturba Gandhi
(4) Sarojini Naidu

The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was
(1) the Company’s Charter Act of 1813
(2) the Company’s Charter Act of 1853
(3) the Indian Councils Act of 1851
(4) the Indian Councils Act of 1893

Which among the following States was forced to merge itself with the Union of India after 1947?

(1) Hyderabad                                       (2) Kashmir
(3) Patiala                                              (4) Mysore

Who gave the solgan – ‘Jai Hind’?
(1) Subhash Chandra Bose
(2) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(3) Moti Lal Nehru
(4) Mahatma Gandhi

Which of the Directive Principles can be described as Gandhian in character?
(1) Protection of workers and children

(2) Organisation of Village Panchayats as effective units of self-Government
(3) Equal work for both men and women
(4) Separation of the executive from the judiciary

Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed?

(1) The Hindu
(2) The Bengal Gazette
(3) The Anand Bazaar Patrika
(4) The Times of India

Who revived the Theosophical Society ?
(1) Mother Teresa
(2) Annie Besant
(3) Florence Nightingale
(4) Sarojini Naidu