All Questions page - 132

The Muslim League adopted the resolution for a separate nation in the year
(1) 1907                                  (2) 1922
(3) 1931                                  (4) 1940

The man behind the first railway line in India was:
(1) William Dudley
(2) Roger Smith
(3) George Clark
(4) Warren Hastings

To end the III Anglo-Mysore War. Tipu Sultan signed the following Treaty with the British
(1) Treaty of Mangalore
(2) Treaty of Srirangapatnam
(3) Treaty of Mysore
(4) Treaty of Bidnur

The original name of Swami Vivekananda was

(1) Narendranath Dutta
(2) Batukeshwara Dutta
(3) Krishna Dutta
(4) Surendra Dutta

The British Governor-General who introduced the Postal system in India was
(1) Lord Dalhousie
(2) Lord Wellesley
(3) Lord Auckland
(4) Lord Bentinck

The Communal Awarded of 1932, gave separate representation to
(1) Harijans                                   (2) Muslims
(3) Sikhs                                       (4) Christians

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

Who was the pioneer of the western system of education in India?

(1) Dayanand Saraswati
(2) Lala Lajpat Rai
(3) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(4) Surendranath Bannerjee