100 MCQ Indian History
1.In which year, the Danish East India Company was formed?
[A] 1614
[B] 1615
[C] 1616
[D] 1617
Correct Answer
[C] 1616
2.Warren Hastings was appointed as the Governor of __________ in 1772.
[A] Bengal
[B] Madras
[C] Bombay
[D] Delhi
Correct Answer
[A] Bengal
3.The resolutions on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy were passed in which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress?
[A] Belgaum,1934
[B] Lahore,1929
[C] Karachi,1931
[D] Faizpur,1936
Correct Answer
[C] Karachi,1931
4.Which among the following Viceroys was associated with the ‘Ilbert Bill Controversy’?
[A] Lord Curzon
[B] Lord Lytton
[C] Lord Ripon
[D] Lord Hard
Correct Answer
[C] Lord Ripon
5.Subhash Chandra Bose was re-elected the President of INC at the Tripuri Session in 1939 by defeating Gandhiji’s candidate:
[A] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
[B] J.B.Kriplani
[C] Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
[D] Nellie Sengupta
Correct Answer
[C] Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
6.The pioneer of Communism in India was:
[A] S.A. Dange
[B] M.R. Jayakar
[C] M.N. Roy
[D] Nalin Gupta
Correct Answer
[C] M.N. Roy
7.Which among the following great revolutionaries was the brain behind the ‘Chittagong Armoury Raid’?
[A] Ganesh Ghosh
[B] Chandrashekhar Azad
[C] Surya Sen
[D] Lala Hardayal
Correct Answer
[C] Surya Sen
8.The revolutionary organization ‘Abhinav Bharat Society’ was founded in 1904 by:
[A] Bhagat Singh
[B] Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
[C] Barindra Kumar Ghosh
[D] Pulin Behari Das
Correct Answer
[B] Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
9.Who among the following was popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
[A] Hasrat Mohani
[B] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[C] Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
[D] Iqbal Khan
Correct Answer
[C] Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
10.Which Indian mass movement began with the famous ‘Dandi March’ of Mahatma Gandhi?
[A] Khilafat Movement
[B] Non-Cooperation Movement
[C] Civil Disobedience Movement
[D] Quit India Movement
Correct Answer
[C] Civil Disobedience Movement
11.Who presided over the Karachi Session of Indian National Congress where the resolutions on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy were passed?
[A] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[B] Jawahar Lal Nehru
[C] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
[D] Subhash Chandra Bose
Correct Answer
[C] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
12.Who founded the association ‘Naujawan Bharat Sabha’ to help foster revolution against the British Raj by gathering together worker and peasant youth in 1928?
[A] Chandra Shekhar Azad
[B] Surya Sen
[C] Bhagat Singh
[D] V.D.Savarkar
Correct Answer
[C] Bhagat Singh
13.‘New India’ and ‘Commonweal’ news-
papers were started by :
[A] Madan Mohan Malviya
[B] S.Subramaniyam Iyer
[C] Annie Besant
[D] Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Answer
[C] Annie Besant
14.In the tenure of which Governor- General an attempt was made for the first time to codify Hindu and Muslim customary laws?
[A] Lord Cornwallis
[B] Warren Hastings
[C] William Bentinck
[D] Charles Metcalfe
Correct Answer
[B] Warren Hastings
15.The only session of Indian National Congress which was presided by Mahatma Gandhi was held at:
[A] Belgaum
[B] Faizpur
[C] Allahabad
[D] Karachi
Correct Answer
[A] Belgaum
16.What was the name of the first newspaper to announce the partition of Bengal on July 6th, 1905?
[A] Swaraj
[B] Sanjivani
[C] Kalantar
[D] Anandabazar Patrika
Correct Answer
[B] Sanjivani
Explanation: Sanjivani was started by KK Mitra
17.In which country Indian Independence Committee was formed during the British Era?
[A] France
[B] UK
[C] Germany
[D] USA
Correct Answer
[C] Germany
Explanation: Indian Independence
Committee was also known as the
Berlin committee and was formed in
Germany in 1914 during world war I
by Indian students and political
activists. Important activists were Dr.
Dhiren Sarkar, Chanji Kersasp, N.S.
Marathe, Dr.J.N. Dasgupta,
C.Padmanabhan Pillai.
18.In which year, Land Holder’s society
was established in India?
[A] 1806
[B] 1828
[C] 1838
[D] 1850
Correct Answer
[C] 1838
Explanation: In 1838, Land Holder’s
society was founded in Calcutta.
19.Under which among the following
acts, Civil Services started in India?
[A] Charter Act 1813
[B] Charter Act 1833
[C] Charter Act 1853
[D] Charter Act 1793
Correct Answer
[B] Charter Act 1833
Explanation: In 1853, the civil
services became an open competition
however the exams were conducted
in London only.
20.Which among the following is called
the Magna Carta of English
education?
[A] Wood’s Despatch
[B] Hartog Committee Report
[C] Minute on Indian Education
[D] None of the above
Correct Answer
[A] Wood’s Despatch
Indian National Movement Notes for
WBCS
21.Who among the following founded
the Depressed Classes Mission of
India?
[A] Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
[B] Vitthal Ramji Shinde
[C] Annabhau Sathe
[D] Shantabai Kamble
Correct Answer
[B] Vitthal Ramji Shinde
22.Who among the following was the
founder of the Paris Indian Society?
[A] S R Rana
[B] Bhikaji Kama
[C] Taraknath
[D] Lala Hardayal
Correct Answer
[B] Bhikaji Kama
23.Which among the following
organizations published the journal
called Indian Sociologists?
[A] India House
[B] Ghadar Party
[C] British Indian Association
[D] Berlin Committee
Correct Answer
[A] India House
24.Who among the following is called
the father of Nationalism in India?
[A] Raja Rammohan Roy
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Mahatma Gandhi
[D] Dadabhai Naoroji
Correct Answer
[A] Raja Rammohan Roy
25.Who among the following gave the
safety valve theory for Indian
National Congress?
[A] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[B] Lala Lajpat Rai
[C] Bipin Chandra Pal
[D] MN Roy
Correct Answer
[B] Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai used the
safety valve theory in “Young India” in
1916 and said that it was a product of
the brain of Lord Dufferin.
26.Who among the following was the
first Non-Congress chief minister of
India?
[A] Indulal Yagnik
[B] NG Ranga
[C] EMS Naboodiripad
[D] Shankar Dayal Sharma
[C] EMS Naboodiripad
Correct Answer
[C] EMS Naboodiripad
27.Which among the following was the
immediate cause of the Quit India
Movement?
[A] Withdrawal of British from South
East Asia
[B] Failure of Cripps Mission
[C] Failure of August Offer
[D] Arrest of Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answer
[B] Failure of Cripps Mission
28.Who among the following said that
“The Rowlatt Act is a Preventive
Murder“?
[A] Mahatma Gandhi
[B] Lala Lajpat Rai
[C] Edwin Samuel Montagu
[D] Jawahar Lal Nehru
Correct Answer
[C] Edwin Samuel Montagu
29.Which among the following cities saw
the first instance of Satyagraha in
India?
[A] Surat
[B] Kheda
[C] Champaran
[D] Ahmedabad
Correct Answer
[D] Ahmedabad
30.Which among the following was the
First Revolutionary organization of
Bengal?
[A] Hindustan Socialist Party
[B] Anushilan Samiti
[C] India House
[D] Jugantar Party
Correct Answer
[B] Anushilan Samiti
31.“NEW LAMPS FOR OLD” was written
by?
[A] Bipin Chandra Pal
[B] Aurobindo Ghosh
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Ashwani Kumar
Correct Answer
[B] Aurobindo Ghosh
32.Who among these is thought of as a
Pioneer of Economic Nationalism?
[A] Madan Mohan Malviya
[B] R.C. Dutt
[C] Bipin Chandra Pal
[D] G.K. Gokhale
Correct Answer
[B] R.C. Dutt
33.In which year, Liaquat–Nehru Pact
was signed?
[A] 1947
[B] 1949
[C] 1950
[D] 1955
Correct Answer
[C] 1950
34.At which among the following places,
National Flag was hoisted for the
First time in India?
[A] Lucknow
[B] Nagpur
[C] Kolkata
[D] Delhi
Correct Answer
[C] Kolkata
35.Who among the following was the
President of the Indian National
Congress at the time of
Independence?
[A] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
[B] J B Kriplani
[C] Dr. Bhimrao Amedkar
[D] Jawahar Lal Nehru
Correct Answer
[B] J B Kriplani
36.In the name of which among the
following Mughal emperors, the East
India Company struck the first coins
in India?
[A] Jahangir
[B] Farrukhsiyar
[C] Muhammad Shah
[D] Jahandar Shah
Correct Answer
[B] Farrukhsiyar
37.In which of the following session of
Indian National Congress Dadabhai
Naoroji was elected president for the
first time?
[A] Bombay
[B] Calcutta
[C] Lucknow
[D] Karachi
Correct Answer
[B] Calcutta
38.Who among the following had
established a branch of the Muslim
League in London?
[A] Aga Khan
[B] Amir Ali
[C] Mohammad Ali Jinnah
[D] Chaudhary Liaqat Ali
Correct Answer
[B] Amir Ali
39.Who among the following had
translated the famous drama Neel
Darpan in English?
[A] Madhusudan Datta
[B] Dinabandu Mitra
[C] Harish Chandra Mukherjee
[D] Sisir Kumar Ghose
Correct Answer
[A] Madhusudan Datta
40.Which among the following
organizations was established and
led by Latika Ghosh, during the
freedom struggle of India?
[A] Mahila Rashtriya Sangha
[B] Rashtriya Stree Sabha
[C] Nari Satyagraha Samiti
[D] Women’s association of Bengal
Correct Answer
[A] Mahila Rashtriya Sangha
Indian National Movement Notes for
WBCS
41.Who committed the most daring
murder of Sir Curzon Wyllie in 1907
in a public meeting in London?
[A] B.N. Dutta
[B] M.L. Dhingra
[C] Sardar Ajit Singh
[D] S.C. Chatterjee
Correct Answer
[B] M.L. Dhingra
42.Who among the following repealed
the Vernacular Press Act?
[A] Lord Lytton
[B] Lord Ripon
[C] Lord Dufferin
[D] Lord Lansdowne
Correct Answer
[B] Lord Ripon
43.In which year, Submarine Telegraphy
System was opened between India
and Europe?
[A] 1860
[B] 1862
[C] 1865
[D] 1880
Correct Answer
[C] 1865
44.In which of the following sessions, the
concession was given by congress to
the Muslim League in acceptance of
separate electorates in 1916?
[A] Calcutta
[B] Lucknow
[C] Allahabad
[D] Lahore
Correct Answer
[B] Lucknow
45.After the failure of which among the
following movements, the Swaraj
Party was formed?
[A] Quit India Movement
[B] Non-cooperation Movement
[C] Civil disobedience Movement
[D] Swadeshi Movement
Correct Answer
[B] Non-cooperation Movement
46.Who among the following published
leaders Sambad Kaumudi”?
[A] Raja Rammohan Roy
[B] Dayanand Saraswati
[C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
[D] Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya
Correct Answer
[A] Raja Rammohan Roy
47.Who among the following brought
the first Printing Machine in India?
[A] Portuguese
[B] French
[C] Dutch
[D] British
Correct Answer
[A] Portuguese
48.Which among the following was the
apex court in India during the British
Era?
[A] Federal Court
[B] Presidency Supreme Court
[C] Privy Council
[D] Supreme Court of England
Correct Answer
[C] Privy Council
49.Which of the following Sikh Guru is
known to have completed the
Harmandir Sahib?
[A] Guru Arjun Dev
[B] Guru Ram Das
[C] Guru Har Gobind
[D] Guru Amar Das
Correct Answer
[A] Guru Arjun Dev
50.Who among the following formed the
group” Brothers of India”?
[A] Annie Besant
[B] George Feuerstein
[C] H.S. Olcott
[D] Alan Watts
Correct Answer
[A] Annie Besant
51.In which of the following countries
“Subhash Chandra Bose” organized
the” Tiger Legion”?
[A] Singapore
[B] Germany
[C] Japan
[D] Italy
Correct Answer
[B] Germany
52.The Treaty of Surat was in the year
_________.
[A] 1475
[B] 1575
[C] 1675
[D] 1775
Correct Answer
[D] 1775
53.Under the Government of India
_________, the British Crown assumed
direct administration of India in the
new British Raj.
[A] Act of 1658
[B] Act of 1758
[C] Act of 1858
[D] Act of 1947
Correct Answer
[C] Act of 1858
54.The policy of the Doctrine of lapse
was introduced by _________.
[A] Lord Wellesley
[B] Lord William Bentinck
[C] Lord Macaulay
[D] Lord Dalhousie
Correct Answer
[D] Lord Dalhousie
55.The Indian National Congress was
formed _________.
[A] 1885
[B] 1887
[C] 1888
[D] 1895
Correct Answer
[A] 1885
56.The Vernacular Press Act was passed
in _________.
[A] 1878
[B] 1881
[C] 1888
[D] 1898
Correct Answer
[A] 1878
Explanation: Vernacular Press Act
was passed in 1878 by Lord Lytton.
According to this Act,
the vernacular or the
local newspapers could not print any
material or information that could
incite people against British rule.
57.When the East India Company came
into existence, England was ruled by
the_________.
[A] Hanoverians
[B] Stuarts
[C] Normans
[D] Tudors
Correct Answer
[B] Stuarts
58.Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati was
an important Hindu religious scholar,
reformer, and founder of the
_________.
[A] Arya Samaj
[B] Brahma Samaj
[C] Ramakrishna Mission
[D] Theosophical society
Correct Answer
[A] Arya Samaj
59.Who founded India House in London
and guided other revolutionaries.
[A] Sri Aurobindo
[B] Lokmanya Tilak
[C] Shyamji Krishna Varma
[D] Bhagat Singh
Correct Answer
[C] Shyamji Krishna Varma
60.Satyarth Prakash was written by
_________.
[A] Lala Lajpat Rai
[B] Lala Hardyal
[C] Dayanand Saraswati
[D] Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Correct Answer
[C] Dayanand Saraswati
Indian National Movement Notes for
WBCS
61.In ______, Jyotiba Phule formed the
Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of
Seekers of Truth).
[A] 1773
[B] 1853
[C] 1873
[D] 1889
Correct Answer
[C] 1873
62.Who founded as Mohammedan
Anglo-Oriental College (MAOC) at
Aligarh in 1875?
[A] Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan
[B] Mirza Mohammad
[C] Maulana Qasim Nanotvi
[D] Maulana Abdullah Ansari
Correct Answer
[A] Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan
63.In India, the Wahabi movement was
started by_________.
[A] Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly
[B] ViIayet Ali
[C] Mohammad Ali
[D] Jahan Dad Khan
Correct Answer
[A] Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly
64.Whose speeches at the World’s
Parliament of Religions held in
September 1893 made him famous
as an ‘orator by divine right’ and as a
‘Messenger of Indian wisdom to the
Western world’.
[A] Swami Vivekananda
[B] Sri Ramakrishna
[C] Chandra Sekhar Deb
[D] Shyama Charan Sen
Correct Answer
[A] Swami Vivekananda
65.The Theosophical Society is an
organization formed in _________ to
advance the spiritual principles and
search for Truth known as
Theosophy.
[A] 1842
[B] 1843
[C] 1845
[D] 1875
Correct Answer
[D] 1875
Explanation: The Theosophical
Society was officially formed in New
York City, United States, on 17
November 1875 by Helena Petrovna
Blavatsky, Colonel Henry Steel
Olcott, William Quan Judge, and
others.
66.’A Study in Consciousness’ was
written by _________.
[A] Annie Besant
[B] Mrinal Gore
[C] Prasanna Kumar Tagore
[D] Rajkamal Sen
Correct Answer
[A] Annie Besant
67.Who started the Young Men’s Indian
Association in 1914?
[A] Annie Besant
[B] Swarnakumari Devi
[C] Devendranath Tagore
[D] Rabindranath Tagore
Correct Answer
[A] Annie Besant
68.Who started the Sharda Sadan in
Bombay?
[A] Ramabai Saraswati
[B] Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
[C] Lord Edwin Montague
[D] Dorothy Jinarajadasa
Correct Answer
[A] Ramabai Saraswati
69._________ formed the Arya Mahila
Samaj in Pune?
[A] Ramabai Saraswati
[B] Swarnakumari Devi
[C] Lord Chelmsford
[D] Annie Besant
Correct Answer
[A] Ramabai Saraswati
70.Author of Poverty and Un-British
Rule in India is_________.
[A] Romila Thapar
[B] Irfan Habib
[C] S.C.Ghosh
[D] Naoroji Dadabhai
Correct Answer
[D] Dadabhai Naoroji
71.Who is the author of ‘Social
Background of Indian Nationalism’?
[A] Akshay Ramanlal Desai
[B] Dharam Kumar
[C] Ray Chaudhuri
[D] K.Rajayyan
Correct Answer
[A] Akshay Ramanlal Desai
72.Who was the first Viceroy of India?
[A] Robert Clive
[B] William Bentick
[C] Lord Dalhousie
[D] Lord Canning
Correct Answer
[D] Lord Canning
73.Who was the first Governor-General
of India?
[A] Warren Hastings
[B] William Bentinck
[C] Lord Dalhousie
[D] Lord Canning
Correct Answer
[B] William Bentinck
74.Who of the following Governor
Generals is associated with the
Subsidiary Alliance System?
[A] Lord Cornwallis
[B] Lord Wellesley
[C] Lord Mayo
[D] Lord Dalhousie
Correct Answer
[B] Lord Wellesley
75.Who preached the idea of Home Rule
through his two newspapers – the
Kesari and the Maratha?
[A] Gokhale
[B] Annie Besant
[C] Tilak
[D] Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct Answer
[C] Tilak
Explanation: Tilak started two
weeklies, Kesari (“The Lion”)
in Marathi and Mahratta in English
(sometimes referred as ‘Maratha‘ in
Academic Study Books) in 1880–81
with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar as the
first editor
76.Hindu Mahasabha was founded in
_________.
[A] 1901
[B] 1906
[C] 1915
[D] 1925
Correct Answer
[C] 1915
Explanation: Founder: Madan Mohan
Malaviya
77.Muslim League established in
December _________.
[A] 1901
[B] 1902
[C] 1906
[D] 1946
Correct Answer
[C] 1906
Explanation: Founder: Nawab Khwaja
Salimullah
78.The Ganapati festival was started in
_______.
[A] 1792
[B] 1793
[C] 1893
[D] 1904
Correct Answer
[C] 1893
79.The inauguration of the Ganapati and
Shivaji Festivals was done by _________
[A] Tilak
[B] Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
[C] Shyamaprasad Mukherjee
[D] J.N. Mukherjee
Correct Answer
[A] Tilak
80.The partition of Bengal had to be
annulled in _________
[A] 1907
[B] 1911
[C] 1928
[D] 1929
Correct Answer
[B] 1911
Indian National Movement Notes for
WBCS
81._________ is remembered as the ‘Grand
old man of India’.
[A] Ranade
[B] Dadabhai Naoroji
[C] Pulinbehari Sarkar
[D] Amaresh Chakravarty
Correct Answer
[B] Dadabhai Naoroji.
82.Who edited the journal of Poona
Sarvajanik Sabha?
[A] Gokhale
[B] W.C.Banerjee
[C] Ranade
[D] S.N.Banerjee
Correct Answer
[A] Gokhale
Explanation: After graduation in
1884, Gokhale joined the Deccan
Educational Society founded by
Ranade. He served the society for
twenty years in various capacities as a
schoolmaster, a professor, and
principal of Fergusson College, Poona.
He also edited the quarterly journal of
the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.
83.The partition of Bengal was occurred
in _________.
[A] 1804
[B] 1805
[C] 1904
[D] 1905
Correct Answer
[D] 1905
Explanation: The partition
separated the largely Muslim eastern
areas from the largely Hindu western
areas on 16 October 1905 after being
announced on 19 July 1905 by the
Viceroy of India, Curzon.
84.The Mohamedan Association was
founded in _________ in 1856.
[A] Calcutta
[B] Adayar
[C] Madras
[D] Maharashtra
Correct Answer
[A] Calcutta
85.The Hindu Pioneer started in _________
[A] 1827
[B] 1831
[C] 1834
[D] 1838
Correct Answer
[D] 1838
86.Where did the British first open their
factories in the Eastern part of India?
[A] Assam
[B] Orissa
[C] Bihar
[D] Sikkim
Correct Answer
[B] Orissa
87.In Bengal, the headquarters of East
India Company was located at
[A] Fort St David
[B] Fort William
[C] Fort St George
[D] None of the above
Correct Answer
[B] Fort William
88.Goa was captured by the Portuguese
in-
[A] 1479 AD
[B] 1575 AD
[C] 1510 AD
[D] 1600 AD
Correct Answer
[C] 1510 AD
89.The First Governor-General of Bengal
was
[A] Robert Clive
[B] William Bentinck
[C] Wellesley
[D] Warren Hastings
Correct Answer
[D] Warren Hastings
90.Sati was declared illegal and
punishable by
[A] Lord William Bentinck
[B] Lord Ripon
[C] Lord Canning
[D] Lord Dalhousie
Correct Answer
[A] Lord William Bentinck
91.The first session of the All India
Congress held in Bombay in 1920,
was presided over by
[A] J L Nehru
[B] VV Giri
[C] Lala Lajpat Rai
[D] MM Joshi
Correct Answer
[C] Lala Lajpat Rai
92.Who founded Ferguson College at
Pune in 1885
[A] Deccan Educational Society
[B] Bharatiya Sewak Samaj
[C] Samaj Sewa Sangh
[D] Theosophical Society
Correct Answer
[A] Deccan Educational Society
93.First English newspaper in India
[A] The Bengal Gazette
[B] The Calcutta Gazette
[C] The Bengal Journal
[D] The Bombay Herald
Correct Answer
[A] The Bengal Gazette
94.Who wrote the book “Babuvivah”?
[A] Raja Rammohan Rai
[B] Pandit Rambai
[C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
[D] Rabindranath Tagore
Correct Answer
[C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
95.Who first translated Bhagavad Gita
to English
[A] William Jones
[B] Charles Wilkins
[C] Alexander Cunningham
[D] John Marshall
Correct Answer
[B] Charles Wilkins
96.Who was the Governor-General
when the first census was held?
[A] Lord Mayo
[B] Lord Lytton
[C] Lord Auckland
[D] Sir John Napier
Correct Answer
[A] Lord Mayo
97.Who was the Viceroy of India when
the Rowlatt Act was Passed
[A] Lord Irwin
[B] Lord Reading
[C] Lord Chelmsford
[D] Lord Wavell
Correct Answer
[C] Lord Chelmsford
98.Who introduce English as an official
language
[A] Lord William Bentinck
[B] Sir Charles Wood
[C] Dalhousie
[D] Allan Octavian Hume
Correct Answer
[B] Sir Charles Wood
99.Who was the founder of the Indian
Association
[A] Dadabhai Naoroji
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Surendranath Banerjee
[D] AO Hume
Correct Answer
[C] Surendranath Banerjee
100.The first Indian leader to undergo
imprisonment was
[A] C Vijaraghavachari
[B] B G Tilak
[C] Bipin Chandra Pal
[D] Dadabhai Nauroji
Correct Answer
[A] C Vijaraghavachari.