481. Name three important forms of Satyagraha.
Correct Answer:-A ( Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott )
Description:- There are three forms of Satyagraha, namely: (i) non-cooperation, (ii) civil disobedience, and (iii) boycott. These were most commonly employed during the freedom struggle in India under leadership of Gandhi.
482. When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
Correct Answer:-D ( Akbar )
Description:- The English East India Company was founded in 1600. Akbar was Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death in 1605.
483. Which one of the following events did not take place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon?
Correct Answer:-C ( Formation of Indian National Congress )
Description:- The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 when Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy of India. Allan Octavian Hume brought about its first meeting in Bombay, with the approval of Lord Dufferin.
484. Who among the following organised the ‘All India Depressed Classes Association.’ in colonial India ?
Correct Answer:-D ( B.R. Ambedkar )
Description:- The All India Depressed Classes Federation was formed at the Conference of the Depressed Classes at Nagpur on August 8, 1930. This organization was the brainchild of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar who presided over this conference.
485. The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship of :
Correct Answer:-D ( Lord Canning )
Description:- The Sepoy Mutiny started on 10 May 1857 and continued till 1858. Lord Canning (28 February 1856- 1 November 1858) was the Governor General then.
486. Who coined the term ‘Satyagraha’?
Correct Answer:-A ( Gandhi )
Description:- Satyagraha is a particular philosophy and practice within the broader overall category generally known as nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. The term ‘satyagraha’ was coined and developed by Mahatma Gandhi who deployed it in the Indian independence movement and also during his earlier struggles in South Africa for Indian rights.
487. India became independent during the viceroyalty of
Correct Answer:-D ( Mountbatten )
Description:- Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India who presided over the independence of both India and Pakistan. He was the first Governor-General of the independent Dominion of India (1947–48), from which the modern Republic of India was to emerge in 1950.
488. The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by
Correct Answer:-D ( Vivekananda )
Description:- The Ramakrishna Mission is a philanthropic, volunteer organisation founded by Ramakrishna’s chief disciple Vivekananda on 1 May 1897. The mission, headquartered near Kolkata at Belur Math in Howrah, West Bengal, subscribes to the ancient Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. It is affiliated with the monastic organisation Ramakrishna Math.
489. Who was the founder of’ ‘Ghadar Party’ ?
Correct Answer:-C ( Lala Har Dayal )
Description:- The Ghadar Party was an organization founded in 1913 by Punjabi Indians, in the United States and Canada with the aim to liberate India from British rule. Among its founders were: Lala Har Dayal, Sohan Singh Bhakna, Kartar Singh Sarabha, and Rashbehari Bose. It was dissolved in 1919.
490. Socialism is essentially a movement of
Correct Answer:-D ( the workers )
Description:- Socialism is a social and economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy. Modern socialism originated from an 18th-century intellectual and working class political movement that criticised the effects of industrialization and private property on society. So it is essentially a movement of the workers.
491. Who passed the Indian Universities Act ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Lord Curzon )
Description:- Lord Curzon was the first Viceroy to appoint a commission on University education. On January 27, 1902, he appointed the Indian University Commission under Sir Thomas Raleigh to enquire into the conditions of the Universities established in British India, and to consider and report upon the proposals for improving their constitution and working.
492. Who among the following is the founder of the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Subash Chandra Bose )
Description:- The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. Initially formed in 1942, immediately after the fall of Singapore under Mohan Singh, the first INA collapsed in December that year before it was revived under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose in 1943 and proclaimed the Provisional Government of Free India.
493. Who is known as the Father of ‘Indian Unrest’ ?
Correct Answer:-A ( Bal Gangadhar Tilak )
Description:- The British colonial authorities called Bal Gangadhar Tilak ‘Father of the Indian unrest.’ He roused the nation’s consciousness for complete independence (famously thundering ‘Swaraj (total freedom) is my birthright and I shall have it’) and was revered as Lokmanya (‘the one respected/loved by people/ world’).
494. The first meeting of the Indian National Congress held in 1885 was presided by
Correct Answer:-B ( Shri Womesh Chandra Bannerjee )
Description:- Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was an Indian barrister who presided over the inaugural session of the Indian National Congress in Bombay in 1885. He was the president of the Indian National Congress again in the 1892 session in Allahabad where he denounced the position that India had to prove her worthiness for political freedom.
495. The Gandhi’s ‘Dandi March’ was a part of
Correct Answer:-C ( Civil Disobedience Movement )
Description:- The Salt March, also mainly known as the Salt Satyagraha, began with the Dandi March on 12 March 1930. It was a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement.
496. Find the incorrect match among the
Correct Answer:-A ( Sir Syed Murtza Khan – Aligarh Muslim University )
Description:- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan founded the famous Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in 1875 with the aim of promoting social, scientific, and economic development of Indian Muslims. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, he remained loyal to the British Empire and was noted for his actions in saving European lives. After the rebellion, he penned the booklet The Causes of the Indian Mutiny – a daring critique of British policies that he blamed for causing the revolt.
497. The first country which discovered sea route to India was
Correct Answer:-A ( Portugal )
Description:- The first trip directly made from Europe to India through the Atlantic Ocean took place under the command of the Portuguese navigator and explorer Vasco da Gama in 1497. This was one of the most remarkable expeditions of the Age of Discovery.
498. Who introduced the Indian University Act ?
Correct Answer:-A ( Lord Curzon )
Description:- The Indian Universities Act was passed in 1904 under the viceroyalty of Lord Curzon. Curzon had appointed the Thomas Raleigh Commission in 1902 to enquire into the condition and prospects of universities in India and to recommend proposals for improving their constitution and working.
499. The Quit India Resolution (1942) proposed the starting of a nonviolent mass struggle on the widest possible scale. Who gave the mantra ‘Do or Die’ for this struggle ?
Correct Answer:-A ( Mahatma Gandhi )
Description:- The Quit India speech made by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, 1942 is remembered due to his call for ‘Do or Die.’ It was a radical departure from his earlier stances advocating passive resistance.
500. Which Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company’s monopoly in India’s foreign trade ?
Correct Answer:-C ( Charter Act of 1813 )
Description:- The Charter Act of 1813 was an Act of the British Parliament which renewed the charter of the British East India Company, and continued the Company’s rule in India. However, the Company’s commercial monopoly rights over trade with India were ended, except for the tea trade and the trade with China.
501. ‘There are no politics devoid of religion’ is stated by
Correct Answer:-B ( Gandhi )
Description:- Gandhi said, ‘Those who talk about the separation of religion and politics do not know what religion is.’ He added, ‘for me there is no politics without religion-not the religion of the superstitious and the blind, religion that hates and fights, but the universal religion of toleration.’
502. Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757 ?
Correct Answer:-C ( Mir Jaffar )
Description:- Mir Jafar rose to power after betraying Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. His rule is widely considered the start of British rule in India.
503. British Crown assumed sovereignty over India from the East India Company in the year
Correct Answer:-B ( 1858)
Description:- The British Crown assumed full sovereignty over India in 1858 after the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. The Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown to assume direct control of India in the new British Raj.
504. The first woman President of Indian National congress was
Correct Answer:-C ( Annie Besant )
Description:- Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress.
505. Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in 19th century?
Correct Answer:-B ( Swami Vivekanand )
Description:- In the 19th century Vivekananda played a major role in the revival of Hinduism, and the spread of Advaita Vedanta to the west via the Ramakrishna Mission. His interpretation of Advaita Vedanta has been called ‘Neo-Vedanta.’
506. Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry. Who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company ?
Correct Answer:-D ( Joseph Francois Dupleix )
Description:- Joseph Francois Dupleix, the first French governor of Pondicherry, tried to make the French company as powerful as the trading company. He was compelled to embark for France on 12 October 1754.
507. The first Mysore War fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767 – 69 A.D., came to an end by the
Correct Answer:-B ( Treaty of Madras )
Description:- he Treaty of Madras was a peace agreement signed in 1769 between Mysore and the British East India Company which brought an end to the First Anglo- Mysore War. The Treaty contained a clause requiring the British to assist Hyder Ali if he was attacked by his neighbours.
508. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the
Correct Answer:-A ( Regulating Act )
Description:- The Regulating Act of 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain intended to overhaul the management of the East India Company’s rule in India. The Act elevated Governor of Bengal, Warren Hastings to Governor-General of Bengal and subsumed the presidencies of Madras and Bombay under Bengal’s control.
509. Which rebellion in Bengal was highlighted by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel ‘Anand Math’ ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Sanyasi Rebellion )
Description:- Anandamath is set in the background of the Sanyasi Rebellion and the devastating Bengal famine of the late 18th century. In the novel, Bankim Chandra dreamt of an India rid of the British. In this dream, he imagined untrained Sanyasi soldiers fighting and beating the highly experienced Royal Army.
510. Who founded ‘The Gadar Party’ in Sanfrancisco in the USA?
Correct Answer:-A ( Lala Hardayal )
Description:- The Ghadar Party, initially the Pacific Coast Hindustan Association, was formed in 1913 in the United States under the leadership of Har Dayal. The members of the party were Indian immigrants, largely from Punjab. The party was built around the weekly paper The Ghadar, which carried the caption on the masthead: ‘Angrezi Raj Ka Dushman’.
