The Revolt of 1857 began in:

A) Delhi
B) Meerut
C) Kanpur
D) Lucknow
Ans: B
Who among the following was NOT a leader in the Revolt of 1857?
A) Nana Sahib
B) Tantia Tope
C) Rani Lakshmibai
D) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: D
The Government of India Act, 1858 transferred power from the East India Company to:
A) Governor-General
B) British Crown
C) Parliament
D) Viceroy
Ans: B
The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in:
A) Bombay, 1885
B) Calcutta, 1885
C) Madras, 1886
D) Lahore, 1885
Ans: A
Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) W.C. Bonnerjee
C) Surendranath Banerjee
D) A.O. Hume
Ans: B
The ‘Drain of Wealth’ theory was popularized by:
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: B
The Ilbert Bill controversy (1883) was related to:
A) Land revenue
B) Judicial equality
C) Press censorship
D) Education policy
Ans: B
The Swadeshi Movement was launched in response to:
A) Partition of Bengal (1905)
B) Rowlatt Act
C) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
D) Simon Commission
Ans: A
Who gave the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright”?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Bipin Chandra Pal
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans: A
The Lucknow Pact (1916) was an agreement between:
A) Congress and Muslim League
B) Congress and British Government
C) Muslim League and British
D) Extremists and Moderates
Ans: A
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms led to the:
A) Government of India Act, 1909
B) Government of India Act, 1919
C) Government of India Act, 1935
D) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Ans: B
The Rowlatt Act (1919) empowered the government to:
A) Arrest without trial
B) Impose press censorship
C) Collect land revenue
D) Recruit soldiers
Ans: A
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in:
A) Amritsar, 1919
B) Lahore, 1920
C) Delhi, 1919
D) Calcutta, 1921
Ans: A
Who led the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920–22)?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Bhagat Singh
Ans: A
The Chauri Chaura incident (1922) led to:
A) Suspension of Non-Cooperation Movement
B) Launch of Civil Disobedience
C) Formation of Swaraj Party
D) Simon Commission boycott
Ans: A
The Swaraj Party was founded by:
A) Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das
B) Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal
C) Gandhi and Tilak
D) Nehru and Patel
Ans: A
The Simon Commission (1927) was boycotted because:
A) It had no Indian members
B) It opposed swaraj
C) It supported partition
D) It increased taxes
Ans: A
The Nehru Report (1928) proposed:
A) Complete independence
B) Dominion status
C) Separate electorates
D) Provincial autonomy
Ans: B
The demand for ‘Purna Swaraj’ was formalized at the Lahore Session (1929) under:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Sardar Patel
Ans: A
The Civil Disobedience Movement began with:
A) Dandi Salt March
B) Quit India Movement
C) Bardoli Satyagraha
D) Champaran Satyagraha
Ans: A
The Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931) resulted in:
A) Suspension of Civil Disobedience
B) Release of all prisoners
C) Complete independence
D) Abolition of salt tax
Ans: A
The Communal Award (1932) was announced by:
A) Ramsay MacDonald
B) Lord Irwin
C) Lord Willingdon
D) Lord Linlithgow
Ans: A
Who led the Quit India Movement in Gandhi’s absence?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Patel
C) Jayaprakash Narayan
D) Maulana Azad
Ans: C
The Cripps Mission (1942) offered:
A) Dominion status after World War II
B) Immediate independence
C) Provincial autonomy
D) Separate nation for Muslims
Ans: A
The INA was founded by:
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Rash Behari Bose
C) Mohan Singh
D) Bhagat Singh
Ans: C (Initially by Mohan Singh; later revived by Bose)
The slogan “Give me blood, I will give you freedom” was given by:
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Chandrashekhar Azad
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: A
The Cabinet Mission Plan (1946) proposed:
A) A federal structure with grouping of provinces
B) Immediate partition
C) Complete independence
D) Dominion status
Ans: A
Who was the Viceroy during the Partition of India?
A) Lord Wavell
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Linlithgow
D) Lord Irwin
Ans: B
The Indian Independence Act, 1947 was passed on:
A) 18 July 1947
B) 15 August 1947
C) 26 January 1950
D) 3 June 1947
Ans: A
The first Governor-General of independent India was:
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans: B
The Champaran Satyagraha (1917) was related to:
A) Indigo farmers
B) Textile workers
C) Tribal rights
D) Land revenue
Ans: A
The Moplah Rebellion (1921) occurred in:
A) Malabar
B) Bengal
C) Punjab
D) Bihar
Ans: A
The Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was led by:
A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: A
The Poona Pact (1932) was signed between:
A) Gandhi and Ambedkar
B) Gandhi and Jinnah
C) Nehru and Patel
D) Ambedkar and Jinnah
Ans: A
The August Offer (1940) was made by:
A) Lord Linlithgow
B) Lord Wavell
C) Lord Mountbatten
D) Winston Churchill
Ans: A
The Wavell Plan (1945) included:
A) Formation of Constituent Assembly
B) Partition of India
C) Dominion status
D) Abolition of separate electorates
Ans: A
The ‘Direct Action Day’ (16 August 1946) was called by:
A) Muslim League
B) Indian National Congress
C) Communist Party
D) Hindu Mahasabha
Ans: A
Who founded the Forward Bloc in 1939?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Bhagat Singh
D) Jayaprakash Narayan
Ans: A
The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny took place in:
A) February 1946
B) August 1942
C) April 1919
D) March 1930
Ans: A
The first Indian to become Governor-General of India was:
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C) Sardar Patel
D) Maulana Azad
Ans: A
The ‘Objective Resolution’ in the Constituent Assembly was moved by:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) B.R. Ambedkar
C) Sardar Patel
D) Maulana Azad
Ans: A
The Khilafat Movement was launched to support:
A) Turkish Caliphate
B) Indian independence
C) Hindu-Muslim unity
D) Abolition of zamindari
Ans: A
The All India Muslim League was founded in:
A) 1906, Dhaka
B) 1916, Lucknow
C) 1885, Bombay
D) 1929, Lahore
Ans: A
The ‘Two-Nation Theory’ was propounded by:
A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
C) Liaquat Ali Khan
D) Allama Iqbal
Ans: A
The first newspaper to be banned under the Vernacular Press Act (1878) was:
A) Somprakash
B) Amrit Bazar Patrika
C) Kesari
D) The Hindu
Ans: A
The ‘Safety Valve Theory’ is associated with:
A) Formation of Indian National Congress
B) Partition of Bengal
C) Ilbert Bill
D) Rowlatt Act
Ans: A
The Hunter Commission (1882) was appointed to inquire into:
A) Education
B) Jallianwala Bagh
C) Revolt of 1857
D) Famine
Ans: A
The Morley-Minto Reforms are also known as:
A) Indian Councils Act, 1909
B) Government of India Act, 1919
C) Government of India Act, 1935
D) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Ans: A
The ‘Divide and Rule’ policy was most evident in:
A) Introduction of separate electorates (1909)
B) Partition of Bengal (1905)
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Ans: C
The integration of princely states was primarily carried out by:
A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans: A