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1. The 19th Century reawak-ening in India was confined to the

A

Priestly class

B

Upper middle class

C

Rich peasantry

D

Urban landlords

2. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?

A

Dadabhai Naoroji

B

Gopala Krishna Gokhale

C

Bipin Chandra Pal

D

Lala Lajpat Rai

3. Who introduced the perma-nent settlement in Bengal ?

A

Lord Cornwallis

B

Lord Dalhousie

C

William Bentinck

D

Lord Curzon

4. When was the first passenger train run in India ?

A

January 1848

B

April 1853

C

May 1857

D

April 1852

5. Who designed the national flag of Independent India ?

A

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

B

Rabindranath Tagore

C

Mahatma Gandhi

D

Pingali Venkaiah

6. Which of the following European Colonisers did not have a settlement on the Eastern Coast of India ?

A

French

B

Portuguese

C

Dutch

D

Danish

7. In which session of Indian National Congress the tricolour flag was unfurled for the first time ?

A

Calcutta Session, 1920

B

Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur, 1920

C

Lahore Congress, 1929

D

Haripura Congress Conference, 1938

8. Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges ?

A

Pitts India Act, 1784

B

Educational Despatch, 1854

C

Macaulay Minute, 1835

D

Regulating Act, 1773

9. During colonial period, British capital was mainly invested in :

A

Infra structure

B

Industry

C

Agriculture

D

Services

10. M. A. Jinnah, in his early political life–

A

supported two nation theory

B

initiated Hindu-Muslim unity

C

imagined Pakistan as an independent State

D

was a communalist

11. Which of the following Indian kings patronaged and converted to Jainism?

A

Chandragupta Maurya

B

Ashoka

C

Harsha

D

Kanishka

12. Who is popularly known as the ‘Grand Old Lady’ of the Independence Movement in India?

A

Sarojini Naidu

B

Aruna Asaf Ali

C

Mother Mary Teresa

D

Mother Mary Teresa

13. Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi was the queen of _____

A

Raja Gangadhar Rao

B

Scindia of Gwalior

C

Nana Saheb

D

Tantia Tope

14. Who founded the Indian Home Rule League of America in 1917?

A

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

B

Lala Lajpat Rai

C

Jawaharlal Nehru

D

Dadabhai naoroji

15. Which among the following is campaign that was organised by the nationalists before the formation of Indian National Congress ?

A

Campaign against Simon Commission

B

Campaign in favor of Ilbert Bill

C

Campaign against Partition of Bengal

D

Campaign against Rowlatt Act

16. Who among the following was a member of the Cabinet Mission ?

A

Lord Wavell

B

Pethick Lawrence

C

Lord Mountbatten

D

John Simon

17. Who was the Governor General of India when the Kingdom of Jhansi was annexed using the Doctrine of Lapse ?

A

Lord irwin

B

Lord Hastings

C

Lord Cornwallis

D

Lord Dalhousie

18. Name the Governor General of India who did away with the dual system of administration

A

Lord Lytton

B

Lord Dalhousie

C

Lord Cornwallis

D

Warren Hastings

19. Which among the following denotes a deputation of Muslims led by Aga Khan to Lord Minto to discuss political organisation for muslims, later came out as All India Muslim League?

A

Communal Award

B

Lucknow Pact

C

Simla Deputation

D

Poona Pact

20. In which of the following days, Jallianwala bagh massacre happened?

A

Dussehra

B

Ganesh Chaturthi

C

Baisakhi day

D

Shivratri