1. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Renaissance
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Surendranath Banerjee
2. The Brahmo Samaj was founded in
A) 1857
B) 1885
C) 1905
D) 1828
3. Who founded the Arya Samaj
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C) Dayanand Saraswati
D) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
4. The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by
A) Swami Dayanand
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D) Annie Besant
5. Who started the Aligarh Movement
A) Syed Ahmad Khan
B) Badruddin Tyabji
C) Maulana Azad
D) Abul Kalam Azad
6. The Widow Remarriage Act was passed in
A) 1829
B) 1875
C) 1882
D) 1856
7. Who played a major role in widow remarriage reform
A) Bankim Chandra
B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Bipin Chandra Pal
8. Sati system was abolished by
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Lord William Bentinck
D) Lord Ripon
9. The Revolt of 1857 started from
A) Delhi
B) Kanpur
C) Jhansi
D) Meerut
10. Who was the last Mughal emperor during the Revolt of 1857
A) Bahadur Shah Zafar
B) Akbar II
C) Shah Alam II
D) Farrukhsiyar
11. Rani Lakshmibai was associated with
A) Awadh
B) Kanpur
C) Jhansi
D) Gwalior
12. Who led the revolt in Kanpur in 1857
A) Kunwar Singh
B) Nana Sahib
C) Begum Hazrat Mahal
D) Tatya Tope
13. Begum Hazrat Mahal led the revolt in
A) Delhi
B) Barrackpore
C) Jhansi
D) Lucknow
14. The Indian National Congress was founded in
A) 1905
B) 1885
C) 1919
D) 1920
15. The first session of Congress was held at
A) Calcutta
B) Madras
C) Surat
D) Bombay
16. Who was the first president of Indian National Congress
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Badruddin Tyabji
C) W.C. Banerjee
D) Pherozeshah Mehta
17. The partition of Bengal took place in
A) 1885
B) 1905
C) 1911
D) 1920
18. Who annulled the Partition of Bengal
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Ripon
C) Lord Minto
D) Lord Hardinge
19. The Swadeshi Movement started against
A) Rowlatt Act
B) Simon Commission
C) Partition of Bengal
D) Ilbert Bill issue
20. Who gave the slogan Swaraj is my birthright
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Bipin Chandra Pal
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
21. The Muslim League was founded in
A) 1909
B) 1916
C) 1920
D) 1906
22. The Morley-Minto Reforms were introduced in
A) 1909
B) 1905
C) 1919
D) 1935
23. The Home Rule Movement was started by
A) Gandhi and Nehru
B) Gokhale and Mehta
C) Tilak and Annie Besant
D) Patel and Azad
24. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in
A) 1911
B) 1915
C) 1919
D) 1922
25. Gandhi first used satyagraha in India at
A) Bardoli
B) Dandi
C) Chauri Chaura
D) Champaran
26. The Kheda Satyagraha was related to
A) Mill workers
B) Salt law
C) Tax relief
D) Forest rights
27. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre happened in
A) 1917
B) 1919
C) 1922
D) 1930
28. The Rowlatt Act was passed in
A) 1919
B) 1909
C) 1927
D) 1932
29. The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn after
A) Kakori incident
B) Jallianwala Bagh
C) Chauri Chaura incident
D) Dandi March
30. Why was the Simon Commission opposed
A) It raised taxes
B) It ended Congress
C) It divided Bengal
D) No Indian member
31. Who presided over the Lahore Session of 1929
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Motilal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Vallabhbhai Patel
32. The Dandi March was related to
A) Indigo tax
B) Salt law
C) Land revenue
D) Press freedom
33. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in
A) 1930
B) 1932
C) 1935
D) 1931
34. The Communal Award was announced in
A) 1928
B) 1930
C) 1932
D) 1937
35. The Poona Pact was signed between Gandhi and
A) M.A. Jinnah
B) B.R. Ambedkar
C) Annie Besant
D) Rajendra Prasad
36. The Government of India Act 1935 introduced
A) Dyarchy in provinces
B) Complete independence
C) Separate constitution
D) Provincial autonomy
37. The Quit India Movement was launched in
A) 1942
B) 1939
C) 1940
D) 1946
38. The slogan Do or Die is linked with
A) Civil Disobedience
B) Quit India Movement
C) Swadeshi Movement
D) Home Rule Movement
39. Who founded the Forward Bloc
A) C.R. Das
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
40. India became independent on
A) 26 January 1950
B) 15 August 1947
C) 26 November 1949
D) 9 August 1942