History Questions for UPSC

1. In the beginning the political activities of the Muslim league were directed against-

(A)The British Government

(B)The landlords and the Zamindars

(C)The Liberal Socio Religious Reformers

(D)The Hindus and the INC

2. Who started the first English newspaper in India?

(A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B)Raja Rammohan Roy

(C)J A Hickey

(D)Lord William Bantinck

3. Who was founder of the Widow Remarriage Association in the 19^th century?

(A)Raja Rammohan Roy

(B)Vishnu Shastri Pandit

(C)Ramabai

(D)Gopal Hari Deshmukh

4. Nil Darpan was written by-

(A)Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar

(B)Khudi Ram

(C)Dinbandhu Mitra

(D) Girish Chandra Ghosh

5. Anand Math was written by-

(A)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

(B)Dinbandhu Mitra

(C)Rabindranath Tagore

(D)MK Gandhi

6. When was Indian National Congress formed?

(A) November 1885

(B)December 1885

(C) January 1886

(D)March 1886

7. In India the Home rule movement was started by ______.

(A)Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

(B) Sohan Singh Bhakna and Har Dayal

(C)Lala lajpat Rai and Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1844-1920)

8. Which of the following statement is not correct regarding Rowlatt Act?

(A) This act was meant to give the government enormous power to repress political activities.

(B) Government could arrest anybody without a trial for two years under this act.

(C) In response to Rowlatt Act Gandhiji had called for a nationwide campaign in 1991

(D) The tough measures of  Rowlatt Act was chaired by Sir Stafford Cripps

 

9. In 1923 by whom Swaraj Party was founded?

(A) Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das.

(B) Sachin Sanyal and Jogesh Chatterji

(C) Gandhiji and Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Vithalbhai Patel

10. Ghadar Movement was founded in-

(A) San Francisco

(B) Philadelphia

(C) Washington DC

(D) Texas