Indian History Objective IAS Quiz
History Practice Sample Questions
1. The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of
the following?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Hastings
(d) Charles T. Metcalfe
Answer. (d)
2. Match the following
A. Bombay Samachar 1. First Bengali monthly
B. Digdarshana 2. First newspaper in Gujarati
C. Madras Mail 3. First paper in Urdu
D. Jam-i-Jahan Namah 4. First evening paper
5. First paper in Persian
A B C D
(a) 4 1 4 5
(b) 2 5 4 3
(c) 3 2 4 5
(d) 2 1 4 3
Answer. (d)
3. What is the correct chronological order of the formation of the following?
1. Prarthana Samaj
2. Ramkrishna Mission
3. Theosophical Society
4. Arya Samaj
(a) 1, 3, 4, 2
(b) 1, 4, 3, 2
(c) 3, 2, 1, 4
(d) 4, 2, 1, 3
Answer. (b)
4. The leader of the Young Bengal Movement was:
(a) Dwarkanath Tagore
(b) Chandrashekhar Deb
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Henry Vivian Derozio
Answer. (d)
5. Who among the following started the first newspaper in India?
(a) Rabindaranath Tagore
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) James A. Hickey
(d) J.C. Maishman
Answer. (c)
6. Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Third Carnatic War
2. First Burmese War
3. First Mysore War
4. Second Afghan War
(a) 1- 4 - 3 - 2
(b) 1- 3 - 2 - 4
(c) 2 - 4 - 1 - 3
(d) 3 - 1 - 2 - 4
Answer. (d)
7. Who gave the motto ‘Go back to the Vedas’?
(a) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Answer. (c)
8. The practice of Sati was declared illegal by:
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord William Bentick
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer. (c)
9. Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in the 19th century?
(a) Swami Dayananda
(b) Swami Vivekanand
(c) Guru Shankaracharya
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer. (a)
10. Who was the pioneer among the following social reformers?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
(d) Swami Vivekanand
Answer. (a)
11. Which of the following were the founders of the Theosophical Society and choose the
answer from the code given below:
(l) Madam H.P. Blavatsky
(ll) Mrs. Annie Besant
(III) Colonel H.S. Olcott
(IV) David Hare
(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) I and Ill
(d) ll and IV
Answer. (c)
12. Who was the founder of the Radha Swami Satsang?
(a) Haridas Swami
(b) Siva Dayal Saheb
(c) Siva Narayan Agnihotri
(d) Swami Sradhananda
Answer. (b)
13. The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the
British on the pretext of misgovernance?
(a) Awadh
(b) Jhansi
(c) Nagpur
(d) Satara
Answer. (a)
14. The First Factory Act restricting the working hours of women and children, and authorizing
local governments to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?
(a) Lord Lytton
(b) Lord Bentinck
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Canning
Answer. (c)
15. Who of the following refused to allow the adopted son of Lakshmibai to succeed to the
throne after the death of her husband, and subsequently annexed the State?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord William Bentinck
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Wellesley
Answer. (c)
16. Consider the following statements:
1. Avadh accepted the system of Subsidiary Alliance with the English under Shuja-ud-Daulah
2. The Nizam of Hyderabad entered into Subsidiary Alliance with the English
during the time of Lord Wellesley.
Which ofthe statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer. (c)
17. Which one of the following was the main objective for setting up Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784?
(a) Training the English Civil Servants in Indian law
(b) Promoting the study of Indian languages and scriptures
(c) Conducting archaeological surveys and excavations
(d) Promoting the English customs and traditions in India
Answer. (b)
18. What is the correct sequence of the following events?
1. Rowlatt Act
2. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
3. Morley-Minto Reforms
4. Albert Bill
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1-2-4-3
(b) 4-3-1-2
(c) 4-1-3-2
(d) 3-4-1-2
Answer. (b)
19. Who among the following Urdu poets was invited to the Second and Third Round Table Conference?
(a) Faiz Ahmad Faiz
(b) Josh Malihabadi
(c) Muhammad Iqbal
(d) Firaq Gorakhpuri
Answer. (c)
20. Who among the following was elected as the President of All-India Khilafat
Conference when it met at Delhi in 1919?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) M. A. Jinnah
(d) Shaukat Ali
Answer. (b)
21. With reference to Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following was the lady,
representative of India at the Second Round Table Conference?
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Sucheta Kriplani
(d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Answer. (b)
22. Who among, “the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?
(a) A. N. Sinha
(b) Braj Kishore Prasad
(c) J. B. Kriplani
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Answer. (c)
23. Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?
(a) AI-Hilal
(b) Comrade
(c) The Indian Sociologist
(d) Zamindar
Answer. (a)
24. Consider the following statements and identify the person referred to there in with
the help of the code given below:
During his stay in England, he endeavoured to educate the British people about their
responsibilities as rulers of India. He delivered speeches and published articles to support
his opposition to the unjust and oppressive regime of the British Raj. In 1867 he helped to
establish the East India Association of which he became the Honorary Secretary.
(a) Pherozeshah Mehta
(b) Mary Carpenter
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Ananda Mohan Bose
Answer. (c)
25. The Haripura Congress (1938) remains a milestone in Indian freedom struggle because:
(a) It declared war on the British Empire
(b) It anointed Jawaharlal Nehru as the future Prime Minister of India
(c) Of the introduction of the idea of a planning commission
(d) Of the acceptance of the Government of India Act, 1935 by the Congress
Answer. (c)
The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Charles T. Metcalfe.
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