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Important Questions on Indian History General Knowledge for OPSC ASO, OSSSC, SSC, OSSC & many other exams. All these questions collected from a variety of sources so that you can read all that questions at one place.

Indian Constitution Multiple Choice Questions

21. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya (Universally Respected) during -

1. Revolutionary movement
2. Swadeshi movement
3. Home Rule movement
4. His Imprisonment in 1908
Ans: (3)



22. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organisationl skill in which of the following?

1. The Kheda Satyagraha
2. The Bardoli Satyagraha
3. The Individual Satyagraha
4. The Salt Satyagraha
Ans: (2)



23. The All Indian Muslim League was set up under the leadership of

1. Sayyid Ahmed Khan
2. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
3. Aga Khan
4. Nawab Salimullah of Dacca
Ans: (3)



24. During the 1857 Revolt who among the following captured Gwalior from the Scindhia?

1. The British
2. Nana Saheb
3. Rani Lakshmibai
4. Maulvi Ahmadullah
Ans: (3)



25. Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by

1. Clive
2. Hasting
3. Wellesley
4. Cornwallis
Ans: (4)



26. Gandhiji started his famous Dandi March from Sabarmati in which of the year?

1. 1928
2. 1929
3. 1930
4. 1931
Ans: (3)



27. Who was choosen Mahatma Gandhi as the first 'individual satyagrahi'?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Sardar Patel
3. Sarojini Naidu
4. Vinoba Bhave
Ans: (4)





28. When Mahatma Gandhi set out on the Dandi March he was accompanied among others, by:

1. Jawaharlal Nehru and Sarojini Naidu
2. Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
3. Vallabhbhai Patel and Sarojini Naidu
4. Rajendra Prasad and Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (1)



29. Home Rule Movement was started by

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Lala Lajpat Ray
4. Raja Ram Mohan Ray
Ans: (1)



30. During the Indian freedom struggle, "the Deccan Educational Society" was founded by

1. B.G. Tilak
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. G.K. Gokhale
4. M.G. Ranade
Ans: (4)



31. Who was the president of Congress when it declared 'Poorna Swaraj' as it objective?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Motilal Nehru
4. Subhas Chandra Bose
Ans: (2)



32. With which movement did Mahatma Gandhi enter into Indian Politics ?

1. Surat Session
2. Dandi March
3. Champaran Movement
4. Quit India Movement
Ans: (3)



33. The first Satyagraha movement was launched by Gandhiji at

1. Ahmedabad
2. Kheda
3. Champaran
4. Bardoli
Ans: (3)



34. Who among the following leaders did not believe in the Drain Theory of Dadabhai Naoroji?

1. B.G. Tilak
2. R.C. Dutt
3. M.G. Ranade
4. Sir Syed Ahemd Khan
Ans: (4)



35. Who was the first European to translate the 'Bhagwat Gita' into English?

1. St. George Fort
2. Agra Fort
3. St. Mary Johns Fort
4. St. David Fort
Ans: (1)



36. Chauri Chaura is known in the history of India's struggle for freedom because

1. Gandhiji launched his first Satyagraha in India from this place
2. Gandhiji withdrew his Satyagraha movement when an irate mob set fire to a police station and burnt some policemen
3. hundreds of freedom fighters were shot dead at this place by the police
4. Gandhiji sat on a hunger strike
Ans: (2)



37. Which leader is called the 'father of India's social reform movement ?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Raja Rammohan Roy
3. G. K. Gokhale
4. Lokmanya Tilak
Ans: (2)





38. Who among the following was the founder of the Indian Independence League?

1. Ras Behari Bose
2. Arun Asaf Ali
3. Jayaprakash Narayan
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (1)



39. At the time of Indian Mutiny of 1857 the Governor General of India was _______

1. Lord Wellesley
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. Lord Canning
4. Lord Hasting
Ans: (3)



40. The first President of the All India Muslim League was _______

1. Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
2. Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
3. Hakim Ajmal Khan
4. Aga Khan
Ans: (1)

Other Indian History GK Questions Sets (20 Q & A)

1. Question 01 to 20
2. Question 21 to 40
3. Question 41 to 60