MCQ Edu 15 Indian History

 MCQ

EDU 15

• India's Freedom Movement 

• The First War of Indian Independence

• The transfer of power

• The post-independence period

 First War of Indian Independence (1857)

1. What was the immediate cause of the Revolt of 1857?

    a) Heavy taxation

    b) Discrimination in employment

    c) Introduction of the Enfield rifle

    d) Doctrine of Lapse

   Answer: c) Introduction of the Enfield rifle

2. Who led the revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?

    a) Tantia Tope

    b) Nana Sahib

    c) Rani Lakshmibai

    d) Bahadur Shah II

   Answer: b) Nana Sahib

3. Which of the following was not a cause of the Revolt of 1857?

   a) Religious interference by the British

   b) Economic exploitation

   c) Social reforms

   d) Annexation of princely states

   Answer: c) Social reforms

4. Who was declared the Emperor of India by the rebels during the Revolt of 1857?

    a) Rani Lakshmibai

    b) Nana Sahib

    c) Bahadur Shah II

    d) Tantia Tope

   Answer: c) Bahadur Shah II

5. Which British officer recaptured Delhi in 1857?

    a) Sir Hugh Rose

    b) General Havelock

    c) Lord Dalhousie

    d) John Nicholson

   Answer: d) John Nicholson

Indian National Congress and Early Nationalists

6. When was the Indian National Congress founded?

    a) 1885

    b) 1890

    c) 1905

    d) 1915

   Answer: a) 1885

7. Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress?

    a) A.O. Hume

    b) W.C. Bonnerjee

    c) Dadabhai Naoroji

    d) Surendranath Banerjee

   Answer: b) W.C. Bonnerjee

8. The partition of Bengal was annulled in which year?

    a) 1911

    b) 1912

    c) 1905

    d) 1907

   Answer: a) 1911

9. Who was known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?

    a) Mahatma Gandhi

    b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

    c) Dadabhai Naoroji

    d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

   Answer: c) Dadabhai Naoroji

10. Which of the following was a moderate leader?

     a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

     b) Lala Lajpat Rai

     c) Bipin Chandra Pal

     d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

    Answer: d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Gandhian Era

11. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?

     a) 1915

     b) 1910

     c) 1917

     d) 1920

    Answer: a) 1915

12. The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in which year?

     a) 1920

     b) 1921

     c) 1919

     d) 1923

    Answer: a) 1920

13. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in which year?

     a) 1917

     b) 1918

     c) 1919

     d) 1920

    Answer: c) 1919

14. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement?

     a) Lord Irwin

     b) Lord Linlithgow

     c) Lord Wavell

     d) Lord Mountbatten

    Answer: b) Lord Linlithgow

15. The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched in which year?

     a) 1930

     b) 1925

     c) 1929

     d) 1935

    Answer: a) 1930

16. Which event marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement?

     a) Simon Commission protest

     b) Dandi March

     c) Quit India Movement

     d) Khilafat Movement

    Answer: b) Dandi March

17. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of Independence?

     a) Mahatma Gandhi

     b) Jawaharlal Nehru

     c) J.B. Kripalani

     d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

    Answer: c) J.B. Kripalani

18. Which of the following movements was not led by Mahatma Gandhi?

     a) Civil Disobedience Movement

     b) Khilafat Movement

     c) Quit India Movement

     d) Swadeshi Movement

    Answer: d) Swadeshi Movement

19. Which pact marked the end of the Non-Cooperation Movement?

     a) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

     b) Lucknow Pact

     c) Poona Pact

     d) Delhi Pact

    Answer: a) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

20. Who among the following was not associated with the Home Rule Movement?

     a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

     b) Annie Besant

     c) Jawaharlal Nehru

     d) S. Subramania Iyer

    Answer: c) Jawaharlal Nehru

 Transfer of Power

21. When was the Quit India Movement launched?

     a) 1940

     b) 1941

     c) 1942

     d) 1943

    Answer: c) 1942

22. Who was the last Viceroy of India?

     a) Lord Wavell

     b) Lord Linlithgow

     c) Lord Mountbatten

     d) Lord Irwin

    Answer: c) Lord Mountbatten

23. When did India gain independence from British rule?

     a) 14th August 1947

     b) 15th August 1947

     c) 16th August 1947

     d) 17th August 1947

    Answer: b) 15th August 1947

24. Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when India gained independence?

     a) Winston Churchill

     b) Clement Attlee

     c) Neville Chamberlain

     d) Harold Macmillan

    Answer: b) Clement Attlee

25. Which of the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission to India in 1946?

     a) Stafford Cripps

     b) Pethick-Lawrence

     c) A.V. Alexander

     d) Lord Wavell

    Answer: d) Lord Wavell

26. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?

     a) Lord Mountbatten

     b) C. Rajagopalachari

     c) Jawaharlal Nehru

     d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

    Answer: a) Lord Mountbatten

27. The Mountbatten Plan was announced in which year?

     a) 1945

     b) 1946

     c) 1947

     d) 1948

    Answer: c) 1947

28. Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India?

     a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

     b) Jawaharlal Nehru

     c) Mahatma Gandhi

     d) Rajendra Prasad

    Answer: b) Jawaharlal Nehru

29. Which Indian leader played a key role in the integration of princely states into India?

     a) Jawaharlal Nehru

     b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

     c) Mahatma Gandhi

     d) B.R. Ambedkar

    Answer: b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

30. The Constitution of India was adopted on which date?

     a) 26th January 1950

     b) 26th November 1949

     c) 15th August 1947

     d) 26th January 1949

    Answer: b) 26th November 1949

Post-Independent Period

31. Who was the first President of India?

     a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

     b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

     c) C. Rajagopalachari

     d) B.R. Ambedkar

    Answer: a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

32. Which state was the first to be created on a linguistic basis?

     a) Andhra Pradesh

     b) Maharashtra

     c) Gujarat

     d) Kerala

    Answer: a) Andhra Pradesh

33. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?

     a) Indira Gandhi

     b) Sarojini Naidu

     c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

     d) Sucheta Kriplani

    Answer: a) Indira Gandhi

34. The Green Revolution in India began during the tenure of which Prime Minister?

     a) Jawaharlal Nehru

     b) Indira Gandhi

     c) Lal Bahadur Shastri

     d) Morarji Desai

    Answer: c) Lal Bahadur Shastri

35. Which was the first general election held in independent India?

     a) 1950

     b) 1952

     c) 1955

     d) 1957

    Answer: b) 1952

36. Who gave the slogan "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"?

     a) Jawaharlal Nehru

     b) Indira Gandhi

     c) Lal Bahadur Shastri

     d) Rajiv Gandhi

    Answer: c) Lal Bahadur Shastri

37. In which year did India become a republic?

     a) 1947

     b) 1948

     c) 1949

     d) 1950

    Answer: d) 1950

38. Who was the architect of the Indian Constitution?

     a) Mahatma Gandhi

     b) Jawaharlal Nehru

     c) Sardar Patel

     d) B.R. Ambedkar

    Answer: d) B.R. Ambedkar

39. Which of the following was the first Indian satellite?

     a) Aryabhata

     b) Bhaskara

     c) Rohini

     d) INSAT

    Answer: a) Aryabhata

40. The slogan "Garibi Hatao" was given by which Prime Minister?

     a) Jawaharlal Nehru

     b) Indira Gandhi

     c) Lal Bahadur Shastri

     d) Rajiv Gandhi

    Answer: b) Indira Gandhi

41. Which of the following wars was fought between India and China?

     a) 1962

     b) 1965

     c) 1971

     d) 1999

    Answer: a) 1962

42. Which constitutional amendment introduced the Panchayati Raj system?

     a) 42nd Amendment

     b) 73rd Amendment

     c) 74th Amendment

     d) 86th Amendment

    Answer: b) 73rd Amendment

43. Operation Blue Star was associated with which of the following?

     a) Liberation of Goa

     b) Assam Agitation

     c) Khalistan Movement

     d) Naxalite Movement

    Answer: c) Khalistan Movement

44. Which political party dominated Indian politics immediately after independence?

     a) Bharatiya Jana Sangh

     b) Communist Party of India

     c) Indian National Congress

     d) Socialist Party

    Answer: c) Indian National Congress

45. The "Emergency" in India was declared in which year?

    a) 1971

    b) 1975

    c) 1977

    d) 1980

    Answer: b) 1975

46. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize?

     a) Rabindranath Tagore

     b) C.V. Raman

     c) Hargobind Khorana

     d) Mother Teresa

    Answer: a) Rabindranath Tagore

47. Which commission recommended the reorganization of states on a linguistic basis?

     a) Sarkaria Commission

     b) Mandal Commission

     c) States Reorganisation Commission

     d) Kothari Commission

    Answer: c) States Reorganisation Commission

48. Who was the first Indian to become the Secretary-General of the United Nations?

     a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit

     b) U Thant

     c) Shashi Tharoor

     d) None

    Answer: d) None (No Indian has been the Secretary-General of the United Nations)

49. Which treaty ended the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971?

     a) Tashkent Agreement

     b) Shimla Agreement

     c) Lahore Declaration

     d) Delhi Pact

    Answer: b) Shimla Agreement

50. Who was the first woman to become the Chief Minister of an Indian state?

     a) Indira Gandhi

     b) Sucheta Kriplani

     c) Jayalalithaa

     d) Mamata Banerjee

    Answer: b) Sucheta Kriplani

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