1. The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by
(a) Muhammad Iqbal
(b) M. A. Jinnah
(c) Shaukar Ali
(d) Aga Khan
2. When was the Rowlatt Act passed in India?
(a) 1927
(b) 1929
(c) 1923
(d) 1919
3. Kuka movement is associated with which of the following states?
(a) Assam
(b) Bengal
(c) Punjab
(d) Maharashtra
4. 6th April, 1930 is well known in the history of India because this date is associated with
(a) Dandi March by Mahatma
(b) Quit India Movement
(c) Partition of Bengal
(d) Partition of India
5. Which day was declared as the Direct Action Day by the Muslim League?
(a) 3rd September, 1946
(b) 16th August, 1946
(c) 16th May, 1946
(d) 4th December, 1946
6. The Khilafat movement was started by
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(c) Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
(d) Ali Brothers
7. Which battle established the political supremacy of the British rule in India?
(a) Battle of Plassey, 1757
(b) Battle of Buxar, 1764
(c) 3rd Mysore War, 1790-92
(d) 4th Mysore War, 1799
8. Which important event immediately preceded the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
(a) Communal Award
(b) Arrival of Simon Commission
(c) Non-cooperation movement
(d) Rowlatt Act enactment
9. Who once remarked – ‘Nehru is a patriot while Jinnah is a politician.’?
(a) Maulana Azad
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Sir Muhammad Iqbal
(d) Abdul Gaffar Khan
10. The provision for separate electorate for Hindus and Muslims was made in
(a) Government of India Act, 1935
(b) Montague Cheimsford reforms
(c) Morley-Minto reforms
(d) Mountbatten Plan
11. In which session did the Indian National Congress declare Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) to be its goal?
(a) Lahore congress session, 1929
(b) Lucknow congress session, 1916
(c) Tripuri congress session, 1939
(d) Bombay congress session, 1940
12. Which leader died on the day the Non-cooperation movement was launched in 1920?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) P. Sita Ramayya
(d) C. Rajagopalachari
13. Last Census of Indian Population was held in the year
(A) 1991
(B) 2001
(C) 2011
(D) 2019
14. Gangani’ region of West Bengal has which type of soil?
(A) Alluvial Soil
(B) Saline Soil
(C) Laterite Soil
(D) Terai Soil
15. The impeachment of the President can be initiated in
(a) Lok Sabha
(b) Rajya Sabha
(c) Either House of the Parliament
(d) Joint Session of both the Houses
16. Who started the first English Newspaper in India?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Raja Rammohan Roy
(C) J. A. Hickey
(D) Lord William Bentincl
17. In which of the following years Akbar built lbadatkhana?
(A) 1575 A.D.
(B) 1568 A.D.
(C) 1571 A.D.
(D) 1562 A.D.
18. Natural radioactivity was discovered by
(A) Marie Curie
(B) Ernest Rutherford
(C) Henri Becquerel
(D) Enrico Fermi
19. Who is called the Father of Indian National Congress?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) A. O. Hume
(C) Lokmanya Tilak
(D) Surendra Nath Banerjee
20. Which city is located along Mula-Mutha River from the following?
(A) Nagpur
(B) Pune
(C) Dehradun
(D) Bengaluru