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GK (Indian History)

Description: GK Test History - GK History, General Knowledge Test, GK Awareness and Current Affairs Oriented Question for UPSC, Bank PO, Clerical Exams, Railways Exams and Other Competitive Exams Preparation
Number of Questions: 25
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The main reform of Cornwallis was

  1. to minimise the number of districts

  2. to increase powers of collectors

  3. to provide good salaries to employees

  4. to snatch the rights of police management from the landlords


Correct Option: C

Dual Administration was established in Bengal by

  1. Clive

  2. Warren Hastings

  3. Wellesly

  4. Dalhousie


Correct Option: A

The name of Mangal Pande is remembered in Indian history because

  1. he was a great warrior

  2. he helped the Britishers at the time of Indian revolution

  3. he was a great social-reformer of British period

  4. he provoked the army for revolt


Correct Option: D

The Governor General who was denounced in the case of Nand Kumar was

  1. Wellesley

  2. Carnawallis

  3. Warren Hastings

  4. Dalhousie


Correct Option: C

'The Doctrine of Lapse' was used by

  1. Lord Dalhousie

  2. Lord Wellesley

  3. Lord Canning

  4. Lord Mayo


Correct Option: A

Nana Sahib was dissatisfied with the British Company because

  1. the company had curtailed his army

  2. his territory was merged in the British dominion

  3. his pension was abolished

  4. his adopted heir was debarred from the rights of succession


Correct Option: C

At the time of Indian Mutiny of 1857 the Governor General of India was

  1. Wellesley

  2. Dalhousie

  3. Canning

  4. Harding


Correct Option: C

The War of Independence of 1857 began from

  1. Kanpur

  2. Meerut

  3. Lucknow

  4. Agra


Correct Option: B

The War of Independence of 1857 failed because

  1. the revolution was not well organised

  2. it was not supported by public

  3. there were differences of opinions

  4. it began prematurely


Correct Option: D

The main cause of the defeat of Siraj-ud-Daulah in the battle of Plassey was that

  1. he had no such quality like Clive to command to army

  2. he was not well-equipped with artillery

  3. his commander in chief Mir Jafar joined with the forces of Clive

  4. his army was weak


Correct Option: C

The Indian Council Act of 1892 brought some amendment according to which

  1. the Secretary of India was appointed

  2. the members of the Council of Governor-General became 12

  3. the Indian Council was established

  4. the system of indirect election was started


Correct Option: B

The Government of India Act, 1919 was based on

  1. Simon Commission

  2. Nehru's report

  3. Montagu Chelmsford Report

  4. Minto-Morley Reforms


Correct Option: C

The main cause of Black Hole incident was that

  1. the British company supported Shaukat Jng the rival of Siraj-ud-Daulah

  2. the British company started making forts in Bengal without the permission of Siraj-ud-Daulah

  3. the British people gave shelter to a rich businessman who was demanded by Siraj-ud-Daulah

  4. the British company was not ready to recognise Siraj-ud-Daulah as a Nawab


Correct Option: B

The Indian National Congress was founded by

  1. Sir A. O. Hume

  2. Lokmanya Tilak

  3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

  4. Mahatma Gandhi


Correct Option: A

Wellesley's main aim of imposing Subsidiary System was

  1. to increase the means of British Company for support

  2. to expel foreigners from Indian states

  3. to secure arbitrary powers to the British Company in matters of Indian states

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

The movement which was launched by Mrs. Annie Besand is known as

  1. Quit India

  2. Home Rule

  3. Khilafat

  4. Non-Cooperation


Correct Option: B

The extremist leaders were

  1. Gokhale, Gandhiji and C.R. Dass

  2. Lala Lajpat Rai, Balgangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chand Pal

  3. Firoz Shah Mehta, Dada Bhai Nauroji and Umesh Chand Banerji

  4. Moti Lal Nehru, Tej Bahadur Sapru and Sir Syed Ahmad Khan


Correct Option: B

The conference in which the Congress was divided into two camps viz; Extremist and Liberal was held in

  1. Mumbai

  2. Surat

  3. Kolkata

  4. Lahore


Correct Option: B

Who said, 'Swaraj is my birth right'?

  1. Tilak

  2. Gokhale

  3. Dada Bhai Naoroji

  4. Mahatma Gandhi


Correct Option: A

The way which Gandhi adopted for Non-Cooperation Movement was

  1. to provoke the public for violence

  2. to make people agree to surrender their titles and resign from Government jobs with peaceful means

  3. to instruct the leaders to oppose the Government in Parliament

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C

Bengal was divided during the Governer Generalship of

  1. Lord Warren Hastings

  2. Lord Canning

  3. Lord Curzon

  4. Lord Hardings


Correct Option: C

Gandhiji had to stop his Non-Cooperation Movement because

  1. he was terrified by suppressive policy of British rules

  2. the people refused to co-operate him

  3. there were differences among leaders

  4. the people became violent at Chauri Chaura


Correct Option: D

The Sati Pratha was declared illegal during the Governer Generalship of

  1. William Bentinck

  2. Dalhousie

  3. Canning

  4. Cornwallis


Correct Option: A

The main cause of revengeful attitude of France against Germany before World War I was that

  1. the development of Germany was harmful to France

  2. France wanted to maintain balance of powers in Europe and Germany was against it

  3. Germany had captured French Territory of Alsace and Laurance

  4. Germany had prevented the industrial progress of France


Correct Option: C

Dyarchy under the Act of 1919 was introduced for

  1. the separation of provinces from centre administration

  2. government representatives and public representatives who were to be given separate departments for administration in the Central Government

  3. the distribution of separate departments to government representatives and public representatives in provinces

  4. the centralisation of administration to control the Provinces


Correct Option: C
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