R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | History GK HISTORY MCQ QUESTION SET 7

Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Mahatma Gandhi?

1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Muthu Lakshmi
3. Mridula Sarabhai
4. Annie Besant

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The mantra Do or Die was given by

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. C.V. Raman
3. B.C. Bose
4. P.C. Roy

✅ Correct Answer: 1

During Indias struggle for independence who was the first to start Satyagraha ?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Sardar Patel
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Vinoba Bhave

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Mahatma Gandhis close English compatriot during the freedom Movement was

1. William Wavell
2. Thomas Moore
3. Charlie Freer (C.F.) Andrews
4. A.O. Hume

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Gandhji returned to India from South Africa in

1. 1914
2. 1915
3. 1916
4. 1917

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who called Gandhiji half naked beggar ?

1. Jinnah
2. Winston Churchill
3. Hastings
4. Mountbatten

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who was the last British Viceroy of India?

1. Lord Lintithgow
2. Lord Wavell
3. Clement Atlee
4. Lord Mountbatten

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The lady Congress leader who went underground during the Quit India Movement was

1. Aruna Asaf Ali
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Vijay Laxmi Pandit
4. Sucheta Kripalani

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Gandhi Irwin pact was in

1. 5 March 1931
2. 10 March 1927
3. 15 March 1929
4. 28 March 1935

✅ Correct Answer: 1

India attained Dominion States on

1. 15th January, 1947
2. 15th August,1947
3. 15th August, 1950
4. 15th October, 1947

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following bills can be introduced in the Parliament only after the consent of the President?

1. The Constitution Amendment Bill
2. The Bill providing for the creation of a new All India Service
3. The Bill for the creation of a new state
4. The Finance Bill

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who prepares the Draft outline of Five year Plans?

1. Ministry of Finance
2. National Development Council
3. Governor of R.B.I.
4. Planning Commission

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Parliament or a state Legislature can declare a seat vacant if a member absence himself without permission from the session for

1. 30 days
2. 60 days
3. 90 days
4. 120 days

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Grants-in-aid of revenue to the states is recommended by the

1. National Development Council
2. Finance Commission
3. Planning Commission
4. Inter State Council

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which one among the following sites is located in the valley of Ghaggar and its associated rivers?

1. Alamgirpur
2. Lothal
3. Kalibangan
4. Banavali

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The control of the preparation of electoral rolls for Parliament and legislatures vests with the

1. Prime Minister
2. Election Commission
3. President
4. Cabinet

✅ Correct Answer: 2

According to the 73rd Constitution Amendment Act, in the event of dissolution of a panchayat, elections are to be compulsory held within

1. 2 months
2. 4 months
3. 6 months
4. 8 months

✅ Correct Answer: 3

At the 13th Lok Sabha Elections in which of the following states did the ruling alliance win all the seats?

1. Rajasthan
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Uttar Pradesh

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of the following is not a part of the Directive Principles of State Policy?

1. Separation of judiciary from legislature
2. To establish Panchayati Raj institutions
3. Encourage settlement of International Disputes by arbitration
4. Equal wages for equal work to both men and women

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In Indian Republic the real executive authority rests with the

1. Prime Minister
2. President
3. Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister
4. Bureaucrats

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The ratio between the length and breadth of our tricolor national flag according to our constitution is

1. 3:1
2. 3:2
3. 3:3
4. 3:4

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Separation of the judiciary from the executive has been provided in one of the following parts of the Indian Constitution

1. The Directive Principles of State Policy
2. The Seventh schedule
3. The Fundamental Rights
4. The Preamble

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Next to Hindi, the language spoken by the largest number of people in the Indian sub continent is

1. Tamil
2. Bengali
3. Telugu
4. Urdu

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The First Act permitting legal marriage with a person not belonging to ones endogamous group is known as

1. Abolition of Untouchability Act
2. Hindu Marriage Validity Act
3. Arya Samaj Marriage Validity Act
4. Special Marriage Act

✅ Correct Answer: 4

At what level does a Panchayat samiti operate in a Panchayati Raj structure?

1. Gram Panchayat level
2. Village level
3. Block level
4. District level

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of the following comes under the jurisdiction of both the High Court and the Supreme Court?

1. Protection against the violation of the Constitution
2. Protection of the fundamental rights
3. Disputes between the Inter states
4. Disputes between the Centre and States

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The capital of Kadamba kings was

1. Kanchi
2. Tanjore
3. Badami
4. Vanavasi

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the founder of Puhar (Kaveripattanam)?

1. Needujeliyan
2. Senguttuvan
3. Karikala
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Tolakappiyam is related to

1. Administration
2. Law
3. Grammar
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The Paditrupputtu is a collection of poems in the praise of which of the following kings?

1. Pandya
2. Chera
3. Chola
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The author of Kural or Muppal, a treatise on polity, ethics and social norms, was

1. Sittalai Sattanar
2. Tolakapiyyar
3. Tiruvalluvar
4. Illango Adigal

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following is called The Bible of Tamil Land ?

1. Manimekalai
2. Silappadikaram
3. Tolkappiyam
4. Kural

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following were the patrons of Sangam, an assembly of Tamil poets?

1. Chola
2. Kadamb
3. Pandya
4. Chera

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following is correctly matched?

1. Silappadikaram -- Illango Adigal
2. Purananuru -- Mamalanar
3. Ahananuru -- Paranar
4. Purananuru -- Mamalanar

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who is the author of the novel Devdas?

1. Munshi Premchand
2. Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
3. Bankim Chandra Cahttopadhyay
4. Rabindranath Tagore

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who is the author of the book Mother India ?

1. Sister Nivedita
2. Katherine Mayo
3. Katherine Frank
4. Annie Besant

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who among the following laid the foundation of Rashtrakupta Empire?

1. Amoghavarsha I
2. Dantidurga
3. Dhruva
4. Krishna I

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The two kingdoms established by the Indian in Indo-China included

1. Svarnbhumi and Champa
2. Srivijaya and Kamboja
3. Champa and Srivijaya
4. Chamba and Kamboja

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The famous battle of Takkolam of South India was fought between

1. Cholas and Pandyas
2. Cholas and Hoyasals
3. Cholas and Rashtrakutas
4. Cholas and North Chalukyas

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following was NOT one of the titles assumed by the Chola king Rajendra?

1. Mudikonda
2. Tyagasamudra
3. Pandita Chola
4. Gangikonda

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The South Indian state which was famous for its naval power, was

1. Chalukyas
2. Cholas
3. Hoyasals
4. Pandyas

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who among the following never became President of Indian National Congress?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Subhash Chandra Bose
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the founder of Ram Krishna Mission?

1. Raja ram Mohan Roy
2. Swami Vivekanand
3. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
4. Ram Krishna Paramahansa

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who was the first President of Indian National Congress?

1. Allan Octavian Hume
2. W.C. Banerjee
3. William Wedderburn
4. Dadabhai Naoroji

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which one of the following had presided over the Surat Session of Indian National Congress 1907?

1. Feroz shah Mehta
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Rash Bihari Bose
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Queen Victorias proclamation was read out by Lord Canning on 1st November 1858 at

1. Madras
2. Bombay
3. Calcutta
4. Allahabad

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which part of India was silent when Revolt of 1857 was spreading in India?

1. Western India
2. Central India
3. North India
4. South India

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The first Indian Factory Act was passed by

1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Wellesley
3. Lord Cornwallis
4. Lord Ripon

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the first viceroy of India?

1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord William Bentinck
3. Warren Hastings
4. Lord Canning

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the leader of Kanpur spear heading Revolt of 1857?

1. Kunwar Singh
2. Nana Saheb
3. Khan Bahadur
4. Birjis Quadir

✅ Correct Answer: 2