- 1. In which city did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occur?
A) Lahore
B) Delhi
C) Amritsar
D) Gujarat
- 2. On what date did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?
A) 13 April 1919
B) 13 April 1920
C) 13 April 1922
D) 13 April 1928
- 3. Who commanded the British Indian Army soldiers during the Amritsar massacre?
A) Patel
B) Gandhi
C) Reginald E.H. Dyer
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
- 4. What was the official Government of India death toll for the Amritsar massacre?
A) 1,000
B) 3,000
C) 379
D) 1,100
- 5. What was the year Gandhi began his campaign of non-cooperation?
A) 1920
B) 1919
C) 1925
D) 1922
- 6. Why did Gandhi halt the non-cooperation movement in 1922?
A) Pressure from the Simon Commission
B) His own arrest
C) The violent incident at Chauri Chaura
D) The end of British rule
- 7. What was the purpose of the British Simon Commission in 1928?
A) To investigate the massacre
B) To arrest Gandhi
C) To collect taxes
D) To institute constitutional reform
- 8. Who led the farmers in the Bardoli Satyagraha?
A) Patel
B) Gandhi
C) Rajagopalachari
D) Nehru
- 9. What does Purna Swaraj mean?
A) Tax reform
B) Non-cooperation
C) Civil disobedience
D) Complete independence
- 10. Who presided over the Indian National Congress session in Lahore?
A) Dyer
B) Patel
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Gandhi
- 11. What was the focus of the 1930 Salt Satyagraha?
A) Returning British awards
B) Refusing land taxes
C) Defying the tax on salt
D) Resigning from civil services
- 12. Where did Gandhi travel in 1931 to negotiate new reform?
A) Amritsar
B) London
C) Delhi
D) Lahore
- 13. How many soldiers were commanded by Dyer at Jallianwala Bagh?
A) 379
B) 50
C) 1,100
D) 100
- 14. Which group helped draft the declaration of Purna Swaraj?
A) British Simon Commission
B) Government of India
C) Indian Civil Service
D) Congress Working Committee
- 15. What did the Bardoli Satyagraha focus on?
A) Increased land taxes
B) Civil service reform
C) Salt taxes
D) British awards
- 16. Who was the Viceroy of India in 1916?
A) Lord Chelmsford
B) Edwin Montagu
C) Lord Minto
D) Lord Morley
- 17. What political agreement signed in 1916 demonstrated new strength by Indian nationalists?
A) Delhi Declaration
B) Calcutta Accord
C) Lucknow Pact
D) Simla Agreement
- 18. What disaster led to the realization that the war would last longer than expected?
A) Gallipoli campaign
B) Mesopotamian campaign
C) African campaign
D) Western front campaign
- 19. Who was the Liberal secretary of state for India in August 1917?
A) Lord Chelmsford
B) Winston Churchill
C) David Lloyd George
D) Edwin Montagu
- 20. What type of administrative system was introduced in the provinces by the 1919 Act?
A) Federalism
B) Direct rule
C) Diarchy
D) Monarchy
- 21. Which of these departments was retained by the central government under the 1919 Act?
A) Defence
B) Education
C) Public health
D) Local self-government
- 22. Which of these departments was transferred to the provinces under the 1919 Act?
A) Foreign affairs
B) Criminal law
C) Income-tax
D) Education
- 23. What percentage of the total adult male population was enfranchised at the national level?
A) 10%
B) 5%
C) 25%
D) 50%
- 24. Who famously described the reforms as 'unworthy of England to offer and India to accept'?
A) Annie Besant
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Mahatma Gandhi
- 25. Under the new Act, which group was assigned more seats to maintain less confrontational legislative bodies?
A) Student activists
B) Urban candidates
C) Revolutionaries
D) Rural candidates
- 26. Which principle was reaffirmed in the 1919 Act regarding seat reservations?
A) Communal representation
B) Universal suffrage
C) Direct democracy
D) Merit-based representation
- 27. Which of these groups received reserved seats under the communal representation principle?
A) Socialists
B) Women
C) Sikhs
D) Military veterans
- 28. In what month and year did Montagu and Chelmsford present their report?
A) December 1919
B) August 1917
C) January 1916
D) July 1918
- 29. What was the main reason for the tour of the Franchise and Functions Committee?
A) Identifying who could vote
B) Recruiting army officers
C) Revising criminal laws
D) Collecting income taxes
- 30. What does the term 'Raj' mean in Hindustani?
A) Crown, majesty or law
B) Empire, king or power
C) Sovereign, territory or land
D) Reign, rule or government
- 31. What name was given to the areas ruled by indigenous rulers under British paramountcy?
A) Independent dominions
B) Crown colonies
C) Princely states
D) British protectorates
- 32. Who was proclaimed Empress of India in 1876?
A) Queen Elizabeth I
B) Queen Mary
C) Queen Victoria
D) Queen Anne
- 33. What event triggered the transfer of power from the East India Company to the Crown?
A) The Anglo-Sikkimese Treaty
B) The Treaty of Amiens
C) The Treaty of Gandamak
D) The Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 34. In what year did Burma become a separate British colony?
A) 1948
B) 1989
C) 1886
D) 1937
- 35. Which of these was a founding member of the League of Nations?
A) Burma
B) India
C) Nepal
D) Afghanistan
- 36. Which European nation held Goa during the British Raj?
A) Spain
B) The Netherlands
C) France
D) Portugal
- 37. What colony was separated from British India in 1937?
A) Ceylon
B) Aden Colony
C) Sikkim
D) The Maldive Islands
- 38. Which island nation was a British protectorate from 1887 to 1965 but was not part of British India?
A) The Maldive Islands
B) Sikkim
C) Burma
D) Ceylon
- 39. In which city was the United Nations founded in 1945, with India as a founding member?
A) New Delhi
B) London
C) New York
D) San Francisco
- 40. Which country was renamed Myanmar in 1989?
A) Sikkim
B) Aden
C) Ceylon
D) Burma
- 41. Which of these regions was briefly a part of the British Raj from 1884 to 1898?
A) Nepal
B) British Somaliland
C) Afghanistan
D) Kuwait
- 42. Under what treaty was Ceylon ceded to Britain in 1802?
A) Treaty of Amiens
B) Treaty of Gandamak
C) Treaty of 1919
D) Anglo-Sikkimese Treaty
- 43. When did the British Raj partition into the Union of India and the Dominion of Pakistan?
A) 1858
B) 1947
C) 1945
D) 1937
- 44. The Kingdom of Sikkim was established as a princely state following which agreement?
A) Treaty of Gandamak
B) Anglo-Sikkimese Treaty of 1861
C) Proclamation of 1858
D) Treaty of Amiens
- 45. Which nation was a limited British protectorate from 1879 to 1919?
A) Sikkim
B) Nepal
C) Bhutan
D) Afghanistan
- 46. Which European nation held Pondicherry during the British Raj?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Portugal
D) Germany
- 47. In which of the following Summer Olympic years did India participate?
A) 1904
B) 1944
C) 1900
D) 1912
- 48. According to the 1861 Census, approximately how many English civilians were in India?
A) 41,862
B) 125,945
C) 66,000
D) 84,083
- 49. What term did Lord Canning use to describe princes and large land-holders who did not join the rebellion?
A) Social reformers
B) Foreign loyalists
C) Agents of change
D) Breakwaters in a storm
- 50. How long did the British halt land reforms after the 1857 rebellion?
A) 90 years
B) 10 years
C) 150 years
D) 50 years
- 51. Which regions were specifically noted for remaining realms of large land holdings?
A) Bengal and Bihar
B) Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
C) The United Provinces
D) Agra and Oudh
- 52. How did British policy toward social and religious intervention change after 1857?
A) They enforced new religious laws
B) They accelerated social reforms
C) They stopped making social interventions
D) They focused on Hindu child widows
- 53. Who primarily bore the financial risks for infrastructure development in India during the British Raj?
A) Taxpayers
B) The British Crown
C) Private British investors
D) Indian merchants
- 54. Which raw material is specifically mentioned as being transported from India's hinterland to ports?
A) Coal
B) Tea
C) Silk
D) Cotton
- 55. Which port city is mentioned as a destination for raw materials in India?
A) Bombay
B) Madras
C) Calcutta
D) Delhi
- 56. Which region saw increased food production due to commercial cropping and new canals?
A) Punjab
B) Gujarat
C) Assam
D) Bengal
- 57. When were the Indian Famine Codes instituted?
A) 1858
B) 1880
C) 1920
D) 1876
- 58. What entity eventually implemented the famine scales and programmes developed from the Indian Famine Codes?
A) British Parliament
B) World Bank
C) East India Company
D) United Nations
- 59. How did the railway network assist during famine periods?
A) Provided critical famine relief
B) Reduced cotton exports
C) Increased taxes on farmers
D) Encouraged migration to England
- 60. Which group arose in India by the 1880s?
A) A new peasant union
B) A new middle class
C) A new merchant class
D) A new military elite
- 61. Which country being granted dominion status in 1867 encouraged Indian intellectuals?
A) Canada
B) Australia
C) South Africa
D) New Zealand
- 62. What act attempted to control the press in 1878?
A) Indian Civil Service Act
B) Vernacular Press Act
C) Ilbert Bill Act
D) British Raj Press Decree
- 63. What 1883 legislative measure, when reversed, sparked political action among the Indian middle class?
A) Indian Reform Act
B) Vernacular Press Act
C) Dominion Status Act
D) Ilbert Bill
- 64. Who was elected the first president of the Indian National Congress?
A) Thomas Baring
B) Womesh Chunder Bonerjee
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- 65. What did early Indian nationalists believe Britain was doing to India's wealth?
A) Returning it to local rulers
B) Draining it
C) Distributing it to the poor
D) Investing it in infrastructure
- 66. Who served as Viceroy of India from 1872 to 1876?
A) Womesh Chunder Bonerjee
B) Max Müller
C) Thomas Baring
D) Lord Ripon
- 67. Who was a champion of the emancipation of Indian women and widow remarriage?
A) Pandita Ramabai
B) Queen Victoria
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- 68. Who led the 'extremists' within the Indian National Congress after 1905?
A) Thomas Baring
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Womesh Chunder Bonerjee
- 69. What festivals did Bal Gangadhar Tilak inaugurate to mobilize Indians?
A) Ganapati festivals
B) Diwali festivals
C) Victorian festivals
D) Civil Service festivals
- 70. How did the early membership of the Indian National Congress define itself?
A) A Westernized elite
B) A collection of traditional tribal leaders
C) A grassroots peasant movement
D) An alliance of British civil servants
- 71. In what year did the Muslim elite meet with Lord Minto?
A) 1911
B) 1892
C) 1871
D) 1906
- 72. Where was the All-India Muslim League founded in 1906?
A) Dacca
B) Delhi
C) Punjab
D) Calcutta
- 73. Which Viceroy resigned his position following a dispute with Lord Kitchener?
A) Curzon
B) George V
C) Morley
D) Minto
- 74. Which Hindu group organized reconversion events for Muslims?
A) Congress
B) Ghadar Party
C) Anushilan Samiti
D) Arya Samaj
- 75. What novel contained the rallying cry 'Bande Mataram'?
A) Anand Math
B) The Census Report
C) The Partition Plan
D) The Morley-Minto Reforms
- 76. Who hosted the first meeting of the Muslim League in his mansion?
A) Khwaja Salimullah
B) Lord Kitchener
C) John Morley
D) Lord Minto
- 77. What is another name for the Indian Councils Act 1909?
A) Morley-Minto Reforms
B) Dacca Reforms
C) Curzon-Kitchener Reforms
D) Delhi Reforms
- 78. In what year was the partition of Bengal rescinded?
A) 1909
B) 1892
C) 1911
D) 1906
- 79. Who was crowned Emperor of India at the Delhi Durbar?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Minto
C) John Morley
D) King George V
- 80. To which city was the capital moved from Calcutta?
A) Shahbag
B) Dacca
C) Delhi
D) Punjab
- 81. Which revolutionary group was based in the Punjab?
A) Anushilan Samiti
B) Muslim League
C) Ghadar Party
D) Arya Samaj
- 82. What specific demand did the Muslim elite make to Lord Minto regarding elections?
A) Abolition of the council
B) Universal suffrage
C) Separate electorates
D) Unified Hindu-Muslim councils
- 83. What was the rallying cry for the protests against the Partition of Bengal?
A) Bande Mataram
B) Quit India
C) Swadeshi Zindabad
D) Jai Hind
- 84. Which movement involved the boycott of foreign goods and the use of natively produced goods?
A) Quit India movement
B) Swadeshi movement
C) Civil Disobedience movement
D) Non-Cooperation movement
- 85. How much did the Swadeshi boycott movement reduce imports of British textiles?
A) 50%
B) 25%
C) 75%
D) 10%
- 86. Who was the two-time Congress president that led the Swadeshi campaign?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Surendranath Banerjee
D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 87. What was the primary goal of the magazine 'Bande Mataram' edited by Sri Aurobindo?
A) Armed uprising
B) Violent revolution
C) Passive Resistance
D) Pro-British reform
- 88. Which young lawyer from Bombay played a role in the Lucknow Pact and later rose to lead the movement?
A) Surendranath Banerjee
B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C) Madan Mohan Malaviya
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- 89. What was the primary reason for the increased distrust of British 'religious neutrality' among Indian Muslims during WWI?
A) Conflict with Turkey
B) The arrest of the Ali brothers
C) The Defence of India Act
D) The Partition of Bengal
- 90. What was the approximate membership of the Home Rule leagues after a little over a year?
A) Five thousand each
B) Thirty thousand each
C) Ten thousand each
D) One hundred thousand each
- 91. In what year did Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi return to India?
A) 1917
B) 1920
C) 1909
D) 1915
- 92. Who was Gandhi's mentor who advised him to travel and observe during his first year back in India?
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Rajendra Prasad
- 93. What does the term 'Satyagraha' literally mean?
A) Self-rule
B) Striving for Truth
C) Non-cooperation
D) Passive resistance
- 94. What is the English translation of 'Ahimsa'?
A) Truth-seeking
B) Self-reliance
C) Non-violence
D) Boycott
- 95. In which essay did Gandhi formulate his vision of Swaraj?
A) Indian Independence
B) The Path to Freedom
C) Hind Swaraj
D) Satyagraha in South Africa
- 96. In what year did Gandhi make his political debut in India?
A) 1917
B) 1915
C) 1918
D) 1920
- 97. Where did Gandhi conduct his first political protest in India?
A) Bombay
B) Ahmedabad
C) Champaran
D) Kaira
- 98. What crop were the tenant farmers in Champaran forced to plant?
A) Cotton
B) Wheat
C) Tea
D) Indigo
- 99. Who joined Gandhi in Champaran and became a prominent Congress leader?
A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Rajendra Prasad
- 100. In 1918, Gandhi launched a satyagraha for textile mill workers in which city?
A) Patna
B) Kaira
C) Champaran
D) Ahmedabad
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