Q. Which of the following political parties is/are national political parties? A. Muslim League B. Revolutionary Socialist Party C. All India Forward Bloc D. Peasants and Workers Party of India (a) C only (b) B and D (c) A, B and C (d) None. Ans: (d) None.

Q. Which one of the following was the most immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods during the first decade of the last century? (a) Curzon’s design to curtail the sphere of local self government. (b) Curzon’s attempt to control the universities. (c) ...

Q. Which of the following international events influenced the course of the national movement in India before the advent of Mahatma Gandhi? 1. Italian–Abyssinian War, 1898 2. Boxer Movement in China 3. Revolutionary Movement in Ireland 4. Victory of Japan in the Russo- Japanese war ...

Q. When was the Cooperative Societies Act first passed in India? (a) 1990 (b) 1902 (c) 1904 (d) 1906 Ans: (c) 1904 Explanation: The Cooperative Societies Act was first passed in India in (c) 1904. The Cooperative Societies Act of 1904 was enacted to provide a legal framework for ...

Q. What is common among Madam Bhikaji Cama, M. Barkatulla, V. V. S. Iyer and M. N. Roy? (a) All of them were leading members of the International Communist Movement. (b) M. Barkatulla was the Prime Minister and the rest were ministers in the Privisional Government of free India established ...

Q. Morley–Minto Reforms aimed at (a) great for the Dominion status to the Indians. (b) separate electorates for the Muslims. (c) special powers to the Government to deal with anti-Government elements. (d) full development of education. Ans: (b) separate electorates for the Muslims. ...

Q. Who was the first Indian to use the word Swaraj in 1906? (a) B. G. Tilak, at the Kolkata session of the Congress. (b) Dadabhai Naoroji, at the Kolkata session of the Congress. (c) Gopal Krishan Gokhale, at Mumbai in 1885. (d) Lala Lajpat Rai, in the first session of Indian National ...

Q. Who was the first Indian to raise the National Flag? (a) Sardar Patel (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Annie Besant (d) Madam Cama Ans: (d) Madam Cama Explanation: The first Indian to raise the National Flag was Madam Cama (also known as Madame Bhikaji Cama). Madam Cama was a prominent ...

Q. Who was the political guru of the Father of the Nation? (a) Madan Mohan Malviya (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) None of these Ans: (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale Explanation: The political guru of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, was Gopal Krishna ...

Q. Who exclaimed, ‘When the queen desires that none should die, when the governor declares that all should live… will you kill yourselves by timidity and starvation’? (a) Bipin Chandra Pal (b) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Gokhale Ans: (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak ...

Q. Who amongst the following Englishmen was a fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa? (a) C. F. Andrews (b) Polak (c) Peterson (d) None of these Ans: (b) Polak Explanation: Henry Salomon Leon Polak (1882 — 31 January 1959) was a British-born lawyer, journalist and activist in South ...

Q. Who was not a moderate among the freedom fighters? (a) Bipin Chandra Pal (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (c) W. C. Bannerjee (d) None of these Ans: (a) Bipin Chandra Pal  Explanation: Among the given options, Bipin Chandra Pal was not a moderate among the freedom fighters. ...