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Indian History related GK Questions and answer

1. The Akali movement was formed in:
Answer: 1920
2. Who started the paper ‘Leader’?
Answer: Madan Mohan Malavya
3. Name the official organ of the Swaraj Party:
Answer: Hindustan Times
4. The college section and Gurukula Section were
the divisions of:
Answer: Aryasamaj
5. The whitley commission on Labour was setup
in:
Answer: 1929
6. Name the leader of the Revolt of 1857 who fled
to Nepal?
Answer: Nanasaheb
7. Who is called as ‘Periyor’?
Answer: E.V Ramaswami Naicker
8. The Irwin Declaration was in:
Answer: 1929
9. Name the first session of Indian National
Congress in which Jawaharlal Nehru participated:
Answer: Bankipore (1912)
10. Who started Ganesh and Shivaji festivals for
anti-British propaganda?
Answer: Bala Gangadhara Tilak
11. Muhammadali Jinnah drafted the 14 points
against:
Answer: Nehru Report
12. Which considered as the parental home of
Bhagavatism?
Answer: Mathura
13. Who is called as the ‘Paragon of Vedantist’?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
14. Which is considered as ‘Dravida Veda’?
Answer: Thevaram
15. Name the European power who built the first
Carmelite church in Kerala.
Answer: The Dutch
16. The outsiders who settled down in tribal areas
were called as:
Answer: Diku
17. The instruments or grants of adoption given
to Hindu and Muslim princess after the Revolt of
1857 were called as:
Answer: Sanads
18. Name the author of the book “Thepeasantry in
Bengal”?
Answer: R.C Dutt
19. The policy of the English East India company
in Bengal during the Double Government was
known as:
Answer: Masked system
20. Who was forced to leave the Indian National
Congress following the notorious Gurukula
incident of Tirunelvelley?
Answer: E.V Ramaswami Naicker
21. Who made the August Declaration of 1917?
Answer: Edwin Montague
22. When did Tilak declare “Swaraj is my birth
right, and I shall have it”?
Answer: 1916
23. When did Gandhiji serve a ’11 point
Ultimatum’ on the British Government?
Answer: Before starting the civil disobedience
movement.
24. Name the revolutionary terrorist who ended
his days as a Ramakrishna mission swami.
Answer: Jatindranath Bandopadhyay