1) Delhi was declared as the Capital
of India in the year __ ?
A) 1900
B) 1905
C) 1911
D) 1920
Answer C) 1911
2) India’s first General Election was
in the year __ ?
A) 1948 – 49
B) 1949 – 50
C) 1950 – 51
D) 1951 – 52
Answer D) 1951 - 52
3) The Indigo Revolt taken place in
__ ?
A) Bengal
B) Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Surat
Answer A) Bengal (1859)
4) The main metal used by the
Indus Valley people was
A) Iron
B) Copper
C) Aluminum
D) Bronze
Answer B) Copper
5) Gandhiji published ‘Hindi Swaraj’
in the year __ ?
A) 1903
B) 1905
C) 1911
D) 1908
Answer D) 1908
6) Which place in India was
Gandhi’s first Satyagraha held at
A) Champaran
B) Dandi
C) Kheda
D) Surat
Answer A) Champaran (1917)
7) Indian National Congress divided
for the first time in __?
A) 1885
B) 1907 (Surat Session)
C) 1920
D) 1929 (Lahore session)
Answer B) 1907 (Surat Session)
8) Which one of the following
territories was not affected by the
revolt of 1857 ?
A) Lucknow
B) Jagdishpur
C) Jhansi
D) Chittor
Answer D) Chittor
9) The capital of the Maurya Dynasty
was __ ?
A) Pataliputra
B) Taxila
C) Kalinga
D) Mathura
Answer A) Pataliputra
10) The first acting Prime Minister
of India was __ ?
A) VV Giri
B) Morarji Desai
C) Gulsarilal Nanda
D) Charan Singh
Answer C) Gulsarilal Nanda
11) The official language of the
Satavahana dynasty was
A) Sanskrit
B) Prakrit
C) Bengali
D) Konkani
Answer B) Prakrit
12) Who was the Chinese pilgrim
who visited India during Harsha
Vardhana’s period?
A) Megastinis
B) Nishka
C) Hiuen Tsang
D) Fa-hien
Answer C) Hiuen Tsang
13) The Second Session of the
Indian National Congress (INC) was
at
A) Kolkata
B) Surat
C) Mumbai
D) Delhi
Answer A) Kolkata
14) Young India is a journal
published by
A) Subash Chandra Bose
B) Gandhi
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Swami Vivekananda
Answer B) Gandhi
15) Who started the ‘Home Rule’
Movement?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Mohammad Mi Jinnah
C) Annie Besant
D) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Answer . C) Anne Besant
