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Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Indian history-GK

Learn and practice General Knowledge questions and answers on Indian History with very easy and understandable explanations. GK questions are very helpful different type of competitive exams. Page-5 section-2

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Indian History .
41
What was the major cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Question of promotion and pay was the major cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857.
42
Banga Darshan – a monthly magazine – was started in 1872 from Behrampur by:
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Bangadarshan was a Bengali literary magazine, founded by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1872, and resuscitated in 1901 under the editorship of Rabindranath Tagore. The magazine had a defining influence on the emergence of a Bengali identity and the genesis of nationalism in Bengal.
43
Who said about the British Government these words - “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Gopal Krishna Gokhale said about the British Government these words - “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes".
44
Which revolutionary said - “freedom is objective of our life and the Hindu religion would led us to the attainment of this objective?”
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Aurobindo Ghosh said - “freedom is objective of our life and the Hindu religion would led us to the attainment of this objective”.
45
Who was the commander of 1857 revolt in Rohilkhand?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Ahmadullah Shah (1787 – 5 June 1858) famous as Maulavi of Faizabad, was a leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah was known as the Lighthouse of Rebellion in Awadh region.
46
The main centre of Wahabi Movement during the freedom movement was
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
This movement, centred around Patna was an Islamic revivalist movement, whose stress was to condemn any change into the original Islam and return to its true spirit. The movement was led by Syed Ahmed Barelvi.
47
Swami Dayanand established the head quarters of Arya Samaj in:
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The first Arya Samaj unit was formally set up by him at Bombay in 1875 and later the headquarters of the Samaj were established at Lahore.
48
In 1912 Mohammad Ali started the paper
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The Comrade was a weekly English-language newspaper that was published and edited by Maulana Mohammad Ali between 1911 and 1914.
49
The Indian National congress decided to launch an individual civil disobedience in place of Mass civil Disobedience in:
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Indian National congress decided to launch an individual civil disobedience in place of Mass civil Disobedience in July 1933.
50
Which Act provided for the establishment of an All India federation at the centre consisting of the provinces of British India and the princely states?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Government of India Act 1935, This act ended the system of dyarchy introduced by GOI Act 1919 and provided for establishment of a Federation of India to be made up of provinces of British India and some or all of the Princely states. However, the federation never came into being as the required number of princely states did not join it.