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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-7 section-2

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Indian History .
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Who has written about the revolt of 1857- ‘this was an eruption of social volcano’ where many spent forces found vent. After the vent the whole social topography has changed. The scars of rebellion remained deep and shining?”
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Ashok Mehta has written about the revolt of 1857- ‘this was an eruption of social volcano’ where many spent forces found vent. After the vent the whole social topography has changed. The scars of rebellion remained deep and shining”.
62
Which Act may be regarded as the beginning of representative system in modern India?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Indian councils Act 1861 may be regarded as the beginning of representative system in modern India.
63
By which Act may be the British parliament did Queen Victoria assume the title of ‘the Empress of India’ to emphasize British sovereignty over the whole of British provinces in India and Indian states?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Royal Titles Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict., c. 10) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which officially recognized Queen Victoria as "Empress of India."
64
The Vernacular press Act as a safety valve against vernacular newspapers was passed by Lord Lytton on
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The act was proposed by Lord Lytton, then Viceroy of India, and was unanimously passed by the Viceroy's Council on 14 March 1878.
65
Who was the first to call the revolt of 1857 as an organized war for national Independence?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
V. D. Savarkar was the first to call the revolt of 1857 as an organized war for national Independence.
66
Who founded Atmiya Sabha in 1815?
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Atmiya Sabha was a philosophical discussion circle in India. The association was started by Ram Mohan Roy in 1815 in Kolkata (then Calcutta). They used to conduct debate and discussion sessions on philosophical topics, and also used to promote free and collective thinking and social reform.
67
Who wrote in 1900 to the Secretary of state for India-‘It is my firm belief that the congress is staggering towards its downfall and it is my great desire that during my stay in India I should help in its peaceful demise?"
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Lord Curzon wrote in 1900 to the Secretary of state for India-‘It is my firm belief that the congress is staggering towards its downfall and it is my great desire that during my stay in India I should help in its peaceful demise."
68
Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak was born in 1856 at
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Tilak was born in a Marathi Chitpavan Brahmin family in Ratnagiri as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, in the headquarters of the eponymous district of present-day Maharashtra (then British India) on 23 July 1856.
69
An English weekly called ‘New India’ was started by;
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
New India was an early 20th century daily newspaper published in India by the Annie Besant, to highlight issues related to the Indian freedom struggle.
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Bang Darshan was the main newspaper of
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Answer: Option D
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.