Facts about India -Questions and Answers -11
2001. Who published a pamphlet titled Gandhi Vs. Lenin in 1921?
S.A. Dange
2002. The establishment of a separate Public Works Department in every province was during the period of:
Dalhousie
2003. The Communist Party of India was founded in on 17 October 1920, soon after the Second
Congress of the Communist International:
Tashkent
2004. The founder of Ripon College at Calcutta:
Surcndra Nath Bannerjce
2005. Which war was concluded by the Treaty of Salbai (1782)?
First Anglo-Maratha War
2006. Who was the Viceroy when Montague-Chelmsford reforms were introduced?
Chelmsford
2007. The triple alliance formed against Tipu in 1790 included the English, the Marathas and:
Nizam
2008. Who was the Viceroy when the Minto-Morley reforms were introduced?
Minto
2009. In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, the Government of lndia Act, 1935 was designed on the basis of the recommendation of:
Simon Commission
2010. The short biographical article titled Karl Marx - a modern Rishi was written by the German-based Indian revolutionary-----?
Lala Har Dayal
2011. Who was dubbed by the British Government as 'A Seditionist in disguise'?
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2012. Who was the Viceroy when the Non-Cooperation movement was launched?
Chelmsford
2013. Rajendra Lahiri was hanged in connection with:
Kakori case
2014. "The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was not one movement.. .... it was many"- Who made this statement?
C.A. Bayly
2015. The English daily started by Lala Lajpat Rai:
The People
2016. The First Surveyor General of India and Scottish antiquarian who visited Vijayanagara in 1799:
Colin Mackenzie
2017. The leader of the Hindu Mahasabha who directed the Hindus not to participate in the Quit India Movement:
V.D. Savarkar
2018. The leader whom the extremists called 'faint-hearted moderate'?
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2019. Under which Act did India come to be known as part of British territory for the first time?
Act of 1784
2020. The monument that was built to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives in World War I:
India Gate
2021. "Forget not that the lower classes, the ignorant, the poor, the illiterate, the cobbler, the sweeper are thy flesh and blood, thy brothers"- These words are related to:
Swami Vivekananda
2022. In which session of the Indian National Congress Sir C. Sankaran Nair became President?
Amaravati
2023. The Governor-General who established a Board of Revenue to improve the system of revenue administration:
'Warren Hastings
2024. Who became the President of the Indian National Congress for the longest continuous period before independence?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
2025. Who was the chairman of the Famine Commission appointed by Lord Elgin in 1897?
Sir James B. Lyall
2026. The first Muslim to become the President of Indian National Congress:
Badruddin Tyabji
2027. The committee appointed in 1927 to examine financial and economic relationships existing between British India and the Indian States:
Butler Committee
2028. The first Swadeshi dacoity or robbery was organised in the year 1906 in:
Rangpur
2029. While staying in Rome, during a European visit, which Indian leader declined the invitation of Benito Mussolini to meet him?
Jawaharlal Nehru
2030. Who became the principal of the National College in Kolkata Founded during the Swadeshi Movement?
Aurobindo Ghosh
2031. The Viceroy who introduced financial decentralisation?
Mayo
2032. Who called Bal Gangadhar Tilak, father of Indian Unrest?
Valentine Chirol
2033. Who recommended the acceptance of Pakistan in principle as a basis of settlement between Congress and League, in 1942 April?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
2034. Who represented Indian National Congress in the Congress of Oppressed Nationalists held in Brussels in 1927?
Jawaharlal Nehru
2035. Who founded 'Mitra Mela'?
Savarkar brothers
2036. Who was the Viceroy during the Second and Third Round Table Conferences?
Wellington
2037. Lakshminath Bezbarua was a nationalist writer in............. during the freedom movement:
Assamese
2038. The Governor-General who introduced Subsidiary Alliance?
Wellesley
2039. Who was the spiritual guru of Dayanand Saraswati:
Swami Virjanand
2040. The Viceroy when the First Round Table Conference was held in 1930?
Irwin
2041. Who gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled "New Lamps for Old"?
Aurobindo Ghosh
2042. Who founded Madras Labour Union?
B. P. Wadia
2043. During Swadeshi Movement 'National Education Council' was formed by the freedom fighters in:
1906
2044. During the revolt of 1857, Delhi was captured by the mutineers on:
12th May 1857
2045. In which year did Dadabhai Naoroji put forward his "Drain of Wealth' theory?
1867
2046. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose established provisional government of India (Government of Azad Hind) based in Singapore on:
21st October 1943
2047. In which year Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee was formed?
1920
2048. Who led the Congress delegates in the Shimla Conference?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
2049. The first to become the President of the Indian National Congress:
W.C. Banerjee
2050. The longest-running parallel government formed during Quit India Movement was in:
Satara
2051. The second session of the All India Kisan Sabha held in Faizpur was presided over by:
N.G.Ranga
2052. The venue of the first conference of the Indian National Congress in 1885:
Mumbai
2053. What is the name of the fort built by the English in Kolkata?
Fort William
2054. Which country banished the ship 'Komagata Maru from its territorial waters in 1913?
Canada
2055. After Vinoba Bhave and Jawaharlal Nehm who was selected as the third person for Individual Satyagraha?
Brahma Dutt
2056. Who founded 'Free Hindustan' in Vancouver, Canada?
Tharakanath Das
2057. 'Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man'. Who said?
Swami Vivekananda
2058. Who was the ruler of Kashmir at the time of independence?
Hari Singh
2059. Muslim League joined the Interim Government on:
26th October 1946
2060. The Naval Mutiny of 1946 began on:
18th February 1946
2061. The Naval Mutiny of 1946 began with the strike of the naval staff of the ship:
INS Talwar
2062. Who is the author of 'Social Background of Indian Nationalism'?
A.R. Desai
2063. Dayananda was born on February 12 in 1824, in the town of Tankara, near Morvi (Morbi) in the Kathiawar region of the princely state of.. ....
Gujarat
2064. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress:
Annie Besant
2065. In 1878, the government reduced the maximum age limit for the open competition for the civil service examination from 21 to:
19
2066. Joseph Francois Dupleix was the commander of the------ forces in India:
French
2067. The Permanent Settlement was enforced in ---
1793
2068. The youngest to become the Congress President:
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
2069 A spinal injury while horseback riding left this person in lifelong pain for which he wore a metal corset under his clothes. He served as the Viceroy of India. Name this person:
Curzon
2070. Congress ministers from how many provinces resigned following the instructions of High Command in 1939?
Eight
2071. He was born with a withered arm and no left hand. He was appointed Viceroy of India in 1926. Name this person:
Irwin
2072. In which session of the Indian National Congress was it proposed that the ~1:ate shall own or control the key industries, mines and means of transport?
Karachi Session, 1931
2073. Name the person who resigned his position as Viceroy of India in August 1905 because of a difference of opinion with Lord Kitchener, the British military Commander-in-Chief in India:
Curzon
2074. TI1e British Committee of Indian National Congress was formed in:
1889
2075. Name the Viceroy who undertook the restoration of the Taj Mahal:
Curzon
2076. Which day was called 'Day of Deliverance' by Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
22nd December 1939
2077. The first Indian woman to become the President of Indian National Congress:
Sarojini Naidu
2078. In which year Mahatma Gandhi became the president of Indian National Congress:
1924
2079. The Governor-General who made English as the medium of instruction:
William Bentick
2080. 'We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery' Mahatma Gandhi said these words in connection with:
Quit India
2081. Bahadur Shah Zafar, who was deported by the British after the 1857 mutiny, died in the Rangoon jail in:
1862
2082. In which year did Jawaharlal Nehru become the President of the Indian National Congress for the first time?
1929
2083. In which year did Subash Chandra Bose become the President of the Indian National Congress for the first time?
1938
2084. The British officer who under his own authority shot Balladur Shah Zafar's sons Mirza Mughal, Mirza Khazir Sultan, and grandson Mirza Abu Bakr at the Khooni Darwaza:
William Hodson
2085. The Viceroy who is known as the father of Local Self Government:
Lord Ripon
2086. During the Quit India Movement the first 'parallel government' was established in:
Balia
2087. During the Quit India Movement, Congress Radio was broadcasted from:
Mumbai
2088. Who along with Bhulabhai Desai resigned from Congress in opposition to the Quit India Movement
C. Rajagopalachari
2089. During the Quit India Movement which organisation was formed in Tamluk?
Vidyut Vahini
2090. The parallel government in Baliia during the Quit India Movement was led by:
Chittu Pandey
2091. Where 'Rakt Vahini' was formed during the Quit India Movement?
Cuttack
2092. Who described Quit India Movement as 'Irresponsible and an act of madness'?
B.R. Ambedkar
2093. After Partition, a Malayali Muslim served as Pakistan's Ambassador to Egypt. The reference here is about
Abdul Sathar Sait
2094. Madras Mahajana Sabha was established in:
1884
2095. Pondicherry was the main base on the Coromandel Coast of the:
French East India Company
2096. Revolutionary youth Madanlal Dhingra shot dead:
Curzon Wylie
2097. Sir William Sleeman was associated with the operation against the:
Thugs
2098. The ‘Voice of India’ published extracts from Indian Press. It was started by:
Dadabhai Naoroji
2099. The author of ‘1857 The Great Rebellion’:
Ashok Mehta
2100. The first Indian to be elected to the leadership of Communist International was:
M.N.Roy
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