History Questions For UPSC, SSC CGL, CHSL, CPO
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1. Who said that ‘India’s soul lives in villages’?
A. Vinoba Bhave
B. Jayaprakash Narayan
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Mahatma Gandhi
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Correct Answer –D. Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: Gandhi had said: India’s ‘soul’ lives in villages. He, therefore, in his constructive work programme gave primacy to rural work. He wanted workers to go to villages and work with the people. His special emphasis was to improve the status of rural women.
2.What was the name of the News- paper edited by Gandhiji till 1933?
A. Sarvodaya
B. Arya
C. Times of India
D. Young India
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Correct Answer – D. Young India
Explanation:- Young India was brought out in English by Mahatma Gandhi from 1919 to 1932. Gandhi wrote various quotations in this journal that inspired many. He used the Young India to spread his unique ideology and thoughts regarding independence.
3. Who among the following revolu- tionaries was executed by the British?
A. Jatin Das
B. Chandrashekhar Azad
C. Rajguru
D. Kalpana butt
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Correct Answer – C. Rajguru
Explanation:- Shivaram Hari Rajguru was an Indian revolutionist from Maharashtra who was a colleague of Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev, and took part in the murder of a British police officer, J.P. Saunders, at Lahore in 1928. All three were convicted of the crime and hanged on March 23, 1931.
4.Who among the following was the first Viceroy of India?
A. Lord Cornwallis
B. Pitt
C. Lord Canning
D. Robert Clive
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Correct Answer – C. Lord Canning
Explanation:-Lord Canning was an English statesman and Governor-Gen- eral of India during the Indian Rebel- lion of 1857. For his tact and capabil- ities in dealing with the revolt, he was rewarded by being made the first Vice- roy of India in 1858.
5.Who among the following estab- lished the Ghadar Party?
A. V.D. Savarkar
B. Bhagat Singh
C. Lala Hardayal
D. Chandrashekhar Azad
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Correct Answer – C. Lala Hardayal
Explanation:-Lala Har Dayal was an Indian nationalist revolutionary who founded the Ghadar Party in America.
6.Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from:
A. Sabarmati Ashram
B. Ahmedabad
C. Porbandar
D. Dandi
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Correct Answer –A. Sabarmati Ashram
Explanation:-On March 12, 1930, Gandhi and 78 satyagrahis, many of them were scheduled castes, set out on foot for the coastal village of Dan- di, Gujarat, over 390 kilometres (from their starting point at Sabarmati Ash- ram, marking the beginning of the Civ- il Disobedience Movement.
7.‘Kesari’, the Newspaper was started by:
A. G.K. Gokhale
B. B.G. Tilak
C. Sardar Patel
D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Correct Answer –B. B.G. Tilak
Explanation:-Kesari is a newspaper founded in 1881 by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader of the Indian Independence movement. Tilak used to run his two newspapers, the Kesari, in Marathi and Maratha in English froth Kesari Wada.
8.The Third battle of Panipat was fought in the year:
A. 1526 a.d.
B. 1556 a.d.
C. 1761 a.d.
D. 1776 a.d.
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Correct Answer –C. 1761 a.d.
Explanation:-The Third Battle of Panipat took place on 14 January, 1761 between a northern expedition- ary force of the Maratha Empire and a coalition of the King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Durrani with two Indian Muslim allies—the Rohilla Afghans of the Doab, and Sirajuddaula, the Nawab of Oudh. The battle is considered one of the largest fought in the 18th centu- ry, and has perhaps the largest number of fatalities in a single day reported in a classic formation battle between two armies.
9.The ‘Poorna Swaraj’ resolution was adopted in the annual session of the Indian National Congress held at:
A. Bombay
B. Lahore
C. Calcutta
D. Madras
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Correct Answer –B. Lahore
Explanation:-Jawaharlal Nehru be- came the youngest President of the Indian National Congress at its annu- al session in Lahore on 29 December, 1929. At that session, the Indian Na- tional Congress adopted the attain- ment of Poorna Swaraj as the immedi- ate objective of India.
10. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru?
A. Swami Vivekananda
B. Ram Mohan Roy
C. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
D. None of These
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Correct Answer –D. None of These
Explanation:-Mahadev Govind Ra- nade was known to be the mentor and political guru of famous freedom fighters Gopal Krishna Gokhale, and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. This social re- former along with friends Dr Atmar- am Pandurang, Bal Mangesh Wagle and Yaman Abaji Modak founded the Prarthana Samaj, a Hindu movement involved in social development. He also founded Poona Sarvajanik Sabha and was one of the founders of the In- dian National Congress.
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