General Awareness History of India
1. Q: Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in the 19th century?
A. Swami Dayananda
B. Swami Vivekananda
C. Guru Shankaracharya
D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: A. Swami Dayananda
2. Q: Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India?
A. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
B. C Rajgopalachari
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: D. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Q: Which Indian king requested Napoleon for help to drive the British from India?
A. Rani of Jhansi
B. Jai Singh
C. Shivaji
D. Tipu Sultan
Ans: D. Tipu Sultan
4. Q: Who was the founder of the French East India Company?
A. Dumas
B. Colbert
C. Dupleix
D. De La Haye
Ans: B. Colbert
5. Q: Which was the first newspaper to be published in India?
A. Bombay Samachar
B. Bengal Gazette
C. Bengal Chronicle
D. The Hindu
Ans: B. Bengal Gazette
6. Q: Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS?
A. Surendranath Bannerjee
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. CR Das
Ans: A. Surendranath Bannerjee
7. Q: The reform movement among the Muslims Started by SirSyed Khan is known as…….. Movement.
A. Sufi
B. Khilafat
C. Wahabi
D. Aligarh
Ans: Aligarh
8. Q: Which of the following Land tenure systems was introduced by Land Cornwallis?
A. Mahalwari
B. Ryotwari
C. Zamindari
D. Inamdari
Ans: C. Zamindari
9. Q: Who said, “Good Government was never a good substitute for self Government”?
A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B. Swami Dayananda
C. Ram Krishna Paramhansa
D. Swami Vivekanada
Ans: B. Swami Dayananda
10. Q: The leader to have the unique distinction of firing the first shot in the rebellion of 1857 was
A. Tantya Tope
B. Bakht Khan
C. Mangal Pande
D. None of these
Ans: C. Mangal Pande