Mock Test of Indian History for JRBT and Other Exam
Mark-100 Time-50
Chung Sajak
1. Who was the Viceroy of India during the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885?
A) Lord Ripon
B) Lord Lytton
C) Lord Dufferin
D) Lord Curzon
2. In which year was the Indian National Congress (INC) founded?
A) 1883
B) 1884
C) 1885
D) 1886
3. Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress (INC)?
A) W.C. Banerjee
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) A.O. Hume
D) Surendranath Banerjee
4. Who was the president of the first session of the Indian National Congress?
A) A.O. Hume
B) W.C. Banerjee
C) Surendranath Banerjee
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
5. How many delegates participated in the first session of the Indian National Congress?
A) 56
B) 72
C) 100
D) 108
6. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
A) Delhi
B) Calcutta
C) Bombay
D) Madras
7. The Third Anglo-Burmese War was fought during whose viceroyalty?
A) Lord Ripon
B) Lord Lytton
C) Lord Dufferin
D) Lord Curzon
8. What was the outcome of the Third Anglo-Burmese War?
A) British defeat
B) Independence of Burma
C) Annexation of Upper Burma
D) Establishment of a Burmese republic
9. Who among the following organized the All India National Conference in December 1883?
A) W.C. Banerjee and Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose
C) Dadabhai Naoroji and A.O. Hume
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
10. What did the Indian Association call for in 1885 after the 1883 conference?
A) A boycott of British goods
B) A second All India National Conference
C) Establishment of a new university
D) Armed revolution
11. Where was the second session of the Indian National Congress held in 1886?
A) Bombay
B) Calcutta
C) Madras
D) Allahabad
12. Who presided over the second session of the Indian National Congress in 1886?
A) W.C. Banerjee
B) Surendranath Banerjee
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Badruddin Tyabji
13. The period from 1885 to 1905 in the Indian National Congress is known as the era of the:
A) Extremists
B) Revolutionaries
C) Moderates
D) Radicals
14. Who among the following was not a prominent leader of the Moderate phase?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Surendranath Banerjee
15. Dadabhai Naoroji is famously known as:
A) Iron Man of India
B) Father of the Nation
C) Grand Old Man of India
D) Lion of Punjab
16. Who said the words: “We do not ask favours, we only want justice”?
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Badruddin Tyabji
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
17. What is the name of the book written by Dadabhai Naoroji that introduced the Drain Theory?
A) India Wins Freedom
B) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
C) Hind Swaraj
D) Discovery of India
18. Which economic concept is most closely associated with Dadabhai Naoroji?
A) Trickle-down theory
B) Keynesianism
C) Drain theory
D) Invisible hand
19. Who among the following was not a Moderate leader?
A) Badruddin Tyabji
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Pherozeshah Mehta
20. Which of the following best describes the strategy of the Moderate leaders?
A) Armed revolution
B) Boycott and Swadeshi
C) Petitions and constitutional reforms
D) Mass civil disobedience
21. Who is known as the “Father of Indian Economics and Politics”?
A) Badruddin Tyabji
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Pherozeshah Mehta
22. What organization did Dadabhai Naoroji found in 1852?
A) Indian Association
B) Gyan Prakash Mandali
C) Bombay Chronicle
D) Servants of India Society
23. Which of the following organizations was also established in 1852 by Dadabhai Naoroji?
A) Bombay Chronicle
B) Bombay Association
C) Indian National Congress
D) Indian Liberal Federation
24. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
A) Badruddin Tyabji
B) S.N. Banerjee
C) Maulana Azad
D) Syed Ahmed Khan
25. Badruddin Tyabji was the first Indian barrister at which court?
A) Calcutta High Court
B) Delhi High Court
C) Allahabad High Court
D) Bombay High Court
26. Who founded the newspaper “Bombay Chronicle” in 1913?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Pherozeshah Mehta
D) S.N. Banerjee
27. Who founded the Indian Association in 1876?
A) S.N. Banerjee
B) Pherozeshah Mehta
C) W.C. Banerjee
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
28. Who was the first President of the Indian National Liberal Federation (1918)?
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Pherozeshah Mehta
D) S.N. Banerjee
29. In which year did Gopal Krishna Gokhale found the ‘Servants of India Society’?
A) 1885
B) 1905
C) 1913
D) 1920
30. What was the main objective of the Servants of India Society founded by Gokhale?
A) Armed revolution
B) Trade and commerce
C) Social reform and national service
D) Religious revival
31. Who was the first foreigner to become the President of the Indian National Congress (INC)?
A) A.O. Hume
B) George Yule
C) William Wedderburn
D) Annie Besant
32. In which year did George Yule preside over the INC session?
A) 1885
B) 1887
C) 1888
D) 1889
33. Who is popularly known as the “Socrates of Maharashtra”?
A) M.G. Ranade
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Dadabhai Naoroji
34. Who was the political guru of Gopal Krishna Gokhale?
A) Mahadev Govind Ranade
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Surendranath Banerjee
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
35. Who was the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Rabindranath Tagore
36. Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress?
A) Kasturba Gandhi
B) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
C) Annie Besant
D) Sarojini Naidu
37. At which session was the term “Swaraj” first used by the Indian National Congress?
A) Bombay Session, 1885
B) Surat Session, 1907
C) Calcutta Session, 1906
D) Lahore Session, 1929
38. Who was the President of the Calcutta Session of 1906 where “Swaraj” was demanded?
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Badruddin Tyabji
D) Pherozeshah Mehta
39. When was the Partition of Bengal implemented by Lord Curzon?
A) 1903
B) 1905
C) 1907
D) 1911
40. What new province was created after the Partition of Bengal in 1905?
A) Bihar and Orissa
B) Punjab
C) East Bengal and Assam
D) North-Western Province
41. The Swadeshi Movement began as a reaction to which major colonial policy?
A) Rowlatt Act
B) Vernacular Press Act
C) Partition of Bengal
D) Arms Act
42. Which leaders were most prominently associated with the Swadeshi Movement?
A) Gandhi, Nehru, Bose
B) Lal, Bal, Pal, and Aurobindo Ghosh
C) Gokhale, Tilak, Tagore
D) Bhagat Singh, Azad, Rajguru
43. The All India Muslim League was established in 1906 in which city?
A) Lucknow
B) Aligarh
C) Calcutta
D) Dacca
44. Who among the following was not one of the founders of the All India Muslim League?
A) Aga Khan
B) Nawab Salimullah
C) Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
D) Maulana Azad
45. What was the major political declaration made at the 1906 Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress?
A) Call for Complete Independence
B) Launch of Quit India Movement
C) Adoption of “Swaraj” as the goal
D) Demand for separate electorates
46. Who presided over the 1906 Calcutta Session of the INC?
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Pherozeshah Mehta
47. Which year witnessed the split of the Indian National Congress into moderates and extremists?
A) 1905
B) 1906
C) 1907
D) 1909
48. The Surat Split of 1907 was caused by differences between which two groups?
A) Liberals and Conservatives
B) Congress and Muslim League
C) Moderates and Extremists
D) Swarajists and No-Changers
49. Who was not a leader of the Extremist faction during the Surat Split?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Bipin Chandra Pal
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
50. What was the main ideological difference between the Moderates and Extremists during the early Congress years?
A) Religion vs. Secularism
B) Non-violence vs. Armed Struggle
C) Constitutional Reforms vs. Direct Action
D) Social Reform vs. Political Reform
51. The Alipore Bomb Case of 1908 was associated with the attempt to assassinate which British official?
A) Lord Curzon
B) D.H. Kingford
C) Lord Minto
D) Lord Hardinge
52. Who among the following was arrested and tried in the Alipore Bomb Case?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Aurobindo Ghosh
C) Bhagat Singh
D) C.R. Das
53. What was the main objective of the revolutionaries in the Alipore Bomb Case?
A) Rob a government treasury
B) Kill a British judge
C) Demand constitutional reforms
D) Protest the partition of Bengal
54. The Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909 are also known as:
A) The Indian Councils Act, 1909
B) Government of India Act, 1919
C) Indian Independence Act, 1947
D) Rowlatt Act, 1919
55. What was the most controversial provision of the Morley-Minto Reforms?
A) Introduction of Dyarchy
B) Granting of dominion status
C) Provision of separate electorates for Muslims
D) Abolition of the ICS
56. Who was the Secretary of State for India when the Morley-Minto Reforms were passed?
A) Lord Curzon
B) John Morley
C) Edwin Montagu
D) William Bentinck
57. Who was the Viceroy of India from 1910 to 1916?
A) Lord Minto
B) Lord Curzon
C) Lord Hardinge
D) Lord Irwin
58. Which major event took place during the Delhi Durbar of 1911?
A) Foundation of Muslim League
B) Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi
C) Start of the Quit India Movement
D) First Round Table Conference
59. What was the significance of the announcement made at the 1911 Delhi Durbar regarding Bengal?
A) Partition of Bengal was declared
B) Bengal was merged with Bihar
C) Partition of Bengal was annulled
D) Bengal was made the new capital
60. The cancellation of the Partition of Bengal in 1911 was seen as a victory for:
A) The Muslim League
B) The British monarchy
C) The Swadeshi movement and Indian nationalists
D) The Congress moderates only
61. The Delhi Conspiracy Case of 1912 was an attempt to assassinate which British official?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Minto
C) Lord Hardinge
D) Lord Chelmsford
62. Who is believed to have masterminded the Delhi Conspiracy Case of 1912?
A) Bhagat Singh
B) Ras Bihari Bose
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Udham Singh
63. What was the outcome of the bomb attack on Lord Hardinge in 1912?
A) Lord Hardinge was killed
B) The elephant was killed
C) The Mahavat was killed, and Lord Hardinge was injured
D) No one was harmed
64. Where was the headquarters of the Ghadar Party located?
A) London
B) Lahore
C) San Francisco
D) Berlin
65. Who among the following was not a founder of the Ghadar Party?
A) Lala Har Dayal
B) Taraknath Das
C) Sohan Singh Bhakna
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
66. What was the main aim of the Ghadar Party?
A) Promote education among Indians
B) Seek constitutional reforms
C) Overthrow British rule through armed revolution
D) Promote Indian industries
67. In which year did Bal Gangadhar Tilak launch the Indian Home Rule League?
A) 1914
B) 1915
C) 1916
D) 1917
68. Where was the Home Rule League founded by Tilak established?
A) Madras
B) Pune
C) Allahabad
D) Calcutta
69. What was the key demand of the Home Rule Movement?
A) Complete independence
B) Dominion status for India
C) Separate electorates for minorities
D) Partition of Bengal
70. Which leader founded another branch of the Home Rule League in 1916 besides Tilak?
A) Motilal Nehru
B) Annie Besant
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
71. Who succeeded Lord Hardinge as the Viceroy of India in 1916?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Chelmsford
C) Lord Irwin
D) Lord Minto
72. The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was signed between which two political groups?
A) Indian National Congress and British Government
B) Home Rule League and Muslim League
C) Indian National Congress and Muslim League
D) Indian National Congress and Ghadar Party
73. Who represented the Indian National Congress in the Lucknow Pact of 1916?
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Motilal Nehru
74. What was the main significance of the Lucknow Pact?
A) Demand for complete independence
B) Unity between Hindu and Muslim communities
C) Formation of a separate Pakistan
D) Repeal of the Rowlatt Act
75. Which declaration first promised ‘self-government’ to Indians by the British?
A) Queen’s Proclamation of 1858
B) Lucknow Pact
C) Montague Declaration
D) Rowlatt Act
76. The Montague Declaration is also known as which of the following?
A) August Declaration
B) September Declaration
C) March Declaration
D) Independence Declaration
77. The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was related to which issue?
A) Indigo cultivation
B) Tax on salt
C) Epidemic diseases
D) Factory conditions
78. Which event marked Mahatma Gandhi’s first Satyagraha movement in India?
A) Kheda Satyagraha
B) Champaran Satyagraha
C) Salt March
D) Non-Cooperation Movement
79. What triggered the Kheda Satyagraha in 1918?
A) British attack on villages
B) Rowlatt Act
C) Plague and cholera epidemic with tax collection despite poor harvest
D) Arrest of local leaders
80. Who led the Kheda Satyagraha of 1918?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Dadabhai Naoroji
81. What was the purpose of the Rowlatt Act of 1919?
A) To grant dominion status to India
B) To curb press freedom
C) To suppress revolutionary activities
D) To increase taxation on farmers
82. Which rights were curtailed by the Rowlatt Act?
A) Right to vote
B) Right to education
C) Right to legal representation and trial
D) Right to own land
83. When was the Rowlatt Act passed?
A) January 1918
B) March 1919
C) August 1917
D) April 1920
84. Why were people gathered at Jallianwala Bagh on 13th April 1919?
A) To protest against British taxes
B) To celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s return
C) To celebrate Baisakhi and protest the arrest of leaders
D) To demand partition of Punjab
85. Who ordered the firing at Jallianwala Bagh on 13 April 1919?
A) Lord Chelmsford
B) Michael O’Dwyer
C) General Reginald Dyer
D) Sir John Simon
86. In which city did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?
A) Lahore
B) Delhi
C) Amritsar
D) Kanpur
87. Which Indian leader returned his Knighthood in protest of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Rabindranath Tagore
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
88. Who were Dr. Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal?
A) British administrators
B) Revolutionary leaders arrested in Amritsar
C) British judges
D) Members of the Simon Commission
89. What immediate effect did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre have on Indian politics?
A) Indians welcomed British rule
B) It strengthened loyalty to the British
C) It led to widespread anger and the Non-Cooperation Movement
D) It brought peace between British and Indians
90. What was the reaction of the British Government to the massacre?
A) Dyer was promoted
B) Dyer was tried and hanged
C) Dyer was forced to resign and censured by the Hunter Commission
D) The British apologized formally
91. What was the main reason behind the Khilafat Movement in India?
A) Economic reforms
B) Partition of Bengal
C) Harsh Treaty of Sevres on Turkey
D) Hindu-Muslim unity
92. Who were the main leaders of the Khilafat Movement?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant
B) Mohd. Ali and Shaukat Ali
C) Gandhi and Nehru
D) Subhas Chandra Bose and Rajendra Prasad
93. The Khilafat Movement was supported by which Indian leader?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) C.R. Das
94. When was the Non-Cooperation Movement launched by Gandhi?
A) 1919
B) 1920
C) 1922
D) 1923
95. Which of the following was not part of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
A) Surrender of titles
B) Use of foreign goods
C) Boycott of British institutions
D) Armed rebellion against British
96. Why did Gandhi call off the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922?
A) He was arrested
B) The British accepted Indian demands
C) The movement achieved its goal
D) Violence in Chauri Chaura incident
97. Where did the Chauri Chaura incident take place?
A) Kanpur
B) Gorakhpur
C) Meerut
D) Lucknow
98. How many policemen were killed in the Chauri Chaura incident?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 22
D) 30
99. Who founded the Swaraj Party in 1923?
A) Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Subhas Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru
C) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and G.K. Gokhale
100. The Swaraj Party was formed as a result of differences over which event?
A) Simon Commission
B) Gaya Congress Session (1922)
C) Partition of Bengal
D) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
