Who was the last Viceroy of British India?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Canning
Answer: b) Lord Mountbatten
Which event marked the official beginning of British Raj in India?
a) Battle of Plassey
b) Indian Rebellion of 1857
c) Sepoy Mutiny
d) Transfer of Power
Answer: a) Battle of Plassey
When did the British East India Company establish its first factory in India?
a) 1600
b) 1666
c) 1707
d) 1757
Answer: a) 1600
Who was the Governor-General of India during the Revolt of 1857?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord Canning
d) Lord Hastings
Answer: c) Lord Canning
Which Indian leader founded the Indian National Congress in 1885?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) A.O. Hume
Answer: d) A.O. Hume
What was the purpose of the Government of India Act 1935?
a) To grant independence to India
b) To establish provincial autonomy
c) To abolish the British Raj
d) To divide India into two countries
Answer: b) To establish provincial autonomy
Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Lord Canning
Answer: a) Jawaharlal Nehru
When did India officially gain independence from British rule?
a) 1945
b) 1947
c) 1950
d) 1955
Answer: b) 1947
Which infamous event took place in Amritsar in 1919, leading to widespread protests against the British Raj?
a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
b) Dandi March
c) Chauri Chaura incident
d) Quit India Movement
Answer: a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Who was the leader of the Indian National Army (INA) during World War II?
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: a) Subhas Chandra Bose
Which British Viceroy is known for the implementation of the Partition of Bengal in 1905?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Canning
Answer: a) Lord Curzon
The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 introduced:
a) Separate electorates for Muslims
b) Direct elections for the British Parliament
c) Provincial autonomy in India
d) Introduction of the Indian Civil Service
Answer: c) Provincial autonomy in India
Who authored the book “The Discovery of India”?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: c) Jawaharlal Nehru
The Indian National Army (INA) was primarily formed to:
a) Fight against British forces in India
b) Support the Allied forces in World War II
c) Establish a communist revolution in India
d) Promote nonviolent resistance against British rule
Answer: a) Fight against British forces in India
The Rowlatt Act of 1919 allowed the British government to:
a) Grant independence to India
b) Suppress political dissent and detain individuals without trial
c) Divide India into separate religious states
d) Establish the Indian Civil Service
Answer: b) Suppress political dissent and detain individuals without trial
Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Answer: b) C. Rajagopalachari
The Indian National Congress passed the historic Lahore Resolution in 1940, which demanded:
a) Complete independence for India
b) The partition of India into separate Hindu and Muslim states
c) Provincial autonomy within British India
d) The withdrawal of the British Raj from India
Answer: b) The partition of India into separate Hindu and Muslim states
The Simon Commission, appointed in 1927, was boycotted by the Indian National Congress because:
a) It did not include any Indian members
b) Its recommendations did not address the demand for self-rule
c) It proposed the continuation of British rule in India
d) It focused solely on economic reforms without political reforms
Answer: a) It did not include any Indian members
Who among the following British Viceroys is associated with the policy of “Divide and Rule”?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Hastings
Answer: a) Lord Curzon
The Swadeshi Movement, launched during the Indian freedom struggle, aimed to:
a) Promote the use of Indian-made goods and boycott British goods
b) Establish a socialist system in India
c) Encourage religious harmony among different communities
d) Demand immediate and complete independence from British rule
Answer: a) Promote the use of Indian-made goods and boycott British goods
The Indian National Congress passed the historic resolution of “Purna Swaraj” in which year?
a) 1919
b) 1930
c) 1942
d) 1947
Answer: b) 1930
The Government of India Act 1919 introduced which significant feature in the governance of India?
a) Separate electorates for Muslims
b) Communal representation in legislatures
c) Dyarchy system in provinces
d) Indian Civil Service reforms
Answer: c) Dyarchy system in provinces
Who was the first Indian to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
Answer: d) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
The Poona Pact of 1932 was signed between:
a) Indian National Congress and Muslim League
b) Indian National Congress and the British government
c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi
d) Hindu and Muslim leaders for communal harmony
Answer: c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi
The Nehru Report of 1928 proposed:
a) Complete independence for India
b) The partition of India into separate Hindu and Muslim states
c) Dominion status for India within the British Empire
d) Abolition of the caste system in India
Answer: c) Dominion status for India within the British Empire
The British introduced the Vernacular Press Act in 1878 to:
a) Promote the use of vernacular languages in education
b) Encourage the growth of the Indian press
c) Restrict the freedom of the Indian press
d) Establish state-controlled newspapers in India
Answer: c) Restrict the freedom of the Indian press
Who led the Salt March, also known as the Dandi March, in 1930?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: a) Mahatma Gandhi
The British Indian Army played a significant role in which world conflict?
a) World War I
b) World War II
c) Cold War
d) Korean War
Answer: b) World War II
The Indian Independence Act, which provided for the partition of India, was passed in which year?
a) 1945
b) 1947
c) 1949
d) 1950
Answer: b) 1947
Who was the last British Governor-General of India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) Lord Irwin
c) Lord Wavell
d) Lord Linlithgow
Answer: a) Lord Mountbatten