History GK Questions and Answers Quiz

Q. Gandhiji's Non-Cooperation Movement urged people to avoid alcohol. This resulted in a serious loss of revenue for the government. The government of a province circulated a list of prominent individuals who drank alcohol as a device to persuade people to start drinking again. Name the province.

1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Bombay
4) Gujarat

Q. Which of the following was the first Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi in India ?

1) Ahmedabad
2) Bardoli
3) Champaran
4) Individual

Q. "So always with the assent and often to the dictates of the Chamber of Commerce, the Government of India is carried on, and this is the 'White Man's Burden'. " Who said this ?

1) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
2) Mahatma Gandhi
3) Sachchidananda Sinha
4) Rajendra Prasad

Q. In which territory did tribals rebel against the British ?

1) Bihar
2) Punjab
3) Sindh
4) Kathiawar

Q. Where did Kunwar Singh join the Rebellion of 1857 against the British ?

1) Arrah
2) Patna
3) Bettiah
4) Varanasi

Q. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre happened in the context of which Gandhian Satyagraha ?

1) Swadeshi Satyagraha
2) Rowlatt Satyagraha
3) Bardoli Satyagraha
4) Individual Satyagraha

Q. How old was Bhagat Singh when he threw a bomb in the assembly in protest against the government ?

1) 21 years
2) A little more than 21 years
3) 25 years
4) A little more than 25 years

Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak came to be known as 'Lokmanya Tilak' when -

1) he became a popular teacher
2) he started a popular newspaper
3) the government accused him in the Rand Murder Case
4) he started the Shivaji and Ganpati festivals

Q. From the options given below, find the correct combination of the names of Editors of the nationalist newspapers The Hindu, Kesari, Bengalee, Hindustani, Sudharak:

1) Surendra Nath Banerjee, G. Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak, G. Subramania Iyer, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3) G. Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Surendra Nath Banerjee
4) G. Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q. Identify the correct combination from the options given below for Prarthana Samaj, Young India, Lokhitvadi, Satyashodhak Samaj, Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha :

1) Gopal Hari Deshmukh, Atmaram Pandurang, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Jyotiba Phule, Naoroji Furdonji
2) Atmaram Pandurang, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Gopal Hari Deshmukh, Jyotiba Phule, Naoroji Furdonji
3) Atmaram Pandurang, Jyotiba Phule, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Gopal Hari Deshmukh, Naoroji Furdonji
4) Naoroji Furodonji, Atmaram Pandurang, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Gopal Hari Deshmukh, Jyotiba Phule