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General Knowledge - 40

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as

a)

Lion of Bengal

b)

Lion of Maharastra

c)

Lion of Kashmir

d)

Lion of Punjab

2.

Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year

a)

1872

b)

1982

c)

1884

d)

1892

3.

Who founded Abhinav Bharat?

a)

V D Savarkar

b)

Aurobindo Ghosh

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

None of these

4.

The two names which were associated with the publication of the paper Ýugantar'are

a)

Barindra Kumar Ghose and Arbindo Ghosh

b)

Bhupendranath Dutta and Aurbindo Ghosh

c)

Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta

d)

Aurbindo Ghosh and V D Sawarkar

5.

Delhi was formally declared the future capital of British India in

a)

1906

b)

1909

c)

1912

d)

1911

6.

Queen Victoria and subsequent monarchs assumed the title of the Empress of India in 1876 by

a)

Act of British Parliament

b)

Act of Indian Sabha

c)

Act of Singaporian Parliament

d)

None of these

7.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy started the first Bengali language weekly newspaper and the first newspaper in an Indian language, called

a)

Samvad Kaumudi

b)

Bengali renaissance

c)

Bengal Gazette

d)

The Brahmonical

8.

The first man after the revolt of 1857 who wanted to overthrow the British regime by means of an armed rebellion and establish self-government in India

a)

Bhakt Khan

b)

Nana Sahib

c)

Vasudev Balwant Phadke

d)

Jung Bahadur Rana

9.

Who is known as 'Father Of Indian Armed Rebellion'

a)

Bhagat Singh

b)

Vasudev Balwant Phadke

c)

Mangal Singh Pandey

d)

Subhash Chandra Bose

10.

Who established East India Association in London in 1866?

a)

Subhash Chandra Bose

b)

Dadabhai Naoroji

c)

V O Chidambaram Pillai

d)

Hemu Kalani

11.

In 1893 Mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa in connection with the trail of a merchant

a)

Hemu Kalani

b)

Dhirubhai Ambani

c)

Manmath Nath Gupta

d)

Abdulla Seth

12.

Which foreigner arrived in India on November 16, 1893

a)

Khan Abdul Gaffar

b)

W A Hume

c)

Annie Besant

d)

Obama

13.

Who said Öur Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj"?

a)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b)

Veer Kunwar

c)

Lala Lajpat Rai

d)

Bhagat Singh

14.

The newspapers 'The Punjabi and The pupils were published by

a)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b)

Lala Lajpat Rai

c)

Bhagat Singh

d)

Lala Hardyal

15.

The National College in Calcutta had been established on

a)

September 14, 1906

b)

July 14, 1906

c)

March 14, 1906

d)

August 14, 1906

16.

Who played an important role in the Gadar Movement in 1915?

a)

Lala Hardayal

b)

Lala Lajpat Rai

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

None of these

17.

Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal in

a)

1911

b)

1896

c)

1907

d)

1905

18.

Whose statement is this "The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions"?

a)

V N Mandalik

b)

Lala Lajpat Rai

c)

Bipin Chandra Pal

d)

Abdul Kalam Azad

19.

Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as 'The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor?

a)

Lala Lajpat Rai

b)

Lala Hardyal

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

M G Ranade

20.

Who was the founder of a society known as Äbhinav Bharat'?

a)

J K Hikki

b)

B B Upadhyay

c)

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

d)

None of these

21.

In the history of the Indian National Movement, Santhal Rebellion took place between

a)

1845-47

b)

1849-50

c)

1855-56

d)

1866-67

22.

The famine killed nearly 8 Lakh people during British Rule as per the report furnished by the Famine Commission of 1660 had struck

a)

Eastern India

b)

Northern India

c)

Southern India

d)

Western India

23.

Who called the revolt of 1857 a war between barbarism and civilization?

a)

V A Smith

b)

T R Holmes

c)

J K Hikki

d)

Sir Ahmed Khan

24.

Who is the author of the book 'The Great Rebellion?

a)

Robert Knight

b)

T N Das

c)

Ashok Mehta

d)

K M Pannikar

25.

Who said, "the revolt 1857 was an eruption of the social volcano, where many spent forces found vent.

a)

J K Hikki

b)

Ashok Mehta

c)

K M Pannikar

d)

None of the above

26.

The British government declared the communist party of India illegal in

a)

1924

b)

1934

c)

1930

d)

1939

27.

The Indian people play people's role in the people's war was the slogan of

a)

The Forward Bloc

b)

Indian National Congress

c)

Communist Party of India

d)

None of these

28.

In 1942 who appealed to the Britishers to leave India in God's hands?

a)

Jawahar Lal Nehru

b)

Mohamad Ali Jinnah

c)

Sardar Patel

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

29.

Which slogan was given by Congress in opposition to the British Government involving India in the Second World War in 1939 without consulting the people of India?

a)

Karo ya Maro

b)

Nahi Karenge, Nahi Ladenge

c)

Na Koi Bhai, Na koi Pai

d)

None of these

30.

Who said, "India is for Indians"?

a)

Syed Hasan Imam

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Dr S Gopal

d)

Dayanand Saraswati