100 KI CENTURY

HISTORY
BY - KARTIKEY CHAUDHARY
 1. Who among the following played a dominant role in establishing the All India
Trade Union Congress?
[A] Basawon Singh (Sinha)
[B] Subodh Banerjee
[C] Lala Lajpat Rai
[D] Ashok Mehta
2. Pindari War (1817-1818) is also known as ________?
[A] First Anglo-Maratha War
[B] Second Anglo-Maratha War
[C] Third Anglo-Maratha War
[D] First Carnatic war
3. At which of the following sessions of Congress the resolution of Poorna Swaraj
was passed?
[A] Bombay
[B] Luckonw
[C] Lahore
[D] Karachi
4. Which Indian mass movement began with the famous ‘Dandi March’ of
Mahatma Gandhi ?
[A] Khilafat Movement
[B] Non-Cooperation Movement
[C] Civil Disobedience Movement
[D] Quit India Movement
5. The Widow remarriage Act (1856) was passed during the Governor-Generalship
of whom?
[A] Lord Ellenborough
[B] Lord Dalhousie
[C] Lord Elgin-I
[D] Lord Canning
6. The Kittur Rebellion (1824-29) led by whom in Karnataka?
[A] Chennamma
[B] Phond Sawant
[C] Anna Sahib
[D] All of the above
7. Who was the editor of the newspaper “Kesari”?
[A] Bipin Chandra Paul
[B] Annie Besant
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Gopal Ganesh Agarka
8. The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–1799) took place between whom?
[A] Tipu Sultan and Lord Auckland
[B] Tipu Sultan and Lord Wellesley
[C] Tipu Sultan and Lord Amherst
[D] Tipu Sultan and Lord Cornwallis
9. Under the Vice-royalty of whom Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878 AD ?
[A] Lord Mayo
[B] Lord Northbrook
[C] Lord Rippon
[D] Lord Lytton
10. Who among the following foreign travellers visited during the reign of
Aurangzeb?
[A] Manucci
[B] Bernier
[C] Jean de Thevenot
[D] All of the above
11. Who among the following started the newspaper “Sudharak”?
[A] Bipin Chandra Paul
[B] Annie Besant
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
12. Who among the following started the newspaper “Bande Matram”?
[A] Annie Besant
[B] Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Bipin Chandra Pal
13. Who among the following was the author of the book “Unhappy India” written
as a response to the book “Mother India” ?
[A] Lala Lajpat Rai
[B] Lala Hardayal
[C] Mahatma Gandhi
[D] Balgangadhar Tilak
14. Consider the following statements about the Women’s Indian Association (WIA):
It was first initiated in 1917 by Annie Besant and her Colleagues
The WIA published a monthly journal in English named “Stri-Dharma”
The association participated in Round Table Conferences
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

[A] 1 & 2 Only

[B] 2 Only
[C] 2 & 3 Only
[D] 1, 2 & 3
15. Which of the following battle ended the dream of the French to set up a French
empire in India?
[A] Battle of Wandiwash
[B] Battle of Plassey
[C] Battle of Bidara
[D] None of the above
16. Which act provided for right to vote to women?
[A] Indian Councils Act, 1909
[B] Government of India Act, 1919
[C] Government of India Act, 1935
[D] Indian Independence Act, 1947
17. During the time of Lord Hastings, the Bengal Tenancy Act was passed in which
year?
[A] 1819
[B] 1822
[C] 1825
[D] 1831
18. Who of the following is the first governor-general of British Occupied India?
[A] William Bentinck
[B] Warren Hastings
[C] Lord Minto I
[D] Lord Canning
19. Lord Dalhousie was appointed as the Governor-general of India in which year?
[A] 1842
[B] 1848
[C] 1850
[D] 1853
20. The book “Eighteen Fifty- Seven” was written by who of the following?
[A] Surendranath Dutta
[B] Surendranath Sen
[C] Surendranath Thakur
[D] Surendranath Banerjee
21. After the cessation of the great revolt of 1857, who of the following was exiled
by the British in Rangoon?
[A] Nana Saheb
[B] Tatya Tope
[C] Bahadur Shah II
[D] Begum Hazaratmahal
22. The policy of which of the following viceroys of India is known as “Masterly
Inactive Policy”?
[A] Lord Mayo
[B] Lord Elgin
[C] John Lawrence
[D] Lord Canning
23. Sabarmati Ashram was established by Gandhiji in which year?
[A] 1915
[B] 1918
[C] 1920
[D] 1930
24. Which of the following time phase was correct when Tilak was imprisoned in
the Mandalay Jail?
[A] 1905-12
[B] 1905-15
[C] 1908-14
[D] 1909-13
25. Which among the following newspapers stopped publishing after the
introduction of the Newspapers (Incitement to Offences) Act of 1908?
1. Yugantar
2. Sandhya
3. Bandematram
Choose the correct option from the codes given below :
[A] 1 only
[B] 1 & 2
[C] 2 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
26. Who among the following was the first to set up the Indigo factory in India?
[A] Louis Bonnard
[B] Louis Hamilton
[C] Dan Jarvis
[D] Carel Blume
27. Which of the following were the first to set up sea trade centres in India?
[A] The Portuguese
[B] The French
[C] The English
[D] The Dutch
28. At which of the following places the Dutch established their earliest factory in
India?
[A] Surat
[B] Pulicat
[C] Masulipatnam
[D] Cassimbazar
29. Which of the following Governor Generals formed the Triple Alliance against
Tipu Sultan?
[A] Warren Hastings
[B] Lord Cornwallis
[C] Lord Wellesley
[D] Lord William Bentinck
30. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. August offer- 1940
2. The arrival of the Cabinet Mission-1946
3. Muslim League Launches Direct Action- 1946
4. Jinnah’s Wrecking of the Shimla Conference- 1945
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
[A] 1, 2 & 3
[B] 2, 3 & 4
[C] 1, 2 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
31. In which year, Court of Judicature was established in Bombay?
[A] 1727
[B] 1733
[C] 1718
[D] 1722
32. Which Governor General of India used to write poetry with the name of Owen
Meredith?
[A] Lord Canning
[B] Lord Lytton
[C] Lord Dalhousie
[D] Lord Ripon
33. Which one of the following statements is not true in respect of A.O. Hume?
[A] He was a member of the Indian Civil Service
[B] He presided over the Congress Annual Sessions twice
[C] He was an ornithologist
[D] He founded the Indian National Congress
34. General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh massacre, was shot
dead by ____:
[A] Udham Singh
[B] Hasrat Mohini
[C] Vir Savarkar
[D] Jatin Das
35. Khilafat Movement was connected with which of the following?
[A] Iran
[B] Turkey
[C] Saudi Arabia
[D] Egypt
36. Rabindranath Tagore got Knighthood in the year?
[A] 1910
[B] 1915
[C] 1920
[D] 1925
37. The Indian National Association formed in Calcutta by whom among the
following?
[A] Dwarkanath Tagore
[B] Surendranath Banerjee
[C] Prasanno Kumar Tagore
[D] Debendranath Tagore
38. Which among the following events took place immediately before the
massacre at Jallianwalla Bagh?
[A] Partition of Bengal
[B] llbert Bill
[C] Passage of the Rowlatt Act
[D] Minto-Morley Reforms
39. Mahalwari System of Revenue Settlement was introduced in which of the
following?
[A] Bengal
[B] Bombay
[C] Madras
[D] North west provinces
40. Which city is known for the “Jhanda Satyagraha or Flag Satyagraha ” and
observance of the All India Flag Day on June 18, 1923?
[A] Kanpur
[B] Nagpur
[C] Nainital
[D] Bhopal
41. Who among the following was the writer of “The Scope of Happiness: A
Personal Memoir “(1979)?
[A] V K Krishna Menon
[B] Jawahar Lal Nehru
[C] Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
[D] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
42. What is the name of the women’s wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad?
[A] Sewa Bharti
[B] Durga Vahini
[C] VHP Mahila Morcha
[D] Hindu Shakti
43. Which among the following is called Magnacarta of English education?
[A] Wood’s Despatch
[B] Hartog Committee Report
[C] Minute on Indian Education by Lord Macauley
[D] None of above
44. Who was the founder of All India Communist Party (AICP) in 1924?
[A] Satyabhakta
[B] C.R.Das
[C] MN Roy
[D] ND Mazumdar
45. Who launched All Women Conference in 1927 at Madras?
[A] James Cousins
[B] Margaret Cousins
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] None of the above
46. Which among the following included the administrative /Judicial reforms of
Warren Hastings?
1. Establishment of a Board of Revenue at Calcutta
2. Abolishing the judicial functions of the Zamindars
3. Appointment of Indian Judges in Criminal Courts
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
47. Consider the following statements in context with Charter Act of 1813:
Many of the provisions of the Charter Act of 1813 were guided for making a social base
in India
Charter Act of 1813 ended the monopoly of East India Company in trade except for Tea
and Opium
Which among the above statements is / are right?

[A] Only 1 is correct

[B] Only 2 is correct
[C] Both 1 & 2 are correct
[D] Neither 1 nor 2 is correct.
48. The residuary powers under the Government of India Act, 1935 were given to?
[A] Secretary of the State
[B] Governor General / Viceroy
[C] Central Legislature
[D] British Monarch
49. Which of the following Portuguese Prince was nicknamed “Navigator”?
[A] Prince William
[B] Prince Henry
[C] Prince Carlos
[D] Prince Pedro V
50.The Partition of Bengal was announced on which date?
[A] 19th July 1905
[B] 19th April 1905
[C] 16th May 1905
[D] 16th October 1905
51. Which Viceroy of India made the Deepavali Declaration?
[A] Lord Irwin
[B] Lord Wavell
[C] Lord Reapon
[D] Lord Mountbatten
52. The Downward Filtration Theory of the British is associated with which of the
following?
[A] Agriculture
[B] Industry
[C] Education
[D] Trade
53. The Congress Socialist Party was founded in which year?
[A] 1934
[B] 1938
[C] 1945
[D] 1948
54. What was the name of the first English ship that arrived to India?
[A] Elizabeth
[B] Titanic
[C] Red Dragon
[D] Mayflower
55. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Cripps Mission?
1. The Congress rejected the Cripps’ proposals.
2. The Cripps Mission consisted solely of Whites.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 & 2
56. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the following events of Indian
history?
1.Foundation of Indian Muslim League.
2.Surat Split.
3.Partition of Bengal.
4.Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] 1, 2, 3, 4
[B] 2, 3, 4, 1
[C] 3, 1, 2, 4
[D] 4, 3, 2, 1
57. Landholders Society was founded by which of the following?
[A] Dwarkanath Tagore
[B] William Adam
[C] Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty
[D] Jagannath Shankar Seth
58. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. August offer- 1940
2. The arrival of the Cabinet Mission-1946
3. Muslim League Launches Direct Action- 1946
4. Jinnah’s Wrecking of the Shimla Conference- 1945
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
[A] 1, 2 & 3
[B] 2, 3 & 4
[C] 1, 2 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
59. Which one of the following is considered the Magna Carta of the Indian
people?
A.The Government of India Act, 1858
B. The Ilbert Bill
C. Indian Councils Act of 1892
D. Queen Victoria's Proclamation
60. Which of the following newspaper was started by Annie Besant?
A. The Hindu
B. Indian Express
C. The Times of India
D. New India
61. Who among the following was the real founder of the Aligarh Muslim University?

A. Nawab Salimullah

B. Syed Ahmad Khan

C. Abul Kalam Azad

D. Muhhammed Ali Jinnah

62. Which of the following statement is incorrect about the Act of 1919?
A. British India must an integral part of the British Empire.
B. Responsible government would be realised only by progressive stages.
C. Provincial subjects were classified into reserved subjects & transferred
subjects.
D. The salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of
Indian government.
63. Which of the following events inspired for the formation of the Home Rule Leagues?

A. First World War

B. Just before the First World War

C. After the First World War

D. After the passing of the Act of 1909

64. Which of the following provision is a part of the Government of India Act of 1919?

A. Transfer of power to the Indians

B. The enlargement of the Viceroy's Executive Council

C. Remodelling of the Central legislature

D. Doing away with the distinction between the regulation and non-regulation provinces
65. When was the famous Resolution on non-cooperation under the inspiration of
Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of the Congress held in Calcutta?

A. September, 1920

B. December, 1922

C. October, 1924

D. November, 1925
66. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?

A. Morarji Desai

B. M. K. Gandhi

C. Mahadev Desai

D. Vallabhbhai Patel
67. Which of the following incident ended the historic fast of Gandhi?

A. Poona Pact

B. Issue of White Paper

C. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

D. Arrival of Simon Commission

68. Which of the following trio leaders referred to as Lal, Bal and Pal during the freedom
movement?

A. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

B. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

C. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopala Krishna Gokhale

D. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and C. Rajagopalachari

69. Which of the following event was the reason for suspension of the Non-Cooperation
Movement?

A. The non Co-operators were not enthusiastic

B. The leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose were against it

C. Gandhiji bowed to the pressure of the British government

D. Chauri Chaura incident

70. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

A. Bhagat Singh: Meerut Conspiracy Case

B. Ram Prasad Bismil: Kakori Conspiracy Case

C. Chandra Shekhar Azad: New Delhi Conspiracy

D. Surya Sen: Chittagong Armoury Raid

71. What was the Ilbert Bill intended for?

A. To remove racial discrimination in employment

B. To enable India District Magistrates and Session Judges to try Europeans

C. To save Indians from racial humiliation

D. To change the method of recruitment in the Indian Civil Service

72. Which of the following leader said that the Act of 1935 provided 'a machine with
strong brakes but no engine'?

A. Jawaharlal Nehru

B. Rajendra Prasad

C. Mahatma Gandhi

D. Vallabhbhai Patel
73. Which of the following Congress leader rejected the 'August Offer' of 1940?

A. Lord Wavell

B. Lord Linlithgow

C. Sir George Stanley

D. Lord Willingdon
74. Which of the following counterpart of British in the Treaty of Salbai?

A. the French

B. the Marathas

C. Tipu Sultan

D. the Nizam of Hyderabad

75. Which of the following treaty ended the First Carnatic War?

A. Salbai

B. Bassein

C. Aix-Ia-Chapelle

D. Paris
76. Consider the following on the chronology of appointment of Viceroys

I.Reading

II.Irwin

III.Wellingdon

IV.Linlithgow

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

A. I, II, III , IV

B. III, II, IV, II

C. IV, III, II, I

D. II, IV, III, I

77. Which of the following leader is not correctly matched with their
association/party/ books/ newspaper?

A. Devendranath Tagore: Young India

B. Rabindranath Tagore : Patrika

C. M. K. Gandhi: Gitanjali

D. B. G. Tilak : Kesari
78. Which of the following reason compel the leaders of Muslim League to enter in the
Interim Government?

A. The Congress accepted their demand that it would not nominate a non-Muslim League
Muslim to the Interim Government.

B. The Viceroy accepted its stand that it would not join the Constituent Assembly.

C. The Viceroy had accepted its stand that it would not take steps to rescind the League
Council’s resolution of July 29.

D. The Muslim League wanted to get a foothold to fight for the cherished goal of Pakistan.
79. Who was the first Governor General of the new Indian Dominion?

A. Rajendra Prasad

B. Vallabhbhai Patel

C. Rajagopalachari

D. Lord Mountbatten
80. Who among the following leader headed the interim Government of 1946?

A. C. Rajagopalachari

B. M.K Gandhi

C. Jawaharlal Nehru

D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

81. Which of the following leader was one of the founding member oF the Muslim League?

A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

B. Shaukat Ali

C. Nawab Salimullah

D. Aga Khan
82. Who among the following leader made the famous 'Objectives Resolution', in
the Constituent Assembly?

A. Vallabhbhai Patel

B. C. Rajagopalachari

C. Jawaharlal Nehru

D. Dr. John Mathai

83. Champaran and Kheda Satyagrahas were led by ?

A. Jawaharlal Nehru

B. M. K. Gandhi

C. Sardar Patel

D.G. B. Pant
84. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I List-II

a.Swaraj Party 1. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

b.Ghadar Party 2. C. R. Das

c.Anushilan Samiti 3. V.D. Savarkar

d.Abhinav Bharat Society 4. Lala Hardayal

Codes:

a b c d

A 2 4 1 3

B 4 3 2 1

C 3 2 1 4

D 1 3 4 2
85. What was the motive of Lord Wellesley to introduced the system of Subsidiary
Alliance?

A. Improve the administration of the Indian States

B. Prevent disloyalty towards the British

C. Tone up the British Indian administration

D. Prevent the French influence in the Indian States

86. Which of the following is the Journal published in Britain by the Committee of the
Indian National Congress?

A. Calcutta Gazette

B. India

C. Bengal Tribune

D. Calcutta Tribune
87. Which one among the following pairs of battle is correctly matched?

A. The 2nd battle of Tarain : Defeat of Jaichand of Kannauj by Muhammad Ghori

B. The first battle of Panipat : Defeat of Sikander Lodi by Babur

C. The battle of Chausa : Defeat of Humayun by SherShah

D. The battle of Khanwa : Defeat of Rana Pratap by Akbar

88. Who among the following reformer associated with the passing of the Widow
Remarriage Act?

A. Swami Vivekananda

B. Raja Rammohan Roy

C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

D. Ramakrishna Paramahansa
89. Which of the following books were written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru?

I. Discovery of India

II. Outline of History

III. Glimpses of World History

IV. A Study of History

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

A. I & IV

B. II & IV

C. I & III

D. I, II, III & IV

90. Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to
the Muslims?

A. Act of 1909

B. Act of 1919

C. Act of 1935

D. Act of 1947
91. Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant's idea of launching
Home Rule Movement?

A. G. K. Gokhale

B. Mahatma Gandhi

C. Aurobindo Ghosh

D. B. G. Tilak
92. Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of
the Congress?

A. Annie Besant

B. Madan Mohan Malviya

C. Ambika Charan Majumdar

D. Subhas Chandra Bose

93. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the establishment of
parties during Indian Struggle Movement?

A. Indian National Congress, Swaraj party, Justice Party, Muslim League

B. Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Swaraj Party, Justice Party

C. Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Justice Party

D. Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Justice Party, Muslim League

94. Which of the following event was probe by the Hunter Commission?

A. Chauri Chaura incident

B. Demolition of Kanpur mosque

C. Jalianwalla Bagh massacre

D. Kakori train dacoity incident

95. Consider the following events in correct sequence of Indian National Movement

I. Foundation of Indian National Congress

II. Simon Commission

III. Home Rule Movement

IV. Cabinet Mission

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

A. I, III, II, IV

B. III, I, IV, II

C. I, II, IV, III

D. I, IV, III, II
96. Who was the supreme body in the Britain at the time of commencement of the
Government of India Act- 1858?

(a) Queen Victoria

(b) The British Parliament

(c) Government of Britan

(d) None of these

97. Which of the following is not matched correctly?

(a) Butler commission: 1927

(b) Nehru report: 1928

(c) 14 points of Jinnah: 1929

(d) Gandhi- Irvin pact: 1930

98. Which of the following is not matched correctly?

(a) Abolition of sati: Lord William Bentick

(b) Abolition of slavery: Lord Ellenborough

(c) First railway line in India: Lord Canning

(d) Swadeshi movement: Lord Minto II

99. Which of the following is Not matched correctly?

(a) Parrot of India: Amir Khusro

(b) Scourge of God: Chengiz khan

(c) Strong man of India: Sardar Patel

(d) Father of Indian Unrest: Abdul Gaffar Khan

100. Who said that “My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye”?

(a)Lord Curzon

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(d) Daya Nand Saraswati