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Test your knowledge about prominent Indian historical figures including freedom fighters, social reformers, prime ministers, and revolutionaries from the late 19th to 20th century.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about I. K. Gujral:

A. He was prime minister of India during the 12th Lok Sabha.
B. He was the third prime minister to be from Rajya Sabha.
C. He proposed a doctrine known as 'Gujral Doctrine', which contained the principles to guide the conduct of relations with south-east Asian nations extending earlier 'Look East Policy'.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. Only A
  2. Only B
  3. A and C
  4. B and C
  5. A, B and C
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Rabindranath Tagore:

A. He received the Nobel prize for his work 'Gitanjali'.
B. He became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
C. He renounced his knighthood in response to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.

Which of the above statements is/are not correct?

  1. Only C
  2. A and B only
  3. B and C only
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Mahadev Govind Ranade:

A. He was a founding member of the Indian National Congress.
B. He was the judge of Bombay High Court.
C. He founded the Arya Samaj.

Which of the above statements are true?

  1. A and B
  2. A and C
  3. B and C
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Pandita Ramabai:

A. She founded 'Bharat Stree Mahamandal', which was the first association for women to be founded by women.
B. During her time in England, she converted to Christianity.
C. She started 'Sharda Sadan', which also provided housing, education, vocational training and medical services.

Which of the above statements are true?

  1. A and B
  2. A and C
  3. B and C
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Subhash Chandra Bose:

A. He became Congress President in 1937 and 1938.
B. He came fourth in the ICS examination, but he was forced to resign by the British Government.
C. He organised the All India Forward Bloc.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. Only A
  2. Only B
  3. Only C
  4. A and C
  5. A, B and C
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Sarojini Naidu:

A. She was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state.
B. She served as the first governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
C. She was the first woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. A and C
  2. Only A
  3. Only C
  4. A and B
  5. B and C
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Vallabhbhai Patel:

A. He opposed Gandhi's decision to suspend the Non-cooperation Movement in the wake of Chauri Chaura incident.
B. As a commemoration of Patel, the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) was introduced by the Government of India in 2014 on his birthday, 31st October.
C. He was the chairman of the committees responsible for minorities, tribal and excluded areas, fundamental rights and provincial constitutions in the constituent assembly.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. A and B
  2. A and C
  3. B and C
  4. Only B
  5. All of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Shyamji Krishna Varma:

A. He founded India House as a hostel for Indian students in London.
B. As his movements were closely watched by British Secret Services, he decided to shift his headquarters to Paris and left India House in charge of Bhagat Singh.
C. He was the disciple of Swami Dayananda Saraswati.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. Only A
  2. A and B
  3. B and C
  4. A and C
  5. All of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about B. R. Ambedkar:

A. Ambedkar supported Article 370 in the Constitution of India, granting a special status to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
B. In 1990, Ambedkar was posthumously conferred with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.
C. He organised the Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha to promote education and socio-economic improvement, as well as the welfare of the depressed classes.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. A and B
  2. Only B
  3. B and C
  4. A and C
  5. All of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Chittaranjan Das:

A. He was the founder-leader of the Swaraj (Independence) Party.
B. He successfully defended Aurobindo Ghosh on charges of involvement in the Alipore bomb case.
C. When the Calcutta Municipal Corporation was formed, he supported Subhash Chandra Bose to become its first Mayor.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. Only A
  2. Only B
  3. A and C
  4. B and C
  5. A and B
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar:

A. He reconstructed the Bengali alphabet and reformed Bengali typography into an alphabet of twelve vowels and forty consonants.
B. He demonstrated that the system of polygamy without restriction was not sanctioned by the ancient Hindu Shastras.
C. His book 'Barna Porichoy' is still considered as a classic literature.

Which of the above statements are true?

  1. A and B
  2. A and C
  3. B and C
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Gopal Krishna Gokhale:

A. He founded the Servants of India Society.
B. He was mentor to both M. Jinnah and M. Gandhi.
C. He supported the Age of Consent Bill introduced by the British Imperial Government in 1891-92.

Which of the above statements is/are not correct?

  1. Only A
  2. Only B
  3. Only C
  4. A and B
  5. None of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Motilal Nehru:

A. He chaired the famous Nehru Commission in 1928.
B. He was Secretary of the Swaraj Party.
C. He demanded full independence for India.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. Only A
  2. Only B
  3. A and C
  4. A and B
  5. All of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Madan Lal Dhingra:

A. He was under the influence of the Nationalist Movement of Swadeshi.
B. He was the member of a secretive society, the Abhinav Bharat Mandal.
C. He was sentenced to death for the assassination of Sir Curzon Wyllie, political aide-de-camp to the Secretary of State for India.

Which of the above statements is/are not true?

  1. Only A
  2. B and C
  3. A and B
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Vinoba Bhave:

A. He was chosen by Gandhi to be the first individual Satyagrahi.
B. He started the Bhoodan (land gift) movement at Pochampally on April 18, 1951.
C. He campaigned against the slaughtering of cows.

Which of the above statements is/are not correct?

  1. C only
  2. A and B only
  3. B and C only
  4. B only
  5. None of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Pritilata Waddedar:

A. She was involved in the Kakori Train Robbery of 1925.
B. For some time, she worked as a school teacher at a local English medium secondary school.
C. To avoid getting arrested, she consumed potassium cyanide and died.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. Only A
  2. Only C
  3. A and B
  4. B and C
  5. All of these
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Dadabhai Naoroji:

A. He was the first Asian to be a member of 'House of Lords' of English Parliament.
B. He was the President of the Congress in 1886 and 1906.
C. His book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain.
D. He is known as 'Grand Old Man of India'.

Which of the above statements are true?

  1. A, B and D
  2. A, B and C
  3. B, C and D
  4. C and D
  5. All of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Abul Kalam Azad:

A. He became the first Minister of Defence in the Indian government.
B. He became the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress.
C. In 1992, he was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.

Which of the above statements are true?

  1. A and C
  2. A and B
  3. B and C
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Chandra Shekhar Azad:

A. Motilal Nehru regularly gave money in support of him.
B. He was involved in throwing the bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly.
C. He reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association under the new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. Only C
  2. B and C
  3. A and C
  4. A and B
  5. All of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Bal Gangadhar Tilak:

A. He supported the Age of Consent Bill, 1891.
B. He founded the Shri Shivaji Fund Committee for celebration of Shiv Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji, the founder of 17th century Maratha Empire.
C. He co-founded the Deccan Education Society.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. A, B and C
  2. B and C
  3. A and B
  4. A and C
  5. Only B
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Homi J. Bhabha:

A. He is known as the 'father of Indian nuclear programme'.
B. He received his doctorate in nuclear physics in 1933 after publishing his first scientific paper, 'The Absorption of Cosmic Radiation'.
C. He played an instrumental role in the establishment of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bombay.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. Only A
  2. A and C
  3. A and B
  4. B and C
  5. A, B and C
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Bhagat Singh:

A. He founded the Indian nationalist youth organisation, Naujawan Bharat Sabha.
B. He threw two bombs and leaflets inside the Central Legislative Assembly with Shivaram Rajguru.
C. He was an atheist.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. Only A
  2. Only B
  3. B and C
  4. A and C
  5. All of these
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about C. Rajagopalachari:

A. He was one of the first recipients of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna in 1954.
B. He founded the Swatantra Party.
C. He opposed the Quit India Movement.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. Only C
  2. A and B
  3. A and C
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Manmohan Singh:

A. He was the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term.
B. He was finance minister in the cabinet of V. P. Singh.
C. During 1991-2013, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha for the fourth time.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. Only A
  2. A and C
  3. B and C
  4. A and B
  5. A, B and C
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru:

A. He was the President of Indian Congress in Lahore Session in 1929 and he introduced a successful resolution calling for complete independence.
B. He implemented policies based on import substitution industrialisation.
C. 'Discovery of India' is his autobiography.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

  1. A and C
  2. A and B
  3. B and C
  4. Only A
  5. A, B and C
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