Indian History

Q.1. Who was the first Governor General of India?
A. Edmund Burke
B. Lord William Bentinck
C. Robert Clive
D. Warren Hastings
Ans. Warren Hastings


Q.2. During whose tenure was the British rule established?
A. George Curzon
B. Lord Dalhousie
C. Richard Wellesley
D. Warren Hastings
Ans. Lord Dalhousie


Q.3. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj?
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Dayananda Saraswati
C. Raja Rammohan Roy
D. Swami Vivekananda
Ans. Raja Rammohan Roy


Q.4. Who established Ramakrishna Mission?
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Swami Dayanand
C. Swami Shraddhanand
D. Swami Vivekananda
Ans. Swami Vivekananda


Q.5. When was the Bengal province partitioned?
A. 1905
B. 1906
C. 1911
D. 1909
Ans. 1905


Q.6. Who renamed Andaman and Nicobar Islands as Shaheed & Swaraj Dweep?
A. Bhagat Singh
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans. Subhash Chandra Bose


Q.7. Who was portrayed in the first-ever stamp issued in India in 1854?
A. Queen Victoria
B. King Edward VII
C. King George V
D. King George VI
Ans. Queen Victoria


Q.8. Who was the first Law Minister of India?
A. Ashok Kumar Sen
B. B. R. Ambedkar
C. Shanti Bhushan
D. Arun Jaitley
Ans. B.R. Ambedkar


Q.9. Which animal is engraved on Harappan seals?
A. Lion
B. Unicorn
C. Tiger
D. Cow
Ans. Unicorn


Q.10. What is the geometric shape of the region covered by the Indus civilisation?
A. Square
B. Rectangular
C. Hexagon
D. Triangle
Ans. Triangle

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