Indian History GK Quiz

1. What were the 'criminal courts' in India called during British rule?

1. Faujdari adalat
2. Lok adalat
3. Diwani adalat
4. Panchayat adalat

2. Who was the first Indian to protest against 'Sati Pratha'?

1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4. Ramakrishna Paramahansa

3. 'Hindustan socialist republican association' was founded by__

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. Subhash Chandra Bose
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Bhagat Singh

4. The 'Vande mataram movement' was the result of_____

1. Tax on salt
2. Partition of Bengal
3. Bhagat Singh's death
4. Revoking Ilbert bill

5. Who was the founder of the 'Arya Samaj'?

1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Dayananda Saraswati

6. Hunger strike for creation of the state of Andhra was led by___.

1. Potti Sreeramulu
2. Pingali Venkayya
3. Bhikaiji Cama
4. Rash Behari Bose

7. The 'salt march' is also known as____.

1. Bhuj March
2. Dadar March
3. Dandi March
4. None of these

8. Which state's partition separated the Muslim area from the Hindu area?

1. Maharshtra
2. Bengal
3. Gujarat
4. Odisha

9. Which movement was called the 'August movement'?

1. Swadeshi movement
2. Salt movement
3. Non-cooperation movement
4. Quit India movement

10. Which movement started during World War II?

1. Quit India Movement
2. Salt movement
3. Chipko Movement
4. Swadeshi movement