General Knowledge Quiz – Set Eighteen

History Quiz

1. Whose name is associated with abolition of Sati Pratha
a) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Swamy Vivekanand

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Answer c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

2. Young Bengal Movement is associated with
a) Henry Vivan Derozio
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) R.C Majumdar
d) A.K. Dutt

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Answer c) R.C  Majumdar

3. The Revolt of 1857 started from
a) Delhi
b) Barrakpur
c) Meerut
d) Kanpur

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Answer a) Meerut

4. The first sepoy who refused to use the greased cartridge and killed an Adjutant was
a) Mangal Pandey
b) Shiv Ram
c) Hardev
a) Abdul Rahim

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Answer c) Mangal pandey

5. ‘Battle of Plassey’ was fought in the year
a) 1764
b) 1757
c) 1761
d) 1758

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Answer a) 1757

6. ‘Battle of Buxar’ was fought in the year
a) 1761
b) 1762
c) 1763
d) 1764

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Answer b) 1764

7. Who, out of the following was an extremist
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) G.K. Gokhale
c) Dadabhai Naoraji
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Answer d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

8. The Indian National Congress was formed in the year
a) 1854
b) 1886
c) 1885
d) 1887

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Answer c) 1885

9. Whose name is associated with the formation of Indian National Congress
a) A.O. Hume
b) Dalhousie
c) William Bentick
d) Lord Rippon

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Answer a) A.O Hume

10. First President of Indian National Congress was
a) Dadabhai Naroaji
b) W.C.Bannerji
c) Surendranath Benanerji
d) Anand Mohan Bose

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Answer b) W.C.Bannerji