Most Important General Knowledge - Indian History

1. The Akali movement was formed in:
Answer: 1920

2. Who started the newspaper ‘Leader’?
Answer: Madan Mohan Malaviya

3. Name the official organ of the Swaraj Party:
Answer: Hindustan Times

4. The college section and Gurukula Section were the divisions of:
Answer: Aryasamaj

5. The Whitley commission on Labour was setup in:
Answer: 1929

6. Name the leader of the Revolt of 1857 who fled to Nepal?
Answer: Nanasaheb

7. Who is called as ‘Periyor’?
Answer: E.V Ramaswami Naicker

8. The Irwin Declaration was in:
Answer: 1929

9. The instruments or grants of adoption given to Hindu and Muslim princess after the Revolt of 1857 were called as:
Answer: Sanads

10. Name the author of the book “The peasantry in Bengal”?
Answer: R.C Dutt

11. The policy of the English East India company in Bengal during the Double Government was known as:
Answer: Masked system

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12. Who was forced to leave the Indian National Congress following the notorious Gurukula incident of Tirunelvelley?
Answer: E.V Ramaswami Naicker

13. Who made the August Declaration of 1917?
Answer: Edwin Montague

14. When did Tilak declare “Swaraj is my birth right, and I shall have it”?
Answer: 1916

15. When did Gandhiji serve a ‘11 point Ultimatum’ on the British Government?
Answer: Before starting the civil disobedience movement.

16. Name the revolutionary who ended his days as a Ramakrishna mission swami.
Answer: Jatindranath Bandopadhyay

17. Name the first session of Indian National Congress in which Jawaharlal Nehru participated:
Answer: Bankipore (1912)

18. Who started Ganesh and Shivaji festivals for anti-British propaganda?
Answer: Bal Gangadhara Tilak

19. Muhammadali Jinnah drafted the 14 points against:
Answer: Nehru Report

20. Which considered as the parental home of Bhagavatism?
Answer: Mathura

21. Who is called as the ‘Paragon of Vedantist’?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda

22. Which is considered as ‘Dravida Veda’?
Answer: Thevaram

23. Name the European power who built the first Carmelite church in Kerala.
Answer: The Dutch

24. The outsiders who settled down in tribal areas were called as:
Answer: Diku