History Questions For UPSC, SSC CGL, CHSL, CPO, FCI, Quiz-1

Correct Answer – B. All the members of the Commis- sion were English.

Explanation:Simon Commission was primarily boycotted because it had no Indian members. The  Commission was a group of seven British Members of Parliament that had been dispatched to India in 1927 to study constitutional reform in India.

Correct Answer – D. Disraeli

Explanation:- Benjamin Disraeli, the leader of the conservative party of England has called it a ‘National re- volt’. The motives of leadership of re- volt, geographical extent of the sway of revolt, its loose organizational in- frastructure and the fragile basis of national consciousness at that moment do not provide substance to the so-called characterization of sepoy mutiny as ‘National struggle’.

Correct Answer – A. Bengal and Punjab

Explanation:- Provincial elections were held in British India in the winter of 1936–37 as mandated by the Gov- ernment of India Act 1935. Elections were held in eleven provinces—Ma- dras, Central Provinces, Bihar, Orissa, United Provinces, Bombay Presidency, Assam, NWFP, Bengal, Punjab and Sindh. The Indian National Congress emerged in power in all the provinces except for three—Bengal, Punjab, and Sindh. The All-India Muslim League failed to form the government in any province.

Correct Answer – D. Trusteeship theory

Explanation:-Trusteeship is a so- cio-economic philosophy that was propounded by Mahatma Gandhi. It provides a means by which the wealthy people would be the trustees of trusts that looked after the welfare of the people in general. This concept was condemned by socialists as being in fa- vor of the landlords, feudal.

Correct Answer – C. Red, Dragon

Explanation:-Formed on 31 Decem- ber, 1600, the East India Company’s first voyage departed on 13 February 1601. The flagship of the five-vessel fleet was the Scourge of Malice, pur- chased from the Earl of Cumberland for 3,700 pounds. On a more peaceful mission, the East India Company re- named the vessel the Red Dragon. The other vessels in the fleet were the Hec- tor (300 tons), Ascension (260 tons), Susan (240 tons) and the Gift, a small victualler.

Correct Answer –C. Agha Khan

Explanation:-The All India Muslim League was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Confer- ence at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906. Aga Khan III was one of the founders and the first president of the All India Muslim League, and served as President of the League of Nations from 1937–38. He was nominated to represent India to the League of Na- tions in 1932. He was instrumental in the creation of Pakistan.

Correct Answer –B. Lord Canning

Explanation:-Lord Canning, known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1858, he was made the first Viceroy of India.

Correct Answer –B. Lord Warren Hastings

Explanation:-Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of  In-  dia, from 1773 to 1785. He became the Governor of Bengal in 1772 and in 1774; he became the first Gover- nor-General of Bengal.

Correct Answer –C. Manipur

Explanation:-During World War II, Moirang in Manipur was the head- quarters of Azad Hind Fauz. Colonel Malik of the Indian National Army, (INA) hoisted the Tricolour for the first time on Indian soil on 14 April 1944, in Moirang with the help of Manipuris like Shri Mairembam Koireng Singh and others who were members of the INA.

Correct Answer –A. Gopalakrishna Gokhale

Explanation:-Gopal Krishna Gokalae, the famous moderate leader of the In- dian national Congress, was the polit- ical guru of Mahatma Gandhi. When Gandhi returned to India in 1915, on the advice of his political guru Gopal Krishna Gokhale, he spent the first year touring throughout the country to know the real India.