Tuesday 20 March 2018

Kerala PSC History Question and Answers - 25


1. In which state is the birth place of Jayaprakash Narayan?


2. Founder of Avadh state


3. The annexation of which state under Dalhousie's Doctrine of Lapse was not approved by the Court of Directors?


4. Under which Act, Court of Directors were appointed as a governing body to directly report to the crown?


5. The famous novelist who was one of the first two graduates of Calcutta University in 1858


6. The first secretary of Brahma Sabha


7. The total number of members in the interim cabinet assumed office on 2nd September 1946 :


8. Which act appointed 'Board of Control' for the supervision of the administration of India? - Pitt's India Act, 1784


9. Which act ended the monopoly of East India Company for trade in India?


10. Which court was considered as the highest court of appeal in India for trying criminals cases during the East India Company's rule?


11. Who was defeated by General Eyre Coot at Porto Novo in 1781?


12. Who was dismissed from the Hindu College, Calcutta in 1831 due to his revolutionary stand?


13. 'Namdari' was a reform movement of


14. After independence, in which type of states, former rulers were appointed as 'Rajapramukh' to head the administration?


15. After the Revolt of 1857, Begum of Avadh escaped to


16. During the British reign who appointed the Governors of the Presidencies of Madras, Bombay and Calcutta?


17. Mangal Pandey was hanged on :


18. The revolutionary movement associated with Vanchi Iyer 


19. The significance of 16th October 1905 in the history of India is


20. Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar was a nationalist writer in ___ during the struggle for freedom


21. Where All India Women's Federation established Lady Irwin College in 1926?


22. The first Governor General of Independent India


23. While staying at Rome, during a European visit, which Indian leader declined the invitation of Benitto Musssolini to meet him?


24. Who became the principal of National College in Kolkata founded during the Swadeshi Movement?


25. The Viceroy who introduced financial decentralization? 


26. Who called Bal Gangadhar Tilak, father of Indian Unrest?


27. Who recommended the acceptance of Pakistan in principle as a basis of settlement between Congress and League, in 1942 April?


28. Who represented Indian National Congress in the Congress of Oppressed Nationalists held in Brussels in 1927?


29. Who founded 'Mitra Mela'?


30. Who gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled 'New Lamps of Old'? 


31. Who founded Madras Labour Union?


32. During Swadeshi Movement National Education Council was fomred by the freedom fighters in


33. During the revolt of 1857, Delhi was captured by the mutineers on - 12th May 1857


34. In which year Dadabhai Naoroji put forwarded his 'Drain of Wealth' theory?


35. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose established provisional government of India (Government of Azad Hind) based in Singapore on


36. In which year Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee was formed?


37. The first to become the President of the Indian National Congress 


38. The longest running parallel government formed during Quit India Movement was in


39. The second session of the All India Kisan Sabha held in Faizpur was presided over by


40. The venue of the first conference of the Indian National Congress in 1885


41. What is the name of the fort build by the English in Kolkata?


42. During the Quit India Movement the first 'parallel government' was established in


43. During the Quit India Movement, Congress Radio was broadcasted from


44. Who along with Bhulabhai Desai resigned from Congress in opposition to Quit India Movement? 


45. During the Quit India Movement which organisation was formed in Tamluk?

Kerala PSC History Question and Answers - 24


1. Name the leader who was known as 'Mahamana':


2. The only Keralite to become the president of INC:


3. The Viceroy who resigned after the Ilbert Bill controversy:


4. Who advised Gandhiji to make a visit to the whole country before entering into Indian Politics?


5. Who was called 'Lok Manya'?


6. Who was popularly called 'Bengal Tiger'?


7. The Viceroy who formed the 'Safety Valve Theory'?


8. Who established Indian Trade Union Federation in 1929?


9. Who launched the Quit India Movement?


10. Who was known as the 'saint of Pavnar'?


11. Who was the president of INC when the resolution for complete independence was passed in the Lahore session in 1929?


12. Who wrote 'Sare Jahan se Achcha'?


13. Why Gandhi opted very little cloth for dressing?


14. The first occupant of 'Viceregal Palace':


15. The last Viceroy of British India:


16. Who called Gandhiji as 'Half naked Fakir'?


17. Who started the daily 'The Hindu' in 1878?


18. Who was known as 'Kappalottiya Tamizhan'?


19. Who was the first General secretary of INC?


20. Who wrote the famous Tamil patriotic song 'Odivilayadu Pappa....':


21. Who opened a school for windows called 'Sharda Sadan' in Mumbai and 'Mukti' in Pune? 


22. Who was the Viceroy when Hunter Commission was appointed to enquire into Jallianwala Bagh Massacre? 


23. The founder of Dravida Munnetra Kazhakom 


24. In which state is the birth place of Dadabhai Naoroji


25. In which state is the birth place of K. Kamaraj?


26. Name the leaders whose arrest on 10th April 1919 led to the assembly of people at Jallianwala Bagh on 13th April 1919


27. The main cause of shism in Brahmo Samaj of India was the early marriage of the daughter of ___ to the Maharaja of Cooch Behar


28. Who was the head of East India Company in 1857?


29. The Nehru Report was prepared by a committee of the All Parties Conference chaired by


30. Who made the August Declaration in House of Commons on 20th August 1917 offering more representation to the native Indians?


31. Who was the President of interim government formed on 2nd September 1946?


32. 'India House' in London was started by 


33. All India Khilafat Conference was held in Delhi in


34. By which Act the control of the British Parliament started in East India Company's administration?


35. Seven Indians including MN Roy founded the Communist Party of India at Tashkent in


36. Sohan Singh Bhakna founded ___ and Lala Har Dayal was one of its most prominent leaders


37. The princely states that did not sign the Instrument of Accession by 15 August 1947 wre Kashmir, Hyderabad and ___


38. What was prepared by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in reply to the Nehru Report?


39. Who was the Minister for Education in the interim cabinet assumed office on 2nd September 1946


40. Who wrote the play 'Nil Darpan'?


41. Which British Officer was given special command to suppress the Santhals?


42. Who was the Governor General when postal service was made available to the general public?


43. In the regime of which Governor General the most number of native states were annexed to the British Empire


44. During the British reign 'Downward Filtration Theory' is related to


45. How many members from Muslim League joined the interim government in October 1946?

Tuesday 13 March 2018

Kerala PSC History Question and Answers - 23



1. The year of 'Black hole' episode of Calcutta:


2. What was the real name of Bahadur Shah I, who emerged victorious in the war of succession after Aurangazeb?


3. Which modern historian opined that "the so called First National War of Independence of 1857 is neither first, nor National, nor war of Independence."?


4. Who led the sikhs after the death of Guru Gobind Singh?


5. Who said 'Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India'?


6. Who took the leadership of Brahma Samaj after the death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy?


7. The last viceroy of British India:


8. The principles of the Muslim League were espoused in the 'Green Book', which included the organisation's constitution, written by:


9. A leading British Parliamentarian and politician admitted that the revolt of 1857 was a 'National Revolt' not a 'Military Mutiny'?


10. Indian Broadcasting Corporation was renamed in 1936 as:


11. Who was the Governor General when Punjab was annexed to British India in 1849?


12. The background of the Sanyasi Revolt was:


13. Name the British General who is credited with the victory of Porto Novo:


14. The newspaper 'Rast Goftar' propagated the message of an organisation stood for the reforms of:


15. Name the Viceroy who introduced Arms Acts in 1878?


16. The office of Peshwa became independent during the reign of:


17. The organiser of 'Dharma Sabha'?


18. The Treaty of Allahabad was signed in:


19. Which party observed the 'Black Day' on July 3, 1947 against Partition of India?


20. Which tribal leader was regarded as an incarnation of God and Father of the World?


21. The founder of Calcutta:


22. Who is quoted as having said: 'It is far better to live like a Tiger for a day than to live like a jackal for a hundred years'?


23. Who killed Farukh Siyar in 1719 with the help of Maratha troops?


24. Who was called 'Jat Ulysses' or 'Plato of Jat Tribe'?


25. Who was known as 'Lokhit wadi'?


26. Who was preferred by Pheroz Shah Mehta in his place when he resigned from Central Legislative Assembly in 1901?


27. Who was the Governor General when Sind was annexed to British India in 1843 by Charles Napier:


28. 'Christianity wins its prosperity by cutting throats of its fellow men'. Who said this?


29. All India Hindu Maha Sabha was setup in 1915 under the presidentship of:


30. The author of 'Economic History of India'


31. In 1905 Bhavani Mandir was published by:


32. Annie Besant set up Home Rule League in September 1916 with its seat at:


33. Rao Bharmal, who rose in revolt due to the interference of Birtish in the internal affairs of the state, was the ruler of:


34. Statistical Survey of India was established during the reign of:


35. The background of the Mahar movement was:


36. The first secretary of Punjab Naujawan Sabha was:


37. The Mughal emperor who earned the nick name 'Rangila' due to his addiction to wine and women:


38. The Second Anglo Mysore war was fought during the Governor Generalship of:


39 The Treaty of Mysore was signed between Tipu and British in: 


40. Who was the Viceroy when capital of British India was transferred from Kolkata to Delhi?