Friday 9 March 2018

Kerala PSC History Question and Answers - 17



1. Who was the Viceroy when General Election was held in all the provinces of the British India in 1937?


2. The freedom fighter who was known as 'Grand old Man of Gujarat'?


3. Whose earlier name was Veereswar Dutt?


4. The first and last Indian to become the Governor General of independent India


5. The first Governor General of Pakistan:


6. The first prime minister of Pakistan:


7. The Governor General who had lost his left hand in the Napoleonic wars:


8. The Governor General who was instrumental in starting the Elphinstone College at Pune:


9. The leader of national movement whose birth day is August 15


10. The Viceroy who believed in free trade and abolished all export duties except those on rice, oil, indigo and lac


11. The viceroy who inaugurated a new province known as the North West Frontier:


12.Thugs were hereditary________


13. Which treaty ended the Gurkha War?


14. Who among the following had to wage a war with Rohillas?


15. Who authored 'India wins Freedom'?


16. Who got lathi blows while protesting against Simon Commission, which became fatal to him?


17. Who is called the modern Manu?


18. Who led the activities of the Theosophical Society in India?


19. Who popularised the worship of Ganapathi in Maharashtra?


20. Who said 'Swarajya is my birth right'?


21. Which was the first municipal corporation set up in India in the year 1687?


22. Who was called the Bismark of India?


23. Who was called the Grand old man of India?


24. The main sphere of activity of Abhinav Gharat organised by Savarkar:


25. Who was the first Vice Chancellor of Benarus Hindu University?


26. Who was the first Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes?


27. Who was called the hero of the Bardoli Sathyagraha?


28. Who was defeated by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939 when he was elected to the post of Congress President?


29. Who was instrumental in the integration of princely states after the independence?


30. Who was popularly called Rajaji?


31. Which European power supported Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Plassey?


32. Who was the First Home Minister of India?


33. Who was the founder of Muslim League?


34. Who was the political guru of Gopala Krishna Gokhale?


35. Who was the president of Indian National Congress when it launched Quit India Movement?


36. The British king whose letter was carried by Captain Hawkins when he proceeded to Agra to meet the Mughal Emperor:


37. Who wrote 'Gitarahasya'?


38. The Dutch established their first factory in India at:


39. The first foreigner to become the president of Indian National Congress?


40. The Governor General who made female infanticide a punishable offence?

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