Daily NCERT Quiz For UPSC CSE Prelims: History for Other State PSC Exams

Question 1

Consider the following statements.
1) In 1898, a law was passed making it an offence to excite ‘feelings of disaffection’ towards the foreign government.
2) In 1899, the number of Indian members in the Calcutta Corporation was reduced.
3) In 1904, the Indian Official Secrets Act was passed restricting the Freedom of the Press.
4) In 1904, the Indian University Act helped in the growth of higher education, resulting in the mass mobilization.
Which of the following above statements helped in the growth of Indian nationalism?

Question 2

Consider the following statements about Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
1) He helped in the foundation of New English School in the 1880s.
2) He started the newspapers the Mahratta (in Marathi) and the Kesari (in English).
3) He is popularly known as Lokmanya Tilak.
Choose the correct statements.

Question 3

With reference to the partition of Bengal, consider the following statements.
1) Bengal was partitioned as it was too big to be effectively administered by a single provincial government.
2) Lord Curzon issued an order dividing the province of Bengal into two parts in July 1905.
Choose the correct statements.

Question 4

With reference to the Partition of Bengal, which of the following is considered as the day of national mourning?

Question 5

With reference to the Swadeshi Movement, consider the following.
1) It laid emphasis on ‘Atmashakti’.
2) In the economic field, it meant fostering indigenous industries only.
Choose the incorrect statement.

Question 6

Match the following.
List I
I. Abhinav Bharat
II. Anushilan Samiti
III. Ghadar Party
IV. Jugantar Party
List II
a. Aurobindo Ghosh
b. V. D. Savarkar
c. Barin Ghosh
d. Sohan Bhakna

Question 7

Match the following.
List I
I. Sandhya
II. The Bombay Herald
III. Bombay Samachar
IV. Madras Courier
List II
a. Brahmabandhav Upadhyay
b. James Mackenzie
c. Fardunjee Marzban
d. Richard Johnston

Question 8

Choose the correct pair.
1) Moderates:- wanted to extend the Swadeshi movement from Bengal to the rest of the country.
2) Extremists:- wanted to extend the Boycott to every form of association with the colonial government and not to limit it to foreign goods only.

Question 9

With reference to Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909, consider the following statements:
1) It decreased the number of elected members in the Imperial Legislative Council and the Provincial Councils.
2) The Moderates cooperated with the government in the working of the reforms.
3) This reform is also known as Indian Councils Act of 1909.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Question 10

With reference to the Government of India Act 1935, consider the following statements.
1) There was to be a bicameral federal legislature where the States were given disproportionate weightage.
2) The representatives of the State were to be elected by the people.
3) The Indian population, overall, was given the right to vote.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Question 11

With reference to the Lucknow Session of the Congress, 1916, consider the following statements.
1) The extremists and the moderates came under an understanding and got back together into the Congress.
2) However, the Congress and the Muslim League continued with the rift in their political demands before the government.
Choose the incorrect statement.

Question 12

Consider the following statements.
1) Khudai Khidmatgars was the society organized by Pathans.
2) They were pledged to violence and the freedom struggle.
3) They were popularly known as Red Shirts.
Choose the correct statement.