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History and Political Science Questions For OAVS and HighSchool Teacher Exams

OAVS and Highschool Teacher Exams

1. Which Movement was supported by Mahatma Gandhi to maintain Hindu-Muslim unity in India?

A) Ahmadia Movement

B) Quit India Movement

C) Khilafat Movement..

D) Civil-Disobedience Movement

Answer : [C] Khilafat Movement(1919—1924)  Also known as Indian Muslim Movement.

2. In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place?

A) 1916

B) 1917

C) 1919..

D) 1913

13 April 1919 at Jallianwala bagh, Amritsar, punjab

3. Swami Vivekananda found or launched the Ramakrishna Mission in which year among the following?

A) 1893

B) 1897..

C) 1899

D) 1896

4. The Indian National Army (INA) was originally founded by :

A) Rash Bihari Bose

B) Subhas Chandra Bose

C) Captain Mohan Singh..

D) Vallabhbhai Patel

5. Who founded the Widow Remarriage Association in 1850s?

A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

B) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar

C) Swami Dayananda Saraswati

D) Vishnu Shastri Pandit..

6. Which form of Government has been accepted by the Indian Constitution?

A) Presidential

B) Dictatorial

C) Monarchy

D) Parliamentary..

7. What was the name of the social reformer of India who started Prarthana Samaj?

A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

B) Swami Dayananad Saraswati

C) Atmaram Pandurang..

D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

8. According to Indian Constitution, which of the following is INCORRECT under Right to Freedom ?

A) Form associations or unions

B) Freedom of speech and expression

C) Move freely throughout the territory of India

D) Assemble peaceably and with arms..

9. Which of the following was the first phase of the Indian National Congress from the year 1885 to 1903?

A) Revolutionary Nationalism

B) Extremism

C) Gandhian Era

D) Moderate Nationalism..

10. According to the rules of the Indian Parliament, a Money bill should be introduced by

A) President

B) Finance Ministry

C) Lok Sabha..

D) Rajya Sabha

11. Who among the following freedom fighters was the first woman Governor of Uttar Pradesh in Independent India and also wrote a famous book known as “The Golden Threshold”?

A) Sucheta Kriplani

B) Aruna Asaf Ali

C) Sarojini Naidu..

D) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

12. Under which Article the Right to Freedom is mentioned in the Constitution of India?

A) Article 24

B) Article 19..

C) Article 28

D) Article 14

13. Which of the following is regarded as the guardian and the protector of people's Fundamental Rights in India?

A) Comptroller and Auditor General of India

B) Only the Parliament of India

C) The Supreme Court of India..

D) Only Executive Council

14. Which Amendment removed the Right to Property as one of the Fundamental Rights of Indian Constitution?

A) 40th Amendment

B) 44th Amendment..

C) 46th Amendment

D) 42nd Amendment

15. Which was the first newspaper published in the year 1816 in India?

A) Calcutta Gazette

B) Bengal Gazette..

C) Bombay Gazette

D) Madras Pioneer

16. Under which Jurisdiction, Supreme Court can review the decisions of High Court?

A) Appellate Jurisdiction..

B) Original Jurisdiction

C) Emergency Jurisdiction

D) Special Jurisdiction

17. Who was elected as the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly of India after its first meeting in the year 1947?

A) Dr B. R. Ambedkar

B) Jawahar Lal Nehru

C) Mahatma Gandhi

D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad..

18. In which year did Raja Ram Mohan Roy establish the Brahmo Samaj?

A) 1828..

B) 1823

C) 1882

D) 1832

19. Which branch of the Indian Government in the Indian Democracy is responsible for executing and implementing policies?

A) Indian Media

B) Judiciary

C) Legislature

D) Executive..

20. After the First War of Independence, the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II (Bahadur Shah Zafar) was exiled by British and sent to which place among the following?

A) Mandalay

B) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

C) Hyderabad

D) Rangoon..

21. Who started the Non-Cooperation Movement in India against the British?

A) Motilal Nehru

B) Dr B. R. Ambedkar

C) Lala Lajpat Rai

D) Mahatma Gandhi..

22. Who among the following were the first to establish regular trade with India?

A) Portuguese..

B) Dutch

C) English

D) French

23. The first Indian Women University was set up in 1916 at Bombay (Mumbai) by

A) Swami Dayananda Saraswati

B) Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan

C) Mahadev Govind Ranade

D) Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve..

24. Who was the British Governor-General who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance in India?

A) Warren Hastings

B) Lord Curzon

C) Lord Wellesley..

D) Lord Cornwallis

25. The first Indian ruler who joined the subsidiary Alliance was:

A) The Nizam of Hyderabad..

B) Peshwa Baji Rao II

C) The Nizam of Bengal

D) The Nawab of Oudh

26. Who was the chairman of the Drafting Committee for the Constitution of the Constituent Assembly of India?

A) Bipin Chandra Pal

B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

C) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

D) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar..

27. Which Indian religious leader gave the call ‘Back to the Vedas’?

A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

B) Swami Vivekananda

C) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

D) Swami Dayanand Saraswati..

28. Which among the following societies was introduced by Raja Ram Mohan Roy?

i) Arya Samaj

ii) Brahmo Samaj

iii) Prarthana Samaj

A) Only i

B) All i, ii, iii

C) Only ii..

D) Only iii

29. Which of the following is a policy that was introduced by Lord Wellesley to have the British supreme power in India?

A) Doctrine of Lapse

B) Divide and Rule

C) Slavery system

D) Subsidiary Alliances..

30. The Asiatic Society was established in the year 1784 by

A) Lord Bentinck

B) Charles Cornwallis

C) Sir William Jones..

D) Warren Hastings

31. Who was the founder of Indian National Congress?

A) Annie Beasant

B) Jawaharlal Nehru

C) Mahatma Gandhi

D) Allan Octavian Hume..

32. How many Articles were there in Indian Constitution, at the time of the commencement?

A) 390

B) 392

C) 395..

D) 393

33. Which article of Indian Constitution grants the establishment of Supreme Court?

A) 128

B) 127

C) 124..

D) 126

34. Under which Article the Right to Freedom is mentioned in the Constitution of India?

A) Article 28

B) Article 14

C) Article 24

D) Article 19..

35. Members of the Lok Sabha in the Parliament of India are elected for how many years?

A) 3

B) 5..

C) 4

D) 2

36. The Indian National Congress was founded in the year 1885 by a retired British civilian named

A) Allen Octavian Hume..

B) Lord Ripon

C) John Watts

D) Warren Hastings

37. Who is the founder of Young Bengal Movement?

A) David Hare

B) Aurobindo Ghosh

C) Swami Vivekananda

D) Henry Vivian Derozio..

38. Who introduced the ‘Civil Services’ in India?

A) Lord Wellesley

B) Lord Cornwallis..

C) Lord Curzon

D) Lord Dalhousie

39. How many Freedoms have been assigned to Indian Citizens through the Right to Freedom under Fundamental Rights of the Indian Constitution?

A) 7

B) 4

C) 6

D) 5..

40. First World War started in which year among the following?

A) 1913

B) 1919

C) 1914..

D) 1916

41. Which social evil was the chief concern of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?

A) Purdah System

B) Child Marriage

C) Sati System

D) Widow-Remarriage..

42. How many houses are there in the Parliament of India?

A) 2..

B) 1

C) 3

D) 4

43. How many Fundamental Rights have been given to the people of India by the Indian Constitution?

A) 6..

B) 8

C) 5

D) 7

1)Right to equality 2) Right to Freedom 3) Right against exploitation 4) Right to freedom of religion 5) Cultural and educational right 7) Right to constitutional remedies

44. Who among the following rulers is considered as the first independent Nawab of Bengal who also had issued a coin named Zurbe Murshidabad?

A) Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan

B) Mir Qasim

C) Murshid Quli Khan..

D) Mir Jafar

45. Who among the following was the founder of Prarthana Samaj in India?

A) Swami Dayananda Saraswati

B) Atmaram Pandurang..

C) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar

D) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

46. Which British Governor-General proposed for the abolishment of the Pilgrimage Tax?

A) Lord Auckland..

B) Lord Elgin

C) Lord Hastings

D) Lord Ellenborough

47. In which year among the following the Second World War broke out?

A) 1945

B) 1935

C) 1930

D) 1939..

48) Into how many estates or classes was the French society divided during the time of French Revolution?

A) 2

B) 3..

C) 4

D) 5

49) The Japanese forces attacked the Pearl Harbour of United States of America on

A) December 8, 1940

B) December 7, 1941..

C) December 11, 1945

D) December 7, 1942

50) Which regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government-aided schools and colleges during the British Era?

A) Pitts India Act, 1784

B) Regulating Act, 1773

C) Macaulay’s Minutes, 1835..

D) Educational Despatch, 1854

51)Who among the following wrote a book originally in Hindi known as 'Satyarth Prakash'('The Light of Meaning of the Truth')?

A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

B) Swami Vivekananda

C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati..

D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

52) Who campaigned for widow remarriage and succeeded in getting widow remarriage act passed in the year 1856?

A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

B) Swami Dayananda Saraswati

C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar..

D) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

53) The name of the Germany’s plan for attacking France and Russia during World War I was known as

A) Sturm und Drang

B) The Hindenburg Plan

C) Operation Barbarossa

D) The Schlieffen Plan..

54)Who among the following composed the song ‘Vande Matharam’?

A) Madam Cama

B) Bankim Chandra Chatterji..

C) Rabindranath Tagore

D) Satyjit Ray

55) Which of the following is a policy that was introduced by Lord Wellesley to have the British supreme power in India?

A) Doctrine of Lapse

B) Divide and Rule

C) Slavery system

D) Subsidiary Alliances..

56) In the year 1908, who was hanged for making an attempt to kill the unpopular Judge Kingsford at Muzaffarpur?

A) Aurobindo Ghosh

B) Prafulla Chaki

C) Ashwini Kumar Dutta

D) Khudiram Bose..

57) Who among the following wrote the famous book called "The Social Contract"?

A) Jean-Jacques Rousseau..

B) Charles de Montesquieu

C) Denis Diderot

D) Voltaire

58) By which of the following Acts, the Governor General of Bengal became the Governor General of British India?

A) The Charter Act of 1853

B) The Regulating Act of 1773

C) The Charter Act of 1813

D) The Charter Act of 1833..

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