[MCQ]History MCQs For UPSC(NDA/NA) Exam, SET 1

History MCQs For UPSC(NDA/NA) Exam

📚UPSC NDA/NA HISTORY MCQ Q.1

Who among the following has described the uprising of 1857 as the first Indian War of Independence?

(a) SN Sen
(b) RC Majumdar
(c) BG Tilak
(d) VD Savarkar


Ans.(d)

📚UPSC NDA/NA HISTORY MCQ Q.2

Arrange the following events of the Indian freedom movement in correct sequence beginning from the earliest

1. Second Round Table Conference.
2. Communal award.
3. Poona Pact.
4. Simon Commission.

Codes-
(a) 1,2,3,4
(b) 4,3,2,1
(c) 4,1,2,3
(d) 3,2,1,4


Ans.(c)
Simon Commission - November 1927
Second Round Table Conference - September 1931
Communal Award - August, 1932
Poona Pact - September 1932

📚UPSC NDA/NA HISTORY MCQ Q.3

Consider the following statements

1. The Morley-Minto reforms ended the official majority in state legislative assemblies 
2. Despite the Government of India Act, 1909, the non-officials were elected to local bodies indirectly.

Which one of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) neither 1 nor 2


Ans.(c)

📚UPSC NDA/NA HISTORY MCQ Q.4 

Which of the following statements with regard to the '5th report' is/are correct?

1. It was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813 for consideration.
2. It became the basis of intense parliamentary debates on the nature of the East India Company's rule in India.
3. It was primarily on the economic conditions of the urban and industrial centres of India.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 1 and 2.
(b) 1 and 3
(c) only 2
(d) all of these.


Ans.(c)

📚UPSC NDA/NA HISTORY MCQ Q.5 

Which of the following statements about the Quit India Movement of 1942 is/are correct?

1. The Movement was massive in characters
2. One of the unique features of the movement was the participation of the Communists at the local level, defying the official stand of the Communist Party.
3. It was a completely non-violent Movement.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) only 1
(b) 1 and 2
(c) only 2
(d) 1 and 3


Ans.(b)

📚UPSC NDA/NA HISTORY MCQ Q.6

Consider the following statements-

1. Annie Besant was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress.
2. The historic Lucknow session of the Congress in 1916 was presided over by Madan Mohan Malviya.
3. Mahatma Gandhi presided over the annual session of Congress only once at Belgaum in 1924.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) only 1
(b) 2 & 3
(c) 1 & 3
(d) all the above.


Ans.(c)

📚UPSC NDA/NA HISTORY MCQ Q.7

For Mahatma Gandhi, Satyagraha is 

1. A political force
2. A philosophy of life
3. An ideology of action.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) all the above.


Ans. (d)

📚UPSC NDA/NA HISTORY MCQ Q.8

What was the common element among the following three newspapers?

1. The servant of India
2. Satyarth Prakash 
3. Hitawad

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) They were newspapers brought out by the Indian National Congress.
(b) They were newspapers under the influence of socialism.
(c) They were newspapers of moderate views brought out by the Servants of India Society.
(d) They represented the Trade Union Movement in India.


Ans.(c)

📚UPSC NDA/NA HISTORY MCQ Q.9

Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress when India attained independence?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru.
(b) Vallabhbhai Patel.
(c) Maulana Azad.
(d) Acharya Kripalani.


Ans (d)

📚UPSC NDA/NA HISTORY MCQ Q.10.

Arrange the following events that took place in the first decade of the 20th century in chronological order..

1. Indian National Congress Bombay Session.
2. Establishment of Athe ll India Muslim League.
3. Partition of Bengal.
4. Indian National Congress Surat Session.

Codes
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 1, 3, 2, 4
(c) 4, 3, 2, 1
(d) 2, 4, 1, 3


Ans (b)
Indian National Congress Bombay session - 1885
Partition of  Bengal- 1905
Establishment of the Indian Muslim League- 1906
Indian National Congress Surat Session- 1907