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Q. The youngest President of the Indian National Congress, who held that office at the age of 35, was

A
Subhash Chandra Bose
B
Jawaharlal Nehru
C
Annie Besant
D
Abul Kalam Azad

Correct Answer

Abul Kalam Azad

More Questions on History

  • Q. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
    A)Hunter Commission
    B)Macaulay's Minute
    C)Charter Act
    D)Wood's Despatch
    Answer: Wood's Despatch
  • Q. Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were
    A)provincial governors
    B)military commanders
    C)high civil and military officers
    D)all of the above
    Answer: all of the above
  • Q. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912 but on its being banned by the Government he founded Al-Balagh in
    A)1914
    B)1913
    C)1915
    D)1916
    Answer: 1913
  • Q. Who is commonly known as the ‘Iron Man’?
    A)Vittal Bhai Patel
    B)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Bipin Chandra Pal
    Answer: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
  • Q. Which of the following trio leaders referred to as Lal, Bal and Pal during the freedom movement?
    A)Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
    C)Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopala Krishna Gokhale
    D)Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and C. Rajagopalachari
    Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Q. Who started the journal ‘New India’?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)C. W. Leadbeater
    C)Ram Mohun Roy
    D)Keshub Chandra Sen
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. The Shivaji Festival was inaugurated in 1895 by
    A)Morley
    B)Hume
    C)Tilak
    D)Gokhale
    Answer: Tilak
  • Q. Who was the founder of Swatantra Party?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)B. G. Tilak
    C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    D)C. Rajagopalachari
    Answer: C. Rajagopalachari
  • Q. Which one of the following Indus cities has houses with doors on the main streets?
    A)Surkotada
    B)Lothal
    C)Chanhudaro
    D)Banawali
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. On what charge was Khudiram Bose, a boy of 18, sentenced to death on April 30, 1908?
    A)for participating in the Alipur Conspiracy
    B)for being an active member of the Anushilan Samiti, the first revolutionary organisation in Bengal
    C)for murdering one Kennedy in Muzaffarpur
    D)for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
    Answer: for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
  • Q. On which side did Japan fight in the First World War?
    A)With Germany against United Kingdom
    B)None, it was neutral
    C)Against Russia on its own
    D)With United Kingdom against Germany
    Answer: With United Kingdom against Germany
  • Q. “Middle Ages” in Western Europe includes the period __________
    A)Beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire
    B)AD 300 - AD 1600
    C)Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
    D)End of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period
    Answer: Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
  • Q. Who advocated Nazism in Germany?
    A)Adolf Hitler
    B)Frederick William-IV
    C)Bismarck
    D)William-III
    Answer: Adolf Hitler
  • Q. Absolute sovereign power of the Monarch was advocated by
    A)Rousseau
    B)Thomas Hobbes
    C)John Locke
    D)Karl Marx
    Answer: Thomas Hobbes
  • Q. __________ joined the National Secular Society in 1874 and worked in the free thought and radical movements led by Charles Bradlaugh, MP
    A)Tarachand Chakravarty
    B)Annie Besant
    C)D. R. Mukhopadhyaya
    D)Brojnath Dhar
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. The Interim Government which took office on September 2, 1946 was headed by
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Rajendra Prasad
    C)Vallabhbhai Patel
    D)C Rajagopalachari
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. The term of office of member of the Council of India as per the act of 1919 was
    A)4 years
    B)5 years
    C)2 years
    D)6 years
    Answer: 5 years
  • Q. Shivaji maintained a fleet at
    A)Calicut
    B)Surat
    C)Bombay
    D)Kolaba
    Answer: Kolaba
  • Q. Who among the following organised the “All India Depressed Classes Association” in colonial India?
    A)Jyotiba Phule
    B)M. K. Gandhi
    C)Pandita Ramabai
    D)B. R. Ambedkar
    Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
  • Q. Which battle did open the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?
    A)Second Battle of Tarain
    B)First Battle of Tarain
    C)Battle of Khanwa
    D)First Battle of Panipat
    Answer: Second Battle of Tarain

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