History Quiz for Civil Services Exam

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1. Swami Vivekanand took part in the Parliament of Religions, held in Chicago (U.S.A) in 1893.
a) True
b) False

2.What was the code name granted to the procedure to liberate Goa from the Portuguese ?
a) Operation Meghdoot
b) Operation Rescue
c) Operation Vijay
d) Operation Cactus

3. This communal reformist joined the Hindu College of Calcutta in 1826 when he was 17, as a teacher. He boosted free thinking and inquisitiveness of the part of his pupils. His scholars were collectively called 'Young Bengal' and they denied to accept diverse rites and rituals that were common in India at that time. Name the teacher?
a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
b) Satinder Singh
c) Shyam Benegal
d) Escoffier

4. The Indian stock market is one of the fastest growing in the world giving handsome comes back to investors. Which is the regulatory body regulating the stock market and defending the privileges of the investors ?
a) BSE
b) RBI
c) NSE
d) SEBI

5. This society was formed in 1864 by K. Sridharalu Naidu. This movement was motivated to battle the determinants of Brahmo Samaj in South India. In 1871, the title of this society was altered to Brahmo Samaj of South India. What was this society renowned before that?
a) Barrister Union
b) Prathana Samaj
c) Veda Samaj
d) Telugu Samaj

6. He was a cleric at a temple at Dakshineswar (near Kolkatta). Social reformers like Dayanad Saraswati, Keshab Chandra Sen utilised to arrive to him for recommendations and devout discussions. After his death, one of his students Swami Vivekanand founded a mission entitled after him.
a) Ace
b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
c) Ramakrishna Paramahansa
d) Raja Rammohun Roy

7. This devout movement was begun with an aim to educate persons about Hinduism in its untainted form. Dayanand Saraswati founded this movement in 1875. The constituents of this movement were directed by 10 values, one of which was revising of Vedas. The rest were on virtue, ethics and humility. This movement searched to eliminate caste distinctions and communal inequality (rampant at that time). What was the title of this devout movement?
a) British Samaj
b) Shatru Samaj
c) Arya Samaj
d) Brahmo Samaj

8. Keshab Chandra Sen is one of the renowned leaders of this movement - it was born out of dissimilarities of attitude amidst constituents of another movement. This organization was first formed in 1866.

a) Young Bengal
b) Arya Samaj
c) Brahmo Samaj of India
d) Brahmo

9. This movement was founded and conveyed out reforms in Western India. Founded in 1866 by Mahadev Govind Ranade, this movement took inspiration from devout sermons by Tukaram and Jnaneswara. This society had differentiated scholars like Ramakrisha Bhandarkar in its ranks. What was the title of this society?
a) Veda Samaj
b) Prarthana Samaj
c) Raja Samaj
d) Sachin Samaj

10. India heralded its appearance as one of the Asian tigers after it launched its financial reforms program, renowned as LPG (Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation) in 1991-92. Who was the Prime Minister of India during that time ?
a) Rajiv Gandhi
b) None of the above
c) Manmohan Singh
d) Narasimha Rao

11. Who was the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament ?
a) GV Mavlankar
b )HJ Kania
c) Sukumar Sen
d) RD Kataria

12. Which of the following amendments to the Indian Constitution is popularly mentioned to as the Anti-Defection Bill ?
a) Fifty Second amendment
b) Forty Second amendment
c) Thirty Ninth amendment
d) Sixty First amendment

13. One of the most well renowned communal reformers, he was born to an orthodox Bengali Brahmin family in 1774. His first article emerged when he was sixteen, in which he accused idol adoration by Hindus, as an outcome of which he was hurled out of his house.To purify Hinduism from diverse 'evils' that he accepted had crept into it, he determined to pattern a new humanity called 'Brahmo Samaj'. Name the Person.
a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
b) Natwarlal Singh
c) Dominic Le Pierre
d) Raja Rammohun Roy

14. India is the one of the couple of countries in the world to have evolved an ICBM - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. By what title is it renowned ?
a) Trishul
b) Agni
c) Prithvi
d) Nag

15. Who was the first woman Governor of a state in India ?
a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Padmaja Naidu
d) Sharada Mukherjee

16. When did TV start in India ?
a) 1959
b) 1972
c) 1965
d) 1976

17. Which opponents foremost compared Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to Goddess Durga?
a) Atal Behari Vajpayee
b) Morarji Desai
c) Jayaprakash Narayan
d) Charan Singh

18. A very well renowned Bengali, he was instrumental in the base of the Hindu Balika Vidyalaya at Calcutta. This was one of the earliest schools pledged in the direction of education of females. He furthermore campaigned for reformation of the Hindu wedding ceremony system. It was through his efforts that the Widow Remarriage Act, 1856 was enacted by the Government. Name the wise and revered person?
a) Raja Rammohun Roy
b) Lord Canning
c) Tantia Tope
d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

19. The first woman Chief Minister of any state in India was ?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Nandini Satpathy
c) Sucheta Kriplani
d) Sashikala Kakodkar

20. To advance the status of the Moslems in India, this reformist founded numerous a movement. He was renowned for his efforts to advance Moslem-British relations. His utmost accomplishment was the origin of the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh in 1875.
a) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
b) Shah Nawaz Khan
c) Syed Ahmed Khan
d) Iftar Gilani

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Answer Keys:

1) a. He was a large achievement at this gathering and was adept to influence one and all with his address on Hinduism. Vivekanand (1863 - 1902 ) was a scholar of Ramakrishna Paramahansa.

2) c. In 1961, the Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru coordinated an infantry method in Goa to liberate it from the Portuguese. This procedure was renowned as 'Operation Vijay'. 'Operation Cactus' was the liberation of Maldives from the mercenaries, 'Operation Meghdoot' was the methods in Siachen after 1984 and 'Operation Rescue' was the Jammu and Kashmir operation in 1947.

3) a. Derozio was brushed aside from the school for his teachings. He passed away in 1831 at the age of 22. However his scholars double-checked that the Young Bengal action conveyed on in its mission.

4) d. SEBI is the Securities and Exchange Board of India whose job is to regulate engaged of the provide market and fight back privileges of the investor. BSE and NSE are the two prime provide swaps and RBI the ruling bank.

5) c. Naidu converted Brahmo Samaj publications into Telugu and Tamil and endeavoured to convey out communal reforms in South India; although his death in 1874 dwindled this reform movement.

6) c. Ramakrishna Mission was founded in 1897 and disperse the teachings of Ramakrishna through out India; it furthermore has numerous parts in foreign countries.

7) c. Dayanand was born to Mula Shankara in 1824 in a location called Kathiawad. He composed many of publications to disperse his note, the most well renowned of them being 'Satyarth Prakash'.

8) c. Brahmo Samaj of India was conceived by Mr. Sen because he sensed the Brahmo Samaj didn't address numerous significant issues. He held fundamental outlooks that encompassed inter-caste wedding ceremony, exclusion of purdah for women etc.

9) b. Ranade furthermore emphasized the significance of collective activity against communal evils; to association diverse societies simultaneously, he formed the Indian National Social Conference in 1887.

10) d. The path-breaking economic reforms program was commenced all through the tenure of Narasimha Rao who became Prime Minister of India following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. The reform program was developed by Manmohan Singh who was the Finance Minister under Rao.

11) a. Ganesh Vasudeo Mavlankar was the first speaker of the Indian Parliament. He officiated as speaker from 1952-1956. Sukumar Sen was the first Chief Election Commisioner, HJ Kania the first Chief Justice and RD Katari the first Chief of the Naval staff.

12) a. The Fifty Second amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1985 to constrain defections from political parties. This is popularly cited to as the Anti-Defection Bill. The Thirty Ninth amendment and Forty Second amendment was passed all through the Emergency time span and comprised many draconian provisions. The Sixty First amendment let down the voting age to 18.

13) d. The Brahmo Samaj (One God society) worked in the direction of eliminating idol adoration, caste partitions etc. Roy was most instrumental in the abolition of Sati (or Satti or suttee). Satidaha was the perform of flaming Hindu widows on the burial pyre of their husbands prevalent at that time.

14) b. The Agni-II (Fire) sequence of missiles is an ICBM with a strike kind of 2000+ km. Trishul (Trident) is a exterior to air missile, Prithvi (Earth) is a short-range exterior to exterior missile while Nag (Snake) is an anti-tank missile.

15) b. Sarojini Naidu, renowned as the 'Nightingale of India' was the first woman to be nominated as the Governor of a state. She was the Governor of the United Provinces / Uttar Pradesh from 1947 to 1949.

16) a. Television started in India with an untested service in September 1959. The usual service started in 1965 in Delhi. The year 1972 glimpsed TV move after Delhi to cover Bombay. Then in 1976, TV was unlinked from wireless to pattern a distinct management called Doordarshan (DD).

17) a. The foremost of the Jan Sangh Atal Behari Vajpayee regarded Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to Goddess Durga. This was after the triumph in the 1971 confrontation with Pakistan.

18) d. He was aided by a British authorized called Drinkwater Bethune in his efforts to evolve Female education in India.

19) c. Sucheta Kriplani was the first woman to become the Chief Minister of an Indian state. She was the CM of Uttar Pradesh from 1963 to 1967. Subsequently Nandini Satpathy became CM of Orissa (1972) Sashikala Kakodkar became the CM of Goa (1973). Indira Gandhi was not ever the CM of any state.

20) c. He was powerfully are against to the Indian National Congress. The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College subsequent became the Aligarh University.