Indian History MCQ Questions
31. The first session of the All India Congress held in Bombay in 1885, was presided over by
- A) J L Nehru
- B) VV Giri
- C) Lala Lajpat Rai
- D) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
Answer: Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
32. First English newspaper in India
- A) The Bengal Gazette
- B) The Calcutta Gazette
- C) The Bengal Journal
- D) The Bombay Herald
Answer: The Bengal Gazette
33. Who was not included in the 'Navaratna' of Akbar
- A) Birbal
- B) Tansen
- C) Raja Man Singh
- D) Raja Bharmal
Answer: Raja Bharmal
34. Which one was the capital city during Ashoka's empire
- A) Pataliputra
- B) Ujjain
- C) Taxila
- D) None of the above
Answer: Pataliputra
35. In which year Gandhiji started Satyagraha from Champaran
- A) 1910
- B) 1912
- C) 1915
- D) 1917
Answer: 1917
36. Who was the English ambassador who got permission from Jahangir to build factory for East India Company
- A) Thomas Roe
- B) William Hawkins
- C) Edward Tairy
- D) None of the above
Answer: Thomas Roe
37. Mangal Pandey was a sepoy at
- A) 34th Bengal Native Infantry
- B) Madras Light Cavalry
- C) 5th Royal Gurkha Rifle
- D) None of the above
Answer: 34th Bengal Native Infantry
38. Who was the founder of Indian Boy Scouts
- A) Robert Baden-Powell
- B) Ernest T. Seton
- C) Dan Beard
- D) Robert Powell
Answer: Robert Baden-Powell
39. Who is considered as the chief architect of Taj Mahal
- A) Mir Abd-ul Karim
- B) Ahmad Lahauri
- C) Makramat Khan
- D) Ustad Isa
Answer: Ahmad Lahauri
40. Who wrote the book "Babuvivah"
- A) Raja Rammohan Roy
- B) Pandit Rambai
- C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- D) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
