This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > The First One – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The First One Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first women's university in India was founded by: A) Rani Ahilya Devi. B) J.C. Kumarappa. C) Dhondo Keshave Karve. D) Gandhiji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dhondo Keshave Karve. 2. What was the most important reason for the First Anglo- Sikh War (1845-46)? A) The agreement entered into the Dogra Chief, Gulab Singh, by the English to sell Kashmir to the former. B) To divert the energies of ungovernable Khalsa army. C) The attempts of the English Company to interfere with the internal matters of the Lahore state. D) The war-like preparations of the English across the Sutlej. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To divert the energies of ungovernable Khalsa army. 3. On ..... the first Cloth Mill started at Bombay. A) 1851. B) 1870. C) 1890. D) 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1851. 4. Who was the first victory of the protughese in the East? A) Albuquerque. B) Pedro Alvaraz carbol. C) Francisco d'Almeda. D) Vasco da Gamma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Francisco d'Almeda. 5. By which Act the Public Service Commission was first established in India? A) The Act of 1909. B) The Government of India Act, 1919. C) The Government of India Act, 1935. D) The Indian Council Act, 1892. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Government of India Act, 1919. 6. Who among the following first used the word 'Swarajya' in its political sense and accepted Hindi as the national language of India? A) Swami Vivekananda. B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. C) Rammohan Roy. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 7. The credit of the discovery of the first Palaeolithic in India which opened the field of prehistoric studies in the country goes to A) De Terra and Paterson. B) H D Sankalia. C) Robert Bruce Foote. D) Burkitt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robert Bruce Foote. 8. The English established their first factory in Bengal in 1651 at ..... A) Kassimbazar. B) Patna. C) Hugli. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hugli. 9. In which year were Factories opened for the first time in Orissa. A) 1632 A.D. B) 1639 A.D. C) 1613 A.D. D) 1663 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1663 A.D. 10. Which one of the following nations was the first to start sea trade with India? A) Netherland. B) France. C) Portugal. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portugal. 11. Who among these was not a part of triple alliance on the eve of first Anglo-Mysore war of 1767-69? A) Raja of Travancore. B) The English. C) The Marathas. D) Nizam of Hyderabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raja of Travancore. 12. According to the theory of double invasion of India by the Aryans, the first group inhabited the Punjab, and the second group pushed its way through Gilgit and Chitral and settled in the midland country. Who put forward this theory? A) Dr. Giles. B) Sir George Grierson. C) C.V. Vaidya. D) Dr. Hoernle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr. Hoernle. 13. Where in India, did the Protuguese build their first fortress? A) Cochin. B) Cannanore. C) Anjidiv. D) Goa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cochin. 14. Which country was first to start a joint stock company to trade with India? A) Dutch. B) Portugese. C) French. D) Danish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dutch. 15. Who among the following foreigners was the first to visit India? A) Fahien. B) I Ching. C) Hiuen-Tsang. D) Megasthenese. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Megasthenese. 16. The slogan of 'Bande Mataram' was first adopted during the ..... Movements? A) Non-cooperation. B) Swadeshi. C) Quit India. D) Civil Disobedience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swadeshi. 17. The term 'Pre-history' was first used by A) Lewis Henry Morgan. B) Tournal. C) Henry Christy. D) William Robertson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tournal. 18. The first ruler of India who defeated Muhammad of Ghor was A) Parmaldeva of Bundelkhand. B) Jayachandra of Kannauj. C) Prithviraj Chauhan of Delhi. D) Mularaja II of Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jayachandra of Kannauj. 19. The first city of Siri was built by A) Ala-ud-Din Khalji. B) Iltutmish. C) Jalal-ud-Din Khalji. D) Mohd. Bin Tughlaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ala-ud-Din Khalji. 20. The Sufis first settled in A) Sindh. B) Gujarat. C) Punjab. D) Both (A) and (B). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (A) and (B). 21. Which of the following British Prime Minister headed the First Round Table Conference in London? A) Disraeli. B) Churchill. C) Ramsay McDonald. D) Chamberlain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ramsay McDonald. 22. The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by: A) B.R. Ambedkar. B) Thakkar Bappa. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Jyotiba Phule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thakkar Bappa. 23. First Governor-General of Bengal? A) Wellesley. B) Robert Clive. C) William Bentinck. D) Warren Hastings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warren Hastings. 24. The first English factors India was established at A) Hooghly. B) Surat. C) Calcutta. D) Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surat. 25. When did Mahatma Phule established first girls school in Poona? A) 1864. B) 1872. C) 1848. D) 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1848. 26. Who first translated Bhagvad Gita to Eng-lish? A) William Jones. B) Charles Wilkins. C) Alexander Cunningham. D) John Marshall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Wilkins. 27. Which of the following ruler was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance? A) Dalip Singh of Punjab. B) Scindia of Gwalior. C) Gaikwad of Baroda. D) Nizam of Hyderabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nizam of Hyderabad. 28. The first political organisation established in India in 1838 was known as- A) Bengal British India Society. B) British India Society. C) Zamindary Association. D) Settlers Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zamindary Association. 29. The first serious Islamic attack on India came when the Turks attacked repeatedly under the leadership of: A) Omar the Great. B) Ali Pasha. C) Mahmud of Ghazni. D) Abu Bekr. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahmud of Ghazni. 30. The first native state to introduce military training on the European model was A) Kashmir. B) Mysore. C) Golcanda. D) Oudh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mysore. 31. The first Indian Elected to the parliament of Great Britain was? A) Lal mohan ghosh. B) Dadabhai Naoroji. C) Ramesh Chandra Dutt. D) Firoz shah mehta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dadabhai Naoroji. 32. Who was the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress? A) Jawahar Lal Nehru. B) Lala Lajpat Rai. C) S.A.Dange. D) V.V.Giri. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lala Lajpat Rai. 33. Who among the following Mughal Emperor became the first pensioner of the East India Company? A) Muhammed Shah. B) Akbar II. C) Ahmed Shah. D) Bahadur Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Akbar II. 34. The first national news agency of India was A) The Associated Press of India. B) The Indian Review. C) The Free Press of India. D) The Hindustan Review. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Associated Press of India. 35. The first article in which the English started trading was A) Saltpetre. B) Cotton. C) Indigo. D) Pepper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indigo. 36. Which of the following leader was not present in the very first meeting of Indian National Congress? A) Pherozeshah Mehta. B) Kashinath Trimbak Telang. C) Dadabhai Naoroji,. D) Surendranath Banerjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surendranath Banerjee. 37. British colonialism in India saw the emergence of new cities. Calcutta, now Kolkata, was one of the first cities. Which of the following villages were, amalgamated to form the city of Calcutta? A) Midnapur, Thakurgaon,. B) 24-Parganas, Kalikata, Thakurgaon. C) Midnapur, Chittagong, Burdwan. D) Sutanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sutanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur. 38. Where Dutch does found their first factory in India? A) Masaulipatam. B) Cochin. C) Pulicat. D) Nagapatam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Masaulipatam. 39. Who was the first Indian woman to preside over the Indian National Congress? A) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. B) Aruna Asaf Ali. C) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. D) Sarojini Naidu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sarojini Naidu. 40. Writing had first developed in A) Sumer. B) Akkad. C) Assyria. D) Iran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sumer. 41. Who was the first Gupta ruler who assumed the title of Maharajadhiraja? A) Skandhgupta. B) Chandragupta II. C) Kumar Gupta. D) Chandragupta I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chandragupta I. 42. The First President of Muslim League was A) Hidayat Hussain Khan. B) Mian Abdul Aziz. C) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. D) Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk Mustaq Hussain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk Mustaq Hussain. 43. The social ideals of Mahatma Gandhi were first put forth in A) An Autobiography-The Story of My Experiments with Truth. B) History of the Satyagraha in South Africa. C) The Bhagavad Geeta According to Gandhi. D) Hind Swaraj. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) History of the Satyagraha in South Africa. 44. The first metal to be used by man was A) Iron. B) Stone. C) Bronze. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Copper. 45. Which of the following place where the first meeting/session of the Indian National Congress was held? A) Calcutta. B) Bombay. C) Madras. D) Allahabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bombay. 46. Who was the first Gupta ruler? A) SriGupta. B) SamudraGupta. C) SkandaGupta. D) Chandragupta I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SriGupta. 47. Who was the first prominent ruler of Prathihara dynasty? A) Chandradeva. B) Bhoja I. C) Jayapala. D) Nagabhatta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nagabhatta. 48. The year of first Maratha was A) 1774 - 1782. B) 1776 - 1783. C) 1775 - 1782. D) 1777 - 1782. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1775 - 1782. 49. The Dutch established their first settlement in Bengal at A) Balasore. B) Serampur. C) Chinsura. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balasore. 50. The first venture of Gandhi in all-India politics was the: A) Champaran Movement. B) Dandi March. C) Non-Cooperation Movement. D) Rowlatt Satyagraha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rowlatt Satyagraha. 51. What was the date of first coronation of Shivaji? A) 15 August 1674. B) 6 June 1674. C) 5 Jan. 1674. D) 1 May 1674. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6 June 1674. 52. Who among the following Indian cracks the British Indian Civil Services Examination in the first time in Indian History? A) Surendranath Banerjee. B) Satyendranath Tagore. C) R. N. Dutt. D) Behari Lal Gupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satyendranath Tagore. 53. First Indian to used the word 'Swarajya'? A) Raja Rammohan Rai. B) Swami Vivekanand. C) Mahtma Gandhi. D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 54. Which of the following leader did not attend the First Round Table Conference? A) Dr Ambedkar. B) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru. C) Y. Chintamani. D) M. K. Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) M. K. Gandhi. 55. Which was the first metal used by man? A) Copper. B) Silver. C) Bronze. D) Brass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copper. 56. The first wave of Aryan immigration into India began in A) 500 BC. B) 1000 A.D. C) 1500 BC. D) 1000BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1500 BC. 57. Which is first Indus Site A) Harappa. B) Mohanjedaro. C) Banavali. D) Lothal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harappa. 58. The first battle of the American War of Independence took place in the year A) 1776, 28 July. B) 1778, 14 August. C) 1776, 4 July. D) 1789, 14 July. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1776, 4 July. 59. The the the the later later later later Vedic Vedic Vedic Vedic age age age age ih women enjoyed the right to upanayana ceremony there was no polygamy among aryans women were allowed to attend political assemblies the system of sati did not exist 36. The Rigvedic Aryans first used A) Maize. B) Wheat (Godhuma). C) Barley (Vajra). D) Rice (Vribhi). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rice (Vribhi). 60. Which was the first book to deal with Music? A) Yajurveda. B) Atharvaveda. C) Rigveda. D) Samaveda. 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