Kerala PSC History Question and Answers Part-35
1. The Viceroy who was later killed by a bomb planed in his boat by the Provisional IRA at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland in 1979:
Mountbatten
2. Who founded the Hindu Maha Sabha?
Madan Mohan Malaviya
3. Who was popularly called 'Bengal Tiger'?
Bipin Chandra Pal
4. Who was called 'Lok Manya'?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
5. The only Keralite to become the president of Indian National Congress?
C Sankaran Nair
6. Who among the following is related to 'Talwar' published from Berlin?
Virendranath Chathopadyaya
7. Which was the head quarters of East Bengal when it was partitioned in 1905?
Dhaka
8. Whom Sarojini Naidu once called the 'Ambassador of Hindu Muslim Unity'?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
9. Mountbatten stepped down from the position of Governor General of Independent India in:
1948
10. Name the nationalist leader who was born in Mecca:
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
11. Pindaris were mostly of disbanded soldiers of ____ army:
Maratha
12. Who was called 'Grand Old Man of South India'?
G Subramanya Iyer
13. Who was called 'Clive's Jackal'?
Mir Jafar
14. Who suppressed the revolt of 1857 in Jhansi?
Hugh Rose
15. Who was known as 'Socrates of Maharashtra'?
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
16. In World War one this person was wounded in the Battle of Ypres in 1915 and lost an eye. Later he became Viceroy of India. His name is:
Wavell
17. Who among the following formulated the policy of modern education in India?
Lord Macaulay
18. Who authored 'Arctic Home in the Vedas'?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
19. Name the leader who was known as 'Mahamana':
Madan Mohan Malaviya
20. In which year Calcutta became Capital of British India?
1772
