Kerala PSC History Question and Answers Part-54

1. Name the leader of the Revolt of 1857 in Rohilkhand:
Khan Bahadur Khan
2. The Kuka revolt of Punjab was held in:
1872
3. Name the viceroy who passed the Vernacular Press Act:
Lord Lytton
4. Who is called as the liberal Viceroy?
Lord Rippon
5. Who formed the Indian Association of Calcutta?
Surendranath Banerjee
6. The Age of Consent Act was passed in:
1891
7. Name the author of the book, 'The Economic History of India':
R.C. Dutt
8. Who was the Editor of the paper, Amrita Bazar Patrika?
Motilal Ghosh
9. Name the founder of the Deccan Sabha:
Gopala Krishna Gokhale
10. Who started Shivaji festival in Maharashtra?
Bala Gangadhara Tilak
11. Rabindranath Tagore founded the Shantinikethan Ashram in:
1901
12. The Revolt of 1857 broke out at:
Meerut
13. Who mobilised the villagers of Pargana Barout in Uttarpradesh against the British in 1857?
Shah Mal
14. Who described Awadh as 'a cherry that will drop into our mouth one day'?
Lord Delhousie
15. Jhansi Rani was killed in:
June 1858
16. Who designed the Victoria Terminus Railway station, Mumbai?
F.W. Stevens
17. Name the first university in India:
Calcutta University
18. Name the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha:
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
19. Who formed All-Bengal Civil disobedience council?
J.M. Sengupta
20. The Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed in:
1931