It contains 8th class History questions in English medium

1. History

2. 1.Who is the first Governor General of India ?
Lord William Bentick (1833-1835)

3. 2. Who is the founder of Brahmo Samaaj ?
Raja Ram Mohan Rai

4. 3. Who is the founder of Arya Samaaj ?
Swami Dayanand Saraswati

5. 4. Aligarh Muslim University was inaugurated in___
1920 AD

6. 5. Which Governor General introduced Doctrine
of Lapse ?
Lord Dalhousie
(Captured Satara in 1848)

7. 6. Which Governor General is known as Father
of Civil Services in India ?
Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)

8. 7. Who is the first Martyr during 1857 revolt ?
Mangal Pandey

9. 8. Who is the fonder of Muslim Anglo Oriental
College in Aligarh (UP) ?
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in 1875 AD

10. 9. Which book was written by Ishwar Chander
Vidya Sagar ?
Preamer Verna Prichiya
in Bengali language

11. 10. Which movement is introduced by Sri Satguru
Ram Singh Ji in 12th April 1857 ?
Naamdhari Movement

12. 11. Where the Naamdhari movement introduced ?
Bhaini Sahib, Ludhiana (Punjab) in 12 April, 1857

13. 12. Who introduced the Prarthna Samaaj ?
Mahadev Gobind Ranade &
Ram Krishan Gopal Bhandarkar

14. 13. When & where the Prarthna Samaaj was
inaugrated ?
In Maharashtra in 1867 AD

15. 14. Who started the Independent Labour Party
of India in 1936 ?
Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

16. 15. When the national capital of India had
shifted from Calcutta to Delhi ?
In 1911

17. 16. Who started the 1st railway line in India &
when ?
Lord Dalhousie in 1853

18. 17. 1st rail service started between which 2 cities ?
Bombay to Thane

19. 18. Who introduced Police in India for 1st time
to maintain Law & order ?
Lord Cornwallis

20. 19. Who carried the 1st printing Press in India &
when ?
Portuguese in 1557

21. 20. Name the 2 newspaper started by Bal
Gangadhar Tilak ?
Kesari & Maratha

22. 21. From which book the national song ‘Vande
Mataram’ was taken & who wrote that ?
Anand Math
Bankim Chander Chattrjee

23. 22. Who launched the Gadar Party ?
Sohan Singh Bhakna in 1913

24. 23. Due to which incident the Non-Cooperation
Movememt was stopped & where ?
Chauri-Chaura incident in Gorakhpur (UP)
In Bardouli

25. 24. Simon Commision had sent in 1928 which
consist of ____ members.
7

26. 25. The war of Kargil was fought between _____
&_____ in ____.
India & Pakistan in 1999

27. 26. The Battle of Plassey was fought between
______ & ______.
Siraj-Ud- Daula & Robert Clive

28. 27. Who is the first Governor of Bengal ?
Robert Clive (1757-1772)

29. 28. How much is the approximate area of India ?
32 lakh 80 thousand square metres

30. 29. When & where was the Portuguese Captain
Vasco Da Gama visited India for the 1st time ?
27th May 1498 in Calicut

31. 30. In which session of Indian National Congress the
‘Poorna Swaraj’ declared as National movement
under the presidentship of Jawahar Lal Nehru?
Lahore session (Dec. 1929)