Selected MCQ

Current Question
When was the first Indian inducted into the civil services?
  • A. 1864
  • B. 1864
  • C. 1864
  • D. 1860
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Satyendra Nath Tagore became the first Indian ICS officer in 1863–64.
Related Question 1
Which Indian political leader did not attend the first-round table conference?
  • A. Gandhi
  • B. Muhammad Shafi
  • C. Zafar Ullah Khan
  • D. None of these
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
M.K Gandhi did not attend the First RTC.
Related Question 2
Which Act for the first time made it possible for Indians to take some share in the administration of their country?
  • A. Indian Council Act 1861
  • B. Indian Council Act 1909
  • C. Government of India Act 1935
  • D. None of these
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
The 1861 Act introduced limited Indian participation in legislative councils.
Related Question 3
Who is the father of the civil services in India?
  • A. Warren Hastings
  • B. Lord Macaulay
  • C. Charles Cornwallis
  • D. None of these
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Lord Cornwallis is regarded as the father of the Indian Civil Service.
Related Question 4
Which leader of the Indian National Congress termed the Lahore Resolution of 1940 as "Jinnah's fantastic proposal"?
  • A. M.K. Gandhi
  • B. Jawaharlal Nehru
  • C. Raj Gopal Achariya
  • D. Motilal Nehru
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Jawaharlal Nehru strongly criticized it.
Related Question 5
Who was the first Head of the Muslim Student Federation of Baluchistan?
  • A. Fazal Ahmad Gazi
  • B. Akbar Bugti
  • C. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
  • D. Siraj Raisani
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Early leaders in the Baluchistan student movement.