The CLAT exam requires strong analytical skills, critical thinking, and careful reading, along with a clear understanding of the Historical Events. This article provides a set of MCQs on Historical Events to help you practice and strengthen your knowledge with the help of detailed solutions, which will support your CLAT 2026 exam preparation.
Whether you're revising the basics or testing your knowledge, these MCQs will serve as a valuable practice resource.
The CLAT 2026 exam is expected to follow a similar trend to the CLAT 2025, with a total of 120 questions for one mark, and 0.25 marks are deducted for each incorrect answer.
CLAT MCQs on Historical Events
1. Which of the following Acts formally introduced the principle of elections for the first time?
A The Indian Councils Act, 1909
B Government of India Act, 1919
C The Government of India Act, 1935
D India’s Independence Act, 1947
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2. Which of the following is the oldest share market in India?
A Bombay
B Madras
C Delhi
D Calcutta
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3. Who among the following 18th century Indian rulers has been called ‘Plato of his tribe’?
A Sawai Jai Singh
B Badam Singh
C Suraj Mal
D Guru Gobind Singh
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4. What is the correct sequence of the following movements in chronological order?
1. Civil Disobedience Movement
2. Khilafat Movement
3. Home Rule Movement
4. Quit India Movement
A 1, 2, 3, 4
B 4, 3, 2, 1
C 3, 2, 1, 4
D 2, 4, 1, 3
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5. Name the Indian industrialist on whose 175th birth anniversary, Union government launched the commemorative stamp on 6 January 2015?
A G D Birla
B T V Sundaram Iyengar
C Kasturbhai Lalbhai
D Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
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6. Law Day is observed on:
A 26th January
B 26th May
C 15th August
D 26th November
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7. During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the East India Company establish its first factory in India?
A Akbar
B Jahangir
C Shahjahan
D Aurangzeb
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8. Under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, from where did the Civil Disobedience Movement launch in 1930?
A Sabarmati
B Dandi
C Sevagram
D Champaran
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9.
Match List I (Events) with List II (Results) and select the correct answer:
\[ \begin{array}{|c|l|c|l|} \hline \textbf{List I (Events)} & & \textbf{List II (Results)} & \\ \hline (a) & \text{Dandi March} & (1) & \text{Communal electorate} \\ \hline (b) & \text{Chauri Chaura} & (2) & \text{Illegal manufacture of salt} \\ \hline (c) & \text{Simon Commission} & (3) & \text{Country-wise agitation} \\ \hline (d) & \text{Morley Minto Reforms} & (4) & \text{Withdrawal of a movement} \\ \hline \end{array} \]
A a-1; b-2; c-3; d-4
B a-4; b-3; c-2; d-1
C a-2; b-4; c-3; d-1
D a-1; b-4; c-3; d-2
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10. Find the correct chronological sequence of visits to India: (1) Fa-Hien (2) I-Tsing (Yijing) (3) Megasthenes (4) Hiuen-Tsang
A 1,3,2,4
B 1,3,4,2
C 3,1,4,2
D 3,1,2,4
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11. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India?
A Bombay Samachar
B The Hindu
C Bengal Chronicle
D Bengal Gazette
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12. Rani Kumudini Devi, whose birth centenary is being celebrated in 2011, was the:
A First woman barrister of India
B First woman Mayor of Hyderabad
C First woman photographer in India
D First woman doctor of India
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13. Which prominent Barrister politician, who was closely linked with the emergency proclamation of 1975, breathed his last in Kolkata on 6th November 2010?
A Jyoti Basu
B Siddhartha Shanker Ray
C Hiren Mukherjee
D Indrajit Gupta
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14. 14th March 2011 was the 80th Anniversary of the first Indian sound Film (talkie). Which movie was it?
A Jahan Ara
B Alam Ara
C Noorjehan
D None of the above
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15. Which of the following is considered the bulwark of personal freedom?
A Mandamus
B Habeas Corpus
C Certiorari
D Quo Warranto
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