Modern Indian History Short Questions and Answers

41 Which Indian mass movement began with the famous ‘Dandi March’ of Mahatma Gandhi ?

[A] Civil Disobedience Movement

[B] Quit India Movement

[C] Non-Cooperation Movement

[D] Khilafat Movement

Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement

42 Who planted the ‘Tree of Liberty’ at Srirangapatnam?

[A] Tipu Sultan

[B] Murshid Quli Khan

[C] Chin Quilich Khan

[D] Hyder Ali

Answer: Tipu Sultan

43 The first British ‘Presidency’ in India was established at :

[A] Surat

[B] Bombay

[C] Bengal

[D] Madras

Answer: Surat

44 Neel-Darpan’ by Din Bandhu Mitra portrays the plight of :

[A] Indigo Planters

[B] Landless Labourers

[C] Bengali Artisans

[D] All of the above

Answer: Indigo Planters

45 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a great 19th Century Social Reformer who waged a struggle for/against which of the following social cause?

[A] Widow Remarriage

[B] Untouchability

[C] Abolition of Sati

[D] Education of Women

Answer: Widow Remarriage

46 Who among the following was popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?

[A] Iqbal Khan

[B] Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

[C] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

[D] Hasrat Mohani

Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

47 The revolutionary organisation ‘Abhinav Bharat Society’ was founded in 1904 by:

[A] Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

[B] Pulin Behari Das

[C] Barindra Kumar Ghosh

[D] Bhagat Singh

Answer: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

48 Which among the following great revolutionaries was the brain behind the ‘Chittagong Armoury Raid’?

[A] Lala Hardayal

[B] Surya Sen

[C] Ganesh Ghosh

[D] Chandrashekhar Azad

Answer: Surya Sen

49 Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the Quit India Movement?

1. It was a leaderless movement, with the reigns of the movement in the hands of the masses.

2. It was also characterized by the outbreak of violence though Gandhi had given a call for a determined, but passive resistance, ‘do or die’.

3. The movement failed in terms of achieving immediate objective

[A] Only 1

[B] Only 2

[C] Both 1 and 3

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: 1, 2 and 3

50 Which of the following personalities were the founders of the ‘Home Rule Movement’ ?

1.Bal Gangadhar Tilak

2.Annie Besant

3.Mohammad Ali Jinnah

4.Mahatma Gandhi

[A] 1 and 2

[B] 1, 2 and 3

[C] 1, 3 and 4

[D] 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: 1 and 2

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