Modern Indian History Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

1 Which among the following was the First Revolutionary organization of Bengal ?

A Anushilan Samiti

B Jugantar Party

C India House

D Hindustan Socialist Party

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Answer: Anushilan Samiti

2 To do something for the Indigo Planters, who among the following persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come to Champaran?

A Rajkumar Shukla

B Mahadev Desai

C Brij Kishore

D Dr. Rajendra Prasad

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Answer: Rajkumar Shukla

3 Which among the following cities saw the first instance of Satyagraha in India?

A Champaran

B Ahmedabad

C Kheda

D Surat

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Answer: Ahmedabad

4 Who among the following said that “The Rowlatt Act is a Preventive Murder“?

A Edwin Samuel Montagu

B Jawahar Lal Nehru

C Lala Lajpat Rai

D Mahatma Gandhi

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Answer: Edwin Samuel Montagu

5 Who among the following did not vehemently protested the withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement after the Chauri-Chaura Incident?

A Motilal Nehru

B Jawahar Lal Nehru

C Subhash Chandra Bose

D C R Das

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Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru

6 Which among the following was the immediate cause of Quit India Movement?

A Failure of Cripps Mission

B Arrest of Mahatma Gandhi

C Failure of August Offer

D Withdrawal of British from South East Asia

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Answer: Failure of Cripps Mission

7 Who among the following was the first Non-Congress chief minister of India?

A EMS Naboodiripad

B Shankar Dayal Sharma

C NG Ranga

D Indulal Yagnik

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Answer: EMS Naboodiripad

8 Who among the following was the head of the Arbital Tribunal set up at the time of India’s independence?

A William Lloyd Roots

B Edward Percy Smith

C William Patrick Spens

D C Radcliffe

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Answer: William Patrick Spens

9 Who among the following gave the safety valve theory for Indian National Congress ?

A Lala Lajpat Rai

B MN Roy

C Bipinchandra Pal

D Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai

10 Who among the following was the president of the British Indian Association that was founded in 1851?

A Dwarakanath Tagore

B Prasanna Kumar

C Radhakant Deb

D Debendranath Tagore

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Answer: Radhakant Deb

11 Who among the following is called the father of Nationalism in India?

A Dadabhai Naoroji

B Mahatma Gandhi

C Raja Rammohan Roy

D Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy

12 Which among the following organizations published the journal called Indian Sociologists? [A] [B] Ghadar Party [C] British Indian Association [D] Berlin Committee Hide Answer Correct Answer: A [India House]

A Bacterium

B Blood cancer

C India House

D TMV

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Answer: India House

13 Who among the following was the founder of the Paris Indian Society?

A Bhikaji Kama

B Lala Hardayal

C Taraknath

D S R Rana

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Answer: Bhikaji Kama

14 Who among the following founded the Depressed Classes Mission of India?

A Vitthal Ramji Shinde

B Annabhau Sathe

C Shantabai Kamble

D Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

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Answer: Vitthal Ramji Shinde

15 Which among the following is called Magnacarta of English education?

A Minute on Indian Education by Lord Macauley

B Wood’s Despatch

C Hartog Committee Report

D None of above

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Answer: Wood’s Despatch

16 Under which among the following acts, Civil Services started in India?

A Charter Act 1793

B Charter Act 1833

C Charter Act 1853

D Charter Act 1813

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Answer: Charter Act 1833

17 In which year, Land Holder’s society was established in India?

A 1838

B 1850

C 1828

D 1806

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Answer: 1838

18 In which country Indian Independence Committee was formed during British Era?

A Germany

B USA

C France

D UK

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Answer: Germany

19 What was the name of the first newspaper to announce the partition of Bengal on July 6th 1905?

A Sanjivani

B Anandabazar Patrika

C Swaraj

D Kalantar

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Answer: Sanjivani

20 Consider the following policies followed by the Governor Generals for the expansion of their dominions and consolidation of their rule during the 3 stages of the process of the growth of British Paramountcy in India:

1. Subordinate Isolation

2. Policy of Ring Fence

3. Policy of Subordinate Union

Which of the following is the correct sequence of their adoption in the course of the establishment of British rule in India?

A 1-3-2

B 2-1-3

C 1-2-3

D 3-2-1

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