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This section includes 595 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Modern History knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 501. |
Who introduced doctrine of lapse ? |
| A. | Lord Wellesley |
| B. | Lord Curzon |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | Lord Lytton |
| Answer» D. Lord Lytton | |
| 502. |
The Rama Krishna Mission was established by: |
| A. | Vivekananda |
| B. | Rama Krishna |
| C. | M.G. Ranade |
| D. | Keshab Chandra Sen |
| Answer» B. Rama Krishna | |
| 503. |
Give me blood, I will give you freedom . These words are attributed to : |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Khudiram Bose |
| C. | Bhagat Singh |
| D. | Veer Savarkar |
| Answer» B. Khudiram Bose | |
| 504. |
Name the Governor-General who accepted the view of Macaulay to make English as the medium of instruction. |
| A. | Lord Canning |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Lord Lytton |
| D. | Lord William Bentinck |
| Answer» E. | |
| 505. |
In which session of the Indian National Congress was Purna Swaraj adopted as its goal? |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Lucknow |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Lahore |
| Answer» E. | |
| 506. |
Which movement got the support both from Hindus and Muslims? |
| A. | Non Cooperation Movement |
| B. | Quit India Movement |
| C. | Champaran Satyagraha |
| D. | Anti-Partition Movement |
| Answer» B. Quit India Movement | |
| 507. |
Who are the three, among the following who fought against British in 1857 Revolt ? |
| A. | a, b and c |
| B. | a, c and d |
| C. | a, b and d |
| D. | b, c and d |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 508. |
India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister : |
| A. | Clement Attlee |
| B. | Winston Churchill |
| C. | Ramsay MacDonald |
| D. | William Pitt |
| Answer» B. Winston Churchill | |
| 509. |
Where did the so-called Black Hole Tragedy take place ? |
| A. | Dacca |
| B. | Monghyr |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Murshidabad |
| Answer» D. Murshidabad | |
| 510. |
Who was the first Indian Governor General after Lord Mountbatten? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| C. | Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | Pattabi Sitaramayya |
| Answer» C. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 511. |
Which Party was established by Subhash Chandra Bose after he came out of Indian National Congress ? |
| A. | Indian National Army |
| B. | Republican Party |
| C. | Forward Block |
| D. | Socialist Party |
| Answer» D. Socialist Party | |
| 512. |
Who is known as the Indian Bismarck ? |
| A. | Vallabhai Patel |
| B. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Bhagat Singh |
| D. | Bal Gangadhara Tilak |
| Answer» B. Subhash Chandra Bose | |
| 513. |
In which of its sessions did the Indian National Congress declare Purna Swaraj as its specific goal? |
| A. | Lahore Session, 1929 |
| B. | Tripuri Session, 1939 |
| C. | Surat Session, 1905 |
| D. | Special Session in Calcutta, 1920 |
| Answer» B. Tripuri Session, 1939 | |
| 514. |
Who was known as the Father of Indian Renaissance ? |
| A. | Vivekananda |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| D. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| Answer» D. Surendranath Banerjee | |
| 515. |
Khilafat Movement was connected with which of the following? |
| A. | Turkey |
| B. | Egypt |
| C. | Saudi Arabia |
| D. | Iran |
| Answer» B. Egypt | |
| 516. |
What was the Wood s Despatch about ? |
| A. | Industry |
| B. | Army |
| C. | Education |
| D. | Agriculture |
| Answer» D. Agriculture | |
| 517. |
Who was the reformer of oppressed and backward classes? |
| A. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| B. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| C. | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» D. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 518. |
Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das were the founders of a party known as the : |
| A. | Gadar Party |
| B. | Forward Bloc |
| C. | Swarajya Party |
| D. | Socialist Congress |
| Answer» D. Socialist Congress | |
| 519. |
Who coined the slogan Inquilab Zindabad ? |
| A. | Subash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Balagangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Bhagat Singh |
| D. | Sukhdev |
| Answer» D. Sukhdev | |
| 520. |
The Working Committee of National Congress sanctioned the resolution named Quit India at |
| A. | Wardha |
| B. | Nagpur |
| C. | Mumbai |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» B. Nagpur | |
| 521. |
Gandhiji s Satyagraha meant an attachment to the following two elements |
| A. | Knowledge and religion |
| B. | Truth and non-violence |
| C. | Truth and chastity |
| D. | Love of motherland and hate for colonial masters |
| Answer» C. Truth and chastity | |
| 522. |
Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse to expand British territories in India? |
| A. | Lord Hastings |
| B. | Lord Wellesley |
| C. | Lord William Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» E. | |
| 523. |
What was the immediate cause of the Mutiny of 1857? |
| A. | The discontentment of the soldiers |
| B. | The use of greased cartridges in the new Enfield Rifle |
| C. | The social conditions of India |
| D. | The introduction of railways and telegraphs |
| Answer» C. The social conditions of India | |
| 524. |
The Kakori conspiracy was a train robbery that took place between Kakori and Lucknow in |
| A. | 1931 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1925 |
| D. | 1929 |
| Answer» D. 1929 | |
| 525. |
Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session at |
| A. | Allahabad |
| B. | Calcutta |
| C. | Surat |
| D. | Lahore |
| Answer» D. Lahore | |
| 526. |
Do or Die is associated with which of the movements in India s freedom struggle? |
| A. | Dandi March |
| B. | Non-Cooperation Movement |
| C. | Khilafat Movement |
| D. | Quit India Movement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 527. |
Who was responsible for the integration of princely states into the Indian Union after Independence ? |
| A. | Sri Rajagopalachari |
| B. | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| D. | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| Answer» D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | |
| 528. |
Who was the founder of the Indian National Army? |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Gandhiji |
| Answer» C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| 529. |
Who was referred to as the Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity by Sarojini Naidu ? |
| A. | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| B. | Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| C. | Shaukat Ali |
| D. | Maulana Azad |
| Answer» B. Abdul Ghaffar Khan | |
| 530. |
Which of the following event in 1976 was an outcome of Simla Agreement between India and Pakistan? |
| A. | End of IndoPak war over Kashmir. |
| B. | Halt in production of nuclear weapon |
| C. | Aries wars condition in both the countries |
| D. | Aries conflicts in trade and mutual benefits between both the countries |
| Answer» E. | |
| 531. |
The Panchsheel agreement was between India and: |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | China |
| C. | Brazil |
| D. | Sri Lanka |
| Answer» C. Brazil | |
| 532. |
Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman s need but not everyman s greed . Who said this? |
| A. | Guru Nanak Dev |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Pope Paul VI |
| D. | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| Answer» C. Pope Paul VI | |
| 533. |
Which title, given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi, was surrendered during the non-cooperation movement? |
| A. | Hind Kesari |
| B. | Rai Bahadur |
| C. | Rt. Honourable |
| D. | Kaisar-i-Hind |
| Answer» E. | |
| 534. |
Who is generally considered to be the father of the Indian Renaissance ? |
| A. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| B. | Raja Rammohan Roy |
| C. | Mahatma Phule |
| D. | M.G. Ranade |
| Answer» C. Mahatma Phule | |
| 535. |
The Blue Water Policy was introduced by the Portugese leader |
| A. | Franscisco-de-Almeida |
| B. | Alfonso de Albuquerque |
| C. | Francis Caron |
| D. | Francis Martin |
| Answer» B. Alfonso de Albuquerque | |
| 536. |
Who referred to Mahatma Gandhi as Father of the Nation for the first time? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| C. | C. Rajgopalachari |
| D. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Answer» E. | |
| 537. |
Who was the founder of Kolkata s first Atmiya Sabha (philosophical discussion circle) held in 1815? |
| A. | Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| D. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| Answer» B. Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| 538. |
What was the chief objective of the Wahabi movement ? |
| A. | Forge cordial relations with the British |
| B. | Purify Islam |
| C. | Improve the condition of women |
| D. | Adopt rational education |
| Answer» C. Improve the condition of women | |
| 539. |
Which Governor General was called as the Father of Local Self-Government in India? |
| A. | Lord Wellesley |
| B. | Lord Canning |
| C. | Lord William Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Ripon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 540. |
Who is referred to as Frontier Gandhi ? |
| A. | Sheikh Abdullah |
| B. | Manilal Gandhi |
| C. | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| D. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| Answer» D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale | |
| 541. |
Which of the following was published by Gandhiji during his stay in South Africa? |
| A. | Young India |
| B. | Indian Opinion |
| C. | Nav Jivan |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Nav Jivan | |
| 542. |
In which pact, warm relations were established between Garam dal and Naram dal , the two groups of the Indian National Congress? |
| A. | Gandhi-Irwin Pact |
| B. | Lucknow Pact |
| C. | Karachi agreement |
| D. | Lahore declaration |
| Answer» C. Karachi agreement | |
| 543. |
The quintessence of Gandhian thought is: |
| A. | Satyagraha |
| B. | Metaphysics |
| C. | Spiritualism |
| D. | Moksha |
| Answer» B. Metaphysics | |
| 544. |
Who established the Sadr-Diwani-Adalat during the British East India Company s rule? |
| A. | Wellesley |
| B. | Warren Hastings |
| C. | Dalhousie |
| D. | Cornwallis |
| Answer» C. Dalhousie | |
| 545. |
During the period of which Governor General/Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced? |
| A. | Dalhousie |
| B. | Curzon |
| C. | Bentick |
| D. | Cornwallis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 546. |
The India Independence Bill was first presented in the House of Commons in London on: |
| A. | August 10,1947 |
| B. | August 1,1947 |
| C. | July 14,1947 |
| D. | July 4,1947 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 547. |
In which year was the Morley Minto reform passed? |
| A. | 1917 |
| B. | 1902 |
| C. | 1909 |
| D. | 1912 |
| Answer» D. 1912 | |
| 548. |
Who is popularly known as the Grand Old Man of India? |
| A. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. | Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| C. | Mahadeva Govinda Ranade |
| D. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| Answer» B. Madan Mohan Malaviya | |
| 549. |
When was the railway system established in India? |
| A. | 1969 |
| B. | 1753 |
| C. | 1853 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» D. 1953 | |
| 550. |
Swaraj is may Birth Right and I shall have it. This was advocated by : |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Sardar patel |
| C. | Lokmanya Tilak |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» D. Lala Lajpat Rai | |