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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.
| 201. |
Gandhiji was the staunch supporter of |
| A. | big industries |
| B. | cottage industries |
| C. | both big as well as small industries |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. both big as well as small industries | |
| 202. |
Which of the following are the most important teachings of Gandhiji ? |
| A. | A and C Only |
| B. | B and D Only |
| C. | A and B Only |
| D. | A, B and C Only |
| Answer» C. A and B Only | |
| 203. |
Who is associated with the term Loknayak in India ? |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Jay Prakash Narayan |
| D. | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| Answer» D. Madan Mohan Malviya | |
| 204. |
What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality ? |
| A. | Rowlatt Act |
| B. | Minto-Morley Reforms |
| C. | Simon Commission |
| D. | Pitts India Act |
| Answer» D. Pitts India Act | |
| 205. |
What is the name of the Fort built by the English in Calcutta ? |
| A. | Fort St. David |
| B. | Fort St. Andrew |
| C. | Fort William |
| D. | Fort Victoria |
| Answer» D. Fort Victoria | |
| 206. |
The Governor General of India impeached by the House of Commons in England was: |
| A. | Waren Hastings |
| B. | Cornwallis |
| C. | Wellesley |
| D. | William Bentinct |
| Answer» B. Cornwallis | |
| 207. |
Bal, Pal and Lal were the most prominent leaders of the : |
| A. | Swaraj Party |
| B. | Militant National Party |
| C. | Gadar Party |
| D. | Congress Party |
| Answer» E. | |
| 208. |
Name the Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi. |
| A. | Gopalakrishna Gokhale |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| 209. |
Who said that India s soul lives in villages ? |
| A. | Vinoba Bhave |
| B. | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 210. |
On April 12, 1944 Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the INA Flag in a town. In which State/ Union Territory is that town now ? |
| A. | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| B. | Tripura |
| C. | Manipur |
| D. | Mizoram |
| Answer» D. Mizoram | |
| 211. |
The first Governor-General of Bengal was |
| A. | Lord Clive |
| B. | Lord Warren Hastings |
| C. | Lord John Shore |
| D. | Lord Cornwallis |
| Answer» C. Lord John Shore | |
| 212. |
Who among the following established the Ghadar Party ? |
| A. | V.D. Savarkar |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Lala Hardayal |
| D. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| Answer» D. Chandrashekhar Azad | |
| 213. |
Who among the following was the first Viceroy of India ? |
| A. | Lord Cornwallis |
| B. | Pitt |
| C. | Lord Canning |
| D. | Robert Clive |
| Answer» D. Robert Clive | |
| 214. |
Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British ? |
| A. | Jatin Das |
| B. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| C. | Rajguru |
| D. | Kalpana Dutt |
| Answer» D. Kalpana Dutt | |
| 215. |
Who organized the Dalits into the Depressed Classes Association ? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | B.R. Ambedkar |
| C. | Motilala Nehru |
| D. | Vinoba bave |
| Answer» C. Motilala Nehru | |
| 216. |
What was the name of the Newspaper edited by Gandhiji till 1933 ? |
| A. | Sarvodaya |
| B. | Arya |
| C. | Times of India |
| D. | Young India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 217. |
Which place among the following was the headquarters of-the Portuguese in India ? |
| A. | Cochin |
| B. | Goa |
| C. | Calicut |
| D. | Cannanore |
| Answer» C. Calicut | |
| 218. |
Who expounded The Theory of Drain |
| A. | Tilak |
| B. | Dadabhai Nauroji |
| C. | Gokhale |
| D. | Govinda Ranade |
| Answer» C. Gokhale | |
| 219. |
According to Mahatma Gandhi, which of the following is correct? |
| A. | Religion is to be separated from politics. |
| B. | Politics and religion must go hand in hand. |
| C. | Religion should be completely banned. |
| D. | Politics must be completely eliminated from socio-economic life. |
| Answer» C. Religion should be completely banned. | |
| 220. |
After the Chauri -Chaura incident, Gandhiji suspended the |
| A. | Civil Disobedience Movement |
| B. | Khilafat Movement |
| C. | Non-Cooperation Movement |
| D. | Quit India Movement |
| Answer» D. Quit India Movement | |
| 221. |
Who said Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it ? |
| A. | M.K. Gandhi |
| B. | B.G. Tilak |
| C. | G.K. Gokhale |
| D. | B. R. Ambedkar |
| Answer» C. G.K. Gokhale | |
| 222. |
Who Said I wish him the down fall of British Empire. |
| A. | Ramprasad Bismil |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Sukhdev |
| D. | Rayguru |
| Answer» B. Bhagat Singh | |
| 223. |
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 224. |
Match Correctly |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» D. D. | |
| 225. |
Bengal was partitioned in 1905 under the viceroyalty of |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Dufferin |
| C. | Lord Hardings |
| D. | Lord Minto |
| Answer» B. Lord Dufferin | |
| 226. |
Who among the following was instrumental in the abolition of Sati in 1829? |
| A. | Lord Hastings |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Lord Bentick |
| D. | Lord lrwin |
| Answer» D. Lord lrwin | |
| 227. |
The Gandhian economy was based on the principle of |
| A. | State control |
| B. | Competition |
| C. | Trusteeship |
| D. | Rural co-operation |
| Answer» D. Rural co-operation | |
| 228. |
The Azad Hind Fauj was formed in |
| A. | 1937 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1943 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» C. 1943 | |
| 229. |
Arrange the following in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below |
| A. | 2-4-1-3 |
| B. | 4-2-1-3 |
| C. | 2-1-4-3 |
| D. | 4-2-3-1 |
| Answer» C. 2-1-4-3 | |
| 230. |
Match List - I (Acts) with List - II ( Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» B. B. | |
| 231. |
In the country side the non-co-operation movement was againts the |
| A. | Gomasthas |
| B. | Talukdars |
| C. | Police |
| D. | Village headman |
| Answer» C. Police | |
| 232. |
The Folklore of Southern India was written by |
| A. | Abanindranash Tagore |
| B. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| C. | Raja Ravi Verma |
| D. | Natesa Sastri |
| Answer» B. Rabindranath Tagore | |
| 233. |
The last Governor-General of the East India Company ,and the first Viceroy under the crown was |
| A. | Lord Elgin |
| B. | Lord Canning |
| C. | Lord Warren Hastings |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» C. Lord Warren Hastings | |
| 234. |
Gandhiji s movement of boycotting the foreign goods aimed at |
| A. | full independence |
| B. | creating anti-British sentiment |
| C. | promotion of welfare state |
| D. | promotion of cottage industries |
| Answer» E. | |
| 235. |
In which year, Gandhiji established Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat ? |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1918 |
| D. | 1929 |
| Answer» C. 1918 | |
| 236. |
The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was |
| A. | the Company s Charter Act of 1813 |
| B. | the Company s Charter Act of 1853 |
| C. | the Indian Councils Act of 1851 |
| D. | the Indian Councils Act of 1893 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 237. |
The original name of Swami Vivekananda was |
| A. | Narendranath Dutta |
| B. | Batukeshwara Dutta |
| C. | Krishna Dutta |
| D. | Surendra Dutta |
| Answer» B. Batukeshwara Dutta | |
| 238. |
In which city did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place ? |
| A. | Jallandhar |
| B. | Patiala |
| C. | Bhatinda |
| D. | Amritsar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 239. |
Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revalt of 1857 at |
| A. | Barrackpore |
| B. | Meerut |
| C. | Kanpur |
| D. | Jhansi |
| Answer» B. Meerut | |
| 240. |
To end the III Anglo-Mysore War. Tipu Sultan signed the following Treaty with the British |
| A. | Treaty of Mangalore |
| B. | Treaty of Srirangapatnam |
| C. | Treaty of Mysore |
| D. | Treaty of Bidnur |
| Answer» C. Treaty of Mysore | |
| 241. |
The man behind the first railway line in India was: |
| A. | William Dudley |
| B. | Roger Smith |
| C. | George Clark |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» D. Warren Hastings | |
| 242. |
The Congress adopted the Quit India Resolution in the year |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1938 |
| C. | 1946 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 243. |
Gandhi started the Dandi March from |
| A. | Ahmedabad |
| B. | Allahabad |
| C. | Dandi |
| D. | Calcutta |
| Answer» B. Allahabad | |
| 244. |
Swarajya was declared as the goal of the Congress at its session held in 1906 at |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Calcutta |
| C. | Lucknow |
| D. | Madras |
| Answer» C. Lucknow | |
| 245. |
Simon Commission was sent by British Parliament to India to review the |
| A. | progress of English education |
| B. | social reforms |
| C. | working of dyarchy |
| D. | Hindu-Muslim unity |
| Answer» D. Hindu-Muslim unity | |
| 246. |
Who said Give me Blood, I will give you Freedom ? |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» B. Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| 247. |
Morley-Minto Reforms were introduced in which of the following years? |
| A. | 1909 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1924 |
| D. | 1935 |
| Answer» B. 1919 | |
| 248. |
The theory of economic drain was propounded by |
| A. | B.G. Tilak |
| B. | R.C. Dutt |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | G.K. Gokhale |
| Answer» D. G.K. Gokhale | |
| 249. |
Who created the Madras Presidency as it existed till Indian Independence? |
| A. | Sir Thomas Munro |
| B. | Lord Hastings |
| C. | Lord cornwallis |
| D. | Lord Welliesley |
| Answer» B. Lord Hastings | |
| 250. |
Who among the following, analysed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British and the Muslims? |
| A. | Syed Ahmed Brelvi |
| B. | Shah Waliullah |
| C. | Syed Ahmed Khan |
| D. | Syed Amir Ali |
| Answer» D. Syed Amir Ali | |