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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.
| 251. |
The partition of Bengal was revoked by the British in |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1914 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1919 |
| Answer» B. 1914 | |
| 252. |
The Portuguese built their first fort on Indian soil in the territory of the Raja of |
| A. | Calicut |
| B. | Cochin |
| C. | Daman |
| D. | Bijapur |
| Answer» C. Daman | |
| 253. |
Who among the following implemented the Doctrine of Lapse? |
| A. | Lord Canning |
| B. | Lord Dalhousie |
| C. | Lord Hastings |
| D. | Lord Rippon |
| Answer» C. Lord Hastings | |
| 254. |
Neel Darpan a play depicting the revolt against the indigo planters was written by |
| A. | Dinbandhu Mitra |
| B. | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| C. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| D. | Naveen Chandra Sen |
| Answer» B. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee | |
| 255. |
What was not true about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan? |
| A. | He founded the Mohamma dan Anglo Oriental College at Aligarh |
| B. | He was a leader of the Muslim League |
| C. | He was a leader of the Aligarh Movement |
| D. | He opposed the Indian National Congress |
| Answer» C. He was a leader of the Aligarh Movement | |
| 256. |
Who started the Home Rule Movement? |
| A. | Annie Beasant |
| B. | Padmaja Naidu |
| C. | Kamla Devi Chattopadyaya |
| D. | Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur |
| Answer» B. Padmaja Naidu | |
| 257. |
Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the first Arya Samaj in 1875 at |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Lahore |
| C. | Nagpur |
| D. | Ahmadnagar |
| Answer» B. Lahore | |
| 258. |
The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure refers to a situation where |
| A. | the Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State |
| B. | the Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar |
| C. | the person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and in return pays rent to the landlord |
| D. | the land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis |
| Answer» B. the Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar | |
| 259. |
Who, among the following, has been known as the Frontier Gandhi ? |
| A. | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| B. | Khan Saheb |
| C. | Chaudhary Shaukatullah |
| D. | Liaquat Ali Khan |
| Answer» B. Khan Saheb | |
| 260. |
Who, among the following, abolished the Dual System of Government in Bengal? |
| A. | Lord Clive |
| B. | Lord Cornwallis |
| C. | Spencer |
| D. | Lord Warren Hastings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 261. |
Which among the following places, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857? |
| A. | Agra |
| B. | Kanpur |
| C. | Jhansi |
| D. | Lucknow |
| Answer» B. Kanpur | |
| 262. |
In which of the following places was the Ryotwari settlement introduced? |
| A. | Uttar Pradesh and Punjab |
| B. | North-West Provinces and Punjab |
| C. | Madras and Bombay |
| D. | Bengal and Bihar |
| Answer» D. Bengal and Bihar | |
| 263. |
Who among the following is popularly known as Periyar ? |
| A. | C.V. Raman Pillai |
| B. | C.N. Mudaliar |
| C. | E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker |
| D. | L. Ramkrishna Pillai |
| Answer» D. L. Ramkrishna Pillai | |
| 264. |
Who among the following, is acknowledged as the pioneer of Local Self-Government in India? |
| A. | Rippon |
| B. | Mayo |
| C. | Lytton |
| D. | Curzon |
| Answer» B. Mayo | |
| 265. |
When and which Governor-General decided to make English the medium of instruction in India? |
| A. | 1805-Lord Wellesley |
| B. | 1845-Lord Hardinge |
| C. | 1835-Lord William Bentick |
| D. | 1850-Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» D. 1850-Lord Dalhousie | |
| 266. |
The first Trading Centre which was established by the British was |
| A. | Kolkata |
| B. | Surat |
| C. | Chennai |
| D. | Mumbai |
| Answer» C. Chennai | |
| 267. |
Lucknow Pact was a deal between |
| A. | Indians and the British about legislative seats |
| B. | Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures |
| C. | Depressed castes and Brahmins about job reservations |
| D. | Hindus and Sikhs about job reservations |
| Answer» C. Depressed castes and Brahmins about job reservations | |
| 268. |
What was meant by the Secretary of State for India during the British rule? |
| A. | An official who worked as the Secretary to the Viceroy of India |
| B. | A Secretary level official appointed in each Presidency of India |
| C. | A British minister given full control over the Government of India |
| D. | A senior officer appointed by the Viceroy to look into the internal administration in India |
| Answer» D. A senior officer appointed by the Viceroy to look into the internal administration in India | |
| 269. |
What are the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909 known for? |
| A. | Separate Electorates |
| B. | Provincial Dyarchy |
| C. | Provincial Autonomy |
| D. | Federalism |
| Answer» B. Provincial Dyarchy | |
| 270. |
Tricolour was adopted as the National Flag in |
| A. | Lahore Congress |
| B. | Belgaum Congress |
| C. | Allahabad Congress |
| D. | Haripura Congress |
| Answer» B. Belgaum Congress | |
| 271. |
The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was |
| A. | Montague |
| B. | Tez Bahadur Sapru |
| C. | Lionel Curtis |
| D. | Chelmsford |
| Answer» B. Tez Bahadur Sapru | |
| 272. |
The hero of the Kakori Dacoity case was |
| A. | Ramprasad Bismil |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Batukeshwar Datta |
| D. | Barkatulla |
| Answer» B. Bhagat Singh | |
| 273. |
Royal Asiatic Society was founded by |
| A. | Sir William Jones |
| B. | Sir John Marshall |
| C. | R. D. Banerjee |
| D. | Sir William Bentick |
| Answer» B. Sir John Marshall | |
| 274. |
Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under : |
| A. | Government of India Act of 1919 |
| B. | Indian Councils Act of 1909 |
| C. | Government of India Act of 1935 |
| D. | Indian Independence Act of 1947 |
| Answer» D. Indian Independence Act of 1947 | |
| 275. |
The Indian council Act of 1909 was popularly known as : |
| A. | Parliament Act |
| B. | Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms |
| C. | Minto-Morely Reforms |
| D. | The Judiciary Act |
| Answer» D. The Judiciary Act | |
| 276. |
Who declared Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it ? |
| A. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| B. | Bal Gangadhara Tilak |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | K.T. Telang |
| Answer» C. Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| 277. |
Who is called as the Prophet of New India ? |
| A. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| B. | Sri Ramakrishna |
| C. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| D. | Swami Vivekananda |
| Answer» C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy | |
| 278. |
Where was the Royal Durbar held on November 1st, 1858 to issue the Queen s proclamation? |
| A. | Lucknow |
| B. | Cawnpore |
| C. | Delhi |
| D. | Kanpur |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 279. |
In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement ? |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1927 |
| C. | 1934 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» B. 1927 | |
| 280. |
The Governor-General who abolished the practice of Sati was |
| A. | Dalhousie |
| B. | Ripon |
| C. | William Bentinck |
| D. | Curzon |
| Answer» D. Curzon | |
| 281. |
Gandhiji was influenced by the writings of |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Thomas Hobbes |
| C. | Charles Darwin |
| D. | Leo Tolstoy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 282. |
The two states which had nonCongress Ministries in 1937 were |
| A. | Bengal and Punjab |
| B. | Punjab and NWFP |
| C. | Madras and Central Provinces |
| D. | Bihar and Uttar Pradesh |
| Answer» B. Punjab and NWFP | |
| 283. |
Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India because : |
| A. | they felt that it was only an eyewash |
| B. | all the members of the Commission were English |
| C. | the members of the Commission were biased against India |
| D. | it did not meet the demands of the Indians |
| Answer» C. the members of the Commission were biased against India | |
| 284. |
The call of "Back to the Vedas" was given by : |
| A. | Swami Vivekananda |
| B. | Swami Dayanand Saraswati |
| C. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| D. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| Answer» C. Aurobindo Ghosh | |
| 285. |
Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences ? |
| A. | B.R. Ambedkar |
| B. | M.M.Malavia |
| C. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| D. | Gandhiji |
| Answer» B. M.M.Malavia | |
| 286. |
The Editor of Young India and Harijan was |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Ambedkar |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Subash Chandra Bose |
| Answer» D. Subash Chandra Bose | |
| 287. |
The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in |
| A. | 1909 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1919 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» D. 1945 | |
| 288. |
Who gave the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad" ? |
| A. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| B. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Bhagat Singh |
| D. | Iqbal |
| Answer» D. Iqbal | |
| 289. |
On imprisonment in 1908 by the Brities, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sent to |
| A. | Andaman and Nicobar |
| B. | Rangoon |
| C. | Singapore |
| D. | Mandalay |
| Answer» E. | |
| 290. |
The song Jana-Gana-Mana composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of |
| A. | Jay He |
| B. | Rashtra Jagriti |
| C. | Bharat Vidhata |
| D. | Matribhoomi |
| Answer» D. Matribhoomi | |
| 291. |
The credit of discovering the sea route of India goes to the |
| A. | French |
| B. | Dutch |
| C. | Portuguese |
| D. | English |
| Answer» D. English | |
| 292. |
According to Gandhiji, which of the following are the major means of Satyagraha ? |
| A. | a and b are correct |
| B. | a and d are correct |
| C. | b and d are correct |
| D. | c and d are correct |
| Answer» C. b and d are correct | |
| 293. |
Who said Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India ? |
| A. | Raj Narain Bose |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Swami Vivekananda |
| D. | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 294. |
Name the important French possession in India. |
| A. | Goa |
| B. | Pondicherry |
| C. | Daman |
| D. | Cochin |
| Answer» C. Daman | |
| 295. |
Who among the following started the first newspaper in India? |
| A. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. | W.C. Bonnerjee |
| C. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| D. | James A. Hickey |
| Answer» E. | |
| 296. |
Who among the following was the first to sign the Instruments of Accession ? |
| A. | The Maharaja of Baroda |
| B. | The Dewan of Travancore |
| C. | The Nizam of Hyderabad |
| D. | The Raja of Jodhpur |
| Answer» C. The Nizam of Hyderabad | |
| 297. |
What is Gandhi s definition of Rama Raj ? |
| A. | The rule as it was during the time of Rama |
| B. | Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority |
| C. | The greatest good of all |
| D. | The absolute power concentrated in the hands of a king |
| Answer» D. The absolute power concentrated in the hands of a king | |
| 298. |
India attained Dominion Status on |
| A. | 15th January, 1947 |
| B. | 15th August, 1947 |
| C. | 15th August, 1950 |
| D. | 15th October, 1947 |
| Answer» C. 15th August, 1950 | |
| 299. |
Who is rightly called the Father of Local Self Government in India ? |
| A. | Lord Mayo |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Lord Curzon |
| D. | Lord Clive |
| Answer» C. Lord Curzon | |
| 300. |
Who was the founder of the Servants of India Society ? |
| A. | G.K. Gokhale |
| B. | M.G. Ranade |
| C. | B.G. Tilak |
| D. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Answer» B. M.G. Ranade | |