Modern History Quiz/MCQs

In the context of Indian history, the Rakhmabai case of 1884 revolved around
1. women’s right to gain education
2. age of consent
3. restitution of conjugal rights
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Indigo cultivation in India declined by the beginning of the 20th century Because of

Wellesley established the Fort William College at Calcutta because

With reference to the history of India, “Ulgulan” or the Great Tumult is the description of which of the following events?

Which of the following statements correctly explains the impact of Industrial Revolution on india during the first half of the nineteenth century?

With reference to the book “Desher Katha”written by Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar during the freedom struggle, consider the following statements:
1. It warned against the Colonial State’s hypnotic conquest of the mind.
2. It inspired the performance of Swadeshi street plays and folk songs.
3. The use of ‘desh’by Deuskar was in the specific context of the region of Bengal.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

The Gandhi-Irwin pact included which of the following?
1. Invitation of Congress to participate in the Round Table Conference
2.Withdrwal of Ordinances promulgated in connection with the Civil Disobedience Movement
3. Acceptance of Gandhiji’s suggestion for enquiry into police excesses
4. Release of only those prisoners who were not charged with violence
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The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience was published by

Consider the following statements about ‘the Charter Act of 1813’:
1. It ended the trade monopoly of the East India Company in India except for trade in tea and trade with China.
2. It asserted the sovereignty of the British Crown over the Indian territories held by the
Company.
3. The revenues of India were now controlled by the British Parliament.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to Swadeshi Movement consider the following statements:
1. It contributed to the revival of the indigenous artisan crafts and industries.
2. The National Council of Education was established as a part of Swadeshi Movement.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following pairs:
Movement/Organization Leader
1. All India Anti-Untouchability League: Mahatma Gandhi
2. All India Kisan Sabha: Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
3. Self-Respect Movement: E. V. Ramaswami Naicker
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Which one of the following groups of plants was domesticated in the ‘New World’ and introduced into the ‘Old World’?

With reference to the British colonial rule in India, consider the following
statements:
1. Mahatma Gandhi was instrumental in the abolition of the system of ‘indentured
labour’.
2. In Lord Chelmsford’s War Conference’, Mahatma Gandhi did not support the
resolution on recruiting Indians for World War.
3. Consequent upon the breaking of Salt Law by Indian people, the Indian National Congress was declared illegal by the colonial rulers.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to Indian National Movement, consider the following pairs:
Person Position held
1. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru : President, All India Liberal Federation
2. K. C. Neogy : Member, The Constituent Assembly
3. P. C. Joshi : General Secretary, Communist Party of India
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna; stayed in America for some time; and was also elected to the Central Assembly. He was

Regarding Wood’s Dispatch, which of the following statements are true?
1.Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.
2.Establishment of universities was recommended.
3.English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.
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In the Federation established by The Government of India Act of 1935, residuary powers were given to the

After the Santhal Uprising subsided, what was/were the measure/measures taken by the colonial government?
1. The territories called `Santhal Paraganas’ were created.
2. It became illegal for a Santhal to transfer land to a non-Santhal.
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Economically, one of the results of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the

The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were

Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha ?

Who among the following were the founders of the “Hind Mazdoor Sabha” established in 1948 ?

Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley?

Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India?
1.Charter Act of 1813
2.General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823
3.Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy
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In 1920, which of the following changed its name to “Swarajya Sabha” ?

Which among the following events happened earliest?

With reference to educational institutions during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs:
Institution Founder
1.Sanskrit College at Benaras William Jones
2.Calcutta Madarsa Warren Hastings
3.Fort William Arthur College Wellesley
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct ?

Consider the following events :
1.The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in India.
2.India’s then-largest bank, ‘Imperial Bank of India’, was renamed ‘State Bank of India’.
3.Air India was nationalized and became the national carrier.
4.Goa became a part of independent India.
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?

In the context of Indian history, the principle of ‘Dyarchy (diarchy)’ refers to

With reference to Indian freedom struggle, consider the following events:
1. Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy
2. Quit Indian Movement launched
3. Second Round Table Conference
What is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?

The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to

Consider the following pairs:
1. Radhakanta Deb – First President of the British Indian Association
2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty – Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha
3. Surendranath Banerjee – Founder of the Indian Association
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Who among the following was/were associated with the introduction of Ryotwari Settlement in India during the British Rule?
1. Lord Cornwallis
2. Alexander Read
3. Thomas Munro
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The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for

Consider the following statements:
1. The Factories Act, 1881 was passed with a view to fix the wages of industrial workers and to allow the workers to form trade unions.
2. N. M. Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing the labour movement in British India.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The `Swadeshi’ and ‘Boycott’ were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during the

Satya Shodhak Samaj organized

The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to

Consider the following :
1. Calcutta Unitarian Committee
2. Tabernacle of New Dispensation
3. Indian Reform Association
Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of which of the above?

What was the main reason for the split in the Indian National Congress at Surat in 1907?

The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War

With reference to Rowlatt Satyagraha, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Rowlatt Act was based on the recommendations of the ‘Sedition Committee’
2. In Rowlatt Satyagraha Gandhiji tried to use the Home Rule League
3. Demonstrations against the Simon Commission coincided with the Rowlatt Satyagraha

Who of the following was/were economic critic/critics of colonialism in India?
1.Dadabhai Naoroji
2.G. Subramania Iyer
3.R. C. Dutt
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With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements:
1.It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes.
2.It wanted to establish the dictatorship of proletariat.
3.It advocated separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Government of India Act of 1919 clearly defined

Who of the following organized a march on the Tanjore coast to break the Salt Law in April 1930?

Consider the following statements :
1. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Sarojini Naidu.
2. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to cabinet mission, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. It recommended a federal government.
2. It enlarged the powers of the Indian courts.
3. It provided for more Indians in the ICS
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With reference to Indian history, which of the following is/are the essential elementary elements of the feudal system?
1. A very strong centralized political authority and a very weak provincial or local political authority
2. Emergence of administrative structure based on control and possession of land
3. Creation of lord-vassal relationship between the feudal lord and. his overlord
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Which one of the following movements has contributed to a split in the Indian National Congress resulting in emergence of ‘moderates’ and ‘extremists’?

The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to

The Partition of Bengal made by Lord Curzon in 1905 lasted until

The 1929 Session of Indian, National Congress is of significance in the history of the Freedom Movement because the

The Ghadr (Ghadar) was a

What was/were the object/objects of Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (1858)?
1. To disclaim any intention to annex Indian States
2. To place the Indian administration under the British Crown
3. To regulate East India Company’s trade with India
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The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for

The people of India agitated against the arrival of Simon Commission because

Quit India Movement was launched in response to

Annie Besant was
1. responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement
2. the founder of the Theo-sophical Society
3. once the President of the Indian National Congress Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below.

The Ilbert Bill controversy was related to the

With reference to Ryotwari Settlement, consider the following statements:
1. The rent was paid directly by the peasants to the Government.
2. The Government gave Pattas to the Ryots.
3. The lands were surveyed and assessed before being taxed.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932 mainly because

Which of the following parties were established by DR. B. R. Ambedkar?
1. Peasants and Workers party of India
2. All India Scheduled Castes Federation
3. The Independent Labour Party
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During Indian freedom struggle, the National Social Conference was formed. What was the reason for its formation?

The congress ministries resigned in the seven provinces in 1939, because

The most effective contribution made by Dadabhai Naoroji to the cause of Indian National Movement was that he
1. Exposed the economic exploitation of India by the British
2. Interpreted the ancient Indian texts stored
3. Stressed the need for eradication of all the social evils before anything else.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

The Rowlatt act aimed at

The Lahore session of the Indian nat. congress 1929 is very important in history because
1. the congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence
2. rift between the extremists and moderates was resolved in that session
3. a resolution was passed rejecting two nation theory in that session
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

Which of the following statements is/ are correct regarding Brahmo Samaj?
1. It opposed idolatry.
2. It denied the need for a priestly class for interpreting the religious texts.
3. It popularized the doctrine that the Vedas are infallible.
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Consider the following:
1. Assessment of the land revenue on the basis of nature of the soil and the quality of crops.
2. Use of mobile cannons in warfare
3. Cultivation of tobacco and red chillies
Which of the above was/were introduced into India by the English?