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Multiple Choice Quiz Questions (MCQs) on Modern Indian History
Multiple Choice Quiz Questions (MCQs) on Modern Indian History
Q. During the period of Guptas, the designation ‘Sarthavaha’ was used for which of the following?
(1) Minister of war and peace
(2) Chief judicial officer
(3) Chief banker
(4) Leader of the merchant caravans
Answer: (4)
Q. Simon Commission had visited India during the times of which among the following Viceroys?
[1] Lord Irwin
[2] Lord Chelmsford
[3] Lord Willington
[4] Lord Wood
Answer: 1 [Lord Irwin]
Notes:
On April 3, 1926 Lord Irwin was appointed 30th Viceroy and Governor-General of India. In 1927, British government appointed a commission under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon. The Commission was appointed to study the reforms of 1919 and suggest further measures for Constitutional reforms. The Commission had no Indian member in it. The Indians boycotted this all-White commission.
Q. At which among the following sessions of the Muslim League, Mohammed Ali Jinnah had invented a new slogan “Divide and Quit”?
[1] Lucknow Session 1931
[2] Karachi Session 1933
[3] Lahore Session 1940
[4] Karachi Session 1943
Answer: 4 [Karachi Session 1943]
Notes:
The Karachi Session of Muslim League was held in December, 1943. A resolution demanding the creation of Pakistan was presented and Mohammed Ali Jinnah had invented a new slogan “Divide and Quit”.
Q. Who among the following edited and published the newspaper Indian Mirror in 1861?
[1] Amitava Ghosh
[2] Ravindranath Tagore
[3] Sumit Ganguly
[4] Manmohan Ghosh and Devendranath Tagore
Answer: 4 [Manmohan Ghosh and Devendranath Tagore]
Notes:
In 1861, the newspaper, Indian Mirror, was edited and published by Manmohan Ghosh and Devendranath Tagore from Calcutta.
Q. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act?
[1] Sir Ashley Eden
[2] Alexander John Arbuthnot
[3] Lord Lytton
[4] Lord Stanley
Answer: 3 [Lord Lytton]
Notes:
In 1878, Lord Lytton introduced the Vernacular Press Act to ban the vernacular press in India. The first victim was nationalist Newspaper ‘Soma Prakash’.
Q. The Two Nation Theory was propounded in which session of the Muslim League?
[1] Lahore Session, 1940
[2] Bombay Session, 1915
[3] Delhi Session, 1918
[4] Calcutta Session, 1917
Answer: 1 [Lahore Session, 1940]
Notes:
Fazlul Haq, the premier of Bengal, who along with Muslim League had formed the government of Bengal Province , moved a resolution ,which was passed by Muslim League. In this session , Jinnah in his presidential address gave the famous Two Nation Theory as fellows: “India cannot be assumed today to be Unitarian and homogeneous nation, but on the contrary ,there are two nations in the main- the Hindus and Muslims”. The term Pakistan was not used in this session. Gandhiji rejected the two nation theory.
Q. In which year, the Cape of Good Hope was discovered by Portuguese navigator, Bartholomew Dias?
[1] 1465
[2] 1475
[3] 1487
[4] 1495
Answer: 3 [1487]
Notes:
It was in 1487 that the Portuguese navigator, Bartholomew Dias, rounded the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and sailed up the eastern coast; he was well convinced that the long sought after sea route to India had been found. But it was only ten years later that an expedition of Portuguese
ships headed out to India (in 1497) and arrived in India in slightly less than eleven months’ time, in May 1498.He stayed in India for three months and carried back with a rich cargo. That time the importance of pepper trade was realized for the first time by the Europeans.
Q. Gandhi may die, but Gandhism will remain forever” In which session of Indian National Congress Gandhi ji said this?
[1] Lucknow 1916
[2] Nagpur 1921
[3] Karachi 1931
[4] Ramgarh 1940
Answer: 3 [Karachi 1931]
Notes:
In the Karachi Session of 1931, the Gandhi Irwin Pact was endorsed. Sardar Patel was the president of that session. INC adopted a resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy. Gandhiji quoted “Gandhi may die, but Gandhism will remain forever”.
Q. Who founded the Servants of India Society?
[1] Gopal Krishna Gokhle
[2] Dadabhai Nauroji
[3] Raja Ram Mohan roy
[4] Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: 1 [Gopal Krishna Gokhle]
Notes:
Servants of India Society was founded in 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale to build a dedicated group of people for social service and reforms. In the field of famine relief, union organisation, cooperatives and uplift of tribals and depressed, the Society did commendable work.
Q. Introduction of provincial Autonomy is related to which of the following acts?
[1] The Government of India Act, 1858
[2] The Government of India Act, 1909
[3] The Government of India Act, 1919
[4] The Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: 4 [The Government of India Act, 1935]
Notes:
The Government of India Act, 1935 allowed provinces to act as autonomous units of administration in their defined spheres. It introduced responsible government in the provinces, that is, the Governor was required to act with the advice of ministers responsible to the provincial legislature.
Q. What was the immediate cause of the Revolt of 1857?
[1] Heavy taxation on Indian products
[2] Introduction of enfield guns
[3] Annexation of Oudh
[4] Demolition of traditional handicrafts that hit poor peasants and artisians
Answer: 2 [Introduction of enfield guns]
Notes:
The immediate cause of the Revolt of 1857 was the introduction of Enfield rifles whose cartidges were said to have greased cover made of beef and pork sparked off the revolt.
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