Modern Indian History Selected Questions and Answers Set 4

Q.1:- The Cabinet Mission Plan for India envisaged a ?

  1. Federation
  2. Confederation
  3. Unitary for the Government
  4. Union of States

Q.2:- Who amongst the following is considered to be the father of ‘Lord Self Government’ in India ?

  1. Lord Dalhousie
  2. Lord Canning
  3. Lord Curzon
  4. Lord Ripon

Q.3:- Who of the following started the newspaper ‘Bande Mataram’ ?

  1. Barindra Kumar Ghosh
  2. Bipin Chandra Pal
  3. Devendra Nath Tagore
  4. Surendra Nath Bannerjee

Q.4:- The whole dispute between Subhash Chandra Bose and right wing, after the Tripuri Session of Congress centred round to the question of ?

  1. Formation of Congress Working Committee
  2. Policy towards Princely States
  3. Attitude towards Central Government
  4. Double membership of Congress Socialist Party Members

Q.5:- The Mantra ‘Do or Die’ was given by ?

  1. C. Roy
  2. C. Bose
  3. V. Raman
  4. Mahatma Gandhi

Q.6:- The British introduced the Railways in India in order to ?

  1. Promote heavy industries in India
  2. Facilitate British commerce and administrative control
  3. Move foodstuff in case of famine
  4. Enable Indians to move freely within the country

Q.7:- Who succeeded Guru Nanak ?

  1. Guru Angad
  2. Guru Ramdas
  3. Guru Arjun
  4. Guru Hargobind

Q.8:- Sati was declared illegal and punishable by the Regulation XVII during the Governor Generalship of ?

  1. Lord William Bentick
  2. Lord Canning
  3. Lord Ripon
  4. Lord Dalhousie
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Q.9:- Who is credited with the introduction of Permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar ?

  1. Lord Curzon
  2. Lord Cornwallis
  3. Lord Ripon
  4. Lord Wellesely

Q.10:- Name of the Journalist who whole-heartedly championed the cause of Indigo Movement was ?

  1. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
  2. Barindra Ghosh
  3. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
  4. Bipin Chandra Pal

Q.11:- Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’ ?

  1. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
  2. G. Bhandarkar
  3. Mahadev Govind Ranade
  4. G. Tilak

Q.12:- Who among the following India freedom fighters made an attempt to estimate the per capita income of India ?

  1. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
  2. Feroz Shah Mehta
  3. Surendranath Banerjee
  4. Dadabhai Naoroji

Q.13:- Who is the exponent of the theory of economic drain of India during the British Rule ?

  1. Dadabhai Naoroji
  2. N. Roy
  3. Jai Prakash Narayan
  4. Ram Manohar Lohiya

Q.14:- Which Governor General had abolished slavery ?

  1. Sir John Shore
  2. Lord William Bentick
  3. Lord Ellenborough
  4. Lord Cornwallis

Q.15:- During the period of the Indian freedom struggle, who among the following started the Central Hindu School ?

  1. Annie Besant
  2. Bhikaji Cama
  3. G. Ranade
  4. Madan Mohan Malviya

Q.16:- Who among the following, pioneered the social and religious movement of the 19th Century in India ?

  1. Ram Mohan Roy
  2. Dayanand Saraswati
  3. Vivekanand
  4. Aurobindo Ghosh
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Q.17:- During Indian freedom struggle, the National Social Conference was formed. What was the reason for its formation ?

  1. Different social reform groups or organizations of Bengal religion united to form a single body to discuss the issues of larger interest and to prepare appropriate petitions / representations to the government
  2. India National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose
  3. Behramji Malabalri and M.G. Ranade decided to bring together all the social reform groups of the country under one organization
  4. None of the statements ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ given above it correct in this context

Q.18:- Who initiated regeneration of Indian Muslims in the 19th Century ?

  1. Sayed Ahmed Khan
  2. Nawab Salimullah
  3. Badshah Khan
  4. Abul Kalam Azad

Q.19:- Pochampally in Nalgonda district of Telangana became famous in April, 1951 because ?

  1. The Bhoodan movement was launched there by Vinoba Bhave
  2. The landless peasants rose up in arms against the landlords
  3. It witnessed violent Anti-Hindi agitation
  4. Silk weavers cooperative was formed for the first time in India
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Q.20:- In the Hunter Commission report, special emphasis was laid on the development of ?

  1. Girls’ Education
  2. Higher Education
  3. Primary Education
  4. Technical Education

Q.21:- In whose Viceroyalty the White Mutiny (1883) took place ?

  1. Lord Curzon
  2. Lord Minto
  3. Lord Ripon
  4. Lord Hardinge

Q.22:- The Constitution of India was adopted by the constituent assembly on ?

  1. August 15, 1947
  2. Jauarny 30, 1948
  3. November 26, 1949
  4. January 26, 1950

Q.23:- Who amongst the following is the author of the famous classical book ‘A Passage to India’ ?

  1. Mark Twain
  2. Nayantara Sehgal
  3. Nirad C. Choudhary
  4. M. Foster
  5. None of these

Q.24:- Who gave the concept of Sampoorna Kranti ?

  1. Jai Prakash Narayan
  2. Mahatma Gandhi
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Lenin

Q.25:- Who had founded the Independent League ?

  1. Moti Lal Nehru
  2. Mahatma Gandhi
  3. Ras Behari Bose
  4. Lala Lajpat Rai