MODERN INDIAN HISTORY
Topic 1 to 10
1. Who founded Adi Brahmo Samaj ?
a. Devendranath Tagore
b. Keshav Chander Sen
c. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d. Swami Dayanad Saraswati
2. What was the original name of Swami Dayanand Saraswati ?
a. Narendranath Dutt
b. Mula Shanker
c. Siddharth
d. Devdutt
3. Who established Ramkrishan Mission ?
a. Swami Datanand Saraswati
b. Devendranath Tagore
c. Swami Vivekananda
d. Swami Shraddhanand
4 . Swami Vivekananda attended the Parliament of Religion held at _________ in 1893 AD.
a. New York
b. Chicago
c. Los Angles
d. St. Helena
5. Who founded Prarthna Samaj ?
a. M.G. Ranade
b. Dadoba Panduranga
c. Bal Shashtri Jambhedkar
d. R.G. Bhandarkar
6. Henery Louis Vivian Derozio founded which among the following organization or movement ?
a. Brahma Samaj
b. Brahmo Samaj
c. Young Bengal Movement
d. Indian Reforms Movement
7. Who founded the Theosophical Society of India ?
a. Madam H.P. Blavatsky
b. Col H.S. Olcott
c. Behramji M. Malabari
d. Annie Beasant
8. Who founded the Servants of India Society ?
a. Behramji M. Malabari
b. M.G. Ranade
c. Gopal Krishan Gokhale
d. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
9. Who founded the Indian Women’s Association ?
a. Madam H.P. Blavatsky
b. Col H.S. Olcott
c. Behramji M. Malabari
d. Annie Beasant
10. Who was known as Lokahitwadi ?
a. Behramji M. Malabari
b. M.G. Ranade
c. Gopal Krishan Gokhale
d. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
11. When was the Nehru Report passed ?
a. 1925 AD
b. 1926 AD
c. 1927 Ad
d. 1928 AD
12. At which place Poorna Swaraj Declaration was passed in the year 1929 AD ?
a. Karachi
b. Lahore
c. Islamabad
d. Delhi
13. Which act was passed in 1929 under which marriageable age of girls (14 years ) and boys (18 years ) was fixed ?
a. The Age of Consent Act
b. The Minimum Age of Marriage Act
c. The Sharda Act
d. The Kishore Act
14. Who founded forward bloc in 1939 AD ?
a. Lala Lajpat Rai
b. Subhash Chandra Bose
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. M.N. Roy
15. On which day Muslim League observed Pakistan Day ?
a. 23rd March, 1940 AD
b. 23rd March, 1943 AD
c. 23rd March, 1946 AD
d . 23rd March, 1947 AD
16. Who was the First Governor-General of Free India ?
a. C.Rajagoapalachari
b. Lord Mountbatten
c. Warren Hastings
d. Warren Hastings
17 . Under whom the boundary Commission was formed to draw a border between India and Pakistan ?
a. Durand
b. Radcliff
c. Carlyle
d. McMohan
18 . Who established Calcutta Madrasa in 1781 AD ?
a. C.Rajagoapalachari
b. Lord Mountbatten
c. Earl of Hastings
d. Warren Hastings
19. At which place Bethune School was founded by the JED Bethune in 1849 AD ?
a. New Delhi
b. Calcutta
c. Bombay
d. Madras
20. In 1882 which commission was appointed by the Lord Rippon over education ?
a. Hunter Commission
b. Rand Commission
c. Chapekar Commission
d. Raleigh Commission
21. Which major social reform was approved by the Raja Ram Mohan Roy ?
a. Widow Remarriage
b. Abolition of Sati
c. Abolition of Infanticide
d. Abolition of Thuggi
22. Which among the following is not the work of the Raja Ram Mohan Roy ?
a. Sambad Kaumudi
b. Precepts of Jesus
c. A Gift to Monotheism
d. None of the given
23. Under whom the Police Commission was appointed during the tenure of Lord Curzon in 1902 AD ?
a. Andrew Frazer
b. Thomas Railey
c. McDonell
d. Simon Frazer
24. In which year the partition of Bengal took place during the tenure of Lord Curzon ?
a. 1903 AD
b. 1904 AD
c. 1905 AD
c. 1907 AD
25. In which year the Surat Split took place between the moderate and extremists factions of the Indian National Congress ?
a. 1903 AD
b. 1904 AD
c. 1906 AD
d. 1907 AD
26. In which year Muslim League was founded during the tenure of Lord
Minto-II ?
a. 1903 AD
b. 1904 AD
c. 1906 AD
d. 1907 AD
27. Which among the following was the only King of the Britain who came to India ?
a. King George-IV
b. King George-VII
c. King George-V
d. King George-VI
28. What is the other name of Indian Council Act 1919 AD ?
a. The Morley-Minto Reforms
b. The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
c. The Canning –Dalhousie Reforms
d. King George-V Reforms
29. In which year the Chamber of Princes was established in India ?
a. 1919 AD
b. 1920 AD
c. 1921 AD
d. 1923 AD
30. In which year the death of Tilak took place ?
a. 1919 AD
b. 1920 AD
c. 1921 AD
d. 1923 AD
31. Where did the Moplah rebellion took place in 1921 AD ?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Karnataka
c. Kerala
d. Andhra Pradesh
32. In 1923 which party was formed by C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru ?
a. Indian National Congress
b. Swaraj Party
c. Communist Party of India
d. Swadesh Sevak Sangh
33. Which university was founded by Rabindranath Tagore in 1922 AD ?
a. Benaras Hindu University
b. Kolkata University
c. Jamia Milia Islamia University
d. Vishwa Bharti University
34. Which commission for public services was formed in 1924 AD ?
a. Lee Commission
b. Starchy Commission
c. Young Hilton Commission
d. Hunter Commission
35. Which major organization was founded in 1925 AD ?
a. Swadesh Sevak Home
b. Muslim League
c. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
d. Hindu Mahasabha
36. Who was the First Viceroy of India ?
a. Dalhousie
b. Canning
c. Reading
d. John Lawrence
37. In which year the Indian Penal Code was passed ?
a. 1824 AD
b. 1852 AD
c. 1860 AD
d. 1873 AD
38. During whose tenure the High Courts were opened in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay in 1865 AD ?
a. Mayo
b. Canning
c. Reading
d. John Lawrence
39. Who was the First and only Viceroy to be murdered by a convict in Andaman in 1872 AD ?
a. Mayo
b. Canning
c. Lytton
d. John Lawrence
40. Who was the most unpopular Viceroy during the rule of the East India Company ?
a. Mayo
b. Canning
c. Lytton
d. John Lawrence
41. Who lowered the maximum age limit for the Civil Services Examination from 21 to 19 years ?
a. Rippon
b. Canning
c. Lytton
d. John Lawrence
42. In which year the Vernacular Press Act was abolished by the Lord Rippon ?
a. 1878 AD
b. 1880 AD
c. 1882 AD
d. 1881 AD
43. In which year the First Factory Act came into being ?
a. 1878 AD
b. 1880 AD
c. 1882 AD
d. 1881 AD
44. Which area was given by the Portuguese to Charles II of England for marrying a Portuguese Princess Catharine of Braganza ?
a. Delhi
b. Bombay
c. Calcutta
d. Madras
45. Who among the following was given the epithet of the Father of Local Self Government of India ?
a. Rippon
b. Canning
c. Lytton
d. John Lawrence
46. Which bill empowered Indian judge to inquire into European Cases ?
a. Vernacular Press Bill
b. Ilbert Bill
c. First Factory Bill
d. Pitts India Bill
47. In which year the Indian National Congress was found ?
a. 1882 AD
b. 1883 AD
c. 1884 AD
d. 1885 AD
48. Who called the Indian National Congress as the ‘Microscopic Minority’ ?
a. Lord Dufferin
b. Lord Reading
c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Mayo
49. Which boundary line was drawn under the Durand Commission ?
a. India and Afghanistan
b. India and Pakistan
c. India and China
c. India and Myanmar
50. The Britishers signed the First Treaty of Subsidiary Alliance during the tenure of Lord Wellesley with which state of India ?
a. Hyderabad
b. Jhansi
c. Travancore
d. Cannanore
51. Which among the following pairs has not been matched correctly in context of the Maratha History ?
a. The Peshwa : Poona
b. The Bhonsle : Nagpur
c. The Scindhia : Gwalior
d. The Gaekwad : Lucknow
52. Under which Charter the monopoly of the East India Company was abolished in India ?
a. The Pitts India Act, 1784 AD
b. The Regulating Act, 1773 AD
c. The Charter Act of 1813 AD
d. The Charter Act of 1833 AD
53. Which war was ended by the Treaty of Gandaboo ?
a. First Anglo Burmese War
b. Second Anglo Burmese War
c. First Anglo Maratha War
d. Second Anglo Maratha War
54. In which year Lord William Bentick declared Sati illegal ?
a. 1829 AD
b. 1824 AD
b. 1833 AD
d. 1813 AD
55. Where was the First Medical College opened in India in 1835 AD ?
a. Delhi
b. Bombay
c. Madras
d. Calcutta
56. When did the Maharaja Ranjit Singh died ?
a. 1829 AD
b. 1839 AD
c. 1849 AD
d. 1859 AD
57. Who was the First Governor of Sindh ?
a. Charles Napier
b. Lord Dalhousie
c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Harding
58. When was the Widow Remarriage Act passed ?
a. 1842 AD
b. 1848 AD
c. 1856 AD
d. 1862 AD
59. Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse ?
a. Charles Napier
b. Lord Dalhousie
c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Cornwallis
60. In which year Railway, Telegraph and Postal System was introduced in India ?
a. 1849 AD
b. 1853 AD
c. 1857 AD
d. 1861 AD
61. Where was Bahadur Shah Zafar deported after his capture in the revolt of 1857 by John Nicholson ?
a. Dhaka
b. Chittagong
c. Rangoon
d. Huge Rose
62. Who captured Jhansi on 17th June , 1857 while Rani Jhansi died in the battle field ?
a. Colin Campbell
b. Hugh Rose
c. Havelock
d. Outram
63. Who called the revolt of 1857 ‘ First War of Independence’?
a. Chapekar Brothers
b. R.C. Majumdar
c. V.D. Savarkar
d. Malleson
64. What was the new designation of Governor-General of India after the Government of India Act of 1858 ?
a. Secretary of State
b. Viceroy of India
c. Magistrate, Court of Directors
d. Director , Board of Control
65. When was Warren Hastings made the First Governor-General of Bengal ?
a. 1765 AD
b. 1773 AD
c. 1833 AD
c. 1853 AD
66. Where was the first Supreme Court of India established by the Britishers ?
a. Delhi
b. Bombay
c. Calcutta
d. Madras
67. Who among the following was the first Governor-General India to codify laws in India ?
a. Charles Napier
b. Lord Dalhousie
c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Cornwallis
68. Who is known as the Father of Civil Services in India ?
a. Charles Napier
b. Lord Wellesley
c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Cornwallis
69. Who started the policy of Subsidiary Alliance in India ?
a. Charles Napier
b. Lord Wellesley
c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Cornwallis
70. After which war Tipu Sultan was died in 1799 AD ?
a. First-Anglo Mysore War
b. Second-Anglo Mysore War
c. Third- Anglo Mysore War
d. Fourth-Anglo Mysore War
71. What was the time period of the Industrial Phase of Economic Policy of Britishers in India?-
a. 1813-1858 AD
b. 1757-1813 AD
c. 1600-1757 AD
d. 1858-1893 AD
72. Who cited the first drain of wealth theory in his book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ ?
a. R.C. Dutt
b. Dada Bhai Naoroji
c. Atmaram Pandurang
d. Rabindranath Tagore
73. Which among the following kind of land revenue system was introduced by the East India Company in Bengal, Bihar and Odisha / Banaras/ Madras ?
a. Permanent System
b. Ryotwari System
c. Mahalwari System
d. None of the given
74. Who presented the Scientific Theory of Rent that became the basis of the Ryotwari System ?
a. David Ricardo
b. Munro
c. Charles Reed
d. None of the given
75. Who was refused pension by the Britishers before the revolt of 1857 ?
a. Begum Hazrat Mahal
b. Nana Sahib
c. Peshwa Baji Rao-II
d. Kunwar Singh
76. In which state of India 19th native infantry of Behrampur refused to use the newly introduced Enfield Rifles ?
a. Bengal
b. Delhi
c. Bombay
d. Madras
77. _______ of 34th Native Infantry fired at the sergeant major of his regiment. It was known as mutiny of Barrackpur.
a. Mangal Pandey
b. Bahadur Shah-II
c. Rani Laxmi Bai
d. Kunwar Singh
78. Who was declared at Delhi ‘Shahenshah-i-Hindustan’ by mutineers at Delhi ?
a. Mangal Pandey
b. Bahadur Shah-II
c. General Bakht Khan
d. Tantia Tope
79. Maulavi Ahmadullah was the leader of the revolt of 1857 from which among the following place ?
a. Delhi
b. Kanpur
c. Faizabad
d. Jhansi
80. Who signed the Treaty of Srirangapatnam with British and ceded half of his territories to them after the end of the Third Anglo-Mysore War ?
a. Baji Rao-II
b. Tipu Sultan
c. Hyder Ali
d. Bakht Khan
81. Who became the First Commissioner of Punjab ?
a. Dalhousie
b. Canning
c. Reading
d. John Lawrence
82. In which year Britishers annexed Burma completely under the Third Anglo Burmese War?
a. 1826 AD
b. 1854 AD
c. 1885 AD
d. 1899 AD
83 . What is the epithet given to the First Anglo-Afghan war ?
a. Hastings Folly
b. Auckland’s Folly
c. Cornwallis Folly
d. Pitt’s Folly
84. At which place modern arsenal was established by Hyder Ali ?
a. Mysore
b. Nanjungur
c. Dindigul
d. Manglore
85. What is the name of the goddess whose image was constructed by Tipu Sultan on the Shrinageri Temple ?
a. Goddess Parvati
b. Goddess Adi Shakti
c. Goddess Sharda
d. Goddess Shailputri
86. Who transferred his capital from Dacca to Murshidabad after becoming the Governor of Bengal ?
a. Alivardi Khan
b. Murshid Quli Khan
c. Sarfaraz Khan
d. Siraj-ud-Daula
87. In which among the following cities Fort William was situated ?
a. Delhi
b. Calcutta
c. Bombay
d. Madras
88. In which year the Battle of Plassey was fought ?
a. 1757 AD
b. 1773 AD
c. 1813 AD
d. 1853 AD
89. Who became the first Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (1757-1760) under the control of Britishers after the death of Siraj-ud-daula?
a. Mir Zafar
b. Miran
c. Mir Madan
d. Mohan Lal
90. Who was made the Governor of Bengal after the Battle of Buxar ?
a. Mir Zafar
b. Miran
c. Mir Madan
d. Mohan Lal
91. Who became the First British Governor of Bengal in 1765 AD ?
a. William Bentick
b. Robert Clive
c. Warren Hastings
d. Mountbatten
92. Who ended the Dual Government of Bengal in 1772 AD ?
a. William Bentick
b. Robert Clive
c. Warren Hastings
d. Mountbatten
93. The Battle of Wandiwash was fought in which among the following Carnatic War ?
a. First Carnatic War
b. Second Carnatic War
c. Third Carnatic War
d. None of given
94. Who reached India via Cape of Good Hope in 1498 at Calicut ?
a Columbus
b. Simon Bolivar
c. Vasco da Gama
d. Gullivar
95. Who was the first Governor of Portuguese in India ?
a. Francisco Almeida
b. Alfonso d’ Alburquerque.
c. Nino-da-Cunha
d. None of the given
96. At which place the first Portuguese factory was established in India ?
a. Calicut
b. Masulipatnam
c. Calcutta
d. Ennore
97. Who visited to Jehangir in 1615 AD as an ambassador of King James –I ?-
a. Thomas Roe
b. Charles Wilkins
c. Captain Hawkins
d. None of the given
98. Which city replaced Surat as headquarters of British in India ?
a. Delhi
b. Calcutta
c. Bombay
d. Madras
99. Serampore was the headquarters of which among the following European power in India ?
a. English
b. French
c. Danes
d. Austen
100. Where was the first French factory established in India ?
a. Serampur
b. Masulipatnam
c. Surat
d. Tranquebar