Lecture -11 to 18
MODERN INDIAN HISTORY
1. Who laid the foundation of the Satya Shodhak Samaj ?
a. Jyotiba Phule
b. Swami Vivekananda
c. Shri Narayan Guru
d. Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
2. Where was the Temple Entry Movement launched ?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Karnataka
d. Kerala
3. Who was the founder of the Self-Respect Movement ?
a. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
b. Mahatama Gandhi
c. E.V. Ramaswami
d. C.N. Annadurai
4. Where did the Khasi uprising occur ?
a. Odisha
b. Manipur
c. Chotanagpur
d. Assam
5. Who was the founder of the Fairazi Movement ?
a. Haji Shariatullah
b. Mohammed Kasim Nanutavi
c. Rashid Ahmed Ganghoi
d. Mirza Ghulam Ahmed
6. In which year the Indian National Congress was formed ?
a. 1885 AD
b. 1875 AD
c. 1865 AD
c. 1855 AD
7. What is the name of the first women graduate of Calcutta University to address the Congress Session in 1889 AD ?
a. Usha Mehta
b. Kadambini Ganguly
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. None of the given
8. Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress ?
a. George Yule
b. George Arundale
c. A.O. Hume
d. William Butler
9. Where did Mahatama Gandhi became the President of the Indian National Congress in 1924 AD ?
a. Surat
b. Calcutta
c. Belgaum
d. Srinagar
10. When did Curzon passed University Act ?
a. 1903 AD
b. 1904 AD
c. 1905 AD
d. 1906 AD
11. Who opened the Bengal Chemical Swadeshi Stores during the Swadeshi Movement of India ?
a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b. Gopal Krishan Gokhale
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. Acharya P.C. Ray
12. Who among the following was not one of the founders of the Muslim League in India ?
a. Aga Khan
b. Nawab Salimullah of Dhaka
c. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
d. Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
13. When did the Surat split occur between extremists and moderates of the Indian National Congress ?
a. 1907 AD
b. 1910 AD
c. 1913 AD
c. 1918 AD
14. What was the alternative name of the Indian Councils Act , 1909 ?
a. Montague Chelmsford Reforms
b. Morley-Minto Reforms
c. Stephney-Wavell Reforms
d. None of the given
15. Where did the Ghadar Movement start ?
a. United States
b. Canada
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
16. Komaghata Maru was a Japanese Steamship hired by ………
a. Sohan Singh Bhakna
b. Kartar Singh Sarabha
c. Baba Gurdit Singh
d. Shaheed Udham Singh
17. Who gave the slogan ‘ Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.’ ?
a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b. Gopal Krishan Gokhale
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. Ambica Charan Majumdar
18. Who was the head of the Lucknow Session of the Indian National Congress ?-
a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b. Gopal Krishan Gokhale
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. Ambica Charan Majumdar
19. In which year Rowlatt Act was passed ?
a. 1916 AD
b. 1917 AD
c. 1918 AD
d. 1919 AD
20. From which country Mahatama Gandhi came back to India ?
a. USA
b. Russia
c. Israel
d. South Africa
21. Tinkathia System was prevalent in which state of India ?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Uttrakhand
c. Bihar
d. Bengal
22. Who killed the Commissioner of Punjab Michael O’ Dyer on 13th March, 1940 AD , in Coxton Hall , London ?
a. Bhagat Singh
b. Kartar Singh
c. Udham Singh
d. Ajit Singh
23. Who returned the knighthood in protest against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre ?
a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b. Gopal Krishan Gokhale
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. Ambica Charan Majumdar
24. Who started the secret body Abhinav Bharat Society in Poona ?
a. V.D. Savakar
b. Ashwini Kumar Dutt
c. Barinder Ghosh
d. Bhupendra Dutt
25. Who was the founder of Indian National Army in Malaya ?
a. Ras Bihari Ghosh
b. Captain Mohan Singh
c. Subhash Chander Bose
d. None of the given
26. Where did Alluri Sitarama Raju led the tribal revolt in India ?
a. Gujarat
b. Karnataka
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Andhra Pradesh
27. Who died due to the lathi charge during the Anti-Simon Commission agitation on 17th November , 1929 AD ?
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Motilal Nehru
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
d. None of the given
28. Who was known as ‘Frontier Gandhi’ ?
a. Mohsin-ul-Mulk
b. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
c. Mohammed Iqbal
d. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
29. In which year Gandhi-Irwin Pact was passed ?
a. 1930 AD
b. 1931 AD
c. 1932 AD
d. 1933 AD
30. What was the name of the Prime Minister of England who presented the Communal Award of 1932 ?
a. Ramsay McDonald
b. Wavell
c. Lytton
d. Atlee
31. Who established All India Anti-Untouchability League ?
a. Mahatama Gandhi
b. Jyotiba Phule
c. B.R. Ambedkar
d. None of the given
32. Which day was observed by Muslim League on 22nd December, 1939 in response to the resignation of the Congress Ministries ?
a. Observation Day
b. Solace Day
c. Deliverance Day
d. Depth Day
33. Who was the first Satyagrahi to offer for individual Satyagrah ?
a. Vinoba Bhave
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Maulana Azad
d. Mahatama Gandhi
34. What was the proposal of Quit India Movement called ?
a. Sabarmati Proposal
b. Bombay Proposal
c. Vardha Proposal
d. Lucknow Proposal
35. Who gave the slogan of ‘Do or Die’ during Quit India Movement ?
a. Dadabahi Naoroji
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Maulana Azad
d. Mahatama Gandhi
36. Who was the announcer at the Congress Radio ?
a. Usha Mehta
b. Kadambini Ganguly
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. Annie Besant
37. When was the Rajagopalachari Formula launched ?
a. 1941 AD
b. 1942 AD
c. 1943 AD
d. 1944 AD
38. Who established the Indian League ?
a. Ras Bihari Ghosh
b. Captain Mohan Singh
c. Subhash Chander Bose
d. None of the given
39. Where did Subhash Chander Bose formed Indian Government in 1943 AD ?
a. Singapore
b. Malaysia
c. Indonesia
d. Cambodia
40. Who headed the interim government that was formed on 2nd September , 1946 AD ?
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Motilal Nehru
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
d. None of the given
41. Who was the first Governor-General of Pakistan ?
a. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
b. Lord Mountbatten
c. Mohammed Iqbal
d. None of the given
42. Who among the following was known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’ ?
a. Dadabahi Naoroji
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Maulana Azad
d. Mahatama Gandhi
43. Who started the Theosophical Society ?
a. Usha Mehta
b. Kadambini Ganguly
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. Annie Besant
44. Who among the following was not the part of the Home Rule League ?
a. Annie Beasant
b. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c. Bipin Chander Pal
d. None of the given
45. Who described Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the ‘Father of India Unrest’ ?
a. Charles Wilkins
b. Valentine Chirol
c. Warren Hastings
d. None of the given
46 . Who was first Indian to become ICS ?
a. Satyadenranath Tagore
b. Dabindranath Tagore
c. Dwarikanath Tagore
d. Rabindranath Tagore
47. Who called Mahatama Gandhi ‘Rashtrapita’ ?
a. Ras Bihari Ghosh
b. Captain Mohan Singh
c. Subhash Chander Bose
d. Rabindranath Tagore
48. In which state of India Sarojini Naidu became first woman Governor of India ?
a. Uttrakhand
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Andhra Pradesh
49. Panchsheel Doctrine was presented by Jawaharlal Nehru in context of …………
a. US
b. China
c. UK
d. USSR
50. ‘The Indian Struggle’ was the biography of which among the following ?
a. Mahatama Gnadhi
b. Rabindranath Tagore
c. Subhash Chander Bose
d. None of the given