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Modern Indian History | Set 3

1. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?

Correct : D. Sarojini Naidu

2. Sati was prohibited by -

Correct : C. Lord William Bentinck

3. When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha?

Correct : C. Abbas Tyabji

4. During colonial period, Britislh capital was mainly invested in:

Correct : C. Agriculture

5. M. A. Jinnah, in his early political life -

Correct : B. initiated Hindu-Muslim unity

6. Who among the following visited Gandhiji in South Africa?

Correct : C. G.K. Gokhale

7. In which year Salt Satyagraha took place?

Correct : B. 1930

8. Which day was declared as the Direct Action Day' by the Muslim League?

Correct : B. 16th August, 1946

9. When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the Quit India Movement' of 1942?

Correct : C. 9th August 1942

10. In hich year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organizing the agrarian movement in Punjab?

Correct : B. 1907

11. Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India?

Correct : A. Goa

12. Who declared "Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it"?

Correct : B. Bal Gangadhara Tilak

13. The Indian council Act of 1909 was popularly known as:

Correct : C. Minto-Morely Reforms

14. Which British Viceroy is associated with the Partition of Bengal?

Correct : B. Lord Curzon

15. In which year did Gandhiji undertake the famous Dandi March?

Correct : B. 1930

16. Federal form of government was introduced under the -

Correct : B. Government of India Act, 1935

17. Subhash Chandra Bose set up the provisional Government of Free India in -

Correct : B. Singapore

18. Who among the following was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam?

Correct : A. Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy NaIcker

19. Aurobindo was arrested in connection with -

Correct : A. Alipore Bomb Case

20. The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between:

Correct : B. Gandhi and Ambedkar

21. Who gave the title of Sardar" to Ballabh Bhai Patel?

Correct : A. Mahatma Gandhi

22. The Gandhi's 'Dandi March' was a part of -

Correct : C. Civil Disobedience Movement

23. Find the incorrect match among the -

Correct : A. Sir Syed Murtza Khan - Aligarh Muslim University

24. The battle of Plessey was fought between -

Correct : A. Sirajudduala and Robert Clive.

25. Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament?

Correct : C. Dadabhai Naoroji

26. Gandhiji's 'Satyagraha' meant an attachment to the following two elements -

Correct : B. Truth and non-violence

27. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

Correct : B. Dayanand Saraswati

28. During whose Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

Correct : B. Lord Harding

29. The Working Committee of National Congress sanctioned the resolution named Quit India' at -

Correct : A. Wardha

30. The non-cooperation movement was called off due to -

Correct : B. Chauri Chaura Incident

31. When was the railway system established in India?

Correct : C. 1853

32. The first country which discovered sea route to India was -

Correct : A. Portugal

33. Who introduced the Indian University Act?

Correct : A. Lord Curzon

34. What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?

Correct : D. Flag Satyagraha

35. Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?

Correct : C. Lord Hardinge

36. Te National Anthem was first sung in the year 1911 at the Annual session of the Indian National Congress held at -

Correct : C. Kolkata

37. Who is known as the 'Indian Bismarck'?

Correct : A. Vallabhai Patel

38. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?

Correct : A. Annie Besant

39. The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was -

Correct : A. the Company's Charter Act of 1813

40. Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?

Correct : C. Lord Canning

41. Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring -

Correct : B. Division in the Hindu Society

42. Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under:

Correct : C. Government of India Act of 1935

43. Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by -

Correct : A. Sir William Jones

44. According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj' meant -

Correct : B. Self government

45. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?

Correct : A. Gopal Hari Deshmukh

46. Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?

Correct : B. William Bentinck

47. The Arya Samaj" was founded by -

Correct : A. Swami Dayananda Saraswati

48. Gandhiji believed that -

Correct : B. Means justify end

49. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?

Correct : D. Wood's Despatch

50. Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?

Correct : A. Portuguese

51. Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -

Correct : A. 1946

52. Muslim League was founded in the year

Correct : C. 1906

53. In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?

Correct : D. Lahore

54. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?

Correct : C. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

55. "Go back to Vedas." This call given by -

Correct : D. Daynand Saraswati

56. Give below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair.

Correct : A. Rani LaxmibaiIndore

57. Wo was the National leader who wrote History of India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail?

Correct : C. Vir Savarkar

58. The province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts in 1905 by -

Correct : D. Lord Curzon

59. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912, but, on its being banned by the Government, he founded at Al-Balagh in -

Correct : C. 1915

60. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?

Correct : B. Warren Hastings

61. Which scripture was called his mother by Gandhiji?

Correct : C. Bhagwat Gita

62. The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) fought in the Second World War against -

Correct : D. Great Britain

63. Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of -

Correct : B. Lord Curzon

64. Which of the following authorized the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law?

Correct : A. Rowlatt Act of 1999

65. Gandhi-Irwin Pact is associated with -

Correct : B. Civil Disobedience Movement

66. Which among the following States was forced to merge itself with the Union of India after 1947?

Correct : A. Hyderabd

67. Who gave the solgan - Jai Hind'?

Correct : A. Subhash Chandra Bose

68. Wich Party was established by Subhash Chandra Bose after he came out of Indian National Congress?

Correct : C. Forward Block

69. The Rama Krishna Mission was established by:

Correct : A. Vivekananda

70. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936?

Correct : C. Jawahar Lal Nehru

71. Which of the following was established first?

Correct : B. University of Bombay

72. Who gave the mantra "Do or Die" for this struggle?

Correct : A. Mahatma Gandhi

73. hich Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company's monopoly in India's foreign trade?

Correct : C. Charter Act of 1813

74. Where did the Black-Hole tragedy took place?

Correct : B. Calcutta

75. Which Brigadier was associated with Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?

Correct : A. General Dyer

76. Who coined the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad"?

Correct : C. Bhagat Singh

77. Who introduced Western education?

Correct : A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

78. The system of Budget was introduced in India during the Viceroyalty of -

Correct : A. Canning

79. Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian independence?

Correct : B. J. B. Kriplani

80. Who is popularly known as the Grand Old Man of India?

Correct : A. Dadabhai Naoroji

81. Who was the founder of the Indian National Army?

Correct : B. Subhash Chandra Bose

82. There are no politics devoid of religion' is stated by -

Correct : B. Gandhi

83. Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757?

Correct : C. Mir Jaffar

84. Who gave the title of "Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?

Correct : C. Mahatma Gandhi

85. Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?

Correct : C. Lord Lin Lithgow

86. In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in -

Correct : A. 7 states

87. Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942?

Correct : C. Failure of the Cripps Mission

88. Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed?

Correct : B. The Bengal Gazette

89. Who, among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement?

Correct : D. Lala Har Dayal

90. Which of the following movements was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?

Correct : B. Wahabi Movement

91. The hero of the Kakori 'Dacoity' case was -

Correct : A. Ramprasad Bismil

92. The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was

Correct : A. Montague

93. The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of -

Correct : C. August

94. Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?

Correct : A. George Yule

95. High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in -

Correct : D. 1861

96. Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?

Correct : D. Annie Besant

97. The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as -

Correct : C. The Morley-Minto Reforms

98. The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by -

Correct : D. Ramprasad Bismil

99. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of -

Correct : A. Satara

100. Naokhali is situated in -

Correct : B. Bangladesh