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Modern Indian History

36 previous year questions.

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Chapter Questions
36 MCQs

01

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Who found 'Ramakrishna Mission'?

1

Mahatma Gandhi

2

B.R. Ambedkar

3

Swami Vivekananda

4

Swami Dayanand Saraswati

02

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When was the 'Direct Action Day' announced by the Muslim League ?

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14 August 1946

2

16 August 1946

3

18 August 1946

4

20 August 1946

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Arrange the following in a chronological order. (A) The Muslim League decides on “Direct Action” to get Pakistan. (B) Congress Ministries come to power in seven provinces of British India. (C) Choudhary Rehmat Ali coins the name Pakistan. (D) The Muslim League demands autonomy for Muslim-majority provinces. (E) Mohammad Iqbal speaks of the need for an autonomous Muslim state. Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

1

(B), (A), (C), (E), (D)

2

(A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

3

(E), (D), (C), (B), (A)

4

(E), (C), (B), (D), (A)

04

PYQ 2023

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Arrange events chronologically: (A) Labour Government in Britain (1945) (B) Interim Government's last meeting (1947) (C) Direct Action Day (1946) (D) Indian Independence (1947) (E) Constitution signed (1950) Choose the correct answer:

1

A, B, C, D, E

2

C, D, B, A, E

3

A, C, B, D, E

4

C, A, D, B, E

05

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Arrange the following in a chronological order according to the year of formation. A. All-India Muslim League B. Hindu Mahasabha C. 1937 Provincial Elections D. Lucknow Pact Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1

A, B, C, D

2

A, B, D, C

3

B, A, D, C

4

D, C, B, A

06

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Simon Commission Act happened during the term of _______.

1

Lord Willigdon

2

L. Mountbatten

3

Lord Irwin

4

Lord Dalhousie

07

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Arrange the following in a chronological order. A. Resolution at Lahore, demanding a measure of autonomy for the Muslim-majority areas. B. Violence broks out between Hindus and Muslim in Calcutta. C. The name Pakistan is coined by a Punjabi Muslim student at Cambridge, Choudhary Rehmat Ali. D. The Muslim League declares "Direct Action" for winning Pakistan. E. Mohammad Iqbal speaks of the need for an autonomous North West Indian Muslim state. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1

A, C, E, B, D

2

C, E, B, D, A

3

E, C, A, D, B

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B, C, D, A, E

08

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Arrange the following in a chronological order. A. Labour Government comes to Power in Britain. B. Cabinet Mission's Announcement. C. Muslim League announces Direct Action Day. D. General Election of India. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1

A, B, C, D

2

A, D, B, C

3

C, A, B, D

4

B, A, C, D

09

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For constructing the history of Partition which among the following can be considered as archival sources ? (A) Memoirs (B) Diaries (C) Libraries (D) Newspapers (E) Government Reports Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

1

(A), (B), (C), (D) only

2

(A), (C), (D), (E) only

3

(A), (B), (D), (E) only

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(B), (C), (D), (E) only

10

PYQ 2023

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"Separate electorates was a poison that has entered the body politics of our country." Whose words are these ?

1

Govind Ballabh Pant

2

Vallabhbhai Patel

3

B. Pocker Bahadur

4

N.G. Ranga

11

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Who amongst the following made a plea for separate electorates for minorities ?

1

B. Pocker Bahadur

2

Govind Ballabh Pant

3

R.V. Dhulekar

4

Vallabhbhai Patel

12

PYQ 2023

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Trace out the various events of the freedom struggle to independence of India in a chronological order : (A) Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi. (B) Rowlatt Satyagraha. (C) Independance day was observed. (D) Quit India Movement. (E) Non-Cooperation Movement. Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

1

(D), (E), (C), (B), (A)

2

(E), (D), (C), (B), (A)

3

(B), (E), (C), (A), (D)

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(A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

13

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This Governor-General of British India described Awadh as "a cherry that will drop into our mouth one day".

1

Lord Mountbatten

2

Lord Wellesley

3

Lord Irwin

4

Lord Dalhousie

14

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Match List - I with List - II :- List - I List - II (A) Panaji (I) French (B) Masulipatnam (II) Dutch (C) Pondicherry (III) British (D) Madras (IV) Portuguese Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

1

(A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

2

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)

3

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

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(A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

15

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The script used to write modern Indian languages is derived from _______.

1

Kharosthi

2

Brahmi

3

Devanagari

4

Aramaic

16

PYQ 2023

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Who among the following traveller came from Uzbekistan?

1

Ibn Battuta

2

Mahmud Wali Balkhi

3

Ahmad Abu Raihan al-Biruni

4

Abd al-Razzaq

17

PYQ 2023

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Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) Cornwallis code (B) Asiatic Society (C) Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi (D) Railways from Bombay to Thane (E) Universities in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1

(A), (B), (D), (C), (E)

2

(B), (A), (D), (E), (C)

3

(A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

4

(A), (Β), (E), (C), (D)

18

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Mahatma Gandhi opposed separate electorates against which community at the Round Table Conference?

1

Depressed Classes

2

Muslims

3

Sikhs

4

Christains

19

PYQ 2023

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Mahatma Gandhi had given advance notice of his 'Salt March' to the viceroy:

1

Lord Wellesley

2

Lord Mountbatten

3

Lord Irwin

4

Lord Cornwallis

20

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Which party did NOT challenge the claim of Mahatma Gandhi that the Indian National Congress represented all of India at the Round Table Conference?

1

The Muslim League

2

The Princess

3

B.R. Ambedkar

4

Hindu Mahasabha

21

PYQ 2023

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A series of 'Praja Mandals were established to promote the nationalist creed among:

1

Nation-states

2

Princely States

3

Social Groups

4

Industralists

22

PYQ 2023

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Who among the following were lawyers of Gujarati extraction trained in London? (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (C) Bipin Chandra Pal (D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (E) Lala Lajpat Rai Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1

(A), (C) Only

2

(B), (D) Only

3

(C), (E) Only

4

(D), (A) Only

23

PYQ 2023

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Which British artist, in search of picturesque, went to the Rajmahal Hills ?

1

Francis Buchanan

2

William Hodges

3

David Ricardo

4

Thomas Gainsborough

24

PYQ 2023

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The Ryotwari Settlement was based on the ideas of :

1

Thomas Macaulay

2

David Ricardo

3

Lord Wellesley

4

Lord Dalhosie

25

PYQ 2023

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Which of the following term does NOT refer to the rich ryots ?

1

Jotedars

2

Mandals

3

Haoladars

4

Bargadars

26

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Which group was symbolised bt the 'Hoe' in the Rajmahal hills?

1

Santhals

2

Paharias

3

Jotedars

4

Mandals

27

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Arrange the following in a chronological order. (A) Cotton boom begins. (B) First revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan. (C) Permanent settlement in Bengal. (D) Ryots in Deccan villages rebel. (E) Regulating Act passed by the British Parllament. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1

(E), (C), (B), (A), (D)

2

(E), (D), (C), (B), (A)

3

(B), (A), (C), (E), (D)

4

(D), (E), (C), (A), (B)

28

PYQ 2023

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The Hindu Mahasabha' was founded in________.

1

1917

2

1915

3

1916

4

1919

29

PYQ 2025

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In the eighteenth-century, which of the following was not the reason for the defaults on payments by the zamindars?

1

The initial demands were very high.

2

The zamindars' were allowed to organise troops and "cutcheries", for increasing their authority in the rural areas.

3

High demand was imposed at a time when the prices of agricultural produce were depressed.

4

The revenue was invariable, regardless of the harvest, and had to be paid punctually.

30

PYQ 2025

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Who was appointed as the first Surveyor General of India in 1815?

1

George Michell

2

John Marshall

3

R.E.M. Wheeler

4

Colin Mackenzie

31

PYQ 2025

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Match List-I with List-II: List-I (Leaders) List-II (Regions) (A) Shah Mal (I) Pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh (B) Gonoo (II) Singhbhum in Chotanagpur (C) Birjis Qadr (III) Awadh (D) Kunwar Singh (IV) Arrah in Bihar Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1

(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)

2

(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)

3

(A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)

4

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

32

PYQ 2025

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Who was approached for leadership by the sepoys of Meerut who broke out in mutiny against the British in 1857?

1

Rani Lakshmi Bai

2

Nana Sahib

3

Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah

4

Kunwar Singh

33

PYQ 2025

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Which movement was withdrawn by Gandhiji after a group of peasants attacked and torched a police station in the hamlet of Chauri Chaura (United Provinces)?

1

Non-Cooperation Movement

2

Civil Disobedience Movement

3

Quit India Movement

4

Ahmedabad Labour Strike

34

PYQ 2025

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Arrange the following events in a chronological order: (A) Ryots in Deccan villages rebel (B) Slow process of agrarian expansion in the Bombay Deccan (C) First revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan (D) Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1

(D), (C), (B), (A)

2

(A), (B), (C), (D)

3

(B), (A), (D), (C)

4

(C), (B), (D), (A)

35

PYQ 2025

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Charkha What I object to, is the craze for machinery as such. The craze is for what they call labour-saving machinery. Men go on ”saving labour”, till thousands are without work and thrown on the open streets to die of starvation. I want to save time and labour, not for a fraction of mankind, but for all; I want the concentration of wealth, not in the hands of few, but in the hands of all. YOUNG INDIA, 13 NOVEMBER 1924 Khaddar does not seek to destroy all machinery but it does regulate its use and check its weedy growth. It uses machinery for the service of the poorest in their own cottages. The wheel is itself an exquisite piece of machinery. YOUNG INDIA, 17 MARCH 1927

36

PYQ 2025

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”The British element is gone, but they have left the mischief behind” It is no use saying that we ask for separate electorates, because it is good for us. We have heard it long enough. We have heard it for years, and as a result of this agitation we are now a separate nation ... Can you show me one free country where there are separate electorates? If so, I shall be prepared to accept it. But in this unfortunate country if this separate electorate is going to be persisted in, even after the division of the country, woe betide the country; it is not worth living in. Therefore, I say, it is not for my good alone, it is for your own good that I say it, forget the past. One day, we may be united ... The British element is gone, but they have left the mischief behind. We do not want to perpetuate that mischief. (Hear, hear). When the British introduced this element they had not expected that they will have to go so soon. They wanted it for their easy administration. That is all right. But they have left the legacy behind. Are we to get out of it or not?