Top 550+ Solved Modern Indian History MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The Revolt of 1857 was started by -
a. the Sepoys
b. the Zamindars
c. the Peasants
d. the Plantation Workers
Q. Who said that 'the real seat of taste is not the tongue, but the mind'?
a. Aurobindo Ghosh
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d. Swami Vivekananda
Q. Who is rightly called the "Father of Local Self Government" in India?
a. Lord Mayo
b. Lord Ripon
c. Lord Curzon
d. Lord Clive
Q. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
a. Lord Ripon
b. Lord Dalhousie
c. Lord Bentinck
d. Lord Curzon
Q. Who was the Congress President during 1940-46?
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c. Maulana Azad
d. Rajendra Prasad
Q. Who, among the following benefitted most by the British revenue system in India?
a. Sharecroppers
b. Peasants
c. Zamindars
d. Agriculture-labour
Q. Who, among the following Europeans, established their trade and influence in India first?
a. British
b. French
c. Dutch
d. Portuguese
Q. In which city did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place?
a. Jallandhar
b. Patiala
c. Bhatinda
d. Amritsar
Q. Who is associated with the term Loknayak in India?
a. Lala Lajpat Rai
b. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c. Jay Prakash Narayan
d. Madan Mohan Malviya
Q. Through which principle or device did Gandhiji strive to bridge economic inequalities?
a. Abolition of machinery
b. Establishment of village industries
c. Trusteeship theory
d. None of the above
Q. Apat from the Quit India Movement which started on 9th August 1942, what other sensational activity of the freedom fighters were done on 9th August?
a. Salt Satyagraha
b. Boycott of Simon Commission
c. Champaran Satyagraha
d. Kakori Mail train "robbery"
Q. Which of the following treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao II?
a. The Treaty of Purandhar
b. Convention of Wadgaon
c. Treaty of Bassein
d. Treaty of Salbai
Q. 'Permanent Settlement, the system of revenue collection was introduced in India by
a. Lord Curzon
b. Lord Dalhousie
c. Lord Hastings
d. Lord Cornwallis
Q. The correct chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is -
a. Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
b. Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
c. Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
d. Surat, Madras, Calcutta Bombay
Q. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
a. Badruddin Tyabji
b. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
c. Hassan Imam
d. M.A.Ansari