Top 550+ Solved Modern Indian History MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?
a. Lord Elgin
b. Lord Macaulay
c. Sadler
d. None of these
Q. Who, among the following, has been known as the 'Frontier Gan-dhi'?
a. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
b. Khan Saheb
c. Chaudhary Shaukatullah
d. Liaquat Ali Khan
Q. The credit of discovering the sea route of India goes to the -
a. French
b. Dutch
c. Portuguese
d. English
Q. Te song Jana-Gana-Mana' composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of -
a. Jay He
b. Rashtra Jagritu
c. Bharat Vidhata
d. Matribhoomi
Q. Which Directive Principle bears the direct impact of Gandhi's moral philosophy?
a. Equal pay for equal work
b. Provision of free legal aid and advice
c. Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
d. Protection of the monuments of historical importance
Q. The first General Secretary of the Indian National Congress was -
a. Dadabhai Naoroji
b. A.O. Hume
c. Ferozeshah Mehta
d. Badruddin Tyabji
Q. 'Porna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its Session of
a. Lucknow, 1916
b. Lahore, 1929
c. Tripuri, 1939
d. Lahore, 1940
Q. Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by -
a. Clive
b. Hastings
c. Wellesley
d. Cornwallis
Q. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
a. After the Battle of Plassey
b. After the Battle of Panipat
c. After the War of Mysore
d. After Sepoy Mutiny
Q. Wo was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761?
a. AlamgirI
b. Muhammad Shalh
c. Jahandar Shalh
d. Shah Alam II
Q. Who started the first English newspaper in India?
a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b. Raja Rammohan Roy
c. J.A. Hickey
d. Lord William Bentinck
Q. Who was the author of the book My Experiments with Truth?
a. Aurobindo
b. Tilak
c. Gandhi
d. Vinoba
Q. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the -
a. Communist Party of India
b. Forward Block
c. Socialist-Swarajist Party
d. Swarajya Party
Q. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?
a. Bardoli Satayagraha
b. Khilafat Agitation
c. Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
d. Chauri Chaura incident
Q. Who spoke : "At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom"?
a. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Jawaharlal Nehru
d. C. Rajagopalachari