Top 550+ Solved Modern Indian History MCQ Questions Answer

a. Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures

b. Attacking the caste system

c. Led an anti-landlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara

d. Separate representation for untouchables

a. was mainly collected through revenue officers.

b. was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu

c. was collected by interme-di-aries

d. was not allowed to go into the hands of Sultan

a. The last effort of the old political order to regain power.

b. Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army

c. A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule

d. An effort to establish a limited Indian nation

a. Provision of Provincial Autonomy

b. A future Administration of India

c. Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement

d. Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians

a. The Marathas did not fight bravely

b. The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength

c. The Martha army was short of food supplies

d. The Marathas were considered alien by the local population

a. Decentralisation ensures more participation of the people into democracy

b. India had decentralisation of power in the past

c. Decentralisation was essential for the economic development of the country

d. Decentralisation can prevent commnunalism

a. The discontentment of the soldiers

b. The use of greased cartridges in the new Enfield Rifle

c. The social conditions of India

d. The introduction of railways and telegraphs

a. promote heavy industries in India

b. facilitate British commerce and administrative control

c. move foodstuff in case of famine

d. enable Indians to move freely within the country

a. Protection of workers and children

b. Organisation of Village Panchayats as effective units of self-Government

c. Equal work for both men and women

d. Separation of the executive from the judiciary

a. Lord Dalhousie Doctrine of Lapse

b. Lord Minto Indian Councils Act, 1909

c. Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance

d. Lord Curzon – Vernacular Press Act, 1878

a. it sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians

b. it proposed to partition India

c. it was an all-white commission without Indian representation

d. it proposed measures to contain nationalism

a. On this day the Indian National Congress had demanded "Poorna Swaraj

b. On this day Mahatma Gandhi started Quit India Movement.

c. Anniversary of formation of Interim Government

d. Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army before Admiral Mountbatten

a. all its members were Englishmen

b. at that time a large number of nationalist leaders were in prison

c. the chairman, Sir John Simon was very unpopular

d. the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms had failed

a. The rule as it was during the time of Rama

b. Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority

c. The greatest good of all

d. The absolute power concentrated in the hands of a king

a. An official who worked as the Secretary to the Viceroy of India

b. A Secretary level official appointed in each Presidency of India

c. A British minister given full control over the Government of India

d. A senior officer appointed by the Viceroy to look into the internal administration in India