Modern Indian History MCQs

Question 1

According to Gandhi, ahimsa could not be construed to mean

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tolerance of the wrong and unjust

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truth

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a positive state of law

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doing good even to the evildoers

Question 2

As per the Regulating Act, a Governor-General and four Councillors were appointed for

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Bengal

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Bombay

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Madras

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Surat

Question 3

Indian handicrafts rapidly declined due to

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All the above

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lack of patronage

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growing craze for imported goods

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stiff competition from the machine-made goods of England

Question 4

When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was

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Wedgwood Benn

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Salisbury

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Curzon

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Montagu

Question 5

Cripps Mission came to India

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1942

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1946

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1945

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1940

Question 6

Which of the following statements is correct about Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru?

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Nehru stressed the importance of national planning

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Nehru did not believe in the doctrine of non-violence

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Nehru was not in favour of socialism

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Nehru had his higher education in India only

Question 7

Har Bilas Sarda was instrumental in the passage of the famous Sarda Act of 1930, which provided for

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penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age

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enforcing monogamy

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removal of restrictions on intercaste marriages

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civil marriages

Question 8

Who was the first propounder of the doctrine of Passive Resistance ?

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Aurobindo Ghosh

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B. G Tilak

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Lajpat Rai

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G. K. Gokhale

Question 9

Which of the following Act(s) was/were passed in 1856?

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Both the above

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The Religious Disabilities Act

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The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act

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None of the above