Modern Indian History MCQs

Question 1

Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936?

Accepted Answer

Jawahar Lal Nehru

Answer

Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer

Rajendra Prasad

Question 2

The term of office of member of the Council of India as per the act of 1919 was

Accepted Answer

5 years

Answer

4 years

Answer

2 years

Answer

6 years

Question 3

How many volunteers had accompanied Gandhi on the famous Dandi March of March 12, 1930?

Accepted Answer

78

Answer

13

Answer

44

Answer

108

Question 4

Who established the 'Sharda Sadan', a school for Indian Widows in colonial India?

Accepted Answer

Pandita Ramabai

Answer

Mahadev Govind Ranade

Answer

Sarojini Naidu

Answer

Dayanand Saraswati

Question 5

In which session of Congress the demand of "Purna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the congress ?

Accepted Answer

Lahore

Answer

Calcutta

Answer

Madras

Answer

Nagpur

Question 6

The immediate cause for the Mutiny was

Accepted Answer

The Episode of the Greased Cartridges

Answer

Doctrine of Lapse

Answer

The Social Legislation of 1856

Answer

The fear of me Indians that they would be converted to Christianity

Question 7

Which religious reformer of Western India was known as 'Lokhitwadi'?

Accepted Answer

Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Answer

R. G. Bhandarkar

Answer

Mahadev Govind Ranade

Answer

B. G. Tilak

Question 8

Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and __________

Accepted Answer

Pakistan

Answer

China

Answer

Tibet

Answer

Afghanistan

Question 9

The inaugural issue of Bombay Darpan, a Marathi weekly, was published on November 12, 1832 started by a publisher reformer named

Accepted Answer

Bal Shastri

Answer

Jagannath Shankar

Answer

Vishnu Shastri

Answer

Krishna Shastri