Modern Indian History MCQs

Question 1

Which governor General abolished the 'Sati System' in India?

Accepted Answer

Lord William Bentinck

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Lord Canning

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Lord Ripon

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Lord Dalhousie

Question 2

Who started the Sharda Sadan in Bombay?

Accepted Answer

Ramabai Saraswati

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Sarala Devi Chaudhurani

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Lord Edwin Montague

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Dorothy Jinarajadasa

Question 3

Shuja-ud-Daulah wanted to acquire the territory of

Accepted Answer

Rohelas

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Marathas

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Sikhs

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Tamils

Question 4

On what charge was Khudiram Bose, a boy of 18, sentenced to death on April 30, 1908?

Accepted Answer

for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.

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for being an active member of the Anushilan Samiti, the first revolutionary organisation in Bengal

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for participating in the Alipur Conspiracy

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for murdering one Kennedy in Muzaffarpur

Question 5

The Deccan Educational Society founded by

Accepted Answer

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Jyotiba Phule

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Firoz Shah Mehta

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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

Question 6

Who had succeeded Mir Jafar to the throne?

Accepted Answer

Mir Kasim

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Haider Ali

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Chandra Sahib

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Tipu Sultan

Question 7

"India Wins Freedom" is the autobiography of

Accepted Answer

Abdul Kalam Azad

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Muhammad Ali

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Zakir Hussain

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Sayyed Ahmad Khan

Question 8

The Asiatic Society had been established in Calcutta by

Accepted Answer

Sir William Jones

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TB Macaulay

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GK Gokhale

Answer

Annie Besant

Question 9

A 19th century social reformer who is regarded as the bridge between the past and the future is

Accepted Answer

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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Keshab Chandra Sen

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Devendra Nath Tagore

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Ishwar chandra