Modern Indian History MCQs

Question 1

Against Lord and State was written by

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K. N. Panikkar

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Sri Ramakrishna

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Chandra Sekhar Deb

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Shyama Charan Sen

Question 2

Jyotiba Phule, popularly known as Baba Phule, was a social reformer in Maharashtra. Which of the following is not true about him

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The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers

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He was the first to raise his voice against Brahmans in Maharashtra in the 1870s

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Phule through his book Ghulamagiri (1872) and his organization Satyashodhak Mandal, proclaimed the need to save the lower castes from the hypocritical Brahmans and their scriptures

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His Satyashodhak Mandal contained both an elite based conservative trend and a genuine mass-based radicalism

Question 3

The Nehru Report of 1928 with proposals for constitutional reforms had been prepared by

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Motilal Nehru

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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Kamla Nehru

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All of the above

Question 4

Annie Besant joined The Theosophical Society on 21 May __________

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1889

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1867

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1878

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1879

Question 5

In 1875, Sir Syed founded the Madarsatul Uloom in __________

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Aligarh

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Delhi

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Bengal

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Agra

Question 6

When King George-V and Queen of India visited India, a magnificent Durbar was held at

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Delhi

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Calcutta

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Bombay

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Madras

Question 7

My strongest bulwark is gone lamented Mahatma Gandhi on the death of

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Gopalakrishna Gokhale

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Motilal Nehru

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Pheroze Shah Mehta

Question 8

Which of the following influenced the makers of Indian Constitution?

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The Constitution of USA

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The Constitution of China

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The Constitution of USSR

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The Constitution of Japan

Question 9

Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council ?

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Lord Mountbatten

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M. A. Jinnah

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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V. P. Menon