Modern Indian History MCQs

Question 1

Who said that 'the real seat of taste is not the tongue but the mind.'?

Accepted Answer

Mahatma Gandhi

Answer

Aurobindo Ghosh

Answer

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer

Swami Vivekananda

Question 2

Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knighthood because

Accepted Answer

Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

Answer

He wanted to join the Congress

Answer

Of a sense of solidarity with the Indian royalty robbed of its power and honour

Answer

He was given to occasional eccentric quirks

Question 3

Who, among the following, has been known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'?

Accepted Answer

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Answer

Khan Saheb

Answer

Chaudhary Shaukatullah

Answer

Liaquat Ali Khan

Question 4

When Ramakrishna Mission was founded?

Accepted Answer

1897

Answer

1795

Answer

1797

Answer

1894

Question 5

Who wrote the song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara'?

Accepted Answer

Mohammad Iqbal

Answer

Ashafaqullah Khan

Answer

Sahir Ludhianvi

Answer

Ramprasad Bisrnil

Question 6

The idea of incorporating, safeguards in the Indian Constitution was inspired by the

Accepted Answer

Visit of Simon Commission

Answer

Third Round Table Conference

Answer

Gandhi-Irwin Pact

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Poona Pact

Question 7

Sir Saiyad breathed his last on Sunday, 27th March__________

Accepted Answer

1898

Answer

1878

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1901

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1906

Question 8

Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges?

Accepted Answer

Macaulay Minute, 1835

Answer

Pitts India Act, 1784

Answer

Educational Despatch, 1854

Answer

Regulating Act, 1773

Question 9

The 'Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College' later became the

Accepted Answer

Aligarh Muslim University

Answer

Osmania University

Answer

JamiaMilia Muslim University

Answer

Baraktullah University