Modern Indian History MCQs

Question 1

Shuja-ud-Daulah was the Nawab of

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Awadh

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Rampur

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Arcot

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Surat

Question 2

Who among the following had observed, upon Gandhi's assassination. "None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth"?

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Albert Einstein

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Bertrand Russel

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Nelson Mandela

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Leo Tolstoy

Question 3

Who was the Governor-General when Pindaris had created havoc in Central India by indulging in large-scale looting?

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Lord Hastings

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Lord William Bentinck

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Lord Cornwallis

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Lord Wellesley

Question 4

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a scholar in

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Arabic

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Persian

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Sanskrit

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French

Question 5

Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?

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Swami Vivekananda

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Derozio

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Satkari Datta

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Sri Ramakrishna Parama Hamsar

Question 6

Who had conceived and founded the Ramakrishna Mission?

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Swami Vivekananda

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Swami Muktananda

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Annie Besant

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CR Das

Question 7

As per Wavell's Plan the external affairs would be under the charge of __________

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An Indian Member of the Executive Council

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Viceroy

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Parliament

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Secretary of State

Question 8

Sati was declared a punishable offence in__________

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1829

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1727

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1729

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1834

Question 9

The Shimla Conference which was convened as per Wavell's Plan ended in failure because of the stiff opposition of

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Jinnah

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Gandhi

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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Rajaji