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Modern Indian History

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Modern Indian History covers the colonial period, the freedom struggle, and key political movements. It includes questions on important leaders, the Indian National Congress, and social reforms. Mastering these questions is vital for clearing competitive government exams.

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Modern Indian History Questions

Multiple choice

What is the correct sequence of the following events? I. Partition of Bengal II. Jallianwale Bagh massacre III. Quit India movement IV. Simon Commission Report

  1. II, II, III, IV

  2. I, II, IV, III

  3. II, III, I, IV

  4. IV, III, I, II
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct chronological sequence is: Partition of Bengal (1905), Jallianwale Bagh massacre (1919), Simon Commission Report (1927), Quit India movement (1942). Option B matches this timeline.

Multiple choice

When was the Rent Act passed in Bombay?

  1. 1784

  2. 1898

  3. 1914

  4. 1918

  5. 1919
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. Rent Act was passed in 1918, to keep rents reasonable. But it had the opposite effect of producing a severe housing crisis, since landlords withdrew houses from the market.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is correct about Bombay in the nineteenth century?

  1. The Bombay Fort area was planned by Kessowjee Naik.

  2. Esplanade House was the residence of Bombay’s first Municipal Commissioner, Arthur Crawford.

  3. Multi-storied chawls were built by the Bombay Municipal Commission to provide residences for the migrants who had moved to Bombay as mill workers.

  4. The City of Bombay Improvement Trust was established in 1898 for focussing on clearing poorer homes out of the city centre.

  5. Trust schemes had rehoused 64000 people by 1918.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as this statement is correct.

Multiple choice

Land reclamation in Bombay refers to

  1. reclaiming municipal land from squatters of deprived classes

  2. reclaiming land from chawls and building Improvement Trust-schemed housing

  3. reclaiming land of marshy or submerged areas or other wasteland for settlements, etc.

  4. reclaiming of cantonment area land from the natives for use of the Presidency offices

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. Bombay was a group of seven islands and marshy or submerged lands between these islands were reclaimed by levelling the hills around Bombay.

Multiple choice

Mirza Gulam Ahmed is the founder of

  1. National Movement

  2. Ahmadia Movement

  3. Rural Movement

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (note spelling: Ghulam, not Gulam) founded the Ahmadiyya Movement (also spelled Ahmadia Movement) in 1889. He claimed to be the promised Messiah and Mahdi. The movement is based in Qadian, Punjab. He was not associated with national or rural movements in the conventional sense.

Multiple choice

What is the correct sequence in which the following three movement were led by Mahatma Gandhi? I. Chanparan Movement II. Non - cooperation Movement III. Dandi March

  1. III, II, I

  2. II, I, III

  3. I, III, II

  4. I, II, III
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The correct chronological order is Champaran Movement (1917), Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22), and Dandi March (1930). Gandhi's first major movement in India was Champaran, followed by the nationwide Non-Cooperation Movement, and finally the Salt Satyagraha with the iconic Dandi March. Option D correctly sequences these movements.

Multiple choice

I have no doubt that a day would come when the family of cosmonauts is joined by a citizen of Republic of India whose words were these

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Vikram Sarabhai

  3. Yuri Gagarin

  4. Khrushchev
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space program, made this statement expressing confidence that India would join the community of space-faring nations. This vision was realized when Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian citizen to travel in space aboard a Soviet spacecraft in 1984. Nehru was India's first Prime Minister, Gagarin was the first human in space (Soviet), and Khrushchev was the Soviet Premier.

Multiple choice

The Swarajya party was formed following the failure of

  1. Non-cooperation movement

  2. Civil disobedience movement

  3. Quit India movement

  4. Champaran satyagraha
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Swaraj Party (also known as Swarajya Party) was formed in 1923 by leaders like C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru after the Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended by Gandhi following the Chauri Chaura incident (1922). These leaders disagreed with Gandhi's decision to suspend the movement and wanted to enter legislatures to fight from within.

Multiple choice

Who is associated with the term 'Loknayak' in India?

  1. Lala Lajpat Rai

  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  3. Jai Prakash Narayan

  4. Madan Mohan Malviya
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Jai Prakash Narayan (JP) was given the honorific title 'Loknayak' which means 'leader of the people'. He was a prominent Indian freedom fighter and political leader who led the opposition against Emergency in 1977. The title reflects his mass appeal and leadership of the people's movement.

Multiple choice

Pandit Nehru wrote numerous letters from different prisons to help educate his daughter Indira. Later he complied these letters into a book and gave it to Indira as a birthday present. Which book was this?

  1. Discovery of India

  2. A Bunch of Old letters

  3. Glimpses of world history

  4. Letters from a father to his daughter
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Nehru wrote 'Letters from a Father to His Daughter' specifically as a birthday gift for Indira. 'Discovery of India' and 'Glimpses of World History' were also prison letters but compiled as educational books, not birthday presents. 'A Bunch of Old Letters' is a different collection.

Multiple choice

The Muslim league passed a resolution at its Lahore session demanding a separate homeland for the muslims which later become the basic of Pakistan in which years was the resolution passed

  1. 1940

  2. 1941

  3. 1942

  4. 1943
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Lahore Resolution was passed by the Muslim League in March 1940, calling for independent Muslim states in northwestern and eastern India. This became the foundation for the creation of Pakistan in 1947. The other years (1941-1943) are incorrect as the resolution specifically dates to 1940.

Multiple choice

Constituent Assembly of India was established on ______.

  1. 6 Dec., 1946

  2. 26 Dec., 1949

  3. 26 Nov., 1949

  4. 10 June, 1946
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Constituent Assembly of India was established on 6 December 1946 under the Cabinet Mission Plan. It was responsible for drafting the Constitution of India. The Assembly first met on 9 December 1946 and completed its work on 26 November 1949 (Adoption Day), with the Constitution coming into effect on 26 January 1950.

Multiple choice

1972 the decoits of Madhya Pradesh surrendered to -------.

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. C. R. Das

  4. Jayaprakash Narayan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In 1972, Jayaprakash Narayan (JP) led a movement that convinced dacoits (bandits) of Madhya Pradesh, particularly the Chambal Valley dacoits, to surrender and join mainstream society. This was part of his social activism and 'Total Revolution' philosophy.