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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

With reference to the partition of India, consider the following statements:

  1. Badshah Khan declared N.W.F.P. would join neither India nor Pakistan but would be an independent and sovereign Pakhtoonistan.
  2. In the A.I.C.C. meeting in June 1947, Mahatma Gandhi opposed the Mountabatten Plan while Purushottamdas Tandon spoke in favour of it. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
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A Correct answer
Multiple choice

Which one of the following was the purpose for which a high-level committee chaired by Balwantrai Mehta was constituted during the time of Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister?

  1. To make recommendations for improving health care infrastructure

  2. To study the issue of Centre-State relations

  3. To make suggestions for Agraaman and Economic reforms

  4. To make recommendation for the improvement of Community Development Programme
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Balwantrai Mehta Committee was appointed in 1957 to evaluate the Community Development Programme and the National Extension Service. The committee famously recommended the establishment of a three-tier Panchayati Raj system to achieve democratic decentralization. This laid the foundation for local self-government in India.

Multiple choice

Consider the following statements with reference to the linguistic reorganisation of states in independent India

  1. The separate state of Andhra for the Telugu people came into existence in 1953.
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru was particularly in favour of the movement for linguistic reorganisation of states that came in the wake of the success of the Andhra movement.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The separate state of Andhra was formed in 1953 following the death of Potti Sriramulu. Jawaharlal Nehru was initially hesitant about linguistic reorganization, fearing it would encourage regionalism, and only accepted it after the success of the Andhra movement and the subsequent States Reorganisation Commission report.

Multiple choice

During the Indian freedom struggle, who of the following started the weekly Yugantar in April 1906?

  1. Jnanendranath Basu and Bipin Chandra Pal

  2. Barindra Kumar Ghosh and Bhupendranath Dutta

  3. Aswini Kumar Dutta and Satishchandra Mukherji

  4. Krishna kumar mitra and Hemchandra Kanungo
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The weekly newspaper Yugantar was founded in April 1906 by Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Abhinash Bhattacharya, and Bhupendranath Dutta. It became a mouthpiece for the revolutionary movement in Bengal.

Multiple choice

Which one of the following was not authored by annie Besant?

  1. How India Wrought for Freedom

  2. The future of Indian Politics

  3. The Case for India

  4. India Old and New
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Annie Besant authored 'How India Wrought for Freedom', 'The Future of Indian Politics', and 'The Case for India'. 'India Old and New' was written by Valentine Chirol.

Multiple choice

A series of articles by Aurobindo Ghosh known as 'Doctrine of Passive Resistance' are associated with which one of the following movements?

  1. Swadeshi and Boycott movement

  2. Civil Disobedience movement

  3. Non-Cooperation movement

  4. Young Bengal movement
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Aurobindo Ghosh wrote the 'Doctrine of Passive Resistance' in 1907, which provided the ideological framework for the Swadeshi and Boycott movement against the partition of Bengal.

Multiple choice

The Ilbert Bill agitation led to the foundation of which one of the following?

  1. Indian Association

  2. All India National Conference

  3. British Indian Association

  4. Jatiya Sabha
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Ilbert Bill controversy (1883) highlighted the need for a unified political platform for Indians, which directly contributed to the formation of the All India National Conference in 1883, a precursor to the Indian National Congress.

Multiple choice

In the context of Indian freedom struggle, the organisation of an army called “Vidyut Vahini” was associated with which one of the following?

  1. Prati Sarkar

  2. Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar

  3. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

  4. Swadesh Bandhab Samiti
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Vidyut Vahini was the armed wing of the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar, a parallel government established in the Tamluk subdivision of Bengal during the Quit India Movement.

Multiple choice

The practice of Sati was declared illegal by?

  1. Bal Ganga Dahr Tilak

  2. Lord William Bentick

  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The practice of Sati was declared illegal and abolished by the Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829, which was enacted under the Governor-Generalship of Lord William Bentinck, following the reformist efforts of Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

Multiple choice

The slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad was first raised by?

  1. Lokmanya Tilak

  2. Chandrashekhar Azad

  3. Bhagat Singh

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

While the slogan was coined by Hasrat Mohani, it was popularized and famously raised by Bhagat Singh and his associates during the trial and their activities in the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.