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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

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.

Multiple choice

Harijan Sevak Sangh was organized by?

  1. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Mahatma Gandhi organized the Harijan Sevak Sangh in 1932 to work against untouchability and for the upliftment of the Dalit community.

Multiple choice

Social Contract

  1. Kaul Marx

  2. P. B. Shelley

  3. Lewis Carroll

  4. Prem Chand

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C Correct answer