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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
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M.K.Gandhi
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J.L.Nehru
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S.C.Bose
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B.G.Tilak
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The slogan Jai Hind was coined by Abid Hasan Safrani, but it was popularized by Subhas Chandra Bose as the official greeting of the Indian National Army.
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Sri Aurobindo
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Bankimchandra Chatterjee
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Mahatma Gandhi
C
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Vande Mataram was written by Bankimchandra Chatterjee and is a part of his novel Anandamath.
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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Gopal Krishan Gokhale
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Lala Lajpat Rai
B
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Mahatma Gandhi regarded Gopal Krishna Gokhale as his political mentor and guide.
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Rabindranath Tagore
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S. Radhakrishnan
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Sri Aurobindo
D
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The Life Divine is a philosophical work by Sri Aurobindo, which explores the nature of existence and human evolution.
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Christians
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Muslims
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Hindus
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Jews
B
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The Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909 introduced the system of communal representation by accepting the concept of a separate electorate for Muslims.
C
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The first Factories Act in India was passed in 1881 during the tenure of Lord Ripon to regulate the working conditions of labor, particularly children.
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Yahya Khan
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Mohd Ali Jinnah
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Zia ul Haq
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Choudhary Rahmat Ali
D
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Choudhary Rahmat Ali, a student at Cambridge, coined the term 'Pakistan' in his 1933 pamphlet 'Now or Never'.
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Rashbehari Bose
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Maulana Mohd. Ali Jauhar
D
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Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar and his brother Shaukat Ali were the primary leaders of the Khilafat Movement in India.
B
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Andhra Pradesh was established in 1956 as part of the States Reorganization Act, which redrew India's state boundaries along linguistic lines. The state of Andhra Pradesh was created for Telugu-speaking people, combining Telugu-speaking areas from the former Madras Presidency and Hyderabad State.
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4 December 1963
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1 December 1963
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2 December 1963
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None
B
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Nagaland was formally inaugurated as the 16th state of the Indian Union on December 1, 1963.
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2 Nov. 1965
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1 Nov. 1956
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6 Nov. 1988
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None
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Mahatma Gandhi
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M. Visvesvaraya
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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None of these
B
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M. Visvesvaraya, a renowned engineer and statesman, wrote the book 'Planned Economy for India' in 1934, which was the first attempt to draft an economic planning document for the country.
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1924-25
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1940-41
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1951-52
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None of these
A
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Following the recommendations of the Acworth Committee, the Railway Budget was separated from the General Budget in 1924.
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Narendranath Dutta
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Prakash Singh
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Lalu Hemanth pat
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Prasad Manohar
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Swami Vivekananda was born Narendranath Datta. He adopted the name Vivekananda after becoming a monk.
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Swami Vivekananda famously addressed the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893. This event is a landmark in his life and Indian history.