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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
  1. It was a pedestrian march.

  2. It began with 8 Satyagrahis comprising Hindus, Muslims and Christians.

  3. Its motive was to violate salt law.

  4. Reaching the sea shore Mahatma Gandhi did not manufacture salt.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Mahatma Gandhi did indeed manufacture salt at the end of the Dandi March on April 6, 1930, to symbolically violate the salt law. Therefore, the statement that he did not manufacture salt is the incorrect one among the choices provided.

Multiple choice
  1. Lala Lajpat Rai

  2. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

  3. Annie Besant

  4. Mahatma Gandhi

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Unhappy India is a well-known book written by the Indian nationalist leader Lala Lajpat Rai, published in 1928 as a response to Katherine Mayo's Mother India.

Multiple choice
  1. it was an agreement purely based on the bond of common hatred of the foreign rule

  2. it was based on the wrong notion that Hindus and Muslims formed separate communities

  3. it was a marriage of convenience without a pontiff

  4. it was a pact between powerless potentates

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Lucknow Pact of 1916 is often criticized for accepting the principle of separate electorates for Muslims, which reinforced the idea that Hindus and Muslims were distinct political communities rather than a unified national entity.

Multiple choice
  1. Acharya Vinoba Bhave

  2. Jaya Prakash Narain

  3. M. K. Gandhi

  4. Gautam Buddha

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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Bhoodan Movement, or Land Gift Movement, was a voluntary land reform movement started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 in Pochampally, India.

Multiple choice
  1. Promoting the use of Swadeshi

  2. Boycott of schools, courts and government service

  3. Burning down shops and godowns storing foreign clothes

  4. Launching national education schemes and building the national spirit

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Extremists advocated for Swadeshi, boycott, and national education, but they did not endorse violent acts such as burning down shops or godowns, which were considered outside their political methodology.

Multiple choice
  1. Dadabhai Naoroji

  2. G. K. Gokhale

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Valentine Chirol, in his book 'Indian Unrest', referred to Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the 'Father of Indian Unrest' due to his radical nationalist activities.

Multiple choice
  1. The revolt organized by Dadaji Daulat Rao Ghorpade in the interests of Kolhapur.

  2. The rising of the Sawantwadi under the leadership of phoned sawant.

  3. The rising of Narsappa for the restoration of the deposed Raja Pratap Singh of Satara.

  4. The rising of the hereditary servants by Daji Krishna pandit, Minister of Kolhapur.

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B Correct answer
Multiple choice
  1. 3 and 4

  2. 2 and 4

  3. 2 and 3

  4. 1 and 2

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Tribal unrest was generally caused by interference in their traditional lifestyles (shifting cultivation, forest rights). The attempt to bring a Uniform Civil Code and the harassment of moneylenders were not primary drivers of these specific 19th-century tribal revolts.

Multiple choice
  1. Gandhi

  2. Motilal Nehru

  3. Ballabhbhai Patel

  4. Mohammed Ali Jinnah

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The 'Fourteen Points' were proposed by Mohammed Ali Jinnah in 1929 as a set of demands for the protection of Muslim rights in response to the Nehru Report.