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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 civics revolutionary movement in india contribution of revolutionary organisation in freedom movement revolutionary movement and important revolutionaries early struggles of mahatma gandhi

The secret society Abhinav Bharat was established in ________.

  1. 1902

  2. 1903

  3. 1904

  4. 1905
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Abhinav Bharat Society was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904. It believed in armed revolution. It carried out a few assassinations of British officials, after which the Savarkar brothers were convicted and imprisoned. The society was formally disbanded in 1952.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by ______.

  1. Raja Rammohan Roy

  2. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

  3. Swami Vivekanand

  4. Jyotiba Phule
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D Correct answer
Explanation

He founded the Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 with the aim of securing social justice for the weaker sections of society. He pioneered the widow remarriage movement in Maharashtra and worked for the education of women.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

The pioneer of the reform movements in India was ___________.

  1. Raja Rammohan Roy

  2. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

  3. Keshab Chandra Sen

  4. Debendranath Tagore
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Raja Rammohan Roy is widely regarded as the father of the Indian Renaissance and the pioneer of modern social and religious reform movements in India.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Gandhiji came on the scene:

  1. M G Ranade

  2. Jyotiba Phule

  3. Dayanand Saraswati

  4. Atmaram Panduranga
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Jyotiba' Govindrao Phule was a prominent social reformer and thinker of the nineteenth century India. He revolted against the domination of the Brahmins and struggled for the rights of peasants and other low-caste people. He ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Gandhiji came on the scene.

Multiple choice civics india gains independence cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

Who rejected the Muslim League's plan of separate Pakistan?

  1. The Cabinet Mission

  2. The August Declaration

  3. The Independence Act

  4. The Rowlatt Act
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The cabinet mission recommended an undivided India and turned down the Muslim league’s demand for a separate Pakistan. The Cabinet mission restricted the Communal representation.

Multiple choice civics india gains independence cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

What was the Muslim league's main demand?

  1. Undivided India

  2. Separate Pakistan

  3. Constitutional power

  4. Separate province
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The cabinet mission recommended an undivided India and turned down the Muslim league’s demand for a separate Pakistan. The Cabinet mission restricted the Communal representation.

 

Multiple choice civics india gains independence cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

When the Constituent Assembly held it first meeting?

  1. 15 July 1946

  2. 9 December 1946

  3. 13 August 1946

  4. 15 March 1947
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B Correct answer
Explanation

9 December 1946: The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held in the constitution hall (now the Central Hall of Parliament House). Demanding a separate state, the Muslim League boycotted the meeting. Sachchidananda Sinha was elected temporary president of the assembly, in accordance with French practice.

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When and where Muslim League council meet for the demand of Pakistan?

  1. 27 July Bombay

  2. 23 December Karachi

  3. 15 May Delhi

  4. 14 March Lahore
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A Correct answer
Explanation

On July 27, the Muslim League Council met at Bombay where Jinnah reiterated the demand for Pakistan as the only course left open to the Muslim League.

 

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After the elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in July $1946$, the Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on __________.

  1. December $9$, $1946$
  2. January $15$, $1947$
  3. February $10$, $1947$
  4. August $15$, $1947$
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held in the Central Hall of Parliament House on December 9, 1946. Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha was the first president of the Constituent Assembly. The Muslim League stayed away from the deliberations and the Congress Muslims attended the session. In this meeting, the assembly adopted an ‘Objective Resolution’ which later became the preamble of the constitution.

Multiple choice civics india gains independence cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

The Constituent Assembly was formed on the recommendations of the ____________.

  1. Government of India Act, $1935$

  2. Cabinet Mission Plan

  3. Cripp's Mission

  4. Mountbatten Plan
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Cabinet Mission to India was consisted of the Secretary of state Pethick Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A.V. Alexander. It proposed to set up a Constituent Assembly. The proposed Constituent Assembly was to consist was to consist of 292 member from British India and 93 from Indian States.

Multiple choice civics india gains independence cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

The Cabinet Mission Plan ruled out the possibility of the formation of __________.

  1. Union of India

  2. Pakistan

  3. Constituent Assembly

  4. Groups by Provinces
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Cabinet Mission to India consisted of the Secretary of state Pethick Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A.V. Alexander. As per the plan, the unity of India had to be retained i.e no possibility of Pakistan. It proposed a very loose union of all the Indian territories under a centre that would control merely defence, the Foreign Affairs and the Communication.

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Which of the following was not included in the Treaty to be negotiated as provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan?

  1. The Indian Union

  2. Constituent Assembly

  3. Indian National Congress

  4. The United Kingdom
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Cabinet Mission Plan proposed a treaty between the United Kingdom and the Constituent Assembly (representing the Indian Union) to handle the transfer of power. The Indian National Congress was a political party, not a party to the treaty itself.

Multiple choice civics india gains independence cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

The Shimla Conference which was convened as per Wavell's Plan ended in failure because of the stiff opposition of ________.

  1. Gandhi

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Jinnah

  4. Rajaji
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Lord Wavell, the Governor-General of India, with a view to resolving the deadlock in Indian politics put forward a plan which is known as the 'Wavell Plan' announced in 1945. The discussions on the plan were held at Shimla. Discussion was stuck at a point of selection of Muslim representatives. Jinnah said that no non-league Muslim should be represented to the Executive Council because only Muslim League has right to represent the Muslims of India.

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On which day had premier Attlee conceded that the British would quit India by June, $1948$?

  1. January $26$, $1947$
  2. August $15$, $1947$
  3. January $26$, $1948$
  4. February $20$, $1947$
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D Correct answer
Explanation

On February 20, 1947, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons that the British government intended to transfer power to responsible Indian hands by June 1948.