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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 the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

The Lucknow Pact demanded the abolition of The India Council of the Secretary of State. It was operating from?

  1. India

  2. England

  3. Singapore

  4. Burma
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Lucknow Pact demanded the abolition of the India Council- The India Council of the Secretary of State, which operated from England, The Secretary of State for India was to be assisted by two Under-Secretaries, of whom one should be an Indian.

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"By accepting separate electorates for Muslims, the Congress lost its secular character and paved the way for future communal tension" comes under?

  1. Significance of the Lucknow Pact

  2. Cause of the Lucknow Pact

  3. Drawbacks of the Lucknow Pacts

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Drawbacks of the Lucknow Pacts-By accepting separate electorates for Muslims, the Congress lost its secular character and paved the way for future communal tension.

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'My strongest bulwark is gone' lamented Gandhiji on the death of ______.

  1. Gopalakrishna Gokhale

  2. Motilal Nehru

  3. Feroz Shah Mehta

  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Gandhiji considered Gopal Krishna Gokhale his political mentor. Upon the death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, however, he famously remarked that his strongest bulwark had gone.

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The Home Rule Movement was aimed at ________.

  1. Complete independence for India

  2. Complete autonomy to India

  3. Self-government for India within the British Common wealth

  4. Larger participation of Indians in India's administration
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Home Rule Leagues were organizations established in April and September 1916 during WW I, by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and  Annie Besant. Many Indian revolutionaries suported the Britishers but Tilak and Besant considered this an opportunity to achieve independence from the British. Thus, they decided to organise a national alliance of leagues across India, specifically to demand Home Rule, or self-government within the British commonwealth.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

The idea of starting a Home Rule League in $1915$ was first propounded by ________.

  1. B G Tilak

  2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

  3. Annie Besant

  4. Both (a) and (b) above
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Home Rule Leagues were organizations established in April and September 1916 during WW I, by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and  Annie Besant. The idea was propounded by Annie Besant on the lines of Irish Home Rule movement. Many Indian revolutionaries suported the Britishers but Tilak and Besant considered this an opportunity to achieve independence from the British. Thus, they decided to organise a national alliance of leagues across India, specifically to demand Home Rule, or self-government within the British commonwealth.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

The Lucknow Session of INC and the Lucknow Pact $(1916)$ were significant on account of _______.

  1. Unity between the Moderates and the Extremists with the return of the Extremists to the Congress

  2. The pact between the Congress and Muslim League

  3. Both (a) and (b) above

  4. The beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Lucknow pact was an agreement made by the Indian National Congress headed by Maratha leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the All-India Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah at the Lucknow session of 1916.  After a lapse of about 10 years both the Moderates and Extremists were united again at this session. Congress and Muslim League decided to make a united demand for self-government. 

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

 Annie Besant was Associated with __________.

  1. Ramakrishna Mission

  2. Arya Samaj

  3. ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)

  4. Theosophical Society
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Theosophical Society was founded by Madame Blavatsky and Col. Olcott in 1875 in New York. Mrs. Annie Besant made the movement very popular in India. It represented both Indian and international character. It preached universal brotherhood of men irrespective of distinctions of caste, creed, race or sex. 

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

In which year was the Indian Home Rule Society founded?

  1. $1905$
  2. $1908$
  3. $1911$
  4. $1914$
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A Correct answer
Explanation
The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) was an Indian organisation founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma in London in 1905 that sought to promote the cause of self-rule in British India. Its objective were 
  • Carrying on propaganda in England by all practical means with a view to attain the same
  • Spreading among the people of India knowledge of freedom and National unity
Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Where and when the extremists were readmitted into the Congress?

  1. Lahore, 1916

  2. Lucknow, 1916

  3. Karachi, 1917

  4. Surat, 1917
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Lucknow Congress session of 1916 adopted an agreement known as the Lucknow Pact. It marked the coming together of moderates and extremists in Congress on common platform again after nearly a decade and concession of separate electorates given by the Congress to the Muslim League.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant's idea of launching Home Rule Movement?

  1. G. K. Gokhale

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Aurobindo Ghosh

  4. B. G. Tilak
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a moderate leader, was cautious and believed that the time was not ripe for such a radical agitation as the Home Rule Movement, thus he expressed reservations about it.

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The Home Rule Society, popularly called 'India House', had been established in London to promote the cause of Indian independence by _________.

  1. Lala Hardayal

  2. Madan Lal Dhingra

  3. Shyamji Krishna Varma

  4. V D Savarkar
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The India House in London was a revolutionary organization founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma to promote the cause of Indian independence among students in Britain.

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Who was the first person to discuss 'Poverty Line'?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Dadabhai Naoroji

  3. B R Ambedkar

  4. Rajendra Prasad
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B Correct answer
Explanation
In pre-independent India, Dadabhai Naoroji was the first to discuss the concept of a Poverty Line. He used the menu for a prisoner and used appropriate prevailing prices to arrive at what may be called ‘jail cost of living’.
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The demand for a separate State of Pakistan was made on the basis of 'two nation' theory at the Lahore Session of All Indian Muslim League held in ___.

  1. 1907

  2. 1928

  3. 1937

  4. 1940
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Pakistan Movement was a political movement in the 1940s that aimed for and succeeded in the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India.The movement progressed within India alongside the Indian independence movement, but the Pakistan Movement sought to establish a new nation-state that protected the religious identity and political interests of Muslims in South Asia.

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The first effort at drafting a Dominion Status Constitution for India was made in response to the:

  1. Minto-Morley Reforms

  2. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms

  3. Simon Commission

  4. First Round Table Conference
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Simon Commission was appointed by the British government to report on the working of the Indian constitution. Its exclusion of Indians led to widespread protest, prompting Indian leaders to draft the Nehru Report as an alternative.