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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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Who is known as father of the Assertive Nationalism?

  1. Lala Lajpat Rai

  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  3. Dada Bhai Naoroji

  4. Bipin Chandra Pal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Bal Gangadhar Tilak is known as the father of the Assertive Nationalism. He played a leading role in popularizing the cult of patriotism and making the Congress movement broad-based.

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokamanya during _______.

  1. His trial in $1907-08$
  2. The Lucknow pact of $1916$

  3. The Home Rule Movement
  4. The Congress Session in $1917$
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokamanya during the Home Rule movement. 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.

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Match the national leaders with the epithets by which they were known.

List-I List-II
A. Lala Lajpat Rai (i) Grand old man of India
B. BG Tilak (ii) Iron Man of India
C. CF Andrews (iii) Deenabandhu
D. Vallabhbhai Patel (iv) Lokmanya
E. Dadabhai Naoroji (v) Lion of Punjab

  1. A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv, E-v

  2. A-v, B-iv, C-i, D-ii, E-iii

  3. A-v, B-iv, C-iii, D-ii, E-i

  4. A-v, B-iv, C-ii, D-iii, E-i
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C Correct answer
Explanation
Lala Lajpat Rai - Lion of Punjab
BG Tilak - Lokmanya
CF Andrews - Deenabandhu
Vallabhbhai Patel - Iron Man of India
Dadabhai Naoroji - Grand old man of India
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The Shivaji Festival was inaugurated by Tilak in ___________.

  1. 1892

  2. 1894

  3. 1902

  4. 1906
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Tilak initiated Ganeshotsav and Shivaji Utsav in 1894 for national awakening. Shivaji Utsav was started on Fort Raigad. He used the traditional festivals to propagate nationalist ideas through songs and speeches.

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Which of the following trio leaders referred to as Lal, Bal and Pal during the freedom movement?

  1. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

  2. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

  3. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopala Krishna Gokhale

  4. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and C. Rajagopalachari
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The trio known as Lal, Bal, and Pal refers to Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Bipin Chandra Pal, who were the primary leaders of the extremist faction within the Congress.

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The revolutionary who led the foundation of Hindustan Socialist Revolutionary Army-

  1. Chandra Shekhar Ajad

  2. Rajguru

  3. Bhagat Singh

  4. J.L. Nehru
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • Bhagat Singh founded HSRA in 1928  along with Sukhdev and Azad
  • HSRA is founded on the lines of Socialistic principles
  • It was a revolutionary organization
  • HSRA was active between 1928-1931.
  • It was previously HRA.
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The British Indian Association was formed in _______ .

  1. 1851

  2. 1854

  3. 1862

  4. 1876
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The  British Indian Association was formed on 31 October 1851. The President of the first committee of this organization was Raja Radhakanta Deb, while Debendranath Tagore was its secretary. Its establishment meant Indians had come together and could no longer be ignored.

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The Indian Association was formed in ________ .

  1. 1879

  2. 1874

  3. 1876

  4. 1875
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The  Indian Association was formed in Bengal in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose. It was a nationalist political group in India that favoured local self-government and tenant rights, and when the Bengal Tenancy Act was finally passed in 1885, it demanded representative government. The association gradually lost ground after the Indian National Congress was founded in 1885.

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Which of the following were the methods of assertive nationalists?

  1. Swadeshi

  2. Boycott

  3. Passive resistance

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Swadeshi: Swadeshi means producing necessary items in one’s own country and using them for one’s use without being dependent on imported goods. The Swadeshi idea was popularised by occasional bonfires of foreign cloth, salt and sugar.
  • Boycott: Economic boycott of British goods and the use of Swadeshi was designed to encourage Indian Industries and provide people with more opportunities for employment.
  • Passive Resistance: They asked the people to refuse to cooperate with the government and to boycott government service, courts, schools and colleges. They advocated courage, self-confidence and a spirit of sacrifice to achieve their goal of Swaraj.
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Which of the following was the result of Swadeshi movement?

  1. Setting up of Iron and Steel industry by Jamshedji Tata

  2. Setting up of Bengal Chemical Works

  3. Setting up of Swadeshi Bhandar by Rabindranath Tagore

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Self-reliance was promoted by setting up Swadeshi stores that sold Indian made goods. Jamshedji Tata established Iron and Steel industry despite the fact that the industry had a long gestation period. Bengal Chemical Workes was set up during this phase. Even Rabindranath Tagore set up a Swadeshi Bhandar.

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Which of the following policies of Lord Curzon lead to the rise of Assertive Nationalism? 

  1. The Act of 1898 which made it an offence to provoke people against the English.

  2. The Calcutta Corporation act (1899) which reduced the strength of elected members from India, thereby giving British a majority.

  3. The Indian Universities Act of 1904 which imposed strict official control over the Indian universities because Curzon considered them as the centres of nationalism.

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Lord Curzon's seven year rule in India was full of repressive measures. He refused to recognise India as a nation. He was not in favour of giving freedom to India because he believed that the English were destined to rule over India. Therefore, he took several repressive measures to crush India Nationalism. These measures included;

  • The Act of 1898 which made it an offence to provoke people against the English
  • The Calcutta Corporation act (1899) which reduced the strength of elected members from India, thereby giving British a majority
  • The Official Secrets Act
  • The Indian Universities Act of 1904 which imposed strict official control over the Indian universities because Curzon considered them as the centres of nationalism.

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The Ghadar Party was founded(November $1913$) at USA by ________.

  1. Madam Bhikaji Cama

  2. Lala Har Dayal

  3. Shyamji Krishana Verma

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

Sikhs and Hindu Punjabis in USA started Ghadr movement to free India from British rule in early 1900's. It took the name from a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857. It was founded by Sohan Singh Bhakna and Lala Hardayal. Its aim was to get rid of the colonial super-power by means of an armed struggle and to set up a national democratic government on the sub-continent. 

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Which of the following was not of the achievements of the Extremist Group in the Congress?

  1. The partition of Bengal was annulled in $1911$

  2. The Calcutta Corporation Act and the Indian Universities Act were taken off the statue book

  3. Nationalism took root among the progressive sections of society

  4. The Extremists taught people self-confidence and self-reliance and prepared the social base of the nationalist movement
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Calcutta Corporation Act and the Indian Universities Act were actually passed by Lord Curzon, not repealed by the Extremists. The other options describe legitimate impacts or goals of the Extremist movement.

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Which of the following is not true about Bal Gangadhar Tilak?

  1. He wrote Gita Rahasya

  2. He started Ganpati Festval in 1893

  3. He launched a newspaper Kesari in English

  4. He started home rule league in 1916
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Tilak launched the newspaper Kesari in Marathi, not English. The Maratha was his English newspaper.