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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 armed revolutionary movement beginnings of socialist movements events leading to the formation of the muslim league objective, methods and achievements of assertive nationalists

The Alipore conspiracy case was launched against the revolutionary activities of ______.

  1. Anusilan Samiti

  2. Abhinava Bharat

  3. Abhinava Bharat Society

  4. Ghadar Party of India
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The Alipore Bomb Case was the trial of a number of revolutionaries of the Anushilan Samiti in Calcutta under charges of waging war against the Government. Among the famous accused were Aurobindo Ghosh, his brother Barin Ghosh as well as 37 other Bengali nationalists of the Anushilan Samiti. Sri Aurobindo was acquitted of all charges while some were given varying terms of imprisonment or transportation, etc

Multiple choice civics armed revolutionary movement beginnings of socialist movements events leading to the formation of the muslim league objective, methods and achievements of assertive nationalists

The Hindustan Republic Association, subsequently styled as the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was founded in $1924$ by _______.

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Chandra Shekar Azad

  3. Jogesh Chandra Chatterji

  4. Sachindra nath Sanyal
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Explanation

Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) was a revolutionary organization of India established in 1924 at village Bholachang in East Bengal by Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Narendra Mohan Sen, and Pratul Ganguly as an offshoot of Anushilan Samiti. Its objective was to establish a “Federated Republic of the United States of India” through an organized and armed revolution.

Multiple choice civics armed revolutionary movement beginnings of socialist movements events leading to the formation of the muslim league objective, methods and achievements of assertive nationalists

What was the most important cause for the outbreak of the Ghadar revolution?

  1. Commencement of World War I

  2. Hanging of Kartar Singh Sarabha

  3. Komagata Maru Incident

  4. Arrest of Lala Hardayal
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Explanation

The Komagata Maru incident, where Indian passengers were denied entry to Canada and subsequently faced violence upon returning to India, served as a major catalyst for the Ghadar movement.

Multiple choice civics armed revolutionary movement beginnings of socialist movements events leading to the formation of the muslim league objective, methods and achievements of assertive nationalists

The Communist Party of India was founded in $1921$ by _____________.

  1. Hiren Mukherjee

  2. SM Joshi

  3. MN Roy

  4. RC Dutt
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Explanation

The Communist Party of India was founded in Tashkent in 1920 (often cited as 1921 in some contexts) by M.N. Roy, Abani Mukherji, and others.

Multiple choice history what is history? historiography in the west historiography: development in the west historiography: indian tradition

The slogan "Jai Hind" was given by ____________.

  1. Lal Bahadhur Shastri

  2. Jawaharlal Nahru

  3. Subhash Chandra Bose

  4. Ras Behari Bose
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Jai Hind is a saluation , slogan and battel cry most commonly used in India in speeches and communication pertaining to or referring to patriotisim towards India(also known as Hind) . It translates roughly to "Hail India " or " Victory to India" or " Long live India" . 

The term was claimed to be coined by Chempakaraman pillai of Indian Independence movement and Hindu-German Conspiracy. 

But researchers had stated that it was first coined by major Abid hasan safrani of the Indian National Army as a shortened version of Jai Hindustan Ki. It has since captured the imagination of Indian and has been immortalized by Subhas Chandra Bose as the battle cry of the Indian National Army(Azad Hind Fauj).

Multiple choice history what is history? historiography in the west historiography: development in the west historiography: indian tradition

Non-alignment movement which was the basis of Nehru's foreign policy meant that ____________________.

  1. India would remain neutral in world politics.

  2. India would not participate in any way, not even as mediator, to end conflicts USA and the Soviet Union.

  3. India would not participate in power rivalries and ideological conflicts the USA and the Soviet Union.

  4. India, along with other like minded Asian and African countries, would create an equally strong Third Front in world politics in opposition to both the USA and the Soviet Union.
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The principles of nonalignment, as articulated by Nehru are  refusal to align India with any bloc or alliance, India's particularly those led by the United State or the Soviet Union; nonviolence and international cooperation as a means of settling international disputes are the main features of non allignment movement.

Multiple choice history what is history? historiography in the west historiography: development in the west historiography: indian tradition

The Indigo farmers (ryots) were facing oppressive conditions for a long time. Howere, they decided to rebel against a loan.

  1. ryots had to sign an agreement for planting indigo against a loan.

  2. planters forced the ryots to plant indigo on the best soil meant for cultivating rice.

  3. the price that the ryots got for the indigo, was very low and the cycle of loans never ended.

  4. ryots had the support of local zamindars, village headmen as well as of the British Government.
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Explanation

The local zamindar and village headmen mobilized the indigo peasants and fought pitched battles with the lathiyas.

Multiple choice history what is history? historiography in the west historiography: development in the west historiography: indian tradition

Arrange the following social reforms organization chronologically on the basis of their foundation.
A. Arya Samaj
B. Prarthana Samaj
C. Veda Samaj
D. Shree Narayan dharma Pariplana (SNDP) Yogam

  1. A, D, C, B

  2. A, B, C, D

  3. D, C, B, A

  4. C, B, A, D
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Explanation

The Veda Samaj was an extremely important social reform in th southern India. The Samaj was established in Madras in the year 1864 mainly with the efforts of the sridharalu Nady and Keshab chandra Sen. the main Philosophies of Veda Samaj were very similar to that of Brahmo Samaj, at least in their theistic principals. 
Prathana Samaj, or "Prayer Society" in Sanskrit, was a movement for religious and social reforms in bombay based on earlier reforms movements. Prarthana Samaj is founded by Dr. Atmaram Pandurang in 1867 with an aim to make people believe in one God and worship only one God. The main reformers were the intellectuals who advocate reforms of the social system of the Hindus.
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayanand on 7 April 1875. He was a sanyasi who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas.
SNDP Yogam formed on 1903 by the efforts of a group of people who worked hard for the upliftment of the socially backward classes.

Multiple choice history what is history? historiography in the west historiography: development in the west historiography: indian tradition

The non-Brahmin movement was launched by E.V. Ramaswamy Periyar mainly to ___________________.

  1. Create self respect in the minds of Dravidians

  2. Oust the Brahmans form Tamilnadu

  3. Humiliating theBrahmins

  4. acquire political power,
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Periyar was a social activist and radical advocate of anti-Brahmanism. He started self respect movement or the Dravidian movement.

Multiple choice history what is history? historiography in the west historiography: development in the west historiography: indian tradition

Choose the correct answer form the alternatives given.
The Bandung Conference was an important step to the creation of _____________.

  1. Non-Alignment Movement

  2. United Nations

  3. European Union

  4. SAARC
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The first large-scale Asian-African or Afro-Asian  Conference -also known as the Bandung  Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, which took place on  April 18-24, 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia. The Conference was an important step towards the Non-Aligned Movement.    

Multiple choice history what is history? historiography in the west historiography: development in the west historiography: indian tradition

Under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Civil Disobedience Movement, launched in 1930, started from? 

  1. Sabarmati

  2. Dandi

  3. Sevagram

  4. Champaran
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Under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Civil Disobedience Movement, launched in 1930, started from Sabarmati ashram. On 12 March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi began walking from his ashram at Sabarmati towards the Dandi (a small seaside hamlet). On 6 April 1930, he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law by making 'salt' from sea water.

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The Swadeshi Movement was a direct outcome of the Partition of Bengal in 1905.

  1. True

  2. False
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The Swadeshi movement was in protest of the Government’s decision to partition Bengal had been made public in July 1905. It called for boycott of all British goods and buy Indian products only. The initial protest was Boycott and later it became Swadeshi. It involved boycotting British products and the revival of domestic products and production processes. 

Multiple choice civics the rise of assertive / radical nationalism quit india movement and ina revolutionary movement in india early struggles of mahatma gandhi

Who taught the people that the remedy to their sad condition lay in their own hands?

  1. The Assertive Nationalist leaders

  2. The Congress leaders

  3. The BJP leaders

  4. None of above
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The Assertive Nationalist leaders taught the people that the remedy to their sad condition lay in their own hands. This belief in self-efforts created an urge for extending the national movement to the masses.