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This section includes 588 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Modern History knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 501. |
Which patrty was founded by |
| A. | Indian Freedom Party |
| B. | Azad Hind Fauj |
| C. | Revolutionary Front |
| D. | Forward Bloc |
| Answer» E. | |
| 502. |
Who of the following suggested the winding up of the |
| A. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| B. | Acharya J.B Kripalani |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| Answer» D. Jai Prakash Narayan | |
| 503. |
Which portfolio was held by |
| A. | Defence |
| B. | External Affairs and Common wealth Relations |
| C. | Food and Agriculture |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 504. |
Which of the following Acts was described by Jawahar Lal Nehru as |
| A. | Government of India Act, 1919 |
| B. | Government of India Act,1935 |
| C. | Regulatting Act of 1773 |
| D. | Pitt's India Act of 1784 |
| Answer» C. Regulatting Act of 1773 | |
| 505. |
In which year was the |
| A. | 1923 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» B. 1925 | |
| 506. |
Who wrote |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» C. Surendranath Banerjee | |
| 507. |
Who was the first person to establish an independent |
| A. | M.N. Roy |
| B. | Lala Hardayal |
| C. | Ras Bihari Bose |
| D. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Answer» D. Subhash Chandra Bose | |
| 508. |
The Non-Co-operation-khila fat movement began in |
| A. | March 1921 |
| B. | February 1921 |
| C. | January 1921 |
| D. | December 1921 |
| Answer» D. December 1921 | |
| 509. |
Moti Lal Nehru and Chitta Ranjan (C.R.) Das |
| A. | Communist Party of India |
| B. | Forward Bloc |
| C. | Socialist-Swarajist Party |
| D. | Swarajya Party |
| Answer» E. | |
| 510. |
Who among the following was elected as the President of |
| A. | Motilal Nehru |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | M.A. Jinnah |
| D. | Shaukat Ali |
| Answer» C. M.A. Jinnah | |
| 511. |
In which one of the following provinces wasa congress ministry not formed under Act of 1935 ? |
| A. | Bihar |
| B. | Madras |
| C. | Orissa |
| D. | Punjab |
| Answer» E. | |
| 512. |
During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India were the great martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged ? |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Irwin |
| C. | Lord Minto |
| D. | Lord Chelmsford |
| Answer» C. Lord Minto | |
| 513. |
Who was the |
| A. | Lord Irwin |
| B. | Lord Reading |
| C. | Lord Chelmsford |
| D. | Lord Wavel |
| Answer» D. Lord Wavel | |
| 514. |
During the Indian freedom struggle, who of the following raised an army called |
| A. | Lala Hardayal |
| B. | Ras Bihari Bose |
| C. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| D. | V.D. Savarkar |
| Answer» D. V.D. Savarkar | |
| 515. |
Who accompanied Bhagat Singh to bomb at the |
| A. | Chandra Sekhar Azad |
| B. | Bagha Jatin |
| C. | Batukeswar Dutta |
| D. | Paramanand |
| Answer» D. Paramanand | |
| 516. |
On which one of the following dates Jawahar Lal Nehru unfurl the tri-colour national flag on the banks of the Ravi as the clock struck the midnight ? |
| A. | 31st December, 1929 |
| B. | 26th January, 1930 |
| C. | 31st December, 1931 |
| D. | 26th January, 1933 |
| Answer» B. 26th January, 1930 | |
| 517. |
The Correct chronological order of following events is |
| A. | 4-3-2-1 |
| B. | 1-2-3-4 |
| C. | 1-3-2-4 |
| D. | 1-3-4-2 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 518. |
The Swarajya Party was formed following the failure of |
| A. | Non-Co-operation Movement |
| B. | Civil Disobedience Movement |
| C. | Quit India Movement |
| D. | Champaran Satyagraha |
| Answer» B. Civil Disobedience Movement | |
| 519. |
The Second Round Table Conference at London was held in the backdrop of the |
| A. | Emerson-Gandhi Pact |
| B. | Hailey-Gandhi Pact |
| C. | Gandhi-Irwin Pact |
| D. | Gandhi-Simon Pact |
| Answer» D. Gandhi-Simon Pact | |
| 520. |
Bhulabhai Desai's most memorable achievement was his defence of the Indian National Army (INA) personnel at the Red Fort Trial towards the ends of |
| A. | 1943 |
| B. | 1944 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» D. 1946 | |
| 521. |
Who handed over the charged of Indian National Army to |
| A. | Ras Bihari Das |
| B. | Mohan Singh |
| C. | Hardayal |
| D. | Mahendra Pratap |
| Answer» B. Mohan Singh | |
| 522. |
The Poona Pact aimed |
| A. | at Hindu-Muslim Unity |
| B. | to represent to lower cast |
| C. | at privileges to princes |
| D. | to review the Dyarchy |
| Answer» C. at privileges to princes | |
| 523. |
Who among the following has authored the book 'Hind Swaraj' ? |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Gopal Krishna Gokhle |
| D. | M.G. Ranade |
| Answer» C. Gopal Krishna Gokhle | |
| 524. |
Who among the following national leaders did not opt to defend the case dealing with the trial of the soldiers of the Indian National Army in 1945 ? |
| A. | Tej Bahadur Sapru |
| B. | Bhulabhai Desai |
| C. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| D. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| Answer» D. Jawahar Lal Nehru | |
| 525. |
Who among the following drafted the resolution on fundamental Rights and Economic Programme for the |
| A. | B.R. Ambedkar |
| B. | Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C. | Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» C. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 526. |
Who announced a vague offer of |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Irwin |
| C. | Lord Bentick |
| D. | Lord Mountbatien |
| Answer» C. Lord Bentick | |
| 527. |
Capinet Mission was presided over by |
| A. | Lord Atlee |
| B. | Stafford Cripps |
| C. | Clement Atlee |
| D. | Pathic Lawrence |
| Answer» E. | |
| 528. |
The main reason for the boycott of Simon Commission in India was |
| A. | Appointment before time |
| B. | All the members were Englishmen |
| C. | Chairman was a member of the British Liberal Party |
| D. | Gandhiji's Non-Co-operation Movement |
| Answer» C. Chairman was a member of the British Liberal Party | |
| 529. |
The Balkan Plan |
| A. | W. Churchil |
| B. | M.A. Jinnah |
| C. | Lord Mountbatten |
| D. | V.P. Menon |
| Answer» D. V.P. Menon | |
| 530. |
After the elections in 1937, the Congress ministers tendered their resignations because |
| A. | The British Government declared India a party to World War II without consulting them |
| B. | of Undue inteference in their working by the Government |
| C. | Of paucity of financial resources which hampered all developmental works |
| D. | of their inexperience to run the administration |
| Answer» B. of Undue inteference in their working by the Government | |
| 531. |
Who was known as the |
| A. | Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Shaukat Ali |
| D. | Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 532. |
The Round Table Conference at London met for decision of |
| A. | A future constitution of India |
| B. | Provision of Provincial Autonomy |
| C. | Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement |
| D. | Congress Claim to be the sole representive of Indians |
| Answer» B. Provision of Provincial Autonomy | |
| 533. |
During the Indian freedom struggle, |
| A. | It curtailed the freedom of religion |
| B. | It suppressed the Indian traditional education |
| C. | It authorized the government to imprison people without trial |
| D. | It curbed the Trade- Union activities |
| Answer» D. It curbed the Trade- Union activities | |
| 534. |
On 31st January 1930 Gandhiji sent a letter to....stating his eleven demands |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Viceroy Irwin |
| C. | Lord Mount batten |
| D. | Lord Bentick |
| Answer» C. Lord Mount batten | |
| 535. |
During which one of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi write : |
| A. | Home Rule Movement |
| B. | Non-Co-operation Movement |
| C. | Civil Disobedience Movement |
| D. | Quit India Movement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 536. |
The object of Butler committee of 1927 was to |
| A. | modernise the Indian army |
| B. | modernise the Indian agriculture |
| C. | impose censorship on National Press |
| D. | improve the relationship between Government of India and Indian Princely States |
| Answer» E. | |
| 537. |
The real intention of the British to include the Princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the Indian Act of 1935 was to |
| A. | exercise more and direct political and administrative control over the Princely States |
| B. | involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony |
| C. | finally effect the complete political and administrative take-over of all the Princely States by the British |
| D. | Use the princes to counter-balance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders |
| Answer» E. | |
| 538. |
The whole dispute between Subhash Chandra Bose and right wing, after the Tripuri Session of Congress centred round to the question of |
| A. | formation of Congress working Committee |
| B. | policy towards princely States |
| C. | attitude towards Central Government |
| D. | Double membership of Congress Socialist Party members |
| Answer» B. policy towards princely States | |
| 539. |
Under |
| A. | Decided to call off the civil Disobedience Movement |
| B. | Decided to caperate with the muslims |
| C. | Decided not to violate salt Act |
| D. | Decided not a launch the Swadeshi Movement |
| Answer» B. Decided to caperate with the muslims | |
| 540. |
Who was the responsible for the |
| A. | Lord Irwin |
| B. | Lord Curzon |
| C. | Lord Mountbatten |
| D. | General Dyer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 541. |
Which one of the following with regard to the Poona Pact,1932 is NOT correct |
| A. | Adequqte representation of depressed sections in Government jobs. |
| B. | Reservation of seats for the depressed classes in the provincial legislature |
| C. | Acceptance of joint electorrate system |
| D. | Reservation of seats for the depressed classes in the central legislature |
| Answer» B. Reservation of seats for the depressed classes in the provincial legislature | |
| 542. |
During the Indian freedom struggle, the |
| A. | the Pathan nationalis unity and a struggle against colonialism |
| B. | The union of Pasthun tribal areas in north-west with the Afghanistan |
| C. | the adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorising and finally ousting the colonial rulers. |
| D. | the adoption of communist revolutionary ideology for political and social reform |
| Answer» B. The union of Pasthun tribal areas in north-west with the Afghanistan | |
| 543. |
Under Whose leadership was the |
| A. | Jawahar Lal Nehru and mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narayan |
| C. | Subhash Chandra Bose and P.C. Joshi |
| D. | Saifuddin Kitchlew and Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» C. Subhash Chandra Bose and P.C. Joshi | |
| 544. |
In which of the following did |
| A. | Bijolia Movement |
| B. | Dandi March |
| C. | Bardoli Satyagraha |
| D. | Textile Mill Workers strike at Ahmedabad |
| Answer» D. Textile Mill Workers strike at Ahmedabad | |
| 545. |
The President of |
| A. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| B. | J.B. Kripalani |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| Answer» C. Jawahar Lal Nehru | |
| 546. |
Who wrote the book |
| A. | B.N. Rao |
| B. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| C. | Krishna Menon |
| D. | V.P. Menon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 547. |
Who among the following organized the |
| A. | Laxmi Sehgal |
| B. | Surya Sen |
| C. | Batukeshwar Dutta |
| D. | J.M Sengupta |
| Answer» C. Batukeshwar Dutta | |
| 548. |
After returning from South Africa Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in |
| A. | Chauri-Chaura |
| B. | Dandi |
| C. | Champaran |
| D. | Bardoli |
| Answer» D. Bardoli | |
| 549. |
Under whose presidentship was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress held in the year 1929 where in a resolution was adopted to gain |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Gopal Krishna Gokhle |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Moti Lal Nehru |
| Answer» D. Moti Lal Nehru | |
| 550. |
The leader of the |
| A. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Vitthalbhai J. Patel |
| D. | Mahadev Desai |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |