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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.
| 51. |
'India wins Freedom' is the autobiography of |
| A. | Abul Kalam Azad |
| B. | Muhammad Ali |
| C. | Zakir Hussain |
| D. | Syed Ahmed Khan |
| Answer» B. Muhammad Ali | |
| 52. |
Gandhiji took up Dandi March as a Civil Disobedience Movement on |
| A. | 31st December, 1929 |
| B. | 26th January, 1930 |
| C. | 12th March, 1930 |
| D. | 6th April, 1930 |
| Answer» D. 6th April, 1930 | |
| 53. |
Which of the following days was declared as the 'International Day of Non-voilence ' by the UNO |
| A. | August, 15 |
| B. | October, 2 |
| C. | November, 12 |
| D. | October, 26 |
| Answer» C. November, 12 | |
| 54. |
With which of the following newspapers was Jawahar Lal Nehru associated ? |
| A. | The Leader |
| B. | Amrit Bazar Patrika |
| C. | The Tribune |
| D. | National Herald |
| Answer» E. | |
| 55. |
Who was the Governor General of India during the launch of Civil Disobedience Movement |
| A. | Lord Chelmsford |
| B. | Lord Reading |
| C. | Lord Irwin |
| D. | Lord Wavell |
| Answer» D. Lord Wavell | |
| 56. |
Who among the following was NOT a member of the Cabinet Mission ? |
| A. | Sir Stafford Cripps |
| B. | A.V. Alexander |
| C. | Redcliff |
| D. | Pethwick Lawrence |
| Answer» D. Pethwick Lawrence | |
| 57. |
Who among the following wrote the book 'A nation in the making' ? |
| A. | Dinbandhu Mitra |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Surendra Nath Bannerjee |
| D. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Answer» D. Subhash Chandra Bose | |
| 58. |
Which one of the following movement started from Dandi March ? |
| A. | Swadeshi Movement |
| B. | Non-Co-operation Movement |
| C. | Civil Disobedience Movement |
| D. | Quit India Movement |
| Answer» D. Quit India Movement | |
| 59. |
At the second Round Table Conference, the Indian National Congress was represented by |
| A. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| B. | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| C. | Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» C. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 60. |
Who among the following had headed the group of advocates to argue the case on behalf of Indian National Army in 1946 in the Red Fort trials ? |
| A. | Bhulabhai Desai |
| B. | Kailash Nath Katju |
| C. | Tej Bahadur Sapru |
| D. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| Answer» B. Kailash Nath Katju | |
| 61. |
Who among the following Urdu poets was invited to the Second and Third Round Table Conference ? |
| A. | Faiz Ahmed Faiz |
| B. | Josh Malihabadi |
| C. | Muhammad Iqbal |
| D. | Firaq Gorakhpuri |
| Answer» D. Firaq Gorakhpuri | |
| 62. |
The Muslim League first gave the call for a seperate state of Pakistan in |
| A. | 1939 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1941 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» C. 1941 | |
| 63. |
Who declared, 'Every blow that is hurled on my back will be a nail in the coffin of the British Empire' |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Chandra Sekhar Azad |
| Answer» B. Bhagat Singh | |
| 64. |
Who headed the Interim Cabinet formed in the year 1946 ? |
| A. | Rajendra Prasad |
| B. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C. | Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel |
| D. | Rajagopalachari |
| Answer» C. Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel | |
| 65. |
The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain child of |
| A. | W. Churchil |
| B. | M.A. Jinnah |
| C. | Lord Mountbatten |
| D. | V.P. Menon |
| Answer» D. V.P. Menon | |
| 66. |
Who was the first Governor General of Independent India ? |
| A. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| B. | Waren Hastings |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | Lord Mountbatten |
| Answer» E. | |
| 67. |
Who attend the Congress of Oppressed Nationalist at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of the National Congress ? |
| A. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Dr. Ansari |
| D. | Moti Lal Nehru |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 68. |
In October, 1920, who of the following heated a group in Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of India |
| A. | H.K. Sarkar |
| B. | P.C. Joshi |
| C. | M.C. Chagla |
| D. | M.N. Roy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 69. |
Moti Lal Nehru and Chitta Ranjan (C.R.) Das were the founder-members of the |
| A. | Communist Party of India |
| B. | Forward Bloc |
| C. | Socialist-Swarajist Party |
| D. | Swarajya Party |
| Answer» E. | |
| 70. |
Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad ? |
| A. | Al-Hilal |
| B. | Comrade |
| C. | The Indian Sociologist |
| D. | Zamindar |
| Answer» B. Comrade | |
| 71. |
Who was called the 'Iron Man of India' |
| A. | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
| B. | Surendranath Patel |
| C. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» B. Surendranath Patel | |
| 72. |
Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession ? |
| A. | A.N. Sinha |
| B. | Braj Kishore Prasad |
| C. | J.B. Kriplani |
| D. | Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» D. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 73. |
Who among the following was elected as the President of All-India Khilafat Conference met at Delhi in November,1919 ? |
| A. | Motilal Nehru |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | M.A. Jinnah |
| D. | Shaukat Ali |
| Answer» C. M.A. Jinnah | |
| 74. |
Who accompanied Bhagat Singh to bomb at the Central Legislature Assembly in Delhi ? |
| A. | Chandra Sekhar Azad |
| B. | Bagha Jatin |
| C. | Batukeswar Dutta |
| D. | Paramanand |
| Answer» D. Paramanand | |
| 75. |
During the Indian freedom struggle, who of the following raised an army called 'Free Indian Legion' ? |
| A. | Lala Hardayal |
| B. | Ras Bihari Bose |
| C. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| D. | V.D. Savarkar |
| Answer» D. V.D. Savarkar | |
| 76. |
Aim of the Swarajya Party was to |
| A. | Agitate for total freedom |
| B. | Boycott the Congress moves |
| C. | Enter the legislature and wreck the Government from within |
| D. | Resort to extremism |
| Answer» D. Resort to extremism | |
| 77. |
The goal of the Lahore Congress (1929) was |
| A. | Self-government for India |
| B. | Federal government for India |
| C. | Complete Independence for India |
| D. | Local Self-government for India |
| Answer» D. Local Self-government for India | |
| 78. |
Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed ? |
| A. | Lord Irwin |
| B. | Lord Reading |
| C. | Lord Chelmsford |
| D. | Lord Wavel |
| Answer» D. Lord Wavel | |
| 79. |
Where was the first Peasant Movement Launched by Mahatma Gandhi ? |
| A. | Bardoli |
| B. | Dandi |
| C. | Champaran |
| D. | Wardha |
| Answer» D. Wardha | |
| 80. |
Which one of the following aroused a wave of papular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh ? |
| A. | The Arms Act |
| B. | The Public Safety Act |
| C. | The Rowlatt Act |
| D. | The Vernacular Press Act |
| Answer» D. The Vernacular Press Act | |
| 81. |
Who was the writer of ' Vande Matram' |
| A. | Bhagat Singh |
| B. | Balgangadhar Tilake |
| C. | Subhas Chandra Bose |
| D. | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Answer» E. | |
| 82. |
When was the Azad Hind Fauj formed ? |
| A. | 1st October, 1939 |
| B. | 10th August,1940 |
| C. | 11th May,1941 |
| D. | 1st September,1942 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 83. |
Who handed over the charged of Indian National Army to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ? |
| A. | Ras Bihari Das |
| B. | Mohan Singh |
| C. | Hardayal |
| D. | Mahendra Pratap |
| Answer» B. Mohan Singh | |
| 84. |
The Indian National Congress observed 'Independence Day' for the first time on 26th January in |
| A. | 1920 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» D. 1947 | |
| 85. |
Who was known as the Frontier Gandhi (Simanta Gandhi ) ? |
| A. | Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Shaukat Ali |
| D. | Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 86. |
Gandhiji Champaran Movement was for |
| A. | The security of rights of Harijans |
| B. | Civil Disobedience Movement |
| C. | Maintaining the unity of Hindu Society |
| D. | Solving the Problem of Indigo Workers |
| Answer» E. | |
| 87. |
Monatgue-Chelmsford reforms provided for |
| A. | diarchy |
| B. | provincial autonomy |
| C. | partial independence |
| D. | separate communal electorate |
| Answer» B. provincial autonomy | |
| 88. |
In which year was the Swarajya Party established ? |
| A. | 1923 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» B. 1925 | |
| 89. |
Who wrote 'Unhappy India' |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» C. Surendranath Banerjee | |
| 90. |
Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India ? |
| A. | Ramsay Mac Donald |
| B. | Stanely Baldwin |
| C. | Neville Chamberlain |
| D. | Winston Churchill |
| Answer» E. | |
| 91. |
Which patrty was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away from the Congress ? |
| A. | Indian Freedom Party |
| B. | Azad Hind Fauj |
| C. | Revolutionary Front |
| D. | Forward Bloc |
| Answer» E. | |
| 92. |
Who was the first person to establish an independent Indian Army outside India |
| A. | M.N. Roy |
| B. | Lala Hardayal |
| C. | Ras Bihari Bose |
| D. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Answer» D. Subhash Chandra Bose | |
| 93. |
When was Non-Co-operation Movement called off ? |
| A. | 12th February, 1922 |
| B. | 20th February,1922 |
| C. | 19th February,1922 |
| D. | 28th February,1922 |
| Answer» B. 20th February,1922 | |
| 94. |
Who of the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained freedom ? |
| A. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| B. | Acharya J.B Kripalani |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| Answer» D. Jai Prakash Narayan | |
| 95. |
What was the reaction of the people for the Rowlatt Act ? |
| A. | The welcomed the act |
| B. | There was no reaction |
| C. | People were unhappx and they organised rallies |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 96. |
Which portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946 ? |
| A. | Defence |
| B. | External Affairs and Common wealth Relations |
| C. | Food and Agriculture |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 97. |
Which of the following Acts was described by Jawahar Lal Nehru as 'New Charter of Slavery ' ? |
| 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 | |
| 98. |
Dyarchy was first introduced in India under |
| A. | Government of India Act, 1935 |
| B. | Morley-Minto Reforms |
| C. | Mont-Ford Reforms |
| D. | Simon Commission Plan |
| Answer» D. Simon Commission Plan | |
| 99. |
The Rani Jhansi Regiment the women's regiment of Azad Hind Fauj, was under whose command ? |
| A. | Usha Mehta |
| B. | Anne Marcarence |
| C. | Annie Basant |
| D. | Lakshmi Sehgal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 100. |
Sabarmati Ashram, established by Mahatma Gandhi during the course of India's independence movement, is located on the outskirt of |
| A. | Gandhinagar |
| B. | Ahmedabad |
| C. | Rajkot |
| D. | Wardha |
| Answer» C. Rajkot | |