Modern Indian History MCQs

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Lord Canning was the Governor General of India during the 1857 Mutiny. He became the fist viceroy of India after the transfer of power from the East India Company to the Crown of Queen Victoria in 1858.

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Sarojini Naidu presided the Indian National Congress at Kanpur session in 1925.

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Second Round Table Conference 1931 : It was held in London during the viceroyalty of Lord Willingdon during Sept- Dec. 1931 and Gandhi ji attended as the soul representative of Congress. But the conference was failed because Gandhiji didn’t’ agree on the policy of communal representation. Gandhi at the Second Round Conference, St. James Palace London.

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In March 1918, under the leadership of Gandhi, there was a strike in the cotton mills in Ahmedabad. It was at this juncture that Gandhi began the first of his seventeen ‘fasts unto death’ on 15 March, 1918.

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The upper house was called Council of States and it consisted of 260 members. Out of these 260 members 156 were to represent the provinces and 104 to the native states. Out of the 156 which were trepresent the provinces, 150 were to be elected on communal basis. Seats reserved for Hindus, Muslim Sikhs, were to be filled by direct elections and Seats reserved for Indian Christians, Anglo Indians and Europeans was to be filled by indirect method of a electoral college consisting of their representativmembers.

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In 1956, the Reorganization of Indian States aimed to create states based on linguistic lines. The state of Hyderabad was divided into three parts: Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka. This reorganization was important in promoting regional identities and languages, leading to the formation of states that better represented the linguistic demographics of India. The process was influenced by the States Reorganization Act of 1956, which was a landmark in Indian administrative history.

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The Cabinet Mission Plan was proposed by the British Government in 1946 under the Prime Ministership of Clement Attlee. The mission aimed to bridge the communal gap among Indian people and to create a consensus on the constitutional framework of India. This plan suggested a united India with a three-tier federal structure.

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Dadabhai Naoroji is known as the “Grand Old Man of India”. He was the first Indian who was the member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892-95. He served three times as a presdient of the session of Indian National Congress i.e., Kolkata session of 1886, Lahore sessin of 1893, Kolkata session of 1906, where the idea of “Swaraj” was used for the first time.

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Print in India first came during the time of the Portuguese (Mid sixteenth century in Goa). Firs film in India was Raja Harishchandra (In 1913). First Radio in India- 1927. First Television in India- 1950.

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The first printing press in India was established in Goa, specifically at the Jesuit Saint Paul’s College, in the year 1556. It was introduced by the Portuguese, marking a significant milestone in the field of print media within the country. This technological import further facilitated knowledge dissemination and education. The initial printed materials largely revolved around Christian liturgical texts intended for evangelism.