Modern Indian History MCQs
Multiple choice questions on Modern Indian History & Freedom Struggle for General Studies and GK preparation of SSC, NDA, CDS, UPSC, UPPSC and State PSC Examinations.These questions are part of GKToday’s 35000+ MCQs Bank Course in GKToday Android App
1. As per plan of Sir Stafford Cripps, it envisaged that after the conclusion of World War-II:
[A] India should be granted complete independence
[B] India should be partitioned and granted independence
[C] India should be made a republic
[D] India should be given dominion status
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Correct Answer: D [India should be given dominion status]
Notes:
The Cripps Mission was a failed attempt to get India to support the British in World War II. The main proposal of the mission was to make India a Dominion State after the war. This would give India the same status as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. India would have its own constitution, and the British monarch would be the head of state. India would also have the right to secede from the British Commonwealth and become completely independent.
The Cripps Mission took place in Delhi from March 22 to April 12, 1942. The meetings were an attempt to rally support from the Indian National Congress and Muslim League to defend the country against a Japanese invasion.
2. Who among the following introduced the subsidiary alliance system in India?
[A] Lord Clive
[B] Lord Wellesley
[C] Lord Cunningham
[D] Lord Canning
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Correct Answer: B [Lord Wellesley]
Notes:
The doctrine of subsidiary alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley, British Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805.
The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to enter into such an alliance in 1798.Tipu Sultan of Mysore refused to do so, but after the British victory in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, Mysore was forced to become a subsidiary state in 1799.
The Nawab of Awadh was the next to accept the Subsidiary Alliance, in 1801.
3. During the independence movement, newspaper ‘Kesari’ was published by_:
[A] Subhash Chandra Bose
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Mohammad Ali Jinnah
[D] Lala Lajpat Rai
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Correct Answer: B [Bal Gangadhar Tilak]
Notes:
Kesari is a newspaper founded in 1881 by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader of the Indian Independence movement. Bal Gangadhar Tilak used to run his two newspapers, the Kesari, in Marathi and Maratha in English from Kesari Wada. The Wada still has the offices of Kesari, and mementos of Tilak, including his writing desk original letters and documents.
4. Curzon Wyllie, who was murdered by Madan Lal Dhingra in London, was___?
[A] Secretary of State for India
[B] Adviser to the Secretary of State of India
[C] Law Member
[D] Governor of Bengal
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Correct Answer: B [Adviser to the Secretary of State of India]
Notes:
Madan Lal Dhingra was a great revolutionary from Punjab,associated with the Indian Home Rule Society, The Abhinav Bharat Society and the Indian House in London. On July 1, 1909 he shot dead Curzon Wyllie an adviser to the secretary of state of India, and Cowas Lolcaca at the meeting of the Indian National Association in London to avenge the atrocities committed by the British in India.
5. The only licensed flag production unit in India in located at which among the following places?
[A] Mysuru
[B] Hubli
[C] Dharwad
[D] Nagpur
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Correct Answer: B [Hubli ]
Notes:
Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha in Hubli is the only licensed flag production unit in India.
6. Who is regarded as “Maker of Modern India”?
[A] M. G. Ranade
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Keshav Chandra Sen
[D] Ram Mohan Roy
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Correct Answer: D [Ram Mohan Roy ]
Notes:
Raja Rammohan Roy has come to be called the ‘Maker of Modern India’. He was the main force behind introduction of the western education and English language in India. He advocated the study of English, Science, Western Medicine and Technology. He spent his money on a college to promote these studies. He was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj and a great leader of social reform. It was as a result of his persistent campaign that the custom of Sati was declared illegal in Bengal in 1829 A.D. By Lord William Bentick. He was the chief advocate of the modern process of education and the scientific learning.
7. On which date Indian Independence Act 1947 got Royal Assent?
[A] 18 June 1947
[B] 18 July 1947
[C] 18 March 1947
[D] 18 April 1947
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Correct Answer: B [18 July 1947 ]
Notes:
The Indian Independence Act was based on the Mountbatten plan or the 3rd June plan. It was passed by the British parliament on 5th July 1947 and received royal assent on 18th July 1947. It came into being on 15th August 1947.
8. Which of the following Charter acts abolished the monopoly of the East India Company to trade with China?
[A] Charter Act of 1793
[B] Charter Act of 1813
[C] Charter Act of 1833
[D] Charter Act of 1853
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Correct Answer: C [Charter Act of 1833]
Notes:
The Charter Acts of 1813 continued the Company’s rule in India but Company’s commercial monopoly was ended, except for the tea trade and the trade with China. The Charter Act of 1833 ended company’s monopoly of tea trade with China also and henceforth East India Company was meant only to have political functions.
9. Who among the following was a member of Simon Commission who subsequently became the British Prime Minister and later was to oversee the granting of independence to India & Pakistan in 1947?
[A] Winston Churchill
[B] Neville Chamberlain
[C] Clement Attlee
[D] Lord Mountbatten
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Correct Answer: C [Clement Attlee]
Notes:
The seven members of Simon commission were Sir John Simon, Clement Attlee, Harry Levy-Lawson, Edward Cadogan, Vernon Hartshorn, George Lane-Fox, Donald Howard. Clement Attlee served the post of British Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951. On February 20, 1947 Atlee declared the British would quit India before June 1948.
10. In which of the following states the influence of the “Ahrar movement (1931)” was mostly confined to ?
[A] Punjab
[B] Sindh
[C] Bengal
[D] Madras
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Correct Answer: A [Punjab]
Notes:
Arhar (Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam) was a religious Muslim political party in the British India. It was established on 29 December 1929 at Lahore. The group was constituted with the cynical Indian muslims who took part in the Khilafat Movement. The party was mainly based in Punjab.
