Modern Indian History & Freedom Struggle 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.
1. In which year, East India Company acquired Bombay from Portuguese?
[A] 1663
[B] 1668
[C] 1670
[D] 1689
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Correct Answer: B [1668]
Notes:
The island of Bombay was acquired by the East India Company from Portugal in 1668 and was immediately fortified. Bombay soon superseded Surat as the headquarters of the company on the west coast.
2. Who among the following has written Ghoolamgiri?
[A] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
[B] Acharya Vinoba Bhave
[C] Jyotiba Phule
[D] Dadu Dayal
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Correct Answer: C [Jyotiba Phule]
Notes:
In 1873 Phule wrote a book named Gulamgiri, meaning slavery. Phule dedicated his book to all those Americans who had fought to free slaves, thus establishing a link between the conditions of the “lower” castes in India and the black slaves in America
3. Who among the following was the socialist leader, who ran away from the Hazaribagh Prison and joined the Quit India Movement?
[A] Ram Manohar Lohia
[B] Minoo Masani
[C] Jayprakash Narayan
[D] Achyut Patwardhan
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Correct Answer: C [Jayprakash Narayan]
Notes:
JP had successfully escaped from Hazaribagh central jail in 1942 and then along with Mrs Aruna Asaf Ali and other socialists, he organized an underground movement to harass the British.
4. During the 1857 Mutiny, who among the following was Governor General of India?
[A] Lord Canning
[B] Lord Elgin
[C] Lord Dalhousie
[D] Lord Elleborough
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Correct Answer: A [Lord Canning]
5. “Swaraj ha maza janmasidha adhikar aahe ani to mi milavinach”.
The word Swaraj was first of all used by Balgangadhar Tilak. Where did Balgangadhar Tilak made the above declaration in Marathi?
[A] In Pune Jail
[B] In Yavarda Jail
[C] In Court
[D] In Mandalay Jail
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Correct Answer: C [In Court]
Notes:
In Court, Tilak declared Swaraj ha maza janmasidha adhikar aahe ani to mi milavinach” in court when he was given 7 years rigorous imprisonment in sedition case against him.
Later Tilak was sent to Mandalay jail for six years.
6. The name of Barindra Ghosh is associated with which among the following newspapers?
[A] Indian Opinion
[B] Jugantar
[C] Ghadar
[D] Maharatta
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Correct Answer: B [Jugantar]
Notes:
Jugantar was a Bengali revolutionary paper founded in 1906 by Barindra kumar Ghosh, Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta.
7. The name of P Mitra (Pramathanath Mitra) is associated with the foundation of which among the following revolutionary organizations?
[A] Anushilan Samiti
[B] India House
[C] Jugantar
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Anushilan Samiti]
Notes:
First proper revolutionary secret society known as Anushilan Samiti (Calcutta) was founded on 24 March 1902 by Pramath Nath Mitra better known as P. Mitra.
The people associated with this samiti were Sri Aurobindo , Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das, Surendranath Tagore, Jatindranath Banerjee, Bagha Jatin, Bhupendra Natha Datta, Barindra Ghosh etc.
Out of them Bhupendra Nath Datta was brother of Swami Vivekananda. Barindra Ghosh was sent to Paris to learn the science of Bomb Making and here he came in touch were Madam Kama. Madam Kama was already associated with the India House and the Paris India Society.
8. The 1896 session of Indian National Congress is best known for which among the following?
[A] India’s national song was sung for the first time
[B] India’s national anthem was sung for the first time
[C] India’s tricolor flag was hoisted for the first time
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [India’s national song was sung for the first time]
Notes:
The song Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji, was incorporated in his famous novel Ananda Math (1882). It has an equal status with the National Anthem.
Later the song was set to tune by Rabindranath Tagore and sung for the first time before the gathering at the 12th annual session of the Indian National Congress held in 1896 in Calcutta. It was declared as the National Song in 1937 through a resolution. The English translation of the stanza was rendered by Sri Aurobindo.
9. In which among the following years, Sabarmati Ashram was established by Mahatma Gandhi?
[A] 1910
[B] 1912
[C] 1915
[D] 1917
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Correct Answer: D [1917]
Notes:
Sabarmati Ashram is located in the Sabarmati suburb of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Gandhiji’s India ashram was originally established at the Kocharab Bungalow of Jivanlal Desai, a barrister and friend of Gandhi, on 25 May 1915. At that time the ashram was called the Satyagraha Ashram. But Gandhi wanted to carry out various activities such as farming and animal husbandry, in addition to other pursuits which called for the need of a much larger area of usable land. So two years later, on 17 June 1917, the ashram was relocated to an area of thirty-six acres on the banks of the river Sabarmati, and it came to be known as the Sabarmati Ashram.
10. At which among the following places, Hindu Mela was started in 1867 by Nabagopal Mitra ?
[A] Calcutta
[B] Delhi
[C] Allahabad
[D] Varanasi
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Correct Answer: A [Calcutta]
Notes:
Hindu Mela was founded in 1867 in Calcutta by Nabagopal Mitra with the active support from the Tagore Family. The Hindu Mela was also known as the Chaitra Mela.It was largely the product of the combined efforts of Rajnarayan Basu, Dwijendranath Tagore, and Nabagopal Mitra.
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