Modern Indian History & Freedom Struggle Questions (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. Who was the founder leader of ‘Muslim Faqirs’ ?
[A] Majnun Shah
[B] Dadu Mian
[C] Tipu
[D] Chirag Ali Shah
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Correct Answer: A [ Majnun Shah ]
Notes:
Majnu Shah was a faqir (Sufi saint) of the Madariya Sufi order founded by Syed Badiuduin Qutb-ul Shah Madar. His headquarters was at the shrine of Shah Madar in Makanpur near Kanpur. He actively participated in the Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion, and joined in many battles against the British East India Company with his ‘pious team’. He was the founder leader of ‘Muslim Faqirs’.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Who among the following poet and dramatist pioneered the Bengali drama?
[A] Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
[B] Michael Madhusudan Dutta
[C] Rajnarayan Dutt
[D] Aurobindo Ghosh
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Correct Answer: B [Michael Madhusudan Dutta]
Notes:
Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a popular 19th-century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was a pioneer of Bengali drama. His famous work Meghnad Bodh Kavya is a tragic epic.
5. Hind Swaraj, a book by Mahatma Gandhi in 1909 was originally written in __?
[A] Hindi
[B] Urdu
[C] Gujarati
[D] English
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Correct Answer: C [Gujarati]
Notes:
Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule was written by Gandhiji in 1909 in his native language, Gujarati while traveling from London to South Africa. In the year 1910, it was banned by the British on the ground of seditious text.
6. The Governor General of India at the time of formation of the Indian National Congress was __?
[A] Lord Chelmsford
[B] Lord Dalhousie
[C] Lord Dufferin
[D] None of these
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Correct Answer: C [Lord Dufferin]
Notes:
Lord Dufferin (1826-1902) was the Governor General and Viceroy of India from 1884 to 1888). He had succeeded Lord Ripon in December 1884 and was known as one of the most successful diplomats of his time. Foundation of Indian National Congress by A O Hume in 1885 and Third Anglo-Burmese War of 1885 are two important events of his period. The Third Anglo-Burmese War resulted in the annexation of upper Burma. As a result, his tenure saw the final extinction of Burma as an independent power.
7. August 9 1925 is known in the Indian History for which of the following incidences?
[A] Chauri Chaura incidence
[B] Kakori Train Robbery
[C] Jallianwallah Bagh Incidence
[D] The seize of Cawnpore
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Correct Answer: B [Kakori Train Robbery ]
Notes:
The Kakori Conspiracy was a train dacoity that took place between Kakori and, near Lucknow, on 9 August 1925. The robbery was organised by the Hindustan Republican Association. Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarty, Manmathnath Gupta, Mukundi Lal, Banwari Lal, Kundan Lal were associated with the robbery. Ram Prasad Bismil, Thakur Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqullah Khan were hanged later.
8. The name of “Operation Trojan Horse” has been linked to martyrdom of which among the following freedom fighters?
[A] Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev,
[B] Chandra Shekhar Azad
[C] Khudi Ram Bose
[D] Madan Lal Dhingra
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Correct Answer: A [Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev,]
Notes:
According to Allahabadi — as recalled by Kulwant and presented by Sindhra — the ‘execution’ of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev marked the
execution of a conspiracy code-named “Operation Trojan Horse”, which, in effect, facilitated the pacification of the British officers in general and the prospective in-laws of the late J P Saunders in particular. Accordingly, Bhagat Singh and his associates did go through the formality of ‘hanging’ but only to the extent of breaking their necks; semi-conscious, they were taken to the Lahore Cantonment where the ‘Death Squad’, comprising Saunder’s family, shot them to quench their thirst for revenge.
9. The first factory by the Dutch was established at which among the following places?
[A] Surat
[B] Machilipatnam
[C] Negapatnam
[D] Pulicat
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Correct Answer: B [Machilipatnam]
Notes:
The Dutch East India Company was created in 1602 as “United East India Company” and its first permanent trading post was in Indonesia. In India, they established the first factory in Masulipattanam in 1605, followed by Pulicat in 1610, Surat in 1616, Bimilipatam in 1641 and Chinsura in 1653.
10. Which among the following was the first conglomeration of the scattered princely states , which later became modern Rajasthan after several more mergers?
[A] Greater Rajputana
[B] Matsya Union
[C] United State of Greater Rajasthan
[D] Rajputana Union
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Correct Answer: B [Matsya Union]
Notes:
The United States of Matsya was a State of India which was formed on 17 March 1948. Shobha Ram Kumawat was the first and last chief minister of the State. In the year 1949, the Matsya Union was merged with Rajasthan.
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