Modern Indian History MCQs

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Bhagat Singh was convicted and executed at the young age of 23 for his involvement in the assassination of John Saunders (Lahore Conspiracy Case). Saunders was a British police officer. Bhagat Singh and his comrades sought revenge for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai which was caused by brutal police. They were convicted after a trial by a Special Tribunal which sentenced them to death by hanging. On 23 March, 1931, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were executed.

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Surendranath Banerjee was one of the earliest political leaders during the British Rule. He founded the newspaper “The Bengalee” in 1879 and founded the Indian National Association with Anandmohan Bose, the first Indian political organization of its kind on July 26, 1876. He is renowned today as pioneer leader of Indian politics. He published an important work, A Nation in Making, which was widely acclaimed. The British respected him and referred to him during his later years as “Surrender Not Banerjee”.

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The Government of India Act 1919 provided for the establishment of a Public Service Commission in India for the first time. The Royal Commission under the chairmanship of Lord Lee was constituted on the superior civil services. Later the first Public Service Commission was constituted on 1 October 1926 under the chairmanship of Sir Ross Barker.

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The Durand line was demarcated in 1892 by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand during the viceroyship of Lord Lansdowne. Abdur Rahman Khan was Emir of Afghanistan that time.

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The Charter Act of 1813 permitted the Christian missionaries to propagate English and practice their religion.

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Lord Dalhousie is credited for the introduction of the first passenger train of India. The first passenger train in India ran between Bombay (Bori Bunder) station and Thane on 16 April 1853. It took about 45 minutes to cover the 21 miles length. The name of the three locomotives were SULTAN, SINDH and SAHIB.

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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was aso known as Sepoy Mutiny. On 25th February, the 19th Native Infantry at Berhampur(west bengal) refused to use the rifle. On 29 March, Mangal Pandey attacked two British mutiny of 34th Native Infantry. Pandey was hanged on 8th April. On 24th April, 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry at Meerut refused to use the catridges. On 11th May, Christians and Europeans slaughtered in Delhi and Indian combatants capture Delhi from the East India Company.

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In the year 1923, the Swaraj party was formed. After the death of C.R. Das, internal bifurcation took place based on ideology i.e., Responsivists and Non-responsivists. Lala Lajpat Rai, N C Kelkar, Madan Mohan Maviya were the responsivists, who had the intension of cooperation with the Government and in 1926, non-responsivists like Motilal Nehru, withdrew from legislatures.

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India House was founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma to promote nationalist views among Indian students in Britain. It existed between 1905 and 1910. Some notable members associated with the organization were Vinayak Bhikaji Cama, Damodar Savarkar, V.N. Chatterjee, V.V.S. Aiyar, Lala Har Dayal, M.P.T. Acharya and P.M. Bapat.The organization published a journal named “The Indian Sociologist”. Later it was banned for seditious ativities.

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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883-1966) was a fearless freedom fighter, social reformer, writer, dramatist, poet, historian, political leader and philosopher. He was the founder of the student societies viz. Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society. His published work the “The Indian War of Independence – 1857” about the Great Indian Mutiny of 1857 was banned by British authorities in 1909.