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.
31. Which among the following commission was appointed after the Bengal Famine of 1943?
[A] Strachey Commission
[B] Lyall Commission
[C] Macdonell Commission
[D] Woodhead Commission
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Correct Answer: D [Woodhead Commission]
Notes:
Woodhead Commission was appointed after the Bengal Famine of 1943. It recommended for setting up of All India Food Council.
32. The Revolutionary Communist Party of India was founded by who among the following?
[A] Saumyendranath Tagore
[B] N. Dutta Mazumder
[C] Sisir Roy
[D] Nandalal Bose
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Correct Answer: A [Saumyendranath Tagore]
Notes:
In the year 1934 (1st August), the Revolutionary Communist Party of India was founded by Saumyendranath Tagore. It is active in West Bengal and Assam.
33. By which of the following treaty the English East India Company gained the Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa?
[A] Treaty of Murshidabad
[B] Treaty of Hoogly
[C] Treaty of Allahabad
[D] Treaty of Hariharpur
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Correct Answer: C [Treaty of Allahabad]
Notes:
The Treaty of Allahabad was signed in 1765 between the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and Robert Clive, of the East India Company. Shah Alam II granted the East India Company Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.
34. Sir Charles Napier replaced which of the following as the British resident of Sindh?
[A] Alexander Burnier
[B] James Outram
[C] Sir John Karne
[D] Sir Eyre Coote
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Correct Answer: B [James Outram]
Notes:
James Outram was the son of Benjamin Outram of Butterley Hall, Butterley, Derbyshire, and was a civil engineer. He strongly opposed the policy of his superior, Sir Charles Napier, which led to the annexation of Sind.
35. Who among the following Generals has also been called “Heaven Born General”?
[A] Francis Dupleix
[B] Robert Clive
[C] Albuquerque
[D] Lord Cornwallis
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Correct Answer: B [Robert Clive]
Notes:Major-General Robert Clive was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. His brilliant leadership at Arcot gave him an immense reputation in Europe. When he went home in 1753, William Pitt the Elder called him a “heaven-born general.”
36. Who of the following Generals was impeached in the British Parliament?
[A] Warren Hastings
[B] Lord Hastings
[C] Lord Clive
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Warren Hastings]
Notes:Warren Hastings was the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William, the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and thereby the first de facto Governor-General of India from 1772 to 1785. ?In 1787, Warren Hastings was impeached in the Parliament by Edmund Burke.
37. Which of the following founded the Faraizi revolt?
[A] Bhagat Jawahar Mal
[B] Haji Shariat-Allah
[C] Syed Ahmed
[D] Chirag Shah
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Correct Answer: B [Haji Shariat-Allah]
Notes:
Faraizi revolt was started by the followers of Muslim sect and was founded by Haji Shariat-Allah of Faridpur in Eastern Bengal. It advocated radical religious, social and political change.
38. Where was the Ghadar Party was formed?
[A] Afghanistan
[B] Burma
[C] England
[D] United States of America
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Correct Answer: D [United States of America]
Notes:
The Ghadar Party was formed in United states of America on Nov. 1, 1913 by Lala Hardayal and Sohan Singh Bhakna. The members of the party were Indian immigrants, mainly from Punjab.
39. Hamidullah Khan was the last sovereign Nawabs of which of the following princely states?
[A] Gwalior
[B] Jodhpur
[C] Travancore
[D] Bhopal
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Correct Answer: D [Bhopal]
Notes:
In the year 1818, Bhopal became a princely state. Hamidullah Khan was the last sovereign Nawabs of Bhopal. On 1 June 1949, the state of Bhopal was taken over by the Union Government of India.
40. The Individual Satyagraha was launched for which of the following?
[A] Embarrass the British amid war chaos
[B] Seek independence
[C] Affirm right to speech
[D] All of above
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Correct Answer: C [Affirm right to speech]
Notes:
The Congress was in a confused state again after the August Offer. The radicals and leftists wanted to launch a mass Civil Disobedience Movement, but here Gandhi insisted on Individual Satyagraha. The Individual Satyagraha was not to seek independence but to affirm the right of speech. The first Satyagrahi selected was Acharya Vinoba Bhave, who was sent to Jail when he spoke against the war.
