Modern Indian History MCQs

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Dr. Annie Besant founded two newspapers. First was a weekly newspaper titled “The Commonweal” and another was “New India”, a daily newspaper which was a powerful mouthpiece for 15 years advocating Home Rule and revolutionizing Indian journalism.

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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar was a social reformer, educationist, thinker from Maharashtra.He was a co-founder of the renowned educational institutes like the New English School, the Deccan Education Society and Fergusson College along with Lokamanya Tilak, Vishnushastri Chiplunkar and etc.He was an editor of newspaper 'Kesari'.In October 1887 he resigned from editorship of 'Kesari' and started his own newspaper 'Sudharak'(Reformer).

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The transfer of authority to the Crown in 1858 brought with it essential changes in Indian finance. The Final responsibility of Finance was now vested in the secretary of state in council, and in lieu of the haphazard control by the governor-general in council over the rest of India, a finance member of council became responsible in 1859 for the preparation of an orderly financial system. The First Finance Member was James Wilkins, who joined in 1859 and died in harness only 9 months. The principles of the English budget system were adapted as far as possible to India, the first budget presented being that for 1860-1, the year ending on March 31st as in England. Sound steps were taken was largely due to the debt of £42,000,000 added by the Mutiny, making the total debt ‘£98,000,000, while the year 1859-60 showed a deficit of ‘£7,250,000. James Wilson increased taxation by imposing an income tax and drastically reduced civil and military expenditure, so that in 1864 the deficit was a thing of the past.

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Sarojini Naidu was an Indian independence activist and poet. Sarojini Naidu was the first female to become the governor of an Indian state. She governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949.

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Dupleix (1697-1763) was the governor of the French settlement based in Pondicherry. The first Anglo-French war (commonly refered as the Carnatic Wars) took placed in 1744- 1748 AD. The wars between British and French in India lasted from 1744 to 1763 AD.

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When Singh persisted by saying that Mahatma Gandhi was against the Partition, Rajagopalachari said, “Gandhi was a very great man but he saw what was going on. He was a very disillusioned man. When he realized that we were all for Partition, he said, ‘If you all agree, I will go along with you,’ and left Delhi the next day.”

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The Khilafat movement was an agitation by Indian Muslims allied with Indian nationalism in the years following World War I. Its purpose was to pressure the British government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the war. In 1920, they published the Khilafat Manifesto, which called upon the British to protect the caliphate and for Indian Muslims to unite and hold the British accountable for this purpose.

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The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for the establishment of a Reserve Bank of India to control the currency and credit of the country. It is the central bank of India established on April 1, 1935.

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The Government of India Act, 1919 provided for limited voting rights to women. Only women with certain income criteria could be enfranchised by provinces if they wish to do so. However, women were not allowed to contest elections.

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In the year 1616, the first factory of the company in South India was set up in Masulipatnam. In 1639 it was replaced by the Fort St. George (Madras).