Modern Indian History MCQs

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The Kheda Satyagraha was organized by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in the Kheda district of Gujarat, India during the period of the British Raj. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel became a follower of Gandhiji inspired by the Kheda Movement.

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The First Anglo-Afghan War which is also known by the British as the Disaster in Afghanistan was fought between the British East India Company and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842.

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In the year 1942, The Azad Hind Radio service was started in Germany by the leadership of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Its objective was to encourage Indian freedom fighters. The headquarters of Azad Hind Radio were shifted to Singapore and later to Rangoon.

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Annie Besant was the first woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress in 1917. She was also a member and president of the Theosophical Society.

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In 1919 Gandhiji gave a call for a Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act, passed by the British. The Act restricted the freedom of expression and strengthened police powers. Mahatma Gandhi, Moha-mmad Ali Jinnah and others strongly opposed this Act. The Satyagraha lost momentum with the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy on April 13, 1919.

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Under the Government of India Act 1858, the control of the British government in India was transferred to the British crown. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the British East India Company (who had up to this point been ruling British India under the auspices of Parliament) and the transference of its functions to the British Crown.

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India’s first adhesive stamp, the Scinde Dawk, was introduced in 1852 when Lord Dalhousie was the Governor General of India. It was introduced by Sir Bartle Frere, the British East India Company’s administrator of the province of Sind. These stampswere round in shape.

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Lord Lytton passed the Vernacular Press Act in 1878. By this act, the magistrates of the districts were empowered, without the prior permission of the Government, to call upon a printer and publisher of any kind to enter into a Bond, undertaking not to publish anything which might “rouse” feelings of disaffection against the government.

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Vithalbhai Patel was the first elected President of the Central Legislative Assembly in 1925 and was reelected in 1927. In 1928, he created a separate office for the Assembly, independent of the administration of the Government of India. He established the convention of neutrality of the President in debates, except to use a casting vote in favour of the status quo.

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Rajkumari Bibiji Amrit Kaur was the first health minister of India and served for ten years in the capacity. She was the first woman to hold Cabinet rank. In 1950, she was elected the president of World Health Assembly, becoming the first woman and the first Asian to hold that post.