Modern Indian History MCQs

Notes:
The Indian Independence Act was based on the Mountbatten plan or the 3rd June plan. It was passed by the British parliament on 5th July 1947 and received royal assent on 18th July 1947. It came into being on 15th August 1947.

Notes:
Afonso de Albuquerque, the second governor of Portuguese India, is revered for founding the Portuguese colonial empire in India. In 1510, his strategic acumen and naval prowess led to the acquisition of Goa from the ruler of Bijapur. This significant feat expanded the Portuguese footprint in India, paving the way for extensive trade and cultural influence in the subcontinent.

Notes:
In the year 1772, the first Governor-General of Bengal, Warren Hastings shifted all the departments from Murshidabad to Calcutta. From the year 1772 to 1911, Calcutta was the capital of British India. Then it was shifted to Delhi. Later on 13 February 1931, Lord Irwin, the then viceroy of India, inaugurated New Delhi as the new capital of India.

Notes:
Diwan Mani Ram Datta or Maniram Dutta Baruah, popularly called Kalita Raja, was an Assamese nobleman and one of the pioneers of the tea gardens in Assam. He was a loyal ally of East India Company but then was hanged by the British for conspiring against them during the 1857 uprising.

Notes:
On March 12, 1612, Jahangir granted a firman permitting the British establishing factories at Surat, Gogha, Ahmedabad and Cambay. Thus, Surat became the first established settlement of British in India and a factory was established there in 1612-13.

Notes:
While all the options contributed in some way to India’s economic situation under British rule, the most important reason for the increased debt burden in India in the last 100 years of British rule was the unjust fiscal policies imposed by the British. These policies included high land revenue demands, unfair taxation, and the drain of wealth from India to Britain. This led to a continuous outflow of Indian wealth and resources, resulting in increasing public debt and impoverishment of the country.

Notes:
Bhagat Movement is a religious movement among the Bhils scattered in 4 states of India viz. Rajasthan, Gujarat, MP and Maharastra. Bhagat means a devotee. When one of the Bhils becomes a Bhagat he has to abstain from eating meat, eggs and drinking wine. He also does not accept bride price. The movement is 3 centuries old and oldest Bhagat considered to be is Mavji of Rajasthan. Mavji is considered to be the 10th incarnation of Vishnu and had a large followership in Banswara and Dungarpur of Rajasthan.

Notes:
In Faizabad, the revolt of 1857 was led by Maulvi Ahmadullah, who fought the famous Battle of Chinhat in which the British forces under Sir Henry Lawrence were defeated. But, at last, the revolt was harshly suppressed by the British.

Notes:
In 1851 AD, the Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha started by Naoroji Furdonji, Dadabhai Naoroji, S.S.Bengali, etc. at Bombay with  the purpose of restoring Zoroastrian religion to its pristine glory. They campaigned against orthodox and initiated the modernization of Parsi social customs regarding the education of women, marriage and the social position of women in general.

Notes:
Punjab Kesari, a daily hindi newspaper, was started at Jalandhar in 1965 by Lala Jagat Narayan. He was the founder of the Hind Samachar group.