Modern Indian History MCQs

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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a great 19th century Bengali scholar, reformer, writer and philanthropist, whose ideas remain relevant even in modern India. He had devoted his life to improving the status of Hindu widows and encouraging remarriage. The outcome of these efforts was the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act of 1856. That’s why he has come to be called the Hindu Luther of Northern India.

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Green Pamphlet was issued by Mahatma Gandhi at Rajkot on July 9, 1896. He tried to expose the condition of Indian indentured laborers and the human rights violations in South Africa. It was considered as an anti-government publication by the British.

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The name of Tilak became a household name during Homerule Movement and this let him earn the epithet Lokmanya. Home rule movement has been taken from Ireland.The two Home Rule League were set up in April 1916 by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and in Sept 1916 by Annie Besant.The main objective of Home Rule League were:- Self Government in the British Empire. Work for National education ,social and political reforms. Abolition of untouchability.

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Holkar was the last of these Maratha powers to accept British subsidiary control. Following defeat at Mahidpur in December 1817, the Treaty of Mandsaur in January 1818 placed the Holkar state under a subsidiary alliance.

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Madam HP Blavatsky ,a Russian woman & Col. H.S Olcott ,an American ,founded the Theosophical Society in Newyork in 1875 . They advocated the revival & strengthening of ancient religions of Hinduism.

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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.

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In 1772, Warren Hastings shifted Bengal’s treasury and key administrative functions from Murshidabad to Calcutta. He was then Governor of Bengal and became Governor-General in 1774. Calcutta remained the capital of British India until the transfer to Delhi was announced in 1911.

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B.R. Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer. In the year 1920, he started publishing the weekly Mooknayak (Leader of the Silent) in Mumbai with the help of Shahu of Kolhapur.

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Baba Ram Singh is considered as the real founder of Kuka Movement. It was a religio-political movement in Punjab. In the year 1872 the British executed 65 Kukas by cannon and deported Ram Singh to Rangoon.

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Before Debendranath joined the Brahmo Samaj, he had organized a Tattvaranjini Sabhaat Calcutta. The same Sabha was later known as Tattvabodhini Sabha. The objective of Tattvabodhini Sabha was to encourage religious inquiries and disseminate the essence of Upanishads.