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.
11. Which of the following leaders were associated to Self-Respect Movement (1925) in Madras?
[A] E. V. Ramasamy
[B] P.Tyagaraja Chetti
[C] Dr. B.R Ambedkar
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: A [E. V. Ramasamy]
Notes:
The Self-Respect Movement (1925) was launched by E. V. Ramasamy to create a society where backward castes have equal human rights and to encourage backward castes to have self-respect in the context of a caste-based society that considered them to be a lower end of the hierarchy.
12. When did the Indian National Congress (INC) founded by A. O. Hume?
[A] 1882
[B] 1885
[C] 1887
[D] 1889
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Correct Answer: B [1885]
Notes:
Allan Octavian Hume ( popularly known as A. O. Hume) was a well known political reformer and a civil servant during the rule of British Empire in India. In 1885, the Indian National Congress (INC) was founded by him to create a platform which was under the supervision of the British and which should let the British government know the demands of the Indian people. To prevent another nationwide outbreak like the one that took place in 1857, the INC came into existence and in the beginning the leaders of that organisation were loyal to the British Crown.
13. What was the key objective of Gandhiji’s Champaran movement?
[A] The security of rights of harijans
[B] Civil disobedience movement
[C] Maintaining the unity of Hindu society
[D] Solving the problem of the indigo workers
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Correct Answer: D [ Solving the problem of the indigo workers ]
Notes:
Champaran Satyagraha 1917 : It was Gandhiji’s first civil disobedience movement in India. He entered into the active politics with Champaran satyagraha to redress grievances of the cultivators oppressed by Indigo planters of Bihar.
14. Who was the first Indian to be the fellow of Royal Society of London?
[A] K.M. Panikkar
[B] Barindra Kumar
[C] Ardaseer Cursetjee
[D] Jagat Mehta
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Correct Answer: C [Ardaseer Cursetjee]
Notes:
Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia was a born Parsi, an Indian shipbuilder and engineer belonging to the Wadia ship building family. He is noted for having been the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.
15. Who among the following is the writer of book Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India?
[A] Thomas Mann
[B] Thomas Moore
[C] Joseph Lelyveld
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Joseph Lelyveld]
Notes:
The book ‘Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India’ is a 2011 biography of Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph Lelyveld and published by Alfred A Knopf.
16. In 1917, which movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi from Champaran?
[A] Satyagraha
[B] Non co-operation movement
[C] Swadeshi Movement
[D] Quit India movement
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Correct Answer: A [Satyagraha]
Notes:
The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement inspired by Gandhi and a major revolt in the Indian Independence Movement.It was the first popular satyagraha to be started, but the word Satyagraha was used for the first time in Anti Rowlatt Act agitation.
17. Which one of the following was the most immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi and Boycott agitation during the first decade of the present century?
[A] Curzon’s attempt to control the Universities
[B] Curzon’s design to curtail the sphere of local self-government
[C] Curzon’s partition of Bengal
[D] Curzon’s plan to curb the growing popularity of the Indian National Congress
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Correct Answer: C [Curzon’s partition of Bengal]
Notes:
A sentence of 18 months rigorous imprisonment imposed on Lokmanya Tilak and then the partition of Bengal done by Lord Curzon. It started the Swadeshi and Boycott agitation.
18. The I.N.A. was organized by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at which of the following places?
[A] Rangoon
[B] Singapore
[C] Taiwan
[D] Tokyo
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Correct Answer: B [Singapore]
Notes:
The Indian National Army was an armed force formed by Indian nationalist Rash Behari Bose in 1942 in Singapore during World War II. Its aim was to secure Indian independence from British rule. It formed an alliance with the Empire of Japan in the latter’s campaign in the Southeast Asian theatre of WWII.
19. Who among the following led the Sarabandi (no tax) campaign of 1922?
[A] Bhagat Singh
[B] Chittaranjan Das
[C] Rajaguru
[D] Vallabhbhai Patel
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Correct Answer: D [Vallabhbhai Patel]
Notes:
The Sarabandi (no tax) campaign of 1922 was led by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. In this campaign, the peasants decided not to pay the taxes. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was an Indian lawyer, political activist, the first Deputy Prime Minister of India and a leader of the Indian National Congress.
20. Who among the Odishan leader took part in the Great revolt of 1857?
[A] Surendra Sai
[B] Chakhi Khuntia
[C] Ramakrushna Samanta Singhar
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
Surendra Sai, Chakhi Khuntia, Ramakrushna Samanta Singhar are some of the great patriots of Odisha who participated in the Great Uprising.
