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 leader did Mahatma Gandhi call the ‘Prince among Patriots’?
[A] Vallabhbhai Patel
[B] Jawaharlal Nehru
[C] Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
[D] Bhagat Singh

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12. Who said these words at the time of Quit India Movement—”Do or die”?
[A] Motilal Nehru
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Sardar Patel
[D] Subhash Chandra Bose

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13. Who gave the ‘Communal Award’ in India?
[A] C. R. Attlee
[B] Ramsay Macdonald
[C] Stafford Cripps
[D] None of the above

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14. Railway and Telegraphy systems were introduced in India by which of the following governors?
[A] Lord Dalhousie
[B] Lord Cornwallis
[C] Lord Bentinck
[D] Lord Wellesley

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15. Swaraj as a national demand was first made by which of the following leaders?
[A] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[B] Dadabhai Naoroji
[C] Jawaharlal Nehru
[D] Chitaranjan Das

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16. Federation, Indian responsibility, reservation and safeguards were the three lynchpins of which of the following announcements?
[A] Gandhi-lrwin Pact
[B] Macdonald Award
[C] Poona Pact
[D] Radcliffe Award

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17. Who among the following founded the Indian National Congress in 1885?
[A] Dadabhai Naoroji
[B] Henry Cotton
[C] Badruddin Tyabji
[D] A. O. Hume

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18. Which one of the following is not correct about the Cabinet Mission Plan?
[A] Provincial grouping
[B] Interim Cabinet of Indians
[C] Acceptance of Pakistan
[D] Constitution framing right

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19. What is the correct sequence of the following events?
I. Tilak’s Home Rule League
II. Kamagatamaru Incident
III. Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in India
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
Codes :
[A] I, II, III
[B] III, II, I
[C] II, I, III
[D] II, III, I

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20. Which one of the following events, was characterized by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’?
[A] Killing of INA activists
[B] Massacre of Jallianwalla Bagh
[C] Shooting of the Mahatma
[D] Shooting of Curzon-Wythe

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