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. In which of the following session of Indian National Congress Dadabhai Naoroji was elected president for the first time?
[A] Bombay
[B] Calcutta
[C] Lucknow
[D] Karachi
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Correct Answer: B [Calcutta]
Notes:
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first present of INC who was elected president in the 1885 Bombay Session. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was again elected as Congress President in 1892 session of Allahabad.
The Second President of Indian National Congress was Dadabhai Naoroji who was elected in the 1886 Calcutta Session.
Mahatma Gandhi was elected Congress President in the 1924 Belgaum session.
Subhash Chandra Bose was elected Congress president in 1938 & 1939.
12. A manifesto known as “Philosophy of the Bomb”, was brought out by which among the following organizations?
[A] Ghadar Party
[B] Hindustan Republic Association
[C] Hindustan Socialist Republic Association
[D] Jugantar
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Correct Answer: C [Hindustan Socialist Republic Association]
Notes:
Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) was established in the year 1924. The founding members of the organizatio were Ram Prasad Bismil, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Dr. Jadugopal Mukherjee. Later it became Hindustan Socialist Republican Association in 1928. Chandra Sekhar Azad was an Indian revolutionary leader who organised the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) in 1924. He died on 27 February 1931 at Azad Park in Allahabad while fighting with the police.
13. Who sas the leader of Revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?
[A] Nana Sahab
[B] Tantiya Tope
[C] Azimullah Khan
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
At Kanpur, the Revolt of 1857 was led by Nana Saheb (the adopted son of Baji Rao II, the last Peshwa), Tantiya Tope and Azimullah Khan. They kicked out the British from Kanpur with the help of the sepoys. But, soon Kanpur was recaptured by the British commander Sir Colin Campbell and the revolt was suppressed. Nana Saheb escaped to Nepal.
14. Who was the Governor General of India when the Charter Act of 1833 was passed?
[A] Lord Wellesley
[B] Lord Hastings
[C] Lord Minto I
[D] Lord William Bentinck
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Correct Answer: D [Lord William Bentinck]
Notes:
The Charter Act of 1833 was passed during the time of Lord William Bentinck. Excerpts of the act –
a) Monopoly of the British East India company was abolished.
b) It redesignated the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India.
c) Lord William Bentinck became the first Governor-General of India.
d) The bishops of Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta were to be appointed for the benefit of the Christians in India
15. Which among the following articles was adopted by the constituent assembly with slogans of “Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai”?
[A] Article 39
[B] Article 17
[C] Article 14
[D] Article 45
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Correct Answer: B [ Article 17 ]
Notes:
Article 17 – Abolition of untouchability was adopted by members chanting “Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai.
16. Gandhi ji went to England to study at University College, London (UCL). What did Gandhi study in England?
[A] Political Science
[B] Poetry
[C] Law
[D] Dentistry
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Correct Answer: C [Law]
Notes:
While in London, Gandhi joined the Vegetarian Society; he was admitted to the British bar after graduating. He practiced law in both India and South Africa before commencing his life of non-violent political activism.
17. British East India Company was established in which year?
[A] 1664
[B] 1632
[C] 1600
[D] 1608
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Correct Answer: C [1600]
Notes:
The East India Company, also known as the Honourable East India Company or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, Company Bahadur, or simply The Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was formed in 1600.
18. Which of the following was supported by Raja Rammohan Roy?
[A] Sati
[B] Widow re-marriage
[C] Child marriage
[D] Learning of Sanskrit
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Correct Answer: B [Widow re-marriage]
Notes:
It was due to the efforts of Raja Ram mohan Roy that Lord William Bentick abolished Sati system in 1829 by declaring it an offence. It advocated freedom of the press and condemned any restriction imposed on it by the Government. It supported widow-remarriage and the education of girls.
19. Which of the following Acts was introduced by the Britishers to remove the shortcomings of the Regulating Act?
[A] Pitt’s India Act, 1784
[B] Rowlatt Act
[C] The Charter Act of 1793
[D] Government of India Act 1919
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Correct Answer: A [Pitt’s India Act, 1784]
Notes:
Pitt’s India Act 1784 or the East India Company Act 1784 was passed in the British Parliament to rectify the defects of the Regulating Act 1773. With this act, East India Company’s political functions were differentiated from its commercial activities for the first time.
20. The ‘Independence for India League’ was founded in opposition of which of the following agreements?
[A] the Gandhi-Irwin Pact
[B] the Home Rule Movement
[C] the Nehru Report
[D] the Montford Reforms
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Correct Answer: C [the Nehru Report]
Notes:
When the Nehru Report came before the annual session of the Congress in Calcutta in December 1928, the left lashed it out on the fact that it did not want the complete Independence and wanted only a dominion status. Meanwhile in April 1928, the “Independence for India League” was formed with Jawahar Lal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose as Secretaries and S. Srinivasa Iyengar as President.
