Modern Indian History MCQs

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The Depressed Classes Welfare Institute (also known as the Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha) was initiated by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar with the intention of promoting socio-political awareness among the untouchables. The sabha aimed to enhance the education among the Depressed Classes through various means, cultivate culture by setting up study circles, and improve their economic condition by launching industrial and agricultural schools. It also served as an advocacy platform to articulate the grievances of the Depressed Classes, thereby marking an important chapter in social reform.

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The English East India Company, formed in 1599 AD, was established by a group known as “The Merchant Adventurers”. The company started with a 15-year monopoly of the eastern trade, granted by Queen Elizabeth in 1600. Before the expiration of the first charter, the monopoly was extended by King James II of England. The company played a significant role in establishing the British empire in India, shaping the history of the subcontinent and playing a pivotal role in global trade.

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The ruler of Satara, Appa Sahib died in 1848 with out leaving a natural heir, but he himself adopted a son before his death. Though, due to ‘Doctrine of Lapse’, Satara was annexed by British East India Company.

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The book “Rebellion in 1857: A Symposium” was written by Puran Chand Joshi. This book was published in 1986. As per Joshi’s study, the Revolt of 1857 is an antidote to the orthodox Indian and British historiography.

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Keshab Chandra Sen founded Indian Reform Association in 1870. It was an organisation that articulated in favour of temperance, education, inexpensive literature and technical education.

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Bengal British India Society was established with the combined efforts of George Thompson along with Dwarkanath Tagore, Chandra Mohan Chatterjee and Parmananda Maitra in 1843. Objective of this organization was to secure the welfare and advancement of all classes in loyalty to the government of the reigning sovereign of the British dominions. In 1851 , both the Landholders’ Society and the Bengal British India Society merged into the British Indian Association.

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The National Indian Association was founded in 1867 by Mary Carpenter (the famous biographer of Raja Ram Mohan Roy).

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The All India Home Rule League was launched by Annie Besant on September 1916. The league had to work in all India except Maharastra and Central Provinces. The objectives of this league were same as the Indian Home rule league formed by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in April
1916. These were –
a) To establish self- government.
b) To build up an agitation for home rule by promoting political education and discussion.
c) To build the confidence of the Indians against the suppression of the British government and to create an alternative movement to break the existing state of stagnation and the inertia.
d) To revive the political activity on their own while maintaining the principles of congress. To demand for greater political representation from the British government.
e) To demand for greater political representation from the British government.

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The Moplah Rebellion (or Malabar Rebellion) was an armed uprising against British authority and Hindu landlords in Malabar, Kerala in 1921. But the the movement was severely suppressed by the British forces.

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The Free Press Journal is an Indian English-language daily newspaper that was established in 1930 by Swaminathan Sadanand for the support of the Indian independence movement. It is published in Mumbai.