Modern Indian History MCQs

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Durgeshnandini is a Bengali historical romance novel written by Indian writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1865.

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Economic drain refers to a portion of national product of India which was not available for consumption of its peoples but was being drained away to Britain for political reasons and India was not getting adequate economic or material returns for it. The drain theory was put forward by Dadabhai Naoroji in his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.

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M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the Servants of India Society. The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. All are related to this organization.

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The law was repealed in 1881 by Lytton’s successor as viceroy, Lord Ripon (governed 1880–84). However, the resentment it produced among Indians became one of the catalysts giving rise to India’s growing independence movement.

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Thomas Arthur Count de Lally led the French Army in the Battle of Wandiwash. He was executed in 1766 by the English.

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The Vandavasi fort is situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was a part of the historic Seven Years War.

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There were three judicial reform of Lord Cornwallis (1787, 1790, 1793). Economy was the main focus point of the reform of 1787.

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Nawab of Awadh ceded almost half of his territory to the British as an agreement of Subsidiary Alliance. He was forced to sign this treaty in the year 1801. As a result, the Nawab lost the Doab, Rohilkhand, Allahabad. The British enclosed his territory from three sides except for the Himalayan foothills.

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According to Jadunath Sarkar, The Third Battle of Panipat “decided the fate of India.” The dream of making the whole India as a Hindu Nation became intangible to the Marathas.

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Mahadji Shinde was associated with controlling the Maratha empire in Gwalior and mainly the part of northern India. His father Ranoji Rao Scindia was the founder of the Scindia dynasty.