Modern Indian History MCQs

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Nawab Kapur Singh is considered as one of the major figures in Sikh history. Under the leadership Kapur Singh the Sikh community traversed one of the darkest periods of its history. He gradually established a robust revenue and military system.

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In the year 1600 CE, the East India Company was formed and was given the exclusive right to trade with India and South East Asia after Queen Elizabeth I  granted the charter for the monopoly over the trade. Initially, the motive of the British East India Company was Trade, not territory.

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Saadat Khan popularly known as Burhan-ul-Mulk founded the independent state of Awadh. He had joined in a conspiracy against the Sayyid brothers and therefore was driven out of the court.

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The Public Works Department in India in 1848 was started by Lord Dalhousie. Before this, the job of the Public Works Department was done by the Military Board. Dalhousie created a separate Public Works Department and allotted more funds for making canals and roads.

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‘Hindustan Socialist Republican Army’ was founded in 1928. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was a revolutionary organisation, also known as the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army, established at Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi by Chandrasekhar Azad, Ashfaqulla Khan, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee.

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Under Pitt’s India Act, 1784, a special court consisting of three judges, four peers and six members of the House of Commons was constituted to try in England any offence committed in India. This, act continued to be in force upto 1858 but in 1786 some of its provisions were amended.

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After the establishment of the Deccan Association, the Madras branch of the British Indian Association was founded in February 1852. The Madras Native Association was founded by Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty.

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The Chamber of Princes representing the Princely States was established in 1920. The Chamber usually met once a year presided by the Viceroy. The full Chamber used to elect from within its princely ranks a permanent officer styled the Chancellor, who chaired the Standing Committee of the Chamber, which used to meet more often. The last Chancellor during 1944–47 was the Nawab of Bhopal Sir Hamidullah Khan. This Chamber of Princes was among the major fault-lines forged by the British to ensure their continuance through their “divide & rule” policy.

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Non-cooperation movement had picked up steam by end of 1921 when over 30,000 people were in British jails, including all the top Congress leaders. However, Gandhi suddenly suspended the non-cooperation movement on 12 February 1922, without consulting any of the stakeholders, including the Muslim leaders of the Khilafat Movement. The reason was the perishing of 23 policemen when the Chauri Chaura Police Station in the Gorakhpur district of UP was set on fire in a retaliatory violence on 4 February 1922. Police had arrested leaders of a group picketing a liquor shop in the market place. In protest, a crowd gathered in front of the police station shouting slogans. The police opened fire into the crowd killing three and wounding several. Angered by the unprovoked firing, the protestors set fire to the police station, killing the policeman as a result.

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In the year 1943, when Bose realized that Germany is not going to help him in gaining India’s independence, he left for Japan. By using submarine U-180 and submarine I-29, he reached Japan. It was the only civilian transfer between two submarines of two different navies during the time of World War II.