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.
41. Which of the following escaped being hanged in the Kakori conspiracy case?
[A] Ashfaqullah Khan
[B] Rajendra Lahiri
[C] Ram Prasad Bismil
[D] Chandra Shekhar Azad
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Correct Answer: D [Chandra Shekhar Azad]
Notes:
Chandrashekhar was the one to have escaped being hanged in the Kakori Conspiracy case. The Kakori Conspiracy was a train robbery that took place on 9 August 1925 during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Indian Government.
42. Eastern Bengal and Assam were created in which of the following years?
[A] 1905
[B] 1907
[C] 1911
[D] 1913
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Correct Answer: A [1905]
Notes:
Eastern Bengal and Assam were created in the year 1905 upon the partition of Bengal, together with the former province of Assam. It was re-merged with Bengal in 1912.
43. Who among the following was the last Nizam of Hyderabad?
[A] Muzaffar Jung
[B] Salabat Jung
[C] Asaf Jah V
[D] Asaf Jah VII
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Correct Answer: D [Asaf Jah VII]
Notes:
Asaf Jah VII (Mir Osman Ali Khan) was the last Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled the Kingdom of Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948. He was also called as “Architect of modern Hyderabad”. After the annexation of Hyderabad by India in 1948, the Nizam became the Rajpramukh (From 26 January 1950 to 31 October 1956).
44. Which of the following established the India League in 1875?
[A] Jagannath Shankar Seth
[B] Sisir Kumar Ghose
[C] Dwarkanath Tagore
[D] Dadabhai Naoroji
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Correct Answer: B [Sisir Kumar Ghose]
Notes:
The India league was established by Sisir Kumar Ghose in 1875. The main aim of the India league was to instill the feeling of Nationalism amongst the people of India.
45. In which session of All India Muslim League, the resolution for the establishment of a separate homeland for the Muslims was passed?
[A] 1935
[B] 1939
[C] 1940
[D] 1942
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Correct Answer: C [1940]
Notes:
The resolution for the establishment of a separate homeland for the Muslims of British India passed in the annual session of the All India Muslim League held in Lahore on 22–24 March 1940 is a landmark document of Pakistan’s history. This resolution was presented by A. K. Fazlul Huq. This resolution helped league gain ascendency in popular Muslim perception on the hope of a separate country.
46. The quote “Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of ideas” belongs to which of the following freedom fighters?
[A] Subhash Chandra Bose
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Lala Lajpat Rai
[D] Bhagat Singh
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Correct Answer: D [Bhagat Singh]
Notes:
While deposing before the Sessions Court regarding the bombing of the Central Assembly Hall, Delhi, in 1929,, Bhagat Singh said: “Bombs and pistols do not make revolution. That is not our understanding. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting- stone of ideas. This is what we wanted to emphasize. By revolution we mean the end of the miseries of capitalist wars.”
47. Which of the following was not actively engaged in social and religious reforms in India?
[A] Raja Ram Mohan Roy
[B] Jotiba Phule
[C] Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
[D] Bharatendu Harishchandra
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Correct Answer: D [Bharatendu Harishchandra]
Notes:
Bharatendu Harishchandra was one of the greatest Hindi writers of modern India who is known as the father of modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre. He was recognised poet, he was a trendsetter in Hindi prose-writing.
48. ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’ the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom?
[A] Anand Mohan Bose
[B] Surendranath Banerjee
[C] Rabindranath Tagore
[D] Sarojini Naidu
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Correct Answer: C [Rabindranath Tagore]
Notes:
Amar Sonar Bangla (Ode to Mother Bengal) was written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1905. The song was written in 1905 during the first partition of Bengal, when the ruling British Empire had an undivided province of Bengal Presidency split into two parts. The first ten lines of the song was adopted as the national anthem of Bangladesh.
49. The Sharda Act is related to
___:
[A] Upliftment of scheduled tribes
[B] Child Marriage
[C] Empowerment of women
[D] Upliftment of minorities
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Correct Answer: B [Child Marriage]
Notes:
The Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929, passed on 28 September, 1929, is popularly known as the Sharda Act, after its sponsor Harbilas Sarda. It fixed the age of marriage for girls at 14 years and boys at 18 years which was later amended to 18 for girls and 21 for boys.
50. The Puna Pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and ____:
[A] Lord Irwin
[B] Subhash Chandra Bose
[C] Muhammad Ali Jinnah
[D] B. R. Ambedkar
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Correct Answer: D [B. R. Ambedkar]
Notes:
The Puna Pact refers to an agreement between Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September, 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, Maharashtra. It was signed to annul Macdonald Award giving separate electorate to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India.
