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. Chalisa famine happened in which of the following year?
[A] 1837–38
[B] 1783–84
[C] 1769-70
[D] 1750-55
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Correct Answer: B [1783–84]
Notes:
The Chalisa famine of 1783–84 happened in the Indian subcontinent followed by unusual El Nino events that began in 1780 and caused droughts throughout the region. More than 11 million people may have died during the years 1782–84.
42. In which year, Vandemataram Movement started?
[A] 1904
[B] 1905
[C] 1906
[D] 1907
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Correct Answer: B [1905]
Notes:
After partition of Bengal in 1905, Swadeshi Movement started in Bengal as well as several other parts of the country. It is also known as Vandemataram Movement. It included Swadeshi and Boycott as two main strategies centered around objective of unification of Bengal.
43. In which year, Nasik Conspiracy Case happened?
[A] 1908
[B] 1909
[C] 1910
[D] 1911
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Correct Answer: B [1909]
Notes:
Anant Laxman Kanhere of VD Savarkar’s Abhinav Bharat Society shot dead the District Magistrate of Nasik AMT Jackson on 21 December 1909. 27 members of the Abhinav Bharat Society were convicted and punished. Ganesh Savarkar, brother of VD Savarkar, was sent to Kala Pani. Anant Kanhere was just 18 at the time of the act. He was hanged in the Thane Prison on 19 April 1910. Krishnaji Karve and Vinayak Deshpande, the co-plotters and back-ups for eliminating Jackson, were also hanged.
44. In which year, Revolutionary Udham Singh avenged the Jallianwala massacre by assassinating Michael Francis O’Dwyer?
[A] 1936
[B] 1937
[C] 1939
[D] 1940
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Correct Answer: D [1940]
Notes:
Sir Michael Francis O’Dwyer was the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab at the time of the Jallianwala massacre. He unjustly and shamelessly endorsed General Reginald Dyer’s Jallianwala Bagh carnage. Revolutionary Shahid Udham Singh avenged the Massacre by shooting O’Dwyer in Caxton Hall in London on 13 March 1940. On 31 July 1940, he was hanged at Pentonville Prison in Barnsbury, London and buried within the prison grounds.
45. Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services?
[A] Satyendranath Tagore
[B] Raja Ram Mohan Roy
[C] Rabindranath Tagore
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Satyendranath Tagore]
Notes:
Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services in 1863. Given his expertise of multiple Indian languages, he also translated Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s Geetarahasya and Tukaram’s Abhang poems to Bengali.
46. The Import and Export (Control) Act was passed in which of the following year?
[A] 1927
[B] 1937
[C] 1947
[D] 1957
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Correct Answer: C [1947]
Notes:
The import and export control in India was introduced for the first time during the Second World War. The Import and Export (Control) Act was passed in 1947. The Act initially was to be in force for a limited period of three years.
47. The first session of Constituent Assembly of India was held in which of the following cities?
[A] Culcutta
[B] Delhi
[C] Bombay
[D] Madras
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Correct Answer: B [Delhi]
Notes:
The Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December, 1946 in the Constitution Hall which is now known as the Central Hall of Parliament House. The Constituent Assembly took almost three years (two years, eleven months and seventeen days to be precise) to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for Independent India.
48. In 1872, Lord Mayo, the Viceroy of India was assassinated in _____:
[A] Port Blair
[B] Delhi
[C] Kolkata
[D] Daman and Diu
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Correct Answer: A [Port Blair]
Notes:
While visiting the convict settlement at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands in 1872 for the purpose of inspection, Lord Mayo was assassinated by Sher Ali Afridi, an Afridi Pathan. Mayo served as the Viceroy and Governor-General of India during 12 January, 1869 – 8 February 1872.
49. Which of the following movements was headed by Sitaram Raju?
[A] Pabna Agitation
[B] Rampa Movement
[C] Bardoli Satyagraha
[D] Kuka Movement
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Correct Answer: B [Rampa Movement]
Notes:
The Rampa Rebellion of 1922 was a tribal uprising, led by Alluri Sitarama Raju in Godavari Agency of Madras Presidency, British India. It began in August 1922 and lasted until the capture and killing of Raju in May 1924.
50. The movement of the local farmers of Bardoli in Gujarat against the British in 1928 was led by ____:
[A] Lal Bahadur Shashtri
[B] Lokmanya Tilak
[C] Vallabhbhai Patel
[D] Jawaharlal Nehru
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Correct Answer: C [Vallabhbhai Patel]
Notes:
The Bardoli Satyagraha, in the state of Gujarat, India during the British Raj, was a major episode of civil disobedience and revolt in the Indian Independence Movement on 12 June 1928. The movement was eventually led by Vallabhbhai Patel, and its success gave rise to Patel becoming one of the main leaders of the independence movement.
