Modern Indian History MCQs

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The Doji bara famine also known as Skull famine happened in 1791-92 in the Indian subcontinent. It was brought on by a major El Nino event lasting from 1789 CE to 1795 CE and producing prolonged droughts.

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Shyamji Krishna Varma founded the ‘India House’ in London on 1 July 1905 as a hostel for Indian students, since most faced racist discrimination when seeking accommodation. India House soon became a hub of Indian nationalists and revolutionaries, the notables being Madan Lal Dhingra, Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, Lala Har Dayal, Veer Savarkar and many others.

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The Lucknow Pact refers to the agreement between the Congress (INC) and the Muslim League (AIML). The pact was confirmed at their respective annual sessions at Lucknow on 29 and 31 December 1916. The Pact earned for Jinnah the title the “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity” from Sarojini Naidu. Lucknow Session was presided by Ambica Charan Majumdar and was known for concession of separate electorates for the Muslims by the Congress Party.

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Rebellion among the naval ratings in RIN (Royal Indian Navy) started at Bombay on 19 February 1946. Thrilled by the INA fight and trials, they wanted to contribute their strength towards India’s freedom.

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G Subramania Ayyar has founded the Newspaper THE HINDU in 1878. It was founded in Chennai.

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Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in jail for debt, Hicky’s Bengal Gazette was a strong critic of the administration of Governor General Warren Hastings. The newspaper was important for its provocative journalism and its fight for free expression in India.

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Mahatma Gandhi said, ‘Those who talk about the separation of religion and politics do not know what religion is.’ He added, ‘for me there is no politics without religionnot the religion of the superstitious and the blind, religion that hates and fights, but the universal religion of toleration.’

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The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi’s call for ‘Satyagraha’ (independence). Lord Linlithgow (1936-1943) was the Viceroy then. In 1939, Indian nationalists were angry that British Governor-General of India, Lord Linlithgow, brought India into the war without consultation with them.

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The Partition of Bengal was made by then Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, on 16 October 1905. Curzon partitioned Bengal and formed two new provinces of manageable size – East and West Bengal. East Bengal was a majority MuslimProvince, while West Bengal was a Hindu Majority province. Bengal was reunited by Lord Hardinge in 1911.

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In an article, titled “Gokhale: My Political Guru,” published in February 1918, Mahatma Gandhi acknowledged Gopalkrishna Gokhale as his guru. It was on his advice that Gandhi toured throughout the country to know the real India after coming from South Africa in 1915 (The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol. XIV).