Modern Indian History MCQs

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The Great Bengal Famine of 1770 was a famine between 1769 and 1773 that affected the lower Gangetic plain of British India from Bihar to the Bengal region. About 10 million people which was about one-third of the then population of Bengal were affected.

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The flag satyagraha of Nagpur and Jabalpur occurred over several months in 1923. In Jabalpur, the District Congress Committee launched a satyagraha. Defying the prohibitory orders, a procession carrying the national flag aloft was carried out led by, among others, Pandit Sunderlal and Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, the renowned poetess of the popular song on “Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi”.

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Madras Mahajana Sabha was established by S. Ramaswami Mudaliar and P. Anandacharlu in 1884. Its first conference was held on December 29, 1884.It remained a leading public forum for years.

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Mary Carpenter was an English educational and social reformer, who came to India in 1866 to meet Raja Rammohun Roy, this was her long cherished desire. But in India, she met Keshab Chandra Sen, the leader of Brahmo Samaj, who asked her to form an organization in Britain to improve communication between British and Indian reformers. In 1870 she established National Indian Association.

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The police administration under the Marathas was noteworthy. The characteristics of the police administration under the Marathas are found from the report of Mount Stuart Elphinstone, who was appointed the Commissioner of the Deccan.

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E.P. Ramaswamy Naickerwas an Indian social activist, and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. The movement aimed at achieving a society where backward castes have equal human rights,and encouraging backward castes to have self-respect in the context of a castebased society that considered them to be low.

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Lord Cornwallis started the Civil Service in Indian to effectively administer British territories in India. He introduced strict regulations for the officials, raised their salaries and linked promotion to seniority. He is called the “Father of Indian Civil Service.”

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Badruddin Tyabji was a Indian lawyer who served as the third President of the Indian National Congress. In 1902, he became the first Indian to hold the post of Chief Justice in Mumbai. He is considered to be one of the most moderate Muslims during the freedom movement of India.

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Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India, was first sung in Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911. It was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on 24 January 1950.

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In Fourth War 1799, the British army led by Lord Wellesley attacked and defeated Tipu Sultan in a fierce war. He met a heroic death on 4th May 1799 while defending his capital Seringapatnam. He devised a land revenue system based on detailed surveys and classification. He modernised agriculture, gave tax breaks for developing wasteland, built irrigation infrastructure and promoted agricultural manufacturing and sericulture. He built a navy to support trade, and commissioned a state commercial corporation to set up factories.