Modern Indian History MCQs

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Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (1844-1936) was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress and its President in 1901. He was President of the Indian Merchants’ Chamber in 1915.

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Khurshedbehn Naoroji was the grand·daughter of Dadabhai Naoroji. She is known to have participated in salt satyagraha of 1930. She is best known for working with Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in N.W.F.P.

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Foujdari Thanas was established in 1775 CE to improve the law and order situation at the chief town of a very large district. A number of Chowkies were also established at interior stations.

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Clive’s House is the oldest existing house in Dum Dum, Kolkata. Clive was a British officer who helped in establishing East India Company in India.

Dum Dum is a town in Barrackpore and 15 km from the Kolkata city centre. It is also one of the main entry points to the city of Kolkata from North West India. The excavation conducted by ASI, discovered the remnants of civilization before Christ. Hence, the Clive House is a protected monument in West Bengal.

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The Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of Lord Curzon. It was appointed in 1902 on the instructions of Lord Curzon to make recommendations for reforms in University education in India. The Commission was led by Thomas Raleigh and included among its members Syed Hussain Belgrami and Justice Gooroodas Banerjee.

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Allan Octavian Hume was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress in 1885. He served as general secretary of the Congress for its first 22 years. He was a British civil servant, political reformer, ornithologist and horticulturalist.

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The Battle of Saragarhi was fought between the British Indian Empire and the Afghan tribesmen on 12 Sep-tember 1897. It occurred in the North-West Frontier Pro-vince (now Khyber Pakhtun-khwa, Pakistan). Sikh soldiers fought on behalf of the British Indian Army against Pashtun Orakzai tribesmen.

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Extremist leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak refers to Swami Vivekanand as his political guru. Tilak is known as the father of India Unrest and the founder of Home rule movement (1916) in India. Despite being a nationalist radical leader, Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s social views were conservative. He was against Hindu women getting modern education. He was opposed to the age of consent bill initially in which the age of marriage of girls was proposed to be raised from 10 to 12.

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy is regarded as the “Father of the Indian Renaissance”. His efforts to protect Hinduism and Indian rights and his closeness with the British government earned him the title. He was the creator of the mental climate which contributed to the birth of Indian renaissance and was the pioneer of religious and social reforms.

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Dayananda Saraswati’s original name was Mool Shankar because he was born in Dhanu Rashi and Mul Nakshatra. He was born on the 10th day of waning moon in the month of Purnimanta Falgunaon 12 February, 1824. His father was Karshanji Lalji Kapadi, and his mother was Amrutbai.