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. In which of the following year the Muslim League demanded separate Pakistan for the first time?
[A] 1939
[B] 1940
[C] 1941
[D] 1942
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Correct Answer: B [1940]
Notes:
Congress opposed the involvement of the country in the Second World War and as a mark of protest, the Congress ministries in the provinces resigned on 12 December 1939. In March 1940, the Muslim League demanded the creation of Pakistan.
42. In which year, the admiralty court was established in Madras?
[A] 1675
[B] 1683
[C] 1689
[D] 1697
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Correct Answer: B [1683]
Notes:
On 9 August 1683, King Charles II had granted a new charter empowering the company to set up courts. Under this provision, a new court was established 10 July 1686 and it was called admiralty court, in which a qualified lawyer was to work as judge-advocate. This court practically became the general court, not confined merely to maritime and admiralty cases proper as was envisaged by the charter. It exercised a much wider jurisdiction and dispensed justice in all cases-civil, criminal, maritime and mercantile. It practically relieved the governor and council from the judicial work.
43. Invasion of Tibet in 1903 took place under which of the following?
[A] Lord Dalhousie
[B] Lord Dufferin
[C] Lord Curzon
[D] Lord Hastings
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Correct Answer: C [Lord Curzon]
Notes:
The invasion of Tibet by the Britishers took under Curzon in 1903. Also a number of annexations were made during the 1890s in the north-west to stop the Russian advance.
44. Who Started the newspaper “The Bengalee”?
[A] Romesh Chunder Dutt
[B] Surendranath Banerjee
[C] Sir Pherozshah Mehta
[D] Panambakkam Anandacharlu
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Correct Answer: B [Surendranath Banerjee]
Notes:
Surendranath Banerjee along with Anand Mohan Bose established the National Association in 1876. In 1879, he also founded the newspaper “The Bengalee“. The book “A Nation in Making” was also his widely acclaimed work.
45. Which of the following were the major ports that carried the bulk of foreign trade in the colonial period?
1) Bombay
2) Madras
3) Calcutta
4) Karachi
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 3 & 4
[C] Only 1, 3 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2, 3 & 4]
Notes:
The major ports that carried the bulk of foreign trade in the colonial period were the new sites where railways and modern harbors converged. Some of the examples are Madras, Calcutta, Rangoon, Bombay, and Karachi.
46. Consider the following statements regarding the Mofussil police force organised after the Maratha war in 1817:
- It consisted of three elements: the village police, the stipendiary district police, and certain irregular corps.
- The Collector and District Magistrate was the head of the police organisation in the district.
- The village headmen or Patels served as village officers.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2 & 3]
Notes:
The Mofussil police force, established on a large scale after the Maratha War of 1817, comprised the village police, stipendiary district police, and irregular corps. The Collector and District Magistrate headed the district police organisation, while village headmen or Patels functioned as the local village officers. Thus, all three statements are correct.
47. Who founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha?
[A] G. Subramania Iyer
[B] Sardar Bagat Singh
[C] B. C. Pal
[D] Rukmani Lakshmipath
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Correct Answer: B [Sardar Bagat Singh]
Notes:
The Naujawan Bharat Sabha was founded by Bhagat Singh in March 1926 and was declared illegal under the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1908 in September 1934. Its purpose was to help foster revolution against the British Raj by gathering together worker and peasant youth. It was a left-wing organization which sought independence by gathering together worker and peasant youths. It was part of the Hindustan Republican Association.
48. Doctrine of Lapse was given by:
[A] Lord Bentick
[B] Lord Canning
[C] Lord Dalhousie
[D] Lord Cornwallis
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Correct Answer: C [Lord Dalhousie]
Notes:
The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy followed widely by Lord Dalhousie when he was India’s Governor-General from 1848 to 1856. After Dalhousie became the Governor-General, in 1848, Satara was acquired as per this doctrine. Other major states annexed by the British as per the Doctrine of Lapse:
• Jaipur – 1849
• Sambhalpur – 1849
• Udaipur – 1852
• Jhansi – 1853
• Nagpur – 1854
49. Match the followings: (one option is extra)
(a) Frontier Gandhi
(b) Grand Old Man of India
(c) Mahamana
(d) Strong Man of India
i. Madan Mohan Malaviya
ii. Vallabhbhai Patel
iii. Dadabhai Naoroji
iv. Balgangadhar Tilak
v. Abdul Gaffar Khan
[A] (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(v)
[B] (a)- (v), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
[C] (a)-(v), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
[D] (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(v), (d)-(i)
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Correct Answer: C [(a)-(v), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)]
Notes:
Here the matchings are explained below:
Abdul Gaffar Khan is known as Frontier Gandhi.
Dadabhai Naoroji is referred to as the Grand Old Man of India.
Madan Mohan Malaviya is called Mahamana.
Vallabhbhai Patel is known as Strong Man of India.
50. Durand Line is a boundary line between which two nations?
[A] India & Pakistan
[B] India & China
[C] China & Afghanistan
[D] Pakistan & Afghanistan
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Correct Answer: D [Pakistan & Afghanistan]
Notes:
Durand Line is a boundary line between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The length of the Durand line is 2640 Km. It was created as a result of an agreement between British India and Abdur Rahman Khan, the ruler of Afghanistan by Sir Mortimer Durand in 1893.