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Following are some of the multiple choice questions on the Modern-Indian-History-MCQ with answers that will help the students in developing their knowledge.
(1)Which of the following newspapers/journals was from Maharashtra?
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(2)Who among the following was not a member of the Congress Socialist Party, although he encouraged and blessed its formation?
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(3)Who designed the National Flag of India, adopted by the Constituent Assembly on July 21, 1947?
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(4)Which of the following books was not written by Swami Dayanand Saraswati?
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(5)The British officer who defeated Mir. Qusim in a series of battles of 1763 was?
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(6)Which of the following is correctly paired?
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(7)What is the name of the Bengali monthly founded and edited by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1873?
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(8)During which period Gandhiji remained aloof from direct politics and concentrated his energies on constructive programmes?
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(9)At the time of which of the following events/ movements Jawaharlal Nehru admitted that: "Never before in history had such unified sentiments been manifested by various divergent sections of the population"?
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(10)On the basis of which formula/plan Gandhiji, in April 1944 proposed talks with Jinnah which Jinnah refused to accept?
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(11)Who of the following founded the Independent Labour Party In 1936?
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(12)Lord Macaulay was associated with
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(13)The British Government introduced the portfolio system for the first time in
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(14)Which region in India provided the best quality saltpeter and opium to the Europeans?
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(15)When and by whom was the Portuguese driven out of Hugli in Bengal?
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(16)what was the early capital of the Portuguese in India?
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(17)Who among the following Britishers were associated with the introduction of the Mahalwari System?
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(18)Which of the following is correctly paired
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(19)Indian National Congress Which session of the Congress had 1889 Delegates?
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(20)Who founded the Indian Reforms Association in 1870?
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(21)Which of the following sections remained at a distance during Swadeshi Movement of 1905?
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(22)Who was the last Governor-General in India?
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(23)Who led the peasant movement in Oudh during the Non-cooperation movement?
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(24)The Editor of the paper, the Hindu was
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(25)Tamil journal, Kudi Arasu was founded by whom?
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(26)What was the primary aim of the Akali movement which rose in Punjab in the 1920s?
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(27)Party or Association When was the All-India Kisan Sabha formed?
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(28)The Justice Party movement in Madras merged with the:
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(29)The first venture of Gandhi in all-India politics was the
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(30)Who was the Governor-General when Sind was annexed?
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(31)Growth of Nationalism and struggle for Independence The Indian Association played an important role in arousing national consciousness through the formation of the
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(32)Who was the founder of secret society Abhinav Bharat?
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(33)Which, of the following is correctly matched?
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(34)Who is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self-Government in modern India?
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(35)Who was the first to attempt decentralization of financial administration?
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(36)Subhas Chandra Bose fought the presidential elections in 1939 on the ground that
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(37)Who among the following capitalists served as an AICC treasurer for many years and went to jail in 1930?
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(38)Which of the following is not one of the causes responsible for the rise of money lenders in British India?
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(39)Who was mainly responsible for introducing the Ryotwari system in Madras?
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(40)Indenture regulations which bound the artisans of Eastern India to sell their products exclusively to the English company from the Late 18th Century were known as
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(41)Which of the following manuscripts, containing miniature paintings, reveals a sense of realism and authenticity witnessed or experienced by the painters themselves
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(42)Who was the founder of the Sultanate of Madurai?
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(43)The lower castes tried to assert themselves by borrowing and imitating customs and manners of the upper castes. This was termed as Sanskritisation by
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(44)The Whitley Commission was concerned with
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(45)Which of the following results of the Zamindari System was not an advantage to the British?
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(46)Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
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(47)Which of the following groups did not get separate electorates by the Act of 1935?
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(48)The First National Planning Committee was constituted by the Congress in 1938 under the Presidency of
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(49)The historic Lucknow session (1916) of the I.N.C. was presided over by
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(50)Who moved a resolution at the Congress session in 1918 demanding equal eligibility for voting rights for both men and women?
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(51)Who observed: "The Congress (INC) is, in reality, a civil war without arms"?