100+ Modern Indian History MCQs for Competitive Exams [PDF]
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Q1. Who was the first Governor General of British India?
A. Lord William Bentinck
B. Lord Dalhousie
C. Lord Cornwallis
D. None of these
Ans: A
Q2. The movement of the local farmers of Bardoli in Gujarat against the British in 1928 was led by __________.
A. Vallabhbhai Patel
B. Lokmanya Tilak
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Lal Bahadur Shastri
Ans: A
Q3. Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Unrest’?
A. Anant Singh
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Bhagat Singh
D. Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: B
Q4. Which Portuguese governor captured Goa from the ruler of Bijapur?
(a) Vasco da Gama
(b) Francisco Almeida
(c) Nino-da-cunha
(d) Albuquerque
Ans: D
Q5. Where was the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ founded?
A. Singapore
B. Thailand
C. Britain
D. Italy
Ans: A
Q6. Lord Cornwallis is known for _____.
A. permanent revenue settlement of Bengal
B. attacking the caste system
C. land revenue settlement of United States
D. ryotwari settlement of Madras
Ans: A
Q7. Who was the founder of the Ghadar Party?
A. Basant Kumar Biswas
B. Sohan Singh Bhakna
C. Ram Prasad Bismil
D. Kartar Singh
Ans: B
Q8. Who shot dead John Saunders on 17th December 1927?
A. Bhagat Singh
B. Mangal Panday
C. Sukhdev
D. Bipin Chandra Pal Singh
Ans: A
Q9. Which act ended the “Trade Monopoly” of the East India Company?
A. Regulating Act of 1773
B. Pitt’s India Act of 1784
C. The Charter Act of 1833
D. The Charter Act of 1813
Ans: D
Q10. The Poona Pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and __________.
A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B. Lord Irwin
C. Subhash Chandra Bose
D. B. R. Ambedkar
Ans: D
Q11. Which Governor General abolished the ‘Sati System’ in India?
A. Lord Canning
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Wiliam Bentinck
D. Lord Dalhousie
Ans: C
Q12. Where did the leader of the Individual Satyagraha movement, Acharya Vinoba Bhave started this movement?
A. Nashik
B. Poona
C. Pavnar
D. Nagpur
Ans: C
Q13. In 1876, the Indian National Association was established by _______ in Calcutta.
A. V. K. Chiplunkar
B. Anand Mohan Bose
C. Shishir Kumar Ghosh
D. Badruddin Tyabji
Ans: B
Q14. The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was formed in the year ________ with an aim to overthrow the British.
A. 1992
B. 1930
C. 1921
D. 1928
Ans: D
Q15. Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress in the year____.
A. 1874
B. 1854
C. 1863
D. 1894
Ans: D
Q16. The Khilafat Movement of 1920 was organized as a protest against the injustice done to _____.
A. Iraq
B. Turkey
C. Egypt
D. Afghanistan
Ans: B
Q17. As a reaction to Rowlatt Act, ______ was organized as National Humiliation Day.
A. 6th April 1919
B. 8th May 1920
C. 2nd February 1913
D. 14th June 1921
Ans: A
Q18. The Sepoy Mutiny in India started from _____.
A. Meerut
B. Bareilly
C. Champaran
D. Rajkot
Ans: A
Q19. British East India Company defeated the Portuguese in the _____.
A. Battle of Suvali
B. Battle of Buxar
C. Battle of Plassey
D. Battle of Chamkaur
Ans: A
Q20. The Aligarh Movement was started by_____ .
A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B. Maulana Manzoor Ahsan
C. Dr Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi
D. Syed Ahmed Khan
Ans: D
Q21. Who led the English Army in the Battle of Buxar?
A. Lord Clive
B. Vansittart
C. Hector Munro
D. Eyre Coot
Ans: C
Q22. Which of the following rebellion/agitation did NOT happen in the area of Bengal?
A. Sannyasi Rebellion
B. Chuar Rebellion
C. Pagal Panthi rebellion
D. Baghera Rebellion
Ans: D
Q23. For the first time in India, the Kisan Diwas was celebrated on which of the following years?:
A. 1936
B. 1937
C. 1930
D. 1926
Ans: A
Q24. Which of the following events is not related to the era of Warren Hastings?
A. First Anglo-Maratha War
B. Rohilla War
C. Chait Singh Incident
D. The establishment of the College of Hellbury
Ans: D
Q25. In 1852, Who published the newspaper ‘Satyaprakash’ in Gujarati
A. Gangadhar Rao
B. Vishnu Shastri
C. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
D. Karsandas Mulji
Ans: D
Q26. Who was elected the President of All India Workers and Peasants Party in Calcutta in 1928?
A. M.N. Joglekar
B. Shripad Amrit Dange
C. Sahel Singh Josh
D. Mujaffar Ahmed
Ans: C
Q27. Who among the following is considered as a political guru of Mahatma Gandhi
A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: B
Q28. In which year Swami Vivekananda established the Ramakrishna Mission at Belur
A. 1885
B. 1890
C. 1897
D. 1901
Ans: C
Q29. Whom did Lord Minto send to Ranjit Singh to make a peace immediate before the Treaty of Amritsar (1809)?
A. Robert Rebert
B. Joshua Child
C. Ochterlony
D. Charles Metcalfe
Ans: D
Q30. Which of the following movement is related to the Teenkathiya system?
A. Tebhaga Movement
B. Kheda Satyagraha
C. Champaran Satyagraha
D. Bardoli Satyagraha
Ans: C
Q31. Which Governor-General of India used to write poetry with the name of “Owen Meredith”?
A. Lord Dalhousie
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Lytton
D. Lord Canning
Ans: C
Q32. Which of the following events is NOT considered for the time being of Viceroy Lord Lytton?
A. Afghan War
B. Burma war
C. Arms Act
D. Press Act
Ans: B
Q33. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A. Munda Rebellion: 1899
B. Vellore Mutiny: 1806
C. Santhal Rebellion: 1855
D. Chuar Rebellion: 1870
Ans: D
Q34. Who of the following leaders is NOT associated with Champaran Satyagraha?
A. Anugraha Narain Sinha
B. J.B. Kripalani
C. Braj Kishore Prasad
D. Sardar Patel
Ans: D
Q35. Salt March also known as Dandi March was initiated by ________.
A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Avantikabai Gokhale
D. Kasturba Gandhi
Ans: B
Q36. Chauri Chaura incident took place in?
A.1902
B.1912
C.1922
D.1932
Ans: C
Q37. Which of the following newspapers is NOT related to Madan Mohan Malaviya?
A. Leader
B. Comrade
C. Hindustan
D. Abhyudaya
Ans: B
Q38. At which session of Congress was the first foreign leader to chaired?
A. Allahabad
B. Guwahati
C. Calicut
D. Belgaum
Ans: A
Q39. Which of the following governor generals used to call himself as Bengal Tiger?
A. Lord Clive
B. Warren Hastings
C. Lord Cornwallis
D. Lord Wellesley
Ans: D
Q40. Which of the following were NOT related to the Congress Socialist Party?
A. Acharya Narendradev
B. Ram Manohar Lohia
C.Jai Prakash
D. Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: D
Q41. Which of the following movements was headed by Sitaram Raju?
A. Kuka Movement
B. Rampa Movement
C. Pabna Agitation
D. Bardoli Satyagraha
Ans: B
Q42. E.P. Ramaswamy Naicker is associated with which of the following movements?
A. Self-respect movement
B. Viacom movement
C. Justice movement
D. Ezhava movement
Ans: A
Q43. Which of the following rebellion occurred due to the removal of King Bharmal?
A. Kutch Rebellion
B. Surat Rebellion
C. Khasi Rebellion
D. Bhil Rebellion
Ans: A
Q44. When was the Arya Samaj divided on principles?
A. 1893
B. 1895
C. 1903
D. 1913
Ans: A
Q45. For the first time, postage stamps were released in which of the following reign?
A. Lord Ripon
B. Lord Lytton
C. Lord Dalhousie
D. Lord Canning
Ans: C
Q46. Who gave the title of Raja to Ranjit Singh?
A. Diwan Shah
B. Lord Lake
C. Zaman Shah
D. King of Kashmir
Ans: C
Q47. Which of the following is related to the Tinkathia Pratha?
A. Champaran
B. Kheda
C. Bardoli
D. Darbhanga
Ans: A
Q48. In which of the following years sea travel has been made mandatory for Indian soldiers?
A. 1854 A D
B. 1856 AD
C. 1857 AD
D. 1858 AD
Ans: B
Q49. The famous Kosijura Case of Bengal happened in whose reign?
A. Warren Hastings
B. Lord Cornwallis
C. John Shore
D. Wellesley
Ans: A
Q50. Sikh Khalsa Army was formed under the rule of _______.
A. Sher Shah
B. Rana Pratap
C. Hemu Vikramaditya
D. Ranjit Singh
Ans: D
Q51. Which of the following leaders formed ‘India Home Rule Society’?
A. Shyamji Krishna Varma
B. Annie Besant
C. Lala Hardayal
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: A
Q52. In which year did Vivekananda participate in the Parliament of the World’s Religions?
A. 1893 A D
B. 1895 AD
C. 1897 AD
D 1899 AD
Ans: A
Q53. Which of the following organizations was established outside India?
A. Indian Association
B. East India Association
C. Bengal-British India Society
D. India league
Ans: B
Q54. Which of the following was not done during the time of Lord Curzon?
A. Partition of Bengal
B. Formation of Bhartiya Lok Seva Mandal
C. Establishment of the Famine Commission
D. Formation of Hunter Commission
Ans: D
Q55. Which of the following work is not credited to Lord Dalhousie?
A. Merger of Punjab
B. Merger of Bengal
C. Merger of Mysore
D. Merger of Satara
Ans: B
Q56. In which session of the Congress was the slogan of the Simon Commission’s boycott?
A. Calcutta Convention (1928)
B. Madras Session (1927)
C. Surat Session (1907)
D. Nagpur session (1920)
Ans: B
Q57. Which Portuguese governor transferred the capital from Cochin to Goa?
A. Vasco da Gama
B. Francisco Almeida
C. Nino-da-cunha
D. Albuquerque
Ans: C
Q58. Tobacco was introduced in India by the:
A. French
B. Portuguese
C. English
D. Arabs
Ans: B
Q59. The battle of Wandiwash (1760) was fought between:
A. Marathas and the Portuguese
B. The English and the French
C. The English and the Portuguese
D. Marathas and the English
Ans: B
Q60. Which of the British Officials defeated the Portuguese at Sowlley?
A. William Hawkins
B. Thomas Best
C. Thomas Roe
D. Josiah Child
Ans: B
Q61. Who among the following was an ally of Mir Qasim in the Battle of Buxar?
A. Haider Ali
B. Maharaja Ranjit Singh
C. Malhar Rao Holkar
D. Shah Alam II
Ans: D
Q62. Match the following:
List I (Year) List II (Event)
(a) 1775 i. First Anglo– Burmese War
(b) 1780 ii. First Anglo-Afghan War
(c) 1824 iii. First Anglo– Maratha War
(d) 1838 iv. Second Anglo– Mysore War
A B C D
A. iii iv i ii
B. ii iii v i
C. iv iii ii i
D. iii i ii iv
Ans: A
Q63. Which one among the following states was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Nagpur
(b) Jhansi
(c) Sambhalpur
(d) Satara
Ans: D
Q64. ‘Neel Darpan’ is a play based on the story of Indigo Rebellion of Bengal of 1860-61. Who authored it?
A. Dinabandhu Mitra
B. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
C. Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh jointly
D. Madhusudan Datta
Ans: A
Q65. In which of the following year was the first Railway line between Bombay and Thane laid?
(a) 1853
(b) 1854
(c) 1856
(d) 1858
Ans: A
Q66. The aim of education as stated by the Wood’s despatch of 1854 was:
A. The creation of employment opportunities for native Indians
B. The spread of western culture in India
C. The promotion of literacy among the people using English medium of language
D. The introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian education
Ans: C
Q67. In 1856, Awadh would not have been annexed by the British empire if the Nawab of Awadh had:
A. Allied with the British
B. Not refused to introduce reforms as suggested by the British
C. Fought against the British
D. A natural heir
Ans: B
Q68. The masterstroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was:
A. Doctrine of Lapse
B. Subsidiary Alliance
C. Mediatisation
D. Annexation of Indian States
Ans: B
Q69. Which Governor-General of India introduced the East India Company policy named ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
A. Warren Hastings
B. Lord Cornwallis
C. Lord Wellesley
D. Lord Dalhousie
Ans: D
Q70. Match the following:
List I (Governor) List II (Year of Appointment)
(a) Lord Cornwallis i. 1786
(b) Lord Dalhousie ii. 1798
(c) Lord Mornington iii. 1828
(d) Lord William Bentinck iv. 1848
A B C D
A. i iv ii iii
B. ii iii iv i
C. iv iii ii i
D. iii i ii iv
Ans: A
Q71. Match the following:
List I (Years) List II (Events)
(A) 1764 i. Wood’s Despatch
(B) 1829 ii. Widow Remarriage Act
(C) 1854 iii. Abolition of Sati
(D) 1859 iv. Battle of Buxar
A B C D
(a) i iv ii iii
(b) ii iii iv i
(c) iv iii i ii
(d) iii i ii iv
Ans: C
Q72. Consider the following statements:
(a) Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General who established a regular police force in India on the British Pattern.
(b) A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.
(c)The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A. i and ii
B. ii and iii
C. i and iii
D. All of the above
Ans: B
Q73. The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was
A. Bangalore
B. Srirangapatnam
C. Mysore
D. Hellebid or Halebid
Ans: C
Q74. The Permanent settlement Introduced by Cornwallis in Bengal is known as:
A. Ryotwari System
B. Mahalwari System
C. Zamindari System
D. Iqtadari System
Ans: C
Q75.. Who was appointed as the chairman of committee to work out the details of Wardha Scheme?
A. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
B. S. Radhakrishnan
C. Rajendra Prasad
D. Zakir Hussain
Ans: D
Q76. Which of the following were introduced during Dalhousie’s Administration?
i. Indian Railways
ii. Public Works Department
iii. English as medium of instruction
iv. Permanent Settlement of land revenue
A. i and ii
B. i, ii and iv
C. i, ii and iii
D. All of the above
Ans: A
Q77. Ilbert bill was related to:
A. Press
B. Education
C. Judiciary
D. Executive expansion
Ans: C
Q78. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A. Lord Dalhousie – Doctrine of Lapse
C. Lord Minto – Indian Councils Act, 1909
B. Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance
A. Lord Curzon – Vernacular Press Act, 1878
Ans: D
Q79. Which of the following statements regarding The Government of India Act, 1919 is/are correct? i. The term of Legislative Assembly was to be three years
ii. The distribution of seats among different provinces was based on the population
iii. Principle of separate electorate was extended to Sikhs.
A. i and ii
B. i and iii
C. ii and iii
D. All of the above
Ans: B
Q80. Under whose administration did the Archaeological Survey of India start functioning?
A. Warren Hastings
B. Curzon
C. Canning
D. Ripon
Ans: C
Q81. Who among the following is known as the Father of Local Self Government in India?
A. Lord Dalhousie
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Minto
D. Lord Reading
Ans: B
Q82. Under whose Governor Generalship was the hated Vernacular Press Act passed in 1878?
A. Lord Canning
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Lytton
D. Lord Minto
Ans: C
Q83. Match the following:
List I (Visit of) List II (Associated with)
(a) King George V i. Lord Wavell
(b) Cripps Mission ii. Lord Hardinge
(c) Cabinet Mission iii. Lord Irwin
(d) Simon Commission v. Lord Linlithgow
A B C D
A. iii iv i ii
B. ii iv i iii
C. iv iii ii i
D. iii i ii iv
Ans: B
Q84. The Vernacular Press Act, 1878 was repealed under the Governor-Generalship of:
A. Lord Minto
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Lytton
D. Lord Reading
Ans: B
Q85. Under which Government of India Act, the British Crown assumed direct administration of India in the new British Raj?
A. Act of 1658
B. Act of 1758
C. Act of 1858
D. Act of 1947
Ans: C
Q86. Joseph François Dupleix was the commander of which forces in India?
A. French
B. British
C. American
D. Dutch
Ans: A
Q87. When was The Permanent Settlement enforced?
A. 1693
B. 1793
C. 1893
D. 1933
Ans: B
Q88. Which Treaty was signed during the first Anglo–Burmese War?
A. Treaty of Lahore
B. Treaty of Gandamak
C. Treaty of Yandabo
D. Treaty of Mangalore
Ans: C
Q89. Which Treaty was signed during the third Anglo–Mysore War?
A. Treaty of Lahore
B. Treaty of Gandamak
C. Treaty of Yandabo
D. Treaty of Srirangapatnam
Ans: D
Q90. Which place was annexed by Britishers during second Anglo–Burmese War?
A. Rangoon
B. Pegu
C. Thibaw
D. Burma
Ans: D
Q91. Who of the following was the target of an assassination attempt in the Delhi conspiracy case headed by Rash Bihari Bose in 1911
(a) Lord Chelmsford
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Hardinge
(d) Lord Minto
Ans: C
Q92. Which of the following is correct regarding Third Anglo-Afghan War?
i.Treaty of Rawalpindi was signed.
ii. Treaty of Lahore was signed
iii. Durand line was reaffirmed between British India and Afghanistan
A. Only i
B. Only iii
C. I & iii
D. ii & iii
Ans: C
Q93. Who was the author of the book Gulamgiri?
A. C.R.Das
B. Veeresalingam Pantulu
C. Keshab Chandra Sen
D. Jyotiba Phule
Ans: D
Q94. Dinabandhu Sarvajanik Sabha was founded by:
A. E. V. Ramaswami Naickar
B. Jyotibha Phule
C. Gopalkrishna Gokhale
D. Balgangadhar Tilak
Ans: B
Q95. Who played Socrates to the first generation of the English educated young men of Bengal?
A. Swami Vivekananda
B. Raj Narain Bose
C. Henry Vivian Derozio
D. Drinkwater Bethune
Ans: C
Q96. The social reformer of Maharashtra who became famous by his pen name ‘Lokhitwadi’ was:
A. Atmaram Panduranga
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
D. KS Chaplunkar
Ans: C
Q97. Which of the following was not a common social reform attempted by all the Hindu social reformers of the 19th century:
A. Emancipation of women
B. Monogamy
C. Female education
D. Untouchability
Ans: D
Q98. M. G. Ranade, R. G. Bhandarkar, and N. G. Chandavarkar were prominent leaders of:
A. Brahmo Samaj
B. Arya Samaj
C. Prarthana Samaj
D. None of the above
Ans: C
Q99. Which of the following statements regarding Raja Rammohan Roy is correct?
i. He started Atmiya Sabha.
ii. He wrote ‘A Gift to Monotheists’.
iii. He published the precepts of Jesus.
iv. He founded Brahmo Samaj.
A. ii, iii & iv
B. I ii iii
C. I iii & iv
D. All the above
Ans: D
Q100. Who wrote – “So far as Bengal is concerned, Vivekananda may be regarded as the spiritual father of Modern Nationalist Movement”
A. Keshav Chandra
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. S.C. Bose
D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: C
Q101. Which one among the following was not a demand of the Prarthana Samaj?
A. Women education
B. Widow remarriage
C. Raising the age of marriage for boys and girls
D. Abolition of untouchability
Ans: D
Q102. Match the following:
List I List II
(a) Moplah revolt i. Kerala
(b) Pabna revolt ii. Bihar
(c) Eka movement iii. Bengal
(d) Birsa Munda revolt iv. Awadh
A B C D
A. i iii iv ii
B. ii iv i iii
C. iv i ii iii
D iii i ii iv
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