MCQs on Modern Indian History -10
1. One of the following Congress leaders did not preside any Session of the Indian National Congress:
(A) Surendranath Bannerjee
(B) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(C) Bala Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
2. In 1834, one of the following remarked on the famine that “the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) R.C. Dutt
(C) William Bentinck
(D) Palme Dutt
3. Bullionism and favourable balance of trade were the salient features of :
(A) Laissez Faire
(B) Commercialism
(C) Mercantilism
(D) Capitalism
4. Who among the following said “patriotism is religion and religion is love for India
(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
5. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Indian States Commission i. 1932
b. Communal Award ii. 1929
c. Gandhi-Irwin Pact iii. 1928
d. Lahore
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv i iii ii
6. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the Viceroys?
(i) North Brook
(ii) Minto
(iii) Linlithgow
(iv) Mayo
Codes :
(A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
7. In which year did Robert Clive accepted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa from the Mughal ruler.
(A) 1761
(B) 1765
(C) 1778
(D) 1781
8. The Treaty of Bassien (1802) was signed between:
(A) the English and Peshwa Baji Rao II
(B) the English and Tipu Sultan
(C) the English and Holkar
(D) the English and Gaikwad
9. The Home Rule Movement started by Annie Besant aimed at:
(A) boycotting foreign goods
(B) educating the Indian Masses
(C) attaining self-rule for India
(D) agitating against the British Monopoly in administration
10. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the English East India Company factories established in India
(i) Surat
(ii) Masulipatnam
(iii) Hugli
(iv) Balasore
Codes :
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
11. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Sucheta Kripalani
(D) Madam Cama
12. Who wrote Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) R. C. Dutt
(C) Charles Wood
(D) M. N. Roy
13. August 8, 1942 is important in Indian History for
(A) Formation of Indian National Army by Subhash Chandra Bose at Singapore
(B) Cripp’s Proposals for Dominion status
(C) Non-co-operation Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Quit India Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi
14. Which is correctly matched:
(A) “Do or Die” – Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) “Swaraj is my birth right” – Mahatma Gandhi
(C) “Give me blood, I will give you freedom – Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) “Independence
15. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List – I List – II
(a) Freedom at Midnight (i) Collins and Lapierre
(b) The Story of the
Integration of Indian States (ii) C. P. Ramaswami Iyar
Integration of Indian States (ii) C. P. Ramaswami Iyar
(c) Travancore Dewan (iii) V. P. Menon
(d) Secretary of State (iv) Pethick- Lawrence
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
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