MODERN INDIAN HISTORY

1. Who founded Hindu Mahasabha in 1915? Madan Mohan Malviya

2. Which of the following event happened first.
(A) Formation of All India Muslim League
(B) Morley Minto Reform
(C) Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi
(D) Montagu Chlemsford Reforms
3. What was the immediate cause for the launch of the Swadeshi Movement?
(A) The partition of Bengal done by Lord Curzon
(B) A sentence of 18 months rigorous imprisonment imposed on Lokmanya Tilak
(C) The arrest and deportation of Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh; and passing of the Punjab Colonization Bills
(D) Death sentence pronounced on the Chapkar brother
4. Who among the following leaders led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi? Syed Haidar Raza
5. Who led the Swadeshi Movement in Punjab? Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh
6. In 1908, Tilak was sentenced for writing seditious articles and deported to Mandalay
7. Indian Council Act, 1909 is popularly known as Morley Minto Reform
8. Who is known as ‘Mother of Indian Revolution’? Madam Bikaji Cama
9. Who was called as ‘The Father of Indian Unrest‘? Bal Gangadhar Tilak
10. Who published the Urdu language newspaper ‘Al-Hilal‘ during India’s freedom movement? Abul Kalam
Azad
11. Morley Minto Reforms was introduced in 1909
12. The revolutionist who after retirement, became a Philosopher and Yogi is Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
13. Who among the trio, Lal-Bal-Pal became Presiden of Indian National Congress? Lala Lajpat Rai
14. Who among the following published the daily newspaper ‘New India‘? Annie Beasant
15. Who was appointed as the first President of All India Muslim League? Aga Khan
16. Annie Beasant became the first woman president of Indian National Congress in which year? 1917
17. Which among the following newspapers were Published by Annie Beasant?
New India (Daily)
Commonweal
Young India
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 2
18. Arrange the following events regarding India’s freedom movement from earliest to latest.
Surat Split
Annulment of Bengal Partition
Morley-Minto Reforms
(A) 1 – 2 – 3
(B) 3 – 2 – 1
(C) 1 – 3 – 2
(D) 2 – 1 – 3
19. Lucknow pact was an agreement signed between Indian National Congress and All India Muslim League in
the year ______________. 1916
20. In which INC session, the extremists and the moderators reunited Calcutta, 1916
21. When did the British pass the Rowlatt Act? 1919
22. Who was the Viceroy of India, when the Rowlatt Act was passed? Lord Chelmsford
23. Who played a crucial role in bringing the extremists and moderators together in the Lucknow session of
INC, 1916? Annie Beasant
24. When did Mahatma Gandhi found the ‘Natal Indian Congress‘? 1894
25. Which among the following books is/are written by Mahatma Gandhi?
Hind Swaraj
Voice of India
My Experiments with Truth
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 3
(C) 1 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
26. Who is the author of the book ‘Unto the Last‘, that captivated Mahatma Gandhi so much that he
translated it into Gujarati? John Ruskin
27. When was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed? March 5, 1931
28. Who Called Gandhi a ‘Half-Naked Saint‘? Winston Churchill
29. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in April 13, 1919
30. Gandhi was shot dead by Nathu Ram Godse in January 30, 1948
31. On being arrested for his ‘Quit India Movement’, where was Gandhi detained? Aga Khan Palace
32. Who was the Viceroy of India when Jullianawala Bagh incident took place? Lord Chelmsford
33. Who translated Mahatma Gandhi’s Autobiography ‘My Experiments with Truth‘ from Gujarati into English?
Mahadev Desai
34. Who was regarded as the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi? Gopalkrishna Gokhale
35. Which among the following newspaper was/were founded by Mahatma Gandhi?
Harijan
Navajivan
Young India
(A) 1 and 3
(B) Only 1
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 2 and 3
36. Who presided over the historic Lucknow session of Indian National Congress 1916? Ambika Charan
Majumdar
37. The ‘Non-Cooperation Movement‘ was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in the year _________. 1920
38. Which incident compelled Mahatma Gandhi to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement? Chauri Chaura
39. Simon Commission, a commission appointed by the British Government visited India in the year 1928
40. Who was the viceroy when the Simon Commission visited India? Lord Irwin
41. Which national leader was killed by police during a protest against the Simon Commission at Lahore? Lala
Lajpat Rai
42. ‘Nehru Report‘ was published in the year 1928
43. Who gave the title ‘Mahatma‘ to Gandhi? Rabindranath Tagore
44. The ‘Chauri Chaura‘ incident took place in the year 1922
Who founded the association ‘Naujawan Bharat Sabha‘? Bhagat Singh
Which one of the following commissions were appointed by the British Government to enquire the Jallianwala
Bagh Massacre? Hunter Commission
Rabindranath Tagore returned his ‘Knighthood’ title in protest after which event? Jallianawala Bagh Massacre
Who gave Mahatma Gandhi the title ‘Father of the Nation‘? Subhash Chandra Bose
Lala Hardayal, Tarak Nath Das and Sohan Singh Bhakna together were associated with which of the following
revolutionary organization? Ghadar Party
Who presided the Lahore Session of Indian National Congress, 1929? Jawaharlal Nehru
In which year ‘Jinnah’s 14 points’ were presented? 1929
Where did Mahatma Gandhi first applied his technique of Satyagraha? South Africa
In which congress session the resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was passed? Lahore session 1929
Who coined the slogan ‘Jai Hind‘? Subhash Chandra Bose
The ‘Quit India‘ resolution was passed in the year 1942
During the Quit India Movement 1942, who gave the slogan ‘Do or Die‘? Mahatma Gandhi
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place at Amritsar

Salt Satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year 1930

When was the first round table conference held?
Gandhi-Irwin pact is associated with Civil Disobedience Movement
Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India? Lord Mountbatten
Who was the first Indian governor-general of Independent India? C. Rajagopalachari
Cripps Mission Came to India in the year _____________. 1942
Mahatma Gandhi termed which of the following as ‘post-dated cheque in a crumbling bank’? Cripps Mission
Poona Pact was signed in _____________. 1932
Which of the following was called a ‘New Charter of Slavery’ by Jawaharlal Nehru? Government of India Act,
1935
Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away from the Congress?
Forward Block
Poona Pact was an agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and _______________. B. R. Ambedkar
Who coined the name ‘Pakistan’? Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
What is the correct chronological order of the following movements associated with Mahatma Gandhi?
Champaran Satyagraha
Kheda Satyagraha
Ahmedabad Mill Strike
(A) 2, 3, 1
(B) 1, 2, 3
(C) 1, 3, 2
(D) 2, 1, 3
The Indian National Army (INA) came into existence in 1943 in Singapore
Who raised the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ for the first time? Bhagat Singh
(NOTE: Maulana Hasrat Mohani, an Urdu Poet coined the term.
Arrange the following events regarding freedom movement in their chronological order.
August Offer
Cripps Mission
Quit India Movement
Cabinet Mission
(A) 2, 3, 4, 1
(B) 1, 2, 3, 4
(C) 2, 4, 3, 1
(D) 4, 2, 1, 3
Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got Independence? Clement Richard Attlee
Who was elected as the president of the Constitutional Assembly? Dr Rajendra Prasad
Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?
(A) Lord Pathwick Lawrence
(B) A. V. Alexander
(C) Stafford Cripps
(D) Redcliff
Who started the Bhoodan Movement? Vinoba Bhave
Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the freedom movements of India?
(A) Quit India Movement – Non-Cooperation Movement – Civil Disobedience Movement
(B) Non-Cooperation Movement – Civil Disobedience Movement – Quit India Movement
(C) Quit India Movement – Civil Disobedience Movement – Non-Cooperation Movement
(D) Non-Cooperation Movement – Quit India Movement – Civil Disobedience Movement
Who was the president of Indian National Congress at the time of India’s Independence? J. B. Kripalni
Who among the following leaders participated in all the three Round Table Conferences? B. R. Ambedkar
The third round table conference was held in the year 1932
Who were the first and second Satyagrahi respectively in the ‘Individual Satyagraha/Individual Civil
Disobedience’? Vinoba Bhave, Jawaharlal Nehru
Who wrote the book ‘India Divided’? Rajendra Prasad
Dyarchy, a system of double government was introduced in India under Government of India Act, 1919
The constituent assembly of India was formulated on the recommendation of Cabinet Mission
Montague Chelmsford report formed the basis of Government of India Act, 1919
What is the correct chronological order of the following Viceroys of India during the British rule?
Lord Curzon
Lord Dufferin
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Irwin
(A) 1 – 2 – 3 – 4
(B) 2 – 3 – 1 – 4
(C) 2 – 1 – 3 – 4
(D) 1 – 3 – 2 – 4
Ram Prasad Bismil is associated with which of the following incident? Kakori Conspiracy
Which of the following does not match (Formation/foundation — Founder)?
(A) Servants of Indian Society — Gopalkrishna Gokhale
(B) Banaras Hindu University — Madan Mohan Malviya
(C) Swatantra Party — C. Rajagopalachari
(D) Naujawan Bharat Sabha — B. G. Tilak
(NOTE: Naujawan Bharat Sabha was founded by Bhagat Singh)
Who among the following was known as Deshbandhu? Chittaranjan Das
Who among the following was known as Deenbandhu? Charles Freer andrews
A separate electorate for the Muslim was introduced in India under Indian Council Act, 1909
Who founded the ‘All India Anti Untouchability League’? Mahatma Gandhi
The proposal of a separate Pakistan (Jinna’s two-nation theory) was passed by Muslim League in its Lahore
session, held in the year 1940
Who was the aurhor of the book ‘The Discovery of India’? Jawaharlal Nehru