PSC OBJECTIVE-MODERN INDIA

Who among the following is known as the Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement ?
(a) Suchitra Kriplani
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) Dr. Annie Besant
Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali

The first to start a joint stock company trade with India were the
(a) Danish
(b) Portuguese
(c) Dutch
(d) French
Answer: Portuguese

Who amongst the following is associated with the Local Self-Government Act ?
(a) William Bentick
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Ripon
(d) Cornwallis
Answer: Ripon

Seeds of Indian participating in the Legislative Council of the Governor General of India are embodied in the
(a) Indian Councils Act, 1892
(b) Government of India Act, 1919
(c) Indian Councils Act, 1861
(d) Indian Councils Act, 1909
Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1892

Arya Samaj was started by
(a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Which of the following is the most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to modern India ?
(a) His Presidentship of Indian National Congress
(b) His participating in Quit India Movement
(c) His role in Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) His achievement of integration of princely states
Answer: His achievement of integration of princely states

Who is known as the Grand Old Man of India ?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

Which of the following was a recommendation of Hunter's Commission ?
(a) Women's education
(b) Introduction of civic education at college university level
(c) New regulation for the organized senates system
(d) Gradual withdrawal of state support from higher education
Answer: Gradual withdrawal of state support from higher education

The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
(a) R.C. Dutt
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) M.K. Gandhi
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

Who amongst the following was involved in the Alipore Bomb case ?
(a) S.N. Banerjea
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Jatin Das
Answer: Jatin Das

Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857 ?
(a) Indigo Disturbances
(b) Pabna Disturbances
(c) Sanyasi Rebellion
(d) Santal Rebellion
Answer: Indigo Disturbances

Which of the following was not founded by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar ?
(a) Samaj Samata Sangh
(b) Depressed Classes Institute
(c) Peoples Education Society
(d) Deccan Education Society
Answer: Deccan Education Society

The title Punjab Kesari was conferred on
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Sardar Baldev Singh
(c) Ranjit Singh
(d) Bhagat Singh
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai

The affairs of East India Company came into the hands of the British Crown under
(a) Regulating Act
(b) Govt. of India Act
(c) Pitt's India Act
(d) Cabinet Mission Plan
Answer: Regulating Act

Muslim League first demanded partition of India in
(a) 1916
(b) 1946
(c) 1940
(d) 1906
Answer: 1940

The Supreme court in British India was established under
(a) The Charter Act of 1813
(b) The Charter Act of 1833
(c) Regulating Act of 1773
(d) Pitt's India Act of 1784
Answer: Regulating Act of 1773

Gandhiji wanted that the students should spend their vacations in
(a) Social Service
(b) None of these
(c) Studies
(d) Games
Answer: Social Service

Who gave the motto Back to the Vedas?
(a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Theosophist, educationist and Indian national leader. This description fits
(a) Srinivasa Shastri
(b) Shyama Prasad Mookherji
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
Answer: Annie Besant

The most effective contribution made by Dadabhai Naoroji to the cause of Indian National Movement was that he
(a) Brought the problems of Indians to the notice of the British
(b) Stressed the need for eradication of all the social evils before anything else.
(c) Interpreted the ancient Indian texts and restored the self - confidence of Indians.
(d) Exposed the economic exploitation of India by the British
Answer: Exposed the economic exploitation of India by the British

The year 1943 is important because
(a) World War II ended.
(b) Quit India Resolution was passed.
(c) Azad Hind Fauj was formed.
(d) Dandi March was organised by Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Azad Hind Fauj was formed.

The Indians celebrated the Independence Day for the first time on
(a) 10984
(b) 18289
(c) 10959
(d) 17394
Answer: 10984

Abandonment of the policy of annexation and aggrandizement towards Indian states came under the
(a) Indian Councils Act, 1861
(b) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(c) Indian Councils Act, 1892
(d) Government of India Act, 1858
Answer: Government of India Act, 1858

Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwad Gita into English ?
(a) Sir Alexander Cunningham
(b) Charles Wilkins
(c) William Jones
(d) James Prinsep
Answer: Charles Wilkins

Which of the following was a continous movement based on the philosophy of Gandhiji, and not a specific movement ?
(a) Quit India Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Swadeshi Movement
(d) Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: Swadeshi Movement

Who was the leader of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha founded in 1870 ?
(a) Justice Ranade
(b) erozeshah Mehta
(c) S.N. Banerjee
(d) K.T. Telang
Answer: Justice Ranade

Which of the following is correctly matched ?
(a) New India - M.K. Gandhi
(b) Yugantar - Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Young India - Annie Besant
(d) Kesari - B.G. Tilak
Answer: Kesari - B.G. Tilak

Who was the first Indian to pass the Indian Civil Service ?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) D.N. Wacha
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Surendranath Banerjee

The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was made between
(a) The Hindus and the Muslims
(b) The Congress and the Muslim League
(c) The moderates and extremists
(d) The British and the Indians
Answer: The Congress and the Muslim League

Who was the Chairman of Boundary Commission to define the boundries of the dominions under the Indian Independence Act of 1947 ?
(a) Stafford Cripps
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Cyril Radcliffe
(d) Lord Wavell
Answer: Cyril Radcliffe

Which of the following universities was not established by Lord Dalhousie ?
(a) Calcutta
(b) Delhi
(c) Bombay
(d) Madras
Answer: Delhi

When was the Cooperative Societies Act first passed in India ?
(a) 1904
(b) 1906
(c) 1900
(d) 1902
Answer: 1904

Who started the Bhoodan Movement ?
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: Acharya Vinoba Bhave

The Forward Bloc was formed by
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) P.C. Joshi
(d) Acharya Narendra Dev
Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose

Non Cooperation Movement started in :
(a) 1870
(b) 1942
(c) 1921
(d) 1920
Answer: 1920

Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the Viceroyalty of
(a) Lansdowne
(b) Curzon
(c) Ripon
(d) Minto
Answer: Curzon

Who said, I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had?
(a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Who was called by the British rulers as the leader of Indian unrest?
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose
(b) M.K. Gandhi
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Which of the following Acts was described by Jawaharlal Nehru as Charter of Slavery?
(a) Regulation Act
(b) Vernacular Press Act
(c) Government of India Act, 1919
(d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: Government of India Act, 1919

The British Governor General, who formulated the policy of Subsidiary Alliance with regard to Indian powers was
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord William Bentick
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Wellesley

Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the weapon of Satyagraha ?
(a) South Africa
(b) Dandi
(c) Champaran
(d) Bardoli
Answer: South Africa

The first main British Parliament Act regarding East India Company's administration in India was
(a) Rowlatt Act
(b) Pitts India Act
(c) Charter Act of 1913
(d) Regulation Act
Answer: Regulation Act

Who was the first Indian to become the member of British Parliament ?
(a) D.N. Wacha
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Badruddin Tyabji
(d) W.C. Banerjee
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

Who conceived the idea of Pakistan ?
(a) Mohd. Ali Jinnah
(b) H.S. Suharwardhy
(c) Chlowdhary Rahmat Ali
(d) Asaf Ali
Answer: Chlowdhary Rahmat Ali

Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
(a) Lord Rippon-Local Self Government
(b) Thomas Munro-Ryotwari System
(c) Holt Mackenzie-Mahalwari Settlement in Northern India
(d) Lord Cornwallis-Subsidiary System
Answer: Lord Cornwallis-Subsidiary System

Gandhiji started Satyagraha movement in 1919 in protest against the
(a) Simon Commission
(b) Colonial exploitation of India
(c) Champaran wrongs
(d) Enactment of Rowlatt Act
Answer: Enactment of Rowlatt Act

Satyagraha Ashram was established by who among the following ?
(a) Lokanayak Jayaprakash Narayan
(b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Acharya Kripalani
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Who was the founder of the Muslim League in India ?
(a) Nawab Salimulla
(b) None of these
(c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) M.A. Jinnah
Answer: Nawab Salimulla

Who was the Governor General of India when the Indian National Congress was formed ?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord Dufferin
Answer: Lord Dufferin

Regarding the freedom struggle, which of the following events is/are not true ?
(a) Morley-Minto reforms granted Muslim demands in 1909.
(b) Transfer of India's capital from Calcutta to Delhi was announced in 1910.
(c) Muslim League was founded in 1907.
(d) The partition of Bengal was done in 1905
Answer: Muslim League was founded in 1907.

Which was the first newspaper to be published in India ?
(a) Bengal Chronicle
(b) The Hindu
(c) Bengal Gazette
(d) Bombay Samachar
Answer: Bengal Gazette

 Uplift of the backward classes was the main programme of the
(a) Prarythana Samaj
(b) Ramakrishna Mission
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) Satyashodhak Samaj
Answer: Satyashodhak Samaj

Permanent Revenue System of Lord Cornwallis proved oppressive to the tenants because they were
(a) Asked to pay under military pressure
(b) Exploited by the zamindars
(c) Forced to produce more
(d) Asked to pay yearly revenue in advance
Answer: Exploited by the zamindars

Legalisation of widow remarriage in India was first secured by
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) Maharishi Karve
(c) Pandit Ramabai
(d) K. Natarajan
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Wellesley
Answer: Lord Wellesley

 Who among the following analysed the cause of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British and the Muslims ?
(a) Syed Ahmed Bardvi
(b) Shah Wali-Ullah
(c) Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Syed Amir Ali
Answer: Syed Ahmed Khan

During the British rule, first partition of Bengal was done in
(a) 1903
(b) 1908
(c) 1905
(d) 1885
Answer: 1905

 The British law which provoked Mahatma Gandhi to crusade for the Asians in South Africa was called
(a) The Apartheid Act
(b) The Asiatic Registration Act
(c) The Blacks Registration Act
(d) The Coloured's Licence Act
Answer: The Asiatic Registration Act

When did the British Parliament pass the Indian Independence Bill ?
(a) 17393
(b) 17349
(c) 17218
(d) 17250
Answer: 17349

 Vallabhbhai Patel was born at
(a) Borsad
(b) Nadiad
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Baroda
Answer: Nadiad

The founder of Boy Scouts and Civil Guides Movement in India was
(a) Robert Montgomery
(b) Baden Powell
(c) Charles Andrews
(d) Richard Temple
Answer: Baden Powell

The Rowlatt Act led to
(a) Economic reforms in U.P.
(b) Massacre at Amritsar
(c) Communal riots in Bengal
(d) Social legislation in Madras
Answer: Massacre at Amritsar

 In 1917, at Champaran, the government forced farmers to undertake
(a) Opium cultivation
(b) Land ceiling
(c) Indigo cultivation
(d) Hallow cultivation
Answer: Indigo cultivation

The first session of Indian National Congress was held at
(a) Surat
(b) Lahore
(c) Calcutta
(d) Bombay
Answer: Bombay

 Woods Despatch of 1854 resulted in the
(a) Establishment of educational system
(b) Establishment of Indian universities
(c) Introduction of Postal System
(d) Abolition of child marriage
Answer: Establishment of educational system

 The English Weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi was
(a) Young India
(b) Bombay Chronicle
(c) Kesari
(d) Comrade
Answer: Young India

The first railway started in India under the Governor-Generalship of
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Hastings
Answer: Lord Dalhousie

The Act which imparted provincial autonomy is
(a) Government of India Act, 1919
(b) Indian Independence Act, 1947
(c) Government of India Act, 1935
(d) Indian Councils Act, 1909
Answer: Government of India Act, 1935

Indian sepoys in the Bengal army revolted because
(a) The British tried to make them use the greased catridges.
(b) The British passed the General Service Enlistment Act.
(c) The British officers ill-treated them.
(d) The British discontinued the payment of field allowance.
Answer: The British tried to make them use the greased catridges.

From where did Mahatma Gandhi start his historic Dandi March ?
(a) Chauri Chaura
(b) Dandi
(c) Sabarmati Ashram
(d) Champaran
Answer: Sabarmati Ashram

Quit India Movement started after the failure of
(a) Cripps proposal
(b) None of these
(c) Simon recommendation
(d) Cabinet Mission
Answer: Cripps proposal