PSC OBJECTIVE-MODERN INDIA

The first Governor - General of Bengal was
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Answer: Warren Hastings

In whose regime during the British period was Samachar Darpan the first vernacular paper, published?
(a) Marquess of Hastings
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord William Bentick
Answer: Marquess of Hastings

who among the following was not associated with Home Rule Movement ?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) M.A. Jinnah
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: M.A. Jinnah

Who said the following of the Indian National Congress:A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own actions was urgently needed?
(a) A.O. Hume
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Lord Rippon
Answer: A.O. Hume

The Revolt of 1857 affected Several town in Bihar. Which of the following entries gives the correct sequence of the outbreak of the revolt in different towns of Bihar ?
(a) Jagdishpur, Patna, Rohini, Muzaffarpur
(b) Rohini, Patna, Muzaffarpur, Jagdishpur
(c) Muzaffarpur, Patna, Jagdishpur, Rohini
(d) Patna, Muzaffarpur, Rohini, Jagdishpur
Answer: Rohini, Patna, Muzaffarpur, Jagdishpur

Who among the following was not one of the revolutionaries abroad who added a new dimension to our struggle for freedom ?
(a) Chidambaran Pillai
(b) Raja Mahendra Pratap
(c) Har Dayal
(d) Maulana Barkatullah
Answer: Chidambaran Pillai

Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I am an Indian, every Indian is my brother? who had said these words ?
(a) Vivekananda
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Lala Rajpat Rai
Answer: Vivekananda

What was the ultimate goal of Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha?
(a) Purna Swaraj for India
(b) Removal of economic hardship to the people
(c) Repeal of Salt Laws
(d) Abolition of Government monopoly on taxation
Answer: Purna Swaraj for India

Shuddhi Movement was started by
(a) Arya Samaj
(b) Brahma Samaj
(c) Theosophical Society
(d) Prarthana Samaj
Answer: Arya Samaj

Who introduced the railways and telegraphs in India ?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Hardinage
(d) Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Dalhousie

The Chauri-Chaura incident (during Non-Cooperation Movement) relates to
(a) Large scale looting of government property by Congress workers.
(b) A major offensive by underground revolutionaries
(c) Massive police firing on unarmed Satyagrahis.
(d) The burning of a police post by a mob.
Answer: The burning of a police post by a mob.

Who advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C.Rajagopalachari
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

7 . All the three Round Table Conferences were held in
(a) London
(b) Manchester
(c) Calcutta
(d) Bombay
Answer: London

Which of the following Movements was started by the Indian National Congress during the course of the Second World War and formed a part of our freedom struggle ?
(a) Quit India
(b) Swadeshi
(c) Home Rule
(d) Civil Disobedience
Answer: Quit India

Who among the following was the leader of a number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur ?
(a) Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
(b) Surendra Sai
(c) Utirat Singh
(d) Kattabomman
Answer: Surendra Sai

The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of
(a) Lord Wellington
(b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: Lord Linlithgow

The system of budget was introduced in India during the viceroyalty of
(a) Ripon
(b) Canning
(c) Dalhousie
(d) Elgin
Answer: Canning

The Quit India Movement started at
(a) Lahore on July 7, 1942
(b) Wardha on Aug 7, 1942
(c) Bombay on Aug 8, 1942
(d) Delhi on Aug 15, 1942
Answer: Bombay on Aug 8, 1942

Who was the Governor-General when the Great Mutiny of 1857 broke out ?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Canning

Which one of the following was the most immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods during the first decade of the present century ?
(a) Curzon's Partition of Bengal
(b) Curzon's plan to curb the growing popularity of the Indian National Congress.
(c) Curzon's design to curtail the sphere of local self government
(d) Curzon's attempt to control the universities
Answer: Curzon's plan to curb the growing popularity of the Indian National Congress.

Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session at
(a) Surat
(b) Calcutta
(c) Allahabad
(d) Lahore
Answer: Surat

The first Indian to be elected to the leadership of Communist International was
(a) Sohan Singh Josh
(b) M.N. Roy
(c) P.C. Joshi
(d) S.A. Dange
Answer: M.N. Roy

According to the Poona Pact signed in 1932,
(a) Hindus and Muslims patched up their differences
(b) None of these
(c) The strategy for elections was made.
(d) A joint electorate for the Scheduled castes with the Hindus was suggested.
Answer: A joint electorate for the Scheduled castes with the Hindus was suggested.

Who among the following was a prominent officer of the Azad Hind Fauj ?
(a) DR. M.A. Ansari
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Shah Nawaz Khan
(d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: Shah Nawaz Khan

Sharada Act deals with
(a) Intercaste marriage
(b) Polygamy
(c) Child Marriage
(d) Widow remarriage
Answer: Child Marriage

Who among the following was associated with the Home Rule Movement from Madras in 1922 ?
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) T.Prakasham
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Annie Besant
Answer: T.Prakasham

The first fort which the British constructed in India was
(a) Agra Fort
(b) St. David Fort
(c) St. George Fort
(d) Hoogly Fort
Answer: St. George Fort

Those who joined Mahatma Gandhi during the Champaran struggle included
(a) Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narayan Sinha
(b) Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel
(c) Vallabh bhai Patel and Vinobha Bhave
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Vallabh bhai Patel and Vinobha Bhave

The Indian National Congress represented the views of the microscopic minority in India. This contention was maintained by
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Lansdowne
(c) Lord Dufferin
(d) Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Dufferin

The first Indian university opened in 1857 was in
(a) Banaras
(b) Bombay
(c) Calcutta
(d) Madras
Answer: Calcutta

Between which periods were the three Round Table Confrences held in London ?
(a) 1906-1909
(b) 1914-1942
(c) 1929-1931
(d) 1930-1932
Answer: 1930-1932

The setting up of a Constituent Assembly of India was not acceptable to the Indian National Congress when it was proposed under the
(a) Mountbatten Plan
(b) Cabinet Mission Plan
(c) Cripps Plan
(d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: Cripps Plan

The Dual Government introduced by Robert Clive in Bengal was a failure because
(a) He was not a good administrator.
(b) Local people rose against Clive.
(c) Power was divorced from responsibility.
(d) The home government did not encourage it.
Answer: Power was divorced from responsibility.

Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in the 19th century ?
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Swami Dayananda
(d) Guru Shankaracharya
Answer: Swami Vivekananda

What is not ahimsa according to Gandhiji ?
(a) It is tolerating the wrong.
(b) It is truth.
(c) It is a positive state of love.
(d) It is doing good even to the evil doer.
Answer: It is tolerating the wrong.

Who amongst the following Englishmen was fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa ?
(a) None of these
(b) Polak
(c) C.F. Andrews
(d) Peterson
Answer: Polak

The Interim Government formed by INC in September 1946 was headed by
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

In which of the sessions, Home Rule Leaguers were able at demonstrate their political strength ?
(a) The Lucknow Session of Congress in 1916
(b) The joint session of the ATTUC and NFTL in Nagpur in 1938
(c) The All India Trade Union Congress held in Bombay in 1920
(d) The first A.U.P. Kisan Sabha in 1918
Answer: The Lucknow Session of Congress in 1916

The first Bengali political drama which presented the story of the brutality of English indigo planters was
(a) Neel Darpan
(b) Shome Prakash
(c) Rast Goftar
(d) Indian Social Reformer
Answer: Neel Darpan

Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in 19th century ?
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Guru Shankaracharya
(d) Swami Dayanand
Answer: Swami Dayanand

The main aim of forming the Indian National Congress in its initial stages was
(a) To reduce the military expenditure
(b) To improve the lot of peasants and indigo cultivators
(c) To secure the right of recruitment of Indians in the higher civil services under British administration
(d) To hold a simultaneous examination in India and England for the ICS
Answer: To secure the right of recruitment of Indians in the higher civil services under British administration

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the city of
(a) Bombay
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Lahore
(d) Amritsar
Answer: Amritsar

On whose recommendations was the Constituent Assembly formed ?
(a) Cabinet Mission Plan
(b) Govt. of India Act, 1935
(c) Mountbatten Plan
(d) Cripps Mission
Answer: Cabinet Mission Plan

Moderates and extremists of the Indian National Congress differed mainly on the issue of
(a) National education
(b) Swaraj
(c) Swadeshi
(d) Boycott
Answer: Swaraj

Who among the following were popularity known as Red Shirts ?
(a) Khudai Khidmatgars
(b) Mambers of the Azad Hind Fauj
(d) People led by Rani Gaidinliu
Answer: Khudai Khidmatgars

The Indian Independence League was set up by
(a) Jayaprakash Narayan
(b) Aruna Asaf Ali
(c) Rash Behari Bose
(d) S.M. Joshi
Answer: Rash Behari Bose

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

Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre ?
(a) Lord Hardinage
(b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Chelmsford
(d) Lord Curzon
Answer: Lord Chelmsford

Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on
(a) 43568
(b) 11142
(c) 43130
(d) 44057
Answer: 43568

The Civil Disobedience Movement was led in the North - West Frontier Province by
(a) Sewa Singh Thikriwala
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Shaikh Mohammad Abdullah
(d) Dr. M.A. Ansari
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Which of the following Acts was known as Morley Minto reforms ?
(a) Indian Councils Act, 1892
(b) Government of India Act, 1919
(c) Government of India Act, 1915
(d) Government of India Act, 1909
Answer: Government of India Act, 1909

 Who among the following was impeached in England for his actions in India ?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Lord Ripon
Answer: Warren Hastings

The famous Pakistan resolution was passed at
(a) Delhi
(b) Calcutta
(c) Lahore
(d) Bombay
Answer: Lahore

Mahatma Gandhi started his Dandi march from
(a) Sabarmati Ashram
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Dandi
(d) Porbandar
Answer: Ahmedabad

When was the monopoly of East India Company in trade brought under the control of the British Crowns ?
(a) 1784 A.D.
(b) 1813 A.D.
(c) 1793 A.D.
(d) 1773 A.D.
Answer: 1773 A.D.

Gandhi- Irwin Pact was signed in London in
(a) 1931
(b) 1925
(c) 1937
(d) 1930
Answer: 1931

The communal award declared in 1932 by Ramsay Macdonald provided a separate electorate for the
(a) Sikhs
(b) Anglo- Indians
(c) Muslims
(d) Depressed classes
Answer: Muslims

Who was the head of the Committee formed by the government to enquire into Jallianwala Bagh massacre ?
(a) General Dyer
(b) None of these
(c) John Simon
(d) Hunter
Answer: Hunter

Which of the following is considered as the Revolutionary Era ?
(a) None of these
(b) 1900-1913
(c) 1857-1890
(d) 1934-1942
Answer: 1900-1913

In 1943, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose proclaimed the Independent India (Azad Hind) in
(a) Vienna
(b) Singapore
(c) Rangoon
(d) Tokyo
Answer: Singapore

Ryotwari was started by
(a) Hastings
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Munro
(d) Wellesley
Answer: Munro

The Great Mutiny of 1857 broke out during the Governor - General ship of
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Hardinage
Answer: Lord Canning

Who among the following worked for the upliftment of depressed classes before independence ?
(a) Ram Manohar Lohia
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Jagjivan Ram
(d) Bhim rao Ambedkar
Answer: Bhim rao Ambedkar

Mahatma Gandhi Thoughts were greatly influenced by
(a) The Vedas
(b) None of these
(c) The upanishads
(d) Bhagwad Gita
Answer: Bhagwad Gita

The centenary celebration of Indian National Congress was held at
(a) Delhi
(b) Madras
(c) Calcutta
(d) Bombay
Answer: Bombay

 Which of the following movements truly reflected the spirit of Hindu - Muslim unity ?
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Quit India Movement
(c) Swadeshi Movement
(d) Khilafat Movement
Answer: Khilafat Movement

Who played the prominent part in bringing about the Lucknow Pact ?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Lajpat Rai
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Moplah rebellion of 1921 took place in
(a) Kerala
(b) North - west Frontier Province
(c) Assam
(d) Kashmir
Answer: Kerala

Burma was seperated from India in
(a) 1935
(b) 1941
(c) 1939
(d) 1937
Answer: 1937

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on
(a) 18289
(b) 17562
(c) 17558
(d) 17928
Answer: 17562

The 19th Century reawakening in India was confined to be
(a) Upper middle classes
(b) Rich peasantry
(c) Urban landlords
(d) Priestly classes
Answer: Upper middle classes

Who founded the Scouts Movement ?
(a) Clement Attlee
(b) Lord Baden Powell
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Florence Nightingle
Answer: Lord Baden Powell

English as a media of education was introduced in India in
(a) 1835
(b) 1883
(c) 1838
(d) 1853
Answer: 1835

 To promote the cause of Indian independence Home Rule society, popularly called India House was established in London by
(a) Hardayal
(b) Shyamji Krishna Varma
(c) Madan Lal Dhingra
(d) V.D. Sarvarkar
Answer; Shyamji Krishna Varma

The East India Company assumed responsibility for the education of the Indian people by the Charter Act of
(a) 1774
(b) 1793
(c) None of these
(d) 1758
Answer: None of these

 With how many volunteers did Gandhiji start on his famous Dandi march on March 12, 1930?
(a) 78
(b) 108
(c) 12
(d) 58
Answer: 78

 The secret society of revolutionaries which was organised by V.D. Savarkar in 1904 was
(a) Abhinav Bharat
(b) Sandhya
(c) Yugantar
(d) Ghadar
Answer: Abhinav Bharat

Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi's views on Satyagraha is not correct ?
(a) It is the best weapon of the week against the strong.
(b) It accepts the concept of self- suffering to wean away the evil doer by love and suffering.
(c) It denotes assertion and economic dominance.
(d) It is the exercise of the purest soul force against all types of injustice.
Answer:It is the best weapon of the week against the strong.

Rani Lakshmi Bai died fighting the British in the battle of
(a) Gwalior
(b) Kalpi
(c) Kanpur
(d) Jhansi
Answer: Gwalior

The Simon Commision visited India to
(a) Discuss the demand for the formation of Pakistan.
(b) None of these
(c) See the important historical places
(d) Enquire into the progress of responsible government in India.
Answer: Enquire into the progress of responsible government in India.

 Who said, Good government was never a good substitute for self government ?
(a) Swami Dayananda
(b) Swami Vivekanand
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Answer: Swami Dayananda

. The first weekly paper published by the INC (in 1889) was
(a) India
(b) Young India
(c) Voice of India
(d) Indian Opinion
Answer: India

The post and telegraph system in India was introduced during the time of
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Hardinage
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Dalhousie

The reform movement among the Muslims started by Sir Khan is known as ?? Movement.
(a) Khilafat
(b) Wahabi
(c) Aligarh
(d) Sufi
Answer: Aligarh

During whose Viceroyalty, Queen Victoria was crowned with Kaiser-i-Hind in Delhi Durbar ?
(a) Lytton
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Hastings
(d) Elgin
Answer: Lytton

The Communal Award which was later changed after Mahatma Gandhi's fast unto death in a jail at Poona, was given by
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Stanley Baldwin
(c) Ramsay Macdonald
(d) Lloyd George
Answer: Ramsay Macdonald

The first Swarajist Conference was held at
(a) Madras
(b) Allahabad
(c) Bardoli
(d) Ahmedabad
Answer: Allahabad

Gandhiji started Satyagraha in 1919 in protest against
(a) Act of 1909
(b) Salt law
(c) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
(d) Rowlatt Act
Answer: Rowlatt Act

When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the
(a) Hanovarians
(b) Tudors
(c) Normans
(d) Stuarts
Answer: Stuarts

Lord Mountbatten replaced?.as Viceroy of India in 1947.
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Lord Chelmsford
(d) Lord Wavell
Answer: Lord WavellWavell

Who presided over the Cabinet Mission ?
(a) A.V. Alexander
(b) Sir P. Lawrence
(c) Stafford Cripps
(d) Clement Attle
Answer: Sir P. Lawrence

The moderate and extremist sections of INC were reunited in the??? session
(a) 1920 Calcutta
(b) 1922 Karachi
(c) 1921 Bombay
(d) 1916 Lucknow
Answer: 1916 Lucknow

Who among the following attended all the Round Table Conferences ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: B.R. Ambedkar

The author of the book Hindu way of Life is
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

The objective of the Cabinet Mission was
(a) None of these
(b) To help establish a Constituent Assembly to form the Constitution
(c) For partition of India
(d) To hand over power to Indians
Answer: To help establish a Constituent Assembly to form the Constitution