100+ Modern Indian History MCQ for Competitive Exam

100+ Modern Indian History MCQ for Competitive Exam

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1. On which among the following dates, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
   [A] April 16,1919
   [B] April 13,1919
   [C] April 3,1919
   [D] April 14,1919
   View Answer
   [B] April 13,1919
2. Who among the following introduced the subsidiary alliance system in India?
   [A] Lord Clive
   [B] Lord Wellesley
   [C] Lord Cunningham
   [D] Lord Canning
   View Answer
   [B] Lord Wellesley]

3. On which among the following dates, the Second Round Table Conference was held?
   [A] November 17, 1932
   [B] November 12, 1930
   [C] September 7, 1931
   [D] September 7, 1932
   View Answer
   [C] September 7, 1931
4. Who among the following poet and dramatist pioneered the Bengali drama?
   [A] Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
   [B] Michael Madhusudan Dutta
   [C] Rajnarayan Dutt
   [D] Aurobindo Ghosh
   View Answer
   [B] Michael Madhusudan Dutta

5. The Bijauliya Movement is related to the agrarian struggle in the current state of __?
   [A] Kerala
   [B] Assam
   [C] Odisha
   [D] Rajasthan
   View Answer
   [D] Rajasthan
6. Which among the following regions was most affected by the Revolution of 1857 ?
   [A] Punjab
   [B] Maharastra
   [C] Awadh
   [D] Madras
   View Answer
   [C] Awadh

7. Who among the following established the Swadhyay Movement and the Swadhyay Parivar organization?
   [A] Achyutananda
   [B] Satsvarupa dasa Goswami
   [C] Swami Sivananda
   [D] Pandurang Shastri Athavale
   View Answer
   [D] Pandurang Shastri Athavale
8. Treaty of Yandabu was signed after which among the following?
   [A] First Anglo-Burmese War
   [B] Second Anglo-Burmese War
   [C] Anglo-Bhutanese War
   [D] Third Anglo Afghan war
   View Answer
   [A] First Anglo-Burmese War

9. Under which among the following Governor Generals of India, the Public works department was started in 1848?
   [A] Lord Dalhousie
   [B] Lord William Bentinck
   [C] Lord Wellesley
   [D] Lord Viscount Canning
   View Answer
   [A] Lord Dalhousie
10. In 1818 Brahmo Samaj founder Rammohan Roy wrote a dissertation on meaning and importance of __?
    [A] Sam Veda
    [B] Yajur Veda
    [C] Rig Veda
    [D] Gayatri Mantra
    View Answer
    [D] Gayatri Mantra

11. Kadam Singh led the revolt of 1857 in which of the following areas of modern states?
    [A] Sikar, Rajasthan
    [B] Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
    [C] Mahendragarh, Haryana
    [D] Dehradun, Uttarakhand
    View Answer
    [B] Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
12. Where was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) founded?
    [A] Kanpur
    [B] Nasik
    [C] Delhi
    [D] Lahore
    View Answer
    [C] Delhi

13. Who was the editor of the newspaper “Punjab Kesari”?
    [A] Lala Jagat Narayan
    [B] Motilal Nehru
    [C] Sardar Ajit Singh
    [D] Both 1 & 2
    View Answer
    [A] Lala Jagat Narayan
14. Who among the following was a revolutionary who later turned into a yogi and philosopher
    [A] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    [B] Aurobindo Ghosh
    [C] Lala Lajpat Rai
    [D] Agarkar
    View Answer
    [B] Aurobindo Ghosh

15. Who among the following was Viceroy of India at the time of partition of Bengal (1905)?
    [A] Lord minto
    [B] Lord curzon
    [C] Lord Elgin
    [D] Lord Chelmsford
    View Answer
    [B] Lord curzon
16. First Round Table Conference was held during November 1930 to January 1931. Who was the Viceroy of India at that time?
    [A] Lord Reading
    [B] Lord Irwin
    [C] Lord Linlithgow
    [D] Lord wavel
    View Answer
    [B] Lord Irwin

17. Who had became a member of the Brahmo Samaj in 1856 and founded his own breakaway “Brahmo Samaj of India” in 1866?
    [A] Dwijendranath Tagore
    [B] Kesab Chander Sen
    [C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    [D] Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    View Answer
    [B] Kesab Chander Sen
18. Which of the following states was joined to Dominion of India was signing Instrument of Accession on October 26, 1947?
    [A] Hyderabad
    [B] Goa
    [C] Jammu & Kashmir
    [D] Assam
    View Answer
    [C] Jammu & Kashmir

19. Headquarters of Anushilan Samiti was located at:
    [A] Mumbai
    [B] Pune
    [C] Kolkata
    [D] Varnasi
    View Answer
    [C] Kolkata