Modern Indian History MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October

1. 1869
2. 1859
3. 1889
4. 1900

2. V.D Savarkar was born in

1. 1885
2. 1883
3. 1888
4. 1870

3. B.R. Ambedker was born in

1. 1891
2. 1893
3. 1898
4. 1901

4. SNDP Yogam was formed in the year

1. 1903
2. 1896
3. 1908
4. 1914

5. October 17, ............. was observed as Khilafat Day, when the Hindus alongwith Muslims in fasting observed hartal on that day.

1. 1908
2. 1909
3. 1916
4. 1919

6. In which year Mohammed Ali-Jinnah was elected to the Imperial Legislative Council from Bombay?

1. 1910
2. 1914
3. 1919
4. 1924

7. A tragic episode namely the Moppila Rebellion or the Malabar Rebellion occurred in

1. 1911
2. 1919
3. 1920
4. 1921

8. Gandhiji came back to India from South Africa, in the year

1. 1914
2. 1915
3. 1916
4. 1917

9. After the notice had expired the Non-Cooperation movement was launched formally on 1st August of

1. 1915
2. 1916
3. 1918
4. 1920

10. Direct Action Day hartal called by the Muslim League on 16th August ............. to get rid of British slavery and contemplated future casteHindu domination.

1. 1926
2. 1935
3. 1938
4. 1946

11. Jinnhs Two-nation Theory was adopted on

1. 1935
2. 1940
3. 1925
4. 1947

12. Azad Muslim conference was formed in

1. 1939
2. 1940
3. 1941
4. 1947

13. INA was formed in

1. 1942
2. 1940
3. 1941
4. 1943

14. Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, ............. gave the call for Quit India Movement.

1. 1942
2. 1920
3. 1930
4. 1940

15. All Indian Muslim League was started in :

1. 1960
2. 1906
3. 1921
4. 1928

16. The fundamental principles of Pancha shila were laid down in the year

1. 1961
2. 1955
3. 1954
4. 1950

17. Gandhism is not merely a political creed it is

1. A programme of action
2. A message
3. theory
4. Working class movement

18. During the First World War, ............. joined the central powers against Britain.

1. America
2. Britain
3. France
4. Turkey

19. Quit India Movement is also known as

1. August movement
2. May Movement
3. July Revolution
4. None of the above

20. The educational boycott was most successful in ............. under the leadership of Chitta Ranjan Das and Subhas Chandra Bose.

1. Bihar
2. Bombay
3. Bengal
4. Madras.

21. The main object of Khilafat Movement was to force the ............. Government to change its attitude towards Turkey and to restore the Sultan.

1. British
2. Austrian
3. American
4. Serbian

22. Gandhi understood the facts of non-violence from the teachings of:

1. Buddhism and Jainism
2. Advaita
3. Christianity
4. Islam

23. ............. Was associated with INA

1. C.R.Das
2. Abulkalam Azad
3. S.C. Bose
4. J.L.Nehru

24. An All India Khilafat Conference was held at ............. on November 23, 1919 with Gandhi as its president.

1. Calcutta
2. Punjab
3. Gujarat
4. Delhi

25. ............. along with Ali Brothers went to a nationwide tour during which he addressed the Indians in hundreds of meetings.

1. CR Das
2. Motilal Nehru
3. Gandhi
4. J.M Sengupta

26. The speed with which the Khilafat agitation spread, especially in the ............. and Valluvanad taluks in Malabar, created alarm in official circles.

1. Eranad
2. Tellicherry
3. Kannur
4. Edapal

27. By the term Panchyat Raj, Gandhi means:

1. Federation of decentralised rural communities
2. Federation of rural communities
3. Federation of decentralised communities
4. none of these

28. ............. visited Malabar in 1921, giving a further impetus to the Khalifat movement.

1. Gandhiji
2. Motilal Nehru
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. Sri Aurobindo

29. In the second Round Table Conference, ............. was appointed as the representative of the Congress, which was convened from 1st September to 1st December in the year1931.

1. Gandhiji
2. B.R.Ambedkar
3. Annie Besant
4. Maulana Azad

30. Name the political leader who supported two nation theory

1. Gandhiji
2. Gokhale
3. Jinnah
4. Tilak

31. Who considered Jinnah as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?

1. Gandhiji
2. Thilak
3. Sarojini Naidu
4. Vivekananda

32. Who is the author of Discovery of India?

1. Gandhiji
2. Vivekananda
3. Nehru
4. Gokhale

33. Who regarded the villages as the centre of Indian economic organization?

1. Gandhiji
2. Vivekananda
3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4. Thilak

34. Harijan means:

1. God of people
2. Gods people
3. Peoples God
4. God and people

35. The theory of Cultural Nationalism was expounded by

1. Gokhale
2. Vivekananda
3. Savarkar
4. Nehru

36. Independent India was founded by :

1. Gopalakrishna Gokhale
2. Thilak
3. M.N. Roy
4. Jayaprakas Narayanan

37. Name the philosopher who believed that freedom is the keynote of spiritual life?

1. Gopalakrishna Gokhale
2. Nehru
3. Ambedkar
4. Vivekanada

38. Who condemned Gandhism as a reactionary social philosophy?

1. Gopalakrishna Gokhale
2. M.N.Roy
3. Nehru
4. Lohia

39. The Guajarati translation of the Unto this Last is called:

1. Harijan
2. Sarvodya
3. Navajeevan
4. Swadesi

40. Ambedkar adopted .............

1. Hinduism
2. Islam
3. Buddhism
4. Christianity

41. Discovery of India is book by

1. J L Nehru
2. Ambedkar
3. Gandhi
4. None

42. A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at ............. in a small park enclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the Rawlatt Act.

1. Jallianwala Bagh
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Mumbai
4. Delhi

43. The Lahore Congress of 1929 was monumental in the political career of ............. as well as the history of Indias freedom struggle.

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. B.R.Ambedkar
3. K. Damodaran
4. Mahatma Gandhi

44. Doctrine of Total Revolution was expounded by

1. Jayaprakas Narayanan
2. M.N Roy
3. Gandhiji
4. Thilak

45. Who is the Champion of secularism?

1. Jinnah
2. Nehru
3. Savarkar
4. Thilak

46. Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a

1. Justice
2. Dharma
3. power
4. Status

47. Congress leaders, like Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, viewed the ............. as an opportunity to bring about Hindu-Muslim unity against British.

1. Khalifat Movement
2. Khudai Khidmatgars
3. Peasant movement
4. Womens movement

48. Mohammed Ali Jinnah was born in

1. Lahore
2. Bombay
3. Delhi
4. Karachi

49. Jinnahs two nation theory was adopted as the

1. Lahore Resolution
2. Karachi Resolution
3. Dacca Declaration
4. Bombay resolution

50. Radical Democratic party was organised by

1. Lohia
2. M.N.Roy
3. Jayaprakash Narayanan
4. Thilak