MCQ- HISTORY OF INDIA

History of Modern India (Part-I)
 

1. Who said that the exploitative nature of British rule was ‘Bleeding India White’?

a) Tilak
b) Dadabhai Naoroji

c) Hume

d) Annie Besant

2. “India for the Indians” was the political message of

a) D E Wacha
b) Vivekanand

c) Dayanand

d) Hume

3. Which of the following was the ‘Newspaper’ of Annie Besant?

a) The Hindu
b) Indian Express
c) The Times of India
d) New India

4. Aligarh Muslim University was founded by

a) Jinnah
b) Syed Ahmed Khan
c) Abul Kalam Azad
d) Bhutto

5. Match the following:

List-I                                                                             List-II
A. Swaraj is my birth right                                     1. Moderates
B. It is not reforms but re-form                            2. Lajpat Rai
C. A subject people has no soul                            3. BC Pal
D. Policy of petitions, prayers and protests        4. Tilak
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
         A          B         C           D
a)      1          2         3           4
b)      4          3         2           1
c)       3          4         2          1
d)      2          1         3          4

6. Who said that the constant ‘drain of wealth’ from India was responsible for India’s economic miseries?

a) BC Pal
b) BP Wadia
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) GS Arundale

7. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following statements was not correct?

a) British India must remain an integral part of the British Empire.
b) Responsible Government would be realised only by the progressive stages.
c) Provincial subjects were classified into Reserved subjects and Transferred subjects.
d) The salary of the Secretary of State for India was not to be paid by Parliament.

8. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following was not a Transferred subject?

a) Education
b) Museum

c) Medical Relief

d) Land Revenue

9. The Dyarchy which was introduced on 1921 in provinces was in force till the year

a) 1927
b) 1935
c) 1937
d) 1947

10. The Home Rule League was formed during the

a) First World War
b) Partition of Bengal
c) Struggle following the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
d) Implementation of Minto-Morley Reforms

11. The Secretary of State for India was given powers by

a) The Act of 1909
b) The Act of 1919
c) The Act of 1858
d) The Act of 1861

12. Of the following who was not the leader of the Extremists?

a) Lokamanya Tilak
b) Aurobindo Ghose
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Hume

13. Satyagraha Sabha was formed by Gandhi at

a) Bombay
b) Calcutta

c) Gujarat

d) Poona

14. Gandhi called for an all India Hartal (strike) to protest against Rowlatt Act on 6th April ________.

a) 1918
b) 1919
c) 1926
d) 1925

15. At Jallianwala Bagh meeting ________ ordered the troops to open fire.

a) Benn
b) Irwin
c) Dyer
d) Montagu

16. The enquiry Committee on Jallianwala Bagh incident was headed by

a) Dyer
b) Irwin
c) Hunter
d) Simon

17. Dyer was ________ by the Government of Britain.

a) sentenced for life
b) sentenced to death

c) rewarded with honour

d) relieved of his service

18. Khilafat Movement was organised by

a) Jinnah
b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
c) Ali Brothers
d) Agha Khan

19. Khilafat Movement was organised to protest against the injustice done to

a) Persia
b) Turkey
c) Arabia
d) Egypt

20. The Special Congress Session held in 1920 at Calcutta was presided over by

a) Nehru
b) Lala Lajpat Rai

c) Bose

d) Gandhi

21. Of the following who did not oppose the Non-cooperation resolution?

a) C R Das
b) Madan Mohan Malaviya
c) Mrs Besant
d) Nehru

22. Match the following:

List-I                                      List-II
A. Moplah                         1. Turkey
B. Akali Movement         2. Education
C. Kashi Vidya Peeth       3. Punjab
D. Khilafat Movement    4. Malabar
Codes:
     A         B       C       D
a) 4          3        2       1
b) 1          2        3      4
c) 3          2        1      4
d) 2          1        3      4

23. Where did Gandhi call the Congress Working Committee to announce the suspension of Non-Cooperation movement?

a) Bardoli
b) Poona
c) Calcutta
d) Madras
24. The first Swarajist Conference was held at
a) Ahmedabad
b) Allahabad
c) Madras
d) Bardoli

25. When the Simon Commission visited India the Viceroy was

a) Lloyd George
b) Lord Irwin
c) Lord Reading
d) Lord Ripon

ANSWER

1. b	2. c	3. d	4. b	5. b
6. c	7. d	8. d	9. c	10. a
11. b	12. d	13. a	14. b	15. c
16. c	17. d	18. c	19. b	20. b
21. d	22. a	23. a	24. b	25. b

 

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