Modern Indian History - Online Quiz



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Questions and Answers

Q 1 - In reference to Maratha Administration, Dabir refers

A - Prime Minister

B - Revenue Minister

C - Home Minister

D - Foreign Minister

Answer : D

Explanation

N/A

Q 2 - Consider the following statements:

1. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly in 1931.

2. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Azad shot dead Saunders.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

A - Only 1

B - Only 2

C - Both

D - Neither 1 nor 2

Answer : B

Explanation

Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929.

Q 3 - In whose viceroyalty, Home Rule Leagues was formed?

A - Lord Chelmsford

B - Lord Curzon

C - Reading

D - Irwin

Answer : A

Explanation

In 1916, the Home Rule Leagues was formed by Annie Besant and Tilak.

Q 4 - In which year, the Indian National Army was founded?

A - 1940

B - 1938

C - 1942

D - 1946

Answer : C

Explanation

Subhash Chandra Bose had founded the Indian National Army.

Q 6 - After the second Anglo Sikh war, who did become the first Chief Commissioner of Punjab?

A - John Lawrence

B - Dalhousie

C - Cornwallis

D - Lord Mayo

Answer : A

Explanation

The second Anglo Sikh war fought in 1948-49.

Q 7 - The Indian Association of Calcutta was set up in

A - 1861

B - 1876

C - 1846

D - 1902

Answer : B

Explanation

N/A

Q 8 - Which among the following was the first paper in Urdu?

A - Mirat-ul-Akbar

B - Jam-i-Jahan Numah

C - Banga-Duta

D - Rast Goftar

Answer : B

Explanation

Jam-i-Jahan Numah was started in 1822 in Calcutta.

Q 9 - The newspaper, The Hindu, was started (as weekly) by

A - G. S. Aiyar

B - Bankimchandra Chatterji

C - Girishchandra Ghose

D - Sisirkumar Ghose

Answer : A

Explanation

The Hindu was actually started by G. S. Aiyar, Viraraghavachari and Subba Rao Pandit in 1878 in Madras.

Q 10 - Under whose governorship, the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act was passed?

A - Lord Harding

B - Dalhousie

C - Canning

D - Auckland

Answer : C

Explanation

The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act was passed in 1856.

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