Modern Indian History MCQs for Competitive Examination
Q. 121
Who wrote the book ‘The Indian War of Independence‘ regarding the 1857 revolt?
(A) V. D. Savarkar
(B) Karl Marx
(C) B. G. Tilak
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (A) V. D. Savarkar
Explanation: N/A
Q. 122
Original name of Rani Lakshmi Bai was
(A) Jhansi
(B) Padma
(C) Manikarnika
(D) Ahalya
Answer: (C) Manikarnika
Explanation: N/A
Q. 123
Who led the revolt of 1857 in Bihar?
(A) Kunwar Singh
(B) Liyaqat Ali
(C) Tantiya Tope
(D) Bakht Khan
Answer: (A) Kunwar Singh
Explanation: N/A
Q. 124
Which of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857?
(A) Jagdispur
(B) Kanpur
(C) Allahabad
(D) Chittor
Answer: (D) Chittor
Explanation: N/A
Q. 125
Who was declared as ‘Shahenshah -i-Hindustan‘ at Delhi in the revolt of 1857?
(A) Bakht Khan
(B) Lord Canning
(C) Bahadur Shah II
(D) Akbar II
Answer: (C) Bahadur Shah II
Explanation: N/A
Q. 126
Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt was betrayed by a friend, captured and executed by British?
(A) Tantiya Tope
(B) Lakshmi Bai
(C) Nana Sahib
(D) Hazrat Mahal
Answer: (A) Tantiya Tope
Explanation: N/A
Q. 127
Under which of the following act, the administration of British India was passed into the hands of the British Queen and the Parliament?
(A) Government of India Act, 1935
(B) Government of India Act, 1858
(C) Charter Act, 1853
(D) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer: (B) Government of India Act, 1858
Explanation: N/A
Q. 128
Who is regarded as the ‘Father of Modern Western Education in India‘?
(A) Sir Charles Wood
(B) Lord William Bentinck
(C) Lord Wellesley
(D) Lord Macaulay
Answer: (B) Lord William Bentinck
Explanation: N/A
Q. 129
Who was the first Governor-General of India?
(A) Lord Cornwallis
(B) Lord William Bentinck
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Warren Hastings
Answer: (B) Lord William Bentinck
Explanation: N/A
Q. 130
Who was the governor-general of India, when the widow remarriage act (1856) was passed?
(A) Lord William Bentinck
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Auckland
(D) Lord Hardinge
Answer: (B) Lord Dalhousie
Explanation: N/A
Q. 131
Who was the last Governor-General appointed by the British East India Company in India?
(A) Lord William Bentinck
(B) Lord Canning
(C) Lord Dufferin
(D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: (B) Lord Canning
Explanation: N/A
Q. 132
The Indian National Congress (I. N. C) was founded in the year
(A) 1858
(B) 1885
(C) 1906
(D) 1860
Answer: (B) 1885
Explanation: N/A
Q. 133
Who said that ‘Indian National Congress is a begging institute’?
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) B. G. Tilak
(D) Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: (B) Aurobindo Ghosh
Explanation: N/A
Q. 134
Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(A) Gopalkrishna Gokhale
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Madan Mohan Malavya
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (B) Dadabhai Naoroji
Explanation: N/A
Q. 135
Who was the founder of Indian National Congress?
(A) B. G. Tilak
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Jinnah
(D) A. O. Hume
Answer: (D) A. O. Hume
Explanation: N/A
Q. 136
Indian National Congress was formed during the viceroyalty of
(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord Rippon
(C) Lord Dufferin
(D) Lord Hardinge
Answer: (C) Lord Dufferin
Explanation: N/A
Q. 137
The first session of Indian National Congress held in Bombay was presided over by
(A) A. O. Hume
(B) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Badruddin Tayabji
Answer: (B) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Explanation: N/A
Q. 138
Who was called as ‘Hermit of Shimla‘?
(A) Allan Octavian Hume
(B) Gopalkrishna Gokhale
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: (A) Allan Octavian Hume
Explanation: N/A
Q. 139
First Indian to be elected to the British Parliament was
(A) Gopalkrishna Gokhale
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Subhas Chandra Bose
(D) B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: (B) Dadabhai Naoroji
Explanation: N/A
Q. 140
The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held in which of the following city?
(A) Bombay
(B) Calcutta
(C) Madras
(D) Allahabad
Answer: (A) Bombay
Explanation: N/A
Q. 141
Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
(A) M. A. Jinna
(B) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Badaruddin Tayabji
(D) Sir Syed Ahmed
Answer: (C) Badaruddin Tayabji
Explanation: N/A
Q. 142
Who became the first Governor-General of Independent India?
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Vallavbhai Patel
Answer: (B) Lord Mountbatten
Explanation: N/A
Q. 143
The second session of the Indian National Congress was held in
(A) Bombay
(B) Lucknow
(C) Calcutta
(D) Allahabad
Answer: (C) Calcutta
Explanation: N/A
Q. 144
Who among the following wrote the book ‘A Nation in the Making‘?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Subhas Chandra Bose
(C) Surendranath Bannerjee
(D) V. D. Savarkar
Answer: (C) Surendranath Bannerjee
Explanation: N/A
Q. 145
Who among the following was not an Extremist leader of Indian National Congress?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Gopalkrishna Gokhale
(D) Lala Lajpat Rao
Answer: (C) Gopalkrishna Gokhale
Explanation: N/A
Q. 146
Who said that “Indian National Congress should distinguish between begging and claiming right‘?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Bipin Chandra Pal
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Explanation: N/A
Q. 147
First woman president of Indian National Congress was
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Annie Beasant
(C) Nelli Sengupta
(D) Indira Gandhi
Answer: (B) Annie Beasant
Explanation: N/A
Q. 148
Who was the first English President of Indian National Congress?
(A) Allan Octavian Hume
(B) Annie Beasant
(C) Geroge Yule
(D) William Wedderburn
Answer: (C) George Yule
Explanation: N/A
Q. 149
The second session of Indian National Congress was presided over by
(A) Allan Octavian Hume
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Badaruddin Tayabji
(D) George Yule
Answer: (B) Dadabhai Naoroji
Explanation: N/A
Q. 150
Which of the following statements regarding Dadabhai Naoroji is/are correct?
- He was elected thrice as the President of Indian National Congress
- He wrote the book titled ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’
- He founded National Social Conference
(A) Only 1
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 2 and 3
(D) Only 3
Answer: (B) 1 and 2
Explanation: N/A