Modern Indian History MCQs for Competitive Examination
Q. 241
Lala Hardayal, Tarak Nath Das and Sohan Singh Bhakna together were associated with which of the following revolutionary organization?
(A) India House
(B) Bharat Mata Society
(C) Hindustan Republican Association
(D) Ghadar Party
Answer: (D) Ghadar Party
Explanation: N/A
Q. 242
Who presided the Lahore Session of Indian National Congress, 1929?
(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Madan Mohan Malaviya
Answer: (C) Jawaharlal Nehru
Explanation: N/A
Q. 243
In which year ‘Jinnah’s 14 points’ were presented?
(A) 1929
(B) 1930
(C) 1928
(D) 1931
Answer: (A) 1929
Explanation: N/A
Q. 244
Where did Mahatma Gandhi first applied his technique of Satyagraha?
(A) Dandi
(B) Noakhali
(C) England
(D) South Africa
Answer: (D) South Africa
Explanation: N/A
Q. 245
In which congress session the resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was passed?
(A) Tripuri session, 1939
(B) Lahore session 1929
(C) Madras session, 1927
(D) Calcutta session, 1928
Q. 246
Who coined the slogan ‘Jai Hind‘?
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) B. G. Tilak
Answer: (A) Subhash Chandra Bose
Explanation: N/A
Q. 247
The ‘Quit India‘ resolution was passed in the year
(A) 1930
(B) 1929
(C) 1942
(D) 1941
Answer: (C) 1942
Explanation: N/A
Q. 248
During the Quit India Movement 1942, who gave the slogan ‘Do or Die‘?
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Vallabh Bhai Patel
Answer: (B) Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: N/A
Q. 249
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place at
(A) Amritsar
(B) Chandigarh
(C) Nagpur
(D) Ludhiana
Answer: (A) Amritsar
Explanation: N/A
Q. 250
Salt Satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year
(A) 1920
(B) 1930
(C) 1929
(D) 1942
Answer: (B) 1930
Explanation: N/A
Q. 251
Gandhi-Irwin pact is associated with
(A) Quit India Movement
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement
(D) Rowlatt Act
Answer: (B) Civil Disobedience Movement
Explanation: N/A
Q. 252
Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India?
(A) Lord Attlee
(B) C. Rajagopalachari
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: (D) Lord Mountbatten
Explanation: N/A
Q. 253
When was the first round table conference held?
(A) 1929
(B) 1930
(C) 1931
(D) 1932
Answer: (B) 1930
Explanation: N/A
Q. 254
Who was the first Indian governor-general of Independent India?
(A) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) C. Rajagopalachari
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (C) C. Rajagopalachari
Explanation: N/A
Q. 255
Cripps Mission Came to India in the year _____________.
(A) 1946
(B) 1937
(C) 1942
(D) 1939
Answer: (C) 1942
Explanation: N/A
Q. 256
Mahatma Gandhi termed which of the following as ‘post-dated cheque in a crumbling bank’?
(A) Cripps Mission
(B) Cabinet Mission
(C) August Offer
(D) Wavel Plan
Answer: (A) Cripps Mission
Explanation: N/A
Q. 257
Poona Pact was signed in _____________.
(A) 1931
(B) 1933
(C) 1932
(D) 1934
Answer: (C) 1932
Explanation: N/A
Q. 258
Which of the following was called a ‘New Charter of Slavery’ by Jawaharlal Nehru?
(A) Cabinet Mission, 1946
(B) August Offer, 1940
(C) Wavel Plan, 1945
(D) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: (D) Government of India Act, 1935
Explanation: N/A
Q. 259
Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away from the Congress?
(A) Azad Hind Fauz
(B) Indian Freedom Party
(C) Revolutionary Front
(D) Forward Block
Answer: (D) Forward Block
Explanation: N/A
Q. 260
Poona Pact was an agreement signed Mahatma Gandhi and _______________.
(A) Lord Irwin
(B) M. A. Jinnah
(C) B. R. Ambedkar
(D) Ramsay MacDonald
Answer: (C) B. R. Ambedkar
Explanation: N/A
Q. 261
Who coined the name ‘Pakistan’?
(A) Md Iqbal
(B) M. A. Jinnah
(C) Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
(D) Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (C) Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
Explanation: N/A
Q. 262
What is the correct chronological order of the following movements associated with Mahatma Gandhi?
- Champaran Satyagraha
- Kheda Satyagraha
- Ahmedabad Mill Strike
(A) 2, 3, 1
(B) 1, 2, 3
(C) 1, 3, 2
(D) 2, 1, 3
Answer: (C) 1, 3, 2
Explanation: N/A
Q. 263
The Indian National Army (INA) came into existence in 1943 in
(A) Japan
(B) Burma
(C) Singapore
(D) Malaya
Answer: (C) Singapore
Explanation: N/A
Q. 264
Who raised the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ for the first time?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) B. G. Tilak
Answer: (A) Bhagat Singh
Explanation: Maulana Hasrat Mohani, an Urdu Poet coined the term.
Q. 265
Arrange the following events regarding freedom movement in their chronological order.
- August Offer
- Cripps Mission
- Quit India Movement
- Cabinet Mission
(A) 2, 3, 4, 1
(B) 1, 2, 3, 4
(C) 2, 4, 3, 1
(D) 4, 2, 1, 3
Answer: (B) 1, 2, 3, 4
Explanation: N/A
Q. 266
Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got Independence
(A) Winston Churchill
(B) Ramsay MacDonald
(C) Clement Richard Attlee
(D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: (C) Clement Richard Attlee
Explanation: N/A
Q. 267
Who was elected as the president of the Constitutional Assembly?
(A) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) B. R. Ambedkar
(D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: (A) Dr Rajendra Prasad
Explanation: N/A
Q. 268
Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?
(A) Lord Pathwick Lawrence
(B) A. V. Alexander
(C) Stafford Cripps
(D) Redcliff
Answer: (D) Redcliff
Explanation: N/A
Q. 269
Who started the Bhoodan Movement?
(A) Jayprakash Narayan
(B) Vinoba Bhave
(C) Ram Manohar Lohia
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: (B) Vinoba Bhave
Explanation: N/A
Q. 270
Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the freedom movements of India?
(A) Quit India Movement – Non-Cooperation Movement – Civil Disobedience Movement
(B) Non-Cooperation Movement – Civil Disobedience Movement – Quit India Movement
(C) Quit India Movement – Civil Disobedience Movement – Non-Cooperation Movement
(D) Non-Cooperation Movement – Quit India Movement – Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: (B) Non-Cooperation Movement – Civil Disobedience Movement – Quit India Movement
Explanation: N/A