Modern India- Questions & Answers 2202 Questions and Answers - 04
* Modern India Questions and Answers -04
501. Which European power left India by the end of the 17th century as their fortunes ended? The Dutch
502. Which European power occupied Puducherry between 1693 and 1699?
The Dutch
503. Which is the last European colonial power to leave India?
The Portuguese (1961)
504. Which revolt in Chotanagpur was led by Jatra Bhagat?
Oraon Revolt
505. Who succeeded Dupleix as the French Governor in India?
Godeheu
506. Who was the leader of the 1857 revolt at Faizabad?
Ahmadullah Shah (Maulavi Ahmadullah)
507. The wife of Bahadur Shah Zafar who was sent to prison in Rangoon during the 1857 revolt:
Begum Zeenath Mahal
508. In which year did the French abandon their settlement at Surat?
1714
509. The ruler of Nagpur who befriended the pindari leader Cheetu:
Appa Saheb
510. The Governor of Madras with whom Tipu Sultan signed the Treaty of Mangalore in 1784:
Mac Artney
511. The Pindari leader who submitted to Malcolm in 1818:
Karim Khan
512. The ruler of the Wodeyar dynasty who was usurped by Devraj and Nanjaraj:
Chik Krishnaraj
513. The Wodeyar were the feudatories of which kingdom?
Vijayanagar
514. Under which Act, a Secretary of State was appointed for India?
Govt of India Act 1858
515. Who assumed the title Padshah in 1787?
Tipu Sultan
516. The Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 is popularly known as Sarda Act after its sponsor. Name that person:
Rai Sahib Harbilas Sarda
517. With the death of whom did the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Movement end?
Chandrasekhar Azad
518. Who publicly burnt Manusmriti on the occasion of Mahad Satyagraha in 1927?
B.R. Ambedkar
519. The Viceroy who introduced Famine Code in 1880?
Ripon
520. Who founded the Indian Home Rule Society in 1905 in London?
Shyamji Krishna Verma
521. Who said, "The British empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction and tyrannical and mean"?
Sister Nivedita
522. Who founded Indian Home Rule League in 1916?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
523. Who was the first president of the Indian Home Rule League?
Joseph Baptista
524. Who was the first secretary of the Indian Home Rule League?
N.C. Kelkar
525. Name the association which merged with Congress in 1886?
Indian National Conference
526. Who said, on the death of Tilak 'my strongest bulwark is gone?
Mahatma Gandhi
527. Who is regarded as the father of the Muslim renaissance in India?
Nawab Abdul Latif Khan
528. Who became the first Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of India?
Barkatullah
529. Under whose persuasion Lala Hardayal went to the United States to found the Ghadar Party?
Bhai Parmanand
530. The founder President of Dhaka Anuseelan Samiti:
Pulin Behari Das
531. Who was known as 'Kappalottiya Tamilan?
VO Chidambaram Pillai
532. Who was known as the 'Saint of Pavnar'?
Vinoba Bhave
533. Who was the first general secretary of Indian National Congress?
A.O. Hume
534. Who was the president of the Indian National Congress when the resolution for complete in dependence was passed in the Lahore session in 1929?
Jawaharlal Nehru
535. Who said, "The only lesson required in India at present is to learn how to die and the only way to teach is by dying ourselves. Therefore, I die and glory in my martyrdom"?
Madanlal Dhingra
536. Who along with Tarak Nath Das set up the 'United India House' in Seattle in the USA for Indian students where they also spread nationalist ideas?
Guran Ditt Kumar
537. The college established by the British at Ajmer was named after the Viceroy:
Mayo
538. Which committee recommended for the convening of Round Table Conference?
Muddiman Committee
539. Who established Indian Trade Union Federation in 1929?
N.M. Joshi
540. Who helped David Hare to establish Hindu College at Kolkata?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
541. During which movement, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya?
Home Rule Movement
542. Name the Viceroy of India who suppressed the mutiny of Wahabis:
Elgin I
543. Who wrote 'Sare Jaham se Achcha'?
Muhammad Iqbal
544. Who wrote the famous Tamil patriotic song "Odi Vilayadu pappa .....
Subramania Bharti
545. In which year Asiatic Society of Bengal was established?
1784
546. Jawaharlal Nehru dedicated his book 'The Discovery of India' to
Prisoners of Ahmednagar Jail
547. To whom did Jawaharlal Nehru dedicate his autobiography?
Kamala Nehru (Wife)
548. Name the Viceroy who appointed Raleigh Commission?
Curzon
549. In which year Cabinet Mission visited India?
1946
550. Who led the Jhansi regiment of the Indian National Army?
Captain Lakshmi
551. Who unfurled the tricolour of India for the first time at Struttgart, Germany?
Madam Bhikaji Cama
552. Who wrote the national song of India?
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
553. In which year Burma (Myanmar) was separated from India as per Govt. of India Act 1935?
1937
554. Name the independence activist from Calcutta who died in Lahore jail after a hunger strike for 63 days:
Jatin Das
555. Name the nationalist leader and educationist who was born on a Christmas day:
Madan Mohan Malaviya
556. Who coined the term 'Pakistan'?
Rehmat Ali
557. The year in which Rehmat Ali coined the term 'Pakistan' ..?
1933
558. In which year did Congress ministries come into power in the provinces of British India?
1937
559. Who designed the national flag of India?
Pingali Venkaiah
560. Who founded Swatantra Party in 1959?
C. Rajagopalachari
561. Who founded the journals 'Kesari' (Marathi) and 'Mahratta' (English)?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
562. In which year did Calcutta Medical College start functioning?
1835
563. Who established the Central Hindu School in Varanasi in 1898?
Annie Besant
564. Who opened a school for widows called 'Sharda Sadan' in Mumbai and 'Mukti' in Pune?
Pandita Ramabai
565. Who was the Viceroy when Hunter Commission was appointed to enquire into Iallian wala Bagh Massacre?
Chelmsford
566. The founder of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam:
C.N. Annadurai
567. In which state is the birthplace of Dadabhai Naoroji:
Maharashtra
568. In which state is the birthplace of K. Kamaraj?
Tamil Nadu
569. Name the leaders whose arrest on 10th April 1919 led to the assembly of people at Jallianwala Bagh on 13th April 1919:
Dr. Kitchlu and Dr. Satyapal
570. The main cause of schism in Brahmo Samaj of India was the early marriage of the daughter of--------------to the Maharaja of Cooch Behar
Keshav Chandra Sen
571. Who was the head of East India Company in 1857?
R.D. Mangles
572. The Nehru Report was prepared by a committee of the All Parties Conference chaired by:
Motilal Nehru
573. Who made the August Declaration in the House of Commons on 20th August 1917 offering more representation to the native Indians?
Montague
574. Who was the President of the interim government formed on 2nd September 1946?
Lord Wavell
575. 'India House' in London was started by:
Shyamji Krishna Verma
576. All India Khilafat Conference was held in Delhi in:
1919
577. By which Act the control of the British Parliament start in East India Company's administration?
Regulating Act
578. Seven Indians including M.N. Roy founded the Communist Party of India at Tashkent in:
October 1920
579. Sohan Singh Bhakna founded---------------- and Lala Har Dayal was one of its most prominent leaders:
Ghadar Party
580. The princely states that did not sign the Instrument of Accession by 15th August 1947 were Kashmir, Hyderabad and-------------.
Junagarh
581. What was prepared by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in reply to the Nehru Report?
Fourteen Point Formula
582. Who was the Minister for Education in the interim cabinet assumed office on 2nd September 1946:
C. Rajagopalachari
583. Who wrote the play 'Nil Darpan'?
Dinabandhu Mitra
584. Which British Officer was given the special command to suppress the Santhals?
Colonel Bird
585. Who was the Governor-General when postal service was made available to the general public?
Warren Hastings
586. In the regime of which Governor General the most number of native states were annexed to the British Empire?
Lord Dalhousie
587. During the British reign, 'Downward Filtration Theory' is related to:
Education
588. How many members from Muslim League joined the interim government in October 1946?
5
589. In which state is the birthplace of Jayaprakash Narayan?
Bihar
590. Founder of Avadh state:
Saadat Khan Burhan Ul Mulk
591. The annexation of which state under Dalhousie's Doctrine of Lapse was not approved by the Court of Directors?
Karauli
592. Under which Act, the Court of Directors were appointed as a governing body to directly report to the crown?
Regulating Act, 1773
593. The famous novelist who was one of the first two graduates of Calcutta University in 1858:
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
594. The first secretary of Brahma Sabha:
Tarachand Chakravarthy
595. The total number of members in the interim cabinet assumed office on 2nd September 1946:
14
596. Which act appointed 'Board of Control' for the supervision of the administration of India?
Pitt's India Act, 1784
597. Which Act ended the monopoly of East India Company for trade
in India?
Charter Act of 1813
598. Which court was considered as the highest court of appeal in India for trying criminals cases during the East India Company's rule?
Sadar Nizamat Adalat
599. Who was defeated by General Eyre Coot at Porto Novo in 1781?
Hyder Ali
600. Who was dismissed from the Hindu College, Calcutta in 1831 due to his revolutionary stand?
Henri Vivian Derozio
601. 'Namdari' was a reform movement of:
Sikhs
602. After independence, in which type of state, former rulers were appointed as 'Rajpramukh' to head the administration?
Part B
603. After the Revolt of 1857, Begum of Avadh escaped to:
Nepal
604. During the British reign who appointed the Governors of the Presidencies of Madras, Bombay and Calcutta?
King of England
605. Mangal Pandey was hanged on:
1857 March 29
606. The revolutionary movement associated with Vanchi Iyer:
Bharat Matha Association
607. The significance of 16th October 1905 in the history of India is:
Partition of Bengal came into effect
608. Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar was a nationalist writer in----------- during the struggle for freedom:
Marathi
609. Where All India Women's Federation established Lady Irwin College in 1926?
Delhi
610. The first Governor-General of Independent India:
Mountbatten
611. Which peasant movement of Bengal was caused by the landlords who imposed a beard tax on the Farazis?
Titumir Movement
612. Who was the leader of the Titu Mir's uprising of 1831?
Syed Mir Nisar Ali Titumir
613. Which peasant uprising is also known as the 'Narkelberia uprising'?
Titumir's uprising
614. Which uprising is often considered as the first armed peasant uprising against the British?
Titumir's uprising
615. Who founded the Faraizi Movement in 1818 to protect the rights of tenants?
Haji Shariatullah
616. Which peasant movement was led by the tribes of Garo & Hajong against the hike in rents?
Pagal Panthis Movement
617. Who were the leaders of the Pagal Pan this Movement?
Karam Shah & Tipu Shah
618. Which sect was a mixture of Hinduism, Sufism & Animism, which became prominent in Bengal in the initial years of the 19th century?
Pagal Panthis
619. Which was the peak period of the Pagal Panthis movement?
1825-1835
620. Who was the author of the play 'The Neel Darpan' which portrayed the oppressed indigo peasants?
Din Bandhu Mitra
621. Which district of Bengal was the centre of the Indigo Revolt of 1859-60?
Nadia District
622. Which agitation was led by Biswas Brothers (Digambar Biswas & Bishnu Biswas)?
Indigo Revolt
623. ln which year did the British Government set up the Indigo Commission?
1860
624. Which peasant uprising was caused by the corrupt practices of Gujarati & Marwari money lenders?
Deccan Riots
625. The Deccan Riots broke out in which year?
1875
626. As part of which peasant uprising the farmers attacked the marketplace where money lenders lived & burnt account books and looted grain shops?
The Deccan Riots
627. The British Government appointed the Deccan Riot Commission in which year?
1878
628. Which Act passed in 1879 ensured that the farmers could not be arrested and imprisoned if they were unable to pay their debts?
Agriculturists Relief Act
629. Who is known as 'the Father of the Indian Armed Rebellion'?
Vasudev Balwant Phadke
630. Which revolt was against the increasing British control over forests, which centred around the Nallamala Hills of Andhra Pradesh?
The Chenchus Revolt
631. Who led the Chenchus revolt of 1921-22?
Hanumanthu
632. Which area was the centre of the Kuka Movement of 1872?
Punjab
633. Which movement was led by Baba Balak Singh & Bhagat Jawar?
Kuka Movement
634. Which Naga political & spiritual leader led a revolt against British colonial rule in India?
Rani Gaidinliu
635. Who gave the title of 'Rani' to Gaidinliu while visiting her at the Shillong jail in 1937?
Jawaharlal Nehru
636. Which area was the centre of the Kuki rebellion of the 1917-19 period?
Manipur
637. Which was the tribal agitation of the Chotanagpur in 1918 against the Chowkidari tax?
Tana Bhagat Movement
638. Who was the leader of the Munda Revolt of 1899-1900?
Birsa Munda
639. Which was the centre of the Santhal rebellion of 1855-56?
Rajmahal Hills (Bihar)
640. Who were the leaders of the Santhals rebellion?
Sidhu and Kanhu
641. Which tribal rebellion was led by Chakra Bisoi?
Khonds rebellion
642. Which area was the centre of the Khonds rebellion?
Khondmals (Odisha)
643. Which was the centre of the Kols Revolt of 1831-32?
Chhota Nagpur
644. Who was the leader of the Kols revolt?
Buddho Bhagat
645. Which was the centre of the Sanyasi Rebellion of 1763-1800?
Bengal
646. Which rebellion was participated by displaced peasants, demobilized soldiers & disposed zamindars?
Sanyasi Rebellion
647. Which rebellion was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel 'Anand Math?
Sanyasi Rebellion
648. Who has been identified as 'Gypsies of Hindustan' in the British documents?
Sanyasis
649. Who were the main leaders of the Sanyasi rebellion?
Majanun Shah, Musa Shah & Chirag Shah
650. Which revolt's two main women leaders were Bhavini Pathak & Devi Chaudhurani?
Sanyasi Rebellion
651. Which was the centre of the Rebellion of the Paiks during the period 1804-06?
Odisha
652. Which was the centre of the revolt of Ramosis during the period 1822-29?
Pune
653. Who was the female leader of the Kittur Rising (Kamataka) of 1824-29?
Channamma
654. Which was the centre of the Pabna Agrarian uprising of 1873?
East Bengal
655. Which peasant uprising was caused by the policies of zamindars to prevent occupants from acquiring occupancy rights?
Pabna Uprising
656. Which peasant uprising was led by Shah Chandra Roy, Shambu Pal & Khoodi Mollah?
Pabna Uprising
657. Which was the centre of the Eka or Unity Movement of 1921-22?
Uttar Pradesh (Hardoi & Sitapur districts)
658. Which was the main reason of the Eka Movement?
Higher rent
659. Which was the centre of the Tebhaga Movement?
Bengal
660. What was the period of the Tebhaga Movement, which was against the oppressive rich peasants (Jotedars)?
1946-47
661. Which peasant movement was led by All India Kisan Sabha?
Tebhaga Movement
662. Which was the first satyagraha of Gandhiji in India?
Champaran Satyagraha
663. In which year was the Champaran Satyagraha?
1917
664. Who invited Gandhiji to Champaran to interfere in the problems of indigo peasants?
Rajkumar Shukla
665. Who led the Kheda Satyagraha of 1918?
Gandhiji
666. Which national leader emerged as a result of Kheda Satyagraha?
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
667. Which organization organized the Kheda Satyagraha?
Gujarat Sabha
668. At present, in which state is Kheda situated?
Gujarat
669. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928?
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
670. What was the main cause of the Bardoli Satyagraha?
Increase in land revenue
671. Which title was given to Vallabhbhai Patel by the farmers of Bardoli?
Sardar
672. Who led the Dharasana Salt Works raid on 21 May 1930?
Sarojini Naidu
673. Which was the centre of the Bakasht Movement of 1936 against zamindars?
Bihar
674. In which year did the Indian National Congress come into being?
1885
675. 'Safety valve Theory' was related to which organisation?
Indian National Congress
676. Which was the first political occasion when 'Vande Mataram' sung?
1896 session of the INC
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677. Who presided over the Amaravati session of the Indian National Congress in 1897?
C. Sankaran Nair
678. The famous Lucknow Pact between the Congress and the Muslim League was signed in?
1916
679. Which Congress session accepted a separate electorate for Muslim Community?
Lucknow Session of 1916
680. The first woman President of Indian National Congress
Annie Besant
681. Who was the Congress President when India attained Independence?
JB Kripalani
682. Who was the first propounder of the doctrine of passive resistance?
Aurobindo Ghosh
683. 'Life Divine' was written by
Aurobindo Ghosh
684. Who founded the Madras- Hindu Association in 1904?
Annie Besant
685. The Home Rule Movement/ Society was started by?
Annie Besant
686. The headquarters of the Theosophical Society in India
Adayar
687. Who presided over the first session of the All India Trade Union Congress?
Lala Lajpat Rai
688. Which freedom fighter founded Punjab National Bank?
Lala Lajpat Rai
689. Who was known as Deena Bandhu?
C.F. Andrews
690. Who was known as Desa Bandhu?
C.R. Das
691. 'Economic History of India was written by
R.C. Dutt
692. Who wrote the famous song Sare -Iahan-se-Achai
Mohammed Iqbal
693. The British Viceroy who partitioned Bengal in 1905?
Lord Curzon
694. Ghadar Party was founded by
Lala Hardayal
695. ln which year, did Delhi become the capital of India?
1911
696. The Act empowered the British government to arrest and imprison any person without trial
Rowlatt act
697. The protest against the Rowlatt act of 919 led to
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
698. When did the mass massacre at Jallianwala Bagh take place?
13 April 1919
699. The Viceroy at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
Lord Chelmsford
700. The Commission appointed to inquire into Jallianwala Bagh massacre:
Hunter Commission
701. The National Herald newspaper was started by?
Jawaharlal Nehru
702. The birthplace of Subhas Chandra Bose?
Cuttack (Odisha)
703. Forward Block was founded in 1939 by
Subhas Chandra Bose
704. 'The Indian Struggle' is the autobiography of
Subhas Chandra Bose
705. Which Act introduced the system of Dyarchy in India?
' Government of India Act (1919)
706. The Khilafat movement was started by:
Ali Brothers
707. When was the Simon Commission appointed to report on the working of the Indian constitution established by the Government of India Act of 1919?
November 1927
708. The freedom fighter who died in Jail while on hunger strike was
Jatin Das
709. The brave heroine of Nagaland during the Civil disobedience movement?
Rani Gaidinliu
710. When was the second round table conference held?
1931
711. 'What Congress and Gandhi have done to untouchables' is a book written by
B.R Ambedkar
712. The Quit India movement was adopted by Indian National Congress at
Bombay Session
713. Quit India movement was started in the year of
1942
714. The Cabinet Mission came to India in
1946
715. Puma Swaraj was announced in which session of the Indian National Congress?
Lahore (1929)
716. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress
Badruddin Tyabji
717. The Non-Co-operative movement was started in
1920
718. Who termed Cripps proposals as 'post-dated cheque drawn on a failing bank'?
Mahatma Gandhi
719. The Civil disobedience movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in
1930
719. The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in
1909
720. Who was the main suspect in the Lahore Conspiracy case?
Bhagat Singh
721. Aurobindo was arrested in connection with
Alipore Bomb Case
722. Who expounded 'The Theory of Drain'?
Dadabhai Naoroji
723. C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru together formed which Party?
Swaraj Party
724. After which incident, Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Non-Co-operation movement?
Chauri-Chaura incident
725. Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
George Yule
726. Provincial Autonomy was one of the important features of the Government of India Act,
1935
727. Which day was declared as the 'Direct Action Day' by the Muslim League?
16 August 1946
728. The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as
The Morley-Minto Reforms
729. Revolt of 1857 began at Meerut near Delhi on?
10th May 1857
730. Who led the Revolt of 1857 at Kanpur?
Nana Sahib
731. Where did Kunwar Singh lead the revolt raised in 1857?
Jagadishpur
732. The leader who adopted guerilla tactics in the Great revolt of 1857?
Tantia Topi
733. The author of '1857 The Great Rebellion'?
Asoka Mehta
734. The revolt of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of independence by
V.D. Savarkar
735. In which year East India regime came to an end in India?
1858
736. The symbol used to make people aware of the first war of Independence?
Bread and Lotus
737. By which Act, the administration of India was taken over by the British crown from the East India Company?
Government of India Act 1858
738. The representative of the crown in India came to be called as 'Viceroy' instead of 'Governor General' from
1858
739. Who was the last Governor-General of India under English East India Company?
Lord Canning
740. The first Martyr of 1857 revolt
Mangal Pandey
741. Who was the Governor-General of India during the time of the Revolt of 1857?
Lord Canning
742. The state Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
Doctrine of Lapse
743. Begum Hazrat Mahal led the 1857 Revolt from
Lucknow
744. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856?
Wajid Ali Shah
745. Bahadur Shah II was arrested and sent to which place during the revolt of 1857?
Rangoon (Myanmar)
746. Who was the emperor of British at the time of the 1857 revolt?
Queen Victoria
747. Who said the 1857 Revolt is 'neither first nor national war of independence?
R.C. Majumdar
748. Who was the Sergeant shot dead by Mangal Pandey?
Major Hudson
749. Which commission is associated with the Army reorganisation after the suppression of the revolt of 1857?
Peel Commission
750. The novel based on the revolt of 1857 'Amrutham Thedi' was written by
Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
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