Modern India- Questions & Answers 2202 Questions and Answers - 05
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751. Who stated about the Revolt that, "it was a feudal outburst headed by feudal chiefs"?
Jawaharlal Nehru
752. Leaders of the revolt of 1857
• Faizabad - Maulavi Ahamadulla
• Delhi - BakhtKhan
• Jhansi - Lakshmi Bai
• Iagdishpur - Kunwar Singh
• Kanpur - Nana Sahib
• Awadh - Begum Hazrat Mahal
• Bareilly - Khan Bahadur
753. Which British official captured Delhi on 20th September 1857?
John Nicholson
754. Who defended Nana Saheb's forces till 26th June 1857?
Sir Hugh Wheeler
755. Who was the commander of the forces of Nana Sahib?
Tantia Tope
756. Who defeated Nana Saheb's forces on 17th July 1857?
Major General Havelock
757. The British army officer who recaptured Allahabad and Benarus in June 1857
General Neil
758. The Kuka movement started in the mid-19th century in
Western Punjab
759. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
Chota Nagpur
760. The person who is known as the father of social reforms in India?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
761. 'A Gift to Monotheists' is the contribution of
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
762. Who is the author of 'Man the Maker of his own destiny?
Swami Vivekananda
763. Vivekananda delivered his famous Chicago speech on
11 September 1893
764. 'Prabuddha Bharat' was a paper published in English by
Swami Vivekananda
765. Swami Vivekananda was born in Calcutta on
January 12, 1863
766. To whom with the 'Young Bengal Movement' was associated?
Henry Vivian Derozio
767. Who wrote the bookAnandmath?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
768. Founder of Brahmo Samaj
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
769. The social reformer who worked for the abolition of sati
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
770. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
Dayananda Saraswati
771. Who is the author of 'Satyarth Prakash'?
Dayananda Saraswati
772. The first Indian to preach the 'Gospel of Swadeshi and India for Indians'
Dayananda Saraswati
773. Kittur rebellion was led by
Chennamma
774. The play 'Nil Darpan' is associated with which revolt?
Indigo revolt
775. 'Nil Darpan' the drama which exposed the miseries of the Indigo cultivators in Bihar was written by
Dinabandhu Mitra
776. Prarthana Samaj was founded by
Atmaram Pandurang
777. Who was the real force behind Prarthana Samaj?
M.G.Ranade
778. Who is known as the father of the renaissance of Western India?
M.G. Ranade
779. Mahar movement was associated with which leader?
Dr B. R. Ambedkar
780. Satya shodhak Samaj was founded by
Jyotirao Phule
781. The social reformer from Andhra who stood for widow re-marriage and women education?
Veeresalingam
782. Which were the colours of the Indian flag that was hoisted by Madam Kama at the International Socialist Conference in Studgurt in Germany in 1907?
Green, Saffron and Red
783. What was the original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati?
Mool Shankar
784. Go back to Veda was the slogan of
Dayananda Saraswati
785. Where was saint Kabir from?
Varanasi
786. The original name of Swami Vivekananda was
Narendranath
787. The Bhakti cult spread in Maharashtra with the teaching of
Saint Jnaneshwar
788. Fakir Sanyasi Rebellion took place in
Bengal
789. Who founded Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh?
Sir Syed Ahammad Khan
790. The Dhar Rao 'Banda' rebellion was centred around
Satana
791. Kol Revolt of 1831-32 was led by
Buddha Bhagat
792. The Gadkari uprisings took place in
Maharashtra
793. Ahom Revolt took place in
Assam
794. Who was the leader of the Khasi uprising?
Tirath Singh
795. ln 1822, The Ramosis revolted in Satara under the leadership of
Chittur Singh
796. The Naikada forest tribes revolted against the British to establish
DharmaRaj
797. Who founded Dharma Sabha in 1830?
Radhakanta Deb
798. What was the original name of Ramakrishna Paramhansa?
Gadadhar Chattopadhyay
799. Who made the statement: 'God is of no use to the hungry belly'?
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
800. Who is known as the saint of Dakshineshwar?
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
801. Who said, "Not mercy, but service for men must be regarded as god"?
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
802. Who gave the title 'Raja' to Ram Mohan Roy?
Akbar Shah II
803. Under whose supervision the first widow marriage in the country was held?
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
804. Who was called 'Cyclonic Hindu monk' b American dailies?
Swami Vivekananda
805. In which name did Irish woman Margi Noble became popular in India?
Sister Nivedita
806. Who led the Aligarh movement?
Syed Ahmed Khan
807. Who launched 'Self-respect movement
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Naikar
808. Who led the first extremist movement in India?
Vasudev Balwant Phadke
809. Which was the revolutionary outfit was founded by V. D. Savarkar in 1903
Abhinav Bharat
810. Name the woman revolutionary who was known as 'Agni Kanya' (Daughter of Fire)
Beena Das
811. Who was known as 'Master Da'?
Surya Sen
812. Who is the father of the political theory 'Radical Humanism'?
M.N.Roy
813. Who was the founder of 'Hitakarini Samajam'?
Veeresha Lingam Pantulu
814. Who was called 'Mahamana'?
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
815. Who was called the 'Prophet of Modern India'?
Sri Ramakrishna
816. Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India?
Pulicat
817. Which war decided the fate of the French in India?
Battle of Wandiwash
818. The Portuguese Governor who abolished Sati in Goa was
Albuquerque
819. The Battle of Plassey was fought between East India Company and
Siraj-ud-Daula
820. The battle of Plassey was fought in the year?
1757
821. Which was the first English ship that came to India?
Red Dragon
822. Where was the headquarters of the Portuguese in India?
Goa
823. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
Warren Hastings
824. The English established their first factory in India at
Surat
825. Who is the pioneer of local self-government in modem India?
Lord Ripon
826. Goa was captured by the Portuguese in the year
1510
827. Where were the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier housed?
Basilica of Bom Jesus, Goa
828. Who abolished the Dual System of Government in Bengal?
Warren Hastings
829. Who was famous for framing the education minute?
Lord Macaulay
830. The Portuguese Colonialism started in India in?
1498 A.D
831. The mixed Colony system was introduced by?
Albuquerque
832. What is the importance of A.D. 1600 in Indian History?
Establishment of East India Company
833. Which Indian city was presented to the British as royal dowry?
Bombay
834. The first Carnatic war came to an end with which treaty?
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)
835. Significance of the third Carnatic war?
End of the Political power of French in India
836. The Governor-General of India, who was impeached by the British Parliament was
Warren Hastings
837. Permanent land revenue settlement was introduced in Bengal by
Lord Cornwallis
838. Who introduced the subsidiary Alliance system?
Lord Wellesley
839. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced/applied by
Lord Dalhousie
840. Father of Modem Indology and the founder of Asiatic Society?
Sir 'William Jones
841. When was the practice of Sati abolished in India?
1829
842. The place where the first Medical college was established in India
Calcutta
843. Which Governor General introduced the postal system in India?
Lord Dalhousie
844. The postage stamps were introduced in India by?
Lord Dalhousie
845. Who introduced the Railway service for the first time in India?
Lord Dalhousie
846. The Governor-General of India who is known as 'The maker of Modem India'?
Lord Dalhousie
847. University of Calcutta, Bombay, Madras were set up during the viceroyalty of
Lord Canning
848. Who was known as 'Babur of British India'?
Robert Clive
849. Who was appointed as the Governor-General after the regulating act of 1773?
Warren hastings
850. The Governor-General who organised police force in India
Lord Cornwallis
851. Who had become the Governor-General twice
Lord Cornwallis
852. The first Governor-General to die in harness
Lord Cornwallis
853. Name the Governor-General who was called 'Akbar of British India'
Lord Wellesley
854. Who was the Governor-General when Tipu Sultan was defeated and killed in the 4th Mysore war?
Lord Wellesley
855. Who was the Governor General when the treaty of Amritsar was signed between Ranjith Singh and the East India Company
Lord Minto I
856. The Governor-General during the second Mysore war
Warren Hastings
857. Introduction of the Ryotwari settlement in Madras presidency by Governor Thomas Munro was during the tenure of
Lord Warren Hastings
858. The Governor-General who suppressed the Thugs
William Bentinck
859. Conquest and annexation of Sind (1843) was during the period of
Lord Ellenborough
860. Who organised the public works department in India in 1854-55?
Lord Dalhousie
861. Who was the Governor-General when the first telegraph line was established between Kolkata and Agra?
Lord Dalhousie
862. The widow remarriage act (1856) was introduced during the period of
Lord Dalhousie
863. The Governor-General when 'Woods despatch' was proposed?
Lord Dalhousie
864. Second Sikh War and annexation of Punjab were held during the tenure of
Lord Dalhousie
865. Who was the viceroy of India during the time of the revolt of 1857?
Lord Canning
866. The system of the budget was introduced in India during the viceroyalty of
Lord Canning
867. Who was the Viceroy when the Indian penal code was brought into effect?
Lord Canning
868. The Viceroy when the doctrine of lapse was officially withdrawn
Lord Canning
869. The only person to hold the post of Viceroy after holding the post of Governor-General
Lord Canning
870. Indian council act of 1861 was passed during the tenure of
Lord Canning
871. The Viceroy who introduced financial decentralisation
Lord Mayo
872. The Viceroy who established two colleges for the education and political training of the Indian Princess
Lord Mayo
873. The only Viceroy who was assassinated
Lord Mayo
874. Department of agriculture and commerce was established during the period of
Lord Mayo
875. Statistical survey of India was established during the reign of
Lord Mayo
876. Lord Mayo, the British Viceroy of India was assassinated by Sher Ali in 1872 at
Port Blair
877. Who was the Viceroy when the first census in India was held in 1872?
Lord Mayo
878. Who appointed the famine commission under Richard Strachy?
Lord Lytton
879. Who introduced separate civil service for Indians?
Lord Lytton
880. Who introduced the Arms Act in 1878?
Lord Lytton
881. The Viceroy when Vernacular Press Act was introduced
Lord Lytton
882. The Viceroy of India during the Delhi Durbar of 1877?
Lord Lytton
883. The Viceroy of British India who introduced 'Ilbert Bill'
Lord Ripon
884. Labour acts were introduced for the first time in India during the reign of
Lord Ripon
885. Who repealed the Vernacular Press Act?
Lord Ripon
886. The Viceroy who resigned after the Ilbert Bill controversy
Lord Ripon
887. Who was the Viceroy when the first factory act was introduced?
Lord Ripon
888. When did the Battle of Buxar happen?
1764
889. In which year did 'Black Hole Tragedy' happened in Calcutta?
1756
890. Who was the Viceroy when Burma (now Myanmar) was separated from India in 1937:
Linlithgo
891. Who wrote the book England's Debt to [ndia'?
Lajpat Rai
892. Whose demise corresponds to the date of the launching of the Non-co-operation Movement by Mahatma Gandhi (1st August 1920)?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
893.The Viceroy who announced the date of transfer of power to Indian hands:
Mountbatten
894.The founder of Calcutta Madrasa:
Warren Hastings
895. The first privately governed college in India:
Fergusson College, Pune
896. Who is regarded as the pioneer of Indian Communism?
M.N. Roy
897. The close friend of Bhagat Singh and revolutionary, who was killed in a horrific tragedy while testing a bomb on a riverbank?
Ambika Charan Vohra
898. In which year Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for Nobel Prize for the first Ume?
1937
899. On the banks of which river, Raj Ghat, the samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi is situated?
Yamuna
900. Ln which year Awadh was annexed to British India?
1856
901. What was the name of the horse of Jhansi Rani?
Badal
902. Name the organisation founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1903?
Abhinav Bharat Society
903. The number of volunteers who followed Mahatma Gandhi in the Dandi march:
78
904. The organisation that was banned after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh)
905. Where was Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was formed in 1928?
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
906.TI1c manifesto of which organisation was tilled 'The Revolutionary'?
Hindustan Republican Association
907• What was the real name of Sarla Behn, who was a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi?
Catherine Mary Heilman
908• What was the subject of the resolution moved by Mahatma Gandhi in the first session of the Congress he attended?
The problems of Indians in South Africa
909• Who wrote the manifesto for Hindustan Republican Association formed in 1924?
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
910• Yugantar Ashram was the headquarters of which organisation?
Ghadar Party
911• Who was the exponent of the journal Hindoo Patriot?
Girish Chandra Ghosh
912• Which territory was obtained by the British as a royal dowry from the Portuguese?
Bombay
913• Who succeeded Alivardi Khan as the Nawab of Bengal?
Siraj Ud Daula
914• Who was appointed as the Nawab of Bengal by the British after the fall of Siraj Ud Daula?
Mir Jafar
915• Who was appointed as the Nawab of Bengal by the British when Mir Jafar was deposed in 1763?
Mir Qasim
916• Under which name Pacific Coast Hindustan Association was later known?
Ghadar Party
917• In which year did the Urdu journal Ghadar was started publication in San Francisco?
1913
918• Name the journal published by Paris Indian Society from 1909:
Bande Mataram
919• The year of Second Lahore Conspiracy Case:
1929
920• The place where Hindu Maha Sabha was formed?
Amritsar
921• Who laid the foundation of the campus of Benarus Hindu University?
Lord Hardinge II
922• Name the prominent leader of Hindu Maha Sabha who was the Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from 1919 to 1938?
Madan Mohan Malaviya
923• Who started the journal Pratap?
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
924• Name the newspaper launched by the 'Triplicane Six' in 1878?
The Hindu
925• The organisation was established in 1905 in Paris under the patronage of Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama, B.H. Godrej and S.R. Rana?
Paris Indian Society
926• Which disease affected Parchure Shastri whom Mahatma Gandhi cared for at Sevagram ashram?
Leprosy
927• Who was known as 'the consciene keeper of Mahatma Gandhi':
C. Rajagopalachari
928• Who was the private secretary of Mahatma Gandhi till 1942:
Mahadev Desai
929• Who started the journal Tahzib ul-Akhlaq?
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
930• Which treaty ended the Battle of Buxar?
Treaty of Allahabad
931• From which city did S.A. Dange bring out 'Socialist', one of the first communist journals in India?
Mumbai
932• In which Indian city did the Danes construct Fort Dansborg?
Tranquebar
933• In which place did Ghulam Hussain lead the communist group?
Lahore
934• Madanlal made an attempt to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi on 20th January 1948 at:
New Delhi
935• The Danes established their first Danish trading post in India in 1620 at:
Tranquebar (Tharangambadi in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu)
936• What was the honour given to Mahatma Gandhi by the British in recognition of his contribution during the Boer war?
Kaizer-i-Hind
937• Who wrote an article entitled 'The Philosophy of Bomb' in consultation with Chandrase Khar Azad?
Bhagwati Charan Vohra
938• What was the old name of Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi?
Sudamapuri
939• Which song was sung by Mahatma Gandhi and his followers during the Dandi March?
Raghupati Raghava Rajaram
940• Who edited the Urdu paper Inquilab from Lahore?
Ghulam Hussain
941• Who made the first communist speech at a Congress session (Gaya) in 1922?
Singaravelu Chettiar
942• By whom a branch of the Muslim League was established at London?
Amir Ali
943• In 1910 the headquarters of the Muslim League was shifted from Aligarh to:
Lucknow
944• In which year did Mahatma Gandhi founded All India Harijan Samaj aiming at the abolition of untouchability?
1932
945• In which year did Mahatma Gandhi land India after ending his stay in South Africa?
1915
946• In which year Mahatma Gandhi was elected as the president of the All India Home Rule League?
1920
947• In which year Mohammad Ali Jinnah joins the All India Muslim League?
1913
948• ln which year did Jinnah become the President of the Muslim League for the first time?
1916
949• The present-day Indian state capital which was conquered by the Indian National Army in 1944 May:
Kohima
950• Which was the first headquarters of the Muslim League formed in 1906?
Aligarh
951• While in South Africa, who gave the book 'Unto this last' to Gandhiji to read?
Henry Polak
952• Who presided over the first session of Muslim League (1906):
Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
953• ln which year Sati was abolished in Madras and Bombay presidencies?
1830
954• In which year Travancore joined Subsidiary Alliance:
1805
955• The first Anglo-Mysore war was ended with the treaty of:
Madras
956• The venue of Round Table Conference:
London
957• The weapon used by Godse to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi?
Beretta pistol
958• The year of the Round Table Conference in which Mahatma Gandhi attended:
1931
959• What was called by Mahatma Gandhi as his 'two lungs'?
Truth and Non-violence
960• What was the profession of Mahatma Gandhi's father?
Dewan
961• When India celebrated independence on August 15, 1947, Mahatma Gandhi was in:
Kolkata
962• Which treaty ended the second Anglo-Mysore War?
Treaty of Mangalore (1784)
963• Which treaty ended the third Anglo-Mysore War?
Treaty of Srirangapatnam (1792)
964• As C.R. Das was in prison who became the Acting President of the 1921 session of the Indian National Congress?
Hakkim Ajmal Khan
965• ln which year a Constitution was drawn up for the Indian National Congress for the first time?
1908
966• In which session of the Indian National Congress the 1908 constitution was changed?
1920 Nagpur
967• In which year Zamindari Association, which was later renamed Landholders' Society was founded:
1838
968• The first Secretary of the British Indian Association:
Debendranath Tagore
969• The place that was selected by Mahatma Gandhi to break salt law:
Dandi
970• Which treaty ended the Second Anglo Maratha War:
Treaty of Bassein
971• Who established the British India Society in England in 1839:
William Adam
972• Who established the Zamindari Association?
Dwarkanath Tagore
973• Who was selected as the first Satyagrahi when Mahatma Gandhi launched individual satyagraha in 1940?
Vinoba Bhave
974• Who formed the National Indian Association in Bristol?
Mary Carpenter
975• Who founded the Bengal British India Society in 1843?
George Thomson
976• Who is the biographer of Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
Mary Carpenter
977• Who translated the biography of Mahatma Gandhi from Gujarati to English?
Mahadev Desai
978• At which Gandhi Museum is the bloodstained dhoti preserved, which Mahatma Gandhi was wearing when he was shot dead?
Delhi Museum
979• Mahatma Gandhi accorded very high priority to communal harmony in his programme of actions. At which place did he undertake his last fast for it on January 13, 1948?
Delhi
980• Who wrote Gulamgiri?
Jyotiba Phule
981• Name the Viceroy who refused to meet the Congress deputation led by its president in 1904?
Curzon
982• Where was the headquarters of Dev Samaj founded in 1887?
Lahore
983• Name the Mughal emperor who conferred the title 'Raja' to Ram Mohun Roy:
Akbar II
984• Who was the political guru of K. Kamaraj?
S. Satyamurti
985• Name the Viceroy who conceded to the demand of separate electorate to Muslims:
Minto II
986• Who proposed financial support to Vivekananda for his voyage to Chicago?
Maharaja of Khetri
987• Who was the secretary of Dadabhai Naoroji in the 1906 session of the Indian National Congress?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
988• Who was the Mughal Emperor when the presidencies of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta were established?
Aurangzeb
989• Who was the Viceroy when the Criminal Procedure Code was brought into effect?
Canning
990• Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha was founded for the reforms of:
Parsis
991• Seva Sadan set up by B.M. Malabari worked for the welfare of ----community.
Parsi
992• Who was the first Viceroy of British India?
Canning
993• In which year the Sanskrit College in Benarus was established?
1791
994• Who accompanied Bhagat Singh to bomb Central Legislature in Delhi?
Batukeshwar Dutt
995• Who was the Governor General when the administration of British India was transferred from East India Company to the British Crown:
Canning
996• Who was the spokesman of untouchables in the Round Table Conferences?
B.R. Ambedkar
997• Who was the Viceroy when Indian Penal Code was brought in to effect?
Canning
998• The post of the Secretary of State for India was created in:
1858
999• Bhagat Singh was a leader from:
Punjab
1000• The Round Table Conferences were conducted as per the recommendations of:
Simon Commission
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