This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Modern > Modern India – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modern India Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where does India rank in terms of GDP (economy)? A) An offer. B) Cat. C) 7th. D) 5th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5th. 2. When was the Satya Shodhak Samaj founded? A) 1873. B) 1875. C) 1880. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1873. 3. Waiting for visa is written by Mahatma Gandhi A) True. B) False. C) Both. D) Rather not say. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. This person promoted non-violence among people in India A) Mohandas Gandhi. B) Indira Gandhi. C) Rajiv Gandhi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohandas Gandhi. 5. What was the other name for 16 August 1946? A) Independence Day. B) Republic Day. C) Republic Movement Day. D) Direct Action Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct Action Day. 6. The first Prime Minister of India after independence A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. D) Pol Pot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru. 7. East Pakistan became the country of- A) Pakistan. B) Bangladesh. C) Sri Lanka. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bangladesh. 8. The policy of acquiring other countriesas colonies is called ..... A) Periodisation. B) Colonisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colonisation. 9. Which among the following was the First Revolutionary Organization of Bengal? A) Play Party. B) India House. C) Hindustan Socialist Party. D) Anushilan Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anushilan Committee. 10. The Creek Indians lived on land that was prone to flooding. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. The National Archive of India islocated at ..... A) Hyderabad. B) Mumbai. C) Delhi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Delhi. 12. Second world war A) 1947. B) 1939. C) 1911. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1939. 13. During the reign of any king, the first war of independence took place A) The king. B) Paul. C) Ronnie. D) The king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The king. 14. When did Indian National Congress was formed? A) 1880. B) 1885. C) 1881. D) 1883. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1885. 15. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain When India achieved Independence? A) Clement Attlee. B) Winston Churchill. C) George V. D) Anthony Eden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clement Attlee. 16. At one time Europeans wanted to trade with India is this statement true or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Gandhiji studied law in A) England. B) South Africa. C) France. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 18. 'Inspirational Songs ' are which sources? A) Material Sources. B) Oral Soures. C) Written sources. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral Soures. 19. The National Archive of India is located in A) Mumbai. B) Delhi. C) London. D) New Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Delhi. 20. The refusal to obey unjust laws using peaceful, nonviolent protests A) Colonization. B) Civil Disobedience. C) Imperialism. D) Urbanization. E) Secularism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Civil Disobedience. 21. Who set up the Indian Independence League? A) B. R Ambedkar. B) Subhash Chandra Bose. C) Rash Behari Bose. D) Aruna, feel sorry for me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rash Behari Bose. 22. What country ruled over colonial India? A) Spain. B) France. C) Britain. D) Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Britain. 23. Today, India has the world's largest ..... A) Military. B) Democracy. C) Economy. D) GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democracy. 24. Which caste included members who were farmers, merchants, or artisans? A) Kshatriya. B) Vaishya. C) Brahman. D) Dalits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vaishya. 25. When was INC started? A) 28 January 1885. B) 24 December 1885. C) 28 December 1885. D) 24 January 1885. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 28 December 1885. 26. Who inspired the young Bengal Movement in the 19th Century? A) Your head is the moon of your money. B) Ram himself is Lahiri. C) Henry Vivian Derozeo. D) Piery Chand Mitra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry Vivian Derozeo. 27. In ..... Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal for administrative convenience A) 1900. B) 1906. C) 1805. D) 1905. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1905. 28. Political history deals with A) Rulers. B) Wars. C) Administration. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 29. From which year the English language became the medium of education in India? A) 1854. B) 1835. C) 1831. D) 1858. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1835. 30. Who established Tattvabodhini Sabha? A) Hemendranath Tagore. B) Rajmohan Roy. C) Debendranath Tagore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Debendranath Tagore. 31. What currency is used in India? A) The Dollar. B) The Peso. C) The Rupee. D) The Yen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Rupee. 32. How many countries are part of the Central Asian Flyaway (CAF)? A) 40. B) 50. C) 30. D) 60. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30. 33. Who wrote the 1st history of India? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Lord Mountbatten. C) Queen Elizabeth. D) James Mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Mill. 34. After Gandhi called off the independence movement in 1922, why was he arrested by the British? A) Unlawful protests. B) Treason. C) Robbing British businesses. D) Inciting violence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inciting violence. 35. Indian history is divided into ..... periods. A) Three. B) Two. C) Four. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 36. The National Action for Children 2005 include four important sections-child survival, child development, Child protection and A) Child freedom. B) Child participation. C) Child education. D) Child Health. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Child participation. 37. Why did the Creek women marry settlers? A) To keep peace and interpret the language. B) They were free and allowed to do what they wanted. C) The women were not allowed to marry the settlers. D) To start a new clan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To keep peace and interpret the language. 38. British introduced practise of ..... to know about rural topography. A) Revenue collection. B) Judiciary. C) Mapping. D) Surveying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surveying. 39. Which constitutional provision focuses on education of minorities? A) Article 29. B) Article 28. C) Article 30. D) Article 31. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Article 30. 40. Who was the Governor General of India when Vernacular Press Act was introduced in India in 1878 AD? A) Lord Lytton. B) Lord Ripon. C) Lord Dufferin. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Lytton. 41. What's another popular Indian holiday? A) Diwali. B) DA Varan. C) Haste. D) Day of Lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diwali. 42. The play 'Neel Darpan' is associated with which among the following revolts? A) Riots of pubs. B) Indigo Revolt. C) Champaran Satyagraha. D) Santhal Revolt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indigo Revolt. 43. They mean 'science' A) Scientific. B) Knowledge. C) Modern. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knowledge. 44. Who called 1857 Revolt as the First War of Indian Independence? C A) A O Hume. B) V. D Savarkar. C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale. D) Dadabhai Naoroji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) V. D Savarkar. 45. The White chief was in charge in a time of ..... A) Concern. B) Change. C) War. D) Peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peace. 46. A teacher has to give instructions through different methods, which should be link with interest, needs and development of the child. This statement shows link between A) Education and Sociology. B) Education and Philosophy. C) Education and Psychology. D) Education and Anthropology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Education and Psychology. 47. One of India's most spectacular buildings, the ..... was built by ruler Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife. A) Mysore Palace. B) Taj Mahal. C) Dear Eve. D) Qutub Minar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taj Mahal. 48. Bal Gandhar Tilak's least I was a newspaper in A) Marwari. B) Hindi. C) Marathi. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marathi. 49. The partition of Bengal took place in the year A) 1911. B) 1907. C) 1906. D) 1905. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1905. 50. In which year, the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act passed? A) 1861. B) 1856. C) 1829. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1856. 51. Which day was declared as the Direct Action Day by the Muslim League? A) 3rd August 1945. B) 16th August 1946. C) 3rd September 1946. D) 16 August 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 16th August 1946. 52. The Salt March was a significant event during which movement? A) Civil Rights Movement in the United States. B) Suffragette Movement in the United Kingdom. C) Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa. D) Indian Independence Movement. E) Chinese Movement for Independence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian Independence Movement. 53. Unscientific knowledge that hinders progress and breeds superstition was the positive opinion on traditional knowledge A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. Which among the following was the venue of All India Khilafat Conference, 1919? A) Lucknow. B) Delhi. C) Aligarh. D) Porbandar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delhi. 55. Which country has passed the "Foreign Interference"(Countermeasures) Bill? A) Sri Lanka. B) Afghanistan. C) Singapore. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singapore. 56. What is the another name of Supreme Court A) Cheif Justice of India. B) Justice of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheif Justice of India. 57. Who is the 'Father of the Indian Nuclear Programme' A) Munshi Premchand. B) Abdul Kalam. C) Homa Jahangir Bhabha. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homa Jahangir Bhabha. 58. In 1919 Gandhiji gave a call for Satyagraha against this ..... A) Vernacular Press Act. B) Rowlatt Act. C) No repesenatation for Indians in the Council. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rowlatt Act. 59. Which of the following leaders started the newspaper 'Kesari' that played a great role during the freedom struggle? A) Dadabhai Naoroji. B) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar. D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 60. The first Indian woman to preside a session of Indian National Congress was ..... ? A) Not in the alley. B) Vijayalakshmi Pandit. C) Aruna Asif Ali. D) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not in the alley. 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