This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Modern > Modern India – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modern India Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to a survey by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2014, how many children between the age group of 6-13 years are out-of-the school? A) 4 million. B) 6 million. C) 2 million. D) 8 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 million. 2. When did Britain grant India's independence? A) 1947. B) 1937. C) 1940. D) 1930. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1947. 3. Means "Great Soul" A) Mahatma. B) Viceroy. C) Sikh. D) Sepoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma. 4. Below given is the chronological order of some events. Find the wrong one A) Alauddin's Market Reforms-Reforms of Balban-Second Panipat War-Battle of Tarain. B) Harappan Civilization-Aryan Invasion-Second Urbanisation-Kalinga War-Indian Feudalism. C) Second Battle of Tarain-Establishment of Forty-Establishment of Mansabdari System-Construction of Taj Mahal. D) Indian Feudalism-Turkish Invasion-Battle of Panipat-Establishment of Din Illahi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alauddin's Market Reforms-Reforms of Balban-Second Panipat War-Battle of Tarain. 5. Goa was captured by Albuqurque from ruler of which among the following states? A) Golconda. B) Vijayanagar. C) Mysore. D) Bijapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bijapur. 6. Where is India's oldest museum? A) Chennai. B) Kolkata. C) Delhi. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kolkata. 7. Who said, "Give every human being every right that you claims for yourself" ? A) Fat. B) Robert. C) Gandhiji. D) Tagore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert. 8. The Bills of Exchange during the period of Delhi Sultanate was Known as A) Hundi. B) Navroza. C) Self-cultivation. D) Iqta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hundi. 9. Sir George Everest was a A) Indian Army General. B) British Surveyor General. C) Indian Surveyor General. D) British Army General. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British Surveyor General. 10. Who among the following was the leader of Mahagujarat Movement? A) Sardar Patel. B) Vinubhai Patel. C) Savjibhai Court. D) Yagnik is going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yagnik is going. 11. The seizure of a weaker, less developed country or territory by a stronger, more advanced country is called ..... A) Imperialism. B) Totalitarianism. C) Absolutism. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperialism. 12. In which session of Congress was the call for PURNA SWARAJ given? A) CALCUTTA. B) LAHORE. C) BOMBAY. D) NAGPUR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) LAHORE. 13. What is the most celebrated festival in modern India:? A) The festival of lights. B) The festival of the new year. C) The festival of laughs. D) The festival of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The festival of lights. 14. What were cradle boards? A) A tool used for hunting. B) Used to carry the babies on the women's backs. C) A game played with marbles. D) Used to carry the chop wood for fires. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used to carry the babies on the women's backs. 15. In 1858 who overthrows the Mughal Empire to take control of India? A) Pakistan. B) Krishna. C) Great Britain. D) Alexander the Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Britain. 16. The Wahabi Movement was suppressed by whom? A) Lord Ellenborough. B) Lord Elgin I. C) Lord Hardinge I. D) Lord Mayo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Elgin I. 17. Which of the the following is not the reason for launching Non-cooperation Movement? A) Khilafat Movement. B) Simon Commission. C) Montagu-Chelmsford reforms. D) Rowlatt Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simon Commission. 18. Who called 'Bagha Jatin'? A) Jatindranath Mukherjee. B) Jatindranath Das. C) Jatindranath Cjatterjee. D) Jatindranath Gangly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jatindranath Mukherjee. 19. In the 1940s, the leadership of the Indian National Congress and the leadership of the Muslim League supported the goal of A) Helping the British fight World War II. B) Removing British control from the subcontinent. C) Abolishing caste distinctions and discrimination. D) Establishing a unified government based on religious teachings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Removing British control from the subcontinent. 20. Letters and memos that move between different departments of government can still be seen in A) Survey reports. B) Archives. C) Literary sources. D) Anthropologiecal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archives. 21. The National Archives of India is located at: A) Mumbai. B) New Delhi. C) Ahmedabad. D) Kolkata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Delhi. 22. Who introduced doctrine of lapse in India? A) John Adam. B) Charles Metcalfe. C) Lord Dalhousie. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Dalhousie. 23. What did Ottomon turks conquered? A) Byzantine. B) Constantinople. C) Europe. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constantinople. 24. When was the the Government of Indian Act Passed? A) 1920. B) 1935. C) 1927. D) 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1935. 25. Dates are not so important in history. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. Which was the most common reason why European nations established colonies? A) Economic. B) Military. C) Religion. D) Social. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic. 27. When did the National Commission for Women setup in India to safeguard the rights and legal entitlements of women? A) 1990. B) 1995. C) 2000. D) 1985. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1990. 28. Vardhamana Mahavira was the ..... the Tirthankara A) 22. B) 24. C) 23. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24. 29. Who gave the slogan "Delhi Chalo" ? A) J L Nehru. B) S C Bose. C) Sardar Patel. D) MK Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S C Bose. 30. The National Archive of India wasestablished in the year ..... A) 1989. B) 1920. C) 1921. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1920. 31. Asiatic Society of Bengal was established by- A) Ram Mohan Roy. B) William Bentick. C) Sir William Jones. D) W.W. Hunter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sir William Jones. 32. Great Britain was interested in South Africa and India because of their ..... A) Culture. B) Food. C) Resources. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resources. 33. Burzahom Pit Dwelling was excavated from A) Punjab. B) Haryana. C) Kerala. D) Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kashmir. 34. Where the tomb of Mughal Emperor Akbar is located A) Agra. B) Delhi. C) Kashmir. D) Lahore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agra. 35. How many people live in India currently? A) 1.38 billion. B) 1 million. C) 138 thousand. D) 13.4 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.38 billion. 36. ..... is the unjust treatement of a group of people. A) Suffrage. B) Discrimination. C) Apartheid. D) Caste system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discrimination. 37. What is the name of India's first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC)? A) Bharathi. B) Katabomman. C) Arjun. D) Vikrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vikrant. 38. What does the word 'sewa' means? A) To serve someone. B) To protect someone. C) To help the poor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To serve someone. 39. Self Respect Movement was started in the year? A) 1922. B) 1920. C) 1925. D) 1915. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1925. 40. During the Non-Cooperation Movement, which award did MK Gandhi return? A) Knighthood. B) Rai Bahadur. C) Hind saffron. D) Kaiser-e-Hind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kaiser-e-Hind. 41. Brahmo Samaj is founded by ..... A) Rajaram Mohan Roy. B) Dayananda Saraswathi. C) Rabindranath Tagore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajaram Mohan Roy. 42. WHAT IS THE RANK OF INDIA IN WORLD ECONOMY? A) 5TH. B) An offer. C) 15. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5TH. 43. Which book is written by James mill.? A) A history of British India. B) Waiting for visa. C) The story with my experiment with truth. D) The Great Wall of China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A history of British India. 44. The British introduced provincial autonomy in India through: A) The Government of India Act 1935. B) The Minto-Morley Reforms Act of 1909. C) The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919. D) Indian Councils Act of 1892. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Government of India Act 1935. 45. Humayun Nama was written by A) Gulbadan Beegum. B) Akbar. C) Humayun. D) Apple is still. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gulbadan Beegum. 46. In which language was the newspaper kesari published A) Gujarati. B) Urdu. C) Hindi. D) Marathi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marathi. 47. Which one of the following statement is not correct A) 1935 act payed a key role in the drafting of the Constitution of India. B) Indian National Congress Called 1935 act as Slave constitution. C) !935 act was based on the recommendations of the Round table conferences. D) 1935 act was based on the Nehru report. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1935 act was based on the Nehru report. 48. What did Gandhi experience in South Africa that started his involvement in activism and resistance? A) Thrown out of a 1st class train car and beaten. B) Being removed from a restaurant in Durban with his family. C) Not being allowed to live in certain parts of the city of Pretoria. D) Having his law license removed because of his race. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thrown out of a 1st class train car and beaten. 49. In which year did India faced Great famine? A) 1860 to 1901. B) 1863 to 1900. C) 1860 to 1900. D) 1863 to 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1860 to 1900. 50. Who was the founder of 'Bahiskrut Bharat' Newspaper. A) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. B) Lokmanya Tilak. C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. D) Vishnusahastri Chiplunkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. 51. Father of our nation A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Subash Chandrra Bose. C) Tilak. D) Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 52. How many clans did the Chickasaw have? A) 10. B) 7. C) 6. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15. 53. Name the buildings built by Britishers to store the information of past? A) Store room and archives. B) Museum and archives. C) Museum and monument. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Museum and archives. 54. What does the word "sovereign" refer to? A) When only one official religion in a country is allowed. B) Equality for all. C) When there is no official religion of a country-all religions are welcome. D) The ability to act independently without outside interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ability to act independently without outside interference. 55. First war of Indian Independence A) 1857. B) 1947. C) 1957. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1857. 56. How many yards is the Dhoti garment ( the traditional dress for Indian men)? A) 15 yards in length. B) 0.5 yards in length. C) 5 yards in length. D) 6 yards in length. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5 yards in length. 57. Who among the following was instrumental in the formation of the first women's university in India? A) . Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. B) B. Mrs. Ramabhai. C) C. D.K. Karve. D) D. Mahadev Govind Ranade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. D.K. Karve. 58. Where did Gandhi use satyagraha for the first time? A) Kheda. B) South Africa. C) England. D) Ahmedabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South Africa. 59. Which among the following was the first English-language newspaper in Indian subcontinent? A) Bengal Gazette. B) Times of India. C) Hindu death. D) The Hindu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bengal Gazette. 60. Who Among the following leaders of Indian National Congress formed Swaraj Party? A) Jawaharlal Nehru and Motilal nehru. B) C. R Das and Motilal Nehru. C) Tejbahadur Sapru & S. r ten. D) Rajendra Prasad and Motilal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. R Das and Motilal Nehru. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesModern India Quiz 1Modern India Quiz 2Modern India Quiz 4Modern India Quiz 5Modern India Quiz 6Modern India Quiz 7Modern India Quiz 8Modern India Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books