This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Modern > Modern India – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modern India Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The process by which all the countries of world come together to integrate advancement in education and technology is called A) Liberalization. B) Equity in advancement. C) Privatisation. D) Globalisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Globalisation. 2. Who produced first map of India? A) James Mill. B) James Rennell. C) William. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James Rennell. 3. What caste included those who were rulers and warriors? A) Vaishya. B) Brahman. C) Dalits. D) Kshatriya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kshatriya. 4. How were the Minko chiefs and high Minko chiefs chosen? A) Clan voted. B) Who played stickball the best. C) Who was the oldest. D) It was passed down from a family member. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was passed down from a family member. 5. Which one of the following is NOT among the principles of management? A) Authority. B) Unity of command. C) Decentralization. D) Discipline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decentralization. 6. In which year Archaeological Survey of India was made a permanent body? A) 1861. B) 1906. C) 1902. D) 1910. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1906. 7. Tripitakas are associated with A) Charvaka. B) Buddhism. C) Livelihood. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhism. 8. In which year, Calcutta became Capital of British India? A) 1776. B) 1768. C) 1770. D) 1772. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1772. 9. The first Newspaper in India was A) Kesari. B) Times of India. C) Mumbai Mirror. D) Bengal Gazette. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bengal Gazette. 10. What was Mahatma Gandhi's famous quote? A) "Give me liberty or give me death". B) "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". C) "I have a dream". D) "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered". E) "We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". 11. Which Indian tribe had a square home and a courtyard? A) Cherokee. B) Chickasaw. C) Creek. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creek. 12. In a modern Indian clan, where do a newly married couple live? A) With the dog. B) With the husband's clan. C) With the wife's clan. D) They start their own clan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With the wife's clan. 13. ..... has edited the newspaper the Bengal gazzet. A) Bak Gangadhar Tilak. B) James hicky. C) Sir George Everest. D) Henry Walter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James hicky. 14. The British government sent the Cripps Mission in 1942 to A) Secure cooperation of Indians in second world war. B) Help Indians frame a constitution. C) Provide for India's independence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secure cooperation of Indians in second world war. 15. Robert Sewell's book 'A Forgotten Empire' is about which of the following empires? A) Vijayanagara Empire. B) Kushan Empire. C) Mughal Empire. D) Mauryan Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vijayanagara Empire. 16. Which of the following was not a change witnessed during 6th century BC A) Birth of Unorthodox Sects. B) Rise of Ashoka Maurya. C) Second Urbanization. D) Rise of Mahajanapadas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rise of Ashoka Maurya. 17. What color do people wear before Holi begins-it symbolizes "purity" A) White. B) Blue. C) Black. D) Pink. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White. 18. Why did the Indus River civilization abruptly come to an end? A) The earth's crust moved, causing the river to change its course. B) All answers are correct. C) Others rivers in the area may have dried up, contributing to starvation and disease. D) Repeated flooding could have caused a buildup of salt in the soil, making growing crops difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All answers are correct. 19. What was Mohandas Gandhi's plan of civil disobedience? A) People should refuse to obey a law they felt was unfair. B) Violent demonstrations. C) Follow all British laws. D) Ignore all of their problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People should refuse to obey a law they felt was unfair. 20. When did the first European Country Portuguese find the sea route to India? A) 1598. B) 1499. C) 1948. D) 1498. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1498. 21. India today has what type of government? A) Democracy. B) Dictatorship. C) Monarchy. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy. 22. Establishment of new settlers and their culture in other territories. A) Urbanization. B) Secularism. C) Civil Disobedience. D) Colonization. E) Imperialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colonization. 23. What piece of clothing is worn by 75% of Indian women each day? A) The saree. B) Modern dresses. C) Athletic clothing. D) A pant suit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The saree. 24. "Don't pay your taxes or send your children to an English-supported school ..... Make your own cotton cloth by spinning the thread at home, and don't buy English-made goods. Provide yourselves with homemade salt, and do not buy government-made salt."-Mohandas Gandhi In this statement, Gandhi was expressing his commitment to A) Armed rebellion. B) Horns of the bull. C) Civil disobedience. D) Guerrilla tactics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civil disobedience. 25. The estimated weight of lithium block foun in INDIA? A) 5.9 M TON. B) 5.7 M TON. C) 5.2 M TON. D) 4.5M TON. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5.9 M TON. 26. Who amongst the following wrote the autobiography titled 'Waiting for a Visa'? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. D) Sarojini Naidu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. 27. What is Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi is NOT known for A) Non-Violent Protesting. B) Helping India gain independence from France. C) Fasting or going on hunger strikes. D) Making a long Salt March to oppose unfair laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping India gain independence from France. 28. WHICH INDIAN LEADER WAS KNOWN AS ' GRAND OLD MAN OF INDIA A) Dadabhai Naoroji. B) RANJIT SINGH. C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale. D) KHAN ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dadabhai Naoroji. 29. Simon Commission was originally named as A) Minto-Morley Commission. B) Montagu-Chelmsford Commission. C) Indian Statutory Commission. D) All-White Commision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indian Statutory Commission. 30. When did the first National Policy on Education (NPE) promulgate? A) 1958. B) 1968. C) 1978. D) 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1968. 31. Amaram, Bhandaravada and Manya are associated with A) Devdana. B) Amarnayaka System. C) Yager system. D) Lord Brahma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amarnayaka System. 32. Who among the following was the founder of the Young Bengal Movement? A) David Hare. B) Debendranath Tagore. C) Henry Vivian Derozio. D) Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry Vivian Derozio. 33. How many out of 5 Indian people are living in poverty? A) 1. B) 4. C) 2. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 34. Article 14 of the Indian constitution guarantees ..... A) Right to assemble peacefully without arms. B) Right to freedom of Religion. C) Right to freedom of expression. D) Equality before law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equality before law. 35. The control of foreign lands by stronger states A) Secularism. B) Urbanization. C) Imperialism. D) Civil Disobedience. E) Colonization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperialism. 36. What were the causes of British Imperialism in Asia and especially in India? A) The British needed raw materials for their factories in Great Britain. B) The British felt superior to those on other continents. C) All answers are correct. D) The British competed with other European countries for world dominance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All answers are correct. 37. To move goods around India, the British built a network of ..... throughout the colony. A) Airports. B) Railroads. C) Highways and toll roads. D) Shipping canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Railroads. 38. Vasco da Gama actually reached India in A) 1492. B) 1498. C) 1476. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1498. 39. In which of the following states of India, the earliest settlements of Jews are found? A) Tamilnadu. B) Kerala. C) Punjab. D) Haryana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kerala. 40. In what year did India gain its independence from the British? A) 1921. B) 1930. C) 1942. D) 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1947. 41. Indian independence Act 1947 was based? A) Cabinet Mission Plan. B) Government of India Act 1935. C) Mountbatten Plan. D) Rajji formula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountbatten Plan. 42. Islamic Golden Age of knowledge was the reason for survival of ..... Knowledge A) Indian. B) Greek. C) Traditional. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greek. 43. What was the main factor in the Sepoy soldiers decision to rebel against the British East India Company? A) They were not ok with the religious intolerance that the Company had towards them. B) They did not like that they had to work all of the night shifts. C) They were angry that they received old uniforms and weapons. D) They did not rebel. E) They did not like that the British East India Company refused to speak their language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were not ok with the religious intolerance that the Company had towards them. 44. When was Dr. Ambedkar born? A) January 15, 1889. B) 14 April 1891. C) 6 December 1869. D) 14 April 1893. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14 April 1891. 45. Who was the founder of Bramo Samaj? A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy. B) Justice Ranade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy. 46. "Struggle Continues for Control of Kashmir" "Many Hurt in Border Clashes Between Hindus and Muslims" Which nations have been most closely associated with the conflicts in these headlines? A) China and India. B) India and Pakistan. C) Vietnam and Cambodia (Kampuchea). D) Sri Lanka and Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India and Pakistan. 47. Who authored the pamphlet Why I'm an atheist? A) Bhagat Singh. B) B.R Ambedkar. C) Rajendra Prasad. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhagat Singh. 48. Which Mughal Empire emperor was best known for their policy of religious tolerance? A) Babur. B) Akbar. C) Shah Jahan. D) Aurangzeb. E) None of them were religiously tolerant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Akbar. 49. "Tomb of the unknown Soldier" is situated in which country? A) UK. B) France. C) Italy. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USA. 50. 1st battle of Panipat A) 1530. B) 1536. C) 1526. D) 1520. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1526. 51. Name the type of colonialism from the following features:large scale immigration, usually lasts indefinitely, destroys and replaces native inhabitants A) Exploitation. B) Settler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Settler. 52. Who Amon the following was not a no-changer? A) Rajendra Prasad. B) Motilal Nehru. C) S. Rajagopalachari. D) Vallabhbhai Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motilal Nehru. 53. Movement of people from rural to urban areas A) Secularism. B) Colonization. C) Urbanization. D) Civil Disobedience. E) Imperialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urbanization. 54. During apartheid, nonwhites were discriminated against on ..... A) Where they could live and travel. B) What jobs they could have. C) Where they could go to school. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 55. By whom was the all India Trade Union founded? A) . Deenbandhu Mitra. B) B. Narayan Malhar Joshi. C) C. N. G. Ranga. D) D. Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Narayan Malhar Joshi. 56. During whose era the Agra Canal was finished? A) Jahangir. B) Bahadurshah zafar. C) British period. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) British period. 57. There occurred three battles at the field of Panipat. Identify the battle which did not take place in Panipat A) Akbar VS Hemu. B) Babur VS Rana Sangha. C) Babur VS Ibrahim Lodi. D) Ahmad Shah Durrani VS Marathas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Babur VS Rana Sangha. 58. The ..... mountain system located in northeast India contains the highest peak in the world! Name this peak for an extra credit point ..... A) Spirit. B) Appalachian. C) Himalayan. D) Rocky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayan. 59. Under India's new constitution, it is okay to discriminate based on caste and gender. A) False. B) True. 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