This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Modern > Modern India – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modern India Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who among the following, led the Sepoys at Kanpur in the 1857 Uprising? A) Lax rice white. B) Tantia Tope. C) Kunwar Singh. D) Nana Suhaib. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nana Suhaib. 2. In which year did the partition of Bengal take place? A) 1920. B) 1910. C) 1990. D) 1905. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1905. 3. The Congress appointed an all-party Constitution Committee in 1928 to draft a new Constitution for India. As a result, there emerged a report drafted under the chairmanship of ..... A) Tej Bahadur Sapru. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) B. R Ambedkar. D) Motilal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motilal Nehru. 4. Consider the following statement (s) regarding Poona Pact (1932)I. It refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India.II. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B.R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India.Select the correct answer from the codes given below:Codes: A) Only I. B) Only II. C) Both I and II. D) Neither I nor II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both I and II. 5. Which of the following historians divided Indian history into three periods namely Hindu, Muslim and British? A) James Mill. B) Henry Reynolds. C) Herodotus. D) Anthony Grafton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Mill. 6. In 1638 a Mughal Emperor built the Taj Mahal for what reason? A) A military defense. B) A religious center of worship. C) A school for royal children. D) A memorial for his wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A memorial for his wife. 7. Name the type of colonialism from the following features:involves fewer colonists and focuses on the access to natural resources, trading posts and indigenous labor A) Settler. B) Exploitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploitation. 8. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India is written by A) Dadabhai Naoroji. B) Indira Gandhi. C) James Hicky. D) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dadabhai Naoroji. 9. Whean was the August Kranti pulled back? A) 1942. B) 1945. C) 1947. D) 1943. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1942. 10. He proposed the Partition of Bengal in 1905. A) Lord Dalhousie. B) Lord Curzon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Curzon. 11. Who was proclaimed as the emperor of india during the great indian mutiny of 1857 A) Rani of Jhansi. B) Tantya Topi. C) Kunwar Singh. D) Bahadur Shah Zafar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bahadur Shah Zafar. 12. SNDP was established in ..... A) 1900. B) 1903. C) 1905. D) 1907. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1903. 13. Who founded the Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham? A) DR Palpu. B) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule. C) Atmaram Pandurang. D) Ayankali. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ayankali. 14. Civil Disobdeience Movement started with A) Gandhi-Irwin Pact. B) Salt Satyagraha. C) Bardoli Satyagraha. D) 1 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt Satyagraha. 15. "A History of British India "was written by A) Nicholas Louis. B) Clive Loyd. C) James Mill. D) John Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James Mill. 16. Which of these gods were not originally celebrated with the creation of Holi A) Krishna. B) Vishnu. C) Brahman. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brahman. 17. Who had said, "Let's go back to the Vedas? A) Vivekananda. B) Ram Mohan Roy. C) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar. D) Dayanand Saraswati. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dayanand Saraswati. 18. The Economic Drain theory was given by A) Dadabhai Navroji. B) Rajaram Mohan Roy. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Dr. B.R Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dadabhai Navroji. 19. Which of the following is NOT a definition of "colonialism" ? A) Establishment of a colony in one territory by a political power from another territory. B) Maintenance, expansion and exploitation of that colony. C) Describes unequal relationship between colonial power and colony. D) Process of creating a separate group of people labeled as non-normal or inferior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Process of creating a separate group of people labeled as non-normal or inferior. 20. What is the population of India? A) 900 million. B) 50 million. C) 1.3 billion. D) 340 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.3 billion. 21. The Creek and Cherokee had beloved women in their clan? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 22. The sources of history consists of official and unofficial records. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 23. What did the caste system do for India's society? A) Created Order and Division of Labor. B) Made it difficult to get a job. C) Made everyone poor. D) Caused chaos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Created Order and Division of Labor. 24. Who is known as the 'Metro man'? A) Prannoy James Roy. B) Kailash Satyarthi. C) Sreedharan is a master of twisting. D) Sam Manekshaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sreedharan is a master of twisting. 25. What is the biggest animal in India? A) The Indian giraffe. B) The Indian tiger. C) The Indian elephant. D) The Indian leopard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Indian elephant. 26. Who is James mill A) A British ruler. B) Representative of America. C) Scottish economist and political philosopher. D) Dictator of Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scottish economist and political philosopher. 27. Which article of Indian constitution talks about Free and Compulsory education upto the age of 14 years? A) Article 45. B) Article 30. C) Article 26. D) Article 29. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 45. 28. Modern period of Indian history began in the A) 17th century. B) 18th century. C) 19th century. D) 16th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 18th century. 29. James Mill divided the Indian History into A) Hindu, Muslim, British. B) Ancient, Medieval, Modern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hindu, Muslim, British. 30. Which of the following act/plan/scheme/commission of British envisages the introduction of universal free and compulsory education for children between the ages of 6 and 14? A) Wardha Scheme of Basic Education. B) Hunter Education Commission, 1882-83. C) Indian Universities Act, 1904. D) Sargent Plan of Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sargent Plan of Education. 31. Who gave the slogan Do or Die? A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah. B) Subhash Chandra Bose. C) M. K. Gandhi. D) Rash Bihari Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) M. K. Gandhi. 32. After failure of which among the following movements, the Swaraj Party was formed? A) Civil disobedience Movement. B) Non-cooperation Movement. C) Swadeshi Movement. D) Quit India Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-cooperation Movement. 33. In what ways did British colonialism help India? A) Railroads, telephone, and telegraph lines were built. B) Local warfare and attacks by bandits decreased. C) Literacy rates improved. D) All answer choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answer choices are correct. 34. Who is known as 'Gurudev'? A) R N Tagore. B) MK Gandhi. C) S C Bose. D) J L Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) R N Tagore. 35. Who was the first sultan to invade Devagiri A) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq. B) Jalaluddin Khalji. C) Raid. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 36. Instead of farming, the boys of the clan ..... A) Were trained for battle with the men. B) Raised the horses. C) Practiced playing chess. D) Started fires for cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were trained for battle with the men. 37. Ganadharas were the immediate disciples of A) Ashoka. B) Buddha. C) Mahavira. D) Alexander. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahavira. 38. How is the Indian government trying to reduce the high rate of poverty? A) All answers are correct. B) India implemented the green revolution to help farmers implement modern agricultural practices. C) The Indian government has brought information technology (IT) jobs to India. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All answers are correct. 39. Injecting people with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses to a disease A) Alloy. B) Astronomy. C) Inoculation. D) Metallurgy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inoculation. 40. What is ancient history A) Arrival of James mills. B) Arrival of turks. C) Arrival of Bahadur Shah Zafar. D) From stone age to the invention of wheel and agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From stone age to the invention of wheel and agriculture. 41. It is important to study India because ..... A) It has a rapidly growing population. B) It can produce nuclear weapons. C) It contains a workforce employed by many American companies. D) All answer choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answer choices are correct. 42. What is the theme of this year's "World Teachers' Day" ? A) Teachers to be taught. B) We care for teachers. C) Support for teachers. D) Teachers at the heart of education recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teachers at the heart of education recovery. 43. What group entered India during the 18th century and took control (Note-this is after the Mughal Empire ended). A) Gupta Empire Company. B) French government. C) British government. D) British East India Company. E) British South India Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) British East India Company. 44. What color is the God Krishna's skin? A) Yellow. B) Blue. C) Green. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue. 45. When is Constitution Day of India? A) November 26 1949. B) January 26 1950. C) January 26 1950. D) November 26 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) November 26 1949. 46. Who among the following formed the Home Rule League? A) Surendranath Banerjee. B) Aurobindo Ghosh. C) Annie Besant. D) Apple is like Mother Az. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annie Besant. 47. In Which ship Royal Naval Mutiny was started? A) Goliath. B) Talwar. C) Pathan. D) Gurkha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talwar. 48. Which among the following is not a Vedic assembly A) Creator. B) Sabha. C) Samiti. D) Bali. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bali. 49. How many people within India do not have access to toilets? A) 70 million. B) 100 million. C) 700 million. D) 1.7 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 700 million. 50. The country that rules over the leading country is known as the " ..... " country. A) Modern period. B) Colonisation. C) Imperialistic. D) Periodisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperialistic. 51. Which of the following was NOT a method of protest Gandhi used against the British A) Fighting. B) Nonviolence. C) Boycotting. D) Fasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fighting. 52. Why were rivers important to the Chickasaw? A) It provided a place for children to play. B) A way of transportation. C) It was pretty to look at and kept them cool. D) It provided excitement and entertainment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A way of transportation. 53. Percentage of population below official poverty line in India as per Indian government statement In 2012 A) 42. B) 22. C) 12. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22. 54. Who among the following founded the Indian Society of Oriental Art to revive the ancient art traditions of India? A) Abanindranath Tagore. B) Mukul Day. C) Surendranath Ganguly. D) Ravindranath Tagore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abanindranath Tagore. 55. The Caste System A) Creates a healthy society. B) Creates religious peace. C) Divides people into status levels. D) Shares the economic wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divides people into status levels. 56. Mangal Pandey belonged to which Infantry of the East India Company? A) Madras Native Infantry. B) Bengal Native Infantry. C) Assam Native Infantry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bengal Native Infantry. 57. Who among the following was not the member of Cabinet Mission A) Pethick Lawrence. B) Stafford Cripps. C) A. V Alexander. D) Ramsay Mcdonald. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ramsay Mcdonald. 58. Which group of people created the first urban civilization along the Indus River? A) Aryans. B) Harappans. C) Sumerians. D) Muslims. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harappans. 59. The book "Poverty and Un-British rule in India" was written by ..... A) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. B) Dadabhai Naoroji. C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dadabhai Naoroji. 60. Which of these is NOT a problem in Modern India? A) Overpopulation. B) Poverty. C) Tourism. D) Literacy Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tourism. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesModern India Quiz 1Modern India Quiz 2Modern India Quiz 3Modern India Quiz 4Modern India Quiz 5Modern India Quiz 7Modern India Quiz 8Modern India Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books