This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Modern > Modern India β Quiz 7 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Modern India Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. WHO WAS THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THE CONGRESS A) Not in the alley. B) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit. C) ANNIE BESANT. D) Kasturba Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ANNIE BESANT. 2. When the Indian colony was divided into two separate countries, India became mostly ..... and Pakistan was mostly ..... A) Buddhist, Hindu. B) Muslim, christian. C) Hindus, muslims. D) Muslims, Hindus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hindus, muslims. 3. The British reliance on India as a market for its manufactured goods caused Mohandas Gandhi to A) Support traditional caste divisions. B) Run for a seat in the British Parliament. C) Lead the Sepoy Rebellion. D) Refuse to buy British textiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refuse to buy British textiles. 4. Buddhist rid themselves of material possessions and practice meditation in hopes of achieving: A) Higher caste. B) Salvation. C) Samsara. D) Nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nirvana. 5. Who participated in the Second Round Table Conference as a representative of the Congress? A) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Muhammad Ali Jinnah. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 6. The viceroyship of which of the following viceroy is called as "Brilliant Failure" ? A) Lord Mayo. B) Lord Curzon. C) Lord Northbrook. D) Lord Lytton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Lytton. 7. Who proclaimef Revolt of 1857 as the First War of Inpendence? A) B.G Tilak. B) T.R Holmes. C) A majumdar. D) V.D. Savarkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) V.D. Savarkar. 8. THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA WAAS ADOPTED ON ..... A) 11 SEP 1956. B) 18 SEP 2012. C) 26 JAN 1950. D) 1 APRIL 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26 JAN 1950. 9. British prepared detailed maps of the entire country A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. What is the name of festival of colours? A) Holi. B) Diwali. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holi. 11. First English Newspaper in India A) The Bengal Gazette. B) The Bengal Journal. C) The Bombay Herald. D) The calcutta Gazette. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Bengal Gazette. 12. The Moscogees were also known as the ..... A) Chickasaw Indians. B) Creek Indians. C) Cherokee Indians. D) Hopi Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creek Indians. 13. Many traditional Indian holidays celebrate ..... A) Triumph of evil over good. B) Triumph of the Ancient Indian people. C) Triumph of good over evil. D) Triumph of the Buddha against evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Triumph of good over evil. 14. How many people live in India? A) 1.3 billion. B) 180 million. C) 19 million. D) 55 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.3 billion. 15. History denotes a continuous flow of events and happenings. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Telegraph & modern postal system was introduced in India by: A) Lord Dalhousie. B) Lord Canning. C) Lord Elgin. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Dalhousie. 17. Who among the following was the author of Ashtadhyayi A) Kautilya. B) Gautam Buddha. C) Panini. D) Patanjali. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Panini. 18. ..... marks the end of Delhi Sultanate & the beginning of Mughal Empire A) 1915. B) 1947. C) 1540. D) 1526. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1526. 19. Which among the following was the land assignment system initiated under Delhi Sultanate A) Jagirdari. B) Yager. C) Iqta. D) Mansabdari. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iqta. 20. Why Non-Cooperation movement was suspended? A) Gandhi's arrest. B) Chauri-Chaura incident. C) British Govt accepted Congress demands. D) Announcement of Simon commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chauri-Chaura incident. 21. What color does the green color represent in Holi? A) New year and new friends. B) New year and new beginnings. C) New beginnings and new friends. D) New life and new friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New year and new beginnings. 22. Which among the following was the capital of Magadha A) Mathura. B) Shravasti. C) Rajgir. D) Champa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajgir. 23. Which language was used by Buddha to propagate his ideas A) Sanskrit. B) Prakrit. C) Pali. D) Hebrew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pali. 24. The British empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction and tyrannical and mean.The above statement was made by ..... ? A) W. Digby. B) Sister Nivedita. C) Mrs. Annie Besant. D) William Wedderburn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sister Nivedita. 25. Which of the following is NOT an Indian cash crop? A) Indigo. B) Potatoes. C) Tea. D) Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potatoes. 26. Who prepared the first nearly accurate map of India? A) James Mill. B) James Rennell. C) Williams. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James Rennell. 27. Which of these was an impact of urbanization on post-colonial India? A) The cities became overcrowded. B) Diseases became less common. C) The rural areas became farming centers. D) Farmers grew more crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cities became overcrowded. 28. Where does India's population rank in the world? A) 1st. B) And. C) An offer. D) Ch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And. 29. Fundamental Rights of the Indian Constitution are borrowed from Which constitution? A) Canadian. B) American. C) British. D) Irish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) American. 30. Identify the correct list of succession of the dynasties of Delhi Sultanate A) Slave-Khalji-Tughlaq-Sayyid-Lodhi. B) Slave-Tughlaq-Sayyid-Khalji-Lodhi. C) Tughlaq-Salawe:-Sayyids-Lodhis-Khalji. D) Slave-Khalji-Sayyid-Lodhi-Tughlaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slave-Khalji-Tughlaq-Sayyid-Lodhi. 31. Sargent Committee Report was submitted in A) 1944. B) 1884. C) 1954. D) 1934. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1944. 32. Who was the leader of Chittagong Armoury raid? A) Ashfaullah Khan. B) Ramprasad Bismil. C) Jatin Das. D) Surya line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surya line. 33. ..... is the first newspaper started in India. A) The story with my experiment with truth. B) Towards freedom. C) The Bengal gazette. D) Kesari. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bengal gazette. 34. Uttarapatha and Dakshinapatha were A) Daughters of Ashoka. B) Gana Sanghas. C) Mahajanapadas. D) Trade Routes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trade Routes. 35. Which of the following is NOT characteristics of Aims of education according to Secondary education Commission? A) Development of democratic citizenship. B) Development of personality. C) Education for administration. D) Education for employment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Education for administration. 36. What mountain ranges define the eastern and western edges of India's central plateau? A) Hindu Kush. B) Himalayas. C) Karakorum. D) Ghats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ghats. 37. WHO LED THE BARDOLI SATYAGRAHA? A) SARDAR PATEL. B) GANDHIJI. C) Vithlabhai Patel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SARDAR PATEL. 38. Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutt threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on 8th April 1929 as a protest to which of the following Bill/Act? A) Rowlatt Act. B) Public Safety Bill. C) Woods Bill. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public Safety Bill. 39. What is one major reason why our knowledge of the Harappan Civilization is limited? A) The damp climate has ruined too many of the Harappan manuscripts. B) Historians are unable to read Harappan writing. C) The Harappans built only with wood, which rots over time. D) Most evidence of the civilization was wiped out by invaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historians are unable to read Harappan writing. 40. India's currency A) Pound. B) Rupee. C) Yuan. D) Dollar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rupee. 41. People in India reacted to British rule in different ways, but eventually they fought for their Independence. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. James Mill was a ..... historian A) French. B) Portugal. C) English. D) Scottish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scottish. 43. The survey of India was set up in ..... A) 1767. B) 1345. C) 1890. D) 1911. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1767. 44. When did colonisation begin in India? A) 17 century. B) 19 century. C) Mid 18 century. D) Late 18 century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mid 18 century. 45. Who gave the slogan Give me blood and I promise you freedom? A) Bhagat Singh. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Subhash Chandra Bose. D) Rash Behari Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subhash Chandra Bose. 46. What of the following do India and the USA have in common? A) They both have a big film industry. B) They both drive on the right side of the road. C) They both have about 4 million people. D) All the answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They both have a big film industry. 47. Full name of DR. KALAM A) APJ Abdul Kalam. B) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. 48. What was the basis for constituting constituent assembly for India? A) Mountbatten plan. B) Cabinet mission. C) Indian Independence Act. D) Government of India act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cabinet mission. 49. Which leader died on the day the Non cooperation movement was launched in1920? A) Annie Besant. B) Surendra Nath Banerjee. C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale. D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 50. Who was the Governor General of India when the first war of IndiaΒs independence broke out in 1857? A) Lord Dalhousie. B) Lord Ripon. C) Lord Mayo. D) Lord Canning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Canning. 51. ..... houses the document relating to government orders and legal acts A) All India Radio. B) The National Archives. C) National Museum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The National Archives. 52. The first newspaper in Persian language was started by ..... A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy. C) BR Ambedkar. D) Maulana Abdullah is like Mother Azd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy. 53. Who was father of renaissance of Western India? A) [A] B.M. Malabari. B) [B] M.G. Ranade. C) [Sir. C. Bhandarkar. D) [D] K.T. Telang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) [B] M.G. Ranade. 54. Which of the following is NOT considered an achievement/invention from India? A) Metallurgy. B) Magnetic compass. C) Inoculation. D) Hindu-Arabic numerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magnetic compass. 55. Which among the following is not a correct statement regarding Jyotiba Phule? A) He is known as the author of Gulamgiri. B) He was the staunch supporter of Mahatma Gandhi's Harijan Sevak Sangh. C) He used the word Dalit the first time in nineteenth century. D) He formed Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was the staunch supporter of Mahatma Gandhi's Harijan Sevak Sangh. 56. Constituent Assembly was set up under which of the following plan A) Mountbatten Plan. B) Cabinet Mission. C) Nehru Report. D) Simon Commission Report. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cabinet Mission. 57. On which continent is India situated? A) Africa. B) Europe. C) North America. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asia. 58. Which suits the best for JRD Tata? A) French born. B) Indian Aviator. C) Businessman. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 59. Government of India Act 1919 was also known as A) Dual Reforms. B) Montague Chelmsford reforms. C) Provincial reforms. D) Gandhian reforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Montague Chelmsford reforms. 60. What was formed in 1885 to allow Indians to discuss their problems? A) The Indian National Congress (INC). B) The African National Congress (ANC). C) The Muslim League. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Indian National Congress (INC). β PreviousNext βRelated QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesModern India Quiz 1Modern India Quiz 2Modern India Quiz 3Modern India Quiz 4Modern India Quiz 5Modern India Quiz 6Modern India Quiz 8Modern India Quiz 9 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books