This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Modern > Modern India – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modern India Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What company lead Britain's expansion in Asia? A) East India Company. B) Dutch East India Company. C) British Raj. D) Viceroy General. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) East India Company. 2. What percentage of people within India are illiterate? A) 7%. B) 74.04%. C) 70%. D) 17%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 74.04%. 3. Farmers and peasants were depended on what for their survival. A) Summer season. B) Monsoon season. C) Winter season. D) Autumn season. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoon season. 4. Which of these autobiographies is written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru? A) Towards Freedom. B) Waiting for a visa. C) The story of my experiments with truth. D) Poverty and Un British Rule in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Towards Freedom. 5. Ain-i-Dahsala was developed by A) Akbar. B) Raja Todar Mal. C) Prithviraj Chauhan. D) Rana Sangram Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raja Todar Mal. 6. 9TH JANUARY 1915, MAHATMA GANDHI RETURNED BACK TO INDIA FROM SOUTH AFRICA. THIS DAY IS CELEBRATED AS A) PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS. B) Mahatma Day. C) NON VIOLANCE DAY. D) EKTA DIWAS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS. 7. Which of the following factor doesnot affect tribal education? A) Teaching pedagogy. B) Language of Instruction. C) Curriculum content. D) Gender equity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gender equity. 8. Which two religions had a conflict in India? A) Muslims and Jews. B) Christians and Hindu. C) Buddhists and Hindus. D) Muslims and Hindus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muslims and Hindus. 9. How many Mahajanapadas existed in the 6th Century B C A) 21. B) 17. C) 50. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 16. 10. How were Indians placed in the caste system? A) They were voted into a caste. B) They were included based upon birth or occupation. C) They married into a caste. D) They applied to join a specific caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were included based upon birth or occupation. 11. Where Did Buddha Periform Dhamma Chakka Pavattana A) Asoka's Palace Magadha. B) Himalayan Mountains. C) Dir Park Sarnath. D) Ganga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dir Park Sarnath. 12. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was endorsed in which session of the Congress? A) Lahore. B) Karachi. C) Calcutta. D) Nagpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karachi. 13. Who was the first woman president of Indan National Congress A) Not in the alley. B) As long as your package is how much. C) Annie Besant. D) Sucheta Kriplani. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annie Besant. 14. The Hunter Commission was appointed by the British to probe the: A) Chauri-Chaura incident. B) Galinola Bag is heady. C) Kakori Train Robbery. D) Chittagong armoury raid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Galinola Bag is heady. 15. What caste included members who were called "untouchables" ? A) Brahman. B) Vaishya. C) Dalits. D) Shudra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dalits. 16. DEFENCE BUDGET OF INDIA A) 43.World Cup. B) 43.6. C) 43.41. D) 43.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 43.World Cup. 17. Secondary Education Commission (1952-53) was chaired by A) Dr. Dr. Kothari. B) Dr. a. yeah. bus. C) Prof. J.P Naik. D) Dr. Laxman Swami Mudaliar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr. Laxman Swami Mudaliar. 18. After his own law firm in Bombay was unsuccessful, where did Gandhi move to? A) Egypt. B) Australia. C) South Africa. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Africa. 19. Who was the founder of Brahma samaj? A) Raja Rammohan. B) Dayanand Sarawati. C) Keshav Sen. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raja Rammohan. 20. When did India become Republic? A) 26 October, 1947. B) 26 January, 1950. C) 30 January, 1948. D) 15 August, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26 January, 1950. 21. Who presided the congress session of year 1929? A) Jawaharlal nehru. B) Sardar patel. C) Subhash chader bose. D) Rajender Prasad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawaharlal nehru. 22. When was Ambedkar Jayanti celebrated in India? A) December 6. B) 15 April. C) 14 April. D) December 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14 April. 23. Who united the Ramoshis to revolt against the british? A) Sanyasi-Fakir. B) Umaji Up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Umaji Up. 24. Gandhi influenced Martin Luther King, Jr. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 25. What is one of the top 5 most popular sports in India? A) Baseball. B) Cricket. C) Tennis. D) Bowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cricket. 26. Who was the last Maratha chief to accept the Subsidiary Alliance of the British? A) Gaikwad. B) Bhonsle. C) Scindia. D) Holkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holkar. 27. Gateway of India is situated at which place? A) Kolkata. B) Delhi. C) Mumbai. D) Kanyakumari. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mumbai. 28. The ..... River begins in the Himalayas and empties into the Bay of Bengal. A) Indus. B) Sarasvati. C) Ganges. D) Krishna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganges. 29. Which of the following organisation was not founded by Ambedkar A) Exclusionary Benevolent Meeting. B) Scheduled Caste Federation. C) Independent Labour Party. D) Truth seeking society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Truth seeking society. 30. Name the ruler after whom that The Mughal Empire declined? A) Akbar. B) Shahjahan. C) Aurangzeb. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aurangzeb. 31. What caste included members who were unskilled workers and laborers? A) Vaishya. B) Kshatriya. C) Shudra. D) Dalits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shudra. 32. Nishka and Satmana Were A) Taxes. B) Land Grants. C) Coins. D) Castes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coins. 33. Who was the prominent leader in Jhansi during the Revolt of 1857? A) Rani Laxmi Bhai. B) Tantya Topi. C) Bahadur Shah. D) Begum Hazrat Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rani Laxmi Bhai. 34. Foreign Relations Act was enacted in which year? A) 1932. B) 1935. C) 1929. D) 1941. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1932. 35. What country did India gain its independence from? A) Pakistan. B) China. C) Great Britain. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Britain. 36. Which of the following is not the reason for Quit India Movement? A) Failure of Cripps mission. B) Feeling of an imminent British collapse. C) War-time shortages. D) INA trials. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) INA trials. 37. Where was the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind)formed? A) Burma. B) Assam. C) Singapore. D) Malaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singapore. 38. INA trials took place in A) Red Fort. B) Karachi. C) India Gate. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Fort. 39. The Newspapers (Incitement to Offences) Act was passed in which year? A) 1900. B) 1908. C) 1901. D) 1903. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1908. 40. ..... means the right to vote, which women and poor now have in India's new constitution. A) Apartheid. B) Boycott. C) Suffrage. D) Activist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suffrage. 41. Which Viceroy passed the Vernacular Press Act and the Arms Act of 1878? A) Lord Hardinge. B) Lord Mayo. C) Lord Lytton. D) Lord Dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Lytton. 42. Who is considered as the Father of Psychology? A) Ivan Pavlov. B) Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt. C) John Dewey. D) William James. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt. 43. King Pushyamitra Shunga is said to have persecuted A) Muslims. B) Buddhist. C) Jews. D) Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhist. 44. How many types of Brances of law is there in India A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 45. Where did modern period begin? A) Europe. B) India. C) Japan. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Europe. 46. What other names is the Indian festival of Holi called? A) 1. "Festival of laughing"2. "Festival of crowds". B) 1. "Festival of looking"2. "Festival of hope". C) 1. "Festival of lights" 2. "Festival of paints". D) 1. "Festival of love"2. "Festival of colors". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. "Festival of love"2. "Festival of colors". 47. Person who ordered troops to open fire on unarmed citizens in Amritsar, India A) Queen Victoria. B) Reginald Dyer. C) Mohandas Gandhi. D) Indira Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reginald Dyer. 48. The ..... Empire, ruled by Muslims, grew rich from the trade of tea and spices. A) Mauryan. B) Unknown. C) Gupta. D) British. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unknown. 49. Henry zarat completed the first census of Indian city Dhaka A) True. B) Them. C) Rather not say. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False. 50. The Indus River Valley is located modern day country of: ..... A) Laos. B) Mongolia. C) Pakistan. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pakistan. 51. The leader of the ANC and anti-apartheid movement was ..... *Hint* He was in jail for 27 years for his actions. A) Gandhi. B) Mandela. C) Martin Luther King Jr. D) F.W. DeClerk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandela. 52. The large ..... Plateau is located south of the Ganges Plain between the Eastern and Western Ghats. A) Bagua. B) Deccan. C) Dice. D) Bashang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deccan. 53. The ..... split in 1907 as the Moderates were opposed to the use of boycott A) Revolutionaries. B) WHEN. C) Congress. D) Muslim League. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Congress. 54. Which country won the FIDE World women team chess title at Spain in 2021? A) India. B) Spain. C) Russia. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russia. 55. The Rowlatt Act was passed in which year? A) 1917. B) 1920. C) 1919. D) 1918. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1919. 56. What role did a Beloved Women have in a tribe? A) They had their own clan and took care of those kicked out of their clans. B) They were in charge of the Council of Women and voted on tribal decisions along side the chiefs. C) They took care of the sick and the children. D) They were in charge of the men's hunting equipment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were in charge of the Council of Women and voted on tribal decisions along side the chiefs. 57. Which of the following came to be known as the Magna Carta of English education in India? A) Hunter Commission. B) Kothari Commission. C) Wood's despatch. D) Raleigh Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wood's despatch. 58. An Indian epic was translated during the reign of Akbar titled Raz Nama (Story of Battle). Identify the epic A) Mahabharata. B) Manusmrithi. C) Hanuman Chalisa. D) Ramayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahabharata. 59. Who served as India's Second Prime Minister? A) Indira Gandhi. B) Lal Bahadur Shastri. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Manmohan Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lal Bahadur Shastri. 60. In how many volumes did James mill divided the Indian history A) 4. B) 2. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 7Modern India Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books