This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Modern India – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modern India Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. In which year Archaeological Survey of India was made a permanent body? A) 1902. B) 1861. C) 1906. D) 1910. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1906. 3. Tripitakas are associated with A) Jainism. B) Livelihood. C) Buddhism. D) Charvaka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddhism. 4. In which year, Calcutta became Capital of British India? A) 1768. B) 1770. C) 1772. D) 1776. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1772. 5. The first Newspaper in India was A) Bengal Gazette. B) Kesari. C) Times of India. D) Mumbai Mirror. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bengal Gazette. 6. 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". 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. ..... has edited the newspaper the Bengal gazzet. A) James hicky. B) Henry Walter. C) Sir George Everest. D) Bak Gangadhar Tilak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James hicky. 10. 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. 11. Robert Sewell's book 'A Forgotten Empire' is about which of the following empires? A) Kushan Empire. B) Mauryan Empire. C) Vijayanagara Empire. D) Mughal Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vijayanagara Empire. 12. Which of the following was not a change witnessed during 6th century BC A) Rise of Ashoka Maurya. B) Birth of Unorthodox Sects. C) Rise of Mahajanapadas. D) Second Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rise of Ashoka Maurya. 13. What color do people wear before Holi begins-it symbolizes "purity" A) Black. B) White. C) Blue. D) Pink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. When did the first European Country Portuguese find the sea route to India? A) 1499. B) 1498. C) 1598. D) 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1498. 17. India today has what type of government? A) Democracy. B) Monarchy. C) Oligarchy. D) Dictatorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy. 18. Establishment of new settlers and their culture in other territories. A) Colonization. B) Urbanization. C) Secularism. D) Civil Disobedience. E) Imperialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colonization. 19. What piece of clothing is worn by 75% of Indian women each day? A) Athletic clothing. B) A pant suit. C) The saree. D) Modern dresses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The saree. 20. "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) Civil disobedience. C) Horns of the bull. D) Guerrilla tactics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Civil disobedience. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesModern India Quiz 1Modern India Quiz 2Modern India Quiz 3Modern India Quiz 4Modern India Quiz 5Modern India Quiz 6Modern India Quiz 7Modern India Quiz 8Modern India Quiz 9Modern India Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books