This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Modern India – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modern India Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Which of the following historians divided Indian history into three periods namely Hindu, Muslim and British? A) James Mill. B) Herodotus. C) Henry Reynolds. D) Anthony Grafton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Mill. 3. In 1638 a Mughal Emperor built the Taj Mahal for what reason? A) A military defense. B) A religious center of worship. C) A memorial for his wife. D) A school for royal children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A memorial for his wife. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. Whean was the August Kranti pulled back? A) 1947. B) 1942. C) 1943. D) 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1942. 7. He proposed the Partition of Bengal in 1905. A) Lord Dalhousie. B) Lord Curzon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Curzon. 8. Who was proclaimed as the emperor of india during the great indian mutiny of 1857 A) Bahadur Shah Zafar. B) Rani of Jhansi. C) Kunwar Singh. D) Tantya Topi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bahadur Shah Zafar. 9. SNDP was established in ..... A) 1905. B) 1903. C) 1907. D) 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1903. 10. Who founded the Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham? A) DR Palpu. B) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule. C) Atmaram Pandurang. D) Ayankali. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ayankali. 11. 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. 12. "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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. The Economic Drain theory was given by A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Dr. B.R Ambedkar. C) Rajaram Mohan Roy. D) Dadabhai Navroji. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dadabhai Navroji. 16. 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. 17. What is the population of India? A) 900 million. B) 340 million. C) 50 million. D) 1.3 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1.3 billion. 18. The Creek and Cherokee had beloved women in their clan? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. The sources of history consists of official and unofficial records. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. 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. ← 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