This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Modern India – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modern India Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. WHO WAS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF 1857 MUTINY? A) LORD WELLESLEY. B) LORD CORNWALLIS. C) LORD MOUNTBATTEN. D) LORD CANNING. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) LORD CANNING. 2. Who said about Gandhiji "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood? A) Winston Churchill. B) Lord Mountbatten. C) Albert Einstein. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Albert Einstein. 3. True or False. Hinduism and Buddhism believe in reincarnation. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Who used peaceful protests to help protest British rule and promote equality in India? A) Nelson Mandela. B) Mohandas Gandhi. C) Martin Luther King Jr. D) F.W. DeKlerk. E) Buddha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohandas Gandhi. 5. What type of government did the Creek have? A) Dictatorship. B) Monarchy. C) Democracy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democracy. 6. Where did all of these civilizations develop? ● Mesopotamia ● Egypt ● China ● India A) In river valleys. B) In the mountian range. C) In the coastal region. D) In the rain forest region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In river valleys. 7. What is the date of print of Hindustan times A) 19 April 1662. B) 25 June 1988. C) 22nd march 1946. D) 3 November 1947. E) 9 February 2008. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22nd march 1946. 8. Who among the following is associated to the Silk Letter Conspiracy? A) Bhikizi Rustam Cama. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Subhash Chandra Bose. D) Maulana Obaidullah Sindhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maulana Obaidullah Sindhi. 9. Who is the author of "unto this last" book? A) Jawaharlal nehru. B) John Ruskin. C) Louis Fischer. D) Sushila Nayyar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Ruskin. 10. When was the first Railway line opened in India? A) 1844. B) 1850. C) 1853. D) 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1853. 11. With which of the following Raja Ram Mohan Roy can not be associated A) Sanskrit Education. B) Promotion of English. C) Abolition of Sati. D) Widow remarriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Widow remarriage. 12. Given below is the succession order of Mughal sultans. Find the correct one A) Akbar-Babar-Shajahan-Humayun-Aurangzeb-Jahangir. B) Jahangir-Shajahan-Aurangzeb-Akbar-Babar. C) Babar-Humayun-Akbar-Shajahan-Jahangir-Aurangzeb. D) Babar-Humayun-Akbar-Jahangir-Shahjahan-Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Babar-Humayun-Akbar-Jahangir-Shahjahan-Aurangzeb. 13. What was the goal of the Indian National Congress, or INC? A) Help India gain its' independence from Great Britain. B) Create separation between Hindus and Muslims. C) Create a socialist economy. D) Establish Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help India gain its' independence from Great Britain. 14. Means "truth force" A) Satyagraha. B) Sepoy. C) Viceroy. D) Amritsar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satyagraha. 15. Historians refer to the Indian modern period as Ancient period A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Iqta, Jagir and Amaram were A) Land Grants. B) Land Assignments. C) Tax free lands. D) Inam Grants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land Assignments. 17. Which of the following books is important in order to understand the economic history of colonial India? A) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India. B) The Story of My Experiments with Truth. C) Towards Freedom. D) Discovery of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India. 18. Education is the dynamic side of A) Sociology. B) Philosophy. C) Psychology. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philosophy. 19. How did India finally gain its independence from colonial rule? A) The United States sent in troops to free India from the colonial government in control. B) Strong leaders urged people to protest the colonial power peacefully and non-violently. C) European countries stepped in and declared India independent after a civil war. D) Armed groups held elections in an effort to overtake the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strong leaders urged people to protest the colonial power peacefully and non-violently. 20. Which of the following is not a historical monument? A) Gateway of India. B) Bengal Gazette. C) Rashtrapati Bhavan. D) India Gate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bengal Gazette. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesModern India Quiz 1Modern India Quiz 2Modern India Quiz 3Modern India Quiz 4Modern India Quiz 6Modern India Quiz 7Modern India Quiz 8Modern India Quiz 9Modern India Quiz 10Modern India Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books