This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Modern India – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modern India Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to a survey by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2014, how many children between the age group of 6-13 years are out-of-the school? A) 2 million. B) 4 million. C) 6 million. D) 8 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 million. 2. When did Britain grant India's independence? A) 1930. B) 1937. C) 1940. D) 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1947. 3. Means "Great Soul" A) Sepoy. B) Mahatma. C) Sikh. D) Viceroy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma. 4. Below given is the chronological order of some events. Find the wrong one A) Harappan Civilization-Aryan Invasion-Second Urbanisation-Kalinga War-Indian Feudalism. B) Indian Feudalism-Turkish Invasion-Battle of Panipat-Establishment of Din Illahi. C) Alauddin's Market Reforms-Reforms of Balban-Second Panipat War-Battle of Tarain. D) Second Battle of Tarain-Establishment of Forty-Establishment of Mansabdari System-Construction of Taj Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alauddin's Market Reforms-Reforms of Balban-Second Panipat War-Battle of Tarain. 5. Goa was captured by Albuqurque from ruler of which among the following states? A) Golconda. B) Bijapur. C) Vijayanagar. D) Mysore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bijapur. 6. Where is India's oldest museum? A) Delhi. B) Kolkata. C) Mumbai. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kolkata. 7. Who said, "Give every human being every right that you claims for yourself" ? A) Fat. B) Robert. C) Gandhiji. D) Tagore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert. 8. The Bills of Exchange during the period of Delhi Sultanate was Known as A) Hundi. B) Self-cultivation. C) Navroza. D) Iqta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hundi. 9. Sir George Everest was a A) British Surveyor General. B) British Army General. C) Indian Surveyor General. D) Indian Army General. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) British Surveyor General. 10. The seizure of a weaker, less developed country or territory by a stronger, more advanced country is called ..... A) Totalitarianism. B) Communism. C) Absolutism. D) Imperialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperialism. 11. In which session of Congress was the call for PURNA SWARAJ given? A) LAHORE. B) CALCUTTA. C) BOMBAY. D) NAGPUR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LAHORE. 12. What is the most celebrated festival in modern India:? A) The festival of life. B) The festival of laughs. C) The festival of lights. D) The festival of the new year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The festival of lights. 13. What were cradle boards? A) Used to carry the chop wood for fires. B) Used to carry the babies on the women's backs. C) A tool used for hunting. D) A game played with marbles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used to carry the babies on the women's backs. 14. In 1858 who overthrows the Mughal Empire to take control of India? A) Pakistan. B) Krishna. C) Great Britain. D) Alexander the Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Britain. 15. The Wahabi Movement was suppressed by whom? A) Lord Ellenborough. B) Lord Mayo. C) Lord Elgin I. D) Lord Hardinge I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Elgin I. 16. Which of the the following is not the reason for launching Non-cooperation Movement? A) Rowlatt Act. B) Montagu-Chelmsford reforms. C) Khilafat Movement. D) Simon Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simon Commission. 17. Who called 'Bagha Jatin'? A) Jatindranath Cjatterjee. B) Jatindranath Das. C) Jatindranath Gangly. D) Jatindranath Mukherjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jatindranath Mukherjee. 18. In the 1940s, the leadership of the Indian National Congress and the leadership of the Muslim League supported the goal of A) Helping the British fight World War II. B) Removing British control from the subcontinent. C) Abolishing caste distinctions and discrimination. D) Establishing a unified government based on religious teachings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Removing British control from the subcontinent. 19. Letters and memos that move between different departments of government can still be seen in A) Anthropologiecal. B) Survey reports. C) Archives. D) Literary sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archives. 20. The National Archives of India is located at: A) Mumbai. B) Kolkata. C) New Delhi. D) Ahmedabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Delhi. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesModern India Quiz 1Modern India Quiz 2Modern India Quiz 3Modern India Quiz 4Modern India Quiz 5Modern India Quiz 6Modern India Quiz 8Modern India Quiz 9Modern India Quiz 10Modern India Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books