Modern India Quiz 10 (20 MCQs)

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1. First war of Indian Independence

Correct Answer: A) 1857.

2. How many yards is the Dhoti garment ( the traditional dress for Indian men)?

Correct Answer: A) 5 yards in length.

3. Who among the following was instrumental in the formation of the first women's university in India?

Correct Answer: C) C. D.K. Karve.

4. Where did Gandhi use satyagraha for the first time?

Correct Answer: B) South Africa.

5. What was the another name of 'Quit India movement'?

Correct Answer: D) August Kranti.

6. Which among the following was the first English-language newspaper in Indian subcontinent?

Correct Answer: C) Bengal Gazette.

7. Who Among the following leaders of Indian National Congress formed Swaraj Party?

Correct Answer: B) C. R Das and Motilal Nehru.

8. Where was Dhiribhai Hirachand Ambani born?

Correct Answer: A) Junagadh, Gujarat.

9. Indian national congress was founded in

Correct Answer: C) 1885.

10. After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of Sardar to Vallabhai Patel was given by

Correct Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi.

11. These surveys provided information on the size and distribution of population, castes, religions and occupations

Correct Answer: B) Census Surveys.

12. Non-Brahmin manifesto was released in the year?

Correct Answer: A) 1916.

13. The ..... were formed by the collision of the Indo-Australian tectonic plate with the Eurasian tectonic plate.

Correct Answer: D) Himalayas.

14. Which of the following is an example of the nonviolent and civil disobedience strategies used by Gandhi?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

15. Who was elected as the president of Constituent Assembly?

Correct Answer: D) Rajendra Prasad.

16. What was the primary motivation for Britain's colonies in Asia?

Correct Answer: A) Economic.

17. The theory drain of wealth given by

Correct Answer: A) Dadabhai Naoroji.

18. In what ways were the Chickasaw and the Cherokee similar?

Correct Answer: D) All the above.

19. The Theosophical Society was founded in the U.S. by-

Correct Answer: D) Madan Blavatsky and Olcott.

20. Hindus believe that bathing in the sacred Ganges River will purify them and remove some of their bad .....

Correct Answer: C) Karma.