Modern Indian History Questions & Answers (Compiled from UPSC, SSC ,PSC ,IBPS previous question papers)

During the times of Governor-General Lord Ellenborough, which among the following acts declared slavery as illegal ?
Act VI
Act V
Act III
Act VIII

The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held in Bombay in1885 A.D. under the leadership of __:
Dadabhai Naoroji
Sir C. Sankaran Nair
Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee
Badruddin Tyabji

Who among the following edited and published the newspaper Indian Mirror in 1861?
Amitava Ghosh
Ravindranath Tagore
Sumit Ganguly
Manmohan Ghosh and Devendranath Tagore

The Indian National Association formed in Calcutta by whom among the following?
Dwarkanath Tagore
Surendranath Banerjee
Prasanno Kumar Tagore
Debendranath Tagore

On which among the following dates, National Development Council was set up?
9th August 1960
6th August 1952
15th September 1958
29th August 1960

Who among the following was the author of Anand Math?
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Ravindranath Tagore
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Bal Gangadhar Tilak

On which among the following dates, the Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed?
5 March 1931
6 March 1941
4 March 1931
15 March 1931

Who among the following presided the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931?
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
Dr. M A Ansari

Who among the following launched the Home Rule Movement in 1916 ?
Frank Besant
Helena Blavatsky
Charles Knowlton
Annie Besant

Who among the following leaders joined Gandhiji in the Champaran Satyagraha held on April 10, 1917 ?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Subhash Chandra Bose
Rajendra Prasad
None of these

Who among the following presided the historic Lahore session of 1929 of Indian National Congress?
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Rajendra Prasad
Lala Lajpat Rai
Pandit Motilal Nehru

The Lucknow session of Indian National Congress that took place in 1916 was presided by__:
Rashbihari Ghosh
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Bhupendra Nath Bose
None of these

Who among the following was nominated as first Satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi for the Individual Satyagarha of 1940 ?
Vinoba Bhave
Jawarharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
S. Satyamurti

Which among the following observed the Direct Action Day on August 16, 1946 ?
Muslim League
Christian League
Sikh League
Hindu League

Who among the following started Ganapati Festival in 1893 and thereby gave it national character?
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar
Nana Patil
Lok manya Tilak
Vinoba Bhave

Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act ?
Sir Ashley Eden
Alexander John Arbuthnot
Lord Lytton
Lord Stanley

Who among the following presided over the Surat Session of Indian National Congress in 1907?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Gopal krishna Gokhale
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
Ras Bihari Ghosh

Which among the following was the first registered Trade Union of India ?
Hindu Mazdoor Sabha
Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh
Madras Labour Union
United Trade Union Congress

Who among the following resigned from the membership of the Viceroys Executive Council as a protest against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre ?
C. P. Ramaswami Iyer
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B. N. Sarma
Shankaran Nair

On which among the following dates, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place ?
April 16,1919
April 13,1919
April 3,1919
April 14,1919

In which of the following languages was the Ghadar Journal was first published ?
Urdu
English
Pushtu
Punjabi

Martyrdom of Chandrashekhar Azad took place on which among the following dates?
February 27, 1931
February 11, 1931
April 13, 1931
August 14, 1931

In which year, first census was conducted in India ?
1884
1872
1881
1856

Who among the following founded the Indian Society of Oriental Art to revive the ancient art traditions of India?
Abanindranath Tagore
Ravindranath Tagore
Surendranath Ganguly
Mukul Dey

Which among the following books was authored by Mahatma Gandhi?
Hindu View of Life
Hind Swaraj
Discovery of India
My Truth

Which among the following events took place immediately before the massacre at Jallianwalla Bagh?
Partition of Bengal
llbert Bill
Passage of the Rowlatt Act
Minto-Morley Reforms

Which among the following events was a major set back to Khilafat Movement?
Announcements of concession to Muslims by British Government
Pact signed between Indian National Congress and Muslim League
Revolution in Turkey
Violence in Chauri Chaura

Shivaji had formed a council of eight ministers that administered the Maratha empire. The council was named as:
Nyaya Pradhan
Ashta Sena
Ashta Siddhi
Ashta Pradhan

Who among the following signed the Treaty of Bassein in 1802 with the British East India Company ?
Baji Rao II
Baji Rao I
Sultan Bahadur
None of the above

Who among the following introduced the subsidiary alliance system in India ?
Lord Clive
Lord Wellesley
Lord Cunningham
Lord Canning

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