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Modern India History – 500 MCQs

Part 1 (Questions 1–50)

1. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?

Answer: 1757

2. Who defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah in the Battle of Plassey?

Answer: Robert Clive

3. The Battle of Buxar was fought in which year?

Answer: 1764

4. Which Mughal emperor was involved in the Battle of Buxar?

Answer: Shah Alam II

5. Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj?

Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy

6. In which year was the Brahmo Samaj founded?

Answer: 1828

7. Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal?

Answer: Lord Cornwallis

8. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by whom?

Answer: Lord Dalhousie

9. Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?

Answer: Bahadur Shah II

10. The Revolt of 1857 began at which place?

Answer: Meerut

11. Who led the revolt in Jhansi?

Answer: Rani Lakshmibai

12. Who was the leader of the revolt in Kanpur?

Answer: Nana Sahib

13. The Indian National Congress was founded in which year?

Answer: 1885

14. Who founded the Indian National Congress?

Answer: A.O. Hume

15. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress?

Answer: W.C. Bonnerjee

16. Who is known as the Grand Old Man of India?

Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

17. Who started the Swadeshi Movement?

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

18. The Partition of Bengal took place in which year?

Answer: 1905

19. Who announced the Partition of Bengal?

Answer: Lord Curzon

20. Who wrote the book "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India"?

Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

21. The Muslim League was founded in which year?

Answer: 1906

22. Where was the Muslim League founded?

Answer: Dhaka

23. Who founded the Home Rule League in India?

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant

24. The Lucknow Pact was signed in which year?

Answer: 1916

25. Who launched the Non-Cooperation Movement?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

26. In which year did the Non-Cooperation Movement begin?

Answer: 1920

27. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in which year?

Answer: 1919

28. Who ordered the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

Answer: General Dyer

29. The Civil Disobedience Movement started in which year?

Answer: 1930

30. The Salt March was led by whom?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

31. The Round Table Conferences were held in which city?

Answer: London

32. Who gave the slogan "Do or Die"?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

33. The Quit India Movement started in which year?

Answer: 1942

34. Who founded the Forward Bloc?

Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

35. The INA was formed by whom?

Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

36. Who is known as the Iron Man of India?

Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

37. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?

Answer: Lord Mountbatten

38. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of India?

Answer: C. Rajagopalachari

39. When did India become independent?

Answer: 15 August 1947

40. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

41. Who wrote "Discovery of India"?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

42. Who gave the slogan "Swaraj is my birthright"?

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

43. Who founded the Arya Samaj?

Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati

44. In which year was Arya Samaj founded?

Answer: 1875

45. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?

Answer: Swami Vivekananda

46. In which year was the Ramakrishna Mission founded?

Answer: 1897

47. Who started the Aligarh Movement?

Answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

48. Who wrote "Hind Swaraj"?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

49. Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress?

Answer: Annie Besant

50. Who was the first woman governor of independent India?

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

Modern India History MCQ Series
Prepared for UPSC • SSC • State PSC

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