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Modern India History – 500 MCQs

Part 10 (Questions 451–500)

451. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj?

Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy

452. Who abolished the Sati system?

Answer: Lord William Bentinck

453. In which year was Sati abolished?

Answer: 1829

454. Who introduced the Widow Remarriage Act?

Answer: Lord Dalhousie

455. Who led the Widow Remarriage Movement?

Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

456. Who founded the Arya Samaj?

Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati

457. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?

Answer: Swami Vivekananda

458. Who founded the Theosophical Society in India?

Answer: Annie Besant

459. Who founded the Indian National Congress?

Answer: A.O. Hume

460. In which year was the Indian National Congress founded?

Answer: 1885

461. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

Answer: W.C. Bonnerjee

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

Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

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

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

464. Who was known as the Lion of Punjab?

Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai

465. Who launched the Non-Cooperation Movement?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

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

Answer: 1920

467. Who led the Civil Disobedience Movement?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

468. The Dandi March took place in which year?

Answer: 1930

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

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

470. The Quit India Movement began in which year?

Answer: 1942

471. Who founded the Forward Bloc?

Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

472. Who reorganized the Indian National Army?

Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

473. What was the slogan of the INA?

Answer: Delhi Chalo

474. Who led the Naval Mutiny of 1946?

Answer: Indian naval ratings

475. Where did the Naval Mutiny start?

Answer: Bombay

476. Who was the last Viceroy of India?

Answer: Lord Mountbatten

477. The Mountbatten Plan was announced in which year?

Answer: 1947

478. The Indian Independence Act was passed in which year?

Answer: 1947

479. When did India gain independence?

Answer: 15 August 1947

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

Answer: Lord Mountbatten

481. Who was the first Indian Governor-General?

Answer: C. Rajagopalachari

482. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

483. Who was the first President of India?

Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

484. When was the Constitution adopted?

Answer: 26 November 1949

485. When did the Constitution come into force?

Answer: 26 January 1950

486. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?

Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

487. Who wrote "Discovery of India"?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

488. Who wrote "India Wins Freedom"?

Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

489. Who wrote "Why I am an Atheist"?

Answer: Bhagat Singh

490. Who wrote "Anandamath"?

Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

491. Who composed "Vande Mataram"?

Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

492. Who was known as the Nightingale of India?

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

493. Who was known as Frontier Gandhi?

Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

494. Who founded the Khudai Khidmatgar Movement?

Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

495. Who founded the Servants of India Society?

Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

496. Who founded the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha?

Answer: M.G. Ranade

497. Who founded the Indian National Association?

Answer: Surendranath Banerjee

498. Who founded the Ghadar Party?

Answer: Lala Hardayal

499. Who founded the All India Trade Union Congress?

Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai

500. Who was known as the Iron Man of India?

Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

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