MODERN INDIA | QUESTION BANK | PAGE 1 | Q 1 TO 25
  1. The Viceroy who followed ‘Forward Policy’:

    Ans : Lytton

  2. “Merely a mutiny of soldiers, which took the shape of revolt of people in certain areas” Who said this about the Mutiny of 1857?

    Ans : Charles Raikes

  3. “The greatest son of India after Lord Buddha” who made this description about Gandhiji?

    Ans : Rabindranath Tagore

  4. “The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was not one movement …. it was many” – The above statement has been made by:

    Ans : C.A. Bayly

  5. The permission to mint and issue coins in India was first given to the British East India Company in:

    Ans : 1685

  6. The Peshwa who burnt the British residency at Pune:

    Ans : Baji Rao II

  7. The place that was selected by Gandhiji to break salt law:

    Ans : Dandi

  8. The place where the first war of independence was led by Kunwar Singh:

    Ans : Jagdishpur

  9. The policy of ‘Masterly Inactivity’ is associated with the name of the Governor General:

    Ans : John Lawrence

  10. The political guru of Gandhiji:

    Ans : Gopala Krishna Gokhale

  11. The political guru of K.Kamaraj:

    Ans : Satyamurti

  12. The Poona Pact (1932) upheld :

    Ans : Joint electorate with reserved seats for the scheduled

  13. The portfolio held by Dr.Rajendra Prasad in the interim government formed in 1946:

    Ans : Food and Agriculture

  14. The Portugeuse East India Company was founded in:

    Ans : 1628

  15. The position of the Peshwas became hereditary during the reign of:

    Ans : Sahu

  16. The post of the Secretaty of State for India was created in:

    Ans : 1858

  17. The president of the Swaraj Party was:

    Ans : C.R.Das

  18. The princely states that did not sign the Instrument of Accession by 15th August 1947 were Kashmir, Hyderabad and _____.

    Ans : Junagarh

  19. The publication launched by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in Marathi language:

    Ans : Kesari

  20. The publication launched by Barindrakumar Ghosh and Bhupendernath Dutt in 1906:

    Ans : Yugantar

  21. The publication launched by the British Committee of INC in 1890:

    Ans : India

  22. The publication started by Gandhiji in 1933:

    Ans : Harijan

  23. The publication started by Gandhiji in South Africa:

    Ans : Indian Opinion

  24. The Quit India Day coincides with the anniversary of _____.

    Ans : Kakori train robbery

  25. “We do not ask favours, we only want justice”, these were the words of ______

    Ans : Dadabhai Naoroji