Following are the set of 25 objective type questions and answer from the topic Modern India. The purpose of this section is just to support the candidates who prepare for Kerala PSC and other competitive exams. You can always refer this website from your mobile phone on the go or from your home PC.
MODERN INDIA | SET-7
(An objective type questions from the topic 'Modern India' for Kerala PSC, UPSC, SSC, Railway, Banking and other competitive exams)
1.In 1765, the British managed to get the Diwani rights of: 
Bengal, Orissa, Bihar 
2.In 1877 the entrance age to ICS was reduced from 21 to ……
19 
3.In 1878, the government reduced the maximum age limit for the open competition for the civil service examination from 21 to: 
19 
4.In 1885 Dadabhai Naoroji was elected one of the vice presidents of : 
Bombay Presidency Association 
5.In which year the first meeting of AITUC was held? 
1920 
6.In the Ahmedabad Mill Strike, Mahathma Gandhi’s intervention resulted in the enhancement of wages of workers by:  
35% 
7.In the Federation established by the Act 1935, residuary powers were given to the: 
Governor General 
8.In the Indian National Congress, the period between 1885 and 1905 came to be known as: 
Moderate phase 
9.In the last months of Gandhiji’s life, he fasted to end bloody clashes between Muslims and Hindus in which two cities? 
Kolkata and Delhi 
10.In the regime of which Governor General did the most number of native states were annexed to the British Empire? 
Lord Dalhousie 
11.In the tenure of which Governor General an attempt was made for the first time to codify Hindu and Muslim customery laws? 
Warren Hastings 
12.In the Third Maratha War, the English defeated Peshwa Bajirao II at— 
Bassein 
13.In which city Tipu Sultan planted ‘Tree of Liberty’? 
Srirangapatnam 
14.In which country “The Indian War of Independence’ authored by V.D.Savarkar was published for the first time? 
Netherlands 
15.In which day Gandhiji was assassinated? 
Friday 
16.In which language Gandhiji started the weekly ‘Young India’? 
English 
17.In which year the assassins of Gandhiji was executed? 
1949 
18.In which year the British Prime Minister Ramsay Mc Donald announced Communal Award? 
1932 
19.In which year the Congress ministries in the provinces resigned to protest against the war policy of the British Government? 
1939 
20.In which year the film ‘Gandhi’ got 8 Oscar Awards? 
1982 
21.In which year the first issue of Young India was published under the editorialship of Gandhiji?
1919 
22.The book written by Gandhiji in 1909 during his sail for London: 
Hind Swaraj 
23.The booklets like “Loyal Muhammadans of India” and “Cause of Indian Revolt” were written by: 
Syed Ahmed Khan 
24.The British Committee of Indian National Congress was formed in: 
1889 
25.The British got Kohinoor from: 
Dalip Singh