Modern History of India MCQs

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Modern History of India MCQs

Practice Modern History of India MCQs with answers and detailed explanations covering the advent of Europeans, British rule in India, Governor-Generals and Viceroys, socio-religious reform movements, Revolt of 1857, Indian National Congress, freedom struggle, constitutional developments, important sessions, revolutionary movements, Gandhian era, partition of India and independence. These questions are designed for SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC, JKSSB, Police, Defence, Teaching and other competitive examinations.

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Question #1401
The 'High Courts' at Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras were established in which year?
A. 1861
B. 1862
C. 1858
D. 1865
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
The High Courts were established in 1862 under the Indian High Courts Act of 1861.
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Question #1402
The 'Indian Evidence Act' was drafted by Sir James Fitzjames Stephen and passed in?
A. 1898
B. 1882
C. 1860
D. 1872
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The Indian Evidence Act was enacted in 1872.
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Question #1403
The 'Indian Contract Act' came into force in?
A. 1872
B. 1891
C. 1860
D. 1881
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The Indian Contract Act, 1872, codified the law of contracts.
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Question #1404
The 'Arms Act of 1878' was passed during the viceroyalty of?
A. Lord Mayo
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Dufferin
D. Lord Lytton
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Lord Lytton enacted the Arms Act, 1878, which prohibited Indians from possessing arms without a license.
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Question #1405
The 'Vernacular Press Act' of 1878 was nicknamed the 'Gagging Act' because it?
A. Banned all vernacular papers
B. Allowed the government to confiscate newspapers for seditious content
C. Imposed fines on English press
D. Promoted English press
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
The Act gave the government powers to seize the press and materials of any vernacular newspaper publishing seditious matter.
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Question #1406
The 'Ilbert Bill' controversy (1883) was about?
A. Giving Indian magistrates jurisdiction over European offenders
B. Increasing the age of marriage
C. Press freedom
D. Indianisation of ICS
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The Ilbert Bill sought to allow Indian judges to try European criminals, causing a backlash from the European community.
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Question #1407
The 'First Session of the Indian National Congress' in 1885 was held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in?
A. Calcutta
B. Madras
C. Pune
D. Bombay
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The first session was held in Bombay from 28-30 December 1885.
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Question #1408
The 'Indian National Congress' was founded by A. O. Hume. Who was the Viceroy then?
A. Lord Lansdowne
B. Lord Lytton
C. Lord Ripon
D. Lord Dufferin
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy when the Congress was founded. Hume was a retired British civil servant.
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Question #1409
The 'Second session of the Congress' in 1886 was held in Calcutta. Who presided over it?
A. W. C. Bonnerjee
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. Surendranath Banerjee
D. Badruddin Tyabji
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Dadabhai Naoroji presided over the Calcutta session of 1886.
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Question #1410
The 'Swadeshi Movement' was launched in response to the partition of Bengal. The partition came into effect on which date?
A. 7 August 1905
B. 16 October 1905
C. 1 January 1906
D. 20 July 1905
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
The partition of Bengal took effect on 16 October 1905, which was observed as a day of mourning.
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Question #1411
The 'Muslim League' was founded in 1906. Which act was passed in the same year?
A. Pitt's India Act
B. Indian Councils Act
C. Rowlatt Act
D. None, but the Morley-Minto Reforms were announced
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The Minto-Morley Reforms were announced in 1909, but the groundwork began, and the League was formed in 1906.
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Question #1412
The 'Surat Split' of 1907 was led by which moderate leader who wanted to drop resolutions on Swadeshi?
A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B. Pherozeshah Mehta
C. Rash Behari Ghosh
D. Surendranath Banerjee
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Pherozeshah Mehta, a leading moderate, wanted to avoid confrontation over the Swadeshi resolution, leading to the split.
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Question #1413
The 'Indian Press Act of 1910' was an extension of which earlier act?
A. Rowlatt Act
B. Arms Act
C. Newspaper Act of 1908
D. Vernacular Press Act
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
The Press Act of 1910 extended the provisions of the Newspapers (Incitement to Offences) Act of 1908.
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Question #1414
The 'King George V' annulled the partition of Bengal during the Delhi Durbar in which year?
A. 1911
B. 1905
C. 1912
D. 1915
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The partition was annulled at the Delhi Durbar in December 1911.
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Question #1415
The 'Delhi Conspiracy Case' of 1912 involved an attempt to assassinate which Viceroy?
A. Lord Chelmsford
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Hardinge
D. Lord Minto
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
A bomb was thrown at Lord Hardinge during his state entry into Delhi on 23 December 1912.
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Question #1416
The 'Ghadar Party' was founded in 1913. Its primary objective was?
A. Overthrow British rule through armed revolution
B. Seek dominion status
C. Promote Indian culture
D. Social reform
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The Ghadar Party aimed at organising an armed uprising to overthrow British rule in India.
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Question #1417
The 'Komagata Maru' incident occurred in 1914. The ship was chartered by which person?
A. Sohan Singh Bhakna
B. Gurdit Singh
C. Lala Har Dayal
D. Baba Gurmukh Singh
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Gurdit Singh chartered the Komagata Maru to challenge Canadian immigration restrictions.
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Question #1418
The 'Lucknow Pact' of 1916 was between Congress and Muslim League. Who was the Congress president that year?
A. Motilal Nehru
B. Annie Besant
C. Ambika Charan Mazumdar
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Ambika Charan Mazumdar was the Congress President at the Lucknow session in 1916.
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Question #1419
The 'Montagu-Chelmsford Report' was published in 1918. It led to which act?
A. Government of India Act, 1919
B. Rowlatt Act
C. Government of India Act, 1935
D. Indian Councils Act, 1909
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The Montford Report formed the basis of the Government of India Act, 1919.
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Question #1420
The 'Rowlatt Act' was passed in March 1919 despite united Indian opposition. Who was the Viceroy?
A. Lord Irwin
B. Lord Reading
C. Lord Hardinge
D. Lord Chelmsford
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Lord Chelmsford was the Viceroy when the Rowlatt Act was passed.
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