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 #1221
The 'Hyderabad State' was integrated into India in 1948 through which operation?
A. Operation Vijay
B. Operation Meghdoot
C. Operation Blue Star
D. Operation Polo
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Operation Polo was the police action in September 1948 to annex the princely state of Hyderabad into the Indian Union.
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Question #1222
The 'Shivaji Jayanti' and 'Ganesh Utsav' were popularised as public festivals by which leader?
A. V. D. Savarkar
B. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
C. Mahadev Govind Ranade
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Tilak started the public celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi (1893) and Shivaji Jayanti to foster national unity and mobilize people against the British.
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Question #1223
The 'Deccan Education Society' founded Fergusson College in which year?
A. 1884
B. 1885
C. 1892
D. 1890
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
The Deccan Education Society established Fergusson College in Pune in 1885, with Tilak, Gokhale, and others as founding members.
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Question #1224
Who founded the 'Banaras Hindu University' (BHU) in 1916?
A. S. Radhakrishnan
B. Madan Mohan Malaviya
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Annie Besant
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya founded the Banaras Hindu University in 1916 with the support of Annie Besant, Mahatma Gandhi, and many donors.
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Question #1225
The 'Aligarh Muslim University' was originally established as?
A. Jamia Millia Islamia
B. Aligarh College
C. Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College
D. Darul Uloom
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
It was founded as the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental (MAO) College in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, and it became AMU in 1920.
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Question #1226
The 'Jamia Millia Islamia' was founded in 1920 at Aligarh by which leaders?
A. Muhammad Iqbal
B. Aga Khan
C. Maulana Azad, Mohammad Ali, and Hakim Ajmal Khan
D. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Jamia Millia Islamia was established by Maulana Azad, Mohammad Ali Jouhar, and Hakim Ajmal Khan as a nationalist educational institution.
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Question #1227
Who founded the 'Vishva Bharati University' in 1921?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. S. Radhakrishnan
D. Rabindranath Tagore
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Rabindranath Tagore founded Vishva Bharati University at Santiniketan in 1921 to blend Indian and Western education.
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Question #1228
The 'Satyagraha Ashram' at Sabarmati was founded by Gandhi in which year?
A. 1918
B. 1917
C. 1919
D. 1915
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Gandhi established the Satyagraha Ashram at Kochrab, Ahmedabad, in 1915, and later moved it to Sabarmati in 1917. So the Sabarmati Ashram was set up in 1917. I'll adjust: The Sabarmati Ashram was formally established in 1917, after the Kochrab Ashram.
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Question #1229
The 'Kochrab Ashram' was Gandhi's first ashram in India. In which year was it set up?
A. 1915
B. 1917
C. 1918
D. 1916
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Gandhi founded the Kochrab Ashram near Ahmedabad in May 1915, his first ashram in India.
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Question #1230
Who was the first President of the 'All India States People's Conference'?
A. Sardar Patel
B. Balwantrai Mehta
C. C. Rajagopalachari
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Jawaharlal Nehru served as the president of the All India States People's Conference several times from the late 1920s.
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Question #1231
The 'Nehru-Liaquat Pact' was signed in which year to protect minority rights?
A. 1948
B. 1950
C. 1949
D. 1951
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
The Nehru-Liaquat Pact was signed on 8 April 1950 in Delhi.
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Question #1232
Who was the founder of the 'Hindu Mahasabha' in 1915?
A. V. D. Savarkar
B. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Madan Mohan Malaviya
D. All of the above contributed
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The Hindu Mahasabha was formed at Haridwar Kumbh Mela in 1915 by leaders including Madan Mohan Malaviya, Lala Lajpat Rai, and later Savarkar became its major ideologue.
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Question #1233
The 'Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh' (RSS) was founded in which year?
A. 1925
B. 1930
C. 1940
D. 1920
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The RSS was founded by K. B. Hedgewar on the day of Vijayadashami in 1925 in Nagpur.
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Question #1234
The 'Muslim League' observed 'Direct Action Day' on 16 August 1946, leading to the 'Great Calcutta Killing'. Who called for it?
A. Suhrawardy
B. Liaquat Ali Khan
C. Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
D. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Jinnah called for Direct Action Day to press the demand for Pakistan, which resulted in widespread communal violence in Calcutta.
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Question #1235
The 'Kashmir dispute' was taken to the United Nations in which year?
A. 1950
B. 1948
C. 1947
D. 1949
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
India referred the Kashmir dispute to the UN Security Council on 1 January 1948, leading to a ceasefire on 1 January 1949.
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Question #1236
The 'Indo-Pakistan War of 1947-48' ended with a ceasefire mediated by the UN, which came into effect on?
A. 1 January 1949
B. 14 August 1948
C. 15 August 1948
D. 26 January 1949
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The UN-brokered ceasefire came into effect on 1 January 1949, leaving Kashmir divided.
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Question #1237
The 'Bangladesh' (East Pakistan) became independent later, but during partition in 1947, it was part of Pakistan. Which Muslim League leader from Bengal became the first Chief Minister of East Bengal?
A. Khawaja Nazimuddin
B. Nurul Amin
C. Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
D. A. K. Fazlul Huq
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin became the first Chief Minister of East Bengal (East Pakistan) after partition.
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Question #1238
The 'Andaman and Nicobar Islands' were used as a penal settlement by the British. The 'Cellular Jail' was built in which year?
A. 1896
B. 1911
C. 1919
D. 1906
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The construction of Cellular Jail in Port Blair was completed in 1906. Many freedom fighters were imprisoned here.
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Question #1239
Who was known as 'Lokhitwadi'?
A. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B. Mahadev Govind Ranade
C. K. T. Telang
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Gopal Hari Deshmukh, a social reformer from Maharashtra, wrote under the pen name 'Lokhitwadi' advocating social equality and education.
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Question #1240
The 'Paramahansa Mandali' in Bombay was founded by which group?
A. Dadoba Pandurang and Mehtaji Durgaram
B. Atmaram Pandurang
C. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The Paramahansa Mandali was a secret society founded in 1849 in Bombay to promote monotheism and social reform, breaking caste restrictions.
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