Modern History
1. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Renaissance
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Surendranath Banerjee
2. The Brahmo Samaj was founded in
A) 1857
B) 1885
C) 1905
D) 1828
3. The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by
A) Swami Dayanand
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D) Annie Besant
4. The Widow Remarriage Act was passed in
A) 1829
B) 1875
C) 1882
D) 1856
5. Who played a major role in widow remarriage reform
A) Bankim Chandra
B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Bipin Chandra Pal
6. Sati system was abolished by
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Lord William Bentinck
D) Lord Ripon
7. The Revolt of 1857 started from
A) Delhi
B) Kanpur
C) Jhansi
D) Meerut
8. Who was the last Mughal emperor during the Revolt of 1857
A) Bahadur Shah Zafar
B) Akbar II
C) Shah Alam II
D) Farrukhsiyar
9. Rani Lakshmibai was associated with
A) Awadh
B) Kanpur
C) Jhansi
D) Gwalior
10. Who led the revolt in Kanpur in 1857
A) Kunwar Singh
B) Nana Sahib
C) Begum Hazrat Mahal
D) Tatya Tope
11. Begum Hazrat Mahal led the revolt in
A) Delhi
B) Barrackpore
C) Jhansi
D) Lucknow
12. The Indian National Congress was founded in
A) 1905
B) 1885
C) 1919
D) 1920
13. The first session of Congress was held at
A) Calcutta
B) Madras
C) Surat
D) Bombay
14. Who was the first president of Indian National Congress
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Badruddin Tyabji
C) W.C. Banerjee
D) Pherozeshah Mehta
15. The partition of Bengal took place in
A) 1885
B) 1905
C) 1911
D) 1920
16. Who annulled the Partition of Bengal
A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Ripon
C) Lord Minto
D) Lord Hardinge
17. The Swadeshi Movement started against
A) Rowlatt Act
B) Simon Commission
C) Partition of Bengal
D) Ilbert Bill issue
18. Who gave the slogan Swaraj is my birthright
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Bipin Chandra Pal
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
19. The Muslim League was founded in
A) 1909
B) 1916
C) 1920
D) 1906
20. The Morley-Minto Reforms were introduced in
A) 1909
B) 1905
C) 1919
D) 1935
21. The Home Rule Movement was started by
A) Gandhi and Nehru
B) Gokhale and Mehta
C) Tilak and Annie Besant
D) Patel and Azad
22. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in
A) 1911
B) 1915
C) 1919
D) 1922
23. Gandhi first used satyagraha in India at
A) Bardoli
B) Dandi
C) Chauri Chaura
D) Champaran
24. The Kheda Satyagraha was related to
A) Mill workers
B) Salt law
C) Tax relief
D) Forest rights
25. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre happened in
A) 1917
B) 1919
C) 1922
D) 1930
26. The Rowlatt Act was passed in
A) 1919
B) 1909
C) 1927
D) 1932
27. The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn after
A) Kakori incident
B) Jallianwala Bagh
C) Chauri Chaura incident
D) Dandi March
28. Why was the Simon Commission opposed
A) It raised taxes
B) It ended Congress
C) It divided Bengal
D) No Indian member
29. Who presided over the Lahore Session of 1929
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Motilal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Vallabhbhai Patel
30. The Dandi March was related to
A) Indigo tax
B) Salt law
C) Land revenue
D) Press freedom