Practice Modern freedom struggle 1 1857 1917 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-2) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) In which session of the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung?
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In 1896 in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung.
Q-2) In which of the following years, the Vernacular Press Act was Passed?
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In 1878, the Vernacular Press Act was passed. This Act empowered a magistrate to secure an undertaking from the editor, publisher and printer of a vernacular newspaper that nothing would be published against the English Government.
Q-3) The system of indirect election was introduced in India in the year
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The system of indirect election was introduced in India in the year 1892. The Indian Councils Act 1892 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that authorized an increase in the size of the various legislative councils in British India.
Q-4) The number of delegates who attended the first session of the Indian National Congress, held in Bombay in 1885, was
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The Indian National Congress wasfounded and its first session was held at Bombay in 1885. W.C. Banerjee wasits first president. It was attended by 72 delegates from all over India. Persons attending the session belonged to different religious faiths.
They discussed the problems of all the Indiansirrespective of their religion, caste, language and regions.
Q-5) Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct? The main aim(s) of the Muslim League was / were :- To promote anti-British sentiments among Muslim youth.
- To protect the political and other rights of the Indian Muslims
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
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The Muslim League aimed to promote among Indian Muslims feelings of loyalty towards the British Government and to place their needs and aspirations before the government. It played into the hands of the British who announced that they would protect special interests of the Muslims.
Q-6) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Association)
List-II (Founder)
A. Indian Association
1. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. East India Association
2. Surendranath Banerjee
C. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
3. A.O. Hume
D. Indian National Congress
4. M.G. Ranade
Codes: A B C D
| List-I (Association) | List-II (Founder) |
| A. Indian Association | 1. Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. East India Association | 2. Surendranath Banerjee |
| C. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha | 3. A.O. Hume |
| D. Indian National Congress | 4. M.G. Ranade |
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- “Indian Association” was founded by S.N. Banerjee.
- “East India Association” was founded by Dadabhai Naoroji.
- “Poona Sarvajanik Sabha” was founded by M.G. Ranade.
- “Indian National Congress” was founded by A.O. Hume.
Q-7) Match the names of authors with their books and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I (Author)
List-II (Book)
A. S.N. Banerjee
1. A Nation in Making
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Gita Rahasya
C. Balgangadhar Tilak
3. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
D. Bankimchandra
4. Anandmath
Codes: A B C D
| List-I (Author) | List-II (Book) |
| A. S.N. Banerjee | 1. A Nation in Making |
| B. Dadabhai Naoroji | 2. Gita Rahasya |
| C. Balgangadhar Tilak | 3. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India |
| D. Bankimchandra | 4. Anandmath |
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- S.N. Banerjee authored the book ‘A Nation in Making’.
- D.B. Naoroji authored the book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’.
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak authored the book ‘Gita Rahasya’.
- Bankimchandra had written the book ‘Anand Math’.
Q-8) KingGeorgeVvisitedIndiaduringtheviceroyship of
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King George V visited India during the viceroyship of Lord Hardinge.
Q-9) With reference to the Colonial rule in India, consider the following events.- Morley-Minto Reforms Act
- Transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi
- First world war
- Lucknow pact
The correct chronological order of these events is
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Morley-Minto Reforms Act (1909). Transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911). First World War (1914). Lucknow pact held in 1916.
Q-10) Who among the following is remembered for the annulment of the Partition of Bengal?
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Lord Harding isremembered for the annulment of the partition of Bengal. Lord Harding, who succeeded Lord Minto, finally announced the annulment of the partition of Bengal in December 1911. Formal reunification of the Bengal was effected on April 1912 and Lord Carmichael was appointed as the first Governor of the reunited Bengal.
Q-11) During the tenure of which Governor-General was the ‘Ancient Monuments Preservation Act’ passed?
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The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the tenure of LordCurzon on 18, March 1904.
It is expedient to provide for the preservation of ancient monuments, for the exercise of control over traffic in antiquities and over-excavation in certain places, and for the protection and acquisition in certain cases of ancient monuments and of objects of archaeological, historical or artistic interest.
The act preserves and restores ancient Indian monuments by the Archaeological Survey of India.
Q-12) The word ‘Adivasi’ was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by
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Thakkar Bappa was an Indian social worker who worked for upliftment of tribal people in Gujarat state in India. He became a member of the servants of India Society founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1914.
Q-13) Who among the following had started ‘Mitra Mela’Association?
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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar had founded the society called Mitra Mela (Friends’ Group) which later became Abhinav Bharat (Young India Society) on the model of the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini’s ‘Young Italy’.
Q-14) Among the following viceroys of India in whose time, Indian Penal Code, Civil Procedure Code, and Criminal Code were passed?
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In the period of Lord Canning, the Indian Penal Code, Civil Procedure Code, and Criminal Code were passed. The First Law Commission was established in 1834 by the British Government under the Chairmanship of Lord Macaulay.
It suggested various enactments to the British Government, most of which were passed and enacted and are still in force in India. Few of the most important recommendations made by this First Law Commission were those on, Indian Penal Code (first submitted in 1837 but enacted in 1860 and still in force), Criminal Procedure Code (enacted in 1898, repealed and succeeded by the Criminal Procedure Code of 1973), etc.
Q-15) Which one of the following historians has written about the nature of the movement of 1857 that “It was neither first nor national nor a war of Independence”?
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R.C. Majumdar has written about the nature of the movement of 1857 that “It was neither first nor national nor a war of independence.”
Q-16) Who said, “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”?
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak attacked the British through his weeklies, the Mahratta and the Kesari. He was jailed twice by the British for his nationalist activities and in 1908 deported to Mandalay for six years. He set up the Home Rule League in 1916 at Poona and declared “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it.”
Q-17) Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
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Disraelli admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt.
Q-18) The first official history of Indian National Congress was written by
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The first official history of Indian National Congress was written by Pattabhi Sitarammaya.
Q-19) The theory of economic drain of India was propounded by
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Dadabhai Naoroji gave theory of economic drain of India in his book Indian Poverty. In this, he exposed the economic exploitation of India by the British.
Q-20) Who among the following is known as ‘Martin Luther’ of India?
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Dayanand Saraswati was called the ‘Martin Luther of Hinduism’. Dayanand’s vision of India included a classless and casteless society, a united India and an India free from foreign rule, withAryan religion being the common religion of all.