Modern Indian History GK Questions for Competitive Exams MCQ

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Modern Indian History MCQ – GK Questions for Competitive Exams: Questions

1. What movement is the relationship of ‘ do or die ‘?

(A) Dandi

(B) Ashawagoa

(C) khaliphate

(D) Quit India

2. Gandhi—Irvine was compromised —

(A) 1930

(B) 1931

(C) 1932

(D) 1933

3. Where did Rigvedic Aryans live in India?

(A) Northern India

(B) All over India

(C) Eastern part of India

(D) Sapta Sindhu area

4. Which area of India was known as Avantika in ancient times?

(A) Avadh

(B) Ruhelkhand

(C) Bundelkhand

(D) Malwa

5. What was the fight between Mohammad Gauri and Prithviraj Chauhan?

(A) Battle of Tarain

(B) Battle of Khanwa

(C) Battle of Plasai

(D) Battle of Buxar

6. Which among the following chronology is correct regarding four ‘samvatas’? 

(A) Gupta – Gregorian – Hizri – Saka

(B) Gregorian – Saka – Hizri – Gupta

(C) Saka – Gregorian – Hizri – Gupta

(D) Hizri – Gupta – Gregorian – Saka

7. Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested during ‘ Satyagraha’ in the year – 

(A) 1906

(B) 1908

(C) 1913

(D) 1917

8. Who of these were famous in the name of ‘ Sher — a — Punjab ‘?

(A) Rajguru

(B) Bhagat Singh

(C) Udham Singh

(D) Lala Lajpat Rai

9. The first Indian Governor of independent India—general —

(A) Rajgopalachari

(B) Surindnath

(C) Rajendra Prasad

(D) B.R. Ambedkar

10. The first secret ruler who issued coins —

(A) Shrigupta

(B) Chandragupta First

(C) Samundragupta

(D) Chandragupta Second

11. When was the National Council of Education established?

(A) 15 August 1906

(B) 15 August 1903

(C) 15 August 1904

(D) 15 August 1905

12. In which of the following phase flint tools were used? 

(A) Early Paleolithic Age

(B) Middle Paleolithic Age

(C) Upper Paleolithic Age

(D) Mesolithic age

13. When was the Muslim League established?

(A) 1904

(B) 1906

(C) 1910

(D) 1915 

14. Prince who was responsible for his father’s death —

(A) Chandprodyote

(B) Ajaatsatru

(C) Presejanite

(D) Udyane

15. Which is the correct chronological order of following ‘ Acharyas? 

(A) Shankara-Ramanuja- Madhav-Chaitanya

(B) Chaitanya-Ramanuja-Madhav-Shankara

(C) Ramanjua-Shankara-Chaitanya-Madhav

(D) Madhav-Chaitanya-Ramanuja-Shankara

16. Naokhali is situated in 

(A) West Bengal

(B) Bangladesh

(C) Tripura

(D) Bihar

17. Who is known as Lok Nayak?

(A) Jayprakash Narayan

(B) Lala Lajpat Rai

(C) Dadabhai Nauroji

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

18. Whose part was Gandhiji’s ‘Dandi March’?

(A) Non-Cooperation Movement

(B) Self-government league

(C) Civil disobedience movement

(D) Quit India Movement

19. Which Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company’s monopoly in India’s foreign trade? 

(A) Charter Act of 1853 / 1853

(B) Charter Act of 1793 / 1793

(C) Charter Act of 1813 / 1813

(D) Charter Act of 1833 / 1833

20. The declaration of the Rights of Man is related with?

(A) The Russian Revolution

(B) The French Revolution

(C) The American War of independence

(D) The Glorious Revolution of England

21. Who among the following had written Laila Majnu and Tughlaq Nama? 

(A) Amir Khusru

(B) Ghazi Malik

(C) Juna khan

(D) None of these

22. Who among the following constructed the Brihadeeswarar temple at Tanjore? 

(A) Rajendra I

(B) Raja Raja Chola I

(C) Parantaka Chola I

(D) None of them  

23. Who started the first English newspaper in India?

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B) Raja Rammohan Roy

(C) J. A. Hickey

(D) Lord William Bentinck 

24. Who among the following captured the whole of Sri Lanka and made it a part of the Chola empire. 

(A) Rajendra I

(B) Raja Raja Chola I

(C) Parantaka Chola I

(D) None of them

25. Which of the following is not a principal tool of the early Stone age? 

(A) Hand axes

(B) Cleavers

(C) Choppers

(D) Scraper 

26. The tomb of Jahangir was built at 

(A) Gujarat

(B) Delhi

(C) Lahore

(D) Agra

27. Who was the first Viceroy of India?

(A) Lord canning

(B) Lord Wellesley

(C) Robert Clive

(D) William Bentick 

 28. Pratihara Who was the founder of the dynasty?

(A) Harishchandra

(B) Narasimha Dev I

(C) Ramachandra

(D) Harshvardhan

29. Who was the last Mughal emperor?

(A) Babur

(B) Noor Jehan

(C) Akbar

(D) Bahadur Shah II 

30. Who was the founder of the Ghadar Party?

(A) Basant Kumar Biswas

(B) Sohan Singh Bhakna

(C) Ram Prasad Bismil

(D) Bhagat Singh 

31. The Malimath Committee Report deals with:

(A) Judicial delays

(B) stock market reforms

(C) Textile sector reforms

(D) criminal justice system reforms 

32. Where is ‘Bibi Ka Maqbara’ located?

(A) Aurangabad

(B) Agra

(C) Delhi

(D) Lucknow 

33. Panini was……

(A) A Greek philosopher

(B) An Indian astronomer and famous mathematician

(C) A Sanskrit grammarian of Vedic times

(D) The great poet of ancient times 

34. Panchayati Raj comes under….

(A) Residual list

(B) Concurrent list

(C) State list

(D) Union list

35. In which year did the Cabinet Mission arrive in India?

(A) 1942

(B) 1943

(C) 1945

(D) 1946

 36. Red Cross was founded by

(A) A.Cursetji

(B) Badel Powell

(C) J.H.Durant

(D) Trygve Lie

37. Jamini Roy was famous for

(A) Dancer

(B) Actor

(C) Producer

(D) Painter

38. Who is Tania Sachdev?  

(A) Actress

(B) Chess Player

(C) Dancer

(D) Singer

39. The biggest oil refinery in India is at, which city?   

(A) Mathura

(B) Koyali

(C) Digboi

(D) Haldia

40. Who had given the slogan of ‘Do or Die’ during the All India Congress Committee in Bombay and ratified the ‘Quit India’ resolution?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Jawaharlal Nehru

(C) Subhash Chandra Bose

(D) Jayaprakash Narayan

41. Madrasas are the schools of, which caste?

(A) Jain

(B) Hindus

(C) Muslims

(D) Christians

42. Gir National Park is situated in, which city?

(A) Bihar

(B) Allahabad

(C) West Bengal

(D) Gujarat

43. Who was nominated President of the Indian National Congress after the resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose?

(A) Abul Kalam Azad

(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya

(D) Vallabhbhai Patel

44. Poona Pact was signed between?

(A) Gandhiji and Lord Irwin

(B) Gandhiji and Jinnah

(C) Gandhiji and S.C. Bose

(D) Gandhiji and Ambedkar

45. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?

(A) Guru Amar Das

(B) Guru Ram Das

(C) Guru Arjan Dev

(D) Guru Har Govind

 

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Modern Indian History MCQ – GK Questions for Competitive Exams: Answers

1. D
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. D
9. A
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. B
15. A
16. B
17. A
18. C
19. C
20. B
21. A
22. B
23. C
24. A
25. D
26. C
27. A
28. A
29. D
30. B
31. D
32. A
33. C
34. C
35. D
36. C
37. D
38. B
39. B
40. A
41. C
42. D
43. B
44. D
45. B

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