Civil Services Examination - History: modern India and freedom struggle Online Test (MCQ Quiz)

1. The Battle of Plassey, a pivotal event in Indian history, was fought in which year?

A) 1757 B) 1764 C) 1857 D) 1789

2. Who was the British Governor-General during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857?

A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Canning C) Lord William Bentinck D) Lord Curzon

3. The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was introduced by which Governor-General?

A) Lord Wellesley B) Lord Cornwallis C) Lord Hastings D) Lord Dalhousie

4. Who is known as the 'Father of Modern India' for his role in social and religious reforms?

A) Swami Vivekananda B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar D) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

5. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was a policy associated with which British Governor-General?

A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Canning C) Lord Bentinck D) Lord Curzon

6. The Indian National Congress was founded in which year?

A) 1885 B) 1890 C) 1905 D) 1919

7. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

A) A.O. Hume B) W.C. Bonnerjee C) Dadabhai Naoroji D) Surendranath Banerjea

8. The Swadeshi Movement was launched in response to which event?

A) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre B) Partition of Bengal C) Simon Commission D) Government of India Act, 1935

9. Who among the following was a prominent leader of the extremist faction of the Indian National Congress?

A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale B) Mahatma Gandhi C) Lala Lajpat Rai D) Jawaharlal Nehru

10. The Ghadar Party, formed by Indian immigrants in North America, aimed to:

A) Promote trade with India B) Secure self-rule in India C) Establish cultural exchange programs D) Lobby for Indian rights in Canada and the US

11. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in which year?

A) 1905 B) 1910 C) 1915 D) 1920

12. The Rowlatt Act, passed in 1919, allowed for:

A) Increased representation of Indians in legislative councils B) Trial of political prisoners without jury C) Granting of dominion status to India D) Establishment of local self-government

13. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in Amritsar on which date?

A) April 13, 1919 B) August 15, 1947 C) January 26, 1950 D) March 12, 1930

14. Who founded the Servants of India Society?

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Mahadev Govind Ranade C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale D) B.R. Ambedkar

15. The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched by the Indian National Congress in which year?

A) 1919 B) 1920 C) 1922 D) 1930

16. The Chauri Chaura incident, which led to the suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement, occurred in:

A) 1920 B) 1921 C) 1922 D) 1923

17. Who led the Salt March (Dandi March) as a part of the Civil Disobedience Movement?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel C) Mahatma Gandhi D) C. Rajagopalachari

18. The Simon Commission, appointed in 1927, was boycotted by most Indian political parties because:

A) It proposed the partition of India B) It did not include any Indian members C) It recommended the immediate withdrawal of British rule D) It was perceived as a threat to princely states

19. The First Round Table Conference was held in London in which year?

A) 1929 B) 1930 C) 1931 D) 1932

20. Who founded the Forward Bloc?

A) Bhagat Singh B) Subhas Chandra Bose C) S.A. Dange D) M.N. Roy

21. The Quit India Movement was launched in August of which year?

A) 1940 B) 1941 C) 1942 D) 1943

22. The Cripps Mission visited India in 1942 to discuss:

A) The partition plan B) The establishment of a Constituent Assembly C) India's post-war status and future governance D) The terms of surrender for Japanese forces

23. Who formed the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind Fauj)?

A) Rani Lakshmibai B) Subhas Chandra Bose C) Bhagat Singh D) Mangal Pandey

24. The Cabinet Mission Plan, which proposed a three-tier structure for India, arrived in India in:

A) 1945 B) 1946 C) 1947 D) 1948

25. Who is known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'?

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale C) Dadabhai Naoroji D) Surendranath Banerjea

26. The Aligarh Movement was primarily associated with the educational and social upliftment of which community?

A) Sikhs B) Christians C) Muslims D) Parsis

27. Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj?

A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati B) Swami Vivekananda C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy D) Keshub Chandra Sen

28. The Arya Samaj was founded by:

A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar D) Annie Besant

29. The Ramakrishna Mission was established by:

A) Swami Vivekananda B) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa C) Maharshi Debendranath Tagore D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

30. Who wrote the book 'Annihilation of Caste'?

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) B.R. Ambedkar D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

31. The 'Drain Theory' of economic exploitation was propounded by:

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Dadabhai Naoroji D) R.C. Dutt

32. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India?

A) Lord Mountbatten B) C. Rajagopalachari C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

33. The Partition of India was announced on:

A) June 3, 1947 B) August 14, 1947 C) August 15, 1947 D) October 2, 1947

34. The Indian Independence Act, which formalized the partition, received Royal Assent in which month and year?

A) July 1947 B) August 1947 C) September 1947 D) June 1947

35. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement?

A) Lord Linlithgow B) Lord Wavell C) Lord Mountbatten D) Lord Willingdon

36. The Bardoli Satyagraha, a major peasant uprising, was led by:

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel D) Acharya Kripalani

37. Who founded the Theosophical Society in India?

A) Annie Besant B) Helena Blavatsky C) Henry Steel Olcott D) Charles Leadbeater

38. The 'Divide and Rule' policy is often attributed to which British official in India?

A) Lord Curzon B) Lord Dalhousie C) Lord Minto D) Lord Lytton

39. The famous 'Poona Pact' was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and whom?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) B.R. Ambedkar C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel D) C. Rajagopalachari

40. Who was the editor of the newspaper 'Harijan'?

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

41. The 'Home Rule Movement' was started in India by:

A) Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant C) Subhas Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh D) Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal

42. Which Indian leader is known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'?

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad D) Syed Ahmed Khan

43. The 'Abhinav Bharat' society was founded by:

A) Bhagat Singh B) V.D. Savarkar C) Sukhdev D) Jatin Das

44. The peasant uprising known as the Tebhaga Movement occurred in which region?

A) Punjab B) Bengal C) Andhra Pradesh D) Gujarat

45. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?

A) Sarojini Naidu B) Annie Besant C) Indira Gandhi D) Kamala Nehru

46. The 'Vande Mataram' song was written by:

A) Rabindranath Tagore B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee C) Subhas Chandra Bose D) Mahatma Gandhi

47. Who is known as the 'Iron Man of India'?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Mahatma Gandhi C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel D) Subhas Chandra Bose

48. The Government of India Act of 1919 is also known as the:

A) Morley-Minto Reforms B) Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms C) Simon Commission Report D) Nehru Report

49. Who authored the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Mahatma Gandhi C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel D) Mahadev Desai

50. The last Governor-General of British India was:

A) C. Rajagopalachari B) Lord Mountbatten C) Lord Linlithgow D) Lord Wavell

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