Modern India- Questions & Answers 2

26. In which year Gopala Krishana Gokhale, the political guru of Gandhiji, passed away?

(a) 1913 (b) 1914
(c) 1915 (d) 1916

Answer: (c)

27. The first and last Indian to become the Governor General of independenr India:

(a)Mountbatten (b) Rajendraprasad
(c) Rajagopalachari(d) S Radhakrishnan
Answer: (c)

28. India Councils Act of 1861 was passed during the tenure of:

(a)Dufferin (b) Dalhousie
(c) Canning (d) Mayo
Answer: (c)

29. Name the nationalist leader who was born in Mecca:

(a)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (d) Muhammad Iqbal
Answer: (a)

30. Who led the activities of the Theosophical Society in India?

(a)Aurobindo (b) Gandhiji
(c) Annie Besant (d) Vinoba Bhave
Answer: (c)

31. Who was instumental in the integration of princely states after the independence?

(a) Sardar Patel (b) BR Ambedkar
(c) Baldev Singh (d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Answer: (a)

32. Who wrote ‘Gitarahasya’?

(a) Sardar Patel (b) Gandhiji

33. Who was the founder of Muslim League?

(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (b) Agha Khan
(c) Liaqat Ali Khan (d) Muhammad Iqbal
Answer: (b)

34. The first foreigner to become the president of INC?

(a)AO Hume (b) William Wedderburn

35. The Viceroy who established two colleges for the education and political training of the Indian Princes:

(a)Dufferin (b) Mayo(c) Minto(d) Curzon
Answer: (b)

36. The Viceroy during the Dandi March of Gandhji:
(a)Wellington (b) Chelmsford
(c) Linlithgo (d) Irwin
Answer: (d)

37. Who said ‘Swarajya is my birth right’?

(a) Sardar Patel (b) Gandhiji
(c) Nehru (d) BG Tilak
Answer: (d)

38. Who was called the hero of the Bardoli sathyagraha?

(a) Gandhiji (b) Nehru
(c) Vinoba Bhave (d) Sardar Patel
Answer: (d)

39. Who was popularly called Rajaji?

(a)Rajendraprasad (b) Rajagopalachari
(c) Raja Ram Mohun Roy (d) Raj Guru
Answer: (b)

40. Who was the political guru of Gopala Krishna Gokhale?

(a) Dadabhai Navroji (b) WC Bannerjee
(c) SN Bannerjee (d) MG RanadeAnswer: (d)

41. Who was the president of Indian National Congress when it launched Quit India Movement?
(a) Subash Bose (b) JB Kripalani
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (d)

42. Who was the Viceroy when the grand coronation of George V was held at Delhi?

(a)Hardinge I (b) Hardinge II
(c) Minto II (d) Chelmsford
Answer: (b)

43. The leader of national movement whose birth day is August 15:
(a)Vinoba Bhave (b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Sardar Patel (d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: (d)

44. The Viceroy when the Doctrine of Lapse was officially withdrawn:

(a)Mayo (b) Dufferin (c) Canning (d) Curzon
Answer: (c)

45. In which jail Gandhiji was imprisoned when he was arrested for salt satyagraha?

(a) Pune (b) Nrw Delhi
(c) Kolkata (d) Chennai

Answer: (a)

46. In which year Gandhiji was arrested for the first time in India?

(a) 1917 (b) 1918
(c) 1919 (d) 1920
Answer: (a)

47. Whom Gandhiji called Rajarshi?

(a) Vinoba Bhave (b) D.K.Karve
(c) Purushotham Das Tandon (d) Gokhale
Answer: (c)

48. Who was the Viceroy when Diarchy was introduced in provinces as per the Govt of India Act, 1919?

(a)Reading (b) Hardinge II

49. Who is called the ‘mother of Indian nationalism’?

(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Annie Besant
(c) Madam Bhikaji Cama (d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: (c)

50. Who was known as ‘the lion of Punjab’?

(a)Bhagat Singh (b) Lajpath Rai
(c) Ajith Singh (d) Chandrasekhar Azad
Answer: (b)
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