20 MOST IMPORTANT MCQ ON INDIAN HISTORY

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Modern India - MCQ Quiz

Modern India Quiz

1. The "Green Revolution" in India was aimed at increasing the production of:?

  • Food grains
  • Cotton
  • Tea
  • Fruits

2. The Indian Constitution came into effect on which date?

  • 26th January 1950
  • 15th August 1947
  • 1st January 1950
  • 26th January 1947

3. Which of the following was the first state in India to be formed on a linguistic basis'?

  • Tamil Nadu
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Maharashtra
  • Karnataka

4. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?

  • Indira Gandhi
  • Sarojini Naidu
  • Pratibha Patil
  • Sonia Gandhi

5. Who was the first President of independent India?

  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  • Zakir Husain
  • Dr. Abdul Kalam

6. Who is known as the 'Father of the Indian Nuclear Program'??

  • Homi J. Bhabha
  • Vikram Sarabhai
  • APJ Abdul Kalam
  • Jawaharlal Nehru

7. who gave the slogan 'jai jawan jai kisan ?

  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • Indira Gandhi
  • Rajiv Gandhi

8. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place?

  • Lord Minto
  • Lord Curzon
  • Lord Chelmsford
  • Lord Mountbatten

9. Who wrote the book "Discovery of India?

  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Subhas Chandra Bose
  • B.R. Ambedkar

10.Which of the following acts gave the British the power to make laws for India without the approval of the Indian Legislative Assembly?

  • Government of India Act 1909
  • Government of India Act 1919
  • Government of India Act 1935
  • The Rowlatt Act 1919

11.Which Viceroy was responsible for the partition of Bengal in 1905?

  • Lord Curzon
  • Lord Minto
  • Lord Ripon
  • Lord Hardinge

12.Who was the leader of the First War of Indian Independence in 1857?

  • Mangal Pandey
  • Rani Lakshmibai
  • Bahadur Shah Zafar
  • Nana Saheb

13.The Cabinet Mission Plan (1946) was sent to India to discuss the transfer of power. Who was the leader of the mission?

  • Lord Mountbatten
  • Lord Wavell
  • Lord Pethick-Lawrence
  • Clement Attlee

14.The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were introduced in which year?

  • 1917
  • 1919
  • 1921
  • 1935

15.The Rowlatt Act was passed in which year?

  • 1917
  • 1919
  • 1921
  • 1935

16.Which Mughal emperor founded the Mughal Empire in India?

  • Akbar
  • Babur
  • Humayun
  • Shah Jahan

17.The first war of Indian independence in 1857 is also known as?

  • The Sepoy Mutiny
  • The Battle of Plassey
  • The Revolt of 1857
  • The Second War of Independence

18.The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize was?

  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • C. V. Raman
  • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
  • Har Gobind Khorana

19.The idea of "Panchsheel" or the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence was proposed by?

  • Jawaharlal Nehru and Zhou Enlai
  • Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru
  • Subhas Chandra Bose and Gandhi
  • Sardar Patel and Nehru
  • Har Gobind Khorana

20.The battle of Panipat (1526) was fought between?

  • Akbar and Rana Pratap
  • Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
  • Shivaji and Aurangzeb
  • Samudragupta and Huns

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