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Modern Indian History questions and answers

Browse questions about Modern Indian History, with answers and explanations.

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British Acts and Policies40 questionsExpansion of British Rule17 questionsGandhian Era26 questionsGovernors and Viceroys21 questionsIndian National Congress and Its Sessions19 questionsModern History – Miscellaneous50 questionsMuslim league4 questionsPartition of Bengal and Swadeshi Movements6 questionsSocio Religious Reforms53 questionsStruggle for Independence21 questionsThe Revolt of 185711 questionsThe Revolutionaries29 questions

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Consider the following statements about Baba Ram Singh and the Namdhari (Kuka) movement: 1. Ram Singh strengthened the movement into an influential nineteenth-century socio-religious…

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Who led the Kalaram temple-entry movement at Nashik in 1930?

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Which of the following nineteenth-century associations in western India operated as a secret society and challenged caste distinctions?

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Which action did Gopinath Bordoloi take in response to the Cabinet Mission’s 1946 proposal to group Assam and Bengal in Group C?

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Which of the following powers formed the alliance against Tipu Sultan during the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790–1792)? I. The Marathas II. The Nizam of…

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Which British-era census is commonly cited as the last published comprehensive caste-census baseline, rather than the last census in which caste information was collected?

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Robert Clive was appointed to a second term as Governor of Bengal, before returning to India in 1765. In which year was this reappointment…

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Who among the following was NOT a member of the Cabinet Mission sent to India in 1946?

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The educator and social reformer Savitribai Phule is closely associated with girls’ education in which present-day Indian state?

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What was the meaning of ‘Ryot’ in British records in the 18th century?

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Fort Saint Louis was a ______ fort that stood in Pondicherry on the eastern coast of India.

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A large area of land demarcated as Damin-i-Koh in 1832 was declared as the land of the ______.

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Consider the following statements regarding the reorganisation of Bombay State: 1. The Bombay Reorganisation Act was passed in 1960, leading to the division of…

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In which of the following years did Japan invade India resulting in the Battle of Imphal?

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Chandernagore (Chandannagar), captured by British forces in March 1757, was a colony of which European power?

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Consider the following statements regarding the annexation of Hyderabad into India: 1. Operation Polo was the code name of the Hyderabad "police action" launched…

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India and Pakistan had signed the ______, under which the two countries agreed to sort out differences and disputes bilaterally.

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Who was elected to the British House of Commons for Finsbury Central on a Liberal Party ticket in 1892?

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The first President of the All India Trade Union Congress was _______.

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Who among the following was the founder of the Bhoodan Yojana (Land Gift) movement?

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