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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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Matangini Hazra holds a significant place in India’s freedom movement for which of the following reasons?

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Jatra Bhagat initiated the Tana Bhagat movement among the Oraons in a region of which present-day state?

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Assertion (A): The Rampa rebellion led by Alluri Sitarama Raju included resistance to British forest restrictions. Reason (R): Colonial forest restrictions denied local tribal…

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The revolutionary trio Binoy, Badal and Dinesh carried out an armed attack on which British government building in Kolkata?

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Sido and Kanhu were leaders of which of the following tribal rebellions?

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Thakkar Bapa, the noted social reformer and freedom fighter, devoted his life to the upliftment of which segment of Indian society?

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Jatindranath Mukherjee, popularly known as Bagha Jatin, was born in the Nadia district of which historical region?

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Who hoisted a flag representing Indian independence at the International Socialist Congress in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1907?

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During the Quit India Movement, the young revolutionary Kanaklata Barua was shot while trying to unfurl the tricolour at Gohpur in which state?

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The book India’s Revolutionary Inheritance by Chris Moffat explores which of the following key ideas?

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Statement 1: Large-scale jute manufacturing existed in India during British rule. Statement 2: Steel production in India began only after Independence.

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At which place near Kolkata did large-scale jute manufacturing begin in 1855?

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The British East India Company was led by whom in the Battle of Buxar?

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In 1765, which official obtained the right to collect revenue in Bengal from Shah Alam II on behalf of the East India Company?

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The modern city of Chennai grew historically around which colonial fort established by the British?

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In 1801, the East India Company acquired territories including Rohilkhand and Gorakhpur from the ruler of which state?

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At which battle did Babur defeat Ibrahim Lodi and end Lodi rule in Delhi?

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Which battle in 1757 enabled the East India Company to intervene decisively in Bengal’s political administration?

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The First Anglo-Maratha War came to an end with the signing of which treaty?

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What was the unfortunate event associated with Robert Clive in the year 1774?

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On the bank of which river was the first English factory in Bengal established?

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Shuja-ud-Daulah served as the Nawab of which of the following regions?

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