Modern India

1. The Vedas contain all the truth' was interpreted by:

(a) Swami Vivekananda         

(b) Swami Dayananda

(c) Raja Ram Mohan Rai       

(d) None of the above

       Ans: b

2. Who among the following was one of the founders of Widow Remarriage Association in 1861?

(a) M.G.Ranade  

(b) Vivekananda  

(c) A.O.Hume   

(d) G.K.Gokhale

      Ans: a

3. The Governor General who abolished the titles of Camatic Nawab and Raja of Tanjore and refused pension to Nana Saheb:

(a) Lord Minto   

(b) Lord Dalhousie   

(c) Lord Ripon   

(d) Lord Curzon

       Ans: b

4. Who among the following was in the forefront of making efforts leading to making of the age of Consent Act, 1891?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak         

(b) Keshab Chandra Sen

(c) B.M.Malabari                    

(d) Swami Vivekananda

       Ans: c

5. What was the ratio of Indian soldiers and Europeans in the Army at the time of 1857 Revolt:

(a) 6:1         

(b) 5:1        

(c) 4:2        

(d) 7:2

      Ans: a

6. Mangal Pandey, the first martyr of 1857 revolt was a member of _____.

(a) 19th Native Infantry         

(b) 240 Native Infantry

(c) 34th Native Infantry        

(d) 7th Oudh Regiment

       Ans: c

7. Rabindranath Tagore got knighthood in:

(a) 1919      

(b) 1913      

(c) 1914     

(d) 1915

      Ans: d

8. Which rebellion was occurred during the period of 1820-1837 in Chotanagpur?

(a) Kol        

(b) Santhal          

(c) Munda           

(d) None of these

     Ans: a

9. As per the Montague - Chelmsford Reforms Provincial subjects were divided into

(a) Reserved subjects and    Transferred Subjects

(b) Federal subjects and state subjects

(c) Union subjects and state subjects

(d) Union subjects and Concurrent subjects

     Ans: a

10. The revolutionary who issued a 'Yugantar circular'praising the attack on Lord Hardinge on 23th December 1912:

(a) G.D.Kumar  

(b) Lala Hardayal  

(c) Surya Sen  

(d) Bhagat Singh

     Ans: b

11. Who believed that the Revolt of 1857 was a result of a Muhammadan conspiracy making capital out of Hindu grievances?

(a) Karl Marx   

(b) Disraeli   

(c) Sir James Outram   

(d) John Seely

       Ans: c

12. The Governor General who in 1849 decided that , after the death of Bahadur Shah II, his successor would vacate the Red Fort at Delhi and move to a small house near Qutb Minar?

(a) Canning  

(b) Dalhousie  

(c) Hastings I  

(d) William Bentick

Ans: b

13. At whose advice Dayanand Saraswati changed his medium of speech to Hindi and started wearing regular clothes instead of remaining bare-bodied?

(a) Raja Ram Mohun Roy      

(b) Vivekananda

(c) Keshab Chandra Sen        

(d) Debendranath Tagore

      Ans: c

14. Who states that the central aim of the 1857 revolt was to destroy British rule in India and establish an Indian state in its place?

(a) Disraeli     

(b) V.D. Savarkar    

(c) Karl Marx    

(d) P.C. Joshi

       Ans: d

15. Who started National Social Conference in 1887 to promote social reform?

(a) M.G. Ranade   

(b) G.G. Agarkar   

(c) K.T. Telang   

(d) G.K. Gokhale

      Ans: a