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All Modern India Questions(1–35 of 35)

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Q1mediummcqGeneral AwarenessCompetitive Exam2026
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Who among the following was the Union Finance Minister when the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was launched?
Q2mediummcqGeneral AwarenessCompetitive Exam2026
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Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood as a result of which of the following events?
Q3mediummcqGeneral AwarenessCompetitive Exam2026
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The Prarthana Samaj was established at ______ in the year 1867.
Q4mediummcqHistoryMock Test2026
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In which year was the Sangeet Natak Akademi inaugurated?
Q5mediummcqGeneral StudiesIndian Competitive Exams2026
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Which Act made provisions for establishing a Supreme Court at Calcutta in 1774?
Q6mediummcqGeneral StudiesState Public Service Commission2026
How did the British victory in Bengal help them prevali over the French in the Carnatic?
Q7mediummcqGeneral StudiesIndian Competitive Exams2026
Who was associated with the Servants of India Society?
Q8mediummcqGeneral StudiesIndian Competitive Exams2026
Which of the following were associated with the viceroyalty of Lord Hardinge?
Q9mediummcqGeneral StudiesIndian Competitive Exams2026
Who among the following was a votary of the 'no-changer' position in the INC in 1922?
Q10mediummcqGeneral StudiesState Public Service Commission2026
Who among the following did not benefit territorially from the Treaty of Seringapattanam?
Q11mediummcqGeneral StudiesState Public Service Commission2026
In which year was the All India Trade Union Congress established?
Q12mediummcqGeneral StudiesState Public Service Commission2026
Who was the first Indian to become Law Member to the Viceroy's Executive Council?
Q13mediummcqGeneral StudiesIndian Competitive Exams2026
With the revenue settlement of which region was Mountstuart Elphinstone associated?
Q14mediummcqGeneral StudiesState Public Service Commission2026
In which year did the British Parliament legislate on simultaneous ICS exams in England and India?
Q15mediummcqGeneral StudiesState Public Service Commission2026
When was the Native Press Association founded?
Q16mediummcqEnvironment & EcologyWBCS Prelims2026
The Appiko movement, associated with nature and forest conservation in Karnataka, was led by:
Q17mediummcqIndian Polity & EconomyIndian Competitive Exams2026
What was the central theme of the Chipko Movement started by Sundarlal Bahuguna and others?
Q18mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exams2026
Who among the following British Viceroys annulled the Partition of Bengal in 1911?
Q19mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam Practice Paper2026
Which Indian Nationalist Leader is known as 'Grand Old Man of India'?
Q20mediummcqHistoryWBCS Prelims2026
The Subaltern School of historiography was spearheaded by
Q21mediummcqGeneral StudiesIndian Competitive Exams2026
Which of the following statements is/are not true of the Permanent Settlement?
Q22mediummcqGeneral StudiesIndian Competitive Exams2026
Who proposed the strategy of economic planning in the Congress for the first time?
Q23mediummcqGeneral AwarenessStaff Selection Commission2026
Who formed the Swaraj Party?
Q24mediummcqGeneral StudiesIndian Competitive Exams2026
Which treaty brought the second Anglo Mysore war to a close?
Q25mediummcqModern Indian HistoryIndian Freedom Struggle2026
Tattwabodhini Sabha was founded by
Q26mediummcqGeneral AwarenessStaff Selection Commission2026
Gandhi ji studied Law in________.
Q27mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
In which of the following cities did Maharaja Ranjit Singh establish his capital in 1799?
Q28mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeIndian Competitive Exams2026
In which year was Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) set up?
Q29mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeIndian Competitive Exams2026
The first successful instance of Satyagraha led by Mahatma Gandhi in India was:
Q30mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeIndian Competitive Exams2026
The Quit India Movement was launched in response to:
Q31mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeCompetitive Exams2026
At which of the following places did Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri pass away?
Q32mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeCompetitive Exams2026
In which year did the British gain control of Delhi after defeating the Marathas?
Q33mediummcqGeneral KnowledgePrepp2026
Who among the following wrote Gulamgiri?
Q34mediummcqGeneral AwarenessStaff Selection Commission2026
Under the Regulating Act, 1773, in which of the following places was the Supreme Court established in British India?
Q35mediummcqSocial StudiesUPTET Paper 2 Social Science2016
"Today India does not need Gita but needs a Football ground." this thought was given by which thinker?

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