Modern Indian History Questions

Whom did Lord Curzon entrust as architect for Victoria Memorial Hall?

Who among the following was the Viceroy of British India when the Shimla conference was held in 1945?

Mahatma Gandhi called a halt to the Non-Cooperation Movement after the Chauri Chaura incident. Where among the following places is Chauri Chaura located?

Which political party contested the 1937 provincial legislative elections in Bengal with a radical agenda focused primarily on land reform and tenant protection?

The leader of the Munda rebellion (Ulgulan) was:

Which Congress leader favoured India's support for the British Raj against the Axis powers/Nazis during the Second World War?

Hind Mazdoor Sabha was founded by:

Servants of India Society was founded by:

Which religious reform movements among the following influenced nationalism in India?

Which one of the following movements began with the Dandi March?

The Indian Independence Act was passed by the British Parliament in which month and year?

When did the Chittagong Armoury Raid take place and who was its chief organizer?

Which Mission/Commission visited India in 1946?

Who was the founder of the 'Forward Bloc'?

On the eve of which movement did Mahatma Gandhi give the slogan of "Do or Die"?

"Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it" — who gave this famous slogan?

Where was the historic first session of the Constituent Assembly of India held on 9th December, 1946?

In which year did Odisha officially separate from the province of Bihar to become a distinct administrative province under British India?

In which year was Air India originally founded by J. R. D. Tata as Tata Airlines?

Who among the following leaders neither moved nor seconded the historic Lahore Resolution of the Muslim League passed in March 1940?

In which prominent weekly journal did Sri Aurobindo Ghosh publish his famous critical series of articles against the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress titled "New Lamps for Old"?

Who among the following individuals was NOT a protagonist or core supporter of the extremist/radical faction within the Indian National Congress?

In which of the following regions was the Permanent Settlement (Zamindari System) NOT introduced by Lord Cornwallis in 1793?

Which treaty brought the Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784) to a close?

With the implementation of the land revenue settlements in which of the following regions was Mountstuart Elphinstone prominently associated?

Who formally proposed and initiated the concrete strategy of state-led economic planning in the Indian National Congress for the first time by setting up the National Planning Committee?

Which of the following statements is/are NOT true regarding the implementation and impact of the Permanent Settlement system?

Who among the following nationalists founded and was directly associated with the Servants of India Society in 1905?

Which of the following momentous historic events occurred during the viceroyalty of Lord Hardinge ($1910\text{–}1916$)?

Who among the following nationalist leaders was a firm proponent of the 'no-changer' policy position within the Indian National Congress in 1922?

In which year did Odisha separate from Bihar?

Which of the following Pacts succeeded the Communal Award of 1932?

All India Kisan Sabha was founded in 1936 at Indian National Congress (INC) ________ Session as All India Kisan Congress.

The historic Salt March was started by Mahatma Gandhi and his followers from ________.

Post 1857 revolt, the Peel commission was set up to give recommendations on reorganisation of British India ___________.

In the context of British rule in India, who among the following Governor-Generals created a professional cadre of company servants making provisions for them for generous salaries?

In the context of British rule in India, who among the following became the first Governor-General after the post of Governor was elevated to Governor-General of Bengal?

'Waiting for a Visa' is an autobiography of which of the following Indian leaders?

Which of the following started in August 1942 and was the last nationwide movement led by Mahatma Gandhi against the British Raj in India?

Bhagat Singh threw a bomb on the Central Legislative Assembly on 8 April 1929 along with who among the following revolutionaries in British India?

When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was:

Which Congress leader favoured India's support for the Raj against the Nazis in the Second World War?

Which Party fought the 1937 elections in Bengal with the agenda of land reform?

Kharagpur Railway workshop was built in

The author of 'Neel Darpan' was:

Air India was founded in

Who among the following neither moved nor seconded the Lahore Resolution of the Muslim League in 1940?

In which journal did Aurobindo Ghosh write his critique of the INC, the series of articles called New Lamps for Old?

Who was not a protagonist of the extremist position in the Congress?

Where among the following places was Permanent Settlement not introduced?

When was the first census carried out in India?

Who was the Nawab of Bengal at the time of the Battle of Buxar (1764)?

Tilak formed his Home Rule League in 1916 at:

Dewan Velu Thampi's rebellion against the British took place in the Indian state of:

The nationalist organization 'Poona Sarvajanik Sabha' was established in the year:

The custom of 'Sati' was banned through legislation in the year:

The first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885 was held in the city of:

The title 'Raja' was conferred on Ram Mohun Roy by the Mughal emperor: