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Modern history - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    SSC CPO 2003
    When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
    1. After the Battle of Plassey
    2. After the Battle of Panipat
    3. After the war of Mysore
    4. After Sepoy Munity
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  2. Question 2

    NDA-I 2023
    At which one of the following places did the Danes establish their settlement in India?
    1. Chinsura
    2. Karaikal
    3. Mahe
    4. Tranquebar
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  3. Question 3

    SSC GD 2024
    The system of Mahalwari settlement was devised by _________.
    1. Richard Wellesley
    2. Alexander Pead
    3. Holt Mackenzie
    4. Thomas Munaro
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  4. Question 4

    Uttarakhand PCS Mains 2006
    Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?
    1. Jhansi
    2. Chittor
    3. Jagdishpur
    4. Lucknow
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  5. Question 5

    SSC CGL 2023
    Khan Bahadur led the revolt of 1857 from:
    1. Delhi
    2. Kanpur
    3. Lucknow
    4. Bareilly
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Pre 2014
    The first National News Agency of India was
    1. The Indian Review
    2. The Free Press of India
    3. The Hindustan Review
    4. The Associated Press of India
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Pre 2010
    The Medical College in Kolkata was established in the year
    1. 1829 A. D.
    2. 1835 A. D.
    3. 1858 A. D.
    4. 1884 A. D.
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  8. Question 8

    SSC SO (Audit)/ DP 2016
    The ‘Arya Samaj’ was founded by-
    1. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
    2. Swami Vivekananda
    3. Keshav Chandra Sen
    4. Ishwar Chandra Vidya-Sagar
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Pre 2013
    In which year was the Widow-remarriage Act passed?
    1. 1829
    2. 1833
    3. 1856
    4. 1890
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  10. Question 10

    SSC CPO 2024
    Who among the following wrote Gulamgiri?
    1. Jyotiba Phule
    2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    3. Mahatma Gandhi
    4. B. R. Ambedkar
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  11. Question 11

    SSC MTS 2023
    Which flag of the Indian National Congress was adopted in 1931?
    1. A two colour flag with Charkha made by cloth
    2. A tricolour flag made by khadi with a Charkha symbol
    3. One colour flag with Charkha symbol
    4. A blue colour flag made by cloth
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  12. Question 12

    BPSC Pre 2016
    The precursor of Indian National Congress was
    1. British Indian Association
    2. Indian Association
    3. Indian National Union
    4. Indian League
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  13. Question 13

    Uttarakhand PCS Pre 2010
    President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence was
    1. Mahatma Gandhi
    2. Jawaharlal Nehru
    3. J. B. Kriplani
    4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Mains 2021
    Who among the following was not associated with the Partition of Bengal?
    1. Lord Curzon
    2. H. Risley
    3. Andrew Fraser
    4. Lord Hardinge
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  15. Question 15

    SSC CGL 2022
    Abhinav Bharat Society was a secret society of revolutionaries. It was established in ________.
    1. Bombay Presidency
    2. United Provinces
    3. Punjab Province
    4. Calcutta Presidency
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  16. Question 16

    IAS 2022
    Consider the following freedom fighters:

    1. Barindra Kumar Ghosh
    2. Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee
    3. Rash Behari Bose

    Who of the above was/were actively associated with the Ghadar Party?
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 only
    3. 1 and 3
    4. 3 only
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Mains 2020
    The Non-cooperation Movement was called off due to
    1. Jallinwala Bagh Massacre
    2. Chauri Chaura Incident
    3. Poona Pact
    4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
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  18. Question 18

    UPPCS Pre 2010
    In which of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger strike as a weapon?
    1. Non-cooperation Movement
    2. Rowlatt Satyagraha
    3. Ahmedabad Strike
    4. Bardoli Satyagraha
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  19. Question 19

    BPSC Pre 2016
    Akhil Bhartiya Kisan congress was founded in
    1. 1936 A. D.
    2. 1939 A. D.
    3. 1942 A. D.
    4. 1945 A. D.
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  20. Question 20

    Telangana PSC Pre 2017
    Who viewed the Khilafat Movement as an opportunity for integrating Hindus and Muslims which will not appear again within coming hundred years?
    1. Ali Brothers
    2. Abdul Kalam Azad
    3. Mahatma Gandhi
    4. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
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