Indian History MCQ GK Set-11

Modern Indian History MCQ for SSC, UPSC , NDA, State PSC, Railway recruitment examinations, Police recruitment examinations and related government job recruitments examinations by the state governments and the union government of India.

Q.1 After the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi during the Salt Satyagraha, who among the following took the leadership?

A. Vallabhbhai Patel

B. Jawaharlal Nehru

C. Abbas Tyabji

D. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

Answer: C. Abbas Tyabji

Note: After the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi appointed Tyabji, at age seventy-six, to replace him as leader of the Salt Satyagraha in May, 1930. Tyabji was arrested soon afterward and imprisoned by the British Indian Government. Gandhi and others respectfully called Tyabji the “Grand Old Man of Gujarat”.

Q.2 In which of the following session of the Indian National Congress, “Purna Swaraj” was declared as the ultimate goal?

A. Lahore

B. Bombay

C. Nashik

D. Calcutta

Answer: A. Lahore

Note: The Lahore session of Indian National Congress, held under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1928 declared “Purna Swaraj” as the ultimate goal of the INC.

Q.3 Who among the following gave the slogan “Go Back to Vedas”?

A. Swami Vivekananda

B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

C. Dayananda Saraswati

D. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: C. Dayananda Saraswati

Q.4 Who among the following was termed as “Father of Indian Unrest” by the British colonial?

A. Bhagat Singh

B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C. Chittaranjan Das

D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer: B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Note: Bal Gangadhar Tilak was also known as the father of extremist movement in India.

Q.5 Through which of the following principle, Mahatma Gandhi strived to bridge economics inequalities?

A. Trusteeship theory

B. Cottage industry

C. Abolition of machineries

D. None of these

Answer: A. Trusteeship theory

Q.6 Mahatma Gandhi got inspiration for Civil Disobedience movement from who among the following?

A. Karl Marx

B. Henry David Thoureau

C. Leo Tolstoy

D. None of these

Answer: B. Henry David Thoureau

Note: Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay “Civil Disobedience”, an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.

Q.7 Who among the following was the first Indian native to be selected for the Indian Civil Service?

A. Romesh Dutt

B. Satyendra Nath Tagore

C. Behari Lal Gupta

D. Ananda Ram Baruah

Answer: B. Satyendra Nath Tagore

Note: Satyendra Nath Tagore was selected for Indian Civil Service (ICS) in the year 1863 and thus Tagore became the first Indian native to be selected for ICS.

Q.8 In which of the following place, Gandhi first used hunger strike as a weapon in India?

A. Ahmedabad

B. Bombay

C. Champaran

D. Calcutta

Answer: A. Ahmedabad

Note: In 1913, Gandhi took hunger strike in India for the first time in interest of the striking mill workers in Ahmedabad

Q.9 For which of the following reason, the Simon Commission was formed?

A. To examine then legislature of India

B. Fitness of India for further reforms

C. To examine the power of viceroy

D. None of these

Answer: B. Fitness of India for further reforms

Q.10 Who among the following was the Chairman of the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?

A. B. R. Ambedkar

B. Jawaharlal Nehru

C. Vallabhbhai Patel

D. Rajendra Prasad

Answer: B. Jawaharlal Nehru

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