Indian History MCQ GK Set-6

Modern Indian History MCQ for General Studies and GK for competitive examinations such as SSC, NDA, UPSC and State PSC Examinations in India.

Q.1 Which of the following is the first printed newspaper of India?

A. Bengal Gazette

B. New India

C. The Times of India

D. None of these

Answer: A. Bengal Gazette

Note: An Irishman called James Augustus Hicky gave Calcutta and India its first printed newspaper in 1780 called as Bengal Gazette.

Q.2 Which of the following newspaper was published by Annie Besant to highlight the India’s freedom struggle?

A. The Time of India

B. New India

C. The Indian Express

D. None of these

Answer: B. New India

Q.3 Which among the following event inspired the formation of the Indian Home Rule League?

A. World War I

B. The Government of India Act, 1909

C. World War II

D. None of these

Answer: A. World War I

Q.4 Who among the following found the first home rule league in India?

A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

B. Annie Besant

C. Mahatma Gandhi

D. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Answer: A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Note: Bal Gangadhar Tilak organized the first home rule league of India at the Bombay province, then after this Annie Besant founded second league at Adyar Madras in September 1916.

Q.5 Mahatma Gandhi formed the Satyagraha Sabha in order to protest against:

A. Rowlatt Act

B. The Government of India Act, 1919

C. Both A & B

D. None of these

Answer: A. Rowlatt Act

Q.6 Mahatma Gandhi formed the Satyagraha Sabha in which of the following location?

A. Poona

B. Anand

C. Bombay

D. Calcutta

Answer: C. Bombay

Q.7 For which of the following reason, Khilafat movement started in India?

A. To protest against the sanctions placed on the caliph in Ottoman Empire

B. To protest against the injustice done to Muslims of Persia

C. To protest against the injustice done to Muslims of Arab

D. None of these

Answer: A. To protest against the sanctions placed on the caliph in Ottoman Empire, Modern day Turkey

Q.8 Which among the following is CORRECT about the Bardoli Satyagraha?

I. It was started in Gujarat

II. It was led by Mahatma Gandhi

III. It was led by Vallabhbhai Patel

IV. It was started on June, 1928

A. Only I

B. Both I & II

C. Both I & III

D. I, III & IV

Answer: D. I, III & IV

Q.9 Which among the following is considered as the first popular Satyagraha movement?

A. Champaran Satyagraha

B. Bardoli Satyagraha

C. Kheda Satyagraha

D. None of these

Answer: A. Champaran Satyagraha

Q.10 Who among the following is described as the Gandhi’s Boswell?

A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

B. Mahadev Desai

C. Mohanlal Pandya

D. Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: B. Mahadev Desai

Note: Mahadev Desai, the personal secretary to Mahatma Gandhi is popularly described as “Gandhi’s Boswell, a Plato to Gandhi’s Socrates, as well as an Ananda to Gandhi’s Buddha”.

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