Indian History MCQ GK Set-7

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

Q.1 Who among the following is known as the “Grand Old Man of India”?

A. Dadabhai Naroji

B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C. Motilal Nehru

D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer: A. Dadabhai Naroji

Note: Dadabhai Naroji was known as the “Grand Old Man of India” and “Unofficial Ambassador of India”.

Q.2 Who among the following  was the first Asian to became a British Member of Parliament?

A. Motilal Nehru

B. Annie Besant

C. Dadabhai Naroji

D. Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: C. Dadabhai Naroji

Note: Dadabhai Naroji was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Finsbury Central in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895.

Q.3 Who among the following was the founding president of the Indian National Congress?

A. Dadabhai Naroji

B. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

C. George Yule

D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer: B. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

Q.4 Who among the following is NOT a founding member of the Indian National Congress?

A. Dadabhai Naroji

B. Lalmohan Ghosh

C. Surendranath Banerjee

D. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: D. Mahatma Gandhi

Note: In 1885, Dadabhai Naroji, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, A.C. Hume, Monomohun Ghose, Badaruddin Tyabji, M.G. Rande and others formed the Indian National Congress.

Q.5 Mahatma Gandhi became the president of the Indian National congress in which of the following year?

A. 1919

B. 1924

C. 1934

D. 1940

Answer: B. 1924

Q.6 Who among the following is the founder-leader of the Swaraj Party?

A. Motilal Nehru

B. Chittaranjan Das

C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

D. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: B. Chittaranjan Das

Note: Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru founded the Swaraj Part of the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party on 1st January, 1923.

Q.7 Who among the following was the first Indian Native to be appointed as a Judge?

A. Madhav Govind Ranade

B. Thiruvarur Muthuswamy Iyer

C. Pramada Charan Banerjee

D. None of these

Answer: B. Thiruvarur Muthuswamy Iyer

Note: Thiruvarur Muthuswamy Iyer became the first Indian native judge on 1877 at the Madras High Court and he  also acted as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in 1893.

Q.8 Who among the following used the term “Swaraj” for self-governance for the first time in India?

A. Maharshi Dayananda Saraswati

B. Dadabhai Naroji

C. Mahatma Gandhi

D. Jayprakash Narayan

Answer: A. Maharshi Dayananda Saraswati

Q.9 Which among the following is CORRECT about the Birla House?

I. The house was built in 1928 by Ghanshyamdas Birla.

II. It was purchased by the Government of India in 1971.

III. On 15 August 1973, renamed the Gandhi Smriti.

A. Only I

B. Only II

C. Both I & III

D. I, II & III

Answer: D. I, II & III

Q.10 Which of the following event compelled Rabindranath Tagore to denounce Knighthood?

A. Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh

B. Hanging of Bhagat Singh

C. Lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death

D. None of these

Answer: A. Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh

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