Modern History Important MCQs in UPSC Exam

1. Satya Shodak Samaaj organized - an anti-caste movement in Maharashtra
2. the "Swadeshi" and "boycott" adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during the - agitation against the Partition of Bengal.
3. The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to - constitutional reforms
4. What was the main reason for the split in the Indian National Congress at surat in 1907?- Extremists lack of faith in the capacity of the moderates to negotiate with the British Government
5. The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the second world war- India should be given Dominion Status
6. with reference to the economic history of the medieval India, the term  :Araghatta" refers to - Waterwheel used in the irrigation of land.
7. During the colonial rule in India, the Parliament Settlement was introduced by ?  - Lord Cornwallis.
8. Who was the inspiratory behind the Young Bengal Movement? - Henry Vivian Derozio.
9. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was ? Dadabhai Naoroji.
10. Who was the first women president of INC? - Annie Besant.
11. Where had Baba Ramchandra organised the farmers? - Awadh
12. The successor of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was-  Kharaq Singh
13. The first Iron and Steel Industry established in India - Jamshedpur.
14. Who betrayed Siraj-Ud-Daula in the battle of Plassey in 1757? - Mir Jafar
15. The 19th century reawakening in India was confined to the ? - Upper middle class.
16. Who authored the book " Poverty and the Un-British rule in India" - Dadabhai Naoroji
17. Who among the following was the founder of the servants of India Society? - Gopal Krishan Gokhle.
18. Who was Titu Mir? - Leader of Faraji Movement.
19. Who one of the following had vigorously advocated for religious education in the Indian Universities? - Swami Vivekanand/
20. Who is known as the Father of Modern India? - Raja Ram Mohan Roy