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Who is credited with composing the song ‘Vande Mataram’?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Option d – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
The historical background of the novel Anandamath is associated with which movement?
(A) Chuar Revolt
(B) Sanyasi Rebellion
(C) Poligar Revolt
(D) Talukdar’s Revolt
Option b – Sanyasi Rebellion
Which uprising in Bengal took place immediately after the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Sanyasi Rebellion
(B) Santhal Rebellion
(C) Indigo Revolt
(D) Pabna Disturbances
Option c – Indigo Revolt
Who authored Neel Darpan, which depicted the suffering of indigo farmers?
(A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(B) Dinbandhu Mitra
(C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
Option b – Dinbandhu Mitra
What was the main objective of the Barhiyatal resistance in Munger?
(A) Restoration of Bakast lands
(B) Protection of Muslim peasants from exploitation
(C) Abolition of the Zamindari system
(D) Initiation of class-based struggle
Option a – Restoration of Bakast lands
Which city was the principal center of the Wahabi Movement during the 19th century?
(A) Lahore
(B) Patna
(C) Amritsar
(D) Pune
Option b – Patna
Who was the leader of the Kuka Movement?
(A) Guru Ram Das
(B) Guru Nanak
(C) Guru Ram Singh
(D) Guru Gobind Singh
Option c – Guru Ram Singh
The Pagalpanthi rebellion primarily involved which community?
(A) Bhils
(B) Garos
(C) Gonds
(D) Koliyas
Option b – Garos
Who established the Pagal Panth sect?
(A) Bulleh Shah
(B) Karam Shah
(C) Yaduvendra Singh
(D) Swami Shajananda
Option b – Karam Shah
Who led the Faraizi movement against British policies?
(A) Aga Muhammad Raza
(B) Dadu Miyan
(C) Shamsher Gazi
(D) Wazir Ali
Option b – Dadu Miyan
The Faraizis were followers of which leader?
(A) Haji Shariatullah
(B) Dadu
(C) Arya Samaj
(D) Muslim League
Option a – Haji Shariatullah
Velu Thampi led a rebellion against the British in which region of India?
(A) Kerala
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Mysore
(D) Telangana
Option a – Kerala
Who formed the Ramosi Krishak Jatha in Maharashtra?
(A) Justice Ranade
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
(D) Jyotiba Phule
Option c – Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
The Ramosi Uprising mainly took place in which area?
(A) Western India
(B) Eastern Ghats
(C) Eastern India
(D) Western Ghats
Option d – Western Ghats
Which location was the key center of the Garhakari rebellion?
(A) Bihar Sharif
(B) Kolhapur
(C) Surat
(D) Sylhet
Option b – Kolhapur
Which tribe revolted against the British due to the prohibition of human sacrifices?
(A) Kuki
(B) Khond
(C) Oraon
(D) Nackda
Option b – Khond
Which revolt is highlighted in Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s Anandamath?
(A) Bhil Uprising
(B) Rangpur and Dinajpur Uprising
(C) Bishnupur and Birbhum Rebellion
(D) Sanyasi Rebellion
Option d – Sanyasi Rebellion
Who led the Kol Revolt?
(A) Budhu Bhagat
(B) Surga
(C) Bhagat
(D) Jatra Bhagat
Option a – Budhu Bhagat
Where did the Waghera Uprising occur?
(A) Surat
(B) Poona
(C) Calicut
(D) Baroda
Option d – Baroda
In which year did the Santhal revolt take place?
(A) 1831–32
(B) 1844–46
(C) 1851–52
(D) 1855–56
Option d – 1855–56
When did the Chhotanagpur Tribal Revolt occur?
(A) 1807–1808
(B) 1820
(C) 1858–1859
(D) 1889
Option b – 1820
Who led the Santhal revolt?
(A) Sidhu-Kanhu
(B) Bhairav Chand
(C) Both Sidhu and Kanhu
(D) None of the above
Option c – Both Sidhu and Kanhu
Who was the first tribal leader influenced by Mahatma Gandhi’s ideology?
(A) Alluri Sitaram Raju
(B) Jodanang
(C) Jhabkar Bapa
(D) Rani Gaidinliu
Option b – Jodanang
What was the ancient name of the Santhal Pargana region?
(A) Narikhand
(B) Man-Varjikah
(C) Kartasina
(D) None of these
Option a – Narikhand
Which British officer was defeated by the Santhals in 1855?
(A) Captain Nek Fevile
(B) Lt. Bastain
(C) Major Burrough
(D) Colonel White
Option c – Major Burrough
Which uprising took place in Maharashtra?
(A) Bhil Uprising
(B) Kol Uprising
(C) Rampa Uprising
(D) Santhal Uprising
Option a – Bhil Uprising
Who led Social reform efforts among the Bhils of Mewar, Bagar, and nearby regions?
(A) Mavji
(B) Govind Giri
(C) Surmal Das
(D) Moti Lal Tejawat
Option b – Govind Giri
In which year did the Mundas revolt against British rule?
(A) 1885
(B) 1888
(C) 1890
(D) 1895
Option d – 1895
Who established the first Sanskrit college in Varanasi?
(A) Jonathan Duncan
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) Lorel Macaulay
(D) Bankim Chandra
Option a – Jonathan Duncan
Which Indian figure was granted membership in the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Vivekanand
Option b – Michael Madhusudan Dutta
Where did the British SET up India’s first Madarsa?
(A) Madras
(B) Bombay
(C) Aligarh
(D) Calcutta
Option d – Calcutta
Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal?
(A) Sir William Jones
(B) Wilkins
(C) Max Muller
(D) James Prinsep
Option a – Sir William Jones
Which English scholar was the first to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English?
(A) William Jones
(B) Charles Wilkins
(C) Alexander Cunningham
(D) John Marshall
Option b – Charles Wilkins
Who first translated Kalidasa’s Shakuntala into English?
(A) Charles Wilkins
(B) Henry Colebrooke
(C) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(D) Sir William Jones
Option d – Sir William Jones
What was the British objective in spreading modern education in India before independence?
(A) Supply educated Indians for lower administrative roles
(B) Promote Indian cultural values
(C) Prepare Indians for political participation
(D) None of the above
Option a – Supply educated Indians for lower administrative roles
Which legislation first allocated one lakh rupees for education in India?
(A) Woods Despatch, 1854
(B) Charter Act, 1813
(C) Charter Act, 1853
(D) Indian Council Act, 1892
Option b – Charter Act, 1813
Charles Wood’s Despatch primarily focused on which area?
(A) Education
(B) Trade
(C) Administrative reforms
(D) Military reforms
Option a – Education
The Hunter Commission report emphasized development in which type of education?
(A) Girls’ education
(B) Higher education
(C) Primary education
(D) Technical education
Option c – Primary education
When was the National Council of Education founded?
(A) 15th August, 1903
(B) 15th August, 1904
(C) 15th August, 1905
(D) 15th August, 1906
Option d – 15th August, 1906
The Sadler Commission dealt with reforms in which field?
(A) Judiciary
(B) Revenue administration
(C) Education
(D) Police administration
Option c – Education
When did the British appoint the Sadler University Commission for educational reforms?
(A) 1919
(B) 1917
(C) 1921
(D) 1896
Option b – 1917
Lord Macaulay is primarily known for which contribution?
(A) Military reforms
(B) Abolition of Sati
(C) Promotion of English education
(D) Permanent Settlement
Option c – Promotion of English education
The downward filtration theory during colonial India was related to which sector?
(A) Railways
(B) Education
(C) Irrigation
(D) Poverty alleviation
Option b – Education
Who introduced the Filtration Theory in India’s education policy?
(A) Charles Wood
(B) Lord Macaulay
(C) J.S. Mill
(D) Cornwallis
Option b – Lord Macaulay
Which policy laid the foundation for modern education in India?
(A) Charter Act of 1813
(B) Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835
(C) Hunter Commission of 1882
(D) Woods Despatch of 1854
Option b – Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835
Under whose administration was English education first introduced in India?
(A) Lord William Bentinck
(B) Lord Hardinge
(C) Lord Minto
(D) Lord Dalhousie
Option a – Lord William Bentinck
In which year were the first universities in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay established?
(A) 1857
(B) 1881
(C) 1885
(D) 1905
Option a – 1857
Who played a key role in establishing the first women’s University in Mumbai?
(A) Dayaram Gidumal
(B) D.K. Karve
(C) M.G. Ranade
(D) Ramabai
Option b – D.K. Karve
Who contributed to the creation of the Deccan Education Society?
(A) Justice Ranade
(B) Firoz Shah Mehta
(C) B.G. Tilak
(D) Dayananda Saraswati
Option c – B.G. Tilak
Which of the following institutions was founded first?
(A) Hindu College, Calcutta
(B) Delhi College
(C) Mayo College
(D) Muslim-Anglo Oriented College
Option a – Hindu College, Calcutta
In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who helped establish Hindu College in Calcutta?
(A) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Keshab Chandra Sen
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Option d – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Who actively promoted religious education in Indian universities?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Swami Vivekanand
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Madan Mohan Malviya
Option d – Madan Mohan Malviya
Who founded Banaras Hindu University?
(A) Madan Mohan Malviya
(B) Maharaja Vibhuti Narain Singh
(C) Lord Hardinge
(D) Annie Besant
Option c – Lord Hardinge
Which was the first University in India to receive the status of a Central University?
(A) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
(B) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow
(C) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
(D) University of Allahabad
Option c – Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Through which newspaper published from Kanpur did Vijay Singh Pathik highlight the Bijolia movement?
(A) Kesari
(B) Pratap
(C) Maratha
(D) Majusha
Option b – Pratap
Who started the newspaper ‘Harijan’?
(A) Tilak
(B) Gokhale
(C) Gandhiji
(D) Naoroji
Option c – Gandhiji
From which city was the first issue of Gandhiji’s weekly paper ‘Harijan’ published on February 11, 1933?
(A) Bombay (now Mumbai)
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Poona (now Pune)
(D) Nasik
Option c – Poona (now Pune)
Who started the Marathi fortnightly ‘Bahiskrit Bharat’?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) V.D. Savarkar
(D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Option b – B.R. Ambedkar
‘Bahiskrit Bharat’ was associated with which reformer?
(A) Atmaram Pandurang
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) B.R. Ambedkar
Option d – B.R. Ambedkar
Which journal was brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?
(A) Al-Hilal
(B) Comrade
(C) The Indian Sociologist
(D) Zamindar
Option a – Al-Hilal
Which Urdu newspaper was started by Lajpat Rai from Lahore in 1920?
(A) Vande Mataram
(B) People
(C) Tribune
(D) Vir Arjun
Option a – Vande Mataram
Among the following freedom fighters and newspapers, which combination is incorrect?
(A) Maulana Azad : Al-Hilal
(B) Lokmanya Tilak : Kesari
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru : National Herald
(D) Mahatma Gandhi : The Pioneer
Option d – Mahatma Gandhi : The Pioneer
Who launched the newspaper ‘Qaumi Awaz’?
(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Shaukat Ali
(D) Khaliquzzaman
Option b – Jawaharlal Nehru
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) M.K. Gandhi : Navjivan
(B) T. Prakasham : Swarajya
(C) N.C. Kelkar : Prabhat
(D) Abul Kalam Azad : Qaumi Awaz
Option d – Abul Kalam Azad : Qaumi Awaz
Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi : Mook Nayak
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak : Young India
(C) Annie Besant : Commonweal
(D) B.R. Ambedkar : Kesari
Option c – Annie Besant : Commonweal
Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar : Independent
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak : Kesari
(C) Annie Besant : Rast Goftar
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji : New India
Option a – B.R. Ambedkar : Independent
Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Annie Besant : Young India
(B) Mahatma Gandhi : New India
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak : Kesari
(D) Surendranath Banerjee : Maratha
Option c – Bal Gangadhar Tilak : Kesari
Who is associated with the newspaper ‘Commonweal’?
(A) B.G. Tilak
(B) Annie Besant
(C) G.K. Gokhale
(D) None of the above
Option b – Annie Besant
Who was the editor of the revolutionary paper ‘Vande Mataram’?
(A) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) V.D. Savarkar
(D) G.D. Savarkar
Option b – Bipin Chandra Pal
Which of the following newspapers supported revolutionary terrorism during the Indian freedom struggle? 1. Yugantar 2. Sandhya 3. Kaal
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 1 and 3
(C) Only 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Option d – 1, 2 and 3
Which two newspapers were published by Annie Besant? 1. Commonweal 2. New India 3. New Hindu 4. The Aryans ( Most Repeated Modern History mcq on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 1 and 3
(C) Only 2 and 4
(D) Only 3 and 4
Option a – Only 1 and 2
Which leader is considered the pioneer of Indian Nationalism? ( Most Repeated Modern History mcq on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Surendranath Banerjee
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Option d – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
The core principle of the Brahmo Samaj is: ( Most Repeated Modern History mcq on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Belief in one God
(B) Worship of multiple gods
(C) Denial of God
(D) Philosophical monism
Option a – Belief in one God
Which of these practices was not opposed by Raja Ram Mohan Roy? ( Most Repeated Modern History mcq on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Child marriage
(B) Sati system
(C) Promotion of Western education
(D) Idol worship
Option c – Promotion of Western education
Which Social reformer was a strong critic of the Jury Act of 1826? ( Most Repeated Modern History mcq on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) Rajnarayan Basu
Option b – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Who best represented Neo-Hindustan in the latter half of the 19th century? ( Most Repeated Modern History mcq on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(B) Swami Vivekanand
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Option b – Swami Vivekanand
Vivekananda attended the Parliament of the World’s Religions held in Chicago in: ( Most Repeated Modern History mcq on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) 1872
(B) 1890
(C) 1893
(D) 1901
Option c – 1893
In which year did Swami Vivekananda deliver his speech at the Chicago World Religious Conference? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) 1863
(B) 1892
(C) 1893
(D) 1894
Option c – 1893
Who represented India at the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Option c – Swami Vivekananda
Which reformer authored Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga, and Raja Yoga? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Ranade
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
Option a – Swami Vivekananda
Who established the Ram Krishna Mission? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(B) M.N. Das Gupta
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Swami Rangnath Nanda
Option c – Swami Vivekananda
Who formally founded the Ram Krishna Mission in 1897? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Vivekananda
(B) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Shyamji Krishna Verma
Option a – Vivekananda
In which year did Swami Vivekananda start the Ram Krishna Mission? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) 1861
(B) 1891
(C) 1893
(D) 1897
Option d – 1897
The Ram Krishna Mission was established by Swami Vivekananda in: ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) 1886
(B) 1892
(C) 1898
(D) 1897
Option d – 1897
Who was Sharadmani? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Wife of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Wife of Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(C) Mother of Swami Vivekananda
(D) Daughter of Keshab Chandra Sen
Option b – Wife of Ram Krishna Paramhansa
Dayanand Saraswati is credited with founding: ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Brahmo Samaj
(B) Arya Samaj
(C) Prarthana Samaj
(D) Bahujan Samaj
Option b – Arya Samaj
Arya Samaj was founded in which year? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) 1865
(B) 1870
(C) 1875
(D) 1880
Option c – 1875
Who played a key role in reviving the Vedas? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Vivekananda
Option c – Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Who famously said, “Return to the Vedas”? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
Option b – Dayanand Saraswati
Which leader is called the “Martin Luther of India”? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Swami Shraddhanand
Option a – Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Who authored Satyarth Prakash? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Option d – Swami Dayanand Saraswati
The writer of Satyarth Prakash was: ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Swami Nishchalananda
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Haridas
Option c – Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Satyarth Prakash is a sacred text of: ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Arya Samaj
(B) Brahmo Samaj
(C) Theosophical Society
(D) Prarthana Samaj
Option a – Arya Samaj
Which organizations supported the Shuddhi movement? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Arya Samaj
(B) Brahmo Samaj
(C) Dev Samaj
(D) Prarthana Samaj
Option a – Arya Samaj
Who stated, “Good government is no substitute for self-government”? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Lokmanya Tilak
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Swami Dayananda
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
Option c – Swami Dayananda
Who first introduced the term ‘Swaraj’ and promoted Hindi as the national language? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Swami Dayanand
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option b – Swami Dayananda
Who founded the Prarthana Samaj? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Atmaram Pandurang
(B) Tilak
(C) M.G. Chandrakar
(D) M.G. Ranade
Option a – Atmaram Pandurang
Who served as the chief director of Prarthana Samaj in Maharashtra? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) R.G. Bhandarkar
(B) M.G. Ranade
(C) Pandit Ramabai
(D) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Option b – M.G. Ranade
Who was the founder of Dev Samaj? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
(D) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
Option c – Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
Who started the Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873? ( Most Repeated Modern History MCQ on Revolutionary Movements )
(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Shiv Nath Shastri
(D) None of the above
Option b – Jyotiba Phule
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