Modern Indian History GK MCQ and Quiz
Modern Indian History GK MCQ and quiz for APSC, SSC, UPSC, and other competitive exams. This quiz includes key questions about important events and figures in modern Indian history.
1. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
- A) Lord Curzon
- B) Lord Irwin
- C) Lord Chelmsford
- D) Lord Hardinge
2. Which movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 to protest the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Rowlatt Act?
- A) Civil Disobedience Movement
- B) Quit India Movement
- C) Non-Cooperation Movement
- D) Swadeshi Movement
3. The slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it” was given by?
- A) Mahatma Gandhi
- B) Subhas Chandra Bose
- C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- D) Jawaharlal Nehru
4. The Indian National Congress was founded in which year?
- A) 1875
- B) 1885
- C) 1895
- D) 1905
5. Who was the founder of the Indian National Army (INA)?
- A) Mahatma Gandhi
- B) Subhas Chandra Bose
- C) Lala Lajpat Rai
- D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
6. In which year did the Partition of Bengal take place?
- A) 1905
- B) 1911
- C) 1920
- D) 1935
7. Who led the Salt March from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi?
- A) Jawaharlal Nehru
- B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- C) Mahatma Gandhi
- D) Rajendra Prasad
8. The slogan “Inquilab Zindabad” was popularized by?
- A) Bhagat Singh
- B) Mahatma Gandhi
- C) Jawaharlal Nehru
- D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
9. Which Governor-General is associated with the abolition of Sati in 1829?
- A) Lord Hastings
- B) Lord Dalhousie
- C) Lord Wellesley
- D) Lord William Bentinck
10. The First War of Indian Independence took place in?
- A) 1757
- B) 1857
- C) 1947
- D) 1905
11. The Cripps Mission came to India in which year?
- A) 1939
- B) 1942
- C) 1945
- D) 1947
12. Who among the following established the “Servants of India Society” in 1905?
- A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- B) Lala Lajpat Rai
- C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- D) Annie Besant
13. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the treatment of which country?
- A) Iran
- B) Egypt
- C) Ottoman Turkey
- D) Afghanistan
14. Who is known as the “Father of Indian Renaissance”?
- A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- B) Swami Vivekananda
- C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- D) Mahatma Gandhi
15. Who presided over the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress in 1929, where the demand for “Purna Swaraj” was made?
- A) Jawaharlal Nehru
- B) Subhas Chandra Bose
- C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- D) Mahatma Gandhi
16. The Simon Commission was boycotted in India because it:
- A) Included only British members
- B) Recommended partition of India
- C) Did not support women’s rights
- D) Was opposed by the INC
17. Who authored the book “Hind Swaraj”?
- A) Rabindranath Tagore
- B) Mahatma Gandhi
- C) B.R. Ambedkar
- D) Jawaharlal Nehru
18. In which year was the Quit India Movement launched?
- A) 1935
- B) 1940
- C) 1942
- D) 1946
19. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India?
- A) C. Rajagopalachari
- B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- C) Jawaharlal Nehru
- D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
20. The Home Rule League was founded by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in which year?
- A) 1915
- B) 1916
- C) 1917
- D) 1918
21. The Poona Pact was signed in which year?
- A) 1929
- B) 1931
- C) 1932
- D) 1935
22. Who coined the term “The Father of the Nation” for Mahatma Gandhi?
- A) Jawaharlal Nehru
- B) Rabindranath Tagore
- C) Subhas Chandra Bose
- D) B.R. Ambedkar
23. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?
- A) 1757
- B) 1764
- C) 1776
- D) 1799
24. Who was the founder of the Arya Samaj?
- A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- B) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
- C) Swami Vivekananda
- D) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
25. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first use his method of Satyagraha?
- A) Champaran
- B) Kheda
- C) South Africa
- D) Ahmedabad
26. Who was the Viceroy of India during the formation of the Indian National Congress?
- A) Lord Ripon
- B) Lord Dufferin
- C) Lord Lytton
- D) Lord Curzon
27. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?
- A) Begum Hazrat Mahal
- B) Rani Lakshmi Bai
- C) Bahadur Shah Zafar
- D) Nana Sahib
28. The Treaty of Alinagar was signed between Siraj-ud-Daula and:
- A) Robert Clive
- B) Warren Hastings
- C) Lord Cornwallis
- D) Lord Wellesley
29. The “Doctrine of Lapse” was introduced by which Governor-General?
- A) Lord Canning
- B) Lord Dalhousie
- C) Lord Wellesley
- D) Lord Ripon
30. Who among the following leaders was NOT associated with the Swadeshi Movement?
- A) Lala Lajpat Rai
- B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- C) Mahatma Gandhi
- D) Bipin Chandra Pal