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MODERN INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who served as India's Second Prime Minister ?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Manmohan Sigh

2.

Who first translated Bhagvad Gita to English

a)

William Jones

b)

Charles Wilkins

c)

Alexander Cunningham

d)

John Marshall

3.

When was the 'Quit India Movement' Launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?

a)

A. 1946

b)

B. 1939

c)

C. 1942

d)

D. 1940

4.

In Bengal, the Headquarters of East India Company were located at

a)

Fort St David

b)

Fort William

c)

Fort St George

d)

None of the above

5.

Telegraph and Modern Postal System was introduced in India by :

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

(b) Lord Canning

c)

(c) Lord Elgin

d)

(d) None of these

6.

Means "truth force"

a)

Satyagraha

b)

Sepoy

c)

Viceroy

d)

Amritsar

7.

The book "Poverty and Un- British rule in India" was written by..................................

a)

Sarat Chandra Chatterji

b)

Dadabhai Naoroji

c)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

d)

None of the above

8.

National Archives of India is located in

a)

Mumbai

b)

Chennai

c)

Delhi

9.

3. Name the first newspaper to be published in India-

a)

a. The Calcutta Chronicle

b)

b. The Bengal Gazzete

c)

c. The Madras Courier

d)

d. The Bombay Herald

10.

Who is the author of "unto this last" book?

a)

Jawaharlal nehru

b)

John Ruskin

c)

Louis Fischer

d)

Sushila nayyar

11.

9TH JANUARY 1915, MAHATMA GANDHI RETURNED BACK TO INDIA FROM SOUTH AFRICA. THIS DAY IS CELEBRATED AS

a)

NON VIOLANCE DAY

b)

MAHATMA DIVAS

c)

EKTA DIWAS.

d)

PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS

12.

Who is the political guru of Gandhiji?

a)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b)

Gopala Krishna Gokhale

c)

Motilal Nehru

d)

C. Rajagopalachari

13.

During the Non-Cooperation Movement, which award did MK Gandhi return?

a)

Knighthood

b)

Rai Bahadur

c)

Kaiser-e-Hind

d)

Hind Kesari

14.

Who said about Gandhiji "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Lord Mountbatten

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

15.

Person who ordered troops to open fire on unarmed citizens in Amritsar, India

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Reginald Dyer

c)

Mohandas Gandhi

d)

Indira Gandhi