Indian History - Modern History Sample Test Paper with Answers

Modern Indian History Quiz Questions

1. Joseph François Dupleix was the commander of the.....................forces in India.
(A) French (B) British
(C) American (D) Dutch
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2. Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
(A) Elizebeth I (B) Elizebeth II
(C) Henry VIII (D) James I
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3. The First Opium War started–
(A) 1729 (B) 1736
(C) 1839 (D) 1939
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4. Indian Mutiny began in–
(A) 1557 (B) 1657
(C) 1857 (D) 1957
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5. The Company lost all its administrative powers–
(A) By the Government of India Act of 1658 (B) By the Government of India Act of 1758
(C) By the Government of India Act of 1858 (D) By the Government of India Act of 1958
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6. In....................., Jyotiba Phule formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth).
(A) 1773 (B) 1853
(C) 1873 (D) 1889
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7. Jyotiba Phule died On 28 November–
(A) 1850 (B) 1859
(C) 1870 (D) 1890
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8. Sri Nārāyana GuruThe Guru was born into an.....................family.
(A) Ezhava (B) Nayar
(C) Pulaya (D) Vannan
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9. Narayana Guru was born on August 22, 1856, in the village of ......................near Thiruvananthapuram.
(A) Chempazhanthi (B) Karunagapally
(C) Kayamkulam (D) Kannur
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10. Narayana Guru was the son of–
(A) Madan Asan (B) Krishnan Vaidyan
(C) Kummampilli Rāman Pillai Asan (D) Kumaran
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11. Swami Vivekananda graduated from.....................University.
(A) Delhi (B) Hyderabad
(C) Calcutta (D) Karachi
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12. In November 1881, Narendra went to meet.....................who was staying at the Kali Temple in Dakshineshwar.
(A) Sri Ramakrishna (B) Rashik Krishna Mallik
(C) Dakhinaranjan Mukhopadhyay (D) Ramgopal Ghose
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13. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
(A) Derozio (B) Satkari Datta
(C) Swami Vivekananda (D) Sri Ramakrishna Parama Hamsar
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14. Swami Vivekananda attended the World’s Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in–
(A) 1863 (B) 1876
(C) 1893 (D) 1897
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15. In which among the following years, the Modern Olympic games were held for the first time?
(A) 1889 (B) 1896
(C) 1876 (D) 1898
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16. Gokhale was born in a Marath Brahmin family at–
(A) Kolhapur (B) Poona
(C) Allahabad (D) Assam
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17. The Deccan Educational Society founded by–
(A) D. Ewacha (B) Ranade
(C) W. C. Banerjee (D) S. N. Banerjee
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18.....................edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.
(A) Gokhale (B) W. C. Banerjee
(C) Ranade (D) S. N. Banerjee
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19. The Minto Morley reforms was in the year–
(A) 1906 (B) 1907
(C) 1909 (D) 1919
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20. The ‘political philosophy’ was the work of–
(A) Gopala Krishna Gokhale (B) Dadabai Naoroji
(C) R. C. Dutt (D) Lala Lajpath Rai
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