Modern Indian History MCQs

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The national song “Vande Mataram” was first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at Calcutta session of INC in 1896. It was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Anandamath in 1882.

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To promote the welfare of women, Poona Seva Sadan was founded by G.K.Devadhar and Ramabai Ranade (wife of M.G.Ranade) in 1909 at Pune, Maharashtra.

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Lord Ellenborough (1842-44) was the Governor General of India when Sindh was annexed to the British Empire in 1843 AD.

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The Moplah Rebellion (or Malabar Rebellion) was an armed uprising against British authority and Hindu landlords in Malabar, Kerala in 1921. But the the movement was severely suppressed by the British forces.

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There is an interesting story behind this question. Farrukhsiyar had sit on the throne of Delhi by defeating and killing his uncle Jahandar Shah. He is known to have tortured Banda Bahadur to death. Farrikhsiyar was the last Mughal sovereign who married a Hindu Princess, the daughter of Raja Ajit Singh of Jodhpur and Marwar. When the nuptials were preparing, Farrukhsiyar got ill and was confined to bed. At that there was a mission at Delhi in which Mr. Hamilton was a surgeon. Mr. Hamilton treated the emperor and thus he was able to marry the Hindu princess. After the marriage was completed, Farrukhsiyar invited Mr. Hamilton and asked him what he would like in reward, in a typical oriental style of Indian emperors. But Mr. Hamilton did not asked anything for his own but for his employers i.e. east India company, he demanded some land for a factory at Hooghly. The demand was fulfilled and thus began the journey of East India company in east of India.

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Between 1927 and 1966, Indian Rupee was pegged to British Pound and its value was 13 rupees = 1 pound. This arrangement continued until 1966 when the rupee was devalued and pegged to the U.S. dollar at a rate of 7.5 rupees = 1 dollar. This value remained there until the U.S. dollar devalued in 1971.

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Bhakti movement in Hinduism refers to ideas and engagement that emerged in the medieval era on love and devotion to religious concepts built around one or more gods and goddesses. Bhakti movement preached against the caste system using the local languages so that the message reached the masses.

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M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the Servants of India Society. The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. All are related to this organization.

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• The August Offer was a proposal made by the British government in 1940 promising the expansion of the Executive Council of the Viceroy of India to include more Indians, the establishment of an advisory war council, giving full weight to minority opinion.
• The Indian National Army trials (INA trials), which are also called the Red Fort trials, were the British Indian trial by courts-martial of a number of officers of the Indian National Army (INA) between November 1945 and May 1946, for charges variously for treason, torture, murder and abetment to murder during World.
• The Quit India Movement, or the August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India.
• On February 18, 1946, a section of non-commissioned officers and sailors known as Ratings, serving in the Royal Indian Navy, mutinied against the British Officers. The mutiny started as a strike by the ratings to protest against the hardships regarding pay, food and racial discrimination.

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The law was repealed in 1881 by Lytton’s successor as viceroy, Lord Ripon (governed 1880–84). However, the resentment it produced among Indians became one of the catalysts giving rise to India’s growing independence movement.