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Modern Indian History


1. Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?

Mahatma Gandhi

Jawaharlal Nehru

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

A.O. Hume


2. Who among the following was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress?

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Sarojini Naidu

Annie Besant

Sucheta Kriplani


3. Who among the following was the first President of Indian National Congress?

Dadabhai Naoroji

A.O. Hume

W.C. Bonnerjee

Allan Octavian Hume


4. The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by:

Mahatma Gandhi

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Gopal Krishna Gokhale


5. Who among the following was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal?

Abhinav Bindra

P. T. Usha

Milkha Singh

Leander Paes


6. The Rowlatt Act was passed in which year?

1919

1920

1921

1918


7. The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?

1930

1942

1947

1950


8. Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Rabindranath Tagore

C.V. Raman

Amartya Sen

Mother Teresa


9. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in which city?

Amritsar

Lahore

Delhi

Mumbai


10. Who among the following was the founder of the Indian National Army?

Subhash Chandra Bose

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Jawaharlal Nehru

Mahatma Gandhi