MCQs on Modern History (General Awareness) for all SSC Exams

Q1. Who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha after Mahatama Gandhi's arrest?

(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(c) Abbas Tyabji
(d) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

Ans. (c) Abbas Tyabji

Q2. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Acharya J.B. Kripalani

Ans. (c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Q3. Naokhali is situated in-

(a) Jharkhand
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Assam
(d) Bihar

Ans. (b) Bangladesh

Q4. What was the basis of transfer of power to India on 15th August by?

(a) On this day the Indian National Congress had demanded "Poorna Swaraj"
(b) On this day Mahatma Gandhi started "Quit India Movement"
(c) Anniversary of formation of Interim Government
(d) Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army before Admiral Mountbatten

Ans. (d) Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army before Admiral Mountbatten

Q5. As per British Colonel Authorities "The father of the Indian unrest" was-

(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Ans. (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q6. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from a book of:

(a) Thoreau
(b) Ruskin
(c) Confucius
(d) Tolstoy

Ans. (a) Thoreau

Q7. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by:

(a) India Council Act of 1892
(b) Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
(c) Montagu-Chemsford reforms of 1919
(d) Government of India Act of 1935

Ans. (b) Minto-Morley reforms of 1909

Q8. The ultimate goal of Mahatma Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha was?

(a) repeal of Salt Satyagraha
(b) curtailment of the Government's power
(c) economic relief to the common people
(d) "Purna Swaraj" for India

Ans. (d) "Purna Swaraj" for India

Q9. Who started the Home Rule League?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Rajendra Prasad

Ans. (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q10. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy to probe?

(a) Bardoli Satyagraha
(b) Khilafat Agitation
(c) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
(d) Chaura Chauri incident

Ans. (c) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy

Q11. Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the individual Satyagraha in 1940 from?

(a) Nadiad in Gujarat
(b) Pavnar in Maharashtra
(c) Adyar in Tamil Nadu
(d) Guntur in Andhra Pradesh

Ans. (b) Pavnar in Maharashtra

Q12. In which year the first Telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened?

(a) 1852
(b) 1853
(c) 1854
(d) 1855

Ans. (b) 1853

Q13. The Swadeshi Movement was launched

(a) as a protest against division of Bengal
(b) with a view to improve the economic condition of the people by encouraging consumption of Indian goods
(c) as a protest against the massacre of Indian people at Jallianwala Bagh
(d) due to the failure of the British Government to introduce responsible Government in India

Ans. (a) as a protest against division of Bengal

Q14. Name of the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

Ans. (a) Dadabhai Naoroji

Q15. When was the first passenger train run in India?

(a) January 1848
(b) April 1853
(c) May 1857
(d) April 1852

Ans. (b) April 1853