Modern Indian History Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 4)

The Kudiyan Sangham protested against landlords who held British-backed rights over land and evictions. It shows the farm grievances behind the 1921 rebellion.

Anand Singh Fartyal and Bishan Singh Karayat were shot. Mahara himself was kept in several jails.

Shahu sent Peshwa Bahiroji Pingale against Angre. Angre defeated and captured him, which forced Shahu to negotiate.

Balaji Vishwanath offered Angre ten forts and sixteen posts. In return Angre pledged loyalty to Shahu and freed the captured Peshwa.

Angre founded Alibaug and issued his own silver coin there. It was called the Alibagi rupaiya.

Its killedar planned to defect to the Siddi of Janjira. Angre seized the fort, and Sambhaji then made him its commander.

Birsa Munda led the Ulgulan, or Great Tumult, in 1899-1900. It came decades after the Kol uprising of 1831-32.

Silagai in Ranchi district was his home village. British troops attacked it on 13 February 1832.

Budhu Bhagat was an Oraon farmer from Silagai village near Ranchi. Munda, Ho and Bhumij people also joined the Kol uprising.

The stamp was issued on 31 December 2008. It shows her in royal dress with a sword.

She stayed at Virupakshi, near Dindigul, under Haider Ali’s protection. She lived there for about eight years.

Thandavarayan Pillai stayed with her in exile. He also wrote on her behalf to Haider Ali seeking military help.

He was killed when Company forces entered Sivaganga in June 1772. His death began Velu Nachiyar’s years in exile.

The Company received the diwani in 1765. This brought its officials and revenue demands into regions like the Rajmahal Hills.

Verma argues the Tilka biography appears in books from 1970 onward. Absence from old files does not erase local memory, but it calls for care.

Records say Cleveland died on a voyage on 13 January 1784. The popular arrow story is not confirmed by these records.

Cleveland offered stipends to some chiefs and raised a hill force. The aim was to win cooperation, not to grant independence.

Bapat had followed Tilak closely. After Tilak died in 1920, he took the Gandhian oath of non-violence.

India House was a hub for Indian revolutionaries in London. Bapat worked there with the Savarkar brothers.

On 15 August 1947 he raised the Indian flag over Pune. It was the first time the city saw it as a free nation.

Ghanshyam Shah made this assessment. The farmers resisted the loss of their land to the Mulshi dam.

The memorial stands at Kalaiyarkoil in Sivaganga district. A Guru Pooja is held there every October.

Jambudweepa is an old name for the Indian subcontinent. The text called on all its people to unite against the British.

Srirangam was a major Vaishnava centre. A copy placed there could reach travellers from across the south.

Oomathurai was Kattabomman’s brother. The Marudu brothers gave him refuge after 1799, and the Company treated that as defiance.