Modern Indian History Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 8)

Ram Singh met Guru Balak Singh and became his disciple and successor. Namdharis count Balak Singh as the 11th guru.

Namdharis were called Kukas because of the shrieks made in ecstasy near the end of their kirtan.

The verdict was pronounced on 6 April 1927. Lahiri was hanged on 17 December 1927, two days earlier than planned.

Rajendra Lahiri pulled the emergency chain to stop the train. The other revolutionaries then overpowered the guard.

Her hunger strike at Tihar Jail improved conditions there. She was then moved to Ambala and held in solitary confinement.

She received the International Lenin Peace Prize in 1964. Her Bharat Ratna came after her death, in 1997.

She was elected the first Mayor of Delhi in 1958. She had helped form the National Federation of Indian Women in 1954.

He was executed on 6 December 1806. His trial was held at Baghitota in Midnapore.

He supported Mukunda Deva II and helped make him king of Khurda. The British arrested the king on 3 January 1805.

A group of armed Paikas attacked the British at Pipili in October 1804. The Khurda fort fell after a long fight.

The Governor General confirmed Tikendrajit’s death sentence. He changed the Raja’s sentence to transportation for life.

J. W. Quinton arrived in Manipur on 22 March 1891 with about 400 soldiers. He was killed in the fighting that followed.

She was an active member of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha. She rose to prominence when it marked Kartar Singh Sarabha’s martyrdom in 1926.

Jatin Das died after a 63-day hunger strike in jail. She led his funeral procession from Lahore to Calcutta.

He was held at Brixton Prison before the trial. He was hanged at Pentonville Prison.

He hid the revolver in a book with its pages cut out. This let him carry it into Caxton Hall.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak criticised the plague measures in Kesari and Maratha. He did not support the killing of Rand.

Khando Vishnu Sathe was a juvenile. He received ten years’ rigorous imprisonment instead of a death sentence.

Lieutenant Ayerst died on the spot. Rand was taken to Sassoon Hospital and died of his wounds on 3 July 1897.

The shooting took place on 22 June 1897, the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, as officials returned from the celebrations at Government House.

Kurichiya bowmen fought for Pazhassi Raja. Nairs, Thiyyas and other groups also joined his forces.

Arthur Wellesley was appointed commandant for Mysore, Canara and Malabar. He spent years fighting the Raja’s guerrilla war.

The Company called its wars with Pazhassi Raja the Cotiote War. Cotiote comes from the English form of Kottayam.

At Periya Pass in 1797 the Raja’s men hid in stockades on both sides and struck the Company force as it entered.

He was killed on 30 November 1805 at Mavila Thodu, a stream near Pulpally on the Kerala-Karnataka border.