Modern Indian History Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 9)

The Anglo-Khasi War lasted from 1829 to 1833. It began with the attack on the garrison at Nongkhlaw on 4 April 1829.

The Khasis had swords, shields, bows and arrows but no firearms. They turned to guerrilla warfare.

The road was to connect Guwahati and Sylhet. It would save weeks of travel through malarious country.

The British gained the Brahmaputra valley by the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826. They then wanted a road through the Khasi Hills.

Sachidananda Routray wrote the poem ‘Baji Rout’. It keeps the boy’s sacrifice alive in Odia memory.

His father Hari Rout died when Baji was a child. His mother earned a living by grinding and husking paddy.

The three INA officers were charged with waging war against the King Emperor. The trial began on 5 November 1945.

Khudiram Bose used the name Haren Sarkar at Muzaffarpur. His partner Prafulla Chaki used the name Dinesh Chandra Roy.

Khudiram Bose was tried at Muzaffarpur and hanged there at about 6 a.m. on 11 August 1908.

Khudiram Bose was born on 3 December 1889 at Habibpur, in Medinipur district. Bogra was the home district of his partner Prafulla Chaki.

Khudiram walked about 25 miles and was held by two constables at Waini railway station. Waini is now called Khudiram Bose Pusa.

The University of Calcutta awarded him the Jagattarini Gold Medal in 1923. The University of Dacca gave him an honorary doctorate in 1936.

The British government banned Pather Dabi in 1927 for its sharp criticism of colonial rule. The ban stayed in force until 1939.

He led the Howrah District Congress Committee from 1921 to 1936. He was close to Chittaranjan Das and Subhas Chandra Bose.

Correct: 4 – 3 – 2 – 1. Ibn Battuta came first, in the 1330s. Nikitin followed, reaching India in 1469. Monserrate and Mundy were later visitors of the Mughal age.

Vishnu Shastri Pundit founded the Widow Remarriage Association in 1856, and Karsondas Mulji started the Gujarati weekly Satya Prakash in 1852 to push the same cause. Debendranath Tagore founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha in 1839 in Calcutta, later merging it into the Brahmo Samaj, leaving Raja Ram Mohan Roy matched to the remaining item by elimination. This gives the code A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1.

The Lucknow Pact came first in 1916, an agreement between the Congress and the Muslim League. The Swaraj Party formed next in 1923, followed by the Communal Award in 1932, and finally the Simla Conference in 1945. This gives the order 3, 1, 2, 4.

Maize reached India via Africa and Spain, becoming one of western India’s major crops by the seventeenth century. It arrived alongside other New World crops like tomatoes, potatoes, chillies, pineapple, and papaya, all introduced through the same trade routes during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This is why Africa and Spain is the correct answer.

The answer is the claim about Mahalwari land belonging to the Government. Under Mahalwari, revenue was assessed collectively on the village (mahal), with the village community holding proprietary rights, not the state.

The answer is the claim about reserved seats for Depressed Classes. That issue was actually addressed separately through the Communal Award and the Poona Pact, not the 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

Gandhi led his first major civil disobedience campaign in India at Champaran, Bihar, in 1917, over the forced indigo cultivation system. The Bihar government launched year-long centenary celebrations starting 10 April 2017, marking a century since the movement began. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the concluding ceremony at Motihari in Champaran district.

The answer is that both are true and Statement II explains Statement I. Wajid Ali Shah’s inability to rein in rebellious taluqdars was cited as part of the misgovernance charge used to justify Awadh’s annexation.

The answer is Vithalbhai J. Patel, the first Indian elected as (non-official) President/Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly.

Henry Vivian Derozio taught at Hindu College in Calcutta and inspired a group of radical young students known as Young Bengal. He encouraged them to question orthodox customs and think freely, using rational and often provocative debate. David Hare helped establish educational institutions, while the Tagores were reformers in other spheres, not founders of this specific movement.

Saadat Khan, also known as Burhan-ul-Mulk, was appointed governor of Avadh by the Mughal emperor in 1722. He gradually built up personal authority there, effectively founding a semi-independent regional kingdom. Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Sarfaraz Khan were instead linked to Bengal politics, not Avadh.