Modern India History (GK Quiz-8)

Modern India History

(GK Quiz-8)

Q1: In which year Vasco da Gama arrived at Calicut, India?

(a) 1398
(b) 1495
(c) 1496
(d) 1498


Q2: In which Year of the Battle of Plassey was fought?
(a) 1557
(b) 1657
(c) 1757
(d) 1857


Q3: Hyder Ali was the ruler of which of the following state?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Mysore
(c) Cochi
(d) Bengal


Q4: The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) resulted in the defeat of the which of the following forces.
(a) American
(b) British
(c) French
(d) Russian



Q5: The Company lost all its administrative powers __________.
(a) By the Government of India Act of 1958
(b) By the Government of India Act of 1858
(c) By the Government of India Act of 1758
(d) By the Government of India Act of 1658


Q6: Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by ________.
a) Wellesley
b) John Shore
c) Robert Clive
d) Dalhousie


Q7: The policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by __________.
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Macaulay
(d) Lord William Bentinck


Q8: In which year the Indian National Congress was formed?
(a) 1885
(b) 1887
(c) 1888
(d) 1895


Q9:  Tipu was defeated by the British forces in the _________ Anglo-Maratha war.
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth


Q10:  Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the _____________.
(a) Brahma Samaj
(b) Arya Samaj
(c) Ramakrishna Mission
(d) Theosophical society


Q11: Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, a religious scholar, reformer, and was founder of the __________.
(a) Arya Samaj
(b) Brahma Samaj
(c) Ramakrishna Mission
(d) Theosophical society


Q12: Who was the author of Satyarth Prakash?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Lokmanya Tilak
(c) Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy


Q13: In which year Jyotiba Phule formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth?
(a) 1773
(b) 1853
(c) 1873
(d) 1883


Q14: One Caste One Religion, One God for Man is the teaching of ______.
(a) Rajaram Mohan Roy
(b) C.Kesavan
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Sree Narayana Guru


Q15: Who founded the Central Hindu School and College in Benares (now called Varanasi)?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) George Thompson
(c) Govinda Das
(d) Sarojini Naidu


Answers:
1: (d) 1498
2: (c) 1757
3: (b) Mysore
4: (c) French
5: (b) By the Government of India Act of 1858
6: (a) Wellesley
7: (a) Lord Dalhousie
8: (a) 1885
9: (c) Third
10: (a) Brahma Samaj
11: (a) Arya Samaj
12: (c) Dayanand Saraswati
13: (c) 1873
14: (d) Sree Narayana Guru
15: (a) Annie Besant