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Important questions on Modern History. History is one of the important sections in all the defence exams. Modern History is easy among all the History sub-sections. Here are the 21 Important questions on Modern History which might appear in your exams.
1. Who was the first among the following to visit India as a virtue of trade?
a. Dutch
b. British
c. French
d. Portuguese
2. Where was the first British East India Company factory was established?
a. Kolkata
b. Bombay
c. Surat
d. Delhi
3. Battle of Wandiwash was fought between?
a. British and French
b. British and Dutch
c. Dutch and French
d. British and Portuguese
4. Who introduced the doctrine of Subsidiary Alliance in India during British rule?
a. Lord Wellesley
b. Lord Cornwallis
c. Lord Mountbatten
d. Lord Dalhousie
5. Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?
a. Lord Wellesley
b. Lord Cornwallis
c. Lord Mountbatten
d. Lord Dalhousie
6. Who was the Governor-General during the Regulating Act of 1773?
a. Lord Warren Hastings
b. Lord Cornwallis
c. Lord Dalhousie
d. Lord Wellesley
7. Land Revenue Policy “Permanent Settlement” was first introduced in which year?
a. 1791
b. 1792
c. 1793
d. 1794
8. Which Governor-General ordered the Partition of Bengal?
a. Lord Wellesley
b. Lord Dalhousie
c. Lord Curzon
d. Lord Warren Hastings
9. Indian Councils Act of 1909 was known as?
a. Pitt India Act
b. Simon Go back Mission
c. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
d. Morley and Minto Reforms
10. Government of India Act of 1919 was known as?
a. Pitts India Act
b. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
c. Simon Go back Mission
d. Morley and Minto Reforms
11. The Rowlatt Act was introduced in the year?
a. 1917
b. 1918
c. 1919
d. 1920
12. The Second Civil Disobedience Movement is famously known as?
a. Simon Go back
b. Non-Cooperation Movement
c. Dandi March
d. Quit India Movement
13. Quit India Movement was happened in which year?
a. 1940
b. 1942
c. 1943
d. 1944
14. Which one of these is not a part of the Land Revenue Policy?
a. Permanent Settlement
b. Ryotwari System
c. Mahalwari System
d. Rowlatt Act Settlement
15. Battle of Plassey was fought between?
a. Mir Qasim and British
b. Nawab of Awadh and British
c. Nawab of Kanpur and British
d. Siraj-ud-Daula and British
16. Battle of Buxar was fought between?
a. Mir Qasim and British
b. Nawab of Awadh and British
c. Nawab of Kanpur and British
d. Siraj-ud-Daula and British
17. Who introduced the Indian Civil Service in British Raj?
a. Lord Wellesley
b. Lord Cornwallis
c. Lord Mountbatten
d. Lord Dalhousie
18. The base of the Indian Penal Code was given by?
a. a. Lord Wellesley
b. Lord Cornwallis
c. Lord Mountbatten
d. Lord Macaulay
19. Who was the last king of the Mughal Empire?
a. Alam gir II
b. Bahadur Shah II
c. Akbar Shah II
d. Shah Alam II
20. Who was the last Viceroy of British India?
a. Lord Wellesley
b. Lord Cornwallis
c. Lord Mountbatten
d. Lord Macaulay
21. First Round Table Conference was held in London in which year?
a. 1930
b. 1931
c. 1932
d. 1933
Answers
1) d 2) c 3) a 4) a 5) d 6) a 7) c 8) c 9) d 10) c 11) c 12) c 13) b 14) d 15) d 16) a 17) b 18) d 19) b 20) c 21) a
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