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Modern Indian History MCQ Questions and answers with easy explanations. History section provides you all type of mcq questions on Modern Indian History with explanations. Modern Indian History MCQ is important for exams like IBPS, SCC, UPSC, NET etc. Page-2 section-4

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Modern Indian History .
11
Who among the following did not attend the First Round Table Conference?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The first Round Table Conference convened from 12 November 1930 to 19 January 1931. Prior to the Conference, M. K. Gandhi had initiated the Civil Disobedience Movement on behalf of the Indian National Congress.
12
The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
The Indian Tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru on the banks of Ravi at Lahore in 1929, in this session. The demand of Purna Swaraj was raised.
13
In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
In the Tripuri Session of 1939 of INC a deadlock was created due to the ideological differences between M.K. Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose and election was held for the post of chairman in which Bose defeated Pattabhi Setharamayya (supported by M.K Gandhi).
14
The President of the Constituent Assembly was
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha was the first chairman (temporary) of Constituent Assembly. Later Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as the president and its vice-president was Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, a Christian from Bengal and former vice-chancellor of Calcutta University.
15
Who ruled that pilgrims could wear yellow clothes - the colour of the garments Sri Buddha wore
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Sree Narayana Guru ruled that pilgrims could wear yellow clothes - the colour of the garments Sri Buddha wore
16
The first elected Indian President of the Legislative Assembly was
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Vithalbhai Patel was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly as one of the candidates of the Congress Swarajya Dal and in 1925 as the first Indian President of the House where he created history.
17
Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Royal Society is a learned society for science and is possibly the oldest such society still in existence, founded in Nov 1660. Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia (A.C.Wadia) was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal society.
18
The Battle of Wandiwash was fought between
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
This was the Third Carnatic War fought between the French and the British.
19
The partition of Bengal was occurred in __________
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
The partition took place on 16 October 1905 and separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas.
20
In May 1933, Mahatma Gandhi began a fast of 21 days
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
In May 1933, Mahatma Gandhi began a fast of 21 days for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans.