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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-3 section-1

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Modern Indian History .
21
Commissioners for the Affairs of India were known as
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Right Honourable Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India (commonly known as the India Board or the Board of Control) was an arm of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for managing the Government's interest in British India and the East India Company between 1784 and 1858.
22
Which one of the following was not a French settlement in India?
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Answer: Option C
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Goa is a former Portuguese colony, the Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961. In 1510, the Portuguese defeated the ruling Bijapur kings with the help of a local ally, Timayya, leading to the establishment of a permanent settlement in Velha Goa (or Old Goa).
23
Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once called Mahatma Gandhi "a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir... striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceregal Palace."
24
Who called Sree Narayana Guru as 'The Second Buddha'?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
G.Sankara Kurup called Shri Narayana Guru as Second Buddha.
25
AI Hilal was a
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
The Al-Hilal was a weekly Urdu language newspaper established by the Indian leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and used as a medium for criticism of the British Raj in India. The first issue came out on 13 July 1912.
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Atmopadesa Satakam is the work of __________
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Answer: Option D
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"Atmopadesa Satakam" is a Malayalam spiritual work by Narayana Guru in the form of a poem.
27
Nirvruthi Panchakam was written by __________
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Nirvruthi Panchakam was written by Sree Narayana Guru.
28
Zamindari Association was the political association of modern India
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Answer: Option A
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The Zamindari Association, which was later renamed Landholders' Society, was established in 12 November 1837 by Dwarkanath Tagore, Prasanna Kumar Tagore, Radhakanta Deb, Ramkamal Sen and Bhabani Charan Mitra. It has been described as “the first organisation of Bengal with distinct political object.”
29
Who was the Nawab of Bengal during "Battle of Plassey"?
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Answer: Option C
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The Battle of Plassey was fought in 1757 between the Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-daulah and east India company. The Victory of the British forces in this battle paved the way the British rule in India.
30
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak hailed form
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Answer: Option C
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Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak hailed from Maharashtra.