Modern History Quiz – 1By Mainak Roy / August 19, 2025 Modern History Quiz - 1 1 / 20 1. Against whom did Mahatma Gandhi launch the Satyagraha movement in 1919? British Education Policy Rowlatt Act Simon Commission Salt Law 2 / 20 2. Which princely state did the Indian Army take control of through its intervention in September 1948? Junagadh Hyderabad Kashmir Travancore 3 / 20 3. In which year did the Battle of Plassey take place? 1750 1757 1760 1740 4 / 20 4. In which year was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) established? 1950 1970 1980 1960 5 / 20 5. In which place was the Communist Party of India founded in 1920? Kanpur Bombay Kolkata Tashkent 6 / 20 6. In which year was the Communist Party of India (CPI) established? 1921 1923 1925 1920 7 / 20 7. In which year was Bengal partitioned by Viceroy Lord Curzon? 1900 1905 1903 1904 8 / 20 8. In which place was the Khilafat Committee formed in March 1919? Calcutta Lucknow Delhi Bombay 9 / 20 9. What was the role of Lal-Bal-Pal in the Indian freedom movement? They formed the Indian National Army. They led the Non-Cooperation Movement. They advocated for assertive nationalism and Swadeshi movement. They promoted moderate methods of protest. 10 / 20 10. In which year was the Third Round Table Conference held? 1932 1931 1930 1933 11 / 20 11. In which year did the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb pass away? 1649 1707 1762 1530 12 / 20 12. Who served as the editor of the newspaper 'Kesari', known for its strong criticism of British rule? Bal Gangadhar Tilak Dadabhai Naoroji Mahatma Gandhi Gopal Krishna Gokhale 13 / 20 13. Which city was known as the capital of the Pandya dynasty? Kanchipuram Madurai Ujjain Thanjavur 14 / 20 14. Who propounded the 'Principle of Lapse'? Lord Dalhousie Lord Wellesley Lord Canning Lord Cornwallis 15 / 20 15. Who signed the Treaty of Lahore in 1846 AD— the British Empire and which Maharaja? Maharaja Ranjit Singh Maharaja Duleep Singh Maharaja Sher Singh Maharaja Kharak Singh 16 / 20 16. The Battle of Kohima in 1944 was fought between which two forces? British Indian Army and Japanese Army British Indian Army and German Army Japanese Army and Chinese Army Indian National Army (INA) and American Army 17 / 20 17. In which city is the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah located? Agra Jaipur Lucknow Delhi 18 / 20 18. Under whose chairmanship was the Planning Commission constituted on 15 March 1950? Dr. Rajendra Prasad B.R. Ambedkar Jawaharlal Nehru Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 19 / 20 19. Who was the first to introduce the concept of the poverty line in pre-independent India? Gopal Krishna Gokhale Mahatma Gandhi R. C. Dutt Dadabhai Naoroji 20 / 20 20. Who among the following founded the non-violent movement ‘Khudai Khidmatgars’? Hakim Ajmal Khan Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Syed Ahmed Khan Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Your score is Restart quiz By Wordpress Quiz plugin
