Modern History Quiz – 1

1. The Battle of Kohima in 1944 was fought between which two forces?

2. What was the role of Lal-Bal-Pal in the Indian freedom movement?

3. In which year did the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb pass away?

4. Which city was known as the capital of the Pandya dynasty?

5. In which year was the Communist Party of India (CPI) established?

6. Who propounded the 'Principle of Lapse'?

7. In which year was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) established?

8. Which princely state did the Indian Army take control of through its intervention in September 1948?

9. Against whom did Mahatma Gandhi launch the Satyagraha movement in 1919?

10. In which year did the Battle of Plassey take place?

11. Under whose chairmanship was the Planning Commission constituted on 15 March 1950?

12. In which place was the Communist Party of India founded in 1920?

13. In which city is the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah located?

14. Who signed the Treaty of Lahore in 1846 AD— the British Empire and which Maharaja?

15. In which place was the Khilafat Committee formed in March 1919?

16. In which year was Bengal partitioned by Viceroy Lord Curzon?

17. Who was the first to introduce the concept of the poverty line in pre-independent India?

18. In which year was the Third Round Table Conference held?

19. Who served as the editor of the newspaper 'Kesari', known for its strong criticism of British rule?

20. Who among the following founded the non-violent movement ‘Khudai Khidmatgars’?