Modern History Quiz – 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who propounded the 'Principle of Lapse'?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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