Modern India MCQs Questions

Question. Which of the following movement gave a fillip to the INA?
(a) RIN Mutiny
(b) Quit India Movement
(c) Civil Disobedient Movement
(d) Khilafat Movement

Question. Which of the following plan proposed the partition of Punjab and Bengal and handing over power to the provinces?
(a) Cabinet Mission Plan
(b) Waven Plan
(c) Plan Balkan
(d) Mountbatten Plan

Question. The Mount Batten Plan outlined the procedure for immediate
(a) Transfer of power with Partition of India
(b) Transfer of power without Partition of India
(c) Integration of the Srincely State of India
(d) Enforce of a new Constitution for India

Question. The provisional Government of free India was recognised by Japan and _________
(a) Six other government
(b) Eight other government
(c) Ten other government
(d) Eleven other government

Question. The ‘Direct Action Day’ was observed by the Muslim League on
(a) 16th March 1946
(b) 20th May, 1946
(c) 16th August 1946
(d) 2nd September 1946

Question. The president of Constituent Assembly was
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) MA Jinnah
(d) BR Ambedkar

Question. The Cabinet Mission consisting of three member was headed by
(a) Sir Stafford Cripps
(b) AV Alexander
(c) Lord Pethick Lawrance
(d) None of the above

Question. The declaration of 20th February 1947 was made by
(a) Ramsay Macdonald
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Clement Attlee
(d) Lord Wavel

Question. The Indian National Army was founded by
(a) Mohan Singh
(b) NS Gill
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Rash Behari Bose

Question. An interim government with Jawaharlal Nehru as the Prime Minister was sworn in on
(a) 2nd September 1946
(b) 16th October 1946
(c) 20th February 1947
(d) 26th January 1950

Question. Subhas Chandra Bose set up two INA headquarters in
(a) Rangoon and Singapore
(b) Tokyo and Singapore
(c) Taiwan and Singapore
(d) Manchuria and Singapore

Question.The Princely States were permitted to join either the Indian union or Pakistan or remain Independence by
(a) The Government of India Act 1935
(b) The Wavell Plan
(c) The Mountbatten Plan
(d) The Independence of India Act 1947

Question. The integration of Princely State with free India was effected under the leadership of
(a) Dr. Rajendraprasad
(b) Jai Prakash Narayan
(c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question. The Slogan ‘Jai Hind’ and ‘Delhi Chalo’ was given by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Mohan Singh
(c) CR Das
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

Question. During RIN mutiny, an army battalion called to bring peace in Bombay was
(a) Rajput Battalion
(b) Sikh Battalion
(c) Gurkha Battalion
(d) Maratha Battalion

Question. The greatest threat of all but largely forgotten episode in the freedom struggle was
(a) RIN Mutiny
(b) Sepoy Mutiny
(c) Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
(d) INA Movement

Question. On 18th February 1946, the RIN Mutiny started in
(a) Culcutta
(b) Bombay
(c) Madras
(d) Karachi

Question. The elected head of a Naval Central Strike Committee was
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) MK Gandhi
(c) MS Khan
(d) SK Patil

Question. The Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly was
(a) Dr. BR Ambedkar
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Dr. HP Modi
(d) Sardar Patel

Question. The second phase of the INA began in
(a) August, 1942
(b) July, 1943
(c) September, 1943
(d) October, 1943

Question. Which party supports the RIN strikes?
(a) The Muslim League
(b) The Congress
(c) The Hindu Mahasabha
(d) The Communist Party

Question. The RIN Mutiny was condemned due to its violent character by
(a) Nehru
(b) MA Jinnah
(c) Gandhi
(d) Sardar Patel

Question. The idea of Indian national Army (IN(a) was first conceived in Malaya by
(a) Rash Behari Bose
(b) Subash Chandra Bose
(c) Mohan Singh
(d) NS Gill

Question. After the Indian troops occupied the state, the Nizam of Hyderabad formally acceded to India in
(a) September 1947
(b) October 1947
(c) November 1948
(d) December 1949

Question. The INA was founded in
(a) Japan
(b) Malaya
(c) Burma
(d) Singapore

Question. A major centre of RIN revolt second only to Bombay was
(a) Karachi
(b) Cochin
(c) Madras
(d) Visakapatnam

Question. A Cabinet Mission to India was sent by the British government in
(a) April, 1945
(b) March, 1946
(c) August, 1946
(d) September, 1946

Question. Which is the correct pair of the first Governor General of free India and Pakistan?
(a) Lord Wavell and Liaquat Ali Khan
(b) C. Rajagopalacharia and MA Jinnah
(c) Lord Mountbatten and Maulana Azad
(d) Lord Mountbatten and MA Jinnah

Question. The first Prime Minister of free India and Pakistan were
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru and MA Jinnah
(b) Sardar Patel and Liaquat Ali Khan
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad

Question. The Prime Minister of Interim Government formed in 1946 was
(a) Liquat Ali Khan
(b) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Sarder Patel

Question. Which of the following was not a recommendation of the Cabinet Mission?
(a) There should be a union of India
(b) Two dominions would be established
(c) A constituent Assembly should be set up
(d) A provisional government will be set up in the centre.

Question. The last Governor General / Viceroy of British India was
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) Lord Waven
(c) Raja Gopalachari
(d) Lord Linlithgow

Question. The officers and men of the INA wanted to enter India as
(a) Redeemer
(b) Patriots
(c) Liberators
(d) Japan

Question. The Indian Independence Act was ratified by the crown on
(a) 3rd june 1947
(b) 1st July 1947
(c) 18th July 1947
(d) 14th August 1947

Question. The two dominions viz India and Pakistan secured independence respectively on
(a) 15th and 15th August 1947
(b) 15th and 14th August 1947
(c) 14th and 15th August 1947
(d) None of the above

Question. The three Princely States which were not agreed to sign an instrument of accession with India by
15th August 1947 were
(a) Kashmir, Tripura and Hyderabad
(b) Kashmir, Manipur and Cooch Bihar
(c) Kashmir, Junagadh and Hyderabad
(d) Kashmir, Mysore and Hyderabad

Question. The Maharaja of Kashmir acceded to India in
(a) September, 1947
(b) October, 1947
(c) November, 1948
(d) November, 1949

Question. The Constituent Assembly was constituted in 1946 under the provisions of
(a) The Wavell Plan
(b) The Cabinet Mission Plan
(c) The mount Batten Plan
(d) The Independence of India Act

Question. The Constitution of India was passed/ adopted on the
(a) 26th January 1948
(b) 26th November 1949
(c) 26th January 1950
(d) None of the above

Question. The Constitution of India, Which is the most bulky constitution in the world, contains
(a) 390 Articles and 6 Schedules
(b) 394 Articles and 8 Schedules
(c) 394 Articles and 9 Schedules
(d) 395 Articles and 10 Schedules

Question. The Provisional Government of Free India declared war on ____________

Question. Subhas Chandra Bose had left India secretly in _________ to go to the Soviet Union.

Question. RIN Mutiny was started in Bombay on _______

Question. The Nawab of Junagadh wanted to accede to ___________

Question. When RIN Mutiny took place, __________ persuaded the ratings to surrender.

Question. Subhas Chandra Bose was arrested under the ¬¬¬_________

Question. Hyderabad was a Hindu –Majority state under a ________ ruler.

Question. The elation of coming Independence was marred by the large scale _____________ during and after August 1948.

Question. The INA Day was observed on ____________

Question. Mounbatten Plan proposed to advance the date of transfer of power from June 1948 to __________

Question. The task of farming Indian constitution took a long time of about ______________

Question. On 26th jan. 1950, the new constitution came into effect and India was declared a ________________

Question. The Prime Minister of England ____________ declared that power would be transferred to the Indians by June 1948.

Question. The ex-INA and ex-Indian Army formed a mobile bands called ____________

Question. The partition of India uprooted some __________ of undivided India’s people.

Question. Subhas Chandra Bose, known popularly as ______ gave the battle cry of ‘Jai Hind’.

Question. Gandhi died a martyr to the cause of _______=

Question. The integration of princely states was possible mainly due to Sardar Patel and popular ___________

Question. The partition was accepted by Indian nationalist due to historical development of _____________

Question. Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu fanatic _____________