Modern India Question and Answer
Short Question and Answers
-
Who led the Bardoli Satyagarha?
Vithalbhai Patel -
When did Gandhiji started his Salt March?
12 March 1930 -
When did Civil Disobedience movement started?
6 April, 1930 -
Who was the hero of Vaikom Satyagraha?
K Kelappan -
Under whose leadership, Koya tribals fought the colonial govt to protect their forest rights during 1922-24?
Ramachandra Raju -
What was popular name of Khudai Khidmatgars?
Red shirts -
Gandhiji marched from Sabarmati to Dandi with how many followers?
78 -
Which American journalist reported during the salt satyagraha?
Webb Miller -
You planned a fine strategy around the issue of salt: Who said this to Gandhiji?
Lord Irwin -
Who was the first president of AITUC?
Lajpat Rai -
Who started Dina Bandhu?
N.M Lokhande -
Who founded the Working Men’s Club?
Sasipada Banerjee -
When was the first strike organized by Indian working class?
1899 -
When was first Factories Act enacted?
1881 -
When was Bombay Mill and Millhand’s Association set up?
1890 -
Which was the first newspaper dedicated to the cause of workers in India?
Bharat Shramjeevi -
When was the no tax campaign launched in Bardoli?
1928 -
Which was the Mopla rebellion epicentre?
Malabar -
Who led the Eka movement?
Madan Pasi -
When was Oudh Rent Act legislated?
1921 -
Mangal Pandey was soldier in which army unit?
Barrackpore -
Who was the de facto leader of revolt of 1857 at Lucknow?
Maulavi Ahmadullah -
Who was the de jure head of the revolt of 1857 at Lucknow?
Birzis Qadr -
Where were British forces defeated at Battle for Audh?
Chinhat -
Who led the revolt against British in Rohilakhand?
Khan Bahadur -
When did British government announced special order of knighthood to Indian princes?
1861 -
The army stationed in which province remained loyal to British masters?
Madras -
When was Awadh annexed by British?
1856 -
When was Nagpur annexed by British?
1854 -
Which governor general annexed Awadh?
Lord Dalhousie -
When was Indigo revolt happened?
1859-60 -
When did East India Company set up first Indigo plantation?
1770 -
Who wrote the play Nil Darpan?
Dinabandhu Mitra -
Which newspaper gave an extensive coverage to indigo riots and written extensively on the plight of indigo cultivators?
The Bengali -
When did British government set up an official inquiry to investigate the causes behind indigo riots?
1860 -
When was Pabna peasant revolt occurs?
1873-85 -
When did Pabna peasants form an agrarian league?
1873 -
Which newspaper criticized the formation of Pabna Agrarian League?
Amrit Bazar Patrika -
When did Deccan riots occur?
1875 -
Which organization took up the cause of Deccan peasants?
Poona Sarvajanik Sabha -
Which peasant revolt was painted by the colonial government as communal?
Moplah -
When did the Deccan Agriculturists Relief Act was passed?
1879 -
Where did Kuka revolt occur?
Punjab -
Who led the Kuka revolt?
Baba Ram Singh -
Who held this view : Sati is a murder according to every Shastra?
Ram Mohan Roy -
Who made this call: Only one god and one caste for mankind ?
Narayan Guru -
Who organized Nav Bidhan?
Kesab Chandra Sen -
Who campaigned for widow remarriage?
Vidyasagar -
Who set up Tattvabodini Sabha?
Debendranath Tagore -
Lex Loci Act was legislated in which year?
1850 -
Who is revered as Grand Old Man of India?
D.B Naoroji -
Who published the newspaper The Bengali?
S.N Banerjee -
Who developed the theory of Drain of Wealth?
Dadabhai Naoroji -
Who had equated expenditure on railway as decorating anothers wife?
Tilak -
By the provisions of the Government of India Act how many Indians were nominated in the Governor-General’s Council?
Three -
In which British India province a Legislative Council was first established?
Bengal -
Who first made the demand of Swaraj ?
Naoroji -
When was the Police Act enacted?
1861 -
Who did Gandhiji considered his political guru?
B.G Tilak -
Which nationalist leader became famous for his budget speeches in Bombay Legislative Council with and without the premises?
G.K .Gokhale -
Who made this statement : Bengal united is power,Bengal divided ,will pull several different ways?
Risley,Home Secretary -
In which year Lord Curzon reduced the number of elected members in the Calcutta Corporation?
1902 -
When was the Universities Act passed?
1904 -
Who put forward the Boycott suggestion in the backdrop of partition of Bengal?
Aurobindo Ghosh -
Who described the Swadeshi and boycott movement as a method of passive resistance?
B.C Pal -
Who described resistance to British as a refusal to render any voluntary or honorary service to the Government?
Bipin Chandra Pal -
When was Bengal Tenancy Act was passed?
1885 -
When was Muslim League established?
Oct 1906 -
Muslim League was established under whose leadership?
Nawab Salimullah -
In the first decade of the 20th century which district was at the epicentre of communal riots in the East Bengal?
Barisaal -
Where was the Annual Congress in 1907 held?
Surat -
Who gave the call for Arandhan during Swadeshi and boycott movement?
Aswini Kumar Dutt -
Gandhi-Irwin pact was accepted by the Congress in 1931 at which place?
Karachi -
In which annual session Congress made its memorable resolution on Fundamental Rights?
Karachi -
Who replaced Irwin as viceroy of India?
Lord Willingdon