Modern History

Lesson 3/6 | Study Time: 2222 Min
Modern History








  • Who was the founder of Aligarh Movement- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

  • Where does the Prophet of New India go- Raja Rammohan Roy

  • The founder of Brahma Samaj was- Raja Rammohan Roy

  • Who was the founder of Prarthana Samaj- Atmaram Pandurang

  • The Ayong who first paid attention to primary and secondary education in India Charles Commission

  • Which was the first reform movement to be started in the 19th century - Brahmo Samaj

  • The Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by- Jyotiraba Phule

  • "Years ago we made a promise with destiny and now the time has come to fulfill that promise". Who said those words on the night of 14 August 1947 - Jawaharlal Nehru

  • Who said, "The real place of taste is not the living, but the mind" - Mahatma Gandhi

  • Who said, "Truth is the ultimate element and that is God" - Mahatma Gandhi

  • Who among the Congress leaders was called 'great old man' - Dadabhai Naoroji

  • Who was the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament – Dadabhai Naoroji

  • Who propounded the principle of 'drainage of property' from India to Britain – Dadabhai Naoroji

  • When Mahatma Gandhi was killed, who said, "No one would believe that a man with such a body and soul ever walked this earth" - Albert Einstein

  • 'Will or will die' - On what mass movement did Gandhiji give this mantra to the nation Quit India Movement

  • Who gave the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad" - Bhagat Singh

  • Who was the founder and editor of the famous newspaper 'Kesari' during the national struggle- Lokmanya Tilak

  • Which religious book Gandhiji has called his mother - Bhagavad Gita

  • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started Al Ur Hilal, an Urdu weekly in 1912, but founded al-Balag after the government banned it - in 1915

  • Swaraj is my birthright and I will be the only one after receiving it. Whose slogan was this - Lokmanya Tilak

  • Who was associated with the post 'Frontier Gandhi' - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  • Who is famous as "Lady with the Lamp" - Florence Nightingale

  • Who is the author of the book 'Life Divine' - Arvind Ghosh

  • 'The Loyal Muhammadans of India had a newspaper- Syed Ahmed Khan

  • Who was the editor of Young India and Harijan- Mahatma Gandhi

  • Who wrote the famous drama "Neeladarpan" describing the atrocities of the British Indigo planters - Deenbandhu Mitra

  • The song 'Jana Gana Mana' written by Rabindranath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the name Bharat Bhagya Vidhata.

  • Which rebellion of Bengal is mentioned by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel 'Annad Math' - Saints Rebellion

  • In which case Arvind was arrested- Alipur bomb case

  • Who founded the institution named Abhinav Bharat - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

  • Lahore Conspiracy Case was registered against whom- Bhagat Singh

  • Who established Naunjwan Bharat Sabha - Sardar Bhagat Singh

  • U.S.A. Who founded the Ghadar Party in San Francisco - Lala Hardayal

  • Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 – in Barrackpore

  • The administrative dimension of the Revolt of 1857 was the transfer of power - from the East India Company to the British Emperor

  • Who was the Governor General of India during the Revolt of 1857 - Lord Canning

  • Who led the Ghadar of Kanpur- Nana Sahib

  • Who initiated the civil service in India - Lord Cornwallis

  • Government's transfer from 'Company' to 'Emperor' was announced by Lord Canning on 1 November 1858 – in Allahabad

  • Who went to the Imperial court in 1877 wearing handmade khadi clothes - G. V. Joshi

  • During the British rule, who was the founder of the 'Rayatwadi system' in the then Madras Presidency – Thomas Munro

  • Who was the first Governor General of Bengal- Warren Hastings

  • Which Governor General had abolished the practice of sati in India - Lord William Bentick

  • Who was the first Indian to qualify in the Indian Civil Service - Satyendra Nath Tagore

  • Who was the last Governor General of Bengal- Lord William Bentick

  • Which Governor-General was related to the abolition of cheating - Lord William Bentick

  • The last Governor General of the East India Company and the first Viceroy under the Crown was - Lord Canning

  • Which Governor General's name was associated with the State Hadoop Policy - Lord Dalhousie

  • Who was the last Viceroy of India - Lord Mountbatten

  • India became independent during the Viceroy's time – Mountbatten

  • Who was the first Indian Governor General of India - C. Rajagopalachari