Free Modern History - 13 Practice Test - IAS 

Question 1

Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____ days.

A. 94
B. 86
C. 72
D. 68

SOLUTION

Solution : C

Option: c

Question 2

The modern Indian historian who has written `it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the so called First National war of Independence was neither first, nor national, nor a war of independence` is:

A. S N Sen
B. Dr. Tarachand
C. Dr. R C Majumdar
D. Dr. K K Dutta

SOLUTION

Solution : C

Option: c

Question 3

Which among the following played a very important role in spreading nationalist ideas all over India?

A. The Press
B. English Language
C. Local Language
D. Political Parties

SOLUTION

Solution : A

Option: a

Question 4

The Naval Mutiny took place in the year:

A. 1944
B. 1945
C. 1946
D. 1947

SOLUTION

Solution : C

Option: c

Question 5

From whose book an instantaneous and practical transformation was brought about in Mahatma Gandhi`s life?

A. Leo Tolstoy
B. Henry David Thoreau
C. John Ruskin
D. Ralph Emerson

SOLUTION

Solution : B

Option: b

Question 6

From whose book did Mahatma Gandhi adopt the expression Civil Disobedience for his campaign in South Africa?

A. H.D. Thoreau
B. H.S.L. Polak
C. J. Ruskin
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

SOLUTION

Solution : A

Option: a

Question 7

Which of the following books would you consult to get acquainted with the Nehruvian thought?

A. Discovery of India
B. India Divided
C. Hind Swaraj
D. India Wins Freedom

SOLUTION

Solution : A

Option: a

Question 8

What forced Gandhiji to start the fast unto death in Yerawada Jail in September 1932, which resulted in the acceptance of the Poona act?

A. The Chelmsford Reforms
B. The Communal Award, 1932
C. The Communal Award, 1882
D. The Vernacular Press Act

SOLUTION

Solution : B

Option: b

Question 9

Which of the following books would you consult to get acquainted with the Gandhian Thought?

A. Discovery of India
B. India Divided
C. Hind Swaraj
D. India Wins Freedom

SOLUTION

Solution : C

Option: c

Question 10

Who was the Prime Minister of England when India achieved freedom?

A. Margaret Thatcher
B. Clement Attlee
C. Winston Churchill
D. Neville Chamberlain

SOLUTION

Solution : B

Option: b