Modern India: Questions & Answers for Degree-Level and KAS Preparation Part 5

1. Who was instrumental in the integration of princely states after Independence?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Baldev Singh
(d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Answer: (a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

2. Who wrote “Gita Rahasya”?
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

3. Who was the founder of the All-India Muslim League?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Aga Khan
(c) Liaquat Ali Khan
(d) Muhammad Iqbal
Answer: (b) Aga Khan

4. Who was the first foreigner to become President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) A.O. Hume
(b) William Wedderburn
(c) George Yule
(d) Alfred Webb
Answer: (c) George Yule

5. Which Viceroy established institutions for the education and political training of Indian princes (e.g., Mayo College)?
(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Lord Mayo
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Curzon
Answer: (b) Lord Mayo

6. Who was the Viceroy during the Dandi March (1930)?
(a) Lord Wellington
(b) Lord Chelmsford
(c) Lord Linlithgow
(d) Lord Irwin
Answer: (d) Lord Irwin

7. Who said, “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

8. Who was called the “Hero of Bardoli Satyagraha”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

9. Who was popularly known as “Rajaji”?
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Rajguru
Answer: (b) C. Rajagopalachari

10. Who was the political guru of Gopal Krishna Gokhale?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) W.C. Bonnerjee
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) M.G. Ranade
Answer: (d) M.G. Ranade