Modern India: Questions & Answers for Degree-Level and KAS Preparation Part 1

1. Who is the founder of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) W.C. Bonnerjee
(c) A.O. Hume
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
Answer: (c) A.O. Hume

2. Who was called the “Bismarck of India”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) V.P. Menon
Answer: (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

3. Who was the Viceroy when the Archaeological Survey of India was established?
(a) Lord Lytton
(b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Ripon
Answer: (c) Lord Curzon

4. Who popularised the public worship of Ganapati in Maharashtra?
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) K.T. Telang
(d) V.D. Savarkar
Answer: (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

5. Whom did Mahatma Gandhi support in the 1939 Indian National Congress presidential election?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) J.B. Kripalani
(d) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Answer: (d) Pattabhi Sitaramayya

6. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) M.A. Jinnah
(b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (b) Badruddin Tyabji

7. The Champaran Satyagraha led by Mahatma Gandhi was for:
(a) Cotton farmers
(b) Indigo farmers
(c) Groundnut farmers
(d) Jute farmers
Answer: (b) Indigo farmers

8. Who founded Banaras Hindu University?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(d) Purushottam Das Tandon
Answer: (c) Madan Mohan Malaviya

9. Who was fatally injured by lathi blows while protesting against the Simon Commission?
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Jatin Das
Answer: (b) Lala Lajpat Rai

10. Who is known as the “Grand Old Man of India”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) W.C. Bonnerjee
Answer: (c) Dadabhai Naoroji