Modern India: Questions & Answers for Degree-Level and KAS Preparation Part 9

1. Who headed the Cabinet Mission to India (1946)?
(a) Stafford Cripps
(b) A. V. Alexander
(c) Cyril Radcliffe
(d) Pethick-Lawrence
Answer: (d) Pethick-Lawrence

2. Who is regarded as the father of the ‘Two-Nation Theory’?
(a) Muhammad Iqbal
(b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: (b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

3. Who was the last Governor-General of British India?
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Lord Wavell
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Linlithgow
Answer: (c) Lord Mountbatten

4. On which date did Mahatma Gandhi break the Salt Law at Dandi?
(a) 12 March 1930
(b) 6 April 1930
(c) 5 May 1930
(d) 16 April 1930
Answer: (b) 6 April 1930

5. In which state is the Sevagram Ashram of Mahatma Gandhi located?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (b) Maharashtra

6. Which leader was known as “Mahamana”?
(a) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Vinoba Bhave
Answer: (a) Madan Mohan Malaviya

7. Who led the Quit India Movement (1942)?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) No single leader (collective leadership after arrests)
Answer: (d) No single leader

8. Who was the only Keralite to become President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) John Mathai
(b) R.K. Shanmukham Chetty
(c) C. Sankaran Nair
(d) K. Kelappan
Answer: (c) C. Sankaran Nair

9. Which Viceroy resigned following the Ilbert Bill controversy?
(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Canning
Answer: (c) Lord Ripon

10. Who advised Mahatma Gandhi to travel across India before entering active politics?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Feroz Shah Mehta
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale