Modern History in English Quiz 1

1.The earliest movement which took up the cause of lower caste against Brahmana domination was

A.Nair Service Society

B.Satya Shodak Society

C.Mahajan Sangam

D.Vokkaliga Sangha

2.The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by:

A.Mahatma Gandhi

B.Thakkar Bappa

C.Jyotiba Phule

D.B.R. Ambedkar

3.Who was the founder of the autonomous kingdom of Awadh or Oudh?

A.Safdar Jang

B.Saadat Khan

C.Shuja-ud-daula

D.Asaf-ud-daula

4.Who is commonly known as the ‘Navigator’?

A.King John II

B.Price Henry

C.King Emmanuel

D.Pope Alexander VI

5.Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?

A.Sir Stafford Cripps

B.AV Alexander

C.Radcliffe

D.Pathick Lawrence

6.Where did Vivekananda attend the World’s Parliament of Religion in 1893?

A.Chicago

B.New York

C.Washington

D.Alaska

7.The Iron Pillar near Qutub Minar draws attention of vscientists due to its

A.antiquity

B.glitter

C.hardness

D.rustlessness

8.Which one among the following was not a demand of the Prarthana Samaj?

A.Women education

B.Widow remarriage

C.Raising the age of marriage for boys and girls

D.Abolition of untouchability

9.The most fearless and bold woman leader of the peasant movement, who sacrificed her life to protect peasants’ rights, was:

A.Ambika Chakraborthy

B.Snehlata Wadekar

C.Veera Gunnamma

D.Preeti Lata Wadekar

10.In addition to Macaulay’s Minutes on Education, another landmark draft is also attributed to him. Identify the draft from the following.

A.Draft of Indian Penal Code

B.Draft of Indian Forest Policy

C.Draft of the Zamindari Abolition Act

D.Draft of the Maritime Trade Policy