SSC MTS Modern India Previous Asked Questions

SSC MTS Modern India Previous Asked Questions

01) When did the Quit India Movement Start? [SSC MTS Exam 02/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) 1930

          b) 1942

          c) 1932

          d) 1940

02) Who became the Nawab of Bengal after Alivardi Khan? [SSC MTS Exam 02/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) Sarfaraaz Khan

          b) Shuj-ud-din Muhammad Khan

          c) Siraj-ud-Daulah

          d) Mir Zafar

03) To which of the following event Lord Curzon is related? [SSC MTS Exam 05/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) Partition of Bengal

          b) Setting up of Durand Commission

          c) Bhutan War

          d) Introduction to system of Budget

04) The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between which of the following? [SSC MTS Exam 06/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) Maratha empire and Durrani empire

          b) Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori

          c) Sikh and Mughals

          d) Akbar and Hem Chandra Vikramaditya

05) Which act is also known as Nontagu-Chelmsford Reforms? [SSC MTS Exam 06/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) Indian Independence Act, 1947

          b) Government of India Act 1919

          c) Pitt’s India Act 1784

          d) Charter Act 1813

06) Lala Lajapat Rai was the founder of which of the following banks? [SSC MTS Exam 06/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) Union Bank of India

          b) State Bank of India

          c) Bank of Baroda

          d) Punjab National Bank

07) What was the name of Swami Vivekananda’s Guru? [SSC MTS Exam 07/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) Ramana Maharishi

          b) Paramhansa Yogananda

          c) Adi Shankaracharya

          d) Ramakrishna Paramahansa

08) Post 1857 mutiny, which of the following change was not made by British government in India:  [SSC MTS Exam 13/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) Secretary of state was appointed for India

          b) Number of Indian in British army.

          c) British empire took over control from East India company.

          d) Governor General of India made Viceroy of India.

09) Which of the following education commission opined that, European education would help in moral upliftment of Indians [SSC MTS Exam 13/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) Linlithigo Commission

          b) Ramsay Mcdonald award

          c) Wood’s Despatch

          d) Irwin Report

10) In which of the following province of British India. Ryotwari system was introduced for collection of taxes? [SSC MTS Exam 14/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) North India

          b) South India

          c) Western India

          d) Eastern India

11) Doctrine of Lapse was given by? [SSC MTS Exam 14/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) Lord Cornwallis

          b) Lord Bentick

          c) Lord Dalhousie

          d) Lord Canning

12) Which of the following was beaten by Britishers in 1799 war of Srirangpattanam? [SSC MTS Exam 14/08/2019, Shift I]

          a) Nazib Jung

          b) Tipu Sultan

          c) Sirazuddaula

          d) Peshwa

13) Which Act was passed by Britishers to Silenced those who were critical of the government? [SSC MTS Exam 03/10/2017, Shift III]

          a) Vernacular Press Act

          b) Ilbert Bill

          c) Arms Act

          d) Regulating Act, 1773

14) In which year Chauri Chaura incident happened? [SSC MTS Exam 04/10/2017, Shift III]

          a) 1920

          b) 1922

          c) 1928

          d) 1929

15) In which of the following years Jyotiba Phule formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj? [SSC MTS Exam 22/10/2017, Shift III]

          a) 1773

          b) 1853

          c) 1873

          d) 1883

16) What was Kuomintang? [SSC MTS Exam 30/04/2017, Shift I]

          a) A nationalist party in Japan

          b) A fascist party in Japan

          c) A terrorist organization in China

          d) A nationalist party in China

17) Who developed the Rytwari System? [SSC MTS Exam 17/09/2017, Shift III]

          a) Thomas Munro

          b) Holi Mackenzie

          c) Edmund Burke

          d) Lord Dalhousie

18) When was the first Session of Indian National Congress held at? [SSC MTS Exam 16/09/2017, Shift III]

          a) Calcutta

          b) Madras

          c) Lahore

          d) Bombay

19) Gandhi wanted to realize ‘truth’ through: [SSC MTS Exam 16/02/2014]

          a) Ahimsa (Non – violence)

          b) Dharma (Religion)

          c) Karma (Service)

          d) Dhyana (Meditation)

20) Indian University Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of [SSC MTS Exam 23/02/2014, Shift II]

          a) Lord Lytton

          b) Lord Curzon

          c) Lord Ripon

          d) Lord Hardinge -I

21) When was the Dandi March undertaken? [SSC MTS Exam 16/02/2014]

          a) 31^st December, 1920

          b) 12^th March, 1930

          c) 5^th April, 1930

          d) 5^th May, 1930

22) The National Anthem was first sung in the year 1911 at the annual session of the Indian National Congress held at: [SSC MTS Exam 06/12/2014]

          a) Pune

          b) Mumbai

          c) Kolkata

          d) Lucknow

23) The Rama Krishna Mission was established by: [SSC MTS Exam 16/02/2014]

          a) Vivekananda

          b) Rama Krishna

          c) M.G. Ranade

          d) Keshab Chandra Sen

24) Who among the following organized the ‘All India Depressed Classes Association.” In colonial India? [SSC MTS Exam 16/02/2014]

          a) M.K. Gandhi

          b) Jyothibha Phule

          c) Pandita Ramabai

          d) B.R. Ambedkar

25) The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship of: [SSC MTS Exam 16/02/2014]

          a) Lord Dalhousie

          b) Lord Lytton

          c) Lord William Bentinck

          d) Lord canning

26) Who coined the term ‘Satyagraha’? [SSC MTS Exam 16/02/2014]

          a) Gandhi

          b) Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

          c) Rabindranath Tagore

          d)Ram Mohan Roy

27) India became independent during the viceroyalty of [SSC MTS Exam 16/02/2014]

          a) William Bentinck

          b) Wellesley

          c) Wavell

          d) Mountbatten

28) Socialism is essentially a movement of [SSC MTS Exam 23/02/2014, Shift II]

          a) Intellectuals

          b) The poor people

          c) The middle classes

          d) The workers

29) Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by: [SSC MTS Exam 10/03/2013]

          a) Clive

          b) Hastings

          c) Wellesley

          d) Cornwallis

30) Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked fakir”? [SSC MTS Exam 10/03/2013, Shift I]

          a) Winston Churchill

          b) Lord Mountbatten

          c) Lord Wavell

          d) Lord Linlithgow

31) Gandhi’s Dandi March’ is associated with: [SSC MTS Exam 10/03/2013]

          a) Khilafat Movement

          b) Civil Disobedience Movement

          c) Non-Cooperation Movement

          d) Quit India Movement

32) Who among the following is not a moderate? [SSC MTS Exam 10/03/2013, Shift I]

          a) Pherozeshah Mehta

          b) Surendranath Banerjee

          c) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

          d) Bal Gandadhar Tilak

33) Which among the following movements was not led by Mahatma Gandhi? [SSC MTS Exam 17/03/2013, Shift I]

          a) Quit India Movement

          b) Swadeshi Movement

          c) Non-Cooperation Movement

          d) Civil Disobedience Movement

34) Who was known as the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’? [SSC MTS Exam 17/03/2013, Shift II]

          a) Vivekananda

          b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

          c) Raja Ram Mohan Ray

          d) Surendranath Bajerjee

35) Which among the following is correctly matched? [SSC MTS Exam 17/03/2013, Shift II]

          a) Non-Cooperation Movement – Surendra Nath Banerjee

          b) Swadeshi Movement – Rabindra Nath Tagore

          c) Indian National Army – Subhash Chandra Bose

          d) Swaraj Party – Mahatma Gandhi

36) In which year did the Indian National Congress split between moderates and extremists? [SSC MTS Exam 17/03/2013]

          a) 1907

          b) 1908

          c) 1909

          d) 1910

37) The Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi was [SSC MTS Exam 17/03/2013, Shift I] and [SSC MTS Exam 20/02/2011]

          a) Dadabhai Naoroji

          b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

          c) Mahadev Govind Ranade

          d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

38) Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS [SSC MTS Exam 24/03/2013, Shift I]

          a) Dadabhai Naorojee

          b) Subhash Chand Bose

          c) Ravindra Nath Tagore

          d) Satyendra Nath Tagore

39) After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel was given by [SSC MTS Exam 10/03/2013]

          a) Patel was given by

          b) Motilal Nehru

          c) Mahatma Gandhi

          d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

40) Swadeshi Movement was known by which name in deltaic Andhra? [SSC MTS Exam 10/03/2013, Shift I]

          a) National Movement

          b) Freedom Movement

          c) Vande Matram Movement

          d) Anti-British Movement

41) On April 12, 1944 Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the INA Flag in a town. In which State/ Union Territory is that town now? [SSC MTS Exam 20/02/2011]

          a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

          b) Tripura

          c) Manipur

          d) Mizoram

42) Who said that “India’s soul lives in villages? [SSC MTS Exam 27/02/2011]

          a) Vinoba Bhave

          b) Jayaprakash Narayan

          c) Jawahar Lal Nehru

          d) Mahatma Gandhi

43) What was the name of the News paper edited by Gandhiji till 1933? [SSC MTS Exam 27/02/2011]

          a) Sarvodaya

          b) Arya

          c) Times of India

          d) Young India

44) Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British?  [SSC MTS Exam 27/02/2011]

          a) Jatin Das

          b) Chandrashekhar Azad

          c) Rajguru

          d) Kalpana Dutt

45) Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India? [SSC Combined Matric Level Exam 12/05/2002, Shift I]

          a) Lord Dalhousie

          b) Lord Auckland

          c) Lord Canning

          d) Lord William Bentinck

46) The Swadeshi Movement was launched [SSC Combined Matric Level Exam 21/05/2000, Shift I], [SSC Combined Matric Level Exam 27/05/2001, Shift II]

          a) As a protest against division of Bengal

          b) With a view to improve the economic condition of the people by encouraging consumption of Indian goods

          c) As a protest against the massacre of Indian people at Jallianwala Bagh

          d) Due to the failure of the British Government to introduce responsible Government in India

47) ‘Do or Die’ is the famous slogan given by [SSC Combined Matric Level Exam 21/05/2000, Shift I]

          a) Mahatma Gandhi

          b) Vallabhbhai Patel

          c) Jawaharlal Nehru

          d) Raji Gandhi

48) Who is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self government in modern India? [SSC Combined Matric Level Exam 21/05/2000, Shift I]

          a) Ripon

          b) Mayo

          c) Lytton

          d) Curzon

49) Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [SSC Combined Matric Level Exam 21/05/2000, Shift I]

          a) Lord Dalhousie – Doctrine of Lapse

          b) Lord Minto – Indian Council Act, 1909

          c) Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance

          d) Lord Curzon – Vernacular Press Act, 1878