MODERN INDIA TEST PAPER – II

MODERN INDIA TEST PAPER – II

1. Which reformer does the following passage relate to?

"He insisted on the cooperation of the Muslims with the British Government and looked at all political movements with distrust. Thus, when the Indian National Congress was formed, he opposed it. He regarded education alone as the means of national progress."

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a) Keshab Chandra Sen

b) Lord Macaulay

c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

d) Badruddin Tyabji

 

2. Consider the following statement about the press and literature in Colonial India

1. The print media enabled the nationalist living in different parts of the country to exchange views with one another

2. The British rulers were prepared to tolerate the nationalist criticism of their rule.

3. The Vernacular Press Act (1878) evoked a nationwide protest against the encroachment on freedom of expression.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 3       b) 2 and 3          c) Only 2           d) 1 and 2

 

3. Which of the following ideas was/were shared by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Rabindranath Tagore?

a) Internationalism

b) Opposition to idol worship

c) Faith in rational and scientific approach

d) All of the above

 

4. Sati was declared illegal and punishable by the Regulation XVII during the Governor Generalship of

a) Lord William Bentinck

b) Lord Canning

c) Lord Ripon

d) Lord Dalhousie

 

5. Who is known as the 'Father of Modern India'?

a) Ram Mohan Roy

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Mahatma Gandhi

d) WC Banerjee

 

6. Consider the following statements

1. Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in 1875.

2. The Arya Samaj repudiated the authority of the caste system.

3. Dayanand Saraswati was born in the Brahmin family.

Which of the following statements

a) 1, 2 and 3        b) 1 and 2       c) 2 and 3     d) 1 and 3

 

7. Consider the following statements

1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women.

2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University.

3. Keshav Chandra Sen's campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the Governor General.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only 1      b) 1 and 2       c) 2 and 3       d) All of these

 

8. Who wrote the famous drama 'Neel Darpan' which depicted the agony of the indigo cultivators and brutality of the planters?

a) Harish Chandra Mukherjee

b) Dinbandhu Mitra

c) Sisir Kumar Ghosh

d) Ram Gopal Ghosh

 

9. During the Indian Freedom Struggle 'The Deccan Educational Society' was founded by

a) BG Tilak

b) Dadabhai Naoroji

c) GK Gokhale

d) MG Ranade

 

10. Which one of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel 'Anand Math'?

a) Bhil Uprising

b) Rangpur and Dinapur Uprising

c) Bishnupur and Birbhum Rebellion

d) Sanyasi Rebellion

 

11. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I                                                   List II

A. Pandit Vishnu Digamnbar Paluskar    1. Introduced the scheme of Raga classifciation in Indian music

B. Venkatamahi                                   2. Proponent of the Carnatic music

C. Shyama Shastri                               3. Proponent of the Khayal form of Hindustani music

D. Amir Khusrau                                  4. Wrote the music for the song 'Vande Mataram'

Codes:

         A          B          C          D

a)      4          1          3          2

b)      4          1          2          3

c)      1          4          3          2

d)      1          4          2          3

 

12. Consider the following statements about Swami Vivekanand.

1. He said that Vedanta was the religion of all.

2. He believed in reviving all the best traditions of Hinduism.

3. He was impressed by the status of women in the West.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1, 2 and 3        b) 1 and 2      c) 2 and 3        d) 1 and 3

 

13. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I (Year)           List II (Event)

A. 1764                1. Wood's Despatch

B. 1829                2. Widow Remarriage Act

C. 1854                3. Abolition of Sati

D. 1856               4. Battle of Buxar

                          5. Assumption of Diwani

Codes:

         A          B          C          D

a)      4          1          2          5

b)      5          4          1          2

c)      4          3          1          2

d)      1          3          2          5

 

14. Who was responsible for the enactment of the Hindu Widows Remarriage Act of 1856?

a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

b) Devendranath Tagore

c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

d) Keshab Chandra Sen

 

15. 'Vande Mataram', the National Song, was a part of

a) Durgesh Nandini

b) Saraswati Chandra

c) Grihadaha

d) Anand Math

 

16. Which of the following pairs is/are not correctly matched?

a) Jamnalal Bajaj                    : Satyagraha Ashram at Wardha

b) Dadabhai Naoroji                : Bombay Association

c) Lala Lajpat Roy                   : National School at Lahore

d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak            : Satya Shodhak Sabha

 

17. Amongst the following who cooperated with Raja Ram Mohan Roy in the implementation of his educational programmes?

a) Dwarkanath Tagore

b) David Hare

c) Henri Derozio

d) William Jones

 

18. Who among the following started the newspaper 'Shome Prakash'?

a) Dayanand Saraswati

b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

d) Surendranath Banerjee

 

19. Which one among the following was the first English newspaper in India in the year 1780?

a) The Calcutta Gazette

b) The Bengal Gazette

c) The Bengal Journal

d) The Bombay Herald

 

20. Who among the following immediately succeeded Ram Mohan Roy as the head of the Brahmo Samaj?

a) Devendranath Tagore

b) Akshay Kumar Datta

c) Keshab Chandra Sen

d) Shivnath Shastri

 

21. Who among the following had founded the Theosophical Society in the United States of America?

a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

b) Madame Biavatsky

c) Madam Cama

d) Lala Hardayal

 

22. Who among the following abolished the 'Sati System'?

a) Lord Minto

b) Lord Ripon

c) Lord Bentinck

d) Lord Lytton

 

23. Who among the following wrote the book 'Babuvivah'?

a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

b) Ishwar Chndra Vidyasagar

c) Pandita Rambai

d) Rabindranath Tagore

 

24. Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?

a) Udaygiri

b) Rapur

c) Pochampalli

d) Venkatagiru

 

25. Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated 'Bhagvad-Gita' into English?

a) William Jones

b) Charles

c) Alexander Cunningham

d) John Marshall

 

26. Which one of the following was an emigree communist journal of MN Roy?

a) Kishan Sabha        

b) The Worker  

c) Vanguard   

d) Anushilan

 

27. The founder of Boy Scouts and Civil Guides Movement in India was

a) Charles Andrews

b) Baden Powell

c) Richard Temple

d) Robert Montgomery

 

28. The Mohemmadan Anglo-Oriental College of Aligarh was founded by

a) Mohd Ali Jinnah

b) Mohammad Ali

c) Shaukat Ali

d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

 

29. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I                                              List II

(Institution)                                     (Associated Person)

A. Atmiya Sabha                             1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

B. Sanskrit College                         2. Aurobindo Ghosh

C. National Council of Education      3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

D. Adi Brahmo Samaj                     4. Devendra Nath Tagore

Codes:

         A          B          C          D

a)      2          4          3          1

b)      3          1          2          4

c)      2          1          3          4

d)      3          4          2          1

 

30. The 19^th century reawakening in India was confined to the

a) priestly class         

b) upper middle class

c) rich peasantry        

d) urban landlords

 

31. Consider the following statements related to Raja Ram Mohan Roy

1. He advocated widow remarriage

2. He strongly advocated for the abolition of Sati system.

3. He advocated for the promotion of English education.

a) Only 1

b) 1 and 2

c) 2 and 3

d) All of these

 

32. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I                                               List II

(Society)                                         (Found)

A. Theosophical Society                   1. Dadabhai Naoroji

B. London Indian Society                  2. Lala Lajpat Rai

C. Servants of India Society              3. Annie Besant

D. Servants of People Society          4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Codes:

         A          B          C          D

a)      1          3          4          2

b)      3          1          2          4

c)      3          1          4          2

d)      1          3          2          4

 

33. Who among the following set up the Atmiya Sabha in Calcutta in the first half of the nineteenth century?

a) Radhakant Dev

b) Ram Mohan Roy

c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

d) Debendranath Tagore

34. During the colonial period of India, Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded

a) for carrying on researches into the past history and antiquities of India

b) to examine the policy of colonial discrimination against the Indians

c) for developing English education in India

d) for carrying out social reforms

 

35. Select the correct chronological sequence of the formation of the given organizations

a) Brahmo Sabha-Arya Samaj-Madras Mahajan Sabha

b) Brahmo Sabha-Madras Mahajan Sabha-Arya Samaj

c) Madras Mahajan Sabha-Brahmo Sabha-Arya Samaj

d) Madras Mahajan Sabha-Arya Samaj-Brahmo Sabha

 

36. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I                                        List II

(Movement)                              (Personality)

A. Satya Shodhak Mandal          1. Bal Shastri Javekar

B. Manav Dharma Sabha            2. Jyotiba Phule

C. Darpan                                  3. Henry Vivian Derozio

D. Young Bengal Movement       4. Durgaram Mancharam

Codes:-

         A          B          C          D

a)      1          2          3          4

b)      4          2          1          3

c)      2          4          1          3

d)      2          1          3          4

 

37. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I                                       List II

(Social Reformer)                   (Association)

A. Lyothee thass                      1. Satyashodhak Samaj

B. Jyotiba Phule                       2. Dravida Kazhagam

C. John Rathinam                     3. Self-Respect Movement

D. EV Ramaswami Naicker       4. Dravida Mahajana Sabha

Codes:-

         A          B          C          D

a)      4          2          1          3

b)      3          1          2          4

c)      4          1          2          3

d)      3          2          1          4

 

38. Assertion (A) The Vernacular Press Act was repealed in 1882 by Lord Ripon

Reason (R) The act did not discriminate between English Press and Vernacular Press

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A

c) A is true, but R is false        d) A is false, but R is true

 

39. During the period of the Indian freedom struggle, who among the following started the Central Hindu School?

a) Annie Besant         

b) Bhikaji Cama

c) MG Ranade           

d) Madan Mohan Malaviya

 

40. Kuka movement was organized by

a) Guru Ram Das      

b) Guru Nanak

c) Guru Ram Singh

d) Guru Gobind Singh

 

41. Who was Shardamani?

a) Wife of Raja Ram Mohan Roy

b) Wife of Ramakrishna Paramahansa

c) Mother of Vivekanand         

d) Daughter of Keshab Chandra Sen

 

42. Raja Ram Mohan Roy established Brahmo Samaj in

a) 1816 AD    b) 1820 AD      c) 1828 AD          d) 1830 AD

 

43. 'Satyartha Prakash' was written by

a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy        

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) Swami Vivekanand

d) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

 

44. Who was the founder of the Radha Swami Satsang?

a) Haridas Swami                  

b) Siva Dayal Saheb

c) Siva Narayan Agnihotri       

d) Swami Sraddhananda

 

45. Who among the following was the founder of Dev Samaj?

a) Vallabhbhai Patel   

b) Dadabhai Naoroji

c) Siva Narayan Agnihotri       

d) Ram Krishna Paramahansa

 

46. Who was the founder of Ram Krishna Mission?

a) Swami Vivekananda                       

b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati           

d) Ram Krishna Paramhansa

 

47. The leading light of the Renaissance Movement in India was

a) Debendranath Tagore                     

b) Keshab Chandra Sen

c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

d) Ram Mohan Roy

 

48. Who among the following is known as "Martin Luther" of India?

a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

c) Swami Vivekanand

d) Swami Shraddhanand

 

49. Where was first Madarasa set up by the

a) Madras

b) Bombay

c) Aligarh

d) Calcutta

 

50. Lord Macaulay is associated with

a) Reforms in Army

b) Abolition of Sati System

c) English Education

d) Permanent Settlement

 

ANSWER SHEET OF MODERN INDIA TEST PAPER – II

1.c     2.a        3.d        4.a        5.a        6.a        7.b

8.b     9.         10.d      11.b      12.a      13.c      14.a

15.d   16.d      17.b      18.b      19.b      20.a      21.b

22.c   23.b      24.c      25.b      26.c      27.b      28.d

29.c   30.b      31.d      32.c      33.b      34.a      35.a

36.b   37.c      38.c      39.a      40.c      41.b      42.c

43.d   44.b      45.c      46.a      47.d      48.a      49.d

50.c