Modern History Of India (Part-II) (Railway)

Total Questions: 50

11. When was the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress (INC) took place in which the moderates and extermists got united ? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 18.02.2019 Shift-II]

(1) 1907
(2) 1900
(3) 1885
(4) 1916

Correct Answer: (4) 1916

Solution:The Lucknow Pact was signed between the Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League in December 1916 in Lucknow.

Ambika Charan Majumdar was the president of the Indian National Congress for the Lucknow session 1916.

12. Which of the following artists, during freedom struggle, had painted the picture of Mother India. [RRB RPF Constable Exam. 18.02.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Nandalal Bose
(2) Abanindranath Tagore
(3) Raja Ravi Verma
(4) Rabindranath Tagore

Correct Answer: (2) Abanindranath Tagore

Solution:Bharat Mata is a work painted by the Indian painter Abanindranath Tagore in 1905.

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1882 novel Anandnath contained the hymn to the motherland, Vande Mataram.

13. Which of the following cotton producing regions were besieged by lord Dalhousie in 1853? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 18.02.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Sindh
(2) Berar
(3) Ahome
(4) Calicut

Correct Answer: (2) Berar

Solution:The chief instrument through which Lord Dalhousie implemented his policy of annexation was the 'Doctrine of Lapse.

To satisfy Britain's growing demand for raw cotton, Dalhousie took away the cottonproducing province of Berar from the Nizam in 1853.

14. Who was the founder of the 'Atmiya Sabha'? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 18.02.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(2) Keshav Chandra Sen
(3) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(4) Dayanand Saraswati

Correct Answer: (1) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Solution:Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Atmiya Sabha in 1815, the Calcutta Unitarian Association in 1821, and the Brahmo Sabha in 1828 which later became the Brahmo Samaj.

15. In the year 1859-60 the Indigo Revolt took place in Bengal. which of the following was the crops which the farmers refused to arow? [RRB RPF Constable Exam. 19.02.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Spices
(2) Tea
(3) Indigo
(4) Opium

Correct Answer: (3) Indigo

Solution:The Indigo Rebellion (Neel Bidroh) took place in Bengal in 1859-60 and was a revolt by the farmers against British planters who had forced them to grow indigo under terms that were greatly unfavourable to the farmers.

The indigo farmers revolted in the Nadia district of Bengal by refusing to grow indigo.

16. Vasco da Gama of had discovered a new sea route from India to Europe. [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 19.02.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Portugal
(2) France
(3) England
(4) Netherlands

Correct Answer: (1) Portugal

Solution:Vasco -da- Gama is often credited for discovering the sea route from western Eu- rope to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope.

On May 20, 1498, Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama stepped foot in India

17. The National Planning Committee was established in 1938, under the chairman ship of ? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 19.02.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Rajendra Prasad
(2) Sarojini Naidu
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru
(4) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Correct Answer: (3) Jawaharlal Nehru

Solution:The National Planning Committee was established in 1938.

Congress president in the year 1938 was Subhash Chandra Bose.

Chairman of the National Planning Committee was Jawaharlal Nehru.

18. Who was the first president of the Swaraj Party in 1922-23? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 19.02.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Chittaranjan Das
(2) Subhash Chandra Bose
(3) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer: (1) Chittaranjan Das

Solution:The Swaraj Party or the Congress Khilafat Swarajya Party was founded on 1 January, 1923 by C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru in Allahabad.

C. R. Das was the President and the Secretary was Motilal Nehru.

19. Which of the following treaties is related to the first Anglo Maratha war? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 19.02.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Treaty of Salbai
(2) Treaty of Madras
(3) Treaty of Paris
(4) Treaty of Mangalore

Correct Answer: (1) Treaty of Salbai

Solution:The Treaty of Salbal, which ended the First Anglo Maratha War, was signed in 17 May, 1782 between the British East India Company and the Marathas.

It ended the Anglo Maratha War, status quo was restored between the English and Marathas and control of Sal sette and Baroach was retained by the company.

20. Who was the Viceroy when the Royal Commission on Civil Services was formed in 1912? [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 30.12.2020 Shift-I]

(1) Lord Dufferin
(2) Lord Irwin
(3) Lord Hardinge
(4) Lord Curzon

Correct Answer: (3) Lord Hardinge

Solution:Islington Commission, 1912 a Royal Commission was formed to recommend reforms in the Public Service of British India with Lord Islington as its chairman.

• From 1910 to 1916, Lord Hardinge served as India's Viceroy.

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