Modern History Of India (Railway)

Total Questions: 50

21. The declaration of 3 June 1947 plan was done by [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 11.01.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Lord Irwin
(2) Lord Mountbetten
(3) Lord Wavell
(4) Lord Linlithgo

Correct Answer: (2) Lord Mountbetten

Solution:Lord Mountbatten came to India as the last Viceroy and was assigned the task of a speedy transfer of power by the then British Prime Minister Clement Atlee. The June 3 Plan was the last plan for Indian independence. It is also called the Mountbatten Plan. This plan was accepted by both the Congress and the Muslim League. By then, the Congress had also accepted the inevitability of the partition. This plan was put into action by the Indian Independence Act 1947 which was passed in the British Parliament and received the royal assent on 18 July 1947.

22. Who was first governor general of Independent Indian? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 11.01.2019 Shift-III)]

(1) Lord Linlithgo
(2) Loard Mountbatten
(3) Lord Wevell
(4) Lord Mayo

Correct Answer: (2) Loard Mountbatten

Solution:Lord Mountbatten served as last Viceroy of India from 12 February 1947-15 August 1947; and then first Governor General of Free India from 15 August 1947-21 June 1948. During his tenure, India got independence in the form of two dominions of India and Pakistan.

23. In which year sepoy mutiny took place? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 11.01.2019 Shift-III]

(1) 1757
(2) 1859
(3) 1857
(4) 1858

Correct Answer: (3) 1857

Solution:Indian Mutiny, also called Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 began as a revolt of the sepoys of the Company's army but eventually secured the participation of the masses. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the Company's army in the garrison town of Meerut, northeast of Delhi. It led to the dissolution of the East India Company, and forced the British to reorganize the army, the financial system, and the administration in India, through passage of the Government of India Act 1858.

24. With which movement is Henri Vivian Derozio related? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 12.01.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Theosophical Movement
(2) Ramakrishna Movement
(3) Young Bengal Movement
(4) Prarthana Samaj

Correct Answer: (3) Young Bengal Movement

Solution:Henry Vivian Derozio was an Indian poet and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Kolkata, a radical thinker and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal. His influence lived on among his former students, who came to be known as Young Bengal and many of whom became prominent in social reform, law, and journalism.

25. In which year the All India Muslim League was formed? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam. 12.01.2019 Shift-II]

(1) 1905
(2) 1907
(3) 1904
(4) 1906

Correct Answer: (4) 1906

Solution:On December 30, 1906, Muslim league was formed under the leadership of Aga Khan, the Nawab of Dhaka and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk to safeguard the rights of Indian Muslims.

26. When did Vasco da Gama come to India? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 12.01.2019 Shift-III]

(1) 1488
(2) 1489
(3) 1487
(4) 1498

Correct Answer: (4) 1498

Solution:Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. He landed in Calicut on 20 May 1498. For his contributions, in 1524 da Gama was appointed Governor of India, with the title of Viceroy, and was ennobled as Count of Vidigueira in 1519.

27. Syed Ahmed of Rae Bareli was associated with which of the following movement? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam. 13.01.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Moplah rebellion
(2) Eka movement
(3) Wahhabi Movement
(4) Kuka Movement

Correct Answer: (3) Wahhabi Movement

Solution:Wahabi Movement centred around Patna was an Islamic revivalist movement, whose stress was to condemn any change into the original Islam and return to its true spirit. The movement was led by Syed Ahmed Barelvi.

28. The Treaty of Srirangapatam w as the result of which of the following wars? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 13.01.2019 Shift-II]

(1) First Anglo-Mysore War
(2) Third Anglo-Mysore War
(3) Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
(4) Second Anglo-Mysore War

Correct Answer: (2) Third Anglo-Mysore War

Solution:The Treaty of srirangapatinam' signed on 18 March 1792, ended the Third Anglo Mysore War. Its signatories included Lord Cornwallis on be half of the British East India Company, representatives of the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maratha Empire, and Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore.

29. With which of the following Governor General is the principle of subsidiary treaty related? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 13.01.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Lord Dalhousie
(2) Lord Cornwallis
(3) Lord Hastings
(4) Lord Wellesley

Correct Answer: (4) Lord Wellesley

Solution:The Subsidiary Alliance System was "NonIntervention Policy" used by Lord Wellesley who was the Governor General (1798-1805) to establish British Empire in India. According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army.

30. Who laid the foundation of the Central Hindu College at Banaras? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 13.01.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Sarojini Naidu
(2) Madam H.P. Blavatsky
(3) Madan Mohan Malviya
(4) Annie Besant

Correct Answer: (4) Annie Besant

Solution:Banaras Hindu University formerly Central Hindu College, is a public central university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1916 by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Annie Besent.

« Previous 1 234 5 Next »