WBCS MCQ Questions on Modern Indian History P2

9. The first woman who became the chief minister of an Indian state was Sucheta Kripalani. She was chief minister of Which state?
(A) UP
(B) Haryana
(C) Delhi
(D) MP.

Correct Answer: [A] UP.

10. Tebhaga Movement took place in
(A) Delhi
(B) Malabar
(C) Telangana
(D) Bengal.

Correct Answer: [D] Bengal.

11. Prohibition of Sati was enacted by Regulation XVII in year
(A) 1830 A.D.
(B) 1835 A.D.
(C) 1829 A.D.
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: [C] 1829 A.D.

12. The Aligarh Movement was started by
(A) Theodore Beck
(B) M.A. Jinnah.
(C) Syed Ahmed Khan
(D) A.K. Azad

Correct Answer: [C] Syed Ahmed Khan.

13. Who was referred to by Lord Mountbatten as the "one man frontier army"?
(A) M. K. Gandhi
(B) Subhas Chandra Bose
(C) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(D) Sarat Chandra Bose

Correct Answer: [A] M. K. Gandhi.

14. Which was the first newspaper in Bengali?
(A) Tatwabodhini Patrika
(B) Sambad Prabhakar
(C) Sambad Kaumudi
(D) Samachar Darpan

Correct Answer: [D] Samachar Darpan.

15. The Medical College in Kolkata was established in the year
(A) 1884 A.D.
(B) 1835 A.D
(C) 1829 A.D.
(D) 1858 A.D.

Correct Answer: [B] 1835 A.D.

16. Who was sentenced for the English translation of the Publication of Nil Darpan?
(A) Surendranath Banerjee
(B) Madhusudan Dutta.
(C) Dina Bandhu Mitra
(D) Reverand Long

Correct Answer: [D] Reverand Long.

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