MODERN HISTORY MCQ'S

MODERN HISTORY MCQ'S, is a collection of multiple-choice questions on various topics in modern Indian history.

Key Events and Dates:

• Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on March 15th, 1931.

• Battle of Goa was fought in 1510.

• Portuguese Capture of Goa occurred in 1510 AD.

• The first European fort in India was built in 1503.

• Vasco-da-Gama discovered the sea route to India.

• The 'Instrument of Surrender,' ending Portuguese rule in India, was signed on 19th December 1961.

• The Battle of Swally was fought in 1612.

• The Battle of Buxar was fought in 1764.

• The Battle of Plassey was fought in 1757.

• East India Company was established in 1600.

• The Diwani of Bengal was transferred to the East India Company in 1765.

• The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in 1761.

• The Treaty of Salbai was signed in 1782.

• Shivaji was crowned as the Chhatrapati in 1674.

• The Second Anglo-Mysore War ended with the Treaty of Mangalore.

• The First Carnatic War was fought between the English and the French.

• The Treaty of Lahore was signed in 1846.

• The Permanent Settlement was introduced in 1793.

• The uprising of 1857 started in Meerut.

• Sepoy Mutiny effectively ended in the city of Gwalior.

Personalities and Organizations:

• Portuguese built the first European fort in India in 1503.

• Captain William Hawkins was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir's reign.

• Hector Munro led the Battle of Buxar on behalf of the British East India Company.

• Mir Jafar was made the Nawab of Bengal following the Battle of Plassey.

• Siraj-ud-Daula signed the Treaty of Alinagar with the British.

• Baji Rao I was the son of Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath.

• Veer Kunwar Singh led the 1857 Revolt in Bihar.

• V.D. Savarkar described the Mutiny of 1857 as the First Indian War of Independence.

• Dadabhai Naoroji was the first person to discuss the poverty line in pre-independent India.

• Lord Cornwallis introduced the Zamindari Settlement.

• Swami Dayanand Saraswati was the founder of Arya Samaj and stated, "Back to the Vedas".

• Swami Vivekananda established the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897.

• Madame Blavatsky was the founder of the Theosophical Society.