Start learning →

State PSC Modern Indian History — practice questions — page 2

Explore 1,125 free Modern Indian History questions in State PSC History. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

Practise Modern Indian History with Quill →

Modern Indian History questions and exercises with answers

Showing questions 31–60 of 1,125.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was sent to prison in October 1858 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Lakshmibai was defeated and killed in:Read the answer and worked solution →After escaping to central India, Tantia Tope fought a:Read the answer and worked solution →The British regained control of the country by the end of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Act of 1858 transferred the powers of the East India Company to the:Read the answer and worked solution →After 1858 the Governor-General of India was also given the title of:Read the answer and worked solution →After 1857, ruling chiefs were allowed to pass on their kingdoms to heirs including:Read the answer and worked solution →After 1857 more soldiers were recruited from Gurkhas, Sikhs and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Paik uprising at Khurda broke out on 29 March of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the 1857 leadersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the 1857 centresRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real nameRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the 1857 wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Before or after 1857Read the answer and worked solution →Which centreRead the answer and worked solution →Type the yearRead the answer and worked solution →1857 bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Muslim League argued that India was made of two peoples, Hindus and Muslims. What was this called?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Pakistan emerge as two separate territories in 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader of the North Western Frontier Province, called Frontier Gandhi, opposed the two-nation theory?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two provinces were split at district level because both had large non-Muslim areas?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many people were forced to migrate across the new border in 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's population was Muslim in 1951, after Partition migration?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi's last fast, which calmed communal violence in Delhi, was in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →Who shot Mahatma Gandhi at his evening prayer on 30 January 1948?Read the answer and worked solution →Which organisation was banned for some time after Gandhi's assassination?Read the answer and worked solution →How many princely states became legally free when British paramountcy lapsed?Read the answer and worked solution →Which princely state was the first to announce it would stay independent?Read the answer and worked solution →Who, as Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, negotiated the princely states into India?Read the answer and worked solution →Rulers who agreed to join India signed which document?Read the answer and worked solution →

Worked practice questions

Bahadur Shah Zafar was sent to prison in October 1858 at:

  1. Andaman
  2. Calcutta
  3. Lahore
  4. Rangoon
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: D. Rangoon

1. He was tried and sentenced to life imprisonment. 2. His wife Begum Zinat Mahal went with him. 3. They were sent to Rangoon. _Source: syllabus History, Our Pasts III, Chapter 5, When People Rebel, 1857 and After._

Open this question →

Rani Lakshmibai was defeated and killed in:

  1. June 1858
  2. March 1858
  3. May 1857
  4. End of 1859
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: A. June 1858

1. Lucknow fell in March 1858. 2. Jhansi's queen fought on for three more months. 3. She was killed in June 1858. _Source: syllabus History, Our Pasts III, Chapter 5, When People Rebel, 1857 and After._

Open this question →

After escaping to central India, Tantia Tope fought a:

  1. Trench battle
  2. Guerrilla war
  3. Naval battle
  4. Siege battle
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: B. Guerrilla war

1. He took to the jungles. 2. Tribal and peasant leaders supported him. 3. He fought a guerrilla war. _Source: syllabus History, Our Pasts III, Chapter 5, When People Rebel, 1857 and After._

Open this question →

How to practise

  1. Choose a Modern Indian History question and try to work out your answer.
  2. Open the question to check the correct answer and read its worked solution.
  3. Continue in the app for bite-sized lessons, explanations and review with Quill. You can start without creating an account.

More History topics

Indian HistoryArt & CultureIndian History TimelineAncient Indian HistoryWorld HistoryMedieval Indian HistoryPolitical TheoryOrganisations