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Modern History Questions with Answers

Modern History questions in SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS and RRB NTPC/Group D papers cover the arrival of Europeans, the rise of British rule, the Revolt of 1857, social reform movements, the Indian National Congress and the freedom struggle up to 1947. Questions mix dates, events, leaders and acts. Tip: build one timeline from 1757 to 1947 and attach each leader and law to a year, since options often differ only by date.

Key facts

  • Battle of Plassey 1757 (Robert Clive against Siraj-ud-Daulah); Battle of Buxar 1764
  • The Revolt of 1857 began at Meerut on 10 May 1857
  • The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 with A. O. Hume as a key organiser; W. C. Bonnerjee presided over the first session in Bombay
  • The Partition of Bengal was announced in 1905 under Lord Curzon; the Muslim League was founded in 1906 at Dhaka
  • Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828; Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in 1875; Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897
  • Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar
  • The Non-Cooperation Movement began in 1920; it was withdrawn after the Chauri Chaura incident in 1922
  • The Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha) began on 12 March 1930
  • The Lahore session of the Congress in 1929, presided over by Jawaharlal Nehru, declared Purna Swaraj as the goal
  • The Poona Pact was signed in 1932 between Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar
  • The Quit India Movement was launched on 8 August 1942 at Bombay
  • The Cabinet Mission came in 1946; India became independent on 15 August 1947

Worked examples

Q1. The Arya Samaj was founded by: (A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (B) Dayananda Saraswati (C) Swami Vivekananda (D) Annie Besant

  1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj and Vivekananda the Ramakrishna Mission.
  2. Annie Besant is linked with the Home Rule League and Theosophy.
  3. Dayananda Saraswati started the Arya Samaj in 1875.

Answer: (B) Dayananda Saraswati

Q2. The Non-Cooperation Movement was called off after which incident? (A) Jallianwala Bagh (B) Chauri Chaura (C) Dandi March (D) Kakori

  1. Jallianwala Bagh (1919) came before the movement.
  2. Dandi March is from 1930, so it came later.
  3. Chauri Chaura in 1922 led Gandhi to withdraw it.

Answer: (B) Chauri Chaura

Q3. The Battle of Plassey was fought in: (A) 1757 (B) 1764 (C) 1761 (D) 1857

  1. 1764 is Buxar, 1761 is the Third Battle of Panipat and 1857 is the Revolt.
  2. Plassey is 1757.

Answer: (A) 1757

Shortcuts that save time

  • Keep a one-line timeline in your head: 1757, 1857, 1885, 1905, 1919, 1920, 1930, 1942, 1947. Placing an event between two of these dates usually removes two options at once.
  • Link each reformer to the organisation name (Brahmo, Arya, Ramakrishna). Mixed-up founders are a favourite trap, so confirm the pair before marking.
  • Do not mark a date you only half remember. Skip the question and move on to avoid negative marks.

Where this appears

SSC CGL Tier-1General Awareness section
SSC CHSL Tier-1General Awareness section
SSC MTSGeneral Awareness section
RRB NTPC CBT-1General Awareness section
RRB Group D CBTGeneral Awareness section

Modern History

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The Ghadar Party, established in 1913 in San Francisco, aimed to overthrow the British rule in India through revolutionary means. Who was the key founder and ideological leader of the Ghadar Party? (RRB NTPC Graduate Level CBT-I (21/06/2025) Shift 1)

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Modern History questions with answers

10 sample questions from this topic with the correct option and the solution.

  1. Q1. Who is popularly known as 'Modern Manu' in India? (RPF Constable 2018 (16/02/2019))

    1. B. R. Ambedkar
    2. S. Radhakrishnan
    3. Mahatma Gandhi
    4. Jawaharlal Nehru

    Answer: (A) B. R. Ambedkar

    Solution
    B. R. Ambedkar is popularly called the 'Modern Manu' because, as Chairman of the Drafting Committee, he was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, a modern code of law like the ancient Manusmriti. So B. R. Ambedkar is the correct answer.

  2. Q2. The first President of the Indian National Congress was __________. (RRB JE CBT-I 2024 (17/12/2024) Shift 3)

    1. Ras Behari Bose
    2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    3. Dada Bhai Naoroji
    4. Womesh Chandra Banerjee

    Answer: (D) Womesh Chandra Banerjee

  3. Q3. The first session of the Indian National Congress was presided by ______. (RRB NTPC (UG) CBT-I (04/09/2025) Shift 2)

    1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    2. Dadabhai Naoroji
    3. Mahadev Govind Ranade
    4. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

    Answer: (D) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

  4. Q4. The first session of Indian National Congress was held in 1885. In which city of India was it held? (RRB NTPC CBT-I (02/02/2021) Shift 1)

    1. Bombay
    2. Madras
    3. Patna
    4. Calcutta

    Answer: (A) Bombay

  5. Q5. The first parallel government, following the Quit India Movement, was established in which city? (RRB NTPC Graduate Level CBT-I (09/06/2025) Shift 2)

    1. Ballia
    2. Talchar
    3. Satara
    4. Benaras

    Answer: (A) Ballia

  6. Q6. The first session of Indian National Congress took place at which of the following places? (RRB JE CBT-I 2024 (16/12/2024) Shift 1)

    1. Lahore
    2. Bombay
    3. Calcutta
    4. Allahabad

    Answer: (B) Bombay

  7. Q7. The first nationalistic revolutionary movement in British India emerged from _____. (RRB NTPC CBT-I (27/02/2021) Shift 1)

    1. Maharashtra
    2. Bengal
    3. Tamil Nadu
    4. Punjab

    Answer: (B) Bengal

  8. Q8. The first national flag of India is said to have hoisted at _______ in 1906. (RRB NTPC CBT-I (04/01/2021) Shift 1)

    1. Patna
    2. Kolkata
    3. New Delhi
    4. Ahmedabad

    Answer: (B) Kolkata

  9. Q9. The final war of Wandivash was fought between whom? (RPF SI 2018 (06/01/2019) Shift 3)

    1. English and French
    2. English and Dutch
    3. Englishman and Arkhot Nawab
    4. English and Portuguese

    Answer: (A) English and French

  10. Q10. Who headed the 1915 committee to examine the co- operative movement in India? (RRB NTPC Graduate Level CBT-I (12/06/2025) Shift 1)

    1. Lord Curzon
    2. Sir Edward Maclagan
    3. Lord Irwin
    4. Sir John Simon

    Answer: (B) Sir Edward Maclagan