Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Modern Indian History & Freedom Struggle Questions (MCQs)

William Jones founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal on 15 January 1784. It was started to enhance the cause of Oriental research. It was presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta.

Under the Judicial Plan of 1774, the supervision of the Collector on the working of the Mofussil Fouzdari Adalats and that of the Governor and Council over the Sadar Fouzdari Adalat, came to an end. Now Sadar Fouzdari Adalat was shifted from Calcutta to Murshidabad and placed under the supervision and control of the Nawab. A new office of Haib Nazim was created who controlled the working of the Sadar Nizamat Adalat on behalf of the Nawab. Mohammad Raza Khan was appointed as Naib-Nazim.

North-West Frontier province was created in the year 1901. It was created from north-western districts of Punjab.

There were 565 Princely states in India when the British rule came to an end. In the year 1947, a total of 40% area was covered by the princely states and constituted 23% of the total population.

In the year 1933, the Eastern States Agency was created with Chhattisgarh States Agency and Orissa States Agency. In the year 1936, the Bengal States Agency was added to it.

After the establishment of the Deccan Association, the Madras branch of the British Indian Association was founded in February 1852. The Madras Native Association was founded by Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty.

The Indian Association of Calcutta was founded by Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose. The Indian Association of Calcutta was founded in 1876. This association was aimed to unify Indian people on a common political program.

On 8 April 1929, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb at the government benches in the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi, and raised slogans. There were no casualties—none were intended. As the smoke from the bombs had filled the Assembly, they could have escaped in the confusion had they so wished. Instead, they stayed shouting the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad!”, and threw leaflets. Both surrendered.
The bomb factories in Lahore and Saharanpur set up by HSRA were discovered in 1929, and many more members of HSRA including Sukhdev, Kishori Lal, Rajguru, and Jai Gopal were arrested. Saunders murder case was re-opened based on substantial evidence, and statements by their associates, Hans Raj Vohra and Jai Gopal.

Even during the time of military reverses, S.C. Bose tried to maintain support for the Azad Hind movement wholeheartedly. During a rally of Indians in Burma on 4 July 1944, he used his quotes “Give me blood, and I shall give you freedom” as a part of the motivational speech.

In the year 1943, when Bose realized that Germany is not going to help him in gaining India’s independence, he left for Japan. By using submarine U-180 and submarine I-29, he reached Japan. It was the only civilian transfer between two submarines of two different navies during the time of World War II.