14000+ MCQs Modern History (Communalism and Leftist Politics)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 16/03/2026
1. The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to
2. The Communist Party of India was formally founded in 1924 at which place?
3. The Kanpur Conspiracy Case was against the leaders of the
4. Which day was declared as the Direct Action Day by the Muslim League?
5. In which year the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was founded?
6. The first meeting of the Congress Socialist Party was held in
7. Which party gave a call for ‘Direct Action’ and which date was chosen as the ‘Direct Action Day’?
8. Who was the Chairman of the Lahore Session (1940) of the Muslim League?
9. In which year did V.D. Savarkar become the President of Hindu Mahasabha?
10. The last opportunity to avoid the Partition of India was lost with the rejection of
11. Two independent states of India and Pakistan were created by
12. Who once remarked "Nehru is a patriot while Jinnah is a politician"?
13. In October, 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of India?
14. Consider the following events.
I. The first democratically elected Communist Party government formed in a state in India. II. India’s then largest bank, ‘Imperial Bank of India’ was renamed ‘State Bank of India’. III. Air India was Nationalised and became the National carrier. IV. Goa became a part of independent India.
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?
15. Who among the following has not written about partition in his works?
16. The Congress Socialist Party was born in 1934 with its Secretary ……………
17. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of the Partition of India?
18. Who among the following was the founder of the Muslim League?
19. The Mountbatten Plan became the basis for
20. Which among the following is not associated with the Kanpur Conspiracy Case?
21. The Congress Socialist Party was organised in 1934 by
22. The Session of All India Muslim Conference held at Delhi on December 31, 1928 was presided over by
23. With reference to the Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements.
I. It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes. II. It wanted to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat. III. It advocated a separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
24. Who among the following first put forward the proposal for a separate Muslim state in India?
25. Who wrote the pamphlet ‘Now or Never’?
26. In 1906 Muslim League was founded at
27. The Muslim deputation (under the leadership of Aga Khan) met Lord Minto in 1906 at Shimla and pleaded for
28. Assertion (A): The Indian National Congress accepted the Mountbatten Plan. Reason (R): It believed in Two-Nation Theory.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
29. Who among the following led the movement for the separate state of Pakistan?
30. When did the Muslim League celebrate the ‘Pakistan Day’?
31. Who conceived the name 'Pakistan'?
32. Consider the following statements related to events in 1946.
I. The plan of 16th May, 1946 had envisaged a united India in line with Congress and Muslim League aspirations. II. The 16th June, 1946 plan sought to arrange for India to be divided into Hindu-Majority India and a Muslim-Majority India that would later be renamed Pakistan, since Congress had vehemently rejected ‘parity’ at the centre. III. The Congress ruled out the June 16 plan, seeing it as the division of India into small states.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
33. The Muslim League Annual Session which gave effect to Jinnah's Two-Nation Theory was held in
34. Who among the following in Congress represented the socialist view?
35. Which one of the following statements with regard to ‘Direct Action Day’ is correct?
36. Which of the following was/were connected primarily to the communist ideology?
I. Kirti Kisan Party II. Labour Swaraj Party
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
37. The Annual Session of Muslim League in the year 1907 was held at
38. When was the Bihar Socialist Party formed?
39. Who established the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh?
40. The Gandhi-Jinnah talks started on
41. Who founded the ‘Radical Democratic Party’ in 1940?
42. Who became a champion of socialism and wanted the overthrow of British Rule, Princely States, Landlordism, and Capitalism in 1933?
43. What is the name of the author who wrote, "The Muslims, if contented and satisfied, would become the greatest bulwark of British power in India."?
44. Who was one of the founding members of the Bihar Socialist Party?
45. Who had proposed ‘Partyless Democracy’ in India?
46. Consider the following statements in respect of the growth of communalism in India.
I. Communalism initiated in India in the 1880s, when Syed Ahmad Khan opposed the National Movements led by the All India National Congress. II. Mahatma Gandhi and the All India National Congress made a deep analysis of the communal phenomenon to meet its challenges. III. Constant negotiation of the All India National Congress with the Muslim communal leaders weakened the position of secular, anti-imperialist Muslims and Muslim leaders.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
47. Muslim League had accepted the Mountbatten Plan because
48. As an alternative to the Partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he
49. Who among the following was a prominent leader of the Congress Socialist Party?
50. Who was the first President of the Muslim League?
