14000+ MCQs Modern History (Communalism and Leftist Politics)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 26/07/2026
1. Consider the following statements.
I. The ‘Bombay Manifesto’ signed in 1936 openly opposed the preaching of socialist ideals. II. It evoked support from a large section of the business community from all across India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
2. Aligarh Movement was started by whom?
3. What is the name of the party founded by Saumendra Nath Tagore?
4. Who had proposed ‘Partyless Democracy’ in India?
5. Who was the first Indian to be the member of the Communist International?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. With reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle, the decade of the 1920s is popularly known for "Growth of Communalism." What was/were the reason/s?
I. Socio-economic backwardness. II. British policy of divide and rule. III. Side-effect of militant nationalism.
Which one of the above is/are correct reasons?
9. Who among the following led the movement for the separate state of Pakistan?
10. The Mountbatten Plan became the basis for
11. Consider the following statements relating to planning in India.
I. In the year 1938, the National Planning Committee was set up in India under the Chairmanship of Jawaharlal Nehru. II. The Bombay Plan was prepared by the Indian industrialists. III. Acharya Kripalani prepared the Gandhian Plan.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
12. Which political party was founded in 1906?
13. A London branch of the All India Muslim League was established in 1908 under the Presidency of
14. Who had prepared the draft of the Lahore Resolution?
15. The significance of the Lahore Resolution (1940) of the Muslim League was that
16. Who wrote the pamphlet ‘Now or Never’?
17. In 1906 Muslim League was founded at
18. The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to
19. In October, 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of India?
20. Desai-Liaquat Pact is named after which of the following two leaders?
21. 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."?
22. Who was the first President of the Muslim League?
23. The first meeting of the Congress Socialist Party was held in
24. A separate homeland for Muslims found for the first time a definite expression
25. The Congress Socialist Party was born in 1934 with its Secretary ……………
26. Who prepared the ‘CR Formula’ to remove the political deadlock between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress?
27. 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?
28. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of the Partition of India?
29. The Communist Party of India was formally founded in 1924 at which place?
30. Muslim League had accepted the Mountbatten Plan because
31. Who became a champion of socialism and wanted the overthrow of British Rule, Princely States, Landlordism, and Capitalism in 1933?
32. Which of the following trials attracted worldwide publicity and drew sympathetic comment from Albert Einstein, H G Wells, Harold Laski and Roosevelt in favour of the convicts?
33. The ‘Break Down Plan’ in 1946 for the transfer of power to India had been proposed by
34. Which of the following Muslim leaders was not one of the founding fathers of All India Muslim League (1906)?
35. Who among the following has not written about partition in his works?
36. On what basis were the Gandhi-Jinnah talks held?
37. The Muslim deputation (under the leadership of Aga Khan) met Lord Minto in 1906 at Shimla and pleaded for
38. As an alternative to the Partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he
39. Which one of the following pairs of organisation and their founders is not correctly matched?
40. When did the Muslim League celebrate the ‘Pakistan Day’?
41. The Kanpur Conspiracy Case was against the leaders of the
42. The Session of All India Muslim Conference held at Delhi on December 31, 1928 was presided over by
43. Which one of the following statements with regard to ‘Direct Action Day’ is correct?
44. Who conceived the name 'Pakistan'?
45. In which year did V.D. Savarkar become the President of Hindu Mahasabha?
46. Who among the following first put forward the proposal for a separate Muslim state in India?
47. Which one of the following has changed the name of Hindu Mahasabha to 'All India Hindu Mahasabha' in 1915?
48. Which day was declared as the Direct Action Day by the Muslim League?
49. Which among the following is not associated with the Kanpur Conspiracy Case?
50. Which party gave a call for ‘Direct Action’ and which date was chosen as the ‘Direct Action Day’?
