14000+ MCQs Modern History (Development of Press and Education System in Modern India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 16/03/2026
1. The ‘Anglicist-Orientalist Controversy’ came to end by
I. Macaulay’s Minute II. Mentick’s Resolution III. Wood’s despatch IV. Lord Curzon’s Education and Policy Choose the correct answer by using the following codes.
2. In which newspaper ‘Boycott’ was first declared?
3. Who was associated with the formation of the Deccan Education Society?
4. Who founded Indian Women’s University?
5. Who affiliated himself with the English Journal ‘Vande Matram’?
6. One of the following organisations was not associated with National Education Movement in the early twentieth century.
7. Henry T Colebrooke was a professor of Sanskrit in which of the following Institutions?
8. What was the name of the first Hindi newspaper of India, published by Jugal Kishore?
9. Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India?
I. Charter Act of 1813 II. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823 III. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
10. Consider the following statement.
I. Acting Governor-General John Adams had completely censored the Indian press. II. Governor-General was authorised to issue or cancel the license. Which of the above statement is/are correct?
11. Sadler Commission was related to
12. At the time of National Movement who started ‘Dash Roja’ periodical?
13. Hartog Committee Report of 1929 had suggested for transforming which of the following types of Education into community development centre for rural upliftment?
14. Which one of the following newspapers advocated revolutionary terrorism during the period of Indian freedom struggle?
I. Sandhya II. Yugantar III. Nava Kaal Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
15. The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of
16. Which journal was not associated with the revolutionary activities?
17. Under which Act did the licensing rule for newspapers made?
18. In which one of the following languages was the first issue of the Journal Ghadar published?
19. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
20. When was the Education Policy of Macaulay implemented?
21. Match List I (Newspapers) with List II (Editors/Founders) and select the correct answer from the codes given below lists.
| List-I (Newspapers) | List-II (Editors/Founders) |
| A. Hindu | 1. Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. Sudharak | 2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. Voice of India | 3. G. Subramaniya Iyer |
| D. Bengalee | 4. Surendranath Banerjee |
22. Who among the following had launched the paper ‘Qaumi Awaz’?
23. Who started the first English Newspaper in India?
24. When did the British Government appoint Sadler University Commission for reforms in education?
25. The foundation of Modern Educational System in India was laid by
26. Who among the following started the newspaper ‘Som Prakash’?
27. In the Hunter Commission Report, special emphasis was laid on the development of
28. Who among the following was offered the membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris?
29. The English newspaper ‘Independent’ was associated to
30. Which one of the following was a Journal brought out by Abdul Kalam Azad?
31. During India’s colonial period, the theory of Downward filtration was related to
32. Who was the following laid the foundation stone of Banaras Hindu University?
33. Which of the following newspapers used to be published from Patna?
34. ........ was related to Bahishkrit Bharat.
35. From the options given below, find the correct combination of the names of Editors of the nationalist newspapers: The Hindu, Kesari, Bengali, Hindustani and Sudharak.
36. Who was the fist Vice-Chancellor of Indian women’s university of Poona in 1916?
37. The first newspaper in India was
38. The propounder of ‘Filtration Theory’ in India’s educational policy was
39. Which of the following were two newspapers published by Annie Besant?
Select the correct answer using the codes given below. I. Commonweal II. New India III. New Hindu IV. The Aryans
40. From where the ‘Indian Mirror’ newspaper was published in 1880?
41. Which one of the following was the first to be declared as Central University?
42. Which of the following act/regulation empowered the magistrate to confiscate press property which published objectionable material likely to cause incitement to murder/acts of violence against the Extremist nationalist activity?
I. Indian Press Act, 1910. II. Newspaper (incitement to offences) Act, 1908 III. Vernacular Press Act, 1878 IV. Registration Act, 1878 Choose the correct answer using the codes given below.
43. Who founded the Anglo-Vedic College?
44. Who started the newspaper ‘Indian Sociologist’ abroad?
45. Which one of the following was not the language in which ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper was published?
46. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
47. In which Act, yearly ₹ 1 lakh was allotted for the education of Indians?
48. Which of the following is correctly matched?
49. Which of the following statement is/are correct?
I. Censorship of Press Act, 1799 was introduced by Lord Wellesley. II. Licensing regulation, 1823 was introduced by John Adams. III. Press Act of 1835 by Metcalfe. Select the correct answer by using the codes given below.
50. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
