14000+ MCQs Modern History (Development of Press and Education System in Modern India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/10/2026
1. What was the name of the newspaper published by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa?
2. To whom Commonweal is related?
3. Sadler Commission was related to
4. Through which Educational Report, Calcutta University came into existence?
5. Who was the first editor of the Amrita Bazar Patrika?
6. The first Newspaper published by the Indians in English language was
7. In whose reign was English education Introduced in India?
8. The first newspaper in India was
9. Lord Macaulay was related to
10. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
11. Who among the following was the first to translate Kalidasa’ famous work ‘Shakuntala’ into English?
12. In which Act, yearly ₹ 1 lakh was allotted for the education of Indians?
13. When was the National Council of Education established?
14. Henry T Colebrooke was a professor of Sanskrit in which of the following Institutions?
15. Who started the first English Newspaper in India?
16. Which of the following Act relaxed the restrictions put by the Metcalfe Act?
17. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
18. The main reason for the British Government to spread Modern Education in India during Pre-independence period was
19. The first Editor of the Journal ‘Indian Opinion’ was
20. Which one of the following was the first to be declared as Central University?
21. The English newspaper ‘Independent’ was associated to
22. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act?
23. Which of the following newspapers was essentially the mouthpiece of the policies of liberals?
24. Which one of the following had vigorously advocated for religious education in the Indian universities?
25. Which Urdu newspaper was started by Lala Lajpat Rai from Lahore in 1920?
26. During India’s colonial period, the theory of Downward filtration was related to
27. Which among the following had primarily implemented the Press censorship?
28. ........ was related to Bahishkrit Bharat.
29. Which of the following is also called the scheme of post-war educational development in India?
30. The Marathi Fortnightly ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’ was started by
31. What was the name of the first Hindi newspaper of India, published by Jugal Kishore?
32. Consider the following statements regarding Vernacular Press Act.
I. The magistrate’s action was final and no appeal could be made in a court of law. II. A Vernacular newspaper could get an exemption from the operation of the Act by Submitting proof to a government censor. Which of the following statement is/are correct?
33. Through which newspaper published from Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bijoliya Movement the subject of discussion in India?
34. The first Hindi newspaper ‘Udant Martand’ (30th May, 1826) was published from
35. Who among the following was offered the membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris?
36. When did the British Government appoint Sadler University Commission for reforms in education?
37. The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of
38. Charles Wood’s despatch was related to which of the following?
39. Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
40. Who was the fist Vice-Chancellor of Indian women’s university of Poona in 1916?
41. Who founded first Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya at Varanasi?
42. The propounder of ‘Filtration Theory’ in India’s educational policy was
43. Arrange the following events (Commissions on Education) in their chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
I. Hunter Commission
II. Sadler Commission
III. Wood’s Despatch
IV. Sargent Plan
44. Which one of the following was a Journal brought out by Abdul Kalam Azad?
45. Who founded the Anglo-Vedic College?
46. Who among the following had launched the paper ‘Qaumi Awaz’?
47. The foundation of Modern Educational System in India was laid by
48. Which of the following gave the suggestion to divide the secondary level curriculum into course A and course B?
49. 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.
50. Which one of the following statements about the English Education Act of 1835 is not correct?
