14000+ MCQs Modern History (Development of Press and Education System in Modern India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 30/04/2026
1. Who founded the ‘Amrita Bazar Patrika’?
2. Which of the following is correctly matched?
3. In which one of the following languages was the first issue of the Journal Ghadar published?
4. The first Newspaper published by the Indians in English language was
5. During India’s colonial period, the theory of Downward filtration was related to
6. Which one of the following statements about the English Education Act of 1835 is not correct?
7. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
8. One of the following organisations was not associated with National Education Movement in the early twentieth century.
9. The establishment of the first women’s university in Mumbai was the result of the effort of
10. Which among the following had primarily implemented the Press censorship?
11. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
12. Who was the fist Vice-Chancellor of Indian women’s university of Poona in 1916?
13. When did the British Government appoint Sadler University Commission for reforms in education?
14. Where was the first Madrasa set up by the British in India?
15. The first issue of a weekly paper ‘Harijan’ started by Gandhiji was published on February 11, 1933 from which of the following cities?
16. Which one of the following was not the language in which ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper was published?
17. 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
18. In which newspaper ‘Boycott’ was first declared?
19. Who was the Editor of ‘Searchlight’ newspaper in Bihar?
20. Which one of the popular magazines of the revolutionary period criticised the Congress for various reasons?
21. Which of the following Act relaxed the restrictions put by the Metcalfe Act?
22. Which journal was not associated with the revolutionary activities?
23. The first Hindi newspaper ‘Udant Martand’ (30th May, 1826) was published from
24. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
25. Under which Act did the licensing rule for newspapers made?
26. When was the Education Policy of Macaulay implemented?
28. The aim of education as stated by Wood’s Despatch of 1854 was
29. Which newspaper was started by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak to serve the cause of India’s freedom struggle?
30. The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of
31. Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated Bhagavad Gita into English?
32. When the Hindu College was founded?
33. 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 |
34. In which Act, yearly ₹ 1 lakh was allotted for the education of Indians?
35. Who founded Indian Women’s University?
36. Which of the following gave the suggestion to divide the secondary level curriculum into course A and course B?
37. Which of the following is also called the scheme of post-war educational development in India?
38. Who is the liberator of Indian newspaper?
39. What was the name of the first Hindi newspaper of India, published by Jugal Kishore?
40. Which of the following newspapers used to be published from Patna?
41. Lord Macaulay was related to
42. Who started the first English Newspaper in India?
43. Consider the following statements.
I. Jonathan Duncan had founded the Sanskrit college in Banaras. II. Lord Cornwallis had introduced civil services in India. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
44. Through which Educational Report, Calcutta University came into existence?
45. Who among the following was the first to translate Kalidasa’ famous work ‘Shakuntala’ into English?
46. Through which newspaper published from Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bijoliya Movement the subject of discussion in India?
47. 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.
48. Hartog Committee Report of 1929 had suggested for transforming which of the following types of Education into community development centre for rural upliftment?
49. Sadler Commission was related to
50. Who was associated with the formation of the Deccan Education Society?
