14000+ MCQs Modern History (Development of Press and Education System in Modern India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 13/09/2026
1. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
2. Which of the following newspapers was essentially the mouthpiece of the policies of liberals?
3. Who of the following set up Mahila Arya Samaj to improve women’s education?
4. At the time of National Movement who started ‘Dash Roja’ periodical?
5. The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of
6. Which newspaper was started by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak to serve the cause of India’s freedom struggle?
7. The propounder of ‘Filtration Theory’ in India’s educational policy was
8. Which of the following was established first?
9. Who started the newspaper ‘Indian Sociologist’ abroad?
10. The English newspaper ‘Independent’ was associated to
11. Which of the following newspapers used to be published from Patna?
12. Which one of the following was the first to be declared as Central University?
13. The ‘Young India’ was started as a weekly by
14. Who was associated with the formation of the Deccan Education Society?
15. Which of the following Act relaxed the restrictions put by the Metcalfe Act?
16. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
17. When the Hindu College was founded?
18. 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?
19. What was the name of the first Hindi newspaper of India, published by Jugal Kishore?
20. Charles Wood’s despatch was related to which of the following?
21. Which one of the following had vigorously advocated for religious education in the Indian universities?
22. Who founded the ‘Amrita Bazar Patrika’?
23. Lord Macaulay was related to
24. When did the British Government appoint Sadler University Commission for reforms in education?
25. Who founded Indian Women’s University?
26. Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
27. Under which Act did the licensing rule for newspapers made?
28. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
29. In the Hunter Commission Report, special emphasis was laid on the development of
30. To whom Commonweal is related?
31. Through which newspaper published from Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bijoliya Movement the subject of discussion in India?
32. Which one of the following was a Journal brought out by Abdul Kalam Azad?
33. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act?
34. The foundation of Modern Educational System in India was laid by
35. 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.
36. Sadler Commission was related to
37. Which of the following is correctly matched?
38. In which one of the following languages was the first issue of the Journal Ghadar published?
39. Who started the first English Newspaper in India?
40. The first newspaper in India was
41. Where was the first Madrasa set up by the British in India?
42. Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated Bhagavad Gita into English?
43. Who among the following was offered the membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris?
44. In which Act, yearly ₹ 1 lakh was allotted for the education of Indians?
45. Who was the fist Vice-Chancellor of Indian women’s university of Poona in 1916?
46. The Fergusson College at Pune was founded in 1885 by
48. Who was the following laid the foundation stone of Banaras Hindu University?
49. In whose reign was English education Introduced in India?
50. Who among the following started the newspaper ‘Som Prakash’?
