14000+ MCQs Modern History (Communalism and Leftist Politics)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 02/05/2026
1. The Muslim League Annual Session which gave effect to Jinnah's Two-Nation Theory was held in
2. The Gandhi-Jinnah talks started on
3. Who was the President of the first Conference of the Communist Party at Kanpur in 1925?
4. 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?
5. The significance of the Lahore Resolution (1940) of the Muslim League was that
6. Hindu Mahasabha was originally called as
7. The ‘Break Down Plan’ in 1946 for the transfer of power to India had been proposed by
8. Who among the following led the movement for the separate state of Pakistan?
9. Desai-Liaquat Pact is named after which of the following two leaders?
10. Who had prepared the draft of the Lahore Resolution?
11. Who founded the ‘Radical Democratic Party’ in 1940?
12. Which of the following Muslim leaders was not one of the founding fathers of All India Muslim League (1906)?
13. The famous Pakistan Resolution was passed at
14. Who once remarked "Nehru is a patriot while Jinnah is a politician"?
15. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of the Partition of India?
16. 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?
17. A London branch of the All India Muslim League was established in 1908 under the Presidency of
18. Who prepared the ‘CR Formula’ to remove the political deadlock between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress?
19. Who among the following first put forward the proposal for a separate Muslim state in India?
20. When was the Bihar Socialist Party formed?
21. 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?
22. In October, 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of India?
23. Which one of the following statements with regard to ‘Direct Action Day’ is correct?
24. In which year the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was founded?
25. The Communist Party of India was formally founded in 1924 at which place?
26. The Muslim deputation (under the leadership of Aga Khan) met Lord Minto in 1906 at Shimla and pleaded for
27. Which among the following is not associated with the Kanpur Conspiracy Case?
28. Which of the following was/were connected primarily to the communist ideology?
I. Kirti Kisan Party II. Labour Swaraj Party
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
29. In the Delhi Congress Session on 14th June, 1947, the resolution for India’s Partition was passed. The Session was presided over by
30. In which year did V.D. Savarkar become the President of Hindu Mahasabha?
31. 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?
32. The Kanpur Conspiracy Case was against the leaders of the
33. What was the basic weakness of the Muslim League which came to be increasingly recognised by the patriotic Muslims?
34. Who wrote the pamphlet ‘Now or Never’?
35. 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?
36. The Congress Socialist Party was organised in 1934 by
37. The Congress Socialist Party was born in 1934 with its Secretary ……………
38. In reference to the rise of the Left Wing in the Indian Freedom Movement, which one of the following observations in regard to Jawaharlal Nehru is not correct?
39. Who was one of the founding members of the Bihar Socialist Party?
40. Which party gave a call for ‘Direct Action’ and which date was chosen as the ‘Direct Action Day’?
41. Who conceived the name 'Pakistan'?
42. The Session of All India Muslim Conference held at Delhi on December 31, 1928 was presided over by
43. Assertion (A): The Indian National Congress accepted the Mountbatten Plan. Reason (R): It believed in Two-Nation Theory.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
44. A separate homeland for Muslims found for the first time a definite expression
45. In which year the Pakistan Resolution was adopted by the Muslim League and where?
46. 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?
47. Consider the following statements related to events in 1946.
I. The plan of 16th May, 1946 had envisaged a united India in line with Congress and Muslim League aspirations. II. The 16th June, 1946 plan sought to arrange for India to be divided into Hindu-Majority India and a Muslim-Majority India that would later be renamed Pakistan, since Congress had vehemently rejected ‘parity’ at the centre. III. The Congress ruled out the June 16 plan, seeing it as the division of India into small states.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
48. Who was the Chairman of the Lahore Session (1940) of the Muslim League?
49. The first meeting of the Congress Socialist Party was held in
50. Which political party was founded in 1906?
