14000+ MCQs Modern History (Development of Press and Education System in Modern India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 14/06/2026
1. The first three universities in India (Calcutta, Madras and Bombay) were established in which year?
2. Who started the first English Newspaper in India?
3. ........ was related to Bahishkrit Bharat.
4. Under which Act did the licensing rule for newspapers made?
5. Lord Macaulay was related to
6. Who was the fist Vice-Chancellor of Indian women’s university of Poona in 1916?
7. Who is the liberator of Indian newspaper?
8. The foundation of Modern Educational System in India was laid by
9. Sadler Commission was related to
10. Which of the following gave the suggestion to divide the secondary level curriculum into course A and course B?
11. The English newspaper ‘Independent’ was associated to
12. Who founded the Anglo-Vedic College?
13. Which among the following had primarily implemented the Press censorship?
14. Which newspaper was started by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak to serve the cause of India’s freedom struggle?
15. When the Hindu College was founded?
16. Which of the following newspapers was essentially the mouthpiece of the policies of liberals?
17. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
18. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act?
19. Which of the following Act relaxed the restrictions put by the Metcalfe Act?
20. 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.
21. When did the British Government appoint Sadler University Commission for reforms in education?
22. 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.
23. The main reason for the British Government to spread Modern Education in India during Pre-independence period was
24. What was the name of the first Hindi newspaper of India, published by Jugal Kishore?
25. 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 |
26. During India’s colonial period, the theory of Downward filtration was related to
27. Who affiliated himself with the English Journal ‘Vande Matram’?
28. 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?
29. The first Hindi newspaper ‘Udant Martand’ (30th May, 1826) was published from
30. Who in America started to issue newspaper ‘Free India’?
31. The first newspaper in India was
32. Who of the following set up Mahila Arya Samaj to improve women’s education?
33. Which one of the popular magazines of the revolutionary period criticised the Congress for various reasons?
34. Through which newspaper published from Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bijoliya Movement the subject of discussion in India?
35. The aim of education as stated by Wood’s Despatch of 1854 was
36. 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.
37. From where the ‘Indian Mirror’ newspaper was published in 1880?
38. Who was associated with the formation of the Deccan Education Society?
39. Charles Wood’s despatch was related to which of the following?
40. In which one of the following languages was the first issue of the Journal Ghadar published?
41. Which Act of British Government granted one lakh for education in India for the first time?
42. The first issue of a weekly paper ‘Harijan’ started by Gandhiji was published on February 11, 1933 from which of the following cities?
43. The ‘Young India’ was started as a weekly by
44. Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta?
46. Given below are the names of freedom fighters and the newspapers started by among these which combination is incorrect?
47. Who was the following laid the foundation stone of Banaras Hindu University?
48. Which one of the following was the first to be declared as Central University?
49. Who was the Editor of ‘Searchlight’ newspaper in Bihar?
50. Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated Bhagavad Gita into English?
