14000+ MCQs Modern History (Communalism and Leftist Politics)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/10/2026
1. Who founded the ‘Radical Democratic Party’ in 1940?
2. Which of the following statement is not true about Mohammad Ali Jinnah?
3. In the Delhi Congress Session on 14th June, 1947, the resolution for India’s Partition was passed. The Session was presided over by
4. Who among the following has not written about partition in his works?
5. What was the basic weakness of the Muslim League which came to be increasingly recognised by the patriotic Muslims?
6. 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?
7. Two independent states of India and Pakistan were created by
8. 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?
9. Who among the following led the movement for the separate state of Pakistan?
10. The Muslim League Annual Session which gave effect to Jinnah's Two-Nation Theory was held in
11. Who was the Chairman of the Lahore Session (1940) of the Muslim League?
12. Which party gave a call for ‘Direct Action’ and which date was chosen as the ‘Direct Action Day’?
13. Which one of the following pairs of organisation and their founders is not correctly matched?
14. Which day was declared as the Direct Action Day by the Muslim League?
15. Who had proposed ‘Partyless Democracy’ in India?
16. What is the name of the party founded by Saumendra Nath Tagore?
17. Who among the following in Congress represented the socialist view?
18. When was the Bihar Socialist Party formed?
19. In which year the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was founded?
20. The Congress Socialist Party was organised in 1934 by
21. As an alternative to the Partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he
22. Who among the following was the founder of the Muslim League?
23. Who was one of the founding members of the Bihar Socialist Party?
24. 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?
25. The Annual Session of Muslim League in the year 1907 was held at
26. In 1906 Muslim League was founded at
27. A separate homeland for Muslims found for the first time a definite expression
28. Who established the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh?
29. Who was the first Indian to be the member of the Communist International?
30. The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to
31. Which political party was founded in 1906?
32. 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.
33. 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?
34. The Kanpur Conspiracy Case was against the leaders of the
35. A London branch of the All India Muslim League was established in 1908 under the Presidency of
36. 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?
37. The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because
38. The first meeting of the Congress Socialist Party was held in
39. Which one of the following has changed the name of Hindu Mahasabha to 'All India Hindu Mahasabha' in 1915?
40. The Congress Socialist Party was born in 1934 with its Secretary ……………
41. 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?
42. The Session of All India Muslim Conference held at Delhi on December 31, 1928 was presided over by
43. Who was the President of the first Conference of the Communist Party at Kanpur in 1925?
44. Consider the following statements relating to planning in India.
I. In the year 1938, the National Planning Committee was set up in India under the Chairmanship of Jawaharlal Nehru. II. The Bombay Plan was prepared by the Indian industrialists. III. Acharya Kripalani prepared the Gandhian Plan.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
45. The Gandhi-Jinnah talks started on
46. In October, 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of India?
47. Which of the following Muslim leaders was not one of the founding fathers of All India Muslim League (1906)?
48. Which among the following is not associated with the Kanpur Conspiracy Case?
49. The Mountbatten Plan became the basis for
50. Who among the following first put forward the proposal for a separate Muslim state in India?