14000+ MCQs Modern History (Development of Press and Education System in Modern India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 15/03/2026
1. Where was the first Madrasa set up by the British in India?
2. Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India?
I. Charter Act of 1813 II. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823 III. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
3. Who was the first editor of the Amrita Bazar Patrika?
4. In which one of the following languages was the first issue of the Journal Ghadar published?
5. Which one of the following was the first to be declared as Central University?
6. Who among the following was offered the membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris?
7. Through which newspaper published from Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bijoliya Movement the subject of discussion in India?
8. What was the name of the first Hindi newspaper of India, published by Jugal Kishore?
9. In which newspaper ‘Boycott’ was first declared?
10. The establishment of the first women’s university in Mumbai was the result of the effort of
11. Who founded first Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya at Varanasi?
12. Who was the Editor of ‘Searchlight’ newspaper in Bihar?
13. The first newspaper in India was
14. 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
15. To whom Commonweal is related?
17. The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of
18. Hartog Committee Report of 1929 had suggested for transforming which of the following types of Education into community development centre for rural upliftment?
19. Lord Macaulay was related to
20. Which of the following gave the suggestion to divide the secondary level curriculum into course A and course B?
21. Who was associated with the formation of the Deccan Education Society?
22. Which of the following is correctly matched?
23. Which newspaper was started by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak to serve the cause of India’s freedom struggle?
24. When did the British Government appoint Sadler University Commission for reforms in education?
25. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
26. The first issue of a weekly paper ‘Harijan’ started by Gandhiji was published on February 11, 1933 from which of the following cities?
27. The editor of the paper ‘Hindu Patriot’ Sri Harish Chandra Mukherjee was known to have helped the
28. Which one of the following was a Journal brought out by Abdul Kalam Azad?
29. In whose reign was English education Introduced in India?
30. The propounder of ‘Filtration Theory’ in India’s educational policy was
31. The main reason for the British Government to spread Modern Education in India during Pre-independence period was
32. Who in America started to issue newspaper ‘Free India’?
33. The foundation of Modern Educational System in India was laid by
34. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act?
35. Who among the following had launched the paper ‘Qaumi Awaz’?
36. Who founded Indian Women’s University?
37. Which Act of British Government granted one lakh for education in India for the first time?
38. Which one of the following statements about the English Education Act of 1835 is not correct?
39. Through which Educational Report, Calcutta University came into existence?
40. Which of the following newspapers was essentially the mouthpiece of the policies of liberals?
41. Which among the following had primarily implemented the Press censorship?
42. The first three universities in India (Calcutta, Madras and Bombay) were established in which year?
43. Who founded the ‘Amrita Bazar Patrika’?
44. 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?
45. The aim of education as stated by Wood’s Despatch of 1854 was
46. The first Hindi newspaper ‘Udant Martand’ (30th May, 1826) was published from
47. Which of the following was established first?
48. Sadler Commission was related to
49. Which of the following newspapers used to be published from Patna?
50. When the Hindu College was founded?