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. One of the following organisations was not associated with National Education Movement in the early twentieth century.
2. The ‘Young India’ was started as a weekly by
3. The first Hindi newspaper ‘Udant Martand’ (30th May, 1826) was published from
4. When was the Education Policy of Macaulay implemented?
5. Which of the following was established first?
6. Lord Macaulay was related to
7. Regarding Wood’s Despatch, which of the following statements are true?
I. Grants-in-Aid system was introduced. II. Establishment of universities was recommended. III. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
8. Charles Wood’s despatch was related to which of the following?
9. Who founded Indian Women’s University?
10. Through which newspaper published from Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bijoliya Movement the subject of discussion in India?
11. In which Act, yearly ₹ 1 lakh was allotted for the education of Indians?
12. Who started the newspaper ‘Indian Sociologist’ abroad?
13. Which of the following Act relaxed the restrictions put by the Metcalfe Act?
14. Which of the following newspapers was essentially the mouthpiece of the policies of liberals?
15. The propounder of ‘Filtration Theory’ in India’s educational policy was
16. 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 |
17. Who founded the ‘Amrita Bazar Patrika’?
18. The English newspaper ‘Independent’ was associated to
19. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
20. What was the name of the newspaper published by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa?
21. Who started the first English Newspaper in India?
22. Who founded first Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya at Varanasi?
23. Who was the first editor of the Amrita Bazar Patrika?
24. The first newspaper in India was
25. Given below are the names of freedom fighters and the newspapers started by among these which combination is incorrect?
26. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
27. Which of the following were two newspapers published by Annie Besant?
Select the correct answer using the codes given below. I. Commonweal II. New India III. New Hindu IV. The Aryans
28. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
29. When was the National Council of Education established?
30. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
31. Which one of the popular magazines of the revolutionary period criticised the Congress for various reasons?
32. Which of the following is also called the scheme of post-war educational development in India?
33. The first issue of a weekly paper ‘Harijan’ started by Gandhiji was published on February 11, 1933 from which of the following cities?
34. The first Editor of the Journal ‘Indian Opinion’ was
35. Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
36. Which one of the following was not the language in which ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper was published?
37. Which among the following had primarily implemented the Press censorship?
38. The foundation of Modern Educational System in India was laid by
39. Who affiliated himself with the English Journal ‘Vande Matram’?
40. Who among the following had launched the paper ‘Qaumi Awaz’?
41. Who founded the Anglo-Vedic College?
42. The editor of the paper ‘Hindu Patriot’ Sri Harish Chandra Mukherjee was known to have helped the
43. Sadler Commission was related to
44. 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
45. Consider the following statement.
I. Acting Governor-General John Adams had completely censored the Indian press. II. Governor-General was authorised to issue or cancel the license. Which of the above statement is/are correct?
46. What was the name of the first Hindi newspaper of India, published by Jugal Kishore?
47. Who in America started to issue newspaper ‘Free India’?
48. Which one of the following had vigorously advocated for religious education in the Indian universities?
49. Which of the following act/regulation empowered the magistrate to confiscate press property which published objectionable material likely to cause incitement to murder/acts of violence against the Extremist nationalist activity?
I. Indian Press Act, 1910. II. Newspaper (incitement to offences) Act, 1908 III. Vernacular Press Act, 1878 IV. Registration Act, 1878 Choose the correct answer using the codes given below.
50. In which newspaper ‘Boycott’ was first declared?