Collection of verified questions for History Of Modern India under Indian History. Includes previous year exam questions with official answer keys and step-by-step solutions.
Who among the following regarded the passing of the partition resolution by the Congress Committee meeting in 1947 as a 'surrender of nationalism in favor of communalism'?
Who among the following was the first Governor-General of independent India?
Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
How many princely states were merged into the 'United State of Kathiawar' (Saurashtra Union) on 15 February 1948?
Who was the Congress President when power was transferred to Indians by the British in the year 1947?
Who among the following leaders did not participate anywhere in the celebrations of Independence Day in August 1947?
The decision to implement the Constitution on 26 January was taken because–
Who presided over the session of the Indian National Congress held in Meerut in 1946?
The Mountbatten Plan (June 1947) recommended a referendum / popular determination in which of the following province(s)?
At the time of partition of India, the President of the Indian National Congress was–
'Indian Nationalism was the child of the British Raj.' Whose statement is this?
Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress on 15 August 1947?
Who was the first Law Minister of independent India?
Which one of the following is the correct chronological sequence of persons holding the office of the President of India from the very beginning?
In the Partition Council formed under the chairmanship of Lord Mountbatten, the Indian National Congress was represented by– 1. Abul Kalam Azad 2. Jawaharlal Nehru 3. Sardar Patel 4. Rajendra Prasad Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Who among the following stated that 'the most significant achievement of British rule was the unification of India'?
At the time of Indian independence, the British monarch was–
As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he should–
The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to–
The 'Balkan Plan' for the partition of India was the brain-child of–
In 1947, the Indian National Congress agreed to the partition of the country mainly because–
When was the 'Mountbatten Plan' regarding the partition of India officially announced?
Assertion (A): The British granted independence to India in 1947. Reason (R): The British had become weakened during the Second World War. Choose the correct answer from the code below:
Given below are two statements, labeled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R): Assertion (A): Britain's sovereignty continued in independent India. Reason (R): The Governor-General of independent India was appointed by the sovereign British monarch. In the context of both statements, which of the following is correct?
The plan to transfer sovereign power to Indians in the year 1947 was known by which of the following names?