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MODERN INDIA | SET-6
(An objective type questions from the topic 'Modern India' for Kerala PSC, UPSC, SSC, Railway, Banking and other competitive exams)
1.How many members from Muslim League joined the interim government in October 1946? 
5 
2.How many members of the British Parliament were included in the Board of Control formed as per the Pitt’s India Act, 1784? 
6 
3.How many Oscar Awards were received by the film ‘Gandhi’? 
8 
4.How many times did Gandhiji’s father married? 
Four 
5.The Viceroy who headed the interim government assumed office on 2nd September, 1946: 
Wavell 
6.The Viceroy who inaugurated a new province known as the North West Frontier: 
Curzon 
7.The Viceroy who introduced Budget system in India: 
Canning 
8. “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” Whose words are these? 
Jawaharlal Nehru 
9.The Viceroy who created North West Frontier Province in 1901 directly under the Government of India: 
Curzon 
10.The viceroy who earned the nick name ‘Clemency’? 
Canning 
11.The Viceroy who established two colleges for the education and political training of the Indian Princes: 
Mayo 
12.The Viceroy who faced the Famine of 1943? 
Wavell 
13.How many times was Gandhiji arrested in South Africa during the Satyagraha?
6 
14.Hughly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by the: 
Portuguese 
15.Ibrabim Rugova, who is known as ‘Balkan Gandhi’ led the national movement in: 
Kosovo 
16.Identify the Governor General who introduced the policy of auctioning the rights of revenue collection to the highest bidders: 
Warren Hastings 
17.Identify the leader who last met Gandhiji for about an hour and left him just few minutes before he was shot dead on January 30, 1948 while on his way to the prayer meeting. 
Sardar Patel 
18.Gandhiji was born on: 
2nd October 1869 
19.Gandhiji was imprisoned for ...... days in India. 
2089 
20.Gandhiji was imprisoned for the first time in: 
Johannesberg 
21.Gandhiji was sentenced for six years imprisonment in 1922 for sedition on behalf of the articles published in: 
Young India 
22.Gandhiji was the first Indian to become a lawyer in Natal High Court. In which year did Gandhiji become a lawyer there? 
1894 
23.Identify the main centre of the Revolt of 1857 which was first recaptured by the British: 
Delhi 
24.Identify the Viceroy who wrote home these words after his first meeting with Gandhiji:     “Mr Gandhi’s religious and moral views are, I believe, admirable, but I confess that I find it difficult to understand the practice of them in politics.” 
Lord Reading 
25.In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in …………. 
Bengal