Modern Indian History Quiz

The Indian National Congress, on 19 December 1929, passed the historic 'Purna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) resolution at its Lahore session.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah became disillusioned with politics after the failure of his attempt to form a Hindu-Muslim alliance, and he spent most of the 1920s in Britain. The leadership of the League was taken over by Sir Muhammad Iqbal, who in 1930 first put forward the demand for a separate Muslim state in India.

Charles John Canning was the governor-general of India during the Revolt of 1857. He became the first viceroy of India in 1858 and played an important part in the work of reconstruction in that colony.

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the official criminal code of India. The code was drafted on the recommendations of the first law commission of India under the Chairmanship of Lord Macaulay. It came into force in British India during the early British Period in 1862.

The August Offer was made by Viceroy Linlithgow in 1940 promising the expansion of the Executive Council of the Viceroy of India to include more Indians, the establishment of an advisory war council, giving full weight to minority opinion, and the recognition of Indians' right to frame their own constitution.

Dyarchy system of double government was introduced by the Government of India Act (1919) for the provinces of British India. It marked the first introduction of the democratic principle into the executive branch of the British administration of India.

The resolution for the establishment of a separate homeland for the Muslims of British India passed in the annual session of the All India Muslim League held in Lahore on 22–24 March 1940 is a landmark document of Pakistan's history.

All of the given answers choices are responsible for the decline of the Indian Handicrafts Industry in the 19th century.

Charter Act 1813 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which renewed the charter issued to the British East India Company, and continued the Company's rule in India. This Act was a provision that Company should invest ₹. 1 Lakh every year on the education of Indians. Wood's Despatch of 1854 is called the Magna Carta of English Education in India. In accordance with Wood's despatch, universities were opened at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.

January 26 was celebrated as India's Independence Day in 1930. January 26, 1930, was set as the date for independence after the Congress, led by Jawaharlal Nehru, declared “Purna Swaraj”, or Complete Independence, as its ultimate goal in Lahore in December 1929.