Modern Indian History Quiz

With a view to improving the condition of peasants, Curzon opened some banks, passed the Punjab Land Alienation Act in 1900 and the Cooperative Credit Societies Act in 1904, framed the 'Suspension and Remissions Resolution' in 1905, established an Imperial Agriculture Department and established an Agriculture Research.

Partition Committee was formed which was chaired by Lord Mountbatten. Its members were Vallabh Bhai Patel, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Liaqat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar.

On 8th August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the 'Quit India' movement. The next day (9th August 1942), Gandhi, Nehru and many other leaders of the Indian National Congress were arrested by the British Government.

Mahatma Gandhi gave Vallabhbhai Patel the title of 'Sardar'.

The Commission was strongly opposed by many Indians. It was opposed by Nehru, Gandhi, Jinnah, the Muslim League and Indian National Congress because it contained seven members of the British Parliament but no Indians.

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.

After the death of Aurangzeb, a war of succession broke out among his three surviving sons. His second son, Prince Muazzam, defeated his brothers and ascended the throne with the title of Bahadur Shah I (or Shah Alam I). The death of Aurangzeb and the subsequent weakness of his successors are generally considered the start of the decline of the mighty Mughal Empire.

The civil disobedience movement commenced with the Dandi March when Gandhi left the Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmedabad on foot with 78 other members of the Ashram for Dandi on 12 March 1930. After reaching Dandi, Gandhi broke the salt law.

Awadh was annexed by Lord Dalhousie in 1856 on the basis of alleged misgovernance, a policy that greatly alienated the local population and was a major factor in the Revolt of 1857. Satara, Jhansi, and Nagpur were annexed using the Doctrine of Lapse.

The British introduced the railways in India in order to facilitate British commerce and administrative control. They introduced the railway to ease their own transportation and faster supply of raw materials.