Quiz on Modern Indian History – GK GS Quiz for All Competitive Exams
81. Commissioners for the Affairs of India were known as ______.
A. Court of Directors
B. Board of Directors
C. Board of Control
D. Board of Merchants
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Answer: Option C
Explanation : The Right Honourable Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India (commonly known as the India Board or the Board of Control) was an arm of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for managing the Government’s interest in British India and the East India Company between 1784 and 1858.
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82. Which one of the following was not a French settlement in India?
A. Puducherry
B. Mahe
C. Goa
D. Chandannagar
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Answer: Option C
Explanation : Goa is a former Portuguese colony, the Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961. In 1510, the Portuguese defeated the ruling Bijapur kings with the help of a local ally, Timayya, leading to the establishment of a permanent settlement in Velha Goa (or Old Goa).
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83. Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
A. Lord Wavell
B. Lord Irwin
C. Lord Willingdon
D. Winston Churchill
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Answer: Option D
Explanation : British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once called Mahatma Gandhi “a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir… striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceregal Palace.”
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84. Who called Sree Narayana Guru as ‘The Second Buddha’?
A. G. Sankara Kurup
B. Swami Vivekananda
C. Bodhananda Swamikal
D. Moorkoth Kumaran
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Answer: Option A
Explanation : G.Sankara Kurup called Shri Narayana Guru as Second Buddha.
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85. AI Hilal was a _______.
A. Mosque
B. Journal
C. Madrasah
D. Garden
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Answer: Option B
Explanation : The Al-Hilal was a weekly Urdu language newspaper established by the Indian leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and used as a medium for criticism of the British Raj in India. The first issue came out on 13 July 1912.
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