BPSC Modern History — Previous Year Questions

This page has 65 solved questions on Modern History across 4 papers (2023–2025). Every one is solved below — open a question for the answer, why it is right, and why each wrong option was written to tempt you.

BPSC's published Prelims syllabus does not name this as a separate field. These questions come under field 6 — "Indian National Movement and the part played by Bihar in it and also Questions on General Mental Ability".

1. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q12Who led the Champaran Satyagraha in 1917 ?Answer: B
2. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q20Which of the following State was not annexed under Lord Dalhousie's Doctrine of Lapse ?Answer: C
3. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q23In 1901 who has published the book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' ?Answer: D
4. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q24Fort William College at Calcutta was established inAnswer: B
5. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q41Who became the President of Indian National Congress when Subhash Chandra Bose resigned in 1939 ?Answer: B
6. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q51Which Viceroy decentralized the colonial economic structure in India ?Answer: B
7. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q53Where did the revolt of Birsa Munda take place ?Answer: A
8. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q57The Vernacular Press Act allowedAnswer: A
9. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q67Which portfolio did Dr. Rajendra Prasad hold during the interim government of 1946 ?Answer: A
10. 71st CCE (2025)Q71Which Indian leader for the first time used the 'safety-valve theory' to attack the Moderates in the Congress?Answer: B
11. 71st CCE (2025)Q72At which Viceroy was a bomb thrown on the occasion of his state entry into Delhi?Answer: C
12. 71st CCE (2025)Q74Name the Principal of M.A.O. College, Aligarh, who encouraged Muslim Communalism in the last decades of the 19th Century?Answer: D
13. 71st CCE (2025)Q76Which Commission accentuated the discontent in all the political groups and parties for not associating any Indian member in it?Answer: C
14. 71st CCE (2025)Q77Who assumed the command of the Indian National Army and gave famous battle cry, 'Chalo Delhi'?Answer: D
15. 71st CCE (2025)Q78“We shall either free India or die in the attempt …” who said it?Answer: B
16. 71st CCE (2025)Q79Who raised the cry “Divide and Quit”?Answer: B
17. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q81Who among the following is not associated with Azad Hind Fauz (INA) ?Answer: D
18. 71st CCE (2025)Q82Champaran Agrarian Committee was appointed in agreement between :Answer: A
19. 71st CCE (2025)Q84Who was murdered while hoisting the national flag under the area of Bikram Police Station?Answer: D
20. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q84Match the List – I of authors with List – II of the books on 1857 and choose answers from the code given below : List – I List – II a. V. D. Savarkar i. The First War of Independence b. S. N. Sen ii. The Peasant and the Raj c. Eric Stokes iii. Civil Rebellion and in the Indian Mutinies d. S.B. Chaudhuri iv. Eighteen Fifty-Seven Code : a b c dAnswer: A
21. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q85Match List – I of social reformers with List – II of their societies and choose answer from the code given below : List – I List – II a. Brahma Samaj i. Vishnu Shastri Pandit b. Ramkrishna Mission ii. Swami Vivekananda c. Servants of India Society iii. Raja Rammohan Roy d. Vidhwa Vivah Samaj iv. Gopal Krishna Gokhale Code : a b c dAnswer: C
22. 71st CCE (2025)Q93Which one of the following is not correctly matched? Person Associated withAnswer: A
23. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q102Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress ?Answer: C
24. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q104When did Macaulay issue his famous minute on Indian Education ?Answer: A
25. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q107The Tribal Movement-Santhal hool (Rebellion) took place inAnswer: A
26. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q113All India Trade Union Congress was formed in the yearAnswer: B
27. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q119Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal ?Answer: C
28. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q120Who threw harmless bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly ?Answer: D
29. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q127Match List – I of leaders with List – II of their territory and select answer from the code given below : List – I List – II a. Kunwar Singh i. Faizabad b. Hazrat Mahal ii. Bareilly c. Khan Bahadur iii. Jagdishpur d. Maulvi Ahmadullah iv. Lucknow Code : a b c dAnswer: A
30. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q130Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the Gaya Session of 1922 ?Answer: A
31. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q143Who first described the Revolt of 1857 as the ‘First Indian War of Independence’ ?Answer: B
32. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q147Match List – I of Pre-Congress organisations with List – II of their leaders and choose answer from the codes given below : List – I List – II a. Indian Association i. Dadabhai Naoroji b. Madras Mahajan Sabha ii. M. Viraraghavachariar c. Bombay Presidency Association iii. Justice Ranade d. Poona Sarvjanik Sabha iv. Surendranath Banerjee Code : a b c dAnswer: C
33. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q150When was the Patna College established ?Answer: C
34. 70th CCE (2024)Q14Ramkrishna Mission was founded byAnswer: C
35. 70th CCE (2024)Q20Who gave the slogan “DO OR DIE” and when ?Answer: C
36. 70th CCE (2024)Q26When did Muslim League observed “Direct Action Day” ?Answer: C
37. 70th CCE (2024)Q42Who was the founder of the Farazi Movement ?Answer: A
38. 70th CCE (2024)Q46Match the following and choose the correct answer. Political Organisation I. Khaksars II. Socialist Party III. Independent Labour Party IV. Forward Bloc Founder a. Subhash Chandra Bose b. Inayatullah Mashriqui c. Jayaprakash Narayan d. B. R. AmbedkarAnswer: A
39. 70th CCE (2024)Q55Who headed the Royal Commission on Indian currency appointed in 1913 ?Answer: D
40. 70th CCE (2024)Q59Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at Patna Session held in 1912 ?Answer: C
41. 70th CCE (2024)Q66During the Quit India Movement parallel ‘National Government’ was established at many places. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?Answer: B
42. 70th CCE (2024)Q72The book critical of the British Policies Gharib Hindustan was banned in Bihar in 1930 by the British was written byAnswer: A
43. 70th CCE (2024)Q76In October 1943, Subhash Chandra Bose set up a provisional government of free India which was recognized by how many countries including Japan ?Answer: C
44. 70th CCE (2024)Q95Who among the following Indian capitalist was not the architect of “Bombay Plan” ?Answer: B
45. 70th CCE (2024)Q97What was the chief economic foundation of the triangular commerce between India, China and England ?Answer: B
46. 70th CCE (2024)Q101The political strategy Struggle -Truce - Struggle or S-T-S came into prominence with a call forAnswer: C
47. 70th CCE (2024)Q119Match the following and choose the correct answer. Newspaper I. Free Hindustan II. Indian Opinion III. Voice of India IV. Bengalee Editor a. Mahatma Gandhi b. Dadabhai Nauroji c. Surendranath Banerjee d. Taraknath DasAnswer: A
48. 70th CCE (2024)Q131Match the List – I with List – II and choose the correct answer : List – I Organization I. Swadeshi Sevak Home II. United India House III. Yugantar Ashram IV. INA or Azad Hind Fauj List – II Headquarter a. Vancouver b. Seattle c. San Francisco d. RangoonAnswer: C
49. 70th CCE (2024)Q143The first Hindi daily newspaper to be published in Bihar wasAnswer: D
50. 69th CCE (2023)Q72Consider the following statements regarding Wood’s Dispatch of 1854 : 1. It recommended English as the medium of instruction for higher studies. 2. It laid stress on female education and vocational training. Which of the above statements is/are correct?Answer: C
51. 69th CCE (2023)Q75Which of the following statements about the Vernacular Press Act is/are correct? 1. It was enacted by Lord Lytton. 2. It came to be known as a ‘Gagging Act’. 3. The Act was repealed by Lord Ripon. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.Answer: D
52. 69th CCE (2023)Q76Which of the following statements about Lord Mayo’s Resolution of 1870 are correct? 1. It was the first step that bifurcated Central and Provincial finances. 2. Provincial Governments were empowered to administer certain services. 3. It attempted to rectify existing imparity. 4. It focussed on the actual needs of the Provinces. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.Answer: A
53. 69th CCE (2023)Q126Which of the following were the reasons for the failure of the Revolt of 1857? 1. The military superiority of the British 2. The rebels did not have a unified programme and ideology 3. There was a lack of support from all the sections of society Select the correct answer using the codes given below.Answer: C
54. 69th CCE (2023)Q127The cook from Bihar who saved Mahatma Gandhi’s life from a murder attempt by food poisoning in 1917 wasAnswer: B
55. 69th CCE (2023)Q128The Bakasht Movement in Bihar during 1937–1938 was organized by whom?Answer: C
56. 69th CCE (2023)Q129Consider the following events during India’s Freedom Struggle : 1. Home Rule Movement 2. Surat Split 3. Kheda Satyagraha 4. Minto-Morley Reforms Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the events given above?Answer: B
57. 69th CCE (2023)Q130Lord Lytton is not associated with which of the following?Answer: D
58. 69th CCE (2023)Q133In which of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of the hunger strike as a weapon?Answer: C
59. 69th CCE (2023)Q134The Quit India Movement in 1942 witnessed significant contributions from leaders of Bihar. Which prominent Bihar leader was known as the ‘Bihar Kesari’ and actively participated in the Quit India Movement?Answer: B
60. 69th CCE (2023)Q135In response to the mass agitation of the Champaran Movement, the British Government took which step to address the issue?Answer: C
61. 69th CCE (2023)Q136Match List–I with List–II : List—I a. Servants of India Society b. Tattwabodhini Sabha c. Atmiya Sabha List—II 1. Debendranath Tagore 2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 3. Ram Mohan Roy 4. Keshab Chandra Sen Select the correct answer using the codes given below.Answer: A
62. 69th CCE (2023)Q137Ambabai, a woman freedom fighter, belonged to which of the following States of India?Answer: C
63. 69th CCE (2023)Q138Who among the following was not the member of the Cabinet Mission?Answer: C
64. 69th CCE (2023)Q139“The Indian National Congress was founded on the basis of safety valve theory, to protect the British Government from threats.” Which leader said that?Answer: B
65. 69th CCE (2023)Q140In which of the following Indian National Congress Sessions, the resolutions related to the Fundamental Rights were passed for the first time?Answer: C