MPSC Modern History — Previous Year Questions

Maharashtra Public Service Commission has asked 49 questions on Modern History across 6 papers (2021–2026). 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.

MPSC's syllabus calls this Modern India.

1. 2026Q1What demands did the British Indian Association make to the British Parliament in 1853 AD on the occasion of the renewal of the Charter Act ? (a) The Legislature, Executive and Judiciary should have separate Jurisdictions. (b) The salaries of high-ranking officials should be reduced. (c) A new legislature should be formed and Indian should be represented in it. (d) Salt, excise and stamp duty should be abolished.Answer: B
2. 2026Q3Which of the following provisions were included in the August resolution of 1940 AD ? (a) After the end of the Second World War, assistance will be provided to establish a fully responsible system of governance in India on the lines of a colonial freedom. (b) Some Indians representative will be included in the board of Governor Generals.Answer: C
3. 2026Q9Who among the following was arrested in the Bhusawal Bomb Case ?Answer: A
4. 2026Q10_________, a Sanskrit Scholar and a Staunch Social reformer, resigned from government service in 1864 to devote himself to the cause of social reforms.Answer: B
5. 2026Q12Name the social reformer described in the following sentences. (a) He showed courage in practising what he preached. (b) He was a staunch supporter of women's education. (c) He was against child marriages, marriages of his sons and daughters were performed when they were old enough to choose their partners. (d) As he advocated widow remarriages, he gave consent to the remarriage of his daughter who was a widow.Answer: B
6. 2026Q29The village agricultural lands were jointly held by the village communities and members were responsible for the payment of the land revenue. What was this system ?Answer: B
7. 2025Q1The book, 'Jatibhed Viveksar' was written by ____________.Answer: B
8. 2025Q3The book 'Vidhava Vapan Anachar' was written by __________.Answer: A
9. 2025Q4On 11th April 1942, a resolution was passed by the Congress Working Committee rejecting ______________.Answer: A
10. 2025Q5In order to appease the moderates and win over the support of the Muslims, the British Government introduced the ______ through the Indian Councils Act, 1909.Answer: A
11. 2025Q6“Reformers have to face opposition from our near and dear ones – parents, wives, daughters and countrymen with whom we have to travel through life.” This was said by the social reformer Wamanrao Madhavrao Kolhatkar, who hailed from ____________.Answer: A
12. 2025Q9To become a member of ________; “Person had to eat bread prepared by Christians and drink water at the hands of Muslims”.Answer: C
13. 2025Q11Which of the following books was published by combining four famous speeches delivered by Barrister Chittaranjan Das in 1917 ?Answer: B
14. 2025Q14In 1877, 'The Great Delhi Darbar' was held, who described it as, 'An Indian Parliament' ?Answer: D
15. 2024Q1Who among the following founded the 'Tilak School of Politics' ?Answer: C
16. 2024Q2Who among the following gave a personal sum of ₹ 25,000 to the Elphinstone Fund ?Answer: C
17. 2024Q3Who was the prominent participant in the Satyagraha at Dharasana in the Civil Disobedience Movement ?Answer: D
18. 2024Q4Who was the leader in the uprising of 1857 in Kanpur ?Answer: C
19. 2024Q7Who was the main female collaborator with Mahatma Gandhi in the struggle of mill workers in Ahmedabad ?Answer: B
20. 2024Q11After the split in the Indian National Congress in 1907, who made the statement 'National Congress Collapsed at Surat, this is our victory' ?Answer: D
21. 2024Q14Which of the following objectives was outlined in the Nehru Report ?Answer: A
22. 2024Q15Match the correct pairs of extension centers of Swadeshi Movement and their concerned persons. (a) Mumbai (b) Delhi (c) Punjab (d) Madras (i) Chidambaram Pillai (ii) Lala Lajpat Rai (iii) Lokmanya Tilak (iv) Syed Raza HaiderAnswer: B
23. 2023Q1Pandita Ramabai with the permission of the Ramabai Association, appointed an advisory board to advise her, who among the following was included in this advisory board ? i. Justice M. G. Ranade ii. Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar iii. Justice K. T. Telang iv. Bapu Hari ShindeAnswer: D
24. 2023Q2In 1918 A. D., who advised to the Mumbai workers to establish the organization 'People's Union' ?Answer: A
25. 2023Q3Who defended Chiplunkar's attack on Mahatma Jyotirao Phule through his newspaper, considered as the beginning of non Brahmin journalism ?Answer: D
26. 2023Q7Arrange the following events in the correct order. i. White paper ii. Poona pact iii. Nehru report iv. Dharasna SatyagrahaAnswer: C
27. 2023Q8The following statements are written about a. He played an important role in the field of education in Maharashtra. b. He prepared textbooks on various subjects. c. He wrote a book 'Shunyalabdhi' on Mathematics and Science in Marathi. d. Keshavrao Bhavalkar has written his biography.Answer: C
28. 2023Q9Arrange the following political organizations chronologically. a. Pune Sarvajanik Sabha b. Bombay Presidency Association c. Madras Mahajan Sabha d. Indian AssociationAnswer: B
29. 2023Q10Which of the following decision was taken by Sabarmati treaty ?Answer: D
30. 2023Q11In 1934 A. D., which of the following region, witnessed the establishment of 'Karshak Sangham' as a peasant organisation ?Answer: C
31. 2023Q12Who remarked about the 'Dandi Yatra' as, Rama's Historical March to Lanka ?Answer: A
32. 2023Q14Bhills in Khandesh protested against British rule because i. The Bhills of the Satpura division got inspiration from the event of the uprising in North India. ii. Taking advantage of the revolt of 1857 Bhagoji Naik and Kazising Naik joined the revolt. iii. Kazising and his associates burnt government treasuries and post offices.Answer: D
33. 2023Q15In which of the following newspapers did Annie-Besant present her thoughts about Home Rule Movement ? a. New India b. Common Weal c. Bombay Gazette d. TelegraphAnswer: A
34. 2022Q86Before the formation of 'All India States Peoples' Congress' at the national level, which of the following organizations was active in Kolhapur to raise the concerns of the people ?Answer: A
35. 2022Q87Pick out the odd person from the following :Answer: C
36. 2022Q89After passing away of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, who from the followers of Dr. Ambedkar, became members of the Congress ? (a) R.D. Bhandare (b) Rajabhau Bhole (c) Dadasaheb Rupwate (d) Bapusaheb RajbhojAnswer: B
37. 2022Q90Which of the following two places in Mumbai had Salt Markets during the British time ?Answer: B
38. 2022Q91Who had established the Manav Dharma Sabha at Surat and Paramahansa Mandali at Bombay ?Answer: B
39. 2022Q97Which Act was sanctioned by British Parliament on 18th July, 1947 ? (a) Indian Partition Act (b) Indian Independence Act (c) Draft Constitution Act (d) Constitutional Amendment Act Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct ?Answer: D
40. 2022Q98Where was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association established by revolutionaries like Chandrashekher Azad and Sardar Bhagat Singh ? (a) Mumbai (b) Nagpur (c) Kolkata (d) DelhiAnswer: D
41. 2022Q99The British appointed Mir Jafar as the Nawab of ________ after the Battle of Plassey in 1757.Answer: B
42. 2021Q4Which of the following sentences is correct ? First sentence : M.N. Roy was the leader of the Liberal Party. Second sentence : M.N. Roy was the leader of the Radical Democratic Party.Answer: B
43. 2021Q5Who among the following founded the Independence for India League ?Answer: A
44. 2021Q6Match the social reformers with their literature : (a) Vitthal Ramji Shinde (b) Dadoba Pandurang (c) Gopal Hari Deshmukh (d) Jyotirao Phule (i) Ishara (ii) Dharmavivechan (iii) Bhartiya Asprushatecha Prashna (iv) JatibhedAnswer: D
45. 2021Q10Match the following : (a) Gulbadan Begam (b) Salima Sultana (c) Jahanara Begam (d) Zeb-un-Nisa (i) Expert in Calligraphy (ii) Highly educated and well read in Persian (iii) Humayunnamah (iv) Wrote poems in PersianAnswer: C
46. 2021Q12Justice Ranade welcomed Deccan Agriculturist Relief Act, because __________. (a) This act would protect the farmers from the money lenders (b) By this act, the farmers would be relieved of the debt burden Which of the statement/statements given above is/are correct ?Answer: A
47. 2021Q13Who among the following was head of the 'Swadeshi Vastu Pracharini Sabha' organization ?Answer: B
48. 2021Q14Match the following prisoners sent from Maharashtra to Andaman with their place of residence. (a) Adhuria (b) Pandu Bhorji (c) Dharma Subhan (d) Dhondi Birbal (i) Nagar (ii) Khandesh Yaval (iii) Nashik (iv) PandharpurAnswer: B
49. 2021Q15Dinshaw Wancha wrote a letter to Dadabhai Naoroji on 18th Nov. 1899 to convey the failure of Congress. (a) Lay-off consistently in the work by Congress. (b) Attitude of leaders towards politics as a leisure activity. (c) We only bark do not bite. (d) The only way to follow is revolutionary way.Answer: C