Modern History Previous Year Questions 2026 | RRB Ministerial & Isolated Categories

Modern History - MOST IMPORTANT RRB Ministerial & Isolated Categories Previous Year Questions

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📘 Economic Policies of The British📚 Impact of British Policy on Indian Economy
Q1
Which of the following statements best describe the outcome of the British building the Coast Canal on the Odisha coast?
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📘 British India Acts & Policies📚 Administrative Acts
Q2
Which of the following Acts allowed the Court of Directors to manage the commercial affairs, but created a new body called Board of Control to manage the political affairs?
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📘 Peasant - Tribal and Other Movements📚 Peasant Movements
Q3
Which revolt is considered the first major challenge to British authority in Bengal?
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📘 Indian National Movement - I (1905-1918)📚 Indian Council Act (Morley-Minto Act) 1909
Q4
Which of the following acts provided (for the first time) for the association of Indians with the executive councils of the Viceroy and Governors?
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📘 Indian National Movement - I (1905-1918)📚 Partition of Bengal (1905)
Q5
Which of the following was the immediate cause for the rise of the Extremist movement in India?
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📘 Peasant - Tribal and Other Movements📚 Tribal Movements
Q6
The Santhal rebellion of 1855–56 was led by which of the following leaders?
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📘 British India Acts & Policies📚 Administrative Acts
Q7
The Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) of the Indian Constitution resemble the 'Instrument of Instructions' enumerated in the __________.
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📘 British India Acts & Policies📚 Administrative Acts
Q8
Which of the following Acts provided for the establishment of an All-India Federation consisting of provinces and princely states as units?
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📘 British Expansion in India📚 Conquest of Bengal
Q9
Under the British policy of 'Dual Government' in Bengal (1765), who controlled revenue and civil administration, respectively?
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📘 Indian National Movement - II (1918-1929)📚 The Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22)
Q10
Which incident led Mahatma Gandhi to launch the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920?
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📘 Indian National Movement - II (1918-1929)📚 The Government of India Act- 1919
Q11
Which of the following Acts of India is also referred to as the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, named after the then Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy?
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📘 British Expansion in India📚 Doctrine of Lapse
Q12
Which British policy allowed the annexation of Indian states whose rulers died without a natural heir?
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📘 Revolutionary Nationalism📚 Establishment and Early Phase Indian National Congress
Q13
Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress in 1885?
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📘 Economic Policies of The British📚 Land Revenue Policy
Q14
The Permanent Settlement of Bengal (1793) introduced by Lord Cornwallis fixed revenue to be collected from which of the following?
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📘 Peasant - Tribal and Other Movements📚 Tribal Movements
Q15
Birsa Munda's movement (1890s) is remembered for which of the following?
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📘 Indian Personalities involved in Indian Freedom Struggle📚 Personalities involved in Indian Freedom Struggle
Q16
Which of the following leaders is associated with the Extremist phase?
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📘 The Revolt Of 1857📚 Aftermath of revolt
Q17
Which administrative change was introduced after the Revolt of 1857?
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📘 Indian National Movement - III (1930-1947)📚 Salt March and Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-1931)
Q18
The Civil Disobedience Movement (1930) began with which significant event?
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📘 The Advent of Europeans In India and the Rise of Hyderabad📚 The Portuguese in India
Q19
Which European power was the first to establish a trading post in India?
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📘 The Revolt Of 1857📚 Causes of the Revolt
Q20
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the First War of Independence in 1857?
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