RRB Modern History Set- 3
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
TCS Pattern MCQs
Date:- 28/10/2026
1. Begum Hazrat Mahal, the wife of the Nawab of _____ led the uprising at Lucknow in May 1857.
2. During the period of the uprising of 1857, Shah Mal who rebelled at Baraut in Uttar Pradesh was killed in the battle in ______.
3. Who ignited the spark of freedom that led to the revolt of 1857?
4. The Newspaper 'The Bombay Times' and 'Journal of Commerce' was started in 1829 AD. In ___ it was renamed as "The Times of India".
5. ___ was prosecuted for leading the rebels to the Revolt of 1857 and was exiled to Rangoon, where he died in 1862.
6. Which newspaper was published by Lokmanya Tilak to help in the freedom struggle?
7. Which Bengali newspaper was founded and edited by Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
8. In which place did Shah Mal lead the revolt in 1857?
9. Which Indian sepoy in the British army played a key part in events immediately preceding the outbreak of the Indian rebellion of 1857?
10. In which year was the Permanent Settlement brought into effect by the East India Company:
11. After the 1857 Revolt, also known as India's First War of Independence, Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal Emperor of India, was exiled to:
12. When did the Britishers make English as the medium of instruction in India?
13. During the revolt of 1857, which of the following Jat leaders mobilised the headmen and cultivators in and around pargana Baraut in Uttar Pradesh to rebel against the British?
14. ____ was introduced in 1830 in Central Province (Present-day West UP), Madhya Pradesh, and some part of Punjab.
15. The Vernacular Press Act Proposed by _____ was intended to prevent the vernacular press from expressing criticism of British Policies.
16. Who had founded Deccan Education Society in Pune in 1884?
17. Who founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875 which later became Aligarh Muslim University?
18. Which one of the following founded a weekly newspaper 'Commonweal' in 1914?
19. Annie Besant founded the Central Hindu College at Banaras which she later handed over to ––––––––.
20. Which of the following is considered as the first Vernacular newspaper of India?
21. Wood's Dispatch was concerned with which of the following reforms?
22. In ___ British East India Company introduced an education system in India. Which was known as Wood's Despatch.
23. Which newspaper did Mahatma Gandhi start in South Africa?
24. Who among the following was the Mughal emperor when soldiers of the Bengal army mutinied in Meerut on 10 May, 1857?
25. 'A Nation in Making 'a book written by____.
26. In which of the following battles did Ahmadullah Shah defeat Henry Lawrence?
27. Adult Education Organization, Gyan Prasarak Mandali was formed by ____.
28. Where was India's first jute mill established before independence?
29. In 1857, the last ruler of the Mughal empire ________ was overthrown by the British.
30. During First War of Independence, 1857 Kanpur region rose to oppose the British rule where Nana Saheb's Palace at ......... served as its headquarters.
31. In which year was the William Hunter Commission formed to review the progress of education in India?
32. Bengal Gazette, the first major newspaper in India, started in the year ______.
33. In 1778, the Britishers established the first printing press in ___.
34. Sir Charles Wilkins is famous for which of the following translations?
35. ___ has introduced Izaredari system, where the right of collecting land revenue was auctioned to the highest bidder for 5 years.
36. Tatya Tope was one of the leaders who participated in the Indian rebellion of:
37. In 1793, ____ was introduced in Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha.
38. Which of the following revolutionary journals was not published abroad?
39. Who had advocated for the introduction of western education and English language in India?
40. First Hindi newspaper was published on 30th May 1826. This day is also celebrated as 'Hindi Journalism Day'. What was the name of this newspaper?
41. During Indian freedom struggle, who had published newspaper Young India?
42. In ____ Britishers made English as a medium of instruction in India.
43. In which year Charles Wilkins' English version of Bhagavad Gita was published?
44. Who started publication of Al Hilal, a newspaper for propagating nationalism?
45. _____ was introduced in Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha by Lord Cornwallis.
46. Who founded the English newspaper 'Mahratta'?
47. In which year were the powers of the East India Company passed to the British Crown by the British Parliament?
48. Who was the founder of the Newspaper Bengal Gazette (1780- India's first Newspaper)?
49. Who among the following nationalist leaders founded and edited the Marathi newspaper 'Kesari'?
50. Who had published the first newspaper in India?
