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140+ Modern Indian Political Thought Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (BA political science) .

51.

Who is regarded as one of the earliest scholars of comparative religion?

A. Gandhiji
B. Ambedkar
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Tilak
Answer» C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
52.

Theory of Natural Rights was expounded by

A. Vivekananda
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. A.O.Hume
D. Lenin
Answer» B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
53.

Freedom of press was advocated by

A. Dayananda Saraswathy
B. Mussolini
C. Hitler
D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer» D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
54.

Name the political thinker who appreciated British rule in India

A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B. Tilak
C. Subhash Cahandra Bose
D. Gandhiji
Answer» A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
55.

Identity the Philosopher who advocated the doctrine of Humanism and Universalism

A. Syed Khan
B. Jinnah
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Tilak
Answer» C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
56.

Name the political thinker who expounded liberal humanitarian nationalism.

A. Tilak
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. Dr.Ambedkar
D. M.N.Roy
Answer» B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
57.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy died in

A. 1930
B. 1931
C. 1932
D. 1933
Answer» D. 1933
58.

Who recommended that religious toleration was crucial for the growth of democracy?

A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B. Tilak
C. Vivekananda
D. Bose
Answer» C. Vivekananda
59.

Name the Philosopher who believed that religion constituted the centre of the whole of music of national life of India.

A. Vivekananda
B. Gandhiji
C. Nehru
D. M.N.Roy
Answer» A. Vivekananda
60.

Who is described as ‘tamer of souls’ of India?

A. Nehru
B. Tilak
C. Vivekananda
D. M.N.Roy
Answer» C. Vivekananda
61.

Identify the Philosopher who was living at a crucial time when liberalism was at the crossroad.

A. M.N.Roy
B. Nehru
C. Kautilaya
D. Gokhale
Answer» D. Gokhale
62.

Who made scathing attack on the oppressiveness and harshness of bureaucracy?

A. Tilak
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. Sy
D. Khan D) Gokhale
Answer» D. Khan D) Gokhale
63.

Name the thinker who confessed that the gospel of equality was gift of the modern philosophy of enlightenment.

A. Tilak
B. Gokhale
C. M.N.Roy
D. Lohia
Answer» B. Gokhale
64.

Who described Gokhale as the “diamond of India, the Jewel of Maharashtra”?

A. Bose
B. Nehru
C. Lohia
D. Tilak
Answer» D. Tilak
65.

Whose role in the Indian National Congress was that of an agitator?

A. Tilak
B. Gokhale
C. Ranade
D. Nehru
Answer» A. Tilak
66.

Who introduced extremist national sentiments in the Congress?

A. Nehru
B. Gandhiji
C. Gokhale
D. Tilak
Answer» D. Tilak
67.

Who was regarded as the Bhisma of Indian Nationalism?

A. Gandhiji
B. Nehru
C. Tilak
D. Ambedkar
Answer» C. Tilak
68.

Who was a believer in the Advaita Philosophy?

A. Ambedkar
B. Tilak
C. Gandhiji
D. Nehru
Answer» B. Tilak
69.

Name the leader who insisted on immediate swaraj or self-rule.

A. Tilak
B. Nehru
C. Gandhiji
D. Gokhale
Answer» A. Tilak
70.

Name the thinker who defined Swaraj as people’s rule instead of that of bureaucracy.

A. Gandhiji
B. Tilak
C. Nehru
D. M.N.Roy
Answer» B. Tilak
71.

Name the Philosopher who advised his followers not to say anything that would hurt the feeling of others.

A. Nehru
B. Tilak
C. Sree Naraya Guru
D. Savarkar
Answer» C. Sree Naraya Guru
72.

Savarkar was a supporter of

A. Cultural Nationalism
B. Militant Nationalism
C. Aggressive Nationalism
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Cultural Nationalism
73.

Name the thinker who considered temples to be centre for purity and development.

A. Lohia
B. M.N.Roy
C. Sree Narayan Guru
D. Nehru
Answer» C. Sree Narayan Guru
74.

Identify the Philosopher who held the view that religion was not a mere set of rites and ceremonies, but a way of life.

A. Lohia
B. M.N.Roy
C. E.M.S.
D. Sree Narayana Guru
Answer» D. Sree Narayana Guru
75.

Message of Sree Narayana Guru became the cardinal principal of modern.

A. Socialism
B. Secularism
C. Democracy
D. Pluralism
Answer» B. Secularism
76.

The method of Sree Narayana Guru for the emancipation of untouchable was

A. Sanskritization
B. Westernzation
C. Coercion
D. Revolution
Answer» A. Sanskritization
77.

Who believed that Non-violence is the heart of all religions?

A. Nehru
B. Gandhiji
C. Tilak
D. Bose
Answer» B. Gandhiji
78.

Name the philosopher who wrote that “party politics has given rise to power politics”

A. Gandhiji
B. Nehru
C. M.N.Roy
D. Tilak
Answer» C. M.N.Roy
79.

Who was regarded as an exponent of Religious toleration?

A. Nehru
B. Savarkar
C. M.N.Roy
D. Lohia
Answer» A. Nehru
80.

Who is known as the Humanistic critique of Marxism?

A. Subhash Chandra Bose
B. M.N.Roy
C. Lohia
D. E.M.S
Answer» B. M.N.Roy
81.

“Reason, Romanticism and Revolution” is a major work of

A. Tilak
B. Gandhiji
C. Bose
D. M.N.Roy
Answer» D. M.N.Roy
82.

Wheel of History is written by

A. Lohia
B. M.N.Roy
C. Gandhiji
D. Nehru
Answer» A. Lohia
83.

Who expounded the doctrine of Decentralised Socialism?

A. M.N.Roy
B. E.M.S
C. Lohia
D. Nehru
Answer» C. Lohia
84.

Name the scholar who believed that “Corruption is eating into the vitals of our political life”

A. Nehru
B. Jayaprakash Narayanan
C. M.N.Roy
D. Gandhiji
Answer» B. Jayaprakash Narayanan
85.

Ambedkar was born in

A. Gujarat
B. Bihar
C. Maharashtra
D. West Bangal
Answer» C. Maharashtra
86.

“Evolution of the Principal Finance in British India” was the title of the PhD Thesis awarded to

A. Dr.K.N.Raj
B. Jinnah
C. Nehru
D. Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
Answer» D. Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
87.

Name the Philosopher who believed that the state represents violence is a concentrated and organized form.

A. Nehru
B. Lohia
C. M.N.Roy
D. Gandhiji
Answer» D. Gandhiji
88.

Who considered Social Democracy as a way of life?

A. Lohia
B. Ambedkar
C. Gandhiji
D. Nehru
Answer» B. Ambedkar
89.

All India Anti-Untouchability League was established by

A. Gandhiji
B. Nehru
C. Ambedkar
D. Lohia
Answer» A. Gandhiji
90.

Harijan Sevak Sangam was formed by

A. Nehru
B. Ambedkar
C. Gandhiji
D. M.N.Roy
Answer» C. Gandhiji
91.

Who is known as the social prophet of untouchables?

A. Gandhiji
B. Nehru
C. Lohia
D. Ambedkar
Answer» D. Ambedkar
92.

Poona part was signed in

A. 1928
B. 1932
C. 1930
D. 1935
Answer» B. 1932
93.

Name the scholar who described Ambedkar as a Social Humanist

A. Dr.Jatav
B. Rajni Kothari
C. Dr.K.N.Raj
D. Harold Laski
Answer» A. Dr.Jatav
94.

Sree Narayana Guru’s doctrines became the catalyst of

A. Funndamentalism
B. Liberalism
C. Social Reform
D. Terrorism
Answer» C. Social Reform
95.

Identify the Philosopher who believed that there is no conflict between Hindutva and Nationalism.

A. Vivekananda
B. Gandhiji
C. Tilak
D. Savarkar
Answer» D. Savarkar
96.

Name the Philosopher who recommended federal type of Government under Swaraj.

A. Nehru
B. Tilak
C. Lohia
D. M.N.Roy
Answer» B. Tilak
97.

Who believed that man’s ultimate goal in life was self realization

A. Nehru
B. Lohia
C. Gandhiji
D. Gokhale
Answer» C. Gandhiji
98.

Identify the Philosopher who visualized that self realization is “seeing God face to face”

A. Nehru
B. Lohia
C. M.N.Roy
D. Gandhiji
Answer» D. Gandhiji
99.

Who wrote that Truth and Non-violence are as old as Hills?

A. Gandhiji
B. Sree Narayana Guru
C. Lohia
D. Nehru
Answer» A. Gandhiji
100.

Who was highly critical of both western civilization and western democracies?

A. M.N.Roy
B. Gandhiji
C. Vivekananda
D. Lohia
Answer» B. Gandhiji

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