Modern History PYQs

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1. Prelims 2005Q61Gandhian Era (1915-1942)

   Consider the following statements: On the eve of the launch of Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi

   1.Asked the Government servants to resign.

   2.Asked the soldiers to leave their posts.

   3.Asked the Princes of the Princely States to accept the sovereignty of their own people.

   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   a1 and 2b2 and 3c3 onlyd1, 2 and 3
2. Prelims 2005Q62Revolutionary Movements

   Where were the Ghadar revolutionaries, who became active during the outbreak of the World War I, based?

   aCentral AmericabNorth AmericacWest AmericadSouth America
3. Prelims 2005Q63Revolutionary Movements

   What was Komagata Maru?

   aA political party based in TaiwanbPeasant communist leader of ChinacA naval ship on voyage to CanadadA Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his Long March
4. Prelims 2005Q64Personalities, Organisations & Press

   Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?

   aAnnie BesantbA.O. HumecMichael Madhusudan DuttdR. Palme Dutt
5. Prelims 2005Q75Gandhian Era (1915-1942)

   Consider the following statements :

   1.In the First Round Table Conference Dr. Ambedkar demanded electorates for the depressed classes.

   2.In the Poona Pact, special provisions for representation of the depressed people in the local bodies and civil services were made.

   3.The Indian National Congress did not take part in the Third Round Table Conference.

   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   a1 and 2b2 and 3c1 and 3d1, 2 and 3
6. Prelims 2005Q76Socio-Religious Reform MovementsAnswer disputed

   Consider the following statements :

   1.Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women.

   2.Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University.

   3.Keshav Chandra Sen’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the then Governor General.

   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   a1 onlyb1 and 2c2 and 3d1, 2 and 3
7. Prelims 2005Q77British Expansion & Policies

   Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act?

   aLord DufferinbLord RiponcLord CurzondLord Hardinge
8. Prelims 2004Q3Constitutional Development (1773-1935)

   Consider the following statements:

   Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the

   1.Abolition of diarchy in the Governor's provinces.

   2.Power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own.

   3.Abolition of the principle of communal representation.

   Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

   a1 onlyb1 and 2c2 and 3d1, 2 and 3
9. Prelims 2004Q4Early Nationalism (1885-1915)

   Consider the following statements:

   1.The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta.

   2.The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji.

   3.Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916 and concluded the Lucknow Pact.

   Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

   a1 and 2b2 onlyc2 and 3d3 only
10. Prelims 2004Q28Constitutional Development (1773-1935)

    The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of

    aThe Indian Councils Act, 1909bThe Government of India Act, 1919cThe Government of India Act, 1935dThe Indian Independence Act, 1947
11. Prelims 2004Q29Gandhian Era (1915-1942)

    During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?

    aMazharul HaquebMaulana Hasrat MohanicHakim Ajmal KhandAbul Kalam Azad
12. Prelims 2004Q31British Expansion & Policies

    Consider the following princely States of the British rule in India:

    1.Jhansi

    2.Sambalpur

    3.Satara The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British is

    a1, 2, 3b1, 3, 2c3, 2, 1d3, 1, 2
13. Prelims 2004Q32Gandhian Era (1915-1942)

    The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was

    aTej Bahadur SaprubAshutosh MukherjeecRabindra Nath TagoredSyed Ahmad Khan
14. Prelims 2004Q60British Expansion & Policies

    Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

    List I (Period) : List II (Wars)

    1.AD 1767-69 : First Anglo-Maratha War

    2.AD 1790-92 : Third Mysore War

    3.AD 1824-26 : First Anglo-Burmese War

    4.AD 1845-46 : Second Sikh War

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

    a2 and 4b3 and 4c1 and 2d2 and 3
15. Prelims 2004Q90British Expansion & Policies

    Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

    aPitt's India Act — Warren HastingsbDoctrine of Lapse — DalhousiecVernacular Press Act — CurzondIlbert Bill — Ripon
16. Prelims 2004Q121British Expansion & Policies

    Consider the following Viceroys of India during the British rule:

    1.Lord Curzon

    2.Lord Chelmsford

    3.Lord Hardinge

    4.Lord Irwin

    Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure?

    a1 ‑ 3 ‑ 2 ‑ 4b2 ‑ 4 ‑ 1 ‑ 3c1 ‑ 4 ‑ 2 ‑ 3d2 ‑ 3 ‑ 1 ‑ 4
17. Prelims 2004Q122Gandhian Era (1915-1942)

    Consider the following events during India’s freedom struggle:

    1.Chauri-Chaura Outrage

    2.Minto-Morley Reforms

    3.Dandi March

    4.Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms

    Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events above?

    a1 ‑ 3 ‑ 2 ‑ 4b2 ‑ 4 ‑ 1 ‑ 3c1 ‑ 4 ‑ 2 ‑ 3d2 ‑ 3 ‑ 1 ‑ 4
18. Prelims 2004Q123Towards Independence & Partition

    Consider the following events:

    1.Fourth general elections in India

    2.Formation of Haryana State

    3.Mysore named as Karnataka State

    4.Meghalaya and Tripura become full States

    Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the above?

    a2 ‑ 1 ‑ 4 ‑ 3b4 ‑ 3 ‑ 2 ‑ 1c2 ‑ 3 ‑ 4 ‑ 1d4 ‑ 1 ‑ 2 ‑ 3
19. Prelims 2004Q134British Expansion & Policies

    Consider the following statements:

    1.In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Ibrahim Lodi.

    2.Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore War.

    3.Mir Jafar entered in a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in the Battle of Plassey.

    Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

    a1, 2 and 3b3 onlyc2 and 3dNone
20. Prelims 2003Q17Advent of Europeans

    In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at

    aSuratbPullicatcCochindCassimbazar