Modern History PYQs

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1. Prelims 2006Q126Constitutional Development (1773-1935)

   Consider the following statements:

   1.The Charter Act 1853 abolished East India Company’s monopoly of Indian trade.

   2.Under the Government of India Act, 1858, the British Parliament abolished the East India Company altogether and undertook the responsibility of ruling India directly.

   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   a1 onlyb2 onlycBoth 1 and 2dNeither 1 nor 2
2. Prelims 2006Q132Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

   Which one of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Anand Math?

   aBhil uprisingbRangpur and Dinapur uprisingcBishnupur and Birbhum rebelliondSanyasi rebellion
3. Prelims 2006Q133Advent of Europeans

   In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?

   aBangalorebMadrascMasulipatnamdSurat
4. Prelims 2006Q134Revolt of 1857

   With reference to the revolt of the year 1857, who of the following was betrayed by a friend; captured and put to death by the British?

   aNana SahibbKunwar SinghcKhan Bahadur KhandTantia Tope
5. Prelims 2006Q135Gandhian Era (1915-1942)

   Under whose presidency was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress held in the year 1929 wherein a resolution was adopted to gain complete independence from the British?

   aBal Gangadhar TilakbGopal Krishna GokhalecJawaharlal NehrudMotilal Nehru
6. Prelims 2006Q138Socio-Religious Reform Movements

   “Lectures from Colombo to Almora” is based on the experiences of which one of the following?

   aVeer SavarkarbAnnie BesantcRamkrishna ParamhansadSwami Vivekanand
7. Prelims 2005Q13Gandhian Era (1915-1942)

   Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away from the Congress?

   aIndian Freedom PartybAzad Hind FaujcRevolutionary FrontdForward Bloc
8. Prelims 2005Q23Constitutional Development (1773-1935)

   Consider the following statements :

   The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for

   1.The provincial autonomy

   2.The establishment of Federal Court

   3.All India Federation at the centre

   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   a1 and 2b2 and 3c1 and 3d1, 2 and 3
9. Prelims 2005Q24British Expansion & PoliciesAnswer disputed

   Consider the following statements :

   1.Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern

   2.A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.

   3.The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.

   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   a1 and 2b2 and 3c1 and 3d1, 2 and 3
10. Prelims 2005Q25British Expansion & Policies

    Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battles fought in India in the 18th Century?

    aBattle of Wandawash - Battle of Buxar - Battle of Ambur - Battle of PlasseybBattle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey - Battle of Wandawash - Battle of BuxarcBattle of Wandawash - Battle of Plassey - Battle of Ambur - Battle of BuxardBattle of Ambur - Battle of Buxar - Battle of Wandawash - Battle of Plassey
11. Prelims 2005Q36Advent of EuropeansAnswer disputed

    Which one of the following is the correct statement?

    aThe modern Kochi was a Dutch colony till India’s independence.bThe Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built Fort Williams in the modern Kochi.cThe modern Kochi was first a Dutch colony before the Portuguese took over from them.dThe modern Kochi never became a part of the British colony.
12. Prelims 2005Q52Towards Independence & Partition

    Consider the following statements:

    1.Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when Shimla Conference took place.

    2.Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi rose against the Government.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    a1 onlyb2 onlycBoth 1 and 2dNeither 1 nor 2
13. Prelims 2005Q53Revolt of 1857

    Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?

    aJhansibChittorcJagdishpurdLucknow
14. Prelims 2005Q54Revolt of 1857

    Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857, belong to?

    aBiharbMadhya PradeshcRajasthandUttar Pradesh
15. Prelims 2005Q55Gandhian Era (1915-1942)

    Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched?

    Movement / Satyagraha Person Actively Associated With

    1.Champaran Rajendra Prasad

    2.Ahmedabad Mill Workers Morarji Desai

    3.Kheda Vallabhbhai Patel

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

    a1 and 2b2 and 3c1 and 3d1, 2 and 3
16. Prelims 2005Q56Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

    Who among the following was not associated with the formation of U.P. Kisan Sabha in February 1918?

    aIndra Narain DwivedibGauri Shankar MisracJawaharlal NehrudMadan Mohan Malviya
17. Prelims 2005Q57Gandhian Era (1915-1942)

    Who among the following drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the Karachi Session of Congress in 1931?

    aDr. B.R. AmbedkarbPandit Jawaharlal NehrucDr. Rajendra PrasaddSardar Vallabhbhai Patel
18. Prelims 2005Q58Revolutionary Movements

    In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a communist party of India?

    aH.K. SarkarbP.C. JoshicM.C. ChagladM.N. Roy
19. Prelims 2005Q59Gandhian Era (1915-1942)

    At which Congress Session was the Working Committee authorized to launch a programme of Civil Disobedience?

    aBombaybLahorecLucknowdTripuri
20. Prelims 2005Q60Gandhian Era (1915-1942)

    In which one of the following provinces was a Congress Ministry not formed under the Act of 1935?

    aBiharbMadrascOrissadPunjab