UPSC Modern History Previous Years Questions Quiz No5

1. Assertion : Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end the moderates’ role in the Indian freedom movement. Reason (R): The Surat session of Indian National Congress separated the Extremists from the Moderates. [1998]

A is true but R is false

A is false but R is true

Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A

2. With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements: [2015-I] 1. It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes. 2. It wanted to establish the dictatorship of proletariat. 3. It advocated separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes. Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

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None

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1 and 2 only

3. The Congress ministries resigned in the seven provinces in 1939, because [2012 – I]

the Congress could not form ministries in the other four provinces

None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct

emergence of a ‘left wing’ in the Congress made the working of the ministries impossible

there were widespread communal disturbances in their provinces

4. Assertion : The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911. Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cultivator could read. [1998]

A is true but R is false

Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A

A is false but R is true

Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A

5. The real intention of the British for including the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to : [2002]

use the princes to counter-balance the antiimperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders

involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony

exercise more and direct political and administrative

finally effect the complete political and administrative take-over of all the princely states by the British

6. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: [1996] List-I List-II A. Abhinav Bharat 1. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh Society B. Anushilan Samiti 2. Lala Hardayal C. Gadar Party 3. C.R. Das D. Swaraj Party 4. V.D. Savarkar Codes:

A – 1; B – 4; C – 3; D – 2

A – 4; B – 1; C – 3; D – 2

A – 4; B – 1; C – 2; D – 3

A – 1; B – 4; C – 2; D – 3

7. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [1997] List-I List-II A. Butler Committee 1. Jallianwala Bagh Report massacre B. Hurtog Committee 2. Relationship between Report the Indian State and the Paramount Power C. Hunter Inquiry 3. Working of Dyarchy as Committee Report laid down in the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms D. Muddiman 4. The growth of education Committee Report in British India and potentialities of its further progress Codes:

A – 3; B – 2; C – 1; D – 4

A – 2; B – 4; C – 1; D – 3

A – 1; B – 4; C – 2; D – 3

A – 2; B – 1; C – 3; D – 4

8. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? [1998] 1. Theodore Beck : Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College, Aligarh 2. Ilbert Bill: Ripon 3. Pherozeshah Mehta: Indian National Congress 4. Badruddin Tyabji: Muslims League Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes:

1, 3 and 4

1, 2 and 3

2 and 4

1, 2, 3 and 4

9. After Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled “The Way Out”. Which one of the following was proposed in this pamphlet ? [2010]

Fresh elections to the Central and Provincial Legislatures to be held at the end of 1945 and a Constitution making body to be convened as soon as possible.

The establishment of a “War Advisory Council” composed of representatives of British India and the Indian States.

Reconstitution of the Central Executive Council in such a way that all its members, except the Governor General and the Commander-in-Chief should be Indian leaders.

A solution for the constitutional deadlock.

10. Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru: [1996] 1. He was the president of the Congress Party in 1947 2. He presided over the Constituent Assembly 3. He formed the first Congress ministry in United Province before India’s independence Of these statements:

none is correct

1 and 3 are correct

1 and 2 are correct

1, 2 and 3 are correct

UPSC Modern History Previous Years Questions Quiz No5

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