UPSC 1998 › Modern History
19 questions · 1998 · answers as per the UPSC key
The educated middle class in India
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Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy with specific instructions to
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Assertion (A): The Khilafat movement did bring the urban Muslims into the fold of the National Movement.
Reason (R): There was a predominant element of anti-imperialism in both the National and Khilafat Movements.
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Assertion (A): 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.
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Assertion (A): 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.
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Assertion (A): The Congress rejected the Cripps proposals.
Reason (R): The Cripps Mission consisted solely of whites.
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Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-cooperation Movement in 1922.
Reason (R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement.
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When the Indian Muslim League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaqat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of
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The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because
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At the time of India’s Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was
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What is the correct sequence of the following events? I. Tilak’s Home Rule League II. Kamagatamaru Incident III. Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in India
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Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because
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The Indian Muslims, in general, were not attracted to the Extremist movement because of the
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Which one of the following events was characterised by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’?
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What is the correct sequence of the following events? I. The August Offer II. The I.N.A. trial III. The Quit India Movement IV. The Royal Indian Naval Ratings’ Revolt
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Which one of the following defines extremist ideology during the early phase of Indian freedom movement?
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Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? I. Theodore Beck : Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh II. Ilbert Bill : Ripon III. Pherozesha : Indian National Congress IV. Badruddin Tyabji : Muslim League
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“The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise.” This statement is attributed to
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Who was the leader of the Ghaddar Party?