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Topics: Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion (3)Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942) (3)British Administration & Economic Policies (2)Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947) (2)Early Nationalism & Indian National Congress (1885-1915) (1)
UPSC 2004 · Q3 · Modern History › Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947) · Save

Consider the following statements:

  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.

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

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (b) 1 and 2
UPSC 2004 · Q4 · Modern History › Early Nationalism & Indian National Congress (1885-1915) · Save

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?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only
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Answer: (c) 2 and 3
UPSC 2004 · Q28 · Modern History › Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947) · Save

The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of

(a) The Indian Councils Act, 1909
(b) The Government of India Act, 1919
(c) The Government of India Act, 1935
(d) The Indian Independence Act, 1947
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Answer: (b) The Government of India Act, 1919
UPSC 2004 · Q29 · Modern History › Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942) · Save

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

(a) Mazharul Haque
(b) Maulana Hasrat Mohani
(c) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(d) Abul Kalam Azad
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Answer: (b) Maulana Hasrat Mohani
UPSC 2004 · Q31 · Modern History › Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion · Save

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
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 1, 3, 2
(c) 3, 2, 1
(d) 3, 1, 2
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Answer: (c) 3, 2, 1
UPSC 2004 · Q32 · Modern History › Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942) · Save

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

(a) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(b) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Syed Ahmad Khan
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Answer: (c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
UPSC 2004 · Q60 · Modern History › Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion · Save

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

  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

List I (Period) : List II (Wars)

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 2 and 4
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 2 and 3
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Answer: (d) 2 and 3
UPSC 2004 · Q90 · Modern History › British Administration & Economic Policies · Save

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Pitt's India Act — Warren Hastings
(b) Doctrine of Lapse — Dalhousie
(c) Vernacular Press Act — Curzon
(d) Ilbert Bill — Ripon
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Answer: (c) Vernacular Press Act — Curzon
UPSC 2004 · Q121 · Modern History › British Administration & Economic Policies · Save

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?

(a) 1 ‑ 3 ‑ 2 ‑ 4
(b) 2 ‑ 4 ‑ 1 ‑ 3
(c) 1 ‑ 4 ‑ 2 ‑ 3
(d) 2 ‑ 3 ‑ 1 ‑ 4
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Answer: (a) 1 ‑ 3 ‑ 2 ‑ 4
UPSC 2004 · Q122 · Modern History › Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942) · Save

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?

(a) 1 ‑ 3 ‑ 2 ‑ 4
(b) 2 ‑ 4 ‑ 1 ‑ 3
(c) 1 ‑ 4 ‑ 2 ‑ 3
(d) 2 ‑ 3 ‑ 1 ‑ 4
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Answer: (b) 2 ‑ 4 ‑ 1 ‑ 3
UPSC 2004 · Q134 · Modern History › Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion · Save

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?

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) None
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Answer: (b) 3 only