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20 questions · 2005 · answers as per the UPSC key

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Topics: Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942) (4)Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion (3)Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947) (3)Revolutionary & Communist Movements (3)British Administration & Economic Policies (2)Key Personalities & Ideologies (2)Peasant, Tribal & Labour Movements (1)Social & Religious Reform Movements (1)Transfer Of Power & Partition (1945-1947) (1)

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

(a) Indian Freedom Party
(b) Azad Hind Fauj
(c) Revolutionary Front
(d) Forward Bloc
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Answer: (d) Forward Bloc

Consider the following statements :

  1. The provincial autonomy
  2. The establishment of Federal Court
  3. All India Federation at the centre

The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3

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?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (b) 2 and 3

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

(a) Battle of Wandawash - Battle of Buxar - Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey
(b) Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey - Battle of Wandawash - Battle of Buxar
(c) Battle of Wandawash - Battle of Plassey - Battle of Ambur - Battle of Buxar
(d) Battle of Ambur - Battle of Buxar - Battle of Wandawash - Battle of Plassey
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Answer: (b) Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey - Battle of Wandawash - Battle of Buxar

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?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (b) 2 only

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

(a) Jhansi
(b) Chittor
(c) Jagdishpur
(d) Lucknow
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Answer: (b) Chittor

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

(a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh
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Answer: (a) Bihar

Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched? Movement / Satyagraha

  1. Champaran Rajendra Prasad
  2. Ahmedabad Mill Workers Morarji Desai
  3. Kheda Vallabhbhai Patel

Person Actively Associated With

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (c) 1 and 3

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

(a) Indra Narain Dwivedi
(b) Gauri Shankar Misra
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
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Answer: (c) Jawaharlal Nehru

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

(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Answer: (b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

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

(a) H.K. Sarkar
(b) P.C. Joshi
(c) M.C. Chagla
(d) M.N. Roy
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Answer: (d) M.N. Roy

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

(a) Bombay
(b) Lahore
(c) Lucknow
(d) Tripuri
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Answer: (b) Lahore

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

(a) Bihar
(b) Madras
(c) Orissa
(d) Punjab
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Answer: (d) Punjab

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?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (c) 3 only

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

(a) Central America
(b) North America
(c) West America
(d) South America
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Answer: (b) North America

What was Komagata Maru?

(a) A political party based in Taiwan
(b) Peasant communist leader of China
(c) A naval ship on voyage to China
(d) A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his Long March
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Answer: (c) A naval ship on voyage to China

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

(a) Annie Besant
(b) A.O. Hume
(c) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(d) R. Palme Dutt
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Answer: (a) Annie Besant

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?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (c) 1 and 3

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?

(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

Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act?

(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Hardinge
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Answer: (b) Lord Ripon