UPSC 2006 › Modern History

Who among the following wrote “The Communist Manifesto” along with Karl Marx?

Which portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946?

Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?

Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama :

1. Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in Paris in the year 1907.
2. Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji.
3. Madam Cama was born to Parsi parents.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

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?

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

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

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?

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?