UPSC 2007 › Modern History
13 questions · 2007 · answers as per the UPSC key
Who wrote the book "The Story of the Integration of Indian States"?
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Which one of the following was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?
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Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal.
Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.
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Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh?
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At
which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
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Who among the following started the newspaper "Shome Prakash"?
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The ruler
of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
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Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders?
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Consider the following statements:
- Robert Clive was the first Governor-General of Bengal.
- William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?
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The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, written during the Swadeshi Movement of India, inspired the Liberation Struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. Who wrote this song?
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The first Factory Act restricting the working hours of women and children and authorizing local governments to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?
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Who among the following wrote the book "Bahubivah"?