UPSC 2008 › Modern History
11 questions · 2008 · answers as per the UPSC key
Which was the Capital of Andhra State when it was made a separate State in the year 1953?
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Who among the following rejected the title of Knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India?
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During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called ‘Free Indian Legion’?
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Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy’s Executive Council in which all the portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by the Indian leaders?
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Who among the following gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old?
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Who among the following used the phrase ‘Un-British’ to criticize the English colonial control of India?
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Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?
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Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?
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Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?
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Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885?
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Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939.
Reason (R): The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war against Germany in the context of the Second World War.