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8 questions · 2021 · answers as per the UPSC key

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Topics: Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion (2)Key Personalities & Ideologies (2)Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947) (1)Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942) (1)Revolutionary & Communist Movements (1)Social & Religious Reform Movements (1)
UPSC 2021 · Q33 · Modern History › Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion · Save

In the first quarter of seventeenth century, in which of the following was/were the factory/factories of the English East India Company located?

  1. Broach
  2. Chicacole
  3. Trichinopoly

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(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 3 only
(d) 2 and 3
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Answer: (a) 1 only
UPSC 2021 · Q36 · Modern History › Key Personalities & Ideologies · Save

With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag here.
(b) Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit India Movement of Andhra region from here.
(c) Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.
(d) Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society first here.
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Answer: (c) Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.
UPSC 2021 · Q42 · Modern History › Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947) · Save

Consider the following statements :

  1. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 recommended granting voting rights to all the women above the age of 21.
  2. The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in legislature.

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
UPSC 2021 · Q43 · Modern History › Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942) · Save

With reference to 8th August, 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC.
(b) The Viceroy's Executive Council was expanded to include more Indians.
(c) The Congress ministries resigned in seven provinces.
(d) Cripps proposed an Indian Union with full Dominion Status once the Second World War was over.
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Answer: (a) The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC.
UPSC 2021 · Q44 · Modern History › Key Personalities & Ideologies · Save

Who among the following is associated with ‘Songs from Prison’, a translation of ancient Indian religious lyrics in English?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(d) Sarojini Naidu
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Answer: (c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
UPSC 2021 · Q46 · Modern History › Social & Religious Reform Movements · Save

Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School?

(a) Annie Besant
(b) Debendranath Tagore
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Sarojini Naidu
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Answer: (c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
UPSC 2021 · Q47 · Modern History › Revolutionary & Communist Movements · Save

In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as

(a) leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
(b) members of the Interim Government in 1946
(c) members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly
(d) officers of the Indian National Army
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Answer: (d) officers of the Indian National Army
UPSC 2021 · Q48 · Modern History › Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion · Save

With reference to Indian history, which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. The Nizamat of Arcot emerged out of Hyderabad State.
  2. The Mysore Kingdom emerged out of Vijayanagara Empire.
  3. Rohilkhand Kingdom was formed out of the territories occupied by Ahmad Shah Durrani.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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