Modern History – UPSC Prelims PYQs

Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942 ?

Which amongst the following provided a common factor for tribal insurrection in India in the 19th century ?

What was the reason for Mahatma Gandhi to organize a satyagraha on behalf of the peasants of Kheda?

1. The Administration did not suspend the land revenue collection in spite of a drought.
2. The Administration proposed to introduce Permanent Settlement in Gujarat.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

What was the purpose with which Sir William Wedderburn and W. S. Caine had set up the Indian Parliamentary Committee in 1893?

Mahatma Gandhi said that some of his deepest convictions were reflected in a book titled "Unto this Last" and the book transformed his life. What was the message from the book that transformed Mahatma Gandhi ?

With reference to Indian freedom struggle, Usha Mehta is well-known for

With reference to the period of Indian freedom struggle, which of the following was/were recommended by the Nehru report?

1. Complete Independence for India.
2. Joint electorates for reservation of seats for minorities.
3. Provision of fundamental rights for the people of India in the Constitution.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

With reference to Simon Commission’s recommendations, which one of the following statements is correct?

Four resolutions were passed at the famous Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in 1906. The question of either retention OR of rejection of these four resolutions became the cause of a split in Congress at the next Congress session held in Surat in 1907.

Which one of the following was not one of those resolutions?

After Quit India Movement,

C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled "The Way Out".

Which one of the following was a proposal in this pamphlet?

Who among the following Governor Generals created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?

What was the immediate cause for the launch of the Swadeshi movement?

Consider the following statements:

1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come to Champaran to investigate the problem of peasants.
2. Acharya J. B. Kripalani was one of Mahatma Gandhi's colleagues in his Champaran investigation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

By a regulation in 1793, the District Collector was deprived of his judicial powers and made the collecting agent only. What was the reason for such regulation?

Consider the following statements:

1. The “Bombay Manifesto” signed in 1936 openly opposed the preaching of socialist ideals.
2. It evoked support from a large section of business community from all across India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

For the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931 presided over by Sardar Patel, who drafted the Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme ?

Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission ?

What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat ?

With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following statements :

1. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were the Portuguese.
2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French.
3. The English never occupied Pondicherry.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Consider the following statements :

1. The discussions in the Third Round Table Conference eventually led to the passing of the Government of India Act of 1935.
2. The Government of India Act of 1935 provided for the establishment of an All India Federation to be based on a Union of the provinces of British India and the Princely States.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?

Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India?

During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular indignation?

Which one of the following began with the Dandi March?

With

which one of the following movements is the slogan “Do or die” associated?

Who of the following founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?

In the context of the Indian freedom struggle, 16th October 1905 is well known for which one of the following reasons?

In the ‘Individual Satyagraha’, Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was the second?

Consider the following statements:

1. Full independence for India.
2. Creation of Constitution-making body.

The Cripps Proposals include the provision for

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in

Which was the Capital of Andhra State when it was made a separate State in the year 1953?

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?

During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called ‘Free Indian Legion’?

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?

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?

Who among the following used the phrase ‘Un-British’ to criticize the English colonial control of India?

Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?

Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?

Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?

Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885?

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.

Who wrote the book "The Story of the Integration of Indian States"?

Which one of the following was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?

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.

Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh?

At

which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?

Who among the following started the newspaper "Shome Prakash"?

The ruler

of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?

Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders?

Consider the following statements:

1. Robert Clive was the first Governor-General of Bengal.
2. William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?