Modern History - Previous Year Questions

Q1. Air India was nationalised and became the national (a) Peasant resistance to the oppressive conduct of carrier. planters 4. Goa became a part of independent Indi(a) (b) Its unprofitability in the world market because of Which of the following is the correct chronological new inventions sequence of t

Q2. Charter Act of 1813 that she will join the Commonwealth 2. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823 (d) India should be given Dominion status 3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy 97. With reference to cultural history of India, consider the Select the correct answer using the code given bel

Q3. Annamacharya and Tyagaraja are contemporaries. (a) (B) Krishna Pillai, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and K.(C) 4. Annamacharya kirtanas are devotional songs in George praise of Lord Venkateshwar(a) (b) Jayaprakash Narayan, DeenDayal Upadhyay and Which of the statements given above are correct? M.N. Roy (a) 1

Q4. Economically, one of the results of the British rule in India 92. Satya ShodhakSamaj organized

Q5. The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to 101. Which among the following events happened earliest ? (a) social reforms

Q6. Sanskrit College at Benaras: William Jones (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 3 only 2. Calcutta Madarsa: Warren Hastings (c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 3. Fort William College: Arthur Wellesley 95. What was the main reason for the split in the Indian Which of the pairs given above is/are correct ? National Cong

Q7. Grants-in-Aid system was introduce(d) (c) Foundation of Muslim League 2. Establishment of universities was recommende(d) (d) Aurobindo Ghosh’s inability to be elected as the 3. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of President of the Indian National Congress education was recommende(d) 9

Q8. Dadabhai Naoroji 2. G. Subramania Iyer 2. Use of mobile cannons in warfare. 3. R. C. Dutt 3. Cultivation of tobacco and red chillies. Select the correct answer using the code given below. Which of the above was/were introduced into India by the (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only English? (c) 2 and 3 only (

Q9. By a regulation in 1793, the District Collector was deprived (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar of his judicial powers and made the collecting agent only. (c) Raja Rammohan Roy What was the reason for such a regulation ?

Q10. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who 59. Which one of the following revolts was made famous by of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta? Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel ‘Anand Math’? (a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

Q11. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar the Portuguese. (c) Pandita Rambai 2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French. (d) Rabindranath Tagore 3. The English never occupied Pondicherry. 69. Match List-I with List-II and select the cor

Q12. Who among the following started the newspaper Shome (a) Warren Hastings (b) Wellesley Prakash?

Q13. The ruler of which one of the following States was removed efficiency of revenue collection would enormously from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance? increase without the burden of additional work. (a) Awadh (b) Jhansi

Q14. The First Factory Act restricting the working hours of women Indians can be given the job of revenue collection in the districts. and children and authorizing local government to make (c) Lord Cornwallis was alarmed at the extent of power necessary rules was adopted during whose time?

Q15. Who among the following Europeans were the last to come and a good training in law and Lord Cornwallis felt that to pre-independence India as traders?

Q16. Consider the following statements: (a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of 1. Robert Clive was the first Governor-General of Bengal. his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore. 2. William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India. (b) The frustrated governor of Jalandhar Adina Beg Khan W

Q17. Which one of the following was the first fort constructed Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur). by the British in India?

Q18. Under the Government of India Act, 1858 the British (c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh Parliament abolished the rule of East India Company and undertook the responsibility of ruling India directly. A 30 Topicwise Solved Papers Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Codes:

Q19. The first telegraph line in India was laid between 60. With reference to the ‘revolt of the year’ who of the following Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and Diamond Harbour. was betrayed by ‘friend’ captured and put to death by the 2. The first Export Processing Zone in India was set up in British?

Q20. Which one of the following territories was not affected by native press as it was perceived to be hostile to colonial the Revolt of 1857 ?

Q21. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate (a) Hindustan Commercial Bank of the Calcutta University. (b) Oudh Commercial Bank 3. Keshav Chandra Sen's campaign against Sati led to (c) Punjab National Bank the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the Governor (d) Punjab and Sind Bank General. 45

Q22. Consider the following statements: Ambur–Battle of Buxar 1. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali (d) Battle of Ambur–Battle of Buxar–Battle of defeated Ibrahim Lodi. Wandiwash–Battle of Plassey 2. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore War. 57. Who among the following was a pr

Q23. Consider the following statements: 50. Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a 1. The Charter Act, 1853 abolished East India Company prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857 belong to ?

Q24. Who among the following was not associated with the Patel were members of theConstituent Assembly of formation of U.P. Kisan Sabha in February 1918 ?

Q25. Ahmedabad Mill Workers : Morarji Desai (b) the Government of India Act, 1919 3. Kheda : Vallabhai Patel (c) the Government of India Act, 1935 Select the correct answer using the code given below: (d) the Indian Independence Act, 1947 Codes: 95. During the Indian freedom struggle, who among the (a) 1

Q26. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian (c) Hakim Ajmal Khan (d) Abul Kalam Azad sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi 96. The name of the famous person of India who returned the rose against the Government. Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as Which

Q27. Where were the Ghadar revolutionaries, who became active 108. Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the during the outbreak of the World War I based?

Q28. Consider the following statements: 109. Consider the following statements: On the eve of launch of Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi: The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for: 1. asked the government servants to resign. 1. the provincial autonomy. 2. asked the soldiers to leave their posts.

Q29. Under whose presidency was the Lahore session of the 100. In which one of the following provinces was a Congress Indian Congress held in the year 1929, wherein a resolution ministry not formed under the Act of 1935 ?

Q30. At which Congress session was the working committee (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Motilal Nehru authorised to launch a programme of Civil Disobedience? 111. Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji (a) Bombay (b) Lahore

Q31. AD 1824–26 First Anglo-Burmese War (a) Lord Dufferin (b) Lord Ripon 4. AD 1845–46 Second Sikh War (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Hardinge Select the correct answer using the codes given below: 54. Which one of the following is the correct statement?

Q32. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Williams in the modern Kochi.

Q33. Satara (a) Battle of Wandiwash–Battle of Buxar–Battle of The correct chronological order in which they were annexed Ambur–Battle of Plassey by the British is:

Q34. Which one of the following statements is correct? 103. Who drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the

Q35. Consider the following statements: complete independence free from all foreign control? 1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when the Shimla

Q36. Consider the following statements: (c) Rabindra Nath Tagore(d) Syed Ahmed Khan 1. In the First Round Table Conference, Dr. Ambedkar 97. Consider the following events during India's freedom struggle: demanded separate electorates for the depressed classes. 1. Chauri-Chaura Outrage 2. In the Poona Act

Q37. In India, among the following locations, the Dutch (a) The Deccan Association established their earliest factory at:

Q38. The aim of education as stated by the Wood's Despatch of 34. With which one of the following mountain tribes did the 1854 was:

Q39. The Company's directors (a) The trading activities of the East India Company were were asked to present to the to be abolished. British government all (b) The designation of the supreme authority was to be correspondence and docu- changed as the Governor-General of India in Council. ments pertaining

Q40. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was: (b) involve the princes actively in the administration of (a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q41. Communal Award (a) The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave of popular indignation C. Dalhousie 3. August Offer and led to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre D. Chelmsford 4. Dyarchy (b) Subhas Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc Codes: (c) Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan (a) A – 3; B – 2; C – 1

Q42. Assertion (A): The effect of labour participation in the Indian with no separate constitution for any province, and a nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak. Union Constitution to be accepted by all provinces Reason (R): The labour leaders considered the ideology of 90. When Congress leader

Q43. Consider the following statements: (c) elected by the Legislative Assemblies of various 1. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was province held in Calcutta (d) elected by the Indian National Congress and Muslim 2. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress League was held unde

Q44. With reference to the period of extremist nationalist (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of (c) A is true but R is false the following statements in not correct?

Q45. While delivering the presidential address, the Congress 77. With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of President who advocated the introduction of Roman script the following statements is not correct?

Q46. Assertion (A): In 1916, Maulana Mohammad Ali and Abul doctrines of the nationalist leaders Kalam Azad resigned from the Legislative Council. 79. The President of Indian National Congress at the time of Reason (R): The Rowlatt Act was passed by the Government partition of India was:

Q47. abolition of diarchy in the Governor's provinces (b) Rajagopalachari Formula 2. power of the Governors to veto legislative action and (c) Cabinet Mission to legislate on their own (d) Wavell Plan 3. abolition of the principle of communal representation . 84. The members of the Constituent Assembly w

Q48. At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before 29. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? the might of Napoleon, which one of the following

Q49. Under the Permanent Settlement, 1793, the Zamindars are 36. Which one of the following Acts of British India required to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued strengthened the Viceroy's authority over his Executive by many of the Zamindars. The reason was:

Q50. The Hunter Commission was appointed after the: 64. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using (a) Black-hole incident

Q51. Vikram Damodar Savarkar (a) Abdul Kalam Azad D. Kuka Movement 4. Aurobindo Ghosh (b) Hasrat Mohani Codes: (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru (a) A – 1; B – 3; C – 4; D – 2 (d) Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi (b) A – 1; B – 3; C – 3; D – 4 73. Who among the following organized the famous Chittagong (c) A – 3; B – 1;

Q52. A London branch of the All India Muslim League was as 'Reason R', You are to examine these two statement carefully established in 1908 under the presidency of :

Q53. Who among the following was the President of the All India given below and mark your answer sheet accordingly. States' Peoples' Conference in 1939?

Q54. The last major extension of British Indian territory took place 18. There was no independent development of industries in during the time of :

Q55. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

Q56. 'In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans (a) Indian Council Act of 1861 against the Hindus.' (b) Indian Council Act of 1892 To which one of the following events did this remark of (c) Indian Council Act of 1909 Aitchison relate?

Q57. Which one of the following is not a feature of the (a) Simon Commission (b) Gandhi-Irwin Pact Government of India Act of 1935?

Q58. As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested (b) Jawaharlal Nehru to Mountbatten that he:

Q59. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the (b) the Bengal revolutionaries took shelter in Tripura President of the Congress (c) the tribes of the state were fiercely freedom loving 3. The first Britisher to become the President of the (d) there were already some groups fighting against the Con

Q60. At the time of partition of India, which one of the following Ahmed Khan opposed it provinces of British India came forward with a plan for a (c) The All-India Muslim League which was formed in 1906 united and independent existence?

Q61. The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain were among those who formed a provisional child of :

Q62. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using (b) Captain Sleeman the codes given below the lists :

Q63. Kerala 1. Indigo Revolt 2. Santhal Rebellion B. Pabna revolt 2. Bihar 3. Deccan Riot 4. Mutiny of the Sepoys C. Eka movement 3. Bengal The correct chronological sequence of these events is: D. Birsa Munda revolt 4. Awadh (a) 4, 2, 1, 3 (b) 4, 2, 3, 1 Codes: (c) 2, 4, 3, 1 (d) 2, 4, 1, 3 (a) A – 1; B

Q64. First Anglo-Afghan War (a) opposed the revolt of 1857 C. 1824 3. First Anglo-Maratha War (b) supported the revolt of 1857 D. 1838 4. Second Anglo-Mysore War (c) remained neutral to the revolt of 1857 Codes: (d) fought against native rulers (a) A – 4; B – 3; C – 2; D – 1 17. The paintings of Abanindr

Q65. (d) preference of the rich to invest in land (b) Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat. 19. The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in India was: (c) Daman and Diu were separated from Goa by the 56th

Q66. 20. The Governor-General who followed a spirited 'Forward' 28. Who among the following Indian rulers established policy towards Afghanistan was:

Q67. The term 'imperial preference' was applied to the:

Q68. Assertion (A): Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement (a) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A. of 1942 as the most serious rebellion since Sepoy Mutiny. (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation Reason (R): There was massive upsurge of the peasantry

Q69. The first venture of Gandhi in all-India politics was the: (a) foreign affairs (b) home (a) Non-Cooperation Movement

Q70. The Congress policy of pray and petition ultimately came to them to an end under the guidance of:

Q71. Indian Sociologist (b) not a member of the Congress Cama (c) the President of the Congress C. Annie Besant 3. The Talwar (d) the General Secretary of the Congress D. Aurobindo Gosh 4. Commonwealth 47. 'Abinava Bharat' a secret society of revolutionaries was Codes: organised by:

Q72. Which one of the following leaders of the Congress was (a) Japan (b) Burma totally in favour of Cabinet Mission Plan?

Q73. What is the correct sequence of the following events? (a) Bhagat Singh (b) Lala Hardayal 1. Tilak's Home Rule League

Q74. Karnagatamaru Incident 38. Lord Mountbatten came to India as a Viceroy with specific 3. Mahatma Gandhi's arrival in India Select the correct answer using the codes given below: instruction to:

Q75. Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because:

Q76. The Indian Muslims, in general, were not attracted to the (a) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A Extremist movement because of :

Q77. Assertion (A): Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an (d) extremists' policy of harping on Hindu aspect end the moderates' role in the Indian freedom movement. 32. Which one of the following events, was characterised by Reason (R): The Surat session of Indian National Congress Montague as 'Preven

Q78. The Royal Indian Naval Ratings' Revolt. (a) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A Select the correct answer using the codes given below: (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation Codes: of A (a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 3, 1, 2, 4 (c) 1, 3, 4, 2 (d) 3, 1, 4, 2 (c) A is

Q79. The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition (c) Champaran Movement of the country mainly because:

Q80. Who among the following was associated with suppression on the famine of Bengal. of thugs?

Q81. Rabindranath Tagore 14. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following? War of Independence 1. Wood's Education Despatch B. Anand Math 2. Sri Aurobindo 2. Macaulay's minute on education C. Life Divine 3. Bankim Chandra 3. The Sargent Education Report Chatterji 4. Indian Education (Hunte

Q82. Jatin Das 1. Theodore Beck : Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College, C. Lahore Conspiracy 3. Surya Sen Aligarh. D. Ghadar Party 4. Ram Prasad Bismil 2. Ilbert Bill: Ripon 5. Vasudeo Phadke 3. Pherozeshah Mehta: Indian National Congress Codes: 4. Badruddin Tyabji: Muslims League (a) A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D

Q83. The following advertisement.

Q84. Hindu College, Calcutta Bengal (under Regulating Act, 1773) 2. University of Calcutta (B) Governor-General of India (under Charter Act, 1833) 3. Adam's Report 4. Wood's Despatch (C) Governor-General and Viceroy of India The correct chronological order of these landmarks is: (under Indian Council Act

Q85. Who among the following leaders did not believe in the (c) Nehru Report drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji ?

Q86. B.R. Ambedkar was elected to the Constituent Assembly (a) Kisan Sahba (b) The Worker from:

Q87. The Partition of Bengal (a) Rowlatt Act (b) Pitt's India Act Codes: (c) Indian Arms Act (d) Ilbert Bill (a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 4, 1, 3, 2 13. The meeting of Indian and British political leaders during (c) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d) 4, 3, 2, 1 1930–32 in London has often been referred to as the First, 4. The Barrah

Q88. Who among the following was a prominent leader of the (c) Lala Lajpat Rai—National School at Lahore Congress Socialist Party?

Q89. The Sarabandi (no tax) campaign of 1922 was led by: (a) Bhagat Singh (b) Chittaranjan Das

Q90. The growth of education (b) Interim Cabinet of Indians Committee Report in British India and (c) Acceptance of Pakistan potentialities of its (d) Constitution framing right further progress 18. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: Codes:

Q91. Match List I with II and select the correct answer using the This is how a biographer describes: codes given below the lists:

Q92. Country-wise agitation C. 1927 3. Foundation of Muslim Reforms League at Dacca B. Simon Commission 2. Withdrawal of a movement D. 1932 4. First session of National C. Chauri-Chaura 3. Communal electrorates Conference at Calcutta incident Codes: D. Dandi March 4. Communal outbreaks (a) A – 4; B – 3;

Q93. Archibald Percival Wavell, Viscount and Earl Wavell (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 2. James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Earl and Marquess of (c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad Dalhousie 2. Hooghly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal 3. Charles Cornwallis 2nd Earl a

Q94. Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Earl of Minto (c) the Danish (d) the British 5. Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma 3. The 'Modi script' was employed in the documents of the: (a) A-3; B-2; C-4 ;D-1 (b) A-1; B-2; C-3; D-4

Q95. His principal forte was social and religious reform. He relied (c) Hoysalas (d) Marathas upon legislation to do away with social ills and work 4. Examine the map given below:

Q96. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? AT

Q97. The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the 10. Who among the following was the first European to initiate tribal people by:

Q98. All India Anti-Untouchability League: Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jyotiba Phule 2. All India Kisan Sabha: Swami Sahajanad Saraswati (c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 3. Self Respect Movement: E.V. Ramaswami Naicker (d) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar A 34 Topicwise Solved Papers HINTS & SOLUTIONS 1. (a) C. Rajagopalacha

Q99. What is the correct sequence of the following events? 1. The Lucknow Pact

Q100. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience participating in the conference represented sectional Movement from:

Q101. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? conference partisan