IAS 1998 — Modern History

Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922 Reason (R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement.

Assertion (A): The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911. Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cultivator could read.

The educated middle class in India:

Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because:

Assertion (A): The Congress rejected the Cripps proposals. Reason (R): The Cripps Mission consisted solely of whites.

What is the correct sequence of the following events? 1. Tilak's Home Rule League 2. Karnagatamaru Incident 3. Mahatma Gandhi's arrival in India. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which one of the following events, was characterised by Montague as 'Preventive Murder'?

The Indian Muslims, in general, were not attracted to the Extremist movement because of:

Lord Mountbatten came to India as a Viceroy with specific instruction to:

Which one of the following defines extremist ideology 'during the early phase of Indian freedom movement?

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? 1. Theodore Beck: Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College, Aligarh. 2. Ilbert Bill: Ripon 3. Pherozeshah Mehta: Indian National Congress 4. Badruddin Tyabji: Muslims League Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

When the Indian Muslims League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaqat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of:

What is the correct sequence of the following events? 1. The August offer 2. The I.N.A trial 3. The Quit India Movement 4. The Royal Indian Naval Ratings' Revolt. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes:

Assertion (A): The Khilafat movement did bring the urban Muslims into the fold of the National Movement. Reason (R): There was a predominant element of anti—imperialism in both the National and Khilafat Movement.

Who was the leader of the Ghaddar Party?

The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because:

At the time of India's Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was:

Assertion (A): Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end the moderates' role in the Indian freedom movement. Reason (R): The Surat session of Indian National Congress separated the Extremists from the Moderates.

‘The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise. ‘This statement is attributed to: