IAS 2000 — Modern History

After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in

Assertion (A): Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as the most serious revolt after the Sepoy mutiny. Reason (R): Peasants joined the movement in large number in some places.

Which one of the following is not a feature of the Government of India Act of 1935?

“In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus”. To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: List I | List II I. Land allotted to big feudal landlords | A) Jagirdari System II. Land allotted to revenue farmers or rent collectors | B) Ryotwari System III. Land allotted to each peasant with the right to sublet, mortgage, transfer, gift or sell | C) Mahalwari System IV. Revenue settlements made at village level | D) Zamindari System

Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress: 1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress. 2. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress. 3. The first Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume. 4. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894. Which of these statements are correct?

The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of

That the per capita income in India was Rs. 20 in 1867-68, was ascertained for the first time by

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: List I | List II I. Chittagong Armoury Raid | A) Kalpana Dutt II. Abhinav Bharat | B) Guru Ram Singh III. Anushilan Samiti | C) Vikram Damodar Savarkar IV. Kuka Movement | D) Aurobindo Ghosh

The native State of Tripura became involved in the Freedom Movement early in the 20th century because

While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman script for Hindi language was

The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain-child of

Assertion (A ): The basic weakness of the early nationalist movement lay in its narrow social base. Reason (R): It fought for the narrow interests of the social groups which joined it.

The Indian National Army (INA) came into existence in 1943 in

[Image: image] The given map shows locations of airports labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. What is the correct sequence of the airports in which the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 landed after its initial take off from Kathmandu in December 1999?

At the time of partition of India, which one of the following provinces of the British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence?

As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he