IAS History — Modern History previous year questions with solutions.
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.
Which one of the following events, was characterised by Montague as 'Preventive Murder'?
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.
‘A graduate at 18, professor and associate editor of the Sudharak at 20, Secretary of the Sarvajanik Sabha and of the Provincial Conference at 25, Secretary of the National Congress at 29, leading witness before an important Royal Commission at 31, Provincial legislator at 34, imperial legislator at 36, President of the Indian National Congress at 39, a patriot whom Mahatma Gandhi himself regained as his master'. This is how a biographer describes:
What is the correct chronological sequence of the following? 1. Wood's Education Despatch 2. Macaulay's minute on education 3. The Sargent Education Report 4. Indian Education (Hunter Commission) Select the correct answer using the code given below:
M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the:
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: | List-I | | List-II A. | Surat Split | 1. | 1929 B. | Communal Award | 2. | 1928 C. | All Party Convention | 3. | 1932 D. | Poorna Swaraj Resolution | 4. | 1907 | | 5. | 1905
The Poona Pact which was signed between the British Government and Mahatma Gandhi in 1934 provided for:
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: | List-I | | List-II A. | Chittagaon Armory raid | 1. | Lala Hardayal B. | Kakori Conspiracy | 2. | Jatin Das C. | Lahore Conspiracy | 3. | Surya Sen D. | Ghádar Party | 4. | Ram Prasad Bismil | | 5. | Vasudeo Phadke
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: | List-I | | List-II A. | Moplah revolt | 1. | Kerala B. | Pabna revolt | 2. | Bihar C. | Eka movement | 3. | Bengal D. | Birsa Munda revolt | 4. | Awadh
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: | List-I (Events) | | List-II (Results) A. | Morley Minto Reforms | 1. | Country-wise agitation B. | Simon Commission | 2. | Withdrawal of a movement C. | Chauri-Chaura incident | 3. | Communal electrorates D. | Dandi March | 4. | Communal outbreaks | | 5. | Illegal manufactures of salt Codes:
Who among the following was associated with suppression of thugs?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: | List-I | | List-II A. | Butler Committee Report | 1. | Jallianwala Bagh massacre B. | Hurtog Committee Report | 2. | Relationship between the Indian State and the Paramount Power C. | Hunter Inquiry Committee Report | 3. | Working of Dyarchyas laid down in the Chelinsford Reforms D. | Muddiman Committee Report | 4. | The growth of education in British India and potentialities of its further progress
Which one of the following was used as a chemical weapon in the first world war?
Consider the following landmarks in Indian education: 1. Hindu College, Calcutta 2. University of Calcutta 3. Adam's Report 4. Wood's Despatch The correct chronological order of these landmarks, is:
The Sarabandi (no tax) campaign of 1922 was led by:
Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru: 1. He was the president of the Congress Party in 1947 2. He presided over the Constituent Assembly. 3. He formed the first Congress ministry in United Province before India's independence Of these statements:
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: | List-I | | List-II A. | Abhinav Bharat Society | 1. | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh B. | Anushilan Samiti | 2. | Lala Hardayal C. | Gadar Party | 3. | C.R. Das D. | Swaraj Party | 4. | V.D. Savarkar Codes:
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: | List-I | | List-II A. | Surendranath Banerjee | 1. | Hind Swaraj B. | M.K. Gandhi | 2. | The Indian Struggle C. | Subhash Chandra Bose | 3. | Autobiographical D. | Lajpat Rai | 4. | A Nation in Making