IAS History — Modern History previous year questions with solutions.
Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?
Who among the following started the newspaper, Shome Prakash?
The song 'Amar Sonar Bangla' written during the Swadeshi Movement of India inspired the liberation struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. Who wrote this song?
The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
Which Portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946?
With reference to the 'revolt of the year' who of the following was betrayed by 'friend' captured and put to death by the British?
Lectures from Colombo to Almora is based on the experiences of which one of the following?
Who among the following wrote The Communist Manifesto along with Karl Marx?
In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?
Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama: 1. Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in Paris in the year 1907. 2. Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji. 3. Madam Cama was born to a Parsi. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?
Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857 belong to?
Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?
Who drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the Karachi session of Congress in 1931?
Under whose presidency was the Lahore session of the Indian Congress held in the year 1929, wherein a resolution was adopted to gain complete independence from the British?
Consider the following statements: On the eve of launch of Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi: 1. asked the government servants to resign. 2. asked the soldiers to leave their posts. 3. asked the Princes of the Princely states to accept the sovereignty of their own people. Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?
Consider the following statements: 1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women. 2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University. 3. Keshav Chandra Sen's campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sari by the Governor General. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Who among the following was not associated with the formation of U.P. Kisan Sabha in February 1918?
At which Congress session was the working committee authorised to launch a programme of Civil Disobedience?
Consider the following statements: 1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when the Shimla conference took place. 2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi rose against the Government. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battles fought in India in the 18th Century?
Which one of the following is the correct statement?
Where were the Ghadar revolutionaries, who became active during the outbreak of the World War I based?