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Modern History PYQ — Page 8

IAS HistoryModern History previous year questions with solutions.

All Modern History Questions (302)

In October 1920, who headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a communist party of India?

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Which one of the following is the correct statement?

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Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?

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What was Komagata Maru?

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In which one of the following provinces was a Congress ministry not formed under the Act of 1935?

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Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act?

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Consider the following statements: 1. In the First Round Table Conference, Dr. Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for the depressed classes. 2. In the Poona Act, special provisions for representation of the depressed people in the local bodies and civil services were made. 3. The Indian National Congress did not take part in the Third Round Table Conference. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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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?

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Consider the following statements: 1. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Ibrahim Lodi. 2. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore War. 3. Mir Jafar entered in a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah in the Battle of Plassey. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of:

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Consider the following statements: 1. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta 2. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji 3. Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916 and concluded the Lucknow Pact Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Consider the following princely States of the British rule in India: 1. Jhansi 2. Sambalpur 3. Satara The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British is:

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During the Indian freedom struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?

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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

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Consider the following statements: Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the: 1. abolition of diarchy in the Governor's provinces 2. power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own 3. abolition of the principle of communal representation Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Consider the following events during India’s freedom struggle: 1. Chauri-Chaura Outrage 2. Minto-Morley Reforms 3. Dandi March 4. Montagu-Chelrusford Reforms Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events above?

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The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was:

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Consider the following Viceroys of India during the British rule: 1. Lord Curzon 2. Lord Chelmsford 3. Lord Hardinge 4. Lord Irwin Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure?

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Match List-I (New names of the Countries) with List-II (Old names of the Countries) and select the correct answer using the codes given below: | List-I | | List-II A. | Benin | 1. | Nyasaland B. | Belize | 2. | Basutoland C. | Botswana | 3. | Bechuanaland D. | Malawi | 4. | British Honduras | | 5 | Dohomey

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With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is not Correct?

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The following item consists of two statements: one labelled as the Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). You are to examine these. two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below: Assertion (A): Shah Alam II spent the initial years as an emperor far away from his capital. Reason (R): There was always a lurking danger of foreign invasion from the north-west frontier.

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How did the Mughal Emperor Jahandarshah’s reign, come to an early end?

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Assertion (A): In 1916, Maulana Mohammad Au and Abul Kalam Azad resigned from the Legislative Council. Reason (R): The Rowlatt Act was passed by the Government in spite of being opposed by all Indian members of the Legislative Council.

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With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is not correct?

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