Modern History PYQ — Page 9
IAS History — Modern History previous year questions with solutions.
All Modern History Questions (302)
An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of 1942 was:
Who headed the Interim Cabinet formed in the year 1946?
During the colonial period in India, what was the purpose of the Whitley Commission?
In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at:
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
With reference to colonial rule in India, what was sought by the Ilbert Bill in 1883?
The aim of education as stated by the Wood's Despatch of 1854 was:
When Congress leaders condemned the Montagu-Chelmsford Report, many moderates left the party to form the:
With reference to colonial period of Indian history, match List-I -(Person) with List-II (Event) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: | List-I (Person) | | List-II (Events) A. | Macdonald | 1. | Doctrine of Lapse B. | Linlithgo | 2. | Communal Award C. | Dalhousie | 3. | August Offer D. | Chelmsford | 4. | Dyarchy Codes:
The President' of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was:
During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts called for:
The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of:
The real intention of the British for including the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to:
Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons demanding India's direct representation in the British parliament?
Assertion (A): The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak. Reason (R): The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary.
With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?
Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated Bhagavad-Gita into English?
Under the Permanent Settlement, 1793, the Zamindars are required' to issue pattas to the fanners which were not issued by many of the Zamindars. The reason was:
Who among the following organized the famous Chittagong Armoury raid?
The Hunter Commission was appointed after the:
Who among the following leaders proposed to adopt Complete Independence as the goal of the Congress in the Ahmedabad session of 1920?
Who among the following was the President of the All India States' Peoples' Conference in 1939?
With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements in not correct?
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? | List-I (Period) | List-II 1. | AD 1767-69 | First Anglo-Maratha War 2. | AD 1790-92 | Third Mysore War 3. | AD 1824-26 | First Anglo-Burmese War 4. | AD 1845-46 | Second Sikh War Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes: