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1. The Constituent Assembly would have members nominated by the Provincial
Assemblies as well as the Princely States.
Modern Indian History Questions 2. Any Province, which is not prepared to accept the new Constitution would have the

2022 right to sign a separate agreement with Britain regarding its future status.

1. In the Government of India Act 1919, the functions of Provincial Government were Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
divided into “ Reserved” and “ Transferred” subjects. Which of the following were treated
as “ Reserved” subjects? (a) 1 only

1. Administration of Justice (b) 2 only

2. Local Self-Government (c) Both 1 and 2

3. Land Revenue
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
4. Police
4. With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1. The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to
(a) 1, 2 and 3 them by Gajapati rulers.

(b) 2, 3 and 4 2. Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.
3. The English East India. Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land
(c) 1, 3 and 4
leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire.

(d) 1, 2 and 4
Which of the statements given above are correct?

2. Consider the following freedom fighters:

(a) 1 and 2 only

1. Barindra Kumar Ghosh

(b) 2 and 3 only
2. Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee
(c) 1 and 3 only
3. Rash Behari Bose
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Who of the above was/were actively associated with the Ghadar Party?

(a) 1 and 2
2021 Q. Who among the following is associated with ‘Songs from Prison’, a translation of
ancient Indian religious lyrics in English?
Q. With reference to Indian history, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
1. The Nizamat of Arcot emerged out of Hyderabad State.
2. b) Jawaharlal Nehru
2. The Mysore Kingdom emerged out of Vijaynagara Empire.
3. c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
3. Rohilkhand Kingdom was formed out of the territories occupied by Ahmad Shah
4. d) Sarojini Naidu
Durrani.

Q. Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
which later came to be known as Bethune Female School?
a) 1 and 2
1. a) Annie Besant
b) 2 Only
2. b) Debendranath Tagore
c) 2 and 3
3. c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
d) 3 Only
4. d) Sarojini Naidu
Q. Consider the following statements:
Q. In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh
1. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 recommended granting voting rights to all Singh Dhillon are remembered as
the women above the age 21.
1. a) leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
2. The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in legislature.
2. b) members of the Interim Government in 1946
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 3. c) members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly

a) 1 only 4. d) officers of the Indian National Army

b) 2 only Q. In the first quarter of seventeenth century, in which of the following was/were the
c) both 1 and 2 factory/factories of the English East India Company located?

d) Neither 1 nor 2
1. Broach

Q. With reference to 8th August, 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following 2. Chicacole
statements is correct? 3. Trichinopoly

1. a) The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC. Select the correct answer using the codes given below
2. b) The Viceroy’s Executive council was expanded to include more Indians.
a) 1 Only
3. c) The Congress ministries resigned in seven provinces.
b) 1 and 2
4. d) Cripps proposed an Indian Union with full Dominion Status once the Second world
c) 3 Only
War was over.
d) 2 and 3
Q. With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following [a) The Revolt of 1857
statements is correct? [b) The Mappila rebellion of 1921
[c) The Indigo revolt of 1859 – 60
1. Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag here. [d) Birsa Munda’s revol t of 1899-1900
2. Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit India Movement of Andhra region from here.
Q. One common agreement between Gandhism and Marxism is
3. Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.
4. Madame Blavastsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society [a) The final goal of a stateless society
first here. [b) Class struggle
[c) Abolition of private property

2020 [d) Economic determinism

Q. In the context of Indian history, the Rakhmabai case of 1884 revolved around: Q. Which of the following statements correctly explain the impact of the Industrial
Revolution on India during the first half of the nineteenth century ?
1. women’s right to gain education
[a) Indian handicrafts were ruined.
2. age of consent
[b) Machines were introduced in the Indian textile industry in large number.
3. restitution of conjugal rights [c) Railway lines were laid in many parts of the countr
[d) Heavy duties were imposed on the imports of British manufactures.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Q. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact included which of the following?
[a) 1 and 2 only
[b) 2 and 3 only 1. Invitation to Congress to participate in the Round Table Conference
[c) 1 and 3 only
2. Withdrawal of Ordinances promulgated in connection with the Civil Disobedience
[d) 1, 2 and 3
Movement
Q. Indigo cul tivation in India declined by the beginning of the 20th century because of 3. Acceptance of Gandhi’s suggestion for enquiry into police excesses
4. Release of only those prisoners who were not charged with violence
[a) Peasant resistance to the oppressive conduct of planters
[b) Its unprofitability in the world market because of new inventions
Select the correct answer using the code given below
[c) National leaders’ opposition to the cultivation of indigo
[d) Government control over the planters [a) 1 only
[b) 1, 2 and 4 only
Q. Wellesley established the Fort William College at Calcutta because
[c) 3 only
[d) 2, 3 and 4 only
[a) He was asked by the Board of Directors at London to do so
[b) He wanted to revive interest in oriental learning in India
Q. With reference to the book “ Desher Katha” written by Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar
[c) He wanted to provide William Carey and his associates employment
during the freedom struggle, consider the following statements :
[d) He wanted to train British civilians for administrative purposes in India
1. It warned against the Colonial State’s hypnotic conquest of the mind.
Q. With reference to the history of India, “ Ulgulan” or the Great Tumul t is the description
2. It inspired the performance of swadeshi street plays and folk songs.
of which of the following events?
 3. The use of ‘desh’ by Deuskar was in the specific context of the region of Bengal. 2.With reference to Swadeshi Movement, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct? It contributed to the revival of the indigenous artisan crafts and industries.
The National Council of Education was established as a part of the Swadeshi Movement.
[a) 1 and 2 only
[b) 2 and 3 only Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[c) 1 and 3 only
[d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) 1 only

Q. The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its (b) 2 only
target audience was published by
(c) Both 1 and 2
[a) Gopal Baba Walangkar
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
[b) Jyotiba Phule
[c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Answer: C
[d) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
3. Consider the following pairs:

Movement/Organization —— Leader

2019 1. All India Anti-Untouchability League Mahatma Gandhi

1.Consider the following statements about ‘the Charter Act of 1813’:
2. All India Kisan Sabha Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
1. It ended the trade monopoly of the East India Company in India except for trade in tea
3. Self-Respect Movement Naicker E.V. Ramaswami
and trade with China.

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

2. It asserted the sovereignty of the British Crown over the Indian territories held by the
Company.
(a) 1 only

3. The revenues of India were now controlled by the British Parliament.

(b) 1 and 2 only

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(c) 2 and 3 only

(a) 1 and 2 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 2 and 3 only

Answer: D

(c) 1 and 3 only

4.With reference to the British colonial rule in India, consider the following statements:

(d) 1, 2 and 3
1.Mahatma Gandhi was instrumental in the abolition of the system of ‘indentured labour

Answer: A
2.In Lord Chelmsford’s ‘War Conference’, Mahatma Gandhi did not support the resolution 1. The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in
on recruiting Indians for World War. India.
2. India’s then largest bank, ‘Imperial Bank of India’, was renamed ‘State Bank of India’.
3.Consequent upon the breaking of Salt Law by Indian people, the Indian National Congress
was declared illegal by the colonial rulers. 3. Air India was nationalised and became the national carrier.
4. Goa became a part of independent India.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(a) 4 – 1 – 2 – 3
(b) 1 and 3 only
(b) 3 – 2 – 1 – 4
(c) 2 and 3 only
(c) 4 – 2 – 1 – 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 3 – 1 – 2 – 4
Answer: B

5.With reference to Indian National Movement, consider the following pairs:

2. In the Federation established by The Government of India Act of 1935, residuary
powers were given to the
Person ——— Position held

(a) Federal Legislature

1.Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru President, All India Liberal Federation

(b) Governor General

2.K.C. Neogy Member, The Constituent Assembly

(c) Provincial Legislature

3.P.C. Joshi General Secretary, Communist Party of India

(d) Provincial Governors

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(a) 1 only
3. Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India?
(b) 1 and 2 only
1. Charter Act of 1813
(c) 3 only 2. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823

(d) 1, 2 and 3 3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy

Answer: D Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2 only

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(b) 2 only
1. Consider the following events:
(c) 1 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3

(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 3 only

4. In 1920, which of the following changed its name to “ Swarajya Sabha” ? 7. The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in
the middle of the 18th century were:
(a) All India Home Rule League
(a) Raw cotton, oil-seeds and opium
(b) Hindu Mahasabha
(b) Sugar, salt, zinc and lead
(c) South Indian Liberal Federation
(c) Copper, silver, gold, spices and tea
(d) The Servants of India Society
(d) Cotton, silk, sal tpetre and opium

5. Which among the following events happened earliest?

8. Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha?
(a) Swami Dayanand established Arya Samaj.
(a) Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement
(b) Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neel Darpan.
(b) Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement
(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath.
(c) Joining of peasant unrest to India’s National Movement
(d) Satyendranath Tagore became the first Indian to succeed in the Indian Civil Services
Examination. (d) Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops

6. With reference to educational institutions during colonial rule in India, consider the 9. Who among the following were the founders of the “ Hind Mazdoor Sabha” established
following pairs: in 1948?

Institution Founder (a) B. Krishna Pillai, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and K.C. George

1. Sanskrit College at Benaras — William Jones (b) Jayaprakash Narayan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and M.N. Roy
2. Calcutta Madarsa — Warren Hastings
(c) C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer, K. Kamaraj and Veeresalingam Pantulu
3. Fort William College — Arthur Wellesley
(d) Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Mehta
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 10. Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of Subsidiary
Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley ?
(b) 2 only
(a) To maintain a large standing army at others expense Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(b) To keep India safe from Napoleonic danger (a) 1 and 2 only

(c) To secure a fixed income for the Company (b) 2 and 3 only

(d) To establish British paramountcy over the Indian States (c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3
11. After the Santhal Uprising subsided, what was/were the measure/measures taken by
the colonial government?
14. He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji, and Shrikrishna ; stayed in
1. The territories called ‘Santhal Parganas’ were created. America for some time; and was also elected to the Central Assembly. He was
2. It became illegal for a Santhal to transfer land to a non-Santhal.
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(a) 1 only
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) 2 only
(d) Motilal Nehru
(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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15. Who among the following was/were associated with the introduction of Ryotwari
Settlement in India during the British rule?
12. Economically one of the resul ts of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the
1. Lord Cornwallis
(a) increase in the export of Indian handicrafts
2. Alexander Read

(b) growth in the number of Indian owned factories 3. Thomas Munro

(c) commercialization of Indian agricul ture Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(d) rapid increase in the urban population (a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 3 only

13. Regarding Wood’s Dispatch, which of the following statements are true?
(c) 2 and 3 only
1. Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2. Establishment of universities was recommended.
3. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.
 2. Gazulu Lakshmi Narasu Chetty — Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha
16. The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for 3. Surendranath Banerjee — Founder of the Indian Association

(a) the participation of workers in the management of industries. Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

(b) arbitrary powers to the management to quell industrial disputes. (a) 1 only

(c) an intervention by the British Court in the event of a trade dispute. (b) 1 and 3 only

(d) a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes. (c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3
17. Consider the following statements:

1. The Factories Act, 1881 was passed with a view to fix the wages of industrial workers 20. In the context of Indian history, the principle of `Dyarchy (diarchy)’ refers to
and to allow the workers to form trade unions.
2. N.M. Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing the labour movement in British India. (a) Division of the central legislature into two houses.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? (b) Introduction of double government i.e., Central and State governments.

(a) 1 only (c) Having two sets of rulers; one in London and another in Delhi.

(b) 2 only (d) Division of the subjects delegated to the provinces into two categories.

(c) Both 1 and 2

21. With reference to Indian freedom struggle, consider the following events:
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1. Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy
2. Quit India Movement launched
18. The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to?
3. Second Round Table Conference
(a) Define the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial Governments.
What is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?
(b) Define the powers of the Secretary of State for India.
(a) 1-2-3
(c) Impose censorship on national press.
(b) 2-1-3
(d) Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States.
(c) 3-2-1

(d) 3-1-2
19. Consider the following pairs:

1. Radhakanta Deb — First President of the British Indian Association 2016

22. The ‘Swadeshi’ and ‘Boycott’ were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time (b) 2 and 3 only
during the
(c) 3 only
(a) Agitation against the Partition of Bengal
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(b) Home Rule Movement

(c) Non-Cooperation Movement 26. What was the main reason for the split in the Indian National Congress at Surat in
1907?
(d) Visit of the Simon Commission to India
(a) Introduction of communalism into Indian politics by Lord Minto

23. Satya Shodhak Samaj organized (b) Extremists’ lack of faith in the capacity of the moderates to negotiate with the
British Government
(a) a movement for upliftment of tribals in Bihar.
(c) Foundation of Muslim League
(b) a temple-entry movement in Gujarat.
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh’s inability to be elected as the President of the Indian National
(c) an anti-caste movement in Maharashtra. Congress

(d) a peasant movement in Punjab.

27. The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War

24. The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to (a) India should be granted complete independence.

(a) social reforms (b) India should be partitioned into two before granting independence.

(b) educational reforms (c) India should be made a republic with the condition that she will join the
Commonwealth.
(c) reforms in police administration
(d) India should be given Dominion status.
(d) constitutional reforms

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25. Consider the following:
28. With reference to Rowlatt Satyagraha, which of the following statements is/are
1. Calcutta Unitarian Committee correct?

2. Tabernacle of New Dispensation 1. The Rowlatt Act was based on the recommendations of the ‘Sedition Committee’.
3. Indian Reform Association 2. In Rowlatt Satyagraha, Gandhiji tried to Utilize the Home Rule League.

Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of which of the above? 3. Demonstrations against the arrival of Simon Commission coincided with Rowlatt
Satyagraha.
(a) 1 and 3 only
Select the correct answer using the code given below. (d) None

(a) 1 only
31. The Government of India Act of 1919 clearly defined
(b) 1 and 2 only
(a) the separation of power between the judiciary and the legislature
(c) 2 and 3 only
(b) the jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) the powers of the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy

29. Who of the following was/were economic critic/critics of colonialism in India? (d) None of the above

1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. G.Subramania Iyer 32. Who of the following organized a march on the Tanjore coast to break the Sal t Law
in April 1930?
3. R.C. Dutt
(a) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(b) C.Rajagopalachari
(a) 1 only
(c) K.Kamaraj
(b) 1 and 2 only
(d) Annie Besant
(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3
33. Consider the following statements

1. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Sarojini Naidu.
30. With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements:
2. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji.
1. It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
2. It wanted to establish the dictatorship of proletariat.
3. It advocated, separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes. (a) 1 only

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (b) 2 only

(a) 1 and 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2

(b) 3 only (d) Neither 1 nor 2

(c) 1, 2 and 3
34. With reference to the Cabinet Mission, which of the following statements is/are
correct?
37. The 1929 Session of Indian National Congress is of significance in the history of the
1. It recommended a federal government. Freedom Movement because the
2. It enlarged the powers of the Indian courts.
(a) attainment of Self-Government was declared as the objective of the Congress
3. It provided for more Indians in the ICS.
(b) attainment of Poorna Swaraj was adopted as the goal of the Congress
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement was launched
(a) 1 only
(d) decision to participate in the Round Table Conference in London was taken
(b) 2 and 3

(c) 1 and 3
38. The Ghadr (Ghadar) was a

(d) None
(a) revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters at San Francisco

(b) nationalist organization operating from Singapore

35. Which one of the following movements has contributed to a split in the Indian
National Congress resul ting in the emergence of ‘moderates’ and ‘extremists’ ? (c) militant organization with headquarters at Berlin

(a) Swadeshi Movement (d) communist movement for India’s freedom with headquarters at Tashkent

(b) Quit India Movement

39. What was/were the object/objects of Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (1858)?
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
1. To disclaim any intention to annex Indian States.
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement
2. To place the Indian administration under the British Crown.

2014 3. To regulate East India Company’s trade with India.

36. The Partition of Bengal made by Lord Curzon in 1905 lasted until Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) the First World War when Indian troops were needed by the British and the partition (a) 1 and 2 only
was ended.
(b) 2 only
(b) King George V abrogated Curzon’s Act at the Royal Durbar in Delhi in 1911.
(c) 1 and 3 only
(c) Gandhiji launched his Civil Disobedience Movement.
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) the Partition of India in 1947 when East Bengal became East Pakistan.
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40. The people of India agitated against the arrival of Simon Commission because (b) 2 and 3 only

(a) Indians never wanted the review of the working of the Act of 1919 (c) 1 and 3 only

(b) Simon Commission recommended the abolition of Dyarchy (Diarchy) in the Provinces (d) 1, 2 and 3

(c) there was no indian member in the Simon Commission

44. The Ilbert Bill controversy was related to the
(d) the Simon Commission suggested the partition of the country
(a) imposition of certain restrictions to carry arms by the Indians

41. Quit India Movement was launched in response to (b) imposition of restrictions en newspapers and magazines published in Indian languages

(a) Cabinet Mission Plan (c) removal of disqualifications imposed on the Indian magistrates with regard to the trial
of the Europeans
(b) Cripps Proposals
(d) removal of a duty on imported cotton cloth
(c) Simon Commission Report

(d) Wavell Plan 45. The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to

(a) solve the problem of minorities in India

42. The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for
(b) give effect to the Independence Bill
(a) the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third
(c) delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan
(b) the grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land
(d) enquire into the riots in East Bengal
(c) the uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of serfdom

(d) writing off all peasant debts 2012

46. Consider the following statements:

43. Annie Besant was

The most effective contribution made by Dadabhai Naoroji to the cause of Indian National
Movement was that he
1. responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement.
2. the founder of the Theosophical Society. 1. Exposed the economic exploitation of India by the British.
3. once the President of the Indian National Congress. 2. Interpreted the ancient Indian texts and restored the self-confidence of Indians.
3. Stressed the need for eradication of all the social evils before anything else.
Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(a) 1 only 3. It popularized the doctrine that the Vedas are infallible,

(b) 2 and 3 only Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(c) 1 and 3 only (a) 1 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 only

(c) 3 only
47. The Rowlatt Act aimed at:
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(a) compulsory economic support to war efforts

(b) imprisonment without trial and summary procedures for trial 50. Consider the following

(c) suppression of the Khilafat Movement 1. Assessment of land revenue on the basis of nature of the soil and the quality of crops.
2. Use of mobile cannons in warfare.
(d) imposition of restrictions freedom of the press
3. Cultivation of tobacco and red chillies.

48. The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress (1929) is very important in Which of the above was/were introduced into India by the English?
history, because
(a) 1 only
1. the Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence.
(b) 1 and 2
2. the rift between the extremists and moderates was resolved in that Session.
3. a resolution was passed rejecting the two-nation theory in that Session. (c) 2 and 3

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? (d) None

(a) 1 only
51. The Congress ministries resigned in the seven provinces in 1939, because
(b) 2 and 3
(a) the Congress could not form ministries in the other four provinces
(c) 1 and 3
(b) emergence of a ‘left wing’ in the Congress made the working of the ministries
(d) None of the above impossible

(c) there were widespread communal disturbances in their provinces

49. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Brahmo Samaj?
(d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct
1. It opposed idolatry.
2. It denied the need for a priestly class for interpreting the religious texts.
52. Which of the following is/are the principal feature(s) of the Government of India Act,
1919? (a) 1 and 2 only

1. Introduction of dyarchy in the executive government of the provinces. (b) 2 and 3 only
2. Introduction of separate communal electorates for Muslims.
(c) 1 and 3 only
3. Devolution of Legislative authority by the centre to the provinces.
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1 only 55. Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932, mainly because

(b) 2 and 3 only (a) Round Table Conference failed to satisfy Indian political aspirations

(c) 1 and 3 only (b) Congress and Muslim League had differences of opinion

(d) 1, 2 and 3 (c) Ramsay Macdonald announced the Communal Award

(d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct in this context
53. During Indian freedom struggle, the National Social Conference was formed. What
was the reason for its formation?
56. With reference to Ryotwari Settlement,consider the following statements
(a) Different social reform groups or organizations of Bengal region united to form a single
body to discuss the issues of larger interest and to prepare appropriate petitions/ 1. The rent was paid directly by the peasants to the government.
representations to the government. 2. The government gave the Pattas to the Ryots.

(b) Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and 3. The lands were surveyed and assessed before being taxed.
decided to form a separate body for such a purpose.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(c) Behramji Malabari and M. G. Ranade decided to bring together all the social reform
(a) 1 Only
group of the country under one organization.
(b) 1 and 2
(d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct in this context.
(c) 1, 2 and 3

54. Which of the following parties were established by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar? (d) None of the above

1. The Peasants and Workers Party of India

2. All India Scheduled Castes Federation
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3. The Independent Labour Party 57. The tendency for increased litigation was visible after the introduction of the land
settlement system of Lord Cornwallis in 1793. The reason for this is normally traced to
Select the correct answer using the codes given below: which of the following provisions?
(a) Making Zamindar’s position stronger vis-a-vis the ryot. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(b) Making East India Company an overlord of Zamindars. (a) 1 only

(c) Making judicial system more efficient. (b) 1 and 2 only

(d) None of the (a), (b) and (c) above. (c) 2 and 3 only

(d)1, 2 and 3
58. Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement
of 1942?
61. What was the reason for Mahatma Gandhi to organize a satyagraha on behalf of the
(a) It was a nonviolent movement peasants of Kheda?

(b) It was led by Mahatma Gandhi 1. The Administration did not suspend the land revenue collection in spite of a drought.
2. The Administration proposed to introduce Permanent Settlement in Gujarat.
(c) It was a spontaneous movement
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
(d) It did not attract the labour class in general
(a) 1 only

59. Which amongst the following provided a common factor for tribal insurrection in (b) 2 only
India in the 19th century ?
(c) Both 1 and 2
(a) Introduction of a new system of land revenue and taxation of tribal products
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Influence of foreign religious missionaries in tribal areas

(c) Rise of a large number of money lenders, traders and revenue farmers as middlemen in 62. What was the purpose with which Sir William Wedderburn and W.S.Caine had set up
tribal areas the Indian Parliamentary Committee in 1893?

(d) The complete disruption of the old agrarian order to the tribal communities (a) To agitate for Indian political reforms in the House of Commons

(b) To campaign for the entry of Indians into the Imperial Judiciary
60. With reference to the period of colonial rule in India, “ Home Charges” formed an
important part of drain of weal th from India. Which of the following funds constituted (c) To facilitate a discussion on India’s Independence in the British Parliament
“ Home Charges” ?
(d) To agitate for the entry of eminent Indians into the British Parliament
1. Funds used to support the India Office in London.
2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India.
63. Mahatma Gandhi said that some of his deepest convictions were reflected in a book
3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British. titled, “ Unto this Last” and the book transformed his life. What was the message from
the book that transformed Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Uplifting the oppressed and poor is the moral responsibility of an educated man

(b) The good of individual is contained in the good of all

(c) The life of celibacy and spiritual pursuit are essential for a noble life

(d) All the statements (a), (b) and (c) are correct in this context

64. With reference to Indian freedom struggle, Usha Mehta is well-known for

(a) Running the secret Congress Radio in the wake of Quit India Movement

(b) Participating in the Second Round Table Conference

(c) Leading a contingent of Indian National Army

(d) Assisting in the formation of Interim Government under Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

65. With reference to the period of India freedom struggle, which of the following
was/were recommended by the ‘Nehru report’ ?

1. Complete Independence for India.

2. Joint electorates for reservation of seats for minorities.
3. Provision of fundamental rights for the people of India in the Constitution.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3