UPSC
COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAMINATION
HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA
(PREVIOUS
QUESTIONS)
1. On 31st December, 1929, in which one
of the following congress sessions was proclamation of purna swaraj made
a. Ahmedabad
b. Calcutta
c. Lahore
d. Lucknow
2. Which one among the following was demanded by
the All India Depressed Classes Leaders conference at Bombay in 1931
a. Universal adult suffrage
b. Separate electorates for untouchables
c. Reserved seats for the minorities
d. A unitary state in India
3. Who among the following was one of the
founders of the Indian Society of Oriental Art?
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Abanindranath Tagore
c. Dwarakanath Tagore
d. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
4. The work “Siyar-ul-Mutakherin” which describes
the battle of plassey, 1757, was written by
a. Salabat Jung
b. Qasim Khan
c. Ghulam Hussain
d. Ram Mohan Roy
5. Who believed that the Russian designs were an
imminent peril to the security and tranquillity of the Indian Empire in 1836?
a. Lord Auckland
b. Lord Palmerston
c. Lord canning
d. Alexander Burnes
6. The “Tattvabodhini Sabha” was established by
a. Devendranath Tagore in 1839
b. Keshab Chandra Sen in 1857
c. Akshay kumar Datta in 1850
d. Dwarakanath Tagore in 1840
7. Who founded the Seva samiti at Allahabad in
1914?
a. Hridayanath Kunzru
b. G.K.Gokhale
c. Shri Ram Bajpai
d. T.B.Sapru
8. The state of Hyderabad in the Deccan
officially acceded to the Indian Union in the year
a. 1948
b. 1950
c. 1949
d. 1947
9. The Hunter commission (1882) appointed to
survey the state of education in India
a. deprecated university education
b. overruled the despatch of 1854
c. endorsed the despatch of 1854 with greater
emphasis on primary education
d. Criticized the grants in aid system of
schooling
10. Arrange the following in the chronological
order of their implementation
1. The Indian Factory Act (First)
2. Vernacular Press Act
3. The Morley Minto reforms
4. Cornwallis code
Select the correct answer using the code given
below:
a. 4 2 1 3
b. 2 4 1 3
c. 3 4 1 2
d. 2 1 3 4
11. What was the Dutt – Bradley thesis?
a. The working committee of the Indian National
congress decided that congress should play a crucial role in realising the
independence of India
b. The socialist party decided to play foremost
part in anti – imperialist struggle
c. Revolutionary socialist Batukeshwar Dutt put
forth a ten point plan to work for the success of anti – imperialist front
d. It was a communist party document, according
to which the national congress could play a great and a foremost part in
realising the anti-imperialist people’s front.
12. The Khuntkatti tenure was prevalent in which
one of the following regions of India during the British Rule?
a. Bundelkhand
b. Karnataka
c. Chota Nagpur
d. Madras Presidency
13. Who among the following started the Indian
Agriculture Service?
a. Lord Curzon
b. William Bentinck
c. Lord Minto
d. Lord Ripon
14. The concept of “Four pillar state”, free from
district magistracy for India was suggested by
a. Lala Lajpat Rai
b. Ram Manohar Lohia
c. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d. Subash Chandra Bose
15. Henry T. Colebrooke was a professor of Sanskrit
in which one of the following institutions?
a. Fort William College
b. Serampore mission
c. Kashi Vidyapith
d. Asiatic society
16. Statement I: Non – cooperation began in
Punjab with the student Movement inspired by Lala Lajpati Rai in January 1921
Statement II: The Sikh dominated central Punjab countryside
was stirred by powerful Akali upsurge
a. Both the statements are individually true but
statement II is correct explanation of statement I
b. Both the statements are individually true but
statement II is not correct explanation of statement I
c. Statement I is true but statement II is false
d. Statement I is false but statement II is true
17. The Deccan Agriculturists’ Relief Act of 1879
was enacted with which one of the following objectives?
a. Restore lands to the dispossessed peasants
b. Ensure financial assistance to peasants during
social and religious occasions
c. Restrict the sale of land for indebtedness to
outsiders
d. Give legal aid to insolvent peasants
18. Statement I: The oudh kisan sabha established
in 1920 failed to bring under its wing any kisan sabhas
Statement II: The Oudh Kisan sabha asked the
kisans to refuse to till bedhakhil land, not to offer hari and beggar.
a. Both the statements are individually true but
statement II is correct explanation of statement I
b. Both the statements are individually true but
statement II is not correct explanation of statement I
c. Statement I is true but statement II is false
d. Statement I is false but statement II is true
19. Statement I: The United provinces during non
cooperation became one of the strongest bases of the congress
Statement II: The literary outcrop of
non-cooperation in Bengal was quite meagre compared to the days of the swadeshi
agitation.
a. Both the statements are individually true but
statement II is correct explanation of statement I
b. Both the statements are individually true but
statement II is not correct explanation of statement I
c. Statement I is true but statement II is false
d. Statement I is false but statement II is true
20. The Damin-i-koh was created by the British
Government to settle which one of the following communities?
a. Santhals
b. Mundas
c. Oraons
d. Saoras
21. The Limitation Law, which was passed by the British
in 1859, addressed which one of the following issues?
a. Loan bonds would not have any legal validity
b. Loan bonds signed between money lender and
Ryots would have validity only for 3 years
c. Land bonds could not be executed by money
lenders
d. Loan bonds would have validity for 10 years
22. Who among the following was known during the
days of the revolt of 1857 as Danka Shah?
a. Shah Mal
b. Maulavi Ahmadullah
c. Nana sahib
d. Tantia tope
23. The summary settlement of 1856 was based on
which one of the following assumptions?
a. The talukdars were the rightful owners of the
land
b. The talukdars were interlopers with no
permanent stakes in the land
c. Talukdars could evict the peasants from the
lands
d. Talukdars would take a portion of the revenue which
flowed to the state
24. Who amongst the following organized the All
India Scheduled Castes federation?
a. Jyothiba Phule
b. Periyar
c. B.R.Ambedkar
d. M.K. Karunanidhi
25. Who designed the Bombay Secretariat in the
1870s?
a. H.St. Clair Wilkins
b. Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney
c. Purushottamdas thakurdas
d. Nusserwanji Tata
26. Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in
Calcutta?
a. Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini
b. Sister Nivedita
c. Madame Blavatsky
d. Sarojini Naidu
27. Who was the author of the book, Plagues and
peoples?
a. W.L.Thomas
b. Rachel Carson
c. David Cannadine
d. William H. Mc Neill
28. In 1921, during which one of the following
tours, Gandhiji shaved his head and began wearing loincloth in order to identify
with the poor?
a. Ahmedabad
b. Champaran
c. Chauri chaura
d. South India
29. Simla was founded as a hill station to use as
strategic place for billeting troops, guarding frontier and launching campaign
during the course of
a. Anglo-Maratha
b. Anglo-Burmese
c. Anglo-Gurkas
d. Anglo-Afghans
30. Which politician in British India had opposed
to a Pakistan that would mean Muslim Raj here and Hind Raj elsewhere
a. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
b. Sikander Hayat Khan
c. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
d. Rafi Ahmed kidwai
31. Which organization was started at the
Haridwar Kumbh Mela in 1915?
a. Sanatan Dharma Sabha
b. Dev Samaj
c. Brahmin Sabha
d. Hindu Mahasabha
32. Who took over the “Ekta Movement” started by
the Congress in Awadh during 1921 – 1922?
a. Bhagwan Ahir
b. Mandari pasi
c. Baba Ramachandra
d. Shah Naeem Ata
33. Subash Chandra Bose started the “Azad Hind
Radio” in which of the following countries?
a. Japan
b. Austria
c. Germany
d. Malaysia
34. Which political party formally accepted the
cabinet Mission plan on 6th June 1946, which had rejected the demand
for a sovereign Pakistan?
a. Hindu Mahasabha
b. Congress
c. Muslim League
d. The Unionist party
35. The elected president of the All India Kisan
Sabha which met in Vijayawada (1944) was
a. Sahajananda Saraswati
b. Vinoba Bhave
c. Achyut Rao Patwardhan
d. Narendra Dev
36. The college of Fort William was established
by which one of the following Governor – General?
a. Warren Hastings
b. Lord Cornwallis
c. Richard Wellesley
d. William Bentinck
37. The Economic historian, who has used the data
collected by Buchanan-Hamilton to support the thesis of deindustrialization in
19th Century India, is
a. Tirthankar Roy
b. Amiya Kumar Bagchi
c. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
d. Irfan Habib
38. Who among the following European traveller
never returned to Europe and settled down in India?
a. Duarte Barbosa
b. Manucci
c. Tavernier
d. Bernier
39. Which of the following statements about the
non-cooperation movements is/are correct?
1. It was marked by significant of peasants from
Karnataka
2. It was marked by Non-Brahmin lower caste
participation in Madras and Maharashtra
3. It was marked by the lack of labour unrest
places like Assam, Bengal and Madras
4. It was badly shaken by the chauri chaura
incident in 1922 after Gandhiji decided to continue with the movement on a much
smaller scale
Select the correct answer using the code given
below
a. 1 only
b. 2 and 3
c. 1,2 and 4
d. 2 only
40. Who among the following was the founder of
the Phoenix settlement?
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. Swami Vivekananda