UP PCS PRE Modern History SINCE 1994

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201. The first Indian Prime Minister who visited Afghanistan is 

  • A
  • Jawaharlal Nehru

  • B
  • I.K. Gujral

  • C
  • A.B. Vajpayee

  • D
  • Manmohan Singh

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Correct Answer : A [Jawaharlal Nehru ]

202. Which one of the following Satyagrahas was not led by  Mahatma Gandhi?              

  • A
  • Quit India Movement

  • B
  • Civil Disobedience

  • C
  • Bardoli

  • D
  • Kheda

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Correct Answer : C [Bardoli]

203. Which one of the following was not the language in  which ‘The Indian Opinion’ paper was published?

  • A
  • English

  • B
  • Gujarati

  • C
  • Tamil

  • D
  • Urdu

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Correct Answer : D [Urdu]

204. Who accused Indian National Congress of practising  politics of ‘prayer, petition and protest’?

  • A
  • B.G. Tilak

  • B
  • M.A. Jinnah

  • C
  • S.C. Bose

  • D
  • Annie Besant

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Correct Answer : A [B.G. Tilak]

205. Vande Mataram became the theme song of the Indian  National Movement during

  • A
  • Champaran Movement

  • B
  • Civil Disobedience Movement

  • C
  • Non-Cooperation Movement

  • D
  • Swadeshi Movement

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Correct Answer : D [Swadeshi Movement]

206. Which one of the following was favoured by Nehru, but  not favoured by Gandhiji?

  • A
  • Truth

  • B
  • Non-violence

  • C
  • Untouchability

  • D
  • Heavy industrialisation

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Correct Answer : D [Heavy industrialisation]

207. Consider:  Assertion (A): Nehru had no regard for the Upanishads.  Reason (R): His attitude was scientific.  Now select your answer from the following codes:

  • A
  • Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

  • B
  • Both A and R are individually true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

  • C
  • A is true, but R is false.

  • D
  • A is false, but R is true.

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Correct Answer : D [A is false, but R is true.]

208. Who was the founder of Servants of India Society?

  • A
  • Madan Mohan Malaviya

  • B
  • Sarojini Naidu

  • C
  • Justice Ranade

  • D
  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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Correct Answer : D [Gopal Krishna Gokhale]

209. Who among the following was the founder of the ‘Satya  Shodhak Samaj’?

  • A
  • Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

  • B
  • Jyotiba Phule

  • C
  • Narayan Guru

  • D
  • Ramaswamy Naicker

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Correct Answer : B [Jyotiba Phule]

210. Where was the first Madarsa set up by the British in  India?

  • A
  • Madras

  • B
  • Bombay

  • C
  • Aligarh

  • D
  • Calcutta

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Correct Answer : D [Calcutta]

211. Who among the following Pakistani Nationals was  awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’ by the Indian Government?

  • A
  • Liaqat Ali Khan

  • B
  • M.A. Jinnah

  • C
  • Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  • D
  • Muhammad Iqbal

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Correct Answer : C [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan]

212. Arrange the following events in chronological order and  choose the correct answer using the codes given below.  A. Amritsar Incident B. Chauri Chaura Incident  C. Champaran Movement D. Moplah Revolt  Codes:

  • A
  • A, B, C, D

  • B
  • B, A, C, D

  • C
  • C, A, D, B

  • D
  • C, A, B, D

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Correct Answer : C [C, A, D, B]

213. The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was:

  • A
  • Non-Cooperation Movement

  • B
  • Salt Movement

  • C
  • Quit India Movement

  • D
  • Indigo Movement

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Correct Answer : D [Indigo Movement]

214. Under whose tenure was the ‘Permanent Settlement’  introduced?

  • A
  • Warren Hastings

  • B
  • Lord Cornwallis

  • C
  • Sir John Shore

  • D
  • Lord Wellesley

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Correct Answer : B [Lord Cornwallis]

215. Who declared “Every blow that is hurled on my back  will be a nail in the coffin of the British Empire”?

  • A
  • Lala Lajpat Rai

  • B
  • Bhagat Singh

  • C
  • Chandra Shekhar Azad

  • D
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Correct Answer : A [Lala Lajpat Rai]

216. Who was the founder of All India Muslim League?

  • A
  • Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

  • B
  • Sir Mohammad Iqbal

  • C
  • Sir Agha Khan

  • D
  • Nawab Salimullah Khan

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Correct Answer : C [Sir Agha Khan]

217. Who was the first Lady President of All India Congress?

  • A
  • Srimati Annie Besant

  • B
  • Srimati Sarojini Naidu

  • C
  • Srimati Nellie Sengupta

  • D
  • Srimati Aruna Asaf Ali

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Correct Answer : A [Srimati Annie Besant]

218. Lord Macaulay is associated with

  • A
  • reforms in Army

  • B
  • abolition of Sati System

  • C
  • English education

  • D
  • Permanent Settlement

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Correct Answer : C [English education]

219. Who was nominated as the President of the Indian  National Congress after the resignation of Subhash  Chandra Bose?

  • A
  • Abul Kalam Azad

  • B
  • Rajendra Prasad

  • C
  • Pattabhi Sitaramayya

  • D
  • Vallabh Bhai Patel

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Correct Answer : B [Rajendra Prasad]

220. Who authored the famous book ‘The Indian Struggle’?

  • A
  • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

  • B
  • Jawaharlal Nehru

  • C
  • Lala Lajpat Rai

  • D
  • Subhash Chandra Bose

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Correct Answer : D [Subhash Chandra Bose]
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