UP PCS PRE Modern History SINCE 1994

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281. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

  • A
  • Reimposition of Jizya – Farrukhsiyar

  • B
  • Capture of Muslipattam – Forde

  • C
  • Prohibition of Sati Act – Lord William Bentinck

  • D
  • Suppression of Slavery – Malcolm

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Correct Answer : D [Suppression of Slavery – Malcolm]

282. With which of the following movements is Aruna Asaf  Ali associated?

  • A
  • Non-Cooperation Movement

  • B
  • Civil Disobedience Movement

  • C
  • Individual Satyagraha

  • D
  • Quit India Movement

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Correct Answer : D [Quit India Movement]

283. Match List–I with List–II and select the correct answer  using the codes given below the list:  List–I                                                 List–II  A. Lady Catherine Mayo              1. Freedom at Midnight  B. Larry Collins                              2. Mother India  Dominique Lapierre  C. Ram Manohar Lohia                3. Discovery of India  D. Jawaharlal Nehru                     4. Guilty Men of India’s  Partition   Codes:  A B C D

  • A
  • 2 1 4 3

  • B
  • 1 2 3 4

  • C
  • 1 2 4 3

  • D
  • 4 3 2 1

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Correct Answer : A [2 1 4 3]

284. By whom the ‘Quit India’ resolution was moved in the  Bombay Session of the Congress in the year 1942?

  • A
  • Jawaharlal Nehru

  • B
  • Narendra Deo

  • C
  • Rajendra Prasad

  • D
  • J.B. Kripalani

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Correct Answer : A [Jawaharlal Nehru]

285. Lahore Session of Muslim League (1940) was presided  over by

  • A
  • Liaqat Ali Khan

  • B
  • Chaudhary Khaliquzzaman

  • C
  • Mohammad Ali Jinnah

  • D
  • Fatima Jinnah

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Correct Answer : C [Mohammad Ali Jinnah]

286. “Tinkathia System” in Champaran meant

  • A
  • Cultivation of Indigo on the 3/20 area of land.

  • B
  • Cultivation of Indigo on 3/19 area of land.

  • C
  • Cultivation of Indigo on 3/18 area of land.

  • D
  • None of the above.

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Correct Answer : A [Cultivation of Indigo on the 3/20 area of land.]

287. In which of the following Sessions of Indian National  Congress, Mahatma Gandhi said, “Gandhi may die but  Gandhism will remain forever”?

  • A
  • Calcutta Session, 1928

  • B
  • Lahore Session, 1929

  • C
  • Madras Session, 1927

  • D
  • Karachi Session, 1931

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Correct Answer : D [Karachi Session, 1931]

288. Who said:  “Tilak is the father of Indian unrest.”?

  • A
  • V. Chirol

  • B
  • Louis Fischer

  • C
  • Web Miller

  • D
  • Lord Reading

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Correct Answer : A [V. Chirol]

289. The Mountbatten Plan became the basis for

  • A
  • Continuity of British rule

  • B
  • Transfer of power

  • C
  • Partition of the country

  • D
  • Solution of communal problems

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Correct Answer : C [Partition of the country]

290. After the formation of ministries in the provinces in  1937, Congress rule lasted for

  • A
  • 28 months

  • B
  • 29 months

  • C
  • 30 months

  • D
  • 31 months

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Correct Answer : A [28 months ]

291. Who was associated with the formation of the Deccan  Educational Society?

  • A
  • Justice Ranade

  • B
  • Ferozh Shah Mehta

  • C
  • B.G. Tilak

  • D
  • Dayanand Saraswati

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Correct Answer : C [B.G. Tilak]

292. When were High Courts established in Bombay, Madras  and Calcutta?

  • A
  • 1861

  • B
  • 1851

  • C
  • 1871

  • D
  • 1881

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Correct Answer : A [1861]

293. Who of the following had pleaded from the side of  Indian National Army Officers in their Red Fort trial?

  • A
  • C.R. Das

  • B
  • Motilal Nehru

  • C
  • M.A. Jinnah

  • D
  • Sir T.B. Sapru

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Correct Answer : D [Sir T.B. Sapru]

294. Who among the following had resigned from the  Viceroy’s Executive Council protesting Jallianwala Bagh  Massacre?

  • A
  • Rabindranath Tagore

  • B
  • Madan Mohan Malviya

  • C
  • Sir Shankar Nair

  • D
  • All three above

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Correct Answer : C [Sir Shankar Nair]

295. Who amongst the following had demanded first the  dominion status for India?

  • A
  • Raj Gopalachari and Sardar Patel

  • B
  • Pt. Motilal Nehru and Govind Ballabh Pant

  • C
  • Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Jaykar

  • D
  • Jawaharlal Nehru and Jagjeevan Ram

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Correct Answer : C [Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Jaykar]

296. The Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at the time of  Partition of Bengal was

  • A
  • Sir Andrews Fraser

  • B
  • H.H. Risley

  • C
  • Brodrick

  • D
  • A.T. Arundel

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Correct Answer : A [Sir Andrews Fraser]

297. The British journalist H.W. Nevinson was associated with

  • A
  • Non-Cooperation Movement

  • B
  • Civil Disobedience Movement

  • C
  • Swadeshi Movement

  • D
  • Quit India Movement

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Correct Answer : C [Swadeshi Movement ]

298. The last session of the Indian National Congress  attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was

  • A
  • Calcutta Session, 1906

  • B
  • Surat Session, 1907

  • C
  • Calcutta Session, 1917

  • D
  • Amritsar Session, 1919

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Correct Answer : D [Amritsar Session, 1919]

299. In which of his following books did Mahatma Gandhi  call British Parliament as sterile and prostitute?

  • A
  • Sarvodaya or Universal dawn

  • B
  • An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth

  • C
  • Hind Swaraj

  • D
  • The Story of a Satyagrahi

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Correct Answer : C [Hind Swaraj]

300. The task of drafting the Congress Inquiry Committee  report on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was entrusted to

  • A
  • Jawaharlal Nehru

  • B
  • Mahatma Gandhi

  • C
  • C.R. Das

  • D
  • Fazlul Haq

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Correct Answer : B [Mahatma Gandhi ]
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