UP PCS PRE Modern History SINCE 1994

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161. The date April 6, 1930 is known in the Indian History for

  • A
  • Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi

  • B
  • First Round Table Conference

  • C
  • Gandhi-Irwin Pact

  • D
  • Jallianwalla Bagh massacre

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Correct Answer : A [Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi]

162. Which of the following struggles of Mahatma Gandhi  was related to industrial workers? 

  • A
  • Champaran Satyagraha

  • B
  • Ahmedabad Struggle

  • C
  • Kheda Struggle

  • D
  • None of these

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Correct Answer : B [Ahmedabad Struggle ]

163. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

  • A
  • Lord Cornwallis – Permanent Settlement

  • B
  • Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Aliance System

  • C
  • Lord Hastings – Second Anglo Maratha War

  • D
  • Lord William Bentinck – Regulation XVIII of 1829

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Correct Answer : C [Lord Hastings – Second Anglo Maratha War]

164. Which one of the following Acts empowered the  Governor General of India to issue Ordinances?

  • A
  • Charter Act of 1833

  • B
  • Indian Council Act of 1861

  • C
  • Indian Council Act of 1892

  • D
  • Indian Council Act of 1909

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Correct Answer : B [Indian Council Act of 1861]

165. The English introduced Rayatwadi settlement in:  

  • A
  • Bengal Presidency

  • B
  • Madras Presidency

  • C
  • Bombay Presidency

  • D
  • Madras and Bombay Presidencies

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Correct Answer : D [Madras and Bombay Presidencies ]

166. Of the following, who was called the ‘Father’ of Indian  unrest?  

  • A
  • A.O. Hume

  • B
  • Dadabhai Naoroji

  • C
  • Lokmanya Tilak

  • D
  • Mahatma Gandhi

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Correct Answer : C [Lokmanya Tilak ]

167. Two home rule leagues were started in 1915-16 under  the leadership of:              

  • A
  • Tilak and Annie Besant

  • B
  • Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh

  • C
  • Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai

  • D
  • Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal

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Correct Answer : A [Tilak and Annie Besant ]

168. Which one of the following Congress leaders was fully  in favour of Cabinet Mission Plan?  

  • A
  • Jawahar Lal Nehru

  • B
  • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

  • C
  • Mahatma Gandhi

  • D
  • Sardar Patel

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Correct Answer : D [Sardar Patel ]

169. Who of the following killed General Dyer responsible for  Jallianwala Bagh massacre?  

  • A
  • Prithvi Singh Azad

  • B
  • Sohan Singh Josh

  • C
  • Udham Singh

  • D
  • Sardar Kishan Singh

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Correct Answer : C [Udham Singh ]

170. Who of the following first mooted the idea of a  Constituent Assembly to frame a Constitution for an  independent India?                          

  • A
  • Swaraj Party in 1935

  • B
  • Congress Party in 1936

  • C
  • Muslim League in 1942

  • D
  • All Parties Conference in 1946

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Correct Answer : A [Swaraj Party in 1935 ]

171. The event, during the national movement, that sowed  seeds of discord and country’s eventual partition, was:  

  • A
  • Birth of Muslim League, 1906

  • B
  • Partition of Bengal, 1905

  • C
  • Gandhiji’s support to the Khilafat movement

  • D
  • Separate electorate and reservation of seats for the Muslims in legislative assemblies

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Correct Answer : D [Separate electorate and reservation of seats for the Muslims in legislative assemblies ]

172. Consider the following statements and select the  correct answer from the codes given hereunder:  Assertion (A): In the wake of Quit India Movement, the  British and Muslims in their common hatred for the  Congress came closer to each other.  Reason (R): Jinnah acted as a staunch ally of the British  government and told Muslims to keep away from the  Congress movement of 1942.  Codes:                  

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

  • B
  • Both A and R are 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 : A [Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. ]

173. Match List–I with List–II and select the correct answer  from the codes given below:  List–I                                  List–II    A. August Declaration    1. Lord Linlithgow  B. August Offer               2. Montague  C. August Resolution      3. M.A. JinnahD. Direct Action               4. Gandhi  Codes:  A B C D                  

  • A
  • 2 1 4 3

  • B
  • 1 2 4 3

  • C
  • 1 2 3 4

  • D
  • 4 1 2 3

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Correct Answer : A [2 1 4 3 ]

174. Match List–I with List–II and select the correct answer  from the codes given below:  List–I                                  List–II  A. Socialist Party             1. C.R. Das  B. Communist Party       2. Ram Manohar  C. Swaraj Party                3. Lala Hardayal  D. Ghadar Party              4. P.C. Joshi Codes:  A B C D  

  • A
  • 2 4 1 3

  • B
  • 3 4 1 2

  • C
  • 2 1 3 4

  • D
  • 4 3 2 1

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Correct Answer : A [2 4 1 3 ]

175. Rabindranath Tagore, the great poet, emerged as a  great painter when his age was about:  

  • A
  • Seven years

  • B
  • Twenty years

  • C
  • Fifty years

  • D
  • Seventy years

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Correct Answer : D [Seventy years ]

176. In the Hunter Commission report, special emphasis was  laid on the development of:  

  • A
  • Girl’s education

  • B
  • Higher education

  • C
  • Primary education

  • D
  • Technical education

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Correct Answer : C [Primary education ]

177. Among the following factories in Bengal, the one  established by the Portuguese was:  

  • A
  • Bandel

  • B
  • Chinsura

  • C
  • Hooghly

  • D
  • Srirampur

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Correct Answer : C [Hooghly ]

178. The main reason for the boycott of Simon Commission  in India was:  

  • A
  • Appointment before time

  • B
  • All the members were Englishmen

  • C
  • Chairman was a member of the British Liberal Party

  • D
  • Gandhiji’s non-cooperation movement

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Correct Answer : B [All the members were Englishmen ]

179. Dyarchy was introduced in India under:          

  • A
  • Government of India Act, 1935

  • B
  • Morley-Minto reforms

  • C
  • Montford reforms

  • D
  • Simon Commission Plan

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Correct Answer : C [Montford reforms ]

180. Poona Pact was signed between:  

  • A
  • Gandhiji and Lord Irwin

  • B
  • Gandhiji and Jinnah

  • C
  • Gandhiji and Subhas Chandra Bose

  • D
  • Gandhiji and Ambedkar

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Correct Answer : D [Gandhiji and Ambedkar ]
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