Modern History UPSC PYQ 1998

Who was the leader of the Ghaddar Party?

Assertion (A): The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911. Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cultivator could read.

What is the correct sequence of the following events? I. The August Offer II. The I.N.A. trial III. The Quit India Movement IV. The Royal Indian Naval Ratings’ Revolt Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which one of the following defines extremist ideology during the early phase of Indian freedom movement?

Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy with specific instructions to

The Indian Muslims, in general, were not attracted to the Extremist movement because of the

Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-cooperation Movement in 1922. Reason (R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement.

What is the correct sequence of the following events? I. Tilak’s Home Rule League II. Kamagatamaru Incident III. Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in India Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Assertion (A): The Congress rejected the Cripps proposals. Reason (R): The Cripps Mission consisted solely of whites.

At the time of India’s Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was

When the Indian Muslim League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaqat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of

Assertion (A): Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end the Moderates’ role in the Indian freedom movement. Reason (R): The Surat session of Indian National Congress separated the Extremists from the Moderates.

Assertion (A): The Khilafat movement did bring the urban Muslims into the fold of the National Movement. Reason (R): There was a predominant element of anti-imperialism in both the National and Khilafat Movements.

Which one of the following events was characterised by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’?

“The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise.” This statement is attributed to

The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? I. Theodore Beck : Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh II. Ilbert Bill : Ripon III. Pherozesha : Indian National Congress IV. Badruddin Tyabji : Muslim League Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The educated middle class in India

Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because