Modern History UPSC PYQ 2005

Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act?

Consider the following statements : 1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women. 2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University. 3. Keshav Chandra Sen’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the then Governor General. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements : 1. In the First Round Table Conference Dr. Ambedkar demanded electorates for the depressed classes. 2. In the Poona Pact, special provisions for representation of the depressed people in the local bodies and civil services were made. 3. The Indian National Congress did not take part in the Third Round Table Conference. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Where were the Ghadar revolutionaries, who became active during the outbreak of the World War I, based?

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battles fought in India in the 18th Century?

Consider the following statements : 1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern 2. A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773. 3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who among the following was not associated with the formation of U.P. Kisan Sabha in February 1918?

Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched? Movement / Satyagraha Person Actively Associated With 1. Champaran Rajendra Prasad 2. Ahmedabad Mill Workers Morarji Desai 3. Kheda Vallabhbhai Patel Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857, belong to?

Consider the following statements: 1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when Shimla Conference took place. 2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi rose against the Government. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements: On the eve of the launch of Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi 1. Asked the Government servants to resign. 2. Asked the soldiers to leave their posts. 3. Asked the Princes of the Princely States to accept the sovereignty of their own people. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?

In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a communist party of India?

In which one of the following provinces was a Congress Ministry not formed under the Act of 1935?

Consider the following statements : The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for 1. The provincial autonomy 2. The establishment of Federal Court 3. All India Federation at the centre Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

What was Komagata Maru?

Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?

Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away from the Congress?

At which Congress Session was the Working Committee authorized to launch a programme of Civil Disobedience?

Who among the following drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the Karachi Session of Congress in 1931?