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Modern History UPSC PYQ 2008

11 questions from the UPSC 2008 examination.

11 questions

1Easyprelims2 marks
Revolutionary & Communist Movements

During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called ‘Free Indian Legion’?

ALala Hardayal
BRashbehari Bose
CSubhas Chandra Bose
DV. D. Savarkar
2Easyprelims2 marks
Early Nationalism & Indian National Congress (1885-1915)

Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885?

AAhmadabad
BBombay
CCalcutta
DDelhi
3Easyprelims2 marks
British Administration & Economic Policies

Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?

ALord Irwin
BLord Reading
CLord Chelmsford
DLord Wavell
4Easyprelims2 marks
Post-Independence India

Which was the Capital of Andhra State when it was made a separate State in the year 1953?

AGuntur
BKurnool
CNellore
DWarangal
5Easyprelims2 marks
Key Personalities & Ideologies

Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?

AAl-Hilal
BComrade
CThe Indian Sociologist
DZamindar
6Easyprelims2 marks
British Administration & Economic Policies

Who among the following used the phrase ‘Un-British’ to criticize the English colonial control of India?

AAnandmohan Bose
BBadruddin Tyabji
CDadabhai Naoroji
DPherozeshah Mehta
7Mediumprelims2 marks
Key Personalities & Ideologies

Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?

AA. N. Sinha
BBraj Kishore Prasad
CJ. B. Kriplani
DRajendra Prasad
8Easyprelims2 marks
Early Nationalism & Indian National Congress (1885-1915)

Who among the following rejected the title of Knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India?

AMotilal Nehru
BM. G. Ranade
CG. K. Gokhale
DB. G. Tilak
9Mediumprelims2 marks
Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942)

Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939. Reason (R): The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war against Germany in the context of the Second World War.

ABoth A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true but R is false
DA is false but R is true
10Mediumprelims2 marks
Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947)

Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy’s Executive Council in which all the portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by the Indian leaders?

ASimon Commission
BSimla Conference
CCripps Proposal
DCabinet Mission
11Mediumprelims2 marks
Early Nationalism & Indian National Congress (1885-1915)

Who among the following gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old?

AAurobindo Ghosh
BR. C. Dutt
CSyed Ahmad Khan
DViraraghavachari
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