Practice Modern History MCQ questions for UPSC Prelims. Click an option to reveal the answer and explanation instantly.
Match List I with II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
A. 1883 - 1. Announcement of Communal Award from Whitehall
B. 1906 - 2. Formation of the All India State Peoples Conference
C. 1927 - 3. Foundation of Muslim League at Dacca
D. 1932 - 4. First session of National Conference at Calcutta
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
A. Butler Committee - 1. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
B. Hurtog Committee Report - 2. Relationship between the Indian State and the Paramount Power
C. Hunter Inquiry Committee - 3. Working of Dyarchy as laid down in the Report. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
D. Muddiman Committee Report - 4. The growth of education potentialities of its further progress
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The first feature film(talkie) to be produced in India was:
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The paintings of Abanindranath Tagore are classified as:
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Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress:
1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress
2. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress
3. The first Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume
4. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894.
Which of these statements are correct?
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Consider the following statements:
1. St. Francis Xavier was one of the founding members of the Jesuit Order.
2. St. Francis Xavier died in Goa and a church is dedicated to him there.
3. The Feast of St. Francis Xavier is celebrated in Goa each year.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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With reference to Indian History, Alexander Rea, A. H. Longhurst, Robert Sewell, James Burgess and Walter Elliot were associated with:
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
A. Abhinav Bharat Society - 1. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
B. Anushilan Samiti - 2. Lala Hardayal
C. Gadar Party - 3. C.R. Das
D. Swaraj Party - 4. V.D. Savarkar
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
A. Surendranath Banerjee - 1. Hind Swaraj
B. M.K. Gandhi - 2. The Indian Struggle
C. Subhash Chandra Bose - 3. Autobiographical
D. Lajpat Rai - 4. A Nation in Making
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Which one of the following is an important historical novel written during the latter half of the nineteenth century?
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M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the:
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Who was the leader of the Ghaddar Party?
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Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
1. Theodore Beck: Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College, Aligarh
2. Ilbert Bill: Ripon
3. Pherozeshah Mehta: Indian National Congress
4. Badruddin Tyabji: Muslims League
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
A. Shyamji Krishna Varma - 1. Bande Mataram
B. Madame Bhikaji Cama - 2. Indian Sociologist
C. Annie Besant - 3. The Talwar
D. Aurobindo Gosh - 4. Commonweal
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‘Abinava Bharat’ a secret society of revolutionaries was organised by:
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
A. The First Indian War of Independence - 1. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Anand Math - 2. Sri Aurobindo
C. Life Divine - 3. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
D. Sadhana - 4. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
A. Chittagong Armoury Raid - 1. Kalpana Dutt
B. Abhinav Bharat - 2. Guru Ram Singh
C. Anushilan Samiti - 3. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
D. Kuka Movement - 4. Aurobindo Ghosh
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Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
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