Practice 1998 Modern History MCQ questions for UPSC Prelims. Click an option to reveal the answer and explanation instantly.
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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The educated middle class in India:
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“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:
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At the time of India’s Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was:
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The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because:
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When the Indian Muslims League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaqat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of:
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Assertion(A): The Congress rejected the Cripps proposals.
Reason(R): The Cripps Mission consisted solely of whites.
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Lord Mountbatten came to India as a Viceroy with specific instruction to:
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What is the correct sequence of the following events?
1. The August offer
2. The I.N.A trial
3. The Quit India Movement
4. The Royal Indian Naval Ratings’ Revolt.
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Assertion(A): Gandhi stopped the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.
Reason(R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement.
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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 Movement.
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Which one of the following events was characterised by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’?
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Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because:
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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.
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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.
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Which one of the following defines extremist ideology during the early phase of Indian freedom movement?
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The Indian Muslims, in general, were not attracted to the Extremist movement because of:
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What is the correct sequence of the following events?
1. Tilak’s Home Rule League
2. Komagatamaru Incident
3. Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in India
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Who was the leader of the Ghaddar Party?
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