Practice 1999 Modern History MCQ questions for UPSC Prelims. Click an option to reveal the answer and explanation instantly.
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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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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Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil Service?
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The term “imperial preference” was applied to the:
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There was no independent development of industries in India during British rule because of the:
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At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon, which one of the following Governors-General kept the British flag flying high in India?
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The Governor-General who followed a spirited “Forward” policy towards Afghanistan was:
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Assertion(A): Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as the most serious rebellion since Sepoy Mutiny.
Reason(R): There was massive upsurge of the peasantry in certain areas.
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Which one of the following leaders of the Congress was totally in favour of the Cabinet Mission Plan?
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Which Indian nationalist leader looked upon a war between Germany and Britain as a God-sent opportunity which would enable Indians to exploit the situation to their advantage?
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“It made its proposals in May. It still wanted a united India. There was to be a Federal Union composed of British provinces.” The above quotation is related to:
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The Congress policy of pray and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of:
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The first venture of Gandhi in all-India politics was the:
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The most short-lived of all of the Britain’s constitutional experiments in India was the:
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Consider the following events:
1. Indigo Revolt
2. Santhal Rebellion
3. Deccan Riot
4. Mutiny of the Sepoys
The correct chronological sequence of these events is:
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
A. 1775 — 1. First Anglo-Burmese War
B. 1780 — 2. First Anglo-Afghan War
C. 1824 — 3. First Anglo-Maratha War
D. 1838 — 4. Second Anglo-Mysore War
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