Practice 2002 Modern History MCQ questions for UPSC Prelims. Click an option to reveal the answer and explanation instantly.
Which one of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy’s authority over his Executive Council by substituting “Portfolio” or departmental system for corporate functioning?
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Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons demanding India’s direct representation in the British parliament?
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The members of the Constituent Assembly which drafted the Constitution of India were:
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Match List-I (Person) with List-II (Event):
A. Macdonald — 1. Doctrine of Lapse
B. Linlithgow — 2. Communal Award
C. Dalhousie — 3. August Offer
D. Chelmsford — 4. Dyarchy
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The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of:
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Assertion(A): The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak.
Reason(R): The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary.
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The President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was:
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The real intention of the British for including the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to:
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During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts called for:
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With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is not correct?
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With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is not correct?
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With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?
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Match List-I (Acts of Colonial Government of India) with List-II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
A. Charter Act, 1813 — 1. Set up a Board of Control in Britain to fully regulate the East India Company's trade monopoly in India was ended
B. Regulating Act — 2. Company's trade monopoly in India was ended
C. Act of 1858 — 3. The power to govern was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown
D. Pitt's India Act — 4. The Company's directors were asked to present to the British government all correspondence and documents pertaining to the administration of the company
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Which one of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy’s authority over his Executive Council by substituting “Portfolio” or departmental system for corporate functioning?
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Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons demanding India’s direct representation in the British parliament?
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The members of the Constituent Assembly which drafted the Constitution of India were:
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Match List-I (Person) with List-II (Event):
A. Macdonald — 1. Doctrine of Lapse
B. Linlithgow — 2. Communal Award
C. Dalhousie — 3. August Offer
D. Chelmsford — 4. Dyarchy
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The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of:
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Assertion(A): The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak.
Reason(R): The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary.
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The President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was:
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