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Modern History

320 questions asked in UPSC Prelims.

1999 · Q94Modern HistoryAdvent Of Europeans & British Expansionmoderate

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: List I (Year) I. 1775 II. 1780 III. 1824 IV. 1838 List II (Event) A) First Anglo-Burmese War B) First Anglo-Afghan War C) First Anglo-Maratha War D) Second Anglo-Mysore War

  1. (a)I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A
  2. (b)I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-B
  3. (c)I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B
  4. (d)I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A
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Official answer(c) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B

1999 · Q98Modern HistoryGandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942)moderate

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.

  1. (a)Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. (b)Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
  3. (c)A is true, but R is false
  4. (d)A is false, but R is true
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Official answer(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

1998 · Q29Modern HistoryGandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942)moderate

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 Movements.

  1. (a)Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. (b)Both A and R are true, but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
  3. (c)A is true, but R is false
  4. (d)A is false, but R is true
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Official answer(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

1998 · Q30Modern HistoryEarly Nationalism & Indian National Congress (1885-1915)moderate

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.

  1. (a)Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. (b)Both A and R are true, but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
  3. (c)A is true, but R is false
  4. (d)A is false, but R is true
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Official answer(d) A is false, but R is true

1998 · Q31Modern HistorySocial & Religious Reform Movementsmoderate

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.

  1. (a)Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. (b)Both A and R are true, but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
  3. (c)A is true, but R is false
  4. (d)A is false, but R is true
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Official answer(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

1998 · Q48Modern HistoryTransfer Of Power & Partition (1945-1947)moderate

The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because

  1. (a)the principle of two Nation theory was then acceptable to them
  2. (b)it was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard
  3. (c)they wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots
  4. (d)India would have otherwise lost the opportunity to attain freedom
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Official answer(c) they wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots