UPSC Prelims (Past Year Questions) Modern History 2015-20 - 2 with solutions

With the reference to educational institutions during rule in India, consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given below is/are correct? (2018)

Regarding Wood’s Dispatch, which of the following statements are true?

1. Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.

2. Establishment of universities was recommended.

3. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.

Select the correct answer using the code given below: (2018)

In the Federation established by The Government of India Act of 1935, residuary powers were given to the (2018)

Who among the following was/were associated with the introduction of Ryotwari Settlement in India during the British rule?

1. Lord Cornwallis

2. Alexander Read

3. Thomas Munro

Select the correct answer using the code given below: (2017)

Consider the following statements:

1. The Factories Act, 1881 was passed with a view to fix the wages of industrial workers and to allow the workers to form trade unions.

2. N.M. Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing the labour movement in British India. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (2017)

The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to? (2017)

Consider the following pairs:

1. Radhakanta Deb — First President of the British Indian Association

2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty —Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha

3. Surendranath Banerjee — Founder of the Indian Association

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched? (2017)

In the context of Indian history, the principle of `Dyarchy (diarchy)’ refers to

With reference to Indian freedom struggle, consider the following events :

1. Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy

2. Quit India Movement launched

3. Second Round Table Conference

What is the correct chronological sequence of the above events ? (2017)

The `Swadeshi’ and ‘Boycott’ were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during the (2016)

Satya Shodhak Samaj organized

The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to

Consider the following :

1. Calcutta Unitarian Committee

2. Tabernacle of New Dispensation

3. Indian Reform Association

Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of which of the above? (2016)

What was the main reason for the split in the Indian National Congress at Surat in 1907? (2016)

The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War

With reference to cabinet mission, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. It recommended a federal government.

2. It enlarged the powers of the Indian courts.

3. It provided for more Indians in the ICS

Select the correct answer using the code given below. (2015)

Which one of the following movements has contributed to a split in the Indian National Congress resulting in emergence of ‘moderates’ and ‘extremists’? (2015)

With reference to Rowlatt Satyagraha, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The Rowlatt Act was based on the recommendations of the ‘Sedition Committee’

2. In Rowlatt Satyagraha Gandhiji tried to use the Home Rule League

3. Demonstrations against the Simon Commission coincided with the Rowlatt Satyagraha

Select the correct answer using the code given below. (2015)

With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements:

1. It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes.

2. It wanted to establish the dictatorship of proletariat.

3. It advocated separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (2015)

The Government of India Act of 1919 clearly defined (2015)