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Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 1

Consider the following pairs:
Movement: Organization Leader
1. All India Anti-Untouchability League: Mahatma Gandhi
2. All India Kisan Sabha: Swami Sahajanad Saraswati
3. Self Respect Movement: E.V. Ramaswami Naicker
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

[2019]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 1

While in jail, Gandhi set up the All India Anti Untouchability League in September 19323 All India Kisan Congress/Sabha: This sabha was founded in Lucknow in April 1936 with Swami Sahjanand Saraswati as the president and N.G. Ranga as the  general secretary. During the 1920s in South India, the non-brahmins organised the Self-Respect Movement led by E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker.
• So, D: all three are correct.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 2

Consider the following statements about 'the Charter Act of 1813':
1. It ended the trade monopoly of the East India Company in India except for trade in tea and trade with China.
2. It asserted the sovereignty of the British Crown over the Indian territories held by the Company.
3. The revenues of India were now controlled by the British Parliament.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

[2019]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 2

• The Company's monopoly over trade in India ended, but the Company retained the trade with China and the trade in tea.  So #1 is right.
• The Company was to retain the possession of territories and the revenue for 20 years more, without  prejudice to the sovereignty of the Crown. So, #2 is right but #3 is wrong. Hence answer A: 1 and 2 only.

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Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 3

With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is correct?

[2019]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 3

Bipan Chandra's India Since Independence, Ch.31 on Land Reforms (III)
• In most states, initially, the ceilings were imposed on individual and not family holdings, enabling landowners to divide up their holdings 'notionally' in the names of relatives merely to avoid the ceiling. So, A is wrong.
• A large number of exemptions to the ceiling limits were permitted by most states following the Second Plan recommendations that certain categories of land could be exempted from ceilings. These were tea, coffee and rubber plantations, orchards, specialized farms etc. So, D is wrong.
• C is a 'hyperbole' wrong statement. Land reform is not responsible for cash crop cultivation becoming predominant in India. Besides, majority of India's area under cultivation is foodgrains and cereals. (and not cash crops) as per Table3, page 101 of Economic Survey 2017-18.
• Thus, B is the most suitable answer.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 4

Consider the following events:
1. The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in Indi(a)
2. India's then largest bank, 'Imperial Bank of India', was renamed 'State Bank of India'.
3. Air India was nationalised and became the national carrier.
4. Goa became a part of independent India 
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?

[2018]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 4

• As early as in 1957, the Congress party had the bitter taste of defeat in Keral(a) In the assembly elections held in March 1957, the Communist Party won the largest number of seats to the Kerala legislature….The governor invited E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the leader of the Communist legislature party, to form the ministry. For the first time in the world, a Communist party government had come to power through democratic elections.
• This means 1 comes in between 2 (SBI-1955) and 4 (Goa-60s). Correct option should have this pattern: _ - 2 - _ - 1 - _ - 4. Only Option B fits this pattern. # Answerkey-Prelims-2018: Science

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 5

Which one of the following foreign travellers elaborately discussed about diamonds and diamond mines of India?

[2018]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 5

• Jean-Baptiste Tavernier: was a French traveler who visited India between 1640 and 1667. Being a diamond merchant, he was particularly interested in diamonds and visited various diamond mines in India, especially those of the Deccan.
• Jean De Thevenot (1626): one of the first French travellers, graphically describes the cultivation of indigo and the extent of its cultivation in his book Remonstrantie.
• Frenchman, Francois Bernier (1656- 58). His book Travels in the Mughal Empire mentioned the life of the peasantry, their poor conditions, towns, industries, life in the countryside and the urban culture and, above all, the major manufactures of India
• Abbe Carre also a Frenchman, visited Mughal India between 1672 and 1674 and recorded his information in The travels of Abbe Carre in India and the Near East. He wrote about the port towns and the role of the newly formed French East India Company.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 6

Who among the following were the founders of the "Hind Mazdoor Sabha" established in 1948?

[2018]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 6

The Founding Conference elected Com. Ashok Mehta as the General Secretary and Com. G.G. Mehta and V.S. Mathur as Secretaries. Ms. Maniben Kara and Com. T.S. Ramanujam were elected as Vice-Presidents of HMS. So, D is most fitting.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 7

Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India?
1. Charter Act of 1813
2. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823
3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy
Select the correct answer using the code given below

 [2018]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 7

All three were responsible for the introduction of English education in India

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 8

Regarding Wood's Dispatch, which of the following statements are true?
1. Grants-in-Aid system was introduce(d)
2. Establishment of universities was recommende(d)
3. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommende(d)
Select the correct answer using the code given below :

 [2018]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 8

Wood's dispatch recommended that Primary and secondary education should be in Vernacular language.*" so statement#3 is wrong, and by elimination we are left with Answer A: only 1 and 2.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 9

With reference to educational institutes during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs of Institution vs Founder:
1. Sanskrit College at Benaras: William Jones
2. Calcutta Madarsa: Warren Hastings
3. Fort William College: Arthur Wellesley
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

[2018]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 9

1. In 1791 due to the sincere efforts of the British resident, Jonathan Duncan, a Sanskrit College was established to promote the study of Hindu laws and philosophy in Banaras. And Sir William Jones is associated with Asiatic Society of Bengal (NCERT themes-II page 232).
So, #1 is wrong. A and C eliminate(d)
2. Fort William College was established by Lord Wellesley (1798) for the training of civil servants. But, Arthur Wellesley was the brother of Lord Wellesley who fought the 4th Anglo-Mysore war against Tipu Sultan. Arthur Wellesley, forced Tipu to retreat to his capital Srirangapattinam. (Tamilnadu board History textbook Class 12 page 29). So #3 is wrong, C and D eliminate(d)
3. Thus by elimination, we are left with B: only 2.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 10

Which among the following events happened earliest?

[2018]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 10

• 1859: Neeldarpan was written
• 1863: Satyendranath cleared CSE.
• 1875: Arya Samaj was founde(d)
• 1882: Anandmath was written.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 11

Economically, one of the results of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the

[2018]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 11

Commercialization of Indian agriculture was among the major impacts of British rule on Indian economy.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 12

Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord  Wellesley?

[2018]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 12

Point A, B and D were the salient features of Subsidiary Alliance, hence "C" doesn't apply.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 13

The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were

[2018]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 13

• NEW NCERT, Std 8- Our Past III, Chapter 2: "….The fine qualities of cotton and silk produced in India had a big market in Europe…. The competition among the European companies inevitably pushed up the prices at which these goods could be purchase(d)"
• NEW NCERT St(d)12- Ch.12 Colonial Cities: "….By the end of the nineteenth century, half the imports and exports of India passed through Bombay. One important item of this trade was opium that the East India Company exported to Chin(a)"
• "Indigo and saltpetre were the other major imports from India, and the fact that both products were produced in the eastern Gangetic plain, especially in Bihar, stimulated British efforts to establish factories on the east coast as well as the west coast of the Indian subcontinent." So Saltpetre was indeed exported otherwise British wouldn't have made efforts to setup factories on East coast.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 14

With reference to cultural history of India, consider the following statements:
1. Most of the Tyagaraja Kritis are devotional songs in praise of Lord Krishn(a)
2. Tyagaraja created several new ragas.
3. Annamacharya and Tyagaraja are contemporaries.
4. Annamacharya kirtanas are devotional songs in praise of Lord Venkateshwar(a)
Which of the statements given above are correct?

[2018]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 14

Annamacharya belonged to 15th century. So, Annamacharya and Tyagaraja (born in 1767) can't be be contemporaries. By elimination we get B: 2 and 4 only.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 15

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

[2016]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 15

(i) The main proposals of the plan of Sir Stafford Cripps was that an Indian Union with a dominion status would be set up; it would be free to decide its relations with the Commonwealth and free to participate in the United Nations and other international bodies.
(ii) Cripps proposed to give dominion status to India after WW2.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 16

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

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Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 16

(i) Extremists and moderates both seemed to be locking horns. The Extremists thought that the people had been encouraged and the battle for freedom had begun.
They felt the time had come for the big push to drive the British out and considered the Moderates to be a stumbling block to the movement.
(ii) So, Surat split occurred because extremists were dissatisfied with Moderates’ capacity to negotiate with the British.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 17

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]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 17

In 1881, Keshab Chandra Sen established Naba Bidhan (New Dispensation) meaning new universalist religion after having differences within Brahmo Samaj. He was also part of Indian reform association to legalize Brahmo marriage and to fix minimum age of marriage. Calcutta Unitarian Committee was formed by Raja Rammohan Roy, Dwarkanath Tagore and William Adam, hence irrelevant to the question. Hence Answer (b) only 2 and 3.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 18

The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to

[2016]

Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 18

(i) The Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms were reforms introduced by the British Government in India to introduce self-governing institutions gradually to India. The reforms were outlined in the Montagu-Chelmsford Report prepared in 1918 and formed the basis of the Government of India Act 1919.
(ii) They’re related to Constitutional reforms.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 19

Satya ShodhakSamaj organized

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Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 19

Satyashodhak Samaj is a society established by Jyotirao Phule on September 24, 1873. This was started as a group whose main aim was to liberate the social shudra and untouchable castes from exploitation and oppression.

Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 20

The Government of India Act of 1919 clearly defined

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Detailed Solution for Test: Modern History - 1 - Question 20

The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms which became the Government of India Act in 1919 clearly defined the jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments.

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