Test: Modern History- 4 - UPSC MCQ

Which of the following were the special features of the Rowlatt Act?

(1) All members of jury were to be Europeans.
(2) Consideration of evidence not admissible by the law of evidence.
(3) Judgment of the special court could not be appealedc

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

 Case                                        Associated personality 
(1) Delhi Conspiracy Case                 Sachin Sanyal 
(2) Alipore Conspiracy Case              Aurobindo Ghosh
(3) Kakori Conspiracy Case               Bhagat Singh
(4) Kanpur Conspiracy Case              S.A Dange

Which of the following were the recommendations of the Whitley Commission?

(1) Adoption of standard wages in jute industries
(2) Formation of works committees to promote cordial relations between the employees and the employers.

What was the role of Alluri Sitaram Raju in Indian national movement?

Which of the following statements are correct?

(1) Large number of women participated in Civil Disobedience Movement.
(2) The participation of workers increased in Civil Disobedience Movement in comparison to Non Cooperation Movement.
(3) Hindu-Muslim unity was better in Civil Disobedience Movement in comparison to Non Cooperation Movement.

Which of the following statements are correct?

(1) Moplah uprising was an agrarian movement.
(2) The Moplah peasants revolted against the Hindu landlords’ oppressive policies.

Which of the following statements are correct regarding Ryotwari settlement?

(1) The Zamindar was responsible to pay land revenue to the state.
(2) A patta was maintained to keep the records of land revenue.
(3) Land revenue was based on the quality of the soil and nature of crop grown

Which of the following statements are correct about Bombay Plan?

(1) It was published by leading industrialist of India.
(2) It focused only on industrialization in India.

Which of the following were the salient features of Charter Act, 1833?

(1) It marked the beginning of legislature in India.
(2) It completely abolished the trade monopoly of East India Company in India

Which of the following statements regarding The Government of India Act, 1919 is/are correct?

(1) The term of Legislative Assembly was to be three years 
(2) The distribution of seats among different provinces was based on the population
(3) Principle of separate electorate was extended to Sikhs. 

Which of the following statements are correct?

(1) Codification of laws was done by Lord Cornwallis
(2) Financial decentralization for the first time was done by Lord Ripon

What was the role of Tatia Tope in 1857 mutiny?

(1) He helped Begum Hazrat Mahal to capture Awadh.
(2) He was commander-in-chief of the army of Nana Saheb
(3) He organized Bhils of Panchamahal region against the British  

What was the main reason for the rise of Faraizi movement?

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

(1) Ramosi rising                    Chittur Singh
(2) Santhal rising                    Birsa Munda
(3) Satara revolt                     Dhar Rao

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

(1) India League                                         Dadabhai Nauroji
(2) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha                      MG Ranade
(3) Bombay Presidency Association       Badruddin Tyabji

The Bombay Presidency Association was formed in 1885 in opposition to 

(1) Salt tax
(2) Lytton’s reactionary policies
(3) Ilbert’s bill controversy
(4) British land revenue policy

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sentenced to six years transportation in 1908​

After the Partition of Bengal, which of the following were the parts of ideology of the extremist leaders?

(1) Belief in the power of masses
(2) Swaraj as the ultimate goal
(3) Supporting the self sacrifice and Direct political action

Which of the following statements are correct about Ghadar party?

(1) The first president of the party was Lala Hardyal
(2) It was based out of San Francisco

Who among the following were associated with Home Rule League?

(1) B.P Wadia
(2) George Arundale
(3) Indulal Yagnik

Which of the following statement(s) regarding The Government of India Act, 1919 is/are correct?

(1) The tenure of Legislative Assembly was to be three years. 
(2) The distribution of seats among different provinces was based on the population.
(3) System of diarchy was introduced in provincial governments.  

What was the role of Tatia Tope in 1857 mutiny?

(1) He was commander-in-chief of the army of Nana Saheb
(2) He organized Bhils of Panchamahal region against the British
(3) He helped Begum Hazrat Mahal to capture Awadh.