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PREVIOUS YEAR’S EXAM QUESTIONS (2013 14) MODERN INDIA IN 61 70

61.       The export of slaves from Bengal was banned in which year?

a)      1764

b)      1789

c)       1858

d)      1869

62.       ‘Ring fence’ Policy is associated with

a)      Hendry Lawrence

b)      Dalhousie

c)       Warren Hastings

d)      Lord Clive

63.       Who was the first Indian selected as a member of the British parliament?

a)      RC dutt

b)      Dadabhai Nairobi

c)       Rammohan Roy

d)      Meghnad Desai

64.       The first tribal leader who was inspired by mahatma Gandhi and his ideology was

a)      Allure sitaram Raju

b)      Jodanang

c)       Jhabkar Bapa

d)      Rani Gaidinliu

65.       Who among the following is popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi?

a)      Maulana abul kalam Azad

b)      Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan

c)       Jatin Das

d)      Maulana Muhammad Ali

66.       Who among the following has described the uprising of 1857 as the first Indian War of Independence?

a)      SN sen

b)      RC majumdar

c)        BG tilak

d)      VK savarkar

67.       Arrange the following events of Indian freedom movement in correct sequence beginning from the earliest

i.                     Second round table conference

ii.                   Communal award

iii.                  Poona pact

iv.                 Simon commission

Codes

a)      1, 2, 3, 4
b)      4,3,2, 1
c)       4, 1, 2, 3
d)      3,2, 1, 4

68.       Consider the following statements

i.                     Morley – minto reforms ended the official majority in state legislative assemblies.

ii.                   Despite the government of India Act, 1909 the nom – officials were elected to local bodies indirectly.

Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

a)      Only 1
b)      Only 2
c)       Both 1 and 2
d)      Neither 1 nor 2

69.       No Indian “shall by reason only of his religion place of Birth, descent, colour or any of then be disabled from holding any office of employment under the company”. This was a pledge first given by the

a)       Charter act of 1813

b)      Charter act of 1833

c)       Queen’s proclamations of 1858

d)      Indian civil service act of 1861

70.   Statement I in the 19th century, India was the largest British colony.

Statement II India became a big market for British manufactured goods and a field of investment for foreign capital in the 19th century.

a)      Both the statements are individually true and statement II is the correct explanation of statements I

b)      Both the statements are individually true but statement II is not the correctly explanation of Statement I

c)       Statement I is I true but statement Ii is false


d)      Statement I is false but statement II is true. 

ANSWERS 

61.B
62.C
63.B
64.B
65.B
66.D
67.A
68.C
69.B
70.B