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PREVIOUS YEAR’S EXAM QUESTIONS (2013 14) MODERN INDIA IN 71 80

71.       Which of the following statements with regard to the ‘Fifth report’ is are correct?

i.                     It was submitted to the British parliament in 181 for consideration.

ii.                   It became the basis of intense parliamentary debates on the nature of the east India Company’s rule in India.

iii.                  It was primarily on the economic conditions of the urban and industrial centre sod India.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

a)      1 and 3

b)      A and 2

c)       Only 2

d)      All of the above

72.       Consider the following statements about salt Satyagraha.

i.                     It was a form of Civil Disobedience.

ii.                   It was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers.

iii.                  Gandhji first experimented with Salt Satyagraha in South Africa.

Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

a)      Only 1

b)      Only 2

c)       Both 1 and 2

d)      All of these

73.       Which of the following statements about Ryotwari system is / are correct?

i.                     The government collected the revenue directly from the individual cultivators.

ii.                   The cultivators were not recognized in law as the owners of the land.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a)      Only 1

b)      Only 2

c)       Both 1 and 2

d)      Neither 1 nor 2

74.       Consider the following statements.

i.                      Dadabhai naoroji first put forward ‘the theory of drain of wealth.

ii.                   The Indian national congress adopted a resolution to criticize the drain of wealth in its annual session at Calcutta in 1896.

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

75.       Which of the following statements about quit India movement of 1942 is / are correct?

i.                     The movement was massive in character.

ii.                   One of the unique features of the movement was the participation of the 
communists at the local level defying the official stand of the communist party.

iii.                  It was a completely non – violent movement.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

a)      Only 1
b)      1 and 2
c)       Only 2
d)      1 and 3

76.       What was the common element among the following three newspapers?

i.                     The servant of India

ii.                   Dnyan prakash

iii.                  Hitawad

a)      They were newspapers brought out by the Indian national congress

b)      They were newspapers under the influence of socialism

c)       They were newspapers of moderate views brought out by the servants of India Society

d)      They represented the Trade Union Movement in India.

77.       Who among the following was the president of Indian national congress when India 
attained independence?

a)      Jawaharlal Nehru

b)      Vallabhai Patel

c)       Maulana Azad

d)      Acharya Kripalani

78.       The permanent land settlement in Bengal was introduced by

a)      Thomas Reid

b)      Lord Cornwallis

c)       Warren Hastings

d)      Thomas Munro

79.       Name three important forms of satyagraha

a)       non – cooperation, revolution and referendum

b)      Revolution, plebiscite and boycott

c)       Non – cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott

d)      Boycott, civil disobedience and rebellion.

80.   Which one of the following events did not take place during the viceroyalty of Lord 
Curzon?

a)      Formation of Indian national congress

b)      Partition of Bengal

c)       Establishment o the department of archaeology


d)      Second Delhi durbar 

ANSWERS 


71.C
72.C
73.A
74.B
75.B
76.C
77.D
78.B
79.C
80.C