Modern History: Miscellaneous (Part-I)

Total Questions: 50

31. Who of the following had written, "India's salvation will not be achieved under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi"? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

Correct Answer: (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Solution:Writing in his much-acclaimed book The Indian Struggle, Subhas Chandra Bose stated: "Mahatma Gandhi has rendered and will continue to render phenomenal service to his country." But, he added, "India's salvation will not be achieved under his leadership."

32. "Everything else can wait, but not agriculture." [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

The above statement is attributed to:

Correct Answer: (b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Solution:After Independence, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru stated that "Everything else can wait, but not agriculture."

33. In which year was the first cloth mill established in Bombay? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (d) 1854
Solution:The first Indian cotton cloth mill was established in 1818 at Fort Gloster (Kolkata), but it failed. The first successful modern cloth mill was established in Bombay (Mumbai) in the year 1854. It was the first cotton textile mill of Bombay. It was established by a Parsi cotton merchant, Cowaszee Nanabhoy Davar.

34. "Kings are made for Public; Public is not made for the King." [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

Who among the following made this statement during the National Movement?

Correct Answer: (c) Dadabhai Naoroji
Solution:This statement was made by the Grand old man of India, the well-known industrialist, educationist, and thinker Dadabhai Naoroji.

35. The founder of the Boy Scouts and Civil Guides Movement in India was - [I.A.S. (Pre) 1993]

Correct Answer: (d) Baden-Powell
Solution:On August 1, 1907, Robert Baden-Powell took a diverse group of 20 adolescents to Brown Sea Island in Dorsetshire where they set up camp for a fortnight. It was a great success and the start of the Boy Scouts and Civil Guides Movement in the United Kingdom.

After that, in 1908, the Boy Scouts Movement began worldwide with the publication of the first installment of Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys. Thus, Baden-Powell is considered the founder of the Boy Scouts and Civil Guides Movement in India. In India, scouting was introduced in 1909 and guiding in 1911.

36. In the context of Indian history, the Rakhmabai case of 1884 revolved around: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2020]

  1. Women's right to gain education
  2. Age of consent
  3. Restitution of conjugal rights

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only
Solution:Rakhmabai was one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India. She was also involved in a landmark legal case involving her marriage as a child bride between 1884 and 1888. This case led to the enactment of the Age of Consent Act in 1891.

37. Who said, "Freedom is almost within reach, we have to seize it"? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004]

Correct Answer: (a) Mahatma Gandhi
Solution:At the time of Quit Movement which was started on August 9, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi said; "Freedom is almost within reach. we have to seized it. On the same occasion. Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan of "Do or Die."

38. Consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2005]

  1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern.
  2. A Supreme Court was establishment at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.
  3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: (b) 2 and 3
Solution:Lord Cornwallis was the first Governor-General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern. Thus, statement 1 is wrong. The Regulating Act of 1773 established a Supreme Court at Fort William, Calcutta.

Thus, statement 2 is correct. The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was drafted in 1860 on the recommendations of the first law commission. Thus statement 3 is also correct. Thus, option (b) is the correct answer.

39. The Anglo-Afghan relations in the 19th century were influenced by the fear of whose expansion towards India? [U.P. P.C.S. (Spl.) (Mains) 2004]

Correct Answer: (d) Russia
Solution:The fear of expansion of Russia towards India in the 19th century was the base of Anglo-Afghan relations. After the treaty of Turkmenchay in 1828 between Russia and Iran, British feared a Russian invasion of India through the Khyber and Bolan Passes as the Russian empire had expanded towards the British dominion of India.

40. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below the lists: [I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]

List-IList-II
A. 17751. First Anglo-Burmese War
B. 18262. First Anglo-Afghan War
C. 18033. First Anglo-Maratha War
D. 18384. Second Anglo-Mysore War

Code:

ABCD
(a)4321
(b)4312
(c)3412
(d)3421

 

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows:
First Anglo-Burmese War - (1824-1826) (British v/s Burma)
First Anglo-Afghan War - (1839-1842) (British v/s Afghan)
First Anglo-Maratha War - (1775-1782) (British v/s Marathas)
Second Anglo-Mysore War - (1780-1784) (British v/s Kingdom of Mysore).

Note: Although First Anglo-Afghan war was declared in 1838 A.D., but the actual war started in 1839 A.D. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.