Modern History: Miscellaneous (Part-III)

Total Questions: 50

31. Consider the following events connected with Indian National Movement and find the correct chronological order of the events from the codes given below : [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

(1) Demise of B.G. Tilak

(2) Passing of Rowlatt Bill as an Act

(3) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

(4) Amritsar Session of Indian National Congress, 1919

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

Correct Answer: (a) 2, 3, 4, 1
Note:

The correct chronological order of the above events is –

Passing of Rowlatt Bill as an Act - March 18, 1919
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - April 13, 1919
Amritsar Session of Indian National Congress - December 26-30, 1919
Demise of B.G. Tilak - August 1, 1920

32. Arrange the following events related to the Indian National Movement in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below : [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]

Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March
Poona Pact
Communal Award
Gandhi-Irwin Pact

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

Correct Answer: (a) 1, 4, 3, 2
Note:

The chronological order of events is as follows :

Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March- 12 March to 5 April, 1930
Poona Pact- 24 September, 1932
Communal Award- 16 August, 1932
Gandhi-Irwin Pact- 5 March, 1931
So, the correct chronological order is 1, 4, 3, 2.

33. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below : [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

I. Poona Pact

II. Gandhi-Irwin Agreement

III. Cripps Mission

IV. Civil Disobedience Movement

(a) IV, II, III, I
(b) II, IV, III, I
(c) III, II, I, IV
(d) IV, III, II, I

Correct Answer: (c) III, II, I, IV
Note:

Civil Disobedience Movement was started with the breaking of Salt law by Mahatma Gandhi on 6 April 1930, which discontinued after the Gandhi-Irwin pact held on 5 March, 1931. Poona Pact was held on 24 September 1932. Cripps Mission arrived in India in March, 1942.

34. Arrange the following events connected with Indian National Movement in their chronological order : [M.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2003 M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1995]

Home Rule Movement
Champaran Satyagrah
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Amritsar Session of Indian National Congress

Select the correct answer from the code given below :

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

Correct Answer: (a) 1, 2, 3, 4
Note:

The correct chronological order of events is as follows:

Home Rule Movement - 1916
Champaran Satyagraha - 1917
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - April 13, 1919
Amritsar Session of Indian National Congress - 26-30 December, 1919

35. In which chronological order the following events took place ? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004]

i. Chauri-Chaura Episode

ii. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

iii. Rowlatt Satyagraha
iv. Champaran Satyagraha

(a) i ii iii iv
(b) iv iii ii i
(c) ii iii iv i
(d) iii ii iv i

Correct Answer: (c) ii iii iv i
Note:

Gandhi, the exponent of the Satyagraha Movement, staged his first Satyagraha in Champaran, Bihar (in 1917). In the Champaran of Bihar, the cultivators were forced by Europeans to grow indigo, a blue dye and this imposed on them untold sufferings. They could not grow the food they needed, nor did they receive adequate payment for the indigo. Gandhi decided to start his first Satyagraha for the cause of the peasants. Rowlatt Act was passed in March, 1919 by the British Government while Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on April 13, 1919 in which British troops fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in Amritsar in the Punjab of India, killing nearly thousand people and wounding many hundreds more. The Chauri-Chaura episode took place on February 4, 1922, just after this incident, Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Non-Cooperation Movement.

36. Arrange the following events connected with Indian National Movement in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below : [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]

Rowlatt Act, 1919
Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
Amritsar Session of Indian National Congress, 1919
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, 1919

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

Correct Answer: (b) 2, 1, 4, 3
Note:

The correct order of the events is :

Rowlatt Act - March 18, 1919
Rowlatt Satyagraha - April 6, 1919
Amritsar Session of Indian National Congress - December 26-30, 1919
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - April 13, 1919
Thus, option (b) is the correct answer.

37. Consider the following events connected with India's struggle for independence and find the correct sequence of the events from the code given below : [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004]

Champaran Satyagraha
Rowlatt Satyagraha
Home Rule Movement
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

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

Correct Answer: (a) 3, 1, 2, 4
Note:

The correct order of the events is :

Home Rule Movement - 1916
Champaran Satyagraha - 1917
Rowlatt Satyagraha - April 6, 1919
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - April 13, 1919

38. Which of the following pairs is correct? [66th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2020]

(a) Vinoba Bhave - Second Individual Satyagrahi
(b) C.R. Das - Deshbandhu
(c) William Wedderburn - Congress President in 1907
(d) Shyamji Krishna Verma - Founder of India House in Paris
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer: (b) C.R. Das - Deshbandhu
Note:

Vinoba Bhave was 1st Individual Satyagrahi, Rasbehari Ghosh was president of Surat Session of Congress in 1907, whereas Shyamji Krishna Verma was founder of India House in London. Hence option (b) is correct as C.R. Das was popularly called as Deshbandhu.

39. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list: [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Mains) 2010]

List – I (Movement)	List – II (Person)
A. Home Rule Movement	1. M.K. Gandhi
B. Bardoli Satyagraha	2. Ram Singh
C. Non-Cooperation Movement	3. Vallabhbhai Patel
D. Establishment of Swaraj Party	4. Annie Besant

Code :

	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	2	3	4
(b)	4	3	1	2
(c)	4	3	2	1
(d)	2	1	4	3

Correct Answer: (b)
Note:

Home Rule Movement (September, 1916) was established by Annie Besant, Bardoli Satyagraha (February, 1928) - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Non-Cooperation Movement (August, 1920) - M.K. Gandhi and Swaraj Party (January 1923) was established by C.R. Das. Thus, option (b) is the correct answer.

40. Match the following : [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]

List-I	List-II
A. Mahatma Gandhi	1. Dandi March
B. Jawaharlal Nehru	2. Red Shirt Movement
C. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan	3. Bardoli Satyagraha
4. Demand for Complete Independence in Lahore Session	4. Demand for Complete Independence in Lahore Session

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	4	1	3	2
(b)	4	3	2	1
(c)	2	1	4	3
(d)	1	4	2	3

Correct Answer: (d)
Note:

The correctly matched order is :

Mahatma Gandhi - Dandi March
Jawaharlal Nehru - Demand for Complete Independence in Lahore Session
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan - Red Shirt Movement
Vallabhbhai Patel - Bardoli Satyagraha

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