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Modern History: Miscellaneous (Part-IV)

📆 October 26, 2024

Total Questions: 50

1. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1997]

List-I List-II
A. August Declaration 1. Lord Linlithgow
B. August Offer 2. Montagu
C. August Resolution 3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
D. Direct Action Day 4. Mahatma Gandhi

Code :

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

 

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:

Montague announced August Declaration on 20 August, 1917, for future policies of British India in reference to India. August Offer was stated by Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of India on 8 August 1940 regarding the proposal of Congress passed during World War II. Mahatma Gandhi by August Resolution (with the slogan of 'do or die') in 1942 declared to begin 'Quit India Movement' (also known as 'August Revolution'). Muslim League was not satisfied with the recommendations of Cabinet Mission, so League called 16 August, 1946 as Direct Action Day for the demand of establishment of sovereign & independent state of Pakistan. The main purpose of League was to spread communal riots.

2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Re. Exam) (Pre) 2013]

List-I List-II
A. The Government of India Act, 1935 i. 1935
B. Cripps Proposals ii. 1940
C. August Offer iii. 1945
D. Wavell Plan iv. 1942

Code:

A B C D
(a) iv iii ii i
(b) i iv ii iii
(c) i iv iii ii
(d) i ii iii iv

 

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:he correctly matched list is as follows :
  • Government of India Act - 1935
  • Cripps Proposal - 1942
  • August Offer - 1940
  • Wavell Plan - 1945

3. Which of the following events happened first? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

Correct Answer: (b) Arrival of the Cripps Mission
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows -
  • Arrival of the Cripps Mission - March, 1942
  • Quit India Resolution - August, 1942
  • Arrival of Lord Wavell as the - October, 1943
  • Governor General (Viceroy)
  • Arrival of the Cabinet Mission - March, 1946

4. Consider the following events and arrange these in chronological order: [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2016]

I. Cripps proposal

II. August offer

III. Wavell plan

IV. C.R. Formula

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

Correct Answer: (b) II, I, IV, III
Solution:Correct order of events is as follows:
  • August offer (August 1940), Cripps proposal (March 1942), C.R. Formula (July 1944), Wavell Plan (1945)

5. Arrange the following events in chronological order. [U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

  1. August Offer
  2. Cripps Mission
  3. Quit India Movement
  4. Desai-Liaquat Pact
Correct Answer: (a) 1, 2, 3, 4
Solution:The correct chronology of events is as follows:
  • August Offer - 1940
  • Cripps Mission - March, 1942
  • Quit India Movement - August, 1942
  • Desai-Liaquat Pact - 1945

6. The ‘Deepavali Declaration’ issued in the year 1929 was related to the : [U.P.P.C.S. (Re. Exam) (Pre) 2015]

It is a statement that clarified the British government's intention to help India gain dominion status. A statement that did not mention a timeline for India's dominion status

Correct Answer: (b) Dominion status
Solution:

The ‘Deepavali Declaration’ issued by then Viceroy Lord Irwin on October 31, 1929 was related to the dominion status of India.

7. Which of the following is not correctly matched ? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

Correct Answer: (a) Famine in Western U.P. - 1871-72
Solution:The famine in Western Uttar Pradesh occurred in 1860-61. Rest of all are correctly matched.

8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [I.A.S. (Pre) 1997]

List-I List-II
A. Butler Committee Report 1. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
B. Hartog Committee Report 2. Relationship between the Indian State and Paramount Power
C. Hunter Inquiry Committee Report 3. Working of Dyarchy as laid down in the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
D. Muddiman Committee Report 4. The growth of education in British India and potentialities of its further progress

Code :

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

 

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:To investigate the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April 13, 1919 the British Government had appointed Hunter Committee. Gandhi termed it as ‘page after page of shamelessly disguised official white-wash’. Butler Committee was appointed in 1927 to investigate and clarify the relationship between the Indian Princely States and British Government. The Indian Statutory Commission in 1929 was constituted as an auxiliary committee under the chairmanship of Sir Philip Joseph Hartog to inquire into the conditions of education in India. Muddiman Committee was related to Montague-Chelmsford reforms of 1919.

9. Which one of the following statements is not correct? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2005]

Correct Answer: (d) Lala Lajpat Rai was never elected as President of Indian National Congress.
Solution:Mahatma Gandhi wrote his biography originally in Gujarati language. British Government appointed Sadler Commission to study the problems of Calcutta University in the leadership of Dr. M.E. Sadler. Hindu College (1817) of Calcutta was the first institution which helps in spreading English education in India. Lala Lajpat Rai was elected the President of Calcutta Session (Special) of Indian National Congress. So statement (d) is not correct.

10. Match List- I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below the lists: [I.A.S. (Pre) 1997]

List-I List-II
A. Surat Split 1. 1929
B. Communal Award 2. 1928
C. All Party Convention 3. 1932
D. Poona Swaraj Resolution 4. 1907
5. 1905

Code :

A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 5
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 2 5 4 1
(d) 1 4 2 3

 

 

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows :
  • Surat Split - 1907
  • Communal Award - 1932
  • All Party Convention - 1928
  • Poorna Swaraj Resolution - 1929
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