Modern History: Miscellaneous (Part-V)

Total Questions: 50

11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

List-I (Event)List-II (Occasion)
A. Complete Independence Resolution of Congress1. 26 January, 1930
B. Purna Swaraj Day2. 31 December, 1929
C. Dandi March3. July, 1931
D. Second Round Table Conference5. September, 1931

Code :

ABCD
(a)1234
(b)2145
(c)5413
(d)3425

 

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:The dates of various events is as follows —
Complete Independence Resolution of Congress - 31 December, 1929
Purna Swaraj Day - 26 January, 1930
Dandi March - 12 March, 1930 (start)
Second Round Table Conference - 7 September to 1 December 1931

12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the Lists: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

List-IList-II
A. Annie Besant1. Home Rule Movement
B. Dr. Rajendra Prasad2. Champaran Satyagraha
C. Jawaharlal Nehru3. Lucknow Session of Indian National Congress, 1916
D. Ambika Charan Majumdar4. Lahore Session of Indian National Congress, 1929

Code :

ABCD
(a)1243
(b)1234
(c)4321
(d)3214

 

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:Annie Besant began Home Rule Movement in September, 1916. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was an associate of Mahatma Gandhi during Champaran Satyagraha of 1917. Jawahar Lal Nehru presided over the Lahore Session of Indian National Congress in 1929. Ambika Charan Majumdar was the President of Lucknow Session of INC in 1916, during which the agreement between Muslim League and Congress was settled. So, the correct answer is option (a).

13. Arrange the following according to the sequence of events: [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2003]

  1. C.R. Formula
  2. Cabinet Mission
  3. Gandhi-Jinnah Dialogue
  4. Wavell Plan
Correct Answer: (a) 1, 3, 4, 2
Solution:Correct sequence of the above events is –
C.R. Formula - July, 1944
Gandhi Jinnah Dialogue - September, 1944
Wavell Plan - June, 1945
Cabinet Mission - Declaration in February, 1946 which arrived in India in March, 1946, so the correct sequence is 1,3,4,2.

14. Match the List-I with List-II & Select the correct answer by using codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2009]

List-I (Event)List-II (Year)
A. Non-cooperation Movement1. 1942
B. Civil Disobedience Movement2. 1937
C. Formation of Congress Ministries3. 1930
D. Quit India Movement4. 1920

Code :

ABCD
(a)1234
(b)4321
(c)2143
(d)3412

 

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:Non-cooperation Movement-1920-22, Civil Disobedience Movement started in 1930, Formation of Congress Ministries in 1937 and Quit India Movement was started in 1942. Thus, the correct answer is option (b).

15. Match the List-I with List-II and select correct answer by using codes given below: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2003]

List-IList-II
A. Madan Mohan Malviya1. Founder of Home Rule League
B. Motilal Nehru2. Launched Servants of India Society
C. Mrs. Annie Besant3. Founder of Banaras Hindu University
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale4. Established Swaraj Party with others

Code :

ABCD
(a)3412
(b)4321
(c)1234
(d)2143

 

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows—
Madan Mohan Malviya - Founder of Banaras Hindu University
Motilal Nehru - Founder of Swaraj Party with other People (1923)
Mrs. Annie Besant - Founder of Home Rule League
Gopal Krishna Gokhale - Established Servants of India Society (1905).

16. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

Correct Answer: (a) Ghadar Party - Lala Lajpat Rai
Solution:Ghadar Party was formed by Sohan Singh Bhakna, Lala Hardayal etc. in San Francisco (United States of America) in 1913. Thus, option (a) is not correctly matched.

17. Consider the following events during India’s freedom struggle: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2004]

  1. Chauri-Chaura Outrage
  2. Minto-Morley Reforms
  3. Dandi March
  4. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
    Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events above?
Correct Answer: (b) 2, 4, 1, 3
Solution:The correct chronology is Minto-Morley (Morley-Minto) Reforms in 1909, Montague-Chelmsford Reforms in 1919, Chauri-Chaura Outrage in 1922 and Dandi March in 1930. Thus, the correct order is 2, 4, 1, 3.

18. The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for: [U.P.P.C.S. CSE (Pre) 2017]

Correct Answer: (d) a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.
Solution:The Trade Dispute Act of 1929 was implemented on an experimental basis for five years. By this Act, provision was made for the formation of Board of Conciliation and Court of Inquiry for investigation and settlement of trade disputes. Strike or lock-out of publicly useful services such as railways, post, telegraph and telephone without prior notice was prohibited by the act.

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

List-I (Event)List-II
A. Indian Council1. Beginning of Dyarchy System
B. Government of India Act, 19352. 1916
C. Lucknow Pact3. Lord Minto
D. The Government of India Act, 19194. Provincial Autonomy

Code :

ABCD
(a)1234
(b)4321
(c)2413
(d)3421

 

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:Indian Council Act, 1909 was passed by Secretary of State for India John Morley & Viceroy of India Lord Minto is known as Morley-Minto Reforms. Provincial Autonomy was provided by Government of India Act, 1935 and Dyarchy System in Provinces came from Government of India Act, 1919 (Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms) while Lucknow pact or League Pact was finalised in 1916 by true efforts of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Tilak. So option (d) is correctly matched.

20. Find the correct chronological order of the following events from the codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2004]

  1. Civil Disobedience Movement
  2. Individual Satyagraha
  3. Quit India Movement
  4. Cripps Mission
Correct Answer: (a) 1, 2, 4, 3
Solution:The correct chronological order of the above events is as follows:
Civil Disobedience Movement - 1930
Individual Satyagraha - 1940
Cripps Mission - March, 1942
Quit India Movement start - August, 1942
So correct answer is option (a).