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UPPSC Modern History PYQ [ 2017-2020]

1. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? ( UPPSC 2017)

a) Hector Munro: Battle of Buxar

b) Lord Hastings: Anglo-Nepal War

c) Lord Wellesley: Fourth Anglo Mysore

d) Lord Cornwallis: Third Anglo-Maratha War


Answer. d) Lord Cornwallis: Third Anglo-Maratha War



2. In which of the following years the Jatiya Sarkar was formed in the Midnapur district of Bengal? ( UPPSC 2017)

a) 1939

b) 1940

c) 1941

d) 1942


Answer. d) 1942


3. Which of the following trials attracted worldwide publicity and drew sympathetic comments from Albert Einstein, H.G. Wells, Harold Laski, and Roosevelt in favor of the convicts? (UPPSC 2017)

a) INA trial

b) Lahore conspiracy case

c) Meerut conspiracy case

d) None of the above


Answer. c) Meerut conspiracy case


4. Who remarked about the East India Company that " The Company is an anomaly but it is part of a system where everything is an anomaly"? ( UPPSC 2017)

a) Warren Hastings

b) G.B. Macaulay

c) Lord Clive

d) Henry Dundas


Answer. b) G.B. Macaulay


5. Which of the following pairs is not correctly Matched? ( UPPSC 2017)

        Revolt                    Year

a) Pabna Revolt: 1873

b) Deccan Kisan revolt: 1875

c) Sanyasi revolt: 1894

d) Kol uprising: 1870


Answer. c) Sanyasi revolt ( 1770)


6. Which one of the following social reformers strongly opposed the Jury Act of 1826? ( UPPSC 2017)

a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

c) Mahadev Govind Ranade

d) Raj Narayan Basu


Answer. b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy


7. In which of the following places the Dutch established their trading centers in India? ( UPPSC 2017)

a) Nagapattnam, Chinsura, Machilipatnam

b) Surat, Bharuch, Agra

c) Cochin, Ahmedabad, Patna

d) All of the above


Answer. d) All of the above


8. Who among the following supported the Swaraj Party in the Central Legislative Assembly in pre-independent India? ( UPPSC 2017)

a) MA Jinnah

b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

d) Jawaharlal Nehru


Answer. a) MA Jinnah


9. In which year did Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded "Servant of India Society"? ( UPPSC 2017)

a) 1902

b) 1903

c) 1904

d) 1905


Answer. d) 1905


10. Arrange the following events in correct chronological sequences using the code given below: ( UPPSC 2017)

1. Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act

2. Champaran Satyagraha

3. Kheda Peasant Struggle

4. Ahmedabad Mill Strike

Codes:

a) 2,4,3,1

b) 1,2,3,4

c) 2,1,4,3

d) 3,2,4,1


Answer. a) 2,4,3,1

1. Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act: 1920

2. Champaran Satyagraha: 1917

3. Kheda Peasant Struggle: 22 March  1918

4. Ahmedabad Mill Strike: 18 March, 1918


11. Arrange the following events in their chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below: ( UPPSC 2018)

1. Hunter Commission

2. Sadlar Commission

3. Wood's Despatch

4. Sargeant Plan

Codes:

a) 1,2,4,3

b) 3,2,1,4

c) 1,2,3,4

d) 3,1,2,4


Answer. d) 3,1,2,4

1. Hunter Commission: 1882 

2. Sadlar Commission: 1917

3. Wood's Despatch: 1854

4. Sargeant Plan: 1944


12. Who among the following leaders founded the revolutionary organization-"Abhinav Bharat Society"? ( UPPSC 2018)

a) Bhagat Singh

b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

c) Barindra Kumar Ghosh

d) Pulin Bihari


Answer. b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar 


13. Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

        Rebellion                    Year

a) Santhal                1855

b) Kol                       1831

c) Khasi                    1829

d) Ahom                    1815


Answer. d) Ahom  (1828)                 1815



14. Who among the following Governor Generals ridiculed Congress as representing only a "microscopic minority" of people? ( UPPSC 2018)

a) Lord Dufferin

b) Lord Curzon

c) Lord Minto

d) Lord Lansdown


Answer. a) Lord Dufferin


15.  Given below are two statements, one is labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). ( UPPSC 2018)

Assertion (A): In 1946, the Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan.

Reason (R): The Muslim League joined the interim government formed in 1946.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Answer. b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).


16. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from below: ( UPPSC 2019)

        List I

A. Treaty of Allahabad

B. Treaty of Mangalore

C. Treaty of Salbai

D. Treaty of Madras


    List II

1. 1782

2. 1784

3. 1769

4. 1765

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)    4    2    3    1

b)    2    4    3    1

c)    4    2    1    3

d)    2    4    1    4


Answer. c)    4    2    1    3


17. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below: ( UPPSC 2019)

1. Poona pact

2. Gandhi Irvin Agreement

3. Cripps Mission

4. Civil Disobedience Movement

Codes:

a) 4,2,3,1

b) 2,4,1,4

c) 4,2,1,3

d) 3,1,4,2


Answer. c) 4,2,1,3

1. Poona pact: 1932

2. Gandhi Irvin Agreement: 1931

3. Cripps Mission:1942

4. Civil Disobedience Movement:1930


18. With reference to the Civil Administration in 1905, which of the following is/are correct? ( UPPSC 2019)

1. Lord Curzon decided to rearrange the provincial boundaries.

2. A new province was constituted, called East Bengal and Assam.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2


Answer. c) Both 1 and 2


19. Who prepared the "CR Formula" to remove the political deadlock between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Rajgopalachari

c) Chiitaranjan Das

d) VP Menon


Answer. b) Rajgopalachari


20. The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India was written by ( UPPSC 2019)

a) Partha Sarthi Gupta

b) S. Gopal

c) B. R. Nanda

d) Bipin Chandra


Answer. d) Bipin Chandra


21. In which year was the "Native Mariage Act" passed? ( UPPSC 2019)

a) 1870

b) 1872

c) 1874

d) 1876


Answer. b) 1872


22. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: ( UPPSC 2019)

    List I ( Movement)

A. Pabna

B. Eka

C. Santhal

D. Tana Bhagat


List II ( Year)

1. 1855-56

2. 1873-85

3. 1922

4. 1914

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)    1    2    4    3

b)    2    3    1    4

c)    3    1    4    2

d)    4    3    2    1


Answer. b)    2    3    1    4


23. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below: ( UPPSC 2019

1. Appointment of Simon Commission

2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

3. Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March

4. Death of Ferozshah Mehta

Codes:

a) 4,2,1,3

b) 1,2,4,3

c) 2,3,4,1

d) 4,3,2,1


Answer. a) 4,2,1,3

1. Appointment of Simon Commission: 1927

2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: 1919

3. Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March: 1930

4. Death of Ferozshah Mehta: 1915



24. The trial of the officers of the I.N.A. was held in

a) Red Fort, Delhi

b) Agra Fort

c) Amer Fort, Jaipur

d) Agra Fort


Answer. a) Red Fort


25. Who opposed Planned Development in India? ( UPPSC 2019)

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Indira Gandhi

d) Rajiv Gandhi


Answer. a) Mahatma Gandhi


26. Who of the following was sent as the representative of laborers by the Indian Government in the Washington Summit of I.L.O. in the year 1919? ( UPPSC 2020)

a) V.P Wadia

b) N M Joshi

c) C F Andrews

d) Joseph Baptista


Answer. b) N M Joshi


27. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:  ( UPPSC 2020)

        List I ( Book)

A. The Story of My Deportation

B. Gita Rahasya

C. A Nation in Making

D. India Wins Freedom

List II ( Writer

1. Surendranath Banerjee

2. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

3. Lala Lajpat Rai

4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)    3    4    1    2

b)    4    2    1    3

c)    2    4    1    3

d)    4    3    2    1


Answer. a)    3    4    1    2


28. Who among the following established a modern armory in Dindigul Mysore in 1755? ( UPPSC 2020)

a) Nanjraj

b) Haider Ali

c) Devraj

d) Chikka Krishnaraj


Answer. b) Haider Ali


29. With reference to the Treaty of "Aix-la-Chapelle 1748" which of the following statements is correct? ( UPPSC 2020)

1. The first Carnatic War was ended

2. English got back to Madras

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Codes:

a) 1 only

b) Both 1 and 2

c) 2 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2


Answer. b) Both 1 and 2


30. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: ( UPPSC 2020)

    List I

A. Indian Arm Act

B. Royal Title Act

C. Indian High Court Act

D. Indian Divorce Act


List II

1. 1876

2. 1878

3. 1869

4. 1861

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)    2    3    1    4

b)    3    1    2    4

c)    1    2    3    4

d)    2    1    4    3


Answer. d)    2    1    4    3


31. Who had merged Sikkim in India? ( UPPSC 2020)

a) Lord Hastings

b) Lord William Bentick

c) Lord Dalhousie

d) Lord Auckland


Answer. c) Lord Dalhousie 


32. Who among the following leaders did NOT participate in the Second Round Table Conference? ( UPPSC 2020)

a) MK Gandhi

b) Sarojini Naidu

c) Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya

d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad


Answer. d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad


33. Given below are two statements, one is labeled as Assertion ( A) and the other as Reason ( R): ( UPPSC 2020)

Assertion ( A): The British government introduced different land revenue systems in different parts of India.

Reason ( R): It led to create different classes in the Indian peasantry.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

a) Both ( A) and ( R) are true and ( R) is the correct explanation of ( A).

b) Both ( A) and ( R) are true and ( R) is not the correct explanation of ( A).

c) (A) is true but ( R) is false

d) ( A) is false but ( R) is true.


Answer. b) Both ( A) and ( R) are true and ( R) is not the correct explanation of ( A).



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