Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?
- (a)Fort William
- (b)Fort St. George
- (c)Fort St. David
- (d)Fort St. Angelo
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Official answer(b) Fort St. George
Modern History
320 questions asked in UPSC Prelims.
The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, written during the Swadeshi Movement of India, inspired the Liberation Struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. Who wrote this song?
- (a)Rajni Kanta Sen
- (b)Dwijendralal Ray
- (c)Mukunda Das
- (d)Rabindranath Tagore
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Official answer(d) Rabindranath Tagore
The first Factory Act restricting the working hours of women and children and authorizing local governments to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?
- (a)Lord Lytton
- (b)Lord Bentinck
- (c)Lord Ripon
- (d)Lord Canning
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Official answer(c) Lord Ripon
Who among the following wrote the book "Bahubivah"?
- (a)Raja Rammohun Roy
- (b)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- (c)Pandita Rambai
- (d)Rabindranath Tagore
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Official answer(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Who among the following wrote “The Communist Manifesto” along with Karl Marx?
- (a)Emile Durkheim
- (b)Friedrich Engels
- (c)Robert Owen
- (d)Max Weber
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Official answer(b) Friedrich Engels
Which portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946?
- (a)Defence
- (b)External Affairs and Commonwealth
- (c)Food and Agriculture
- (d)None
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Official answer(c) Food and Agriculture
Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?
- (a)Lord Canning
- (b)Lord Dalhousie
- (c)Lord Hardinge
- (d)Lord Lytton
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Official answer(a) Lord Canning
Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama : 1. Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in Paris in the year 1907. 2. Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji. 3. Madam Cama was born to Parsi parents. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)1, 2 and 3
- (b)2 and 3, only
- (c)1 and 2, only
- (d)3 only
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Official answer(b) 2 and 3, only
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
- (a)States Reorganization Act : Andhra Pradesh
- (b)Treaty of Yandabu : Assam
- (c)State of Bilaspur : Himachal Pradesh
- (d)Year 1966 : Gujarat becomes a State
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Official answer(d) Year 1966 : Gujarat becomes a State
Consider the following statements: 1. The Charter Act 1853 abolished East India Company’s monopoly of Indian trade. 2. Under the Government of India Act, 1858, the British Parliament abolished the East India Company altogether and undertook the responsibility of ruling India directly. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)1 only
- (b)2 only
- (c)Both 1 and 2
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2
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Official answer(b) 2 only
Which one of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Anand Math?
- (a)Bhil uprising
- (b)Rangpur and Dinapur uprising
- (c)Bishnupur and Birbhum rebellion
- (d)Sanyasi rebellion
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Official answer(d) Sanyasi rebellion
In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?
- (a)Bangalore
- (b)Madras
- (c)Masulipatnam
- (d)Surat
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Official answer(d) Surat
With reference to the revolt of the year 1857, who of the following was betrayed by a friend; captured and put to death by the British?
- (a)Nana Sahib
- (b)Kunwar Singh
- (c)Khan Bahadur Khan
- (d)Tantia Tope
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Official answer(d) Tantia Tope
Under whose presidency was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress held in the year 1929 wherein a resolution was adopted to gain complete independence from the British?
- (a)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- (b)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- (c)Jawaharlal Nehru
- (d)Motilal Nehru
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Official answer(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away from the Congress?
- (a)Indian Freedom Party
- (b)Azad Hind Fauj
- (c)Revolutionary Front
- (d)Forward Bloc
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Official answer(d) Forward Bloc
Consider the following statements : The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for 1. The provincial autonomy 2. The establishment of Federal Court 3. All India Federation at the centre Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)1 and 2
- (b)2 and 3
- (c)1 and 3
- (d)1, 2 and 3
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Official answer(d) 1, 2 and 3
Consider the following statements : 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 established 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 is/are correct?
- (a)1 and 2
- (b)2 and 3
- (c)1 and 3
- (d)1, 2 and 3
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Official answer(b) 2 and 3
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battles fought in India in the 18th Century?
- (a)Battle of Wandawash - Battle of Buxar - Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey
- (b)Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey - Battle of Wandawash - Battle of Buxar
- (c)Battle of Wandawash - Battle of Plassey - Battle of Ambur - Battle of Buxar
- (d)Battle of Ambur - Battle of Buxar - Battle of Wandawash - Battle of Plassey
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Official answer(b) Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey - Battle of Wandawash - Battle of Buxar
Consider the following statements: 1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when Shimla Conference took place. 2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi rose against the Government. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)1 only
- (b)2 only
- (c)Both 1 and 2
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2
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Official answer(b) 2 only
Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?
- (a)Jhansi
- (b)Chittor
- (c)Jagdishpur
- (d)Lucknow
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Official answer(b) Chittor
Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857, belong to?
- (a)Bihar
- (b)Madhya Pradesh
- (c)Rajasthan
- (d)Uttar Pradesh
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Official answer(a) Bihar
Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched? Movement / Satyagraha Person Actively Associated With 1. Champaran Rajendra Prasad 2. Ahmedabad Mill Workers Morarji Desai 3. Kheda Vallabhbhai Patel Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- (a)1 and 2
- (b)2 and 3
- (c)1 and 3
- (d)1, 2 and 3
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Official answer(c) 1 and 3
Who among the following was not associated with the formation of U.P. Kisan Sabha in February 1918?
- (a)Indra Narain Dwivedi
- (b)Gauri Shankar Misra
- (c)Jawaharlal Nehru
- (d)Madan Mohan Malviya
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Official answer(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
Who among the following drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the Karachi Session of Congress in 1931?
- (a)Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
- (b)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
- (c)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- (d)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Official answer(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a communist party of India?
- (a)H.K. Sarkar
- (b)P.C. Joshi
- (c)M.C. Chagla
- (d)M.N. Roy
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Official answer(d) M.N. Roy