Modern-history / Modern History / 2016

Prelims PYQ - 2016

Q1.   The 'Swadeshi' and 'Boycott' were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during the
(a)   Agitation against the Partition of Bengal
(b)   Home Rule Movement
(c)   Non-Cooperation Movement
(d)   Visit of the Simon Commission to India

Q2.   Satya Shodhak Samaj organized
(a)   a movement for upliftment of tribals in Bihar.
(b)   a temple-entry movement in Gujarat.
(c)   an anti-caste movement in Maharashtra.
(d)   a peasant movement in Punjab.

Q3.   The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to
(a)   social reforms
(b)   educational reforms
(c)   reforms in police administration
(d)   constitutional reforms

Q4.   Consider the following: 1. Calcutta Unitarian Committee 2. Tabernacle of New Dispensation 3. Indian Reform Association Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of which of the above?
(a)   1 and 3 only
(b)   2 and 3 only
(c)   3 only
(d)   1, 2 and 3

Q5.   What was the main reason for the split in the Indian National Congress at Surat in 1907?
(a)   Introduction of communalism into Indian politics by Lord Minto
(b)   Extremists’ lack of faith in the capacity of the moderates to negotiate with the British Government
(c)   Foundation of Muslim League
(d)   Aurobindo Ghosh’s inability to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress

Q6.   The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War
(a)   India should be granted complete independence.
(b)   India should be partitioned into two before granting independence.
(c)   India should be made a republic with the condition that she will join the Commonwealth.
(d)   India should be given Dominion status.