History - Prelims PYP Part 4 - 2005

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1.

2005,History

Consider the following statements :

On the eve of the launch of Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi:
1. asked the Government servants to resign.
2. asked the soldiers to leave their posts.
3. asked the Princes of the Princely States to accept the sovereignty of their own people.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 2 and 3

(c) 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

2.

2005,History

Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?

(a) Annie Beasant

(b) A. O. Hume

(c) Michael Madhusudan Dutt

(d) R. Palme Dutt

3.

2005,History

Consider the following statements :

1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim
of encouraging education for women.
2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University.
3. Keshav Chandra Sen’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati
by the then Governor General.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 2

(c) 2 and 3

(d) 1, 2 and 3

4.

2005,History

In which one of the following provinces was a Congress Ministry not formed under the Act of 1935?

(a) Bihar

(b) Madras

(c) Orissa

(d) Punjab

5.

2005,History

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

6.

2005,History

Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?

(a) Jhansi

(b) Chittor

(c) Jagdishpur

(d) Lucknow

7.

2005,History

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

8.

2005,History

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

9.

2005,History

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

10.

2005,History

What was Komagata Maru?

(a) A political party based in Taiwan

(b) Peasant communist leader of China

(c) A naval ship on voyage to China

(d) A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his Long march

11.

2005,History

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

12.

2005,History

Who among the following was the Chairman of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constitution Assembly?

(a) B. R. Ambedkar

(b) J. B. Kripalani

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar

13.

2005,History

At which Congress Session was the Working Committee authorized to launch a programme of Civil Disobedience?

(a) Bombay

(b) Lahore

(c) Lucknow

(d) Tripuri

14.

2005,History

Where were the Ghadar revolutionaries, who became active during the outbreak of the World War I based?

(a) Central America

(b) North America

(c) West America

(d) South America

15.

2005,History

Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act?

(a) Lord Dufferin

(b) Lord Ripon

(c) Lord Curzon

(d) Lord Hardinge