UPSC Modern Indian History

11. Consider the following statements about Charter Act of 1813:

  1. The Act ended the monopoly of the East India Company in India
  2. The Act expressly asserted the Crown’s sovereignty over the British India
  3. It established provision for spending Rs 1 Lakh every year to promote education in Indian masses

  Which of the above statements is/are correct?

[A] 1 & 2 Only
[B] 3 Only
[C] 2 & 3 Only
[D] 1, 2 & 3

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12. Consider the following statements regarding the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946:

  1. The Cabinet Mission recommended an undivided India.
  2. It provided that all members of the Interim Cabinet would be Indians.
  3. It recognized the Indian right to cede from the Commonwealth.

Which of the above statements is / are correct?

[A] Only 1 and 2
[B] Only 1 and 3
[C] Only 2 and 3
[D] 1, 2 and 3

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13. Consider the following statements about Harijan Sevak Sangh:

  1. It is a non-profit organisation founded by Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the first President of Harijan Sevak Sangh

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

[A] 1 Only
[B] 2 Only
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2

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14. With respect to Bharatiya Mahila Bank consider the following statements:
1. It is the first specialised bank in the world for women
2. The board has all woman directors
3. It prioritises lending to women and their empowerment
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
[A] Only 1 & 3
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3

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15. Identify the personality based on the information below:

  1. One of the first Indian women to practice medicine in colonial India.
  2. Married at the age of 11 to Dadaji Bhikaji.
  3. Instrumental in the enactment of the Age of Consent Act, 1891.

Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] Cornelia Sorabji
[B] Rukhmabai
[C] Asima Chatterjee
[D] Madam Bhikhaiji Cama

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16. Which of the following statements regarding Dr. B. R. Ambedkar is/are correct?

  1. He launched a periodical “Mook Nayak” to highlight the humiliations suffered by the “untouchables”.
  2. He started and led Mahad Satyagraha and attended all the three Round Table Conferences.
  3. He founded the Bharatiya Bauddha Mahasabha.

Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3

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17. Which of the following is / are correct statements about Girmityas:

  1. They are descendants of indentured Indian labourers brought to Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, East Africa, the Malay Peninsula, Caribbean and South America.
  2. Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as first Girmitiya
  3. Under Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana, the first preference will be given to people from ‘Girmitiya countries’

Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] 2 and 3
[B] 1 and 2
[C] 1,2,3
[D] None of the above

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18. Which of the following Round Table Conferences was/were attended by Mahatma Gandhi?

  1. First Round Table Conference
  2. Second Round Table Conference
  3. Third Round Table Conference

Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] Only 2
[B] Only 1 & 2
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3

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19. Which of the following were reasons for the failure of the Cripps Mission?

  1. No assurance of immediate transfer of power
  2. Provision of complete Independence was missing
  3. National Unity was under threat
  4. Indians were given no rights over the Indian defence system

Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] Only 2 & 3
[B] 1, 2 & 3
[C] 1, 3 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4

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20. Consider the following statements about the Portuguese in India:

  1. They had the monopoly over the Eastern trade in the 16th century.
  2. They initially possessed Mumbai.
  3. They had trading settlements at Cochin, Diu, and Daman.
  4. The Mughals denied them any trading concessions.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

[A] 1, 2 and 3
[B] 2, 3 and 4
[C] 1, 2 and 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 and 4

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