Modern history UPSC/IAS previous Year Questions 2021

1. In the first quarter of

seventeenth century, in

which of the following

was/were the

factory/factories of the

English East India Company

located?

Broach
Chicacole
Trichinopoly

Select the correct answer

using the code given below.

(a)1 only

(b) 1 and 2

(d) 2 and 3

2. With reference to

Madanapalle of Andhra

Pradesh, which one of the

following statements is

correct?

(a) Pingali Venkayya
designed the tricolour Indian
National Flag here.

(b) Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led
the Quit India Movement of Andhra region from here.

(d) Madame Blavatsky and
Colonel Olcott set up
headquarters of
Theosophical Society first
here.

3. Consider the following statements :

The Montagu-Chelmsford

Reforms of 1919

recommended granting

voting rights to all the

women above the age of 21.

The Government of India

Act of 1935 gave women

reserved seats in legislature.

Which of the statements

given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

4. With reference to 8th

August, 1942 in Indian

history, which one of the

following statements is

correct?

(a) The Quit India Resolution
was adopted by the AICC.

(b) The Viceroy’s Executive
Council was expanded to
include more Indians.

(d) Cripps proposed an
Indian Union with full
Dominion Status once the
Second World War was over.

5. Who among the following is

associated with ‘Song from

Prison’, a translation of

ancient Indian religious lyrics

in English?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) Sarojini Naidu

6. Who among the following

was associated as Secretary

with Hindu Female School

which later came to be

known as Bethune Female

School?

(a) Annie Besant

(b) Debendranath Tagore

(d) Sarojini Naidu

In the context of Colonial

India, Shah Nawaz Khan,

Prem Kumar Sehgal and

Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are

remembered as

(a) leaders of Swadeshi and
Boycott Movement

(b) members of the Interim
Government in 1946

(d) officers of the Indian
National Army

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Modern history UPSC/IAS previous Year Questions 2021