MODERN INDIA AND CULTURE

PRELIMS QUESTIONS

1. SCENARIO BEFORE 1857 7. Assertion (A): The First War of Indian Independence started
in 1857. 1985
1. First Europeans, who started trade with India, were 1979 Reason (R): The soldiers refused to use the greased cartridges.
(a) The Portuguese (b) The British (a) If (A)and (R)both are correct and (R)is the correct
(c) The French (d) The Dutch explanation of (A)
2. The French supremacy in India came to an end with the
(b) If (A) and (R) both are correct but (R) is not the
1979
correct explanation of (A)
(a) Battle of Wandiwash (b) Battle of Plassey
(c) Battle of Buxar (d) Battle of Panipat (c) If (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct
3. Why could British only succeed in trade and commerce in (d) If (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect
India? 1979 8. The first political association in the Bombay Presidency was
established by 1985
(a) Because of government backing
(b) Quality of merchandise (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Naval superiority (b) S. N. Bannerjee
(d) All of the above (c) Jaganath Shannkarseth
4. Which of the following was the main feature of the policy of (d) Annie Besant
Dual Government of British rulers in India? 1980 9. The intensity of famine increased in India, under the British
(a) The English collected the revenues with the help of rule because 1991
Indian Officials and they became virtually the head of (a) The failure of monsoons became frequent
the civil and military administration. (b) The drain of wealth from India was uncontrolled
(b) The general administrative body consisted of two (c) Of the poor distributionof food grains
categories of rulers. (d) Discriminatory protection was extended, to food
(c) Main items of administration were in the hands of local processing industries
kings and rest were in the hands of British rulers. 10. When the Portuguese arrived in India, the foreigners whom
(d) Some portions of land were ruled by the local kings. the encountered as trade rivals were the 1991
5. The first among the following to establish trade links with (a) Persians (b) Arabs
India were 1980 (c) Dutch (d) English
(a) Dutch (b) French 11. Which one of the following was the state that was not annexed
(c) Portuguese (d) English by Lord Dalhousie by using the Doctrine of Lapse? 1992
6. Write the correct chronological order of the following (a) Nagpur (b) Udaipur
annexations by the Britishers. 1984 (c) Mysore (d) Satara
1 Oudh 2. Punjab 12. Which one of the following was given to King Charles II as
3. Upper Burma part of his dowry on the occasion of his marriage with Queen
Choose the correct code: Catherina of Braganz? 1992
(a) 3, 2, 1 (b) 1, 2, 3 (a) Bombay (b) Chandranagore
(c) 1, 3, 2 (d) 2, 1, 3 (c) Cochin (d) Tranquebar
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 British in the 21. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
13. The Ryotwari Settlement was introduced by the 1993 (a) Battle of Buxar-Mir Jafar vs. Clive 1995
(b) Battle of Wandiwash-French vs. East India Company
(a) Bengal Presidency (c) Battle of Chilianwala--Dalhousie vs.
Marathas
(b) Madras Presidency India Company
(d) Battle of Kharda-Nizam vs. East
th
(c) Bombay Presidency
Presidencies 22. The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to
(d) Madras and Bombay 1838 tribal people by: 1995
organisation established in India in (b) Thakkar Bappa
14. The first political 1993 (a) Mahatma Gandhi
was known as (c) Jyotiba Phule (d) B.R. Ambedkar
(a) British India Society did not believe in the drai
Society 23. Who among the following leaders
(b) Bengal British India theory of Dadabhai Naoroji? 1996
(c) Settlers Association (b) R.C. Dutt
(a) B.G. Tilak
(d) Zamindary Association
company to trade with India (c) M.G. Ranade (d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
15. The first to start a joint stock 1994 Who among the following was associated with
suppression of
were the 24.
1997
(a) Portuguese (b) Dutch thugs?
(d) Danish (a) General Henry Prendergast
(c) French
Subsidiary Alliance was (b) Captain Sleeman
16. The first Indian ruler who joined the 1994 (c) Alexander Burres
(a) The Nawab of Oudh (d) Captain Robert Pemberton
(b) The Nizam of Hyderabad 25. Match List-I with List II and select the correct answer using
1999
(c) Peshwa Baji Rao II the codes given below the lists:
(d) The King of Travacore List-I (Year) List-II (Event)
capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was A. 1775 1. First Anglo-Burmese War
17. The
1994 B. 1780 2. First Anglo-Afghan War
(a) Amritsar (b) Patiala C. 1824 3 First Anglo-Maratha War
(c) Lahore (d) Kapurthala D. 1838 4. Second Anglo-Mysore War
18. Hooghly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal Codes:
1995 (b) A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2
by: (a) A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1
(a) The Portuguese (b) The French (c) A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2 (d) A-3 B-4 C-2 D-1
(d) The British
(c) The Danish
26. Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies
19. The Modi seript was employed in the documents of the: in foreign countries on modern lines? 2001
1995
(a) Haider Ali (b) Mir Qasim
(a) Wodeyars (b) Zamorins (d) Tipu Sultan
(c) Shah Alam II
(c) Hoysalas (d) Marathas
4005 27. Under the Permanent Settlement, 1893, the Lamindars are
20. Examine the map given below:
required to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued
The places marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 were respectively the seats of by many of the Zamindars. The reason was: 2001
powers of the:
(a) The Zamindars were trusted by the farmers.
(b) There was no officials check upon the Zamindars.
(c) It was the responsibility of the British government.
(d) The farmers were not interested in getting pattas
28. With which one of the following mountain tribes did the
British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani
in the year 1765? 2002
(a) Garos (b) Khasis
(c) Kukis (d) Tipperahs
29. With reference to the entry of European powers into Ind
(a) Scindias, Holkars, Gaekwads and Bhonsles which one of the following statements is not correct? 2003
(b) Holkars, Scindias, Gaekwads and Bhonsles (a) The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499.
(c) Gaekwads, Bhonsles, Scindias and Holkars (b) The English opened their first factory in South India at
(d) Scindias, Holkars, Bhonsles and Gaekwads Masulipatam.

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 (c) In Eastern India, the English Company opened its first (c) The modern Kochi was first a Dutch colony before
factory in Orissa in 1633. the Portuguese took over.
(d) Under the leadership of Dupleix, the French occupied (d) The modern Kochi never became a part of a British
Madras in 1746. colony.
30. In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established 36. Which one of the following is the correct chronological
their earliest factory at: 2003 order of the battles fought in India in the 18h Century?
(a) Surat (b) Pulicat 2005
(c) Cochin (d) Cassimbazar (a) Battle of Wandiwash-Battle of Buxar-Battle of
Ambur-Battle of Plassey
31. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
2003
(b) Battle of Ambur-Battle of Plassey-Battle of
Wandiwash-Battle of Buxar
(a) Ali Mardan Khan introduced the system of revenue (c) Battle of Wandiwash-Battle of Plassey-Battle of
farming in Bengal. Ambur-Battle of Buxar
(b) Maharaja Ranjit Singh set up modern foundries to 37. In October 1920, who headed a group of Indians gathered
manufacture cannons at Lahore. at Tashkent to set up a communist party of India? 2005
(c) Sawai Jai Singh of Amber had Euclid's Elements of (a) H.K. Sarkar (b) P.C. Joshi
Geometry' translated into Sanskrit. (c) M.C. Chagla (d) M.N. Roy
(d) Sultan Tipu of Mysore gave money for the construction 38. The ruler of which one of the following States was removed
of the idol of Goddess Sharda in the Shringeri temple. from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
32. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? 2004 2007
List-I (Period) List-II (War) (a) Awadh (b) Jhansi
1 AD 1767-69 First Anglo-Maratha War (c) Nagpur (d) Satara
2 AD 1790-92 Third Mysore War 39. Who among the following Europeans were the last to come
to pre-independence India as traders? 2007
3. AD 1824-26 First Anglo-Burmese War
(a) Dutch (b) English
4. AD 1845-46 Second Sikh War
(c) French (d) Portuguese
Select the correct answer using the codes given below: 40. What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to
Codes:
invade India and fight the third battle of Panipat? 2010
(a) 2 and 4 (b) 3 and 4 (a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of
(c) land 2 (d) 2 and 3 his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore.
33. Consider the following princely States of the British rule in (b) The frustrated governor of Jalandhar Adina Beg
India: 2004 Khan invited him to invade Punjab.
1 Jhansi 2, Sambalpur (c) He wanted to punish Mughal administration for
3 Satara non-payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal
The correct chronological order in which they were annexed (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur).
by the British is: (d) He wanted to annex the fertile plains of Punjab up to
(a) 1, 2, 3 (b) 1, 3, 2 the borders of Delhi in his kingdom.
41. With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider
(c) 3, 2, 1 (d) 3, 1, 2
the following statements:
34. Consider the following statements: 2004 2010
1 The first European power to occupy Pondicherry
1 In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali
defeated Ibrahim Lodi.
were the Portuguese.
2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry
2. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore were the French.
War
3 The English never occupied Pondicherry.
3. Mir Jafar entered in aconspiracy with the English for Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
the defeat of Nawab Sirajud-Daulah in the Battle of (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only
Plassey. (c) 3 only (d) 1,2 and 3
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 42. The tendency for increased litigation was visible after
(a) 1,2 and 3 (b) 3only the introduction of the land settlement system of Lord
(c) 2 and 3 (d) None Cornwallis in 1793. The reason for this is normally traced
S3. Which one of the following is the correct statement? 2005 to which of the following provisions? 2011
(a) The modern Kochi was a Dutch colony till India's (a) Making Zamindar's position stronger Vis-Vis the
independence. Ryot
(b) The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built Fort
Williams in the modern Kochi.
(b) Making East India Company an overlord of
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 below
using the code given
3. Select the correct answer
(b) 2 only
efficient (a) 1 only
(c) Making judicial system more (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) Both l and2 English East India
(d) None of the above common factor for commodities of export by the
following provided a staple
The middle of the 18h century were
amongst the 2011 49.
43. Which India in the 19h century?
and Company from Bengal in the
tribal insurrection in system of land revenue
2018
of a new
(a) Introduction products. oil-seeds and opium
taxation of tribal missionaries in tribal (a) Raw cotton,
foreign religious zincand lead
(b) Influence of (b) Sugar, salt,
lenders, traders and gold, spices and tea
areas.
of money (c) Copper, silver,
of a large number areas. saltpetre and opium
(c) Rise middlemen in tribal (d) Cotton, silk, following
revenue farmers as
old agrarian order of reference to Indian history, which of the
(d) The complete disruption of the 50. With
statements is/are correct?
2021
the tribal communities. State.
Settlement, consider the
following
Nizamat of Arcot emerged out of Hyderabad
Ryotwari 1 The
44. With reference to 2012
Mysore Kingdom emerged out of Vijayanagara
statements: the 2 The
directly by the peasants to
1. The rent was paid Empire.
formedout of the territories
Government. 3 Rohilkhand Kingdom was
Pattas to the Ryots. Ahmad Shah Durrani.
2 The Government gave being occupiedby
and assessed before the code given below:
3. The lands were surveyed Select the correct answer using
taxed. (a) 1and 2
(b) 2 only
above is/are correct?
Which of the statements given (c) 2and 3 (d) 3 only
(b) land 2 only 2021
(a) lonly statements:
(d) None 51. Consider the following
(c) 1, 2 and 3 founding members of the
following was/were associated with the 1 Francis Xavier was one of the
45. Who among the in India during the
introduction of Ryotwari Settlement
Jesuit Order.
2012 church isdedicated to
British rule? 2 Francis Xavier died in Goa and a
2. Alexander Reed
1 Lord Cornwallis him there.
Xavier is celebrated in Goa
3. Thomas Munro 3 The Feast of St. Francis
given below:
Select the correct answer using the code each year.
(b) land 3 only correct?
(a) lonly Which of the statements given abOve are
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 only
was/were associated with the
(a) 1 and2 only
46. Who among the following during the (c) land 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
introduction of Ryotwari Settlement in India century, in which of the
British rale?
2017 52. In the first quarter of seventeenth east
1 Lord Cornwallis 2 Alexander Reed following was/were the factory/factories of the English
2021
3. Thomas Munro India Company located?
Select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Broach
(a) 1onty (b) land 3 only 2 Chicacole
(c) 2and 3 only (d) 1,2 and 3 3. Trichinopoly
47. Which one of the following statements does not apply to the Select the correct answer using the code given below:
system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley? (b) 1and 2
(a) 1 only
2018 (d) 2and 3
(c) 3 only
(a) Tomaintain a large standing army at other's expense 53. With reference to Indian history, consider the following
(b) To keep India safe from Napoleonic danger 2022
statements:
(c) To secure a fixed income for the Company 1 The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on
(d) To establish British paramountcy over the Indian States the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati
48. After the Santhal Uprising subsided, what was/were the rulers.
measuremeasures taken by the colonial government? 2 Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the
2018 Bijapur Sultanate.
The territories called 'Santhal Paraganas' were created. 3. The English East India Company established a factor)
2 It became illegal for a Santhal to transfer land to a non at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative
Santhal. of the Vijayanagara empire.

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 Which of the statements given above are correct? Appeared in the Times of India dated 7th August:
(a) land 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (a) 1931 (b) 1929
1, 2 and 3 (c) 1921
(c) 1and 3 only (d) (d) 1896
8. The educated middle class in India: 1998
(a) opposed the revolt of 1857
2. REVOLT OF 1857
(b) supported the revolt of 1857
The personality who is not connected with 1857 mutiny is (c) remained neutral to the revolt of 1857
1.
1982 (d) fought against native rulers
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Lakshmi bai 9. The paintings of Abanindranath Tagore are classified as:
1999
(c) Tantya Tope (d) Nana Saheb
(a) realistic (b) socialistic
2. The Indian national movement became organised for the first
time in 1983 (c) revivalistic (d) impressionistic
(a) 1885 (b) 1857 10. In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans
(c) 1905-06 (d) 1916-17 against the Hindus." To which one of the following events did
this remark of Aitchison relate? 2000
3. Assertion (A): The revolt of 1857 failed.
(a) Revolt of 1857
Reason (R): It lacked adequate organisation and military (b) Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
power. 1984
(c) Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement (1919-22)
(a) Both (A) and (R)are correct but (R) is not the correct (d) August Movement of 1942
explanation of
(b) (A) iscorrect but (R) is incorrect 11. In India, the first Bank of limited liability managed by Indians
and founded in 1881 was: 2003
(c) (A)is incorrect but (R) is correct (a) Hindustan Commercial Bank
(d) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is correct
explanation of (A) (b) Oudh Commercial Bank
1985 (c) Punjab National Bank
4. Sepoy mutiny of 1857 failed due to the
(d) Punjab and Sind Bank
(a) Lack of effective organisation 12. Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a
(b) Lack of unity of purpose prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857 belong to? 2005
(c) Lack of unified system of leadership (a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh
(d) All of the above (c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh
5. Who among the following led the Sepoys at Kanpur in the 13. Which one of the following territories was not affected by the
1857 uprising? 1990 2005
Revolt of 1857?
(a) Tantia Tope (b) Laxmibai (a) Jhansi (b) Chittor
(c) Nana Sahib (d) Kunwar Singh (c) Jagdishpur (d) Lucknow
6
Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal 14. With reference to the revolt of the year who of the following
immediately after the Revolt of 1857? 1994 was betrayed by friend' captured and put to death by the
(a) Sanyasi Rebellion (b) Santhal Rebellion British? 2006
(c) Indigo Disturbances (d) Pabna Disturbances (a) Nana Sahib (b) Kunwar Singh
7. The following advertisement. 1996 (c) Khan Bahadur Khan (d) Tatya Tope
15. With reference to the period of colonial rule in India, Home
THE MARVEL OF THE CENTURY Charges formed an important part of drain of wealth from
THE WONDER OF THE WORLD India. Which of the following funds constituted "Home
LIVING PHOTOGRAPHICPICTURES Charges"? 2011
IN 1 Funds used to support the India office in London.
LIFE-SIZED REPRODUCTIONS 2 Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British
BY personnel engaged in India.
MESSERS LUMIERE BROTHERS 3 Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British.
CINEMATOGRAPHIE (a) 1only (b) land 2 only
A FEW EXHIBITIONS WILL BE GIVEN (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
AT 16. The Rowlatt Act aimed at 2012
WATSON'S HOTEL (a) conmpulsory economic support to war efforts
TONIGHT (b) imprisonment without trial and summary procedures
for trial

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 6. Gokaldas Tejpal Sanskrit Pathshala was the place where
Khilafat Movement 1986
(C) suppression of the
restrictions on freedom of the press (a) The first session of Indian National Congress was
(d) imposition of of Queen Victoria's
object/objects
17. What was/were the 2014 held
Proclamation (1858)? (b) Max Mueller came to study Sanskrit
to annex Indian States.
1 To disclaim any intention (c) A.0. Hume used to live
administration under the British
2 To place the Indian (d) Gandhijimade his first Ashram
What is the correct chronological sequence of the following
Crown.
trade with India. 7.
3 Toregulate East IndiaCompany's given below: stages in the political life of Mahatma Gandhi? 1992
code
Select the correct answer using the
(a) land 2 only (b) 2 only 1. Champaran
(d) 1, 2 and 3 2 Ahmedabad Mill Strike III
(c) land 3 only
3 Kheda

3. PARTITION OF BENGAL AND

SWADESHI 4. Non-cooperation Movement
MOVEMENT Choose the answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
Swadeshi movement started during 1979 (a) 2, 4, 3, 1 (b) 1,3, 2, 4
1.
(a) Anti-Bengal partition movement (c) 4, 3, 2, 1 (d) 3, 4, 2, 1
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement 8 Which of the following international events influenced the
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement course of the national movement in India before the advent
of Mahatma Gandhi? 1994
(d) None of the above
2. Non Cooperation Movement was called off by Gandhiji 1. Italian Abyssinian War,
because 1982 2. Boxer Movement in China
(a) Of Chauri-Chaura incident 3. Revolutionary Movement in Ireland
(b) Government accepted the demands of Indian leaders 4. Victory of Japan in the Russo Japanese War
(c) Of repressive measures adopted by the government Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
(d) None of these Codes:
3. What is most significant regarding partition of Bengal in (a) 1, 2 and 3 only
1905? 1984 (b) 1, 2 and 4 only
(a) The English undertook partition without consulting the (c) 3 and 4 only
local population (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) The English established that they were strong people 9. What is the correct sequence of the following events?
(c) Muslims were separated from other people 1995
(d) This paved the way for involvement of people in 1. The Lucknow Pact
national movement 2 The Introduction on Dyarchy
4 The partition of Bengal was undertaken with the view of 3 The Rowlatt Act
1985 4. The Partition of Bengal
(a) Suppressing the revolt arisen Codes:
(b) Satisfying the Hindus and the Muslims (a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 4, 1, 3,2
(c) Meeting the demand by the Hindus and the Muslims (c) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d) 4, 3, 2, 1
fora separate State 10. Assertion (A): Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an
(d) Dividing the Hindus of the West and the East Bengal end the moderates role in the Indian freedom movement.
and increasing Hindu-Muslim tensions Reason (R): The Surat session of Indian National Congress
5. Arrange the following in a chronological order 1985 separated the Extremists from the Moderates. 1998
Surat Split (a) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is the correct
II. Formation of Muslim League explanation of (A)
II. Partition of Bengal (b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct
IV. Regulating Act explanation of (A)
(a) I, II, III, IV (b) IV, III, II, I (c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(c) II, I, IV, II (d) II, III, IV, I (d) (A) is false but (R) is true

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 11. Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by (b) King George V abrogated Curzon's Act at the Royal
the British from the Indian Civil Service? 1999 Durbar in Delhi in 1911.
(a) Satyendranath Tagore (b) Surendranath Banerjee (c) Gandhiji launched his Civil Disobedience Movement.
(c) R.C. Dutt (d) Subhash Chandra Bose (d) The Partition of India in 1947 when East Bengal
12 With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement became East Pakistan.
in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following 18. With reference to Rowlatt Satyagraha, which of the following
statements in not correct? 2002 statements is/ are correct? 2015
(a) Liagquat Hussain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in 1. The Rowlatt Act was based on the recommendations of
their agitation. the 'Sedition Committee'.
(b) In 1889, the scheme of national education was 2 In Rowlatt Satyagraha, Gandhiji tried to utilize the
formulated by Satish Chandra Mukherjee. Home Rule League.
(c) The Bengal National College was founded in 1906 with 3. Demonstrations against the arrival of Simon.
Aurobindo as the Principal. Commission coincided with Rowlatt Satyagraha.
(d) Tagore preached the cult of Atmasakti, the main plank Select the correct answer using the code given below:
of which was social and economic regeneration of the (a) 1only (b) 1and 2 only
villages. (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
13. Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a 19. The 'Swadeshi and Boycott were adopted as methods of
movement? 2005 struggle for the first time during the 2016
(a) Annie Besant (a) agitation against the Partition of Bengal
(b) A.O. Hume (b) Home Rule Movement
(c) Michael Madhusudan Dutt (c) Non-cooperation Movement
(d) R. Palme Dutt (d) visit of the Simon Commission to India
14. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? 2005 20. What was the main reason for the split in the Indian National
Movement/Satyagraha Person Actively Associated with Congress at Surat in 1907? 2016
1 Champaran : Rajendra Prasad
2 Ahmedabad Mill : Morarji Desai Workers (a) Introduction of communalism intoIndian politics by
Lord Minto
3. Kheda : Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Extremists' lack of faith in the capacity of the moderates
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Codes:
to negotiate with the British Government
(a) 1and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) Foundation of Muslim League
(c) 1and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) Aurobindo Ghosh's inability to be elected as the
15. In the context of the Indian freedom struggle, 16 October President of the Indian National Congress
1905 is well known for... ? 2009 21. With reference to Swadeshi Movement, consider the following
statements: 2016
(a) The formal proclamation of Swadeshi Movement was
made in Calcutta town hall. 1. It contributed to the revival of the indigenous artisan
(b) Partition of Bengal took effect. crafts and industries.
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji declared that the goal of Indian 2 The National Councilof Education was established as
National Congress was Swaraj. a part of Swadeshi Movement.
(d) Lokmanya Tilak started Swadeshi Movement in Poona. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
16. What was the immediate cause for the launch of the Swadeshi (a) 1only (b) 2 only
movement? 2010
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) The partition of Bengal done by LordCurzon
22. Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the
(b) A sentence of 18 months rigorous imprisonment Champaran Satyagraha? 2016
imposed on Lokmanya Tilak
(C) The arrest and deportation of Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit (a) Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and
women in the National Movement
Singh and passing of the Punjab Colonization Bill
(a) Death sentence pronounced on the Chapekar brothers. (b) Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of
17. The Partition of Bengal made by Lord Curzon in 1905 lasted India in the National Movement
until 2014 (c) Joining of peasant unrest to India's National Movement
(a) The First World War when Indian troops were needed (d) Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops
by the British and the partition was ended. and commercial crops

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23. Indigo cultivatjon in India declined by the beginning of the 5. Who said first: Swaraj is my birth right andIshall have it>
2020
1979
20 century because of (b) M. K. Gandhi
(a) Peasant resistance to the oppressive conduct of planters (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Sardar Patel
(b) Its unprofitability in the world market because of new was launched by 1979
6. The Home Rule movement
inventions (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(a) Annie Besant
(c) National leaders' opposition to the cultivation of indigo (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Government control over the planters 1916 refers to 1979
7. The Lucknow Congress Session of
the Muslims by
24. Consider the following statements:
Statement I: 7th August is declared as the National
(a) Concession of separate electorates for
the Congress Party
Handloom Day. (b) Merger of Muslim League into Congress
Statement II: It was in 1905 that the Swadeshi Movement President
(c) Selection of Muslim leader as the Congress
was launched on the same day. (d) None of the above
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above
8. Who led the extremists before the arrival of Gandhiji on the
statements? 2023 political scene for freedom struggle? 1979
(a) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Statement-II is not the correct explanation for (d) Subhash Bose
Statement-I What is the correct order of happenings of the following three
9
(c) Statement-I is correct but Statement-I is incorrect events the British rule in India? 1979
(d) Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct Rawlatt Act
II. Hunter Report
4. THE STRUGGLE FOR SWARAJ III. Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
(a) I, III, II (b) II, I, III
1 Gandhiji's "Champaran Movement" was for 1979 (c) III, II, I (d) II, III, I
10. According to Gandhiji nonviolence is 1979
(a) The security of rights of Harijans
(b) Civil disobedience movement (a) A way to attain truth
(c) Maintaining the unity of Hindu society (b) A way to win political freedom
(d) Solving the problem of the Indigo workers (c) The only way to realise God
2 Aim of Swaraj Party was to 1979 (d) An end in itself
(a) Enter the Legislative Councils by contesting elections 11. Which important erent immediately preceded Jallianwala
in order to wreck the legislatures from within Bagh massacre? 1980
(b) Boycott the foreign goods (a) Rowlatt Act enactment
(c) Launch a noncooperation movement against the (b) Communal award
British (c) Coming of Simon Commission
(d) Adopt Swadeshi in piece goods on a vast scale (d) Quit India Movement
3 "Khilafat" movement subsided because of the 12. The year 1919 is associated with 1980
1979
(a) Concessions given to Muslims by the British (a) Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Amity achieved between Congress and Muslim League (b) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
(c) Accession of Kamal Pasha on the throne of Turkey (c) Chauri-Chaura Incident
(d) None of the above (d) Partition of Bengal
4 Which of the folowing was not the outcome of Jallianwala 13. The dyarchy as introduced by the Government of India Act,
Bagh massacre? 1979 1919 postulated which of the following? 1981
(a) Suspension of Gen. Dyer (a) A system of dual government in Bengal
(b) Change in Gandhiji's outlook towards Britishers (b) Backward classes were entitleed to vote
(c) Temporary peace in Punjab (c) A few subjects were transferred to the Provincial
(d) Renunciation of British titles and positions by many Ministries and the rest retained by the Executive
Indians Council
(d) Hindus and Muslims could vote
separately
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14. Which of the
following periods can be considered as the era of 23. Assertion (A): Lal, Bal and Pal formed extremist group in the
mass revolution? 1981 Indian National Congress.
(a) 1856-1885 A.D. (b) 1757-1857 A.D. Reason (R): They were revolutionary leaders 1983
(c) 1920-1947 A.D. (d) 1901-1919 A.D. (a) (A) and (R) both are incorrect
16 Which movement brought Hindu & Muslim for common (b) (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect
cause? 1981 (c) (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct
(a) Khilafat Movement
explanation of (A)
(b) Quit India Movement
(d) (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
explanation of (A)
(d) None of the above
24. Swaraj Party was established to 1984
16. The Indian National Movement refers to the 1981
(a) Share power in the Government
(a) Movement started by Subhash Chandra Bose through (b) Ask the British toleave India
LN.A.
(c) To enter the Councils and wreck the Government from
(b) Struggle by the Indians to gain freedom from British within
colonial rule in India
(c) Struggle by Indians to gain dominion status under (d) Ask the people to fight against the British
British rule 25. Which of the following pairs is incorrect? 1984
(d) Struggle by Indians to stop British trade in India (a) Lal, Bal, Pal-Extremist Group
17. Why did Gandhiji stop the Non-Cooperation Movement? (b) Annie Besant-Home Rule movement
1981 (c) Gandhi-DandiMarch
(a) Because of Gandhi-Irwin Pact (d) None of these
(b) Because the mob turned violent 26. In what way Indian cotton industry was inferior to that of
(c) Because he was ordered to do so by the Britishers England during the British rule in India 1984
(d) Because he did not like to continue the movement (a) Indian textile industry had an ever increasing and large
18. Who among the following was not a moderate? 1982 domestic market
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) W. C. Bannerjee (b) There was plenty of raw material available
(c) G. K. Gokhale (d) B. G. Tilak (c) The industry was not managed by highly skilled
19. Arrange the following in chronological order 1983 technicians and managers
I. Home Rule League (d) India was the traditional home for cotton textiles
II. Swadeshi Movement 27. What was the objectives of Home Rule Movement? 1984
III. Bardoli Movement (a) Self-government at all levels
V. Round Table Conference (b) Eradication of evils like Sati in the Indian community
(a) I, II, III, IV (b) II, I, II, IV (c) Participation in Indian National Movement
(c) II, I, IV, II (d) IV, II,I, III (d) Boycott of foreign goods
20. The following are the events in national movement 1983 28. Anushilan Samithi" was the terrorist organisation with its
Champaran Satyagraha headquarters at 1985
II. Non-Cooperation Movement (a) Lahore (b) Calcutta
III. Quit India Movement (c) Chandigarh (d) Islamabad
V. Ahmedabad mill strike
29. The supremacy and sovereignty of 'Khalifa' of Baghdad was
The correct chronological order is strictly observed by Muslim kings in India because 1985
(a) I, IV, II,III (b) II, I, II,IV (a) 'Khalifa' was treated as religious head of the Muslim
(c) III, II, I,IV (d) II, II, I, IV A community
21. The wrongly matched pair among the following is 1983 (b) Khalifa' was treated as the legal head of the Muslim
(a) Gandhiji -Dandi March community
(b) Mohammed Ali Jinnah-Khilafat movement (c) All the Muslim States in the world used to pay tributes
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan-Aligarh to him
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose-Forward Bloc (d) He used to decide all the cases efficiently
kl. The first great experiment of Gandhiji in Satyagraha' took 30. Which of the following pairs are correct 1985
place in 1983 1 The Indian Councils Act, 1909-Provincial Autonomy
(a) Dandi (b) Champaran
(c) South Africa
2. The Government of Act, 1919-Introduction of ndia
(d) Bardoli Dyarchy

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 3 The Government Act, 1935-Proposal for a of India 37. Khilafat movement stressed on 1987
Federation of India (a) Restoration of Turkish Khalipha as the head of Indix
1947-Provincial Independence Muslims
4. The Indian Act,
(b) Reservation of seats for Muslim community i
Legislature Government services
(a) 1and 4 (b) 2 and 3
(c) Independent Pakistan
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 4
1985 (d) India's Independence
31. Match the following: factor fo.
A. Civil Disobedience 1.B. G. Tilak 38. Which one of the following was the most immediate
during the firs
the spread of Swadeshi and Boycott agitation
Movement decade of the present century? 1988
B. Indian Home Rule 2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(a) Curzon's attempt to control the Universities
League
3. Mahatma Gandhi (b) Curzon's design to curtail the sphere of local self.
C. Moderate leader
government
D. Brahmo Samaj 4. G. K. Gokhale
(b) A-1 B-2 C-3 D4 (c) Curzon's partition of Bengal
(a) A-3 B-1 C4D-2
(d) A-3 B4 C-1 D-2 (d) Curzon's plan to curb the growing popularity of the
(c) A-2 B1C-3 D4 Indian National Congress
32. The first Civil Disobedience Movement was started by
1985 39. Moderates and extremists of the Indian National Congress
Gandhiji after the differed mainly on the issue of 1989
(a) Rowlatt Act of 1919 (b) Swadeshi
(a) Swaraj
(b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 (d) National education
(c) Chauri-Chaura incident in 1922 (c) Boycott
(d) Arrival of Cripps' Mission in 1942 40. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at 1992
1986 (a) Aligarh (b) Dhaka
33. Arrange the following in a chronological order
(c) Delhi (d) Karachi
Foundation of Muslim League
41. Which of the following are correctly matched? 1993
II. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
II. Khilafat Movement Establishment of Year Place
IV. Civil Disobedience Movement Manufacturing Industries
(a) I, III, II, IV (b) I, II, III, IV 1. Setting up of the first cotton 1854 Bombay
(c) IV, II, I, III (d) II, IV, I, II mill
34. Ghadar party' in U.S.A. was formed by 1987
(a) V. D.Savarkar (b) Lala Hardayal 2. Manufacture of the first 1870 Calcutta
(c) Swami Varma (d) Raja Pratap Singh machine-made paper
35. Assertion (A): In the 19 century, India becamea victim of 3 Setting up of the first 1904 Madras
colonialism.
Reason(R): Industrial Revolution resulted in the need for cement factory
more and more markets. 1987 Choose the corret answer from the codes given below:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct Codes:
explanation of (A) (a) l and 2 only (b) 1and 3 only
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
explanation of 42. Indian cotton merchant; banker;
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false Congressman and a close
associate of Mahatma Gandhi." This description fits 1993
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true (a) G. D. Birla
36. Assertion (A): The Zamindari Settlement was introduced by (b) M. R. Jayakar
(c) Jamnalal Bajaj (d) V. s. Srinivas Satri
Lord Cornwallis. 1987
Reason (R): The British desired to create a landed class in 43. Which of the following were the main
Khilafat movement?
objectives of the
India for support. 1993
1 To rouse
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct anti-British feelings among the Muslims 0
explanation of (A) India
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct 2. To reform the Muslim society
explanation of (A) 3 To demand separate
electorates and preserve t
(c) (A) is true but (R)is false Khilafat
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true 4. To save the Ottoman empire and
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 Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: D. Muddiman 4 The growth of education
Codes: Committee Report
(a) 1and 2 (b) 2 and 3 in British India and
(c) 3and 4 (d) 1and 4 potentialities of its further
44. Those who joined Mahatma Gandhi during the Champaran progresS
struggle included 1994 Codes:
(a) Vallabh bhai Patel and Vinobha Bhave (a) A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4 (b) A-1 B-4 C-2 D-3
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad (c) A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4 (d) A-2 B-4 C-1D-3
(c) Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narayan Sinha 48. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using
(d) Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel the codes given below the lists: 1997
List-I List-II
45. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using
the codes given below the lists: 1996 A. Surat Split 1. 1929
List-I (Period) List-II (Event) B. Communal Award 2. 1928
A. 1883 1 Announcement of C. All Party Convention 3. 1932
Communal Award from D. Poorna Swaraj Resolution 4. 1907
Whitehall S. 1905
B 1906 2 Formation of the AIl India Codes:
State Peoples Conference (a) A-4 B-3 C-1D-5 (b) A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1
C. 1927 3. Foundation of Muslim (c) A-2 B-5 C-4 D-1 (d) A-1 B-4 C-2 D-3
League at Dacca 49. Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because: 1998
D. 1932 4 First session of National (a) there was no Indian member in the Commission
Conference at Calcutta
(b) it supported the Muslim League
Codes: (c) Congress felt that the people of India are entitled to
(a) A-4 B-3 C-1D-2 (b) A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2 Swaraj
(c) A-4 B-3 C-2D-1 (d) A-3 B-4C-2 D-1 (d) there were differences among the members
46. Consider the following statements: 1996 50. Which one of the following events, was characterised by
The Non-Cooperation Movement led to: Montague as 'Preventive Murder? 1998
1. Congress becoming a mass movement for the first time (a) Killing of INA activities
2. Growth of Hindu-Muslims unity (b) Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
3 Removal of fear of the British might from the minds of (c) Shooting of the Mahatma
the people (d) Shooting of Curzon-Wythe
4 British government's willingness to grant political 51. Assertion (A): The Khilafat movement did bring the urban
concessions to Indians Muslims into the fold of the National Movement.
Of these statements: Reason (R): There was a predominant element of anti
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct imperialism in both the National and Khilafat Movement.
(b) 2and 3are correct 1998
(c) 1and 3 are correct (a) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is the correct
(d) 3 and 4 are correct explanation of (A)
47. Match ListI with List-II and select the correct answer using (b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct
the codes given below the lists: 1997 explanation of (A)
List-I List-II (c) (A) is true but (R) is false
A. Butler Committee 1 Jallianwala Bagh Report (d) (A) is false but (R) is true
massacre 52. Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-Cooperation
B. Hurtog Committee 2. Relationship between Movement in 1922.
Report the Indian State Reason (R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the
and the Paramount Power movement. 1998
C. Hunter Inquiry 3 Working of Dyarchy as (a) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is the correct
Committee Report laid explanation of (A)
down in the Montague (6) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct
Chelmsford Reforms explanation of (A)

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 apetition to the
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false 60. Which one of the following submitted in 1875
House of Commons demanding India's direct representation
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true 2002
in the British parliament?
53. What is the correct sequence of the following events? 1998 (a) The Deccan Association
1. Tilak's Home Rule League (b) The Indian Association
2. Komagata Maru Incident Sabha
(c) The Madras Mahajan
(d) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha Mohammad Ali and Abul
3. Mahatma Gandhi's arrival in India
Select the correct answer using the codes given beloW: Maulana
61. Assertion (A): In 1916,
Codes: Kalam Azad resigned from the Legislative Council.
by the Government
(a) 1,2, 3 (b) 3, 2, 1 Reason (R): The Rowlatt Act was passed
by all Indian members of the
(c) 2, 1, 3 (d) 2,3, 1 in spite of being opposed 2003
1998 Legislative Council.
54. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? (R) is the correct
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true but
Theodore Beck: Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College, explanation of (A)
Aligarh not a correct
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is
2. Ilbert Bill: Ripon
explanation of (A)
3. Pherozeshah Mehta: Indian National Congress
4. Badruddin Tyabji: Muslims League (c) (A) istrue but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
Select the correct answer using the codes given below: 2003
62. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was:
Codes:
(b) 2 and 4
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) 1,3 and 4 (d) 1,2 and 3
(c) Vithalbhai J. Patel
55. Whowas the leader of the Ghaddar Party? 1998
(d) Mahadev Desai
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Lala Hardayal
63. When Congress leaders condemned the Montagu- Chelmsford
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) V.D. Savarkar
Report, many moderates left the party to form the: 2003
56. The first venture of Gandhi in all-India politics was the:
(a) Swarajya Party
1999
(b) Indian Freedom Party
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement (c) Independence Federation of India
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha (d) Indian Liberal Federation
(c) Champaran Movement 64. Consider the following events during India's freedom struggle:
(d) Dandi March 2004
57. After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first 1. Chauri-Chaura Outrage
successful satyagraha in: 2000 2. Minto-Morley Reforms
(a) Chauri-Chaura (b) Dandi 3. Dandi March
(c) Champaran (d) Bardoli 4. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
58. The Hunter Commission was appointed after the: 2001 Which one of the following is the corect chronological order
(a) Blackhole incident of the events above?
(b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre (a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 2, 4, ,3
(c) Uprising of 1857 (c) 1, 4, 2, 3 (d) 2, 3, 1,4
(d) Partition of Bengal 65. Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular
59. Assertion (A): The effect of labour participation in the Indian indignation that led to the massacre by the British at
nationalist upsurge of the earty 1930s was weak. Jalianwala Bagh? 2007
Reason (R): The labour leaders considered the ideology of (a) The Arms Act (b) The Public Safety Act
Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary. (c) The Rowlatt Act (d) The Vernacular Press Act
2002 66. At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is the correct first start his Satyagraha in India? 2007
explanation of (A) (a) Ahmedabad (b) Bardoli
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct (c) Champaran (d) Kheda
explanation of (A) 67. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Ac!
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false arouse popular indignation? 2009
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true (a) It curtailed the freedom of religion
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 (e) It authorized the government to imprison people 73. Who of the following organized a march on the Tanjore coast
without trial to break the Salt Law in April 1930?
(d) It curbed the trade union activities 2015
(a) V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
68. With reference to Simnon Commission's recommendations, (b) C. Rajagopalachari
which one of the following statements is correct? 2010 (c) K. Kamaraj
(a) It recommended the replacement of diarchy with (d) Annie Besant
responsible government in the provinces. 74. The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to?
(b) It proposed the setting up of interprovincial council 2017
under the home department. (a) Define the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial
(c) It suggested the abolition of bicameral legislature at the Governments.
centre. (b) Define the powers of the Secretary of State for India.
(d) It recommended the creation of Indian Police Service (c) Impose censorship on national press.
with a provision for increased pay and allowances for (d) Improve the relationship between the Government of
British recruits as compared to Indian recruits. India and the Indian States.
69. Consider the following statements: 2010 75. In the Government of India Act 1919, the functions of
1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to Provincial Government were divided into Reserved and
come to Champaran to investigate the problem of the Transferred" subjects. Which of the following were treated
peasants. as Reserved" subjects? 2022
2 Acharya J.B. Kriplani was one of Mahatma. 1. Administration of Justice
3 Gandhi's colleagues in his Champaran investigation. 2 Local Self-Government
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 3 Land Revenue
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only 4. Police
(c) Both l and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Select the correct answer using the code given below:
70. What was the purpose with which Sir William Wedderburn (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2,3 and 4
and W.S. Caine had set up the Indian Parliamentary (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1,2 and 4
Committee in 1893? 2011 76. Consider the following freedom fighters: 2022
(a) To agitate for Indian political reforms in the House of 1 Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Commons. 2 Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee
(b) To campaign for the entry of Indians into the Imperial 3 Rash Behari Bose
Judiciary. Who of the above was/were actively associated with the
(c) To facilitate a discussion on India's Independence in
the British Parliament. Ghadar Party?
(a) 1and 2 (b) 2 only
(d) To agitate for the entry of eminent Indians into the (c) 1and 3
British Parliament. (d) 3only
71. What was the reason for Mahatma Gandhi to organize a
satyagraha on behalf of the peasants of Kheda? 2011 5. MOVEMENTS TOWARDS FREEDOM
1. The administration did not suspend the land revenue
collection in spite of a drought. 1. Gandhiji started Dandi March in 1930 1979
2 The administration proposed to introduce permanent (a) Against imposition of salt tax laws
settlement in Gujarat. (b) Against the announcement of communal award
Which of the statements given above isfare correct? (c) Against atrocities committed on Harijans
(d) Against all of the above
(a) Ionly (b) 2 only 2.
(c) Both 1and 2 "Inquilab Zindabad" slogan was given by 1979
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) Chandra Shekhar Azad
. The people of India agitated against the arrival of Simon (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
Commission because 2013
(c) Bhagat Singh
(a) Indians never wanted the review of the working of the (d) Iqbal
Act of 1919. 3. Gandhiji was of the view that 1980
(b) Simon Commission recommended the abolition of (a) Allold traditions should be followed
Dyarchy (Diarchy) in the Provinces. (b) Allold traditions should be discarded
(c) There was no Indian member in the Simon Commission. (c) Only scientifically based traditions should be followed
(d) The Simon Commission suggested the partition of the (d) Those traditions should not be followed which are
country. against our moral values

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