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AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

Q.1) Consider the following b) 2 and 3 only statements regarding Bal c) 1 and 2 only Gangadhar Tilak: d) 1, 2 and 3 1. He started the practice of using traditional religious festivals Q.3) Consider the followings to propagate nationalist ideas. statements regarding Pandit 2. He was opposed to bring Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar: peasants into the national 1. He was the principal of the movement. Sanskrit College. 3. He organized a campaign for 2. He was also the Secretary to the foreign cloth boycott. Bethune School. Which of the statements given 3. The first lawful Hindu widow above is/are correct? remarriage among the upper castes in India was celebrated in a) 1 only 1856 under the inspiration and b) 1 and 2 only supervision of Vidyasagar. c) 1 and 3 only Which of the statements given d) 2 only above is/are correct? a) 1 only Q.2) Consider the following b) 2 and 3 only statements with reference to the c) 1 and 2 only Derozians: d) 1, 2 and 3 1. They attacked old and decadent customs, rites and traditions. Q.4) Consider the following 2. They succeeded in creating a statements regarding annexation movement because social of Awadh: conditions were ripe for their 1.The annexation of Awadh by ideas to flourish. Lord Dalhousie in 1856 was 3. They also took up the peasant’s widely resented all over India. cause. 2. The excuse Dalhousie had advanced for annexing Awadh Which of the statements given was that he wanted to free the above is/are correct? people from the Nawab’s and taluqdars’ oppression. a) 1 only AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

3. The annexation of Awadh b) 2 only provided some relief to the people c) Both 1 and 2 Which of the statements given d) Neither 1 nor 2 above is/are correct a) 1 and 2 only Q.7 Which was the main difference b) 1 and 3 only between the pre-conquerors c) 2 and 3 only of India and the British which d) 1, 2 and 3 affected India's economy? a) The previous conquerors had Q.5) Consider the following come as conquerors while the statements about Permanent British came as traders. Settlement Actof1793: b) Previous conquerors had 1. The Zamindars were made gradually become a part of Indian owners of the whole zamindari life but the British conquerors land both in relation to tenant and never became an integral part of to the as well. Indian life. 2. The Zamindars’ right of c) The previous conquerors had ownership of land was made come through land routes, hereditary and transferable. the British came via sea and Which of the statements given established naval supremacy. above is/are correct? d) The previous conquerors a) 1 only belonged to Central Asia, but the b) 2 only British being Europeans were c) Both 1 and 2 ethnically and culturally different. d) Neither 1 nor 2 Q.8 With Reference to the Q.6 Consider the following ‘Wahhabi movement’, consider the statements: following statements: 1. Cornwallis divested the 1. Movement was founded in collector of judicial powers. Bengal by Syed Ahmed. 2. He wanted the collectors to look 2. Wahabi movement was against after revenue collection the Sikhs. which was a more important 3. Movement was in favor of requirement. individual conscience in religion. Which of the statements given Which of the statements given above is/are correct? above is/are correct? a) 1 only AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

a) 1 only Select the correct answer using b) 1 and 2 only the code given below: c) 2 and 3 only a) 1, 2 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3 b) 1 and 2 only c) 2 and 3 only Q.9 Consider the following d) 1 only statement regarding Non- Q.11 Which of the following Cooperation Movement: events affected the movement of 1. M.K. issued a manifesto working class? in 1920, announcing his doctrine 1. Emergence of Gandhiji of non-violent Non-Cooperation 2. Formation of International Movement. 2. C. R. Das moved the Labour Organisation main resolution on non- 3. Russian Revolution cooperation in the annual session Select the correct answer using of the Congress in Nagpur in 1920. the code given below: 3. supported the a) 1 and 2 only noncooperation movement since b) 2 and 3 only its initiation. c) 1 and 3 only Which of the statements given d) 1, 2 and 3 above is/are correct? a) 1 only Q.12 , Aruna b) 1 and 2 only and c) 1 and 3 only were associated with which event d) 1, 2 and 3 during India’s freedom struggle? a) Q.10 Which of the following were b) Non-cooperation Movement the objectives of the Cabinet c) Mission Plan: d) Movement 1. To formulate the Constituent Assembly of India. Q.13 Consider the following 2. To obtain an agreement with statements: the Indian leaders as to the 1. Badruddin Tyabji was the first framing of a constitution for India. muslim president of the INC 3. To establish an Executive 2. Rahimtulla Sayani was the Council with the support of the second muslim president of the major Indian parties. INC AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

Which of the statements given Q.16 With reference to the ‘Indigo above is/are correct? Revolt’, which of the following a) 1 only statements is/are correct? b) 2 only 1. It was led by Degambar and c) Both 1 and 2 Bishnu Biswas. d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. It was the result of high taxation on indigo cultivators. Q.14 Which of the following 3. Indigo commission was set up exploitative conditions were to view the situation. witnessed during industrialization 4. It happened in Bihar. in India during the colonial rule? Select the correct answer using 1. Unhygienic and hazardous the code given below: working conditions a) 1 and 4 2. Short working hours b) 2, 3 and 4 only 3. Low wages c) 1 and 3 only 4. Unemployment for child labor d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 Select the correct answer using the code given below: Q.17 With reference to ‘Phadke’s a) 1 and 3 only Ramosi Uprising’, consider the b) 2 and 3 only following statements: c) 1, 2 and 4 only 1. It was led by Bishnu Biswas d) 1, 3 and 4 only Phadke. 2. It was against the high taxes on Q.15 He described Sati system as a farmers. “murder according to every Which of the statements given shastra” and played a prominent above is/are correct? role in bringing out a law against a) 1 only Sati. He defended the basic and b) 2 only universal principles of all c) Both 1 and 2 religions. He also wrote ‘Gift to d) Neither 1 nor 2 Monotheists’ (1809). He was: a) Radhakant Deb Q.18 Which of the following b) Raja Rammohun Roy suggestions were given by the c) Debendranath Tagore Butler Committee in 1927? d) Ishwarchand Vidyasagar 1. Paramountcy was clearly defined. AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

2. Paramountcy to remain 2. The Poorna resolution supreme. was passed during the Karachi 3. States should not be handed session. over to an Indian Government 3. A resolution on fundamental without the states’ consent. rights was passed in the Nagpur Select the correct answer using session. the code given below: Which of the statements given a) 1 and 2 only above is/are correct? b) 2 and 3 only a) 1 and 3 only c) 1 and 3 only b) 2 only d) 1, 2 and 3 c) 2 and 3 only d) 1 only Q.19 With reference to the ‘Pagal panthi Movement’, consider the Q.21 Consider the following following statements: statements regarding Munda 1. It was a movement of the Garo Revolt: 1. It was against the tribe. destruction of their system of 2. The movement was against the common land-holdings by the encroachment of British on their intrusion of traders and tribal land. moneylenders. 3. Tipu Sultan and Karam Shah 2. It was a religious movement were leaders of the movement. with agrarian and political Which of the statements given content. above is/are correct? Which of the statements given a) 1 only above is/are correct? b) 1 and 2 only a) 1 only c) 1 and 3 only b) 2 only d) 1, 2 and 3 c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 Q.20 Consider the following statements: 1. A resolution on national Q.22 With reference to the ‘Self- economic program was passed in respect movement’, consider the the session. following statements: 1. Self-respect movement was led by Periyar. AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

2. Kudi Arasu journal was started 1. The company appropriated by E.V Ramaswami Naicker. surplus Indian revenue for making Which of the statements given its purchases for export to above is/are correct? England. a) 1 only 2. The company forced Indian b) 2 only craftsmen to work for them only c) Both 1 and 2 and eliminated all competitors d) Neither 1 nor 2 from the market. 3. The company, from the Q.23 Consider the following beginning of its rule had territorial statements regarding Gandhi ji’s ambitions in India. work in : 4. The rising fortunes of company 1. He campaigned against the poll in India also brought corruption in tax. the British political system. 2. He protested against Transvaal Which of the statements given Immigration Act. above is/are correct? 3. He started in a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 South Africa only. b) 2, 3 and 4 only Which of the statements given c) 1, 2 and 4 only above is/are correct? d) 2 and 3 only a) 1 and 2 only b) 2 and 3 only Q.26 ‘The Company would set c) 1, 2 and 3 apart annually a sum of Rs. 1 lakh d) 1 and 3 only for the encouragement for education among the inhabitants Q.24 Which of the following was of British territories in India.’ This the main aim of Ilbert Bill, 1883? statement is related to: a) Educational Reforms a) Charter Act, 1813 b) Judicial Reforms b) Macaulay’s Minute on c) Civil Services Reforms education, 1835 d) Trade monopoly for the British c) Wood’s Dispatch, 1854 d) None of the above Q.25 Consider the following statements about the rule of East Q.27 Consider the following India Company in India: regarding the Wood’s Dispatch (1854): AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

1. It suggested to educate only a d) 1, 2 and 3 small section of upper and middle classes in line with Macaulay’s Q.29 Who was the founder of minutes. Satyashodhaka Samaj? 2. It recommended English as the a) Mahatma Gandhiji medium of instruction for higher b) studies and vernaculars at school c) Bala Gangadhar Tilak level. d) Jawahar Lal Nehru 3. It laid stress on female and vocational education, and on teachers’ training. Q.30 Who among the following Which of the statements given was President of the All India above is/are correct? Khilafat Committee? a) 1 and 2 only a) Maulana Azad b) 2 and 3 only b) Shaukat Ali c) 1 and 3 only c) Mohandas karamchand Gandhi d) 1, 2 and 3 d) Mohammed Ali Jinnah not Q.28 Which of the following Q.31Which of the following events statements is/are correct occur during the rule of Governor regarding the : General Lord Dalhousie: 1. They supported foreign capital 1. Wood’s education dispatch. investment in the country to 2. Telegraph and postal reforms. support industrialization. 3. Establishment of three 2. The drain theory for the first universities in Calcutta, madras time, was put forward by Romesh and Bombay. Chandra Dutt in The Economic 4. Widow Remarriage act. . Select the correct answer using 3. The economic drain took the the code given below: form of an excess of exports over a) 1, 2 and 4 only imports. b) 2, 3 and 4 only Select the correct answer using c) 3 only the code given below: d) 4 and 3 only a) 1 and 2 only b) 2 and 3 only Q.32 During the British rule, the c) 1 and 3 only Indian agriculture can be AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

characterized by which of the Q.34 With reference to the following? Radicalism school of thought, 1. In the twentieth century, there consider the following statements: was a decline in proportion of 1. Christain Missionaries total produce taken as land supported the cause of radicals. revenue. 2. They believed in the doctrine of 2. There was minimal private or reason, humanism and progress. government investment to 3. They did not think that Indian increase agricultural productivity. society was inferior and thus had 3. Hastings policy of auctioning led no intentions of changing it. to the ruin of traditional Which of the statements given zamindars. above is/are correct? Select the correct answer using a) 1 and 3 only the code given below: b) 2 and 3 only a) 1 and 2 only c) 2 only b) 2 and 3 only d) 3 only c) 1 and 3 only d) 1, 2 and 3 Q.35 Consider the following statements with reference to Q.33 Consider the following Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: statements: 1. People were protesting at 1. Swarajist opposed the entry of Jallianwala Bagh against the arrest Indian leaders into the colonial of M.K Ganhdi. legislative councils. 2. 2. No-Changers wanted to end the renounced his Knighthood after Boycott and the Non-Cooperation this massacre. Movement. 3. Hunter Commission was formed Which of the statements given to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh above is/are correct? Massacre. a) 1 only Which of the statements given b) 2 only above is/are correct? c) Both 1 and 2 a) 1 and 3 only d) Neither 1 nor 2 b) 2 and 3 only c) 1 and 2 only d) 1, 2 and 3 AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

Q.36 Arrange the following event a) 1 and 3 only in chronological order: b) 1 only 1. Establishment of first textile c) 2 and 3 only mill d) 1, 2 and 3 2. Bengal Famine not 3. Q.39 Which of the following 4. Civil Disobedience movement statements is correct with Select the correct answer from the reference to the Government of code given below: India Act, 1919: a) 1, 2, 3, 4 a) The Indian Legislative Council b) 1, 2, 4, 3 at the Centre was replaced by a c) 4, 3, 1, 2 bicameral system consisting of a d) 1, 3, 4, 2 Council of State (Upper House) and a Legislative Assembly (Lower Q.37 Who is known as the father House). of local self-government in India: b) It provided for Dyarchy at the a) Lord Mayo centre i.e., the distinction between b) Lord Lytton Reserved and Transferred c) Lord Curzon Subjects. d) Lord Ripon c) It provided separate electorates for Sikhs, Christians and Anglo- Q.38 With reference to the Indians. Communal Award, consider the d) It provided that there would be following statements: a gradual development of self- 1. It was announced by British governing institutions in India. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. Q.40 With reference to Khan 2. It had provided for separate Abdul Gaffar Khan, consider the electorates and reserved seats for following statements: minorities only. 1. He had alliance with the Muslim 3. Gandhi ji was against the League till independence was Communal Award and signed achieved. with the Muslim 2. He founded the Khudai league. Khidmatgar ("Servants of God") Which of the statements given movement in 1929. above is/are correct? AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

3. He was opposed to partition 4. Increase in Export. and demanded the creation of an Select the correct answer using independent state of Pashtunistan. the code given below: Which of the statements given a) 1 and 3 only above is/are correct? b) 2 and 4 only a) 1 only c) 1, 2 and 3 only b) 2 and 3 only d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 c) 1 and 3 only d) 3 only Q.43 With reference to the land revenue system under British Q.41 Which of the following India, consider the following was/were the main provisions of statements: the ? 1. In Ryotwari system, ownership 1. Attainment of . rights were given to the actual 2. India should be a Federation. tillers whereas in Mahalwari 3. Election should be on the basis System, the ownership rights were of adult suffrage. vested in village headman. 4. Separate electorate for 2. Zamindari system contributed Linguistic Minorities. to the growth of absentee Select the correct answer using landlordism. the code given below: 3. Zamindars were strictly a) 1, 2 and 3 only required to pay their revenues b) 3 and 4 only punctually to the government, c) 2 and 3 only without any claim for remission d) 2, 3 and 4 and reduction. Which of the statements given Q.42 Which of the following above is/are correct? was/were the major reasons of a) 3 only increasing poverty during British b) 2 and 3 only India? c) 1 and 2 only 1. Extreme pressure on d) 1, 2 and 3 Agriculture. 2. Destruction of Handicraft Q.44 Consider the following industry. statements: 3. Underdeveloped industrial sector. AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

1. , was c) 2 and 3 only popularly known as the Socrates d) 1, 2 and 3 of . Q.46 With reference to Mappila 2. Raja founded (Moplah) revolt, Consider the Atmiya Sabha in 1815 to following statements: propagate his views against Sati 1. It was characterised by Hindu- pratha. Muslim unity. 3. Debendra Nath Tagore’s 2. They were supported by Indian campaign led to the enactment of National Congress and Muslim a law, legalising widow League. remarriage in India. 3. It was non-violent in nature. Which of the statements given 4. It merged with the Khilafat above is/are correct? movement. a) 1 only Which of the statements given b) 1 and 2 only above is/are correct? c) 2 and 3 only a) 1, 2 and 4 only d) None of the above b) 2, 3 and 4 only c) 2 and 4 only Q.45 Which among the following d) All of the above were the reasons for tribal uprisings during British Q.47 Which of the following Government in India? was/were the demands of 1. The colonial administration Tebhaga movement? tried ending their relative 1. Ownership rights to peasants as isolation and bringing them fully they were the actual cultivators of within the ambit of colonialism. the land. 2. Complete disruption of the old 2. The increase in share of agrarian order of the tribal bargardars (sharecroppers) from communities. one-half to two-third. 3. The new courts and legal 3. Legislation for regulating the system gave a fillip to their local relationship between the tenants rules and customary belief. and landlords. Which of the statements given Select the correct answer using above is/are correct? the code given below: a) 1 only a) 1 and 2 only b) 1 and 2 only b) 2 only AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

c) 1 and 3 only Q.50 What was the main purpose d) 1, 2 and 3 of General Service Enlistment Act not 1856 passed by Lord Canning? Q.48 Which of the following a) It barred the Indian officials was/were the results of land from wearing any religious revenue and tenancy policies of symbol. Cornwallis? b) The age limit for Indians to 1. Allegiance of zamindars to the appear in Indian Covenant British rule Services (ICS) was reduced from 2. Efficiency in revenue collection 21 years to 19 years. 3. Increase in agricultural c) English and Latin were made activities compulsory subjects for ICS and Select the correct answer using exams were decided to be held in the code given below: England. a) 1 only d) It decreed the recruits of army b) 2 and 3 only to serve anywhere. c) 1 and 2 only d) 3 only Q.51 Which of the following statement is correct? Q.49 Which one of the following a) Ring Fence policy is given by correctly explains the ‘Policy of Warren Hasting ring fence’, adopted by British b) Subsidiary Alliance was started East India Company? by Cornwallis a) Policy of aligning with smaller c) Permanent Settlement was princely states surrounding started by William Bentinck powerful kingdoms. d) None of the above b) Policy of fortification of ports along the coastline of India at Q.52 With reference to the Revolt strategically relevant and of 1857, consider the following commercially viable locations. statements: c) Foreign policy of establishing 1. The tremors of this revolt was base around French colonies. felt in almost every cantonment of d) Defence policy of guarding the Bengal, but it remained totally frontiers of neighbouring to elusive in the province of Madras. safeguard their own territories 2. The only shared feeling among the rebels was the hatred for AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

foreign rule, they lacked political 2. Followed Constitutional means perspective and a definite vision of Agitation for future. 3. National characteristics Which of the statements given Select the correct answer using above is/are correct? the code given below: a) 1 only a) 2 only b) 2 only b) 1 and 3 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 c) 1 and 2 only d) 1, 2 and 3 Q.53 The arrival of marked the beginning of Q.55 Which of the following were a new era. In this context, consider the characteristics of peasant the following statements: struggle in 19th century? 1. He passed Bengal Sati 1. Aimed at mainly occupancy Regulation which banned the Sati rights of peasants among other practice in all jurisdictions of things. British India. 2. He repudiated ‘downward 2. Limited territorial reach. filtration theory’ and advocated 3. Directed against foreign for mass education. planters and indigenous 3. He worked for the removal of zamindars. humiliating distinctions against Indians in recruitment to Public Select the correct answer using Service. the code given below: Which of the statements given a) 1 only above is/are correct? b) 2 and 3 only a) 1 only b) 2 and 3 only c) 2 only c) 1 and 3 only d) 1, 2 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3 Q.56 Consider the following Q.54 Which of the following were statements regarding the common features of Pre- the India Council: Congress associations? 1. It was created under the 1. Dominated by Landlords Government of AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

India act 1861. (c) 1, 2 and 3 only 2. Secretary of State was made (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 subordinate to the council of India. Q.58 With reference to the social 3. No Indian had a voice in the and cultural India policies of British in India, Council. consider the Which of the statements above following statements: is/are correct? 1. British followed a policy of (a) 1 and 2 only noninterference (b) 2 only in socio-cultural life till the (c) 3 only early 19th century. (d) 1, 2 and 3 2. The conservatives respected Indian Q.57 Which of the following are philosophy and were against features of Tilak’s introduction Movement? of western ideas and practices. 1. One of its aims was formation of Which of the above statements the is/are correct? linguistic states. (a) 1 only 2. He opened co-operative stores (b) 2 only during the (c) Both 1 and 2 Home Rule Movement. (d) Neither 1 nor 2 3. He founded the first Home Rule League Q.59 Consider the following in Bombay. statements: 4. This movement was merged 1. The first step in the direction of into decentralizing central and Gandhiji’s Non-Cooperation provincial Movement finances was taken by Lord Ripon. later. 2. Lord Lytton increased the Select the correct answer using centralization the code given of Public finance in India. below: Which of the statements is/are (a) 1 and 4 only correct? (b) 2 and 3 only (a) 1 only AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

(b) 2 only 3. There was an active (c) Both 1 and 2 participation of (d) Neither 1 nor 2 traditionally home-centered women. Q.60 With reference to the Which of the above statements Theosophical Society, is/are correct? consider the following statements: (a) 1 and 3 only 1. It was founded at Adyar in (b) 1 and 2 only Madras by (c) 2 and 3 only Madam H.P. Blavatsky and Colonel (d) 3 only H.S. Olcott. Q.62 Consider the following 2. It was a reformist movement statements regarding aimed at the growth of East India strengthening of ancient religions Company’s trade and of and Zoroastrianism. influence during 1600-1744: 3. Theosophists tended to give 1. Till 1687, the English remained Indians a sense of false pride in petitioner their past greatness. before the Mughal authorities. Which of the above statements 2. Conditions in the South were is/are correct? not favourable to the English (a) 1 only compared to the north. (b) 1 and 2 only 3. In Eastern-India, the English (c) 2 and 3 only Company had opened its first (d) 3 only factory in Masulipatnam in 1633. Which of the above statements Q.61 Consider the following is/are correct? statements regarding Swadeshi (a) 1 only and Boycott Movement: (b) 1 and 2 only 1. The leadership for the (c) 2 and 3 only movement was provided by (d) 1, 2 and 3 extremists leaders throughout its entire course. Q.63 Which of the following 2. The peculiar feature of this was/were the possible movement was the absence of reasons that made Britishers more Muslim participation. interested in Bhutan? AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

1. Bhutan acted as a well-defined Select the correct answer using and defendable border for India. the code given below: 2. Useful tea-lands would come (a) 1 and 2 only under British Planters. (b) 2 and 3 only Select the correct answer using (c) 3 and 4 only the code given (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 below: (a) 1 only Q.66 Which of the following were (b) 2 only the reasons of Stagnation and (c) Both 1 and 2 Deterioration of Agriculture under (d) Neither 1 nor 2 British Rule? 1. Overcrowding of agriculture Q.64 Which of the following 2. Excessive land revenue demand events gave impetus to 3. Growth of landlordism the Indian National Movement? 4. Increasing indebtedness 1. World War One. Select the correct answer using 2. Russian Revolution. the code given 3. Nationalist agitations in Afro- below: Asia world. (a) 1 and 3only Select the correct answer using (b) 2 and 3 only the code given below: (c) 1, 2 and 4only (a) 1 and 2 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only Q.67 Which of the following (d) 1, 2 and 3 events related to the Non- Cooperation Movement happened Q.65 Who among the following earliest? resigned from their membership (a) All-India Khilafat committee of the central legislative council resolution barring Muslim to against the passage of serve in the British army. 1919? (b) Demonstration against Prince 1. Wales at Bombay. 2. Mohammad Ali Jinnah (c) Sedition charge against 3. Madan Mohan Malviya Mahatama Gandhi. 4. (d) Moplah uprising in Malabar. AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

Q.68 Which of the following the Press in the growth of statements regarding nationalism during 1858-1905: Morley-Minto Reforms is/are 1. It acted as an instrument correct? through which Indians spread the 1. All the elected members of message of patriotism. Imperial Legislative Council were 2. It led to the popularization of elected directly idea of democracy and by the provincial council. industrialization among the 2. It introduced an element of people. direct elections for the first time. Which of the above statements 3. It introduced separate is/are correct? electorate for depressed classes. (a) 1 only Select the correct answer using (b) 2 only the code given below: (c) Both 1 and 2 (a) 1 only (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (b) 1 and 3 only (c) 2 and 3 only incorrectQ.71 Which of the following (d) 1, 2 and 3 statements is/are regarding Q.69 He came to India in 1800 as a recommendations of watchmaker but Cabinet Mission Plan? spent his entire life in the 1. It accepted the demand of promotion of modern . education in the country, founded 2. It provided for three-tier the famous Hindu College. government at union and two tier Rammohun Roy gave the most at provincial level. enthusiastic assistance to his Select the correct answer using educational projects. He was: the code given (a) Vivian Derozio below: (b) William Jones (a) 1 only (c) David Hare (b) 2 only (d) William Carey (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Q.70 Consider the following statements regarding the role of AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

Q.72 With reference to Ryotwari history. In this context, consider settlement, consider the following the following statements: statements: 1. A direct sea-link between Asia 1. It was introduced in Madras and and Europe led to a big increase in Bombay Presidencies in the late trade between the two. 1890s. 2. A direct sea-link gave a big blow 2. It led to the establishment of a to the Arabs and Turks virtual system of peasant ownership. monopoly over trade in eastern 3. The Ryotwari system was goods. plannedincorrec by Johnt Shore. Which of the above statements Which of the above statements is/are correct? is/are ? (a) 1 only (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (c) 2 and 3 only (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) 1, 2 and 3 Q.75 Consider the following Q.73 Consider the following statements related to statements related to the the Lucknow pact of 1916: Licensing Regulations, 1823: 1. While the League agreed to 1. It was promulgated by Charles present joint constitutional Metcalf. demands with the Congress to the 2. Mirat-ul-Akbar publications government, the Congress were stopped under the same accepted the Muslim League’s regulation. position on separate Which of the above statements electorates. is/are correct? 2. The Muslims were also granted (a) 1 only a fixed proportion of seats in the (b) 2 only legislatures at all-India as well as (c) Both 1 and 2 at provincial levels (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Which of the above statements is/are correct? Q.74 The landing of Vasco de (a) 1 only Gama at Calicut in (b) 2 only 1498 is generally accounted as the (c) Both 1 and 2 beginning of a new era in world (d) Neither 1 nor 2 AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

(b) 2 only Q.76 Consider the following (c) Both 1 and 2 statements: (d) Neither 1 nor 2 1. Campaign against tariff protection and direct government Q.78 Consider the following aid for encouraging statements regarding modern industry the Mountbatten Plan: 2. Expansion and Reforms of 1. It proposed immediate transfer Legislative of power on the basis of grant of Councils status. 3. Criticism of Judicial System 2. Punjab and Bengal were to be 4. Protection of Civil Rights partitioned if majority of both Which of the above statements and Muslims meeting as a represents the single group voted in favour of demands of moderate partition. nationalists? 3. It ruled out the independence of (a) 1 and 3 only princely (b) 2 and 4 only states. (c) 2, 3 and 4 only Which of the above statements (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 is/are correct? (a) 1 and 3 only Q.77 With reference to the British (b) 2 only Indian Government’s attitude (c) 3 only towards the Indian National (d) None of the above Congress, consider the following Regional Founder statements: KingdomQ.79 Match the following: 1. The government encouraged Sir to form the United Indian Patriotic A. Hyderabad 1. Saadat Khan Association to counter Congress B. Bengal 2. Asaf Jah propaganda. C. Awadh 3. Murshid Quli Khan 2. Lord Dufferin called Congress “a Select the correct answer using factory of sedition”. the code given Which of the above statements below: is/are correct? A B C (a) 1 only (a) 3 1 2 AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

(b) 2 3 1 Muslims elected by provincial (c) 3 2 1 assembly. (d) 2 1 3 2. It proposed that 20% seats should be Q.80 Consider the following reserved for minorities at the statements: centre. 1. Sanyasi Revolt was a peasant’s 3. The pact was supported by revolt Congress and against the harsh economic order League. of Which of the above statements British in eastern India. is/are correct? 2. Kuka Movement in Punjab got (a) 1 only transformed from a political (b) 1 and 2 only movement (c) 2 only into a religious purification (d) 2 and 3 only campaign. 3. The Paika Rebellion in Odisha Q.82 Consider the following was a failure as they failed to statements regarding secure any concessions from the the Anglo-Mysore rivalry: British. 1. The first Anglo-Mysore war incorrectWhich of the above statements ended with is/are the Treaty of Mangalore. ? 2. was the (a) 1 and 2 only Governorgeneral (b) 2 and 3 only of Bengal during the first and (c) 3 only second Anglo-Mysore wars. (d) 1, 2 and 3 3. Mysore accepted the subsidiary alliance after the fourth Anglo- Q.81 Consider the following Mysore War. statements regarding Which of the above statements Desai-Liaqat Pact: is/are correct? 1. It proposed that central (a) 1 only assembly would (b) 2 only consist of equal number of Hindus (c) 3 only and (d) 1 and 3 only AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

Q.83 With reference to INA Q.85 Consider the following agitation, consider the statements related to following statements: the Ghadr Party: 1. Besides the Congress, the 1. Revolutionaries in it were Muslim League and Hindu mainly migrated ex-soldiers and Mahasabha also supported peasants. the INA cause. 2. Its aim was to organize 2. K.N. Katju and assassinations of officials and were among the leaders who publish anti-imperialist literature. organized the defense of INA Which of the above statements prisoners in court. is/are correct? 3. Mass pressure against the trial (a) 1 only of INA prisoners is described as (b) 2 only ‘an edge of a volcano’. (c) Both 1 and 2 Which of the above statements (d) Neither 1 nor 2 is/are correct? (a) 1 and 2 only Q.86 Consider the following (b) 2 only statements regarding (c) 3 only Rajagopalachari Formula: (d) 1, 2 and 3 1. It was meant for cooperation of Congress and Muslim League. Q.84 Arrange the following events 2. According to it the entire in chronological population of Muslims in India order: was to decide by a plebiscite, 1. Meerut Conspiracy Case whether or not to form a 2. Kakori Robbery separate sovereign state of 3. Saunders’ Murder Pakistan. 4. Which of the above statements Select the correct answer using is/are correct? the code given (a) 1 only below: (b) 2 only (a) 1-2-3-4 (c) Both 1 and 2 (b) 2-3-1-4 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) 2-1-4-3 (d) 3-4-1-2 Q.87 Consider the following statements regarding AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

the Permanent settlement (b) 2 only introduced by the Britishers: (c) 1 and 3 only 1. It was introduced by Alexander (d) 1, 2 and 3 Reed. 2. The Zamindar’s right of Q.89 The British employed various ownership was made hereditary diplomatic and and transferable. administrative mechanisms along 3. The system remained confined with direct conquest through wars only to the province of Bengal. for expanding their empire. In this Which of the above statements context, consider the following is/are correct? statements: (a) 1 only 1. Warren Hastings adopted the (b) 2 only policy of ring-fence. (c) 2 and 3 only 2. Lord Wellesley’s subsidiary (d) 1 and 3 only alliance increased the political independence of Indian states. Q.88 Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar 3. Lord Dalhousie was the shared many ideas, though in originator of the policy of Doctrine many ways they held different of Lapse. beliefs. In this context, consider Which of the above statements the following statements: is/are correct? 1. Ambedkar advocated (a) 1 only annihilation of caste system to (b) 1 and 2 only remove untouchability (c) 2 and 3 only while Gandhi did not oppose the (d) 3 only caste system. 2. Gandhi approved a separation of politics and religion as opposed Q.90 With reference to the Social to Ambedkar. Reform Movements, 3. Both Gandhi and Ambedkar consider the following statements: were in favour of ‘Gramraj’ as it 1. The social reform movement meant real independence for failed to penetrate into the lower Indians. strata of society. Which of the above statements 2. The reform movements were is/are correct? purely revivalist in nature. (a) 1 only AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

incorrect Which of the above statements 3. It introduced bicameralism in is/are ? some of the provinces. (a) 1 only 4. At the federal level, the (b) 2 only elections to upper house were (c) Both 1 and 2 direct while it was indirect for the (d) Neither 1 nor 2 lower house. Select the correct answer using Q.91 Which of the following the code given below: features were introduced (a) 2 only by Montagu- Chelmsford Reforms (b) 1, 3 and 4 only (1919)? (c) 2 and 3 only 1. Dyarchy in provincial (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 government 2. Bicameralism in central Q.93 Who among the following government freedom fighters was 3. Self determination for the called ‘Prince among the Patriots’ people of India by ? Select the correct answer using (a) Subhash Chandra Bose the code given below: (b) (a) 1 and 2 only (c) Gopaldas Ambaidas Desai (b) 2 and 3 only (d) (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 Q.94 Which of the following statements regarding Tipu Sultan Q.92 Which of the following is/are correct? statements regarding the 1. He organized his army on the provisions of the Government of European model with Persian India Act, 1935 are correct? words of command. 1. The act provided 3 lists for 2. He became a member of Jacobin legislation purposes and the Club and also planted a Tree of residuary powers were vested Liberty at Seringapatam. with the governor-general. Select the correct answer using 2. Provincial autonomy replaced the code given below: diarchy which was introduced at (a) 1 only federal level. (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 Q.97 Consider the following statements regarding Q.95 Consider the following the Militant Nationalist: statements regarding 1. They believed in capacity of the the moderates: masses to challenge the authority. 1. They lacked political faith in the 2. They believed that a true masses. nationlist should always be ready 2. Petitions, speeches and for personal sacrifice. boycoting council were their 3. Bose, Ashwini Kumar method of appeal . Datta, and W.C. Bonnerjea were 3. Pherozshah Mehta and S.N. among the important leaders of Banerjea were among the leaders this school. of the moderator phase. Which of the above statements Which of the above statements is/are correct? is/are correct? (a) 1 and 2 only (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 only (b) 3 only (c) 2 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 Q.98 Which of the following were Q.96 Consider the following the outcomes of statements related to the kisan the economic impact of the British sabha movement: rule in 1. The United Province Kisan India in the 19th century? Sabha was set up by Gauri 1. Increase in land productivity Shankar Mishra and due to the commercialization of Indra Narayan Dwivedi. agriculture. 2. Home Rule activists supported 2. The collapse of Indian it. Handloom. Which of the above statements 3. Absence of Indian capitalist is/are correct? class. (a) 1 only Select the correct answer using (b) 2 only the code given (c) Both 1 and 2 below: (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 1 only (b) 2 only AKKA IAS ACADEMY BENGALURU GENERAL STUDIES (Prelims)-2020 : TEST-1 (MODERN INDIA) DATE: 25-06-2020

(c) 1 and 3 only Which of the above statements (d) 1,2 and 3 is/are correct? (a) 1 only incorrectQ.99Which of the following (b) 2 only statements is/are (c) Both 1 and 2 regarding Women’s (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Organisations during British Rule? 1. All India Women’s Conference (AIWC) is considered as the first major Indian women’s organisation setup by a women. 2. Saraswati founded the Arya Mahila Samaj. 3. Ramabai Ranade founded the National Council of Women under the parent organisation National Social Conference. Select the correct answer using the code given below: (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 2 only (d) 1 and 3 only

Q.100 With reference to the Delhi Pact, consider the following statements: 1. As per this pact, the government agreed to immediate release of all political prisoners. 2. Gandhi in behalf of Congress agreed to suspend civil disobedience movement.