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Modern History Quiz 20

author July 22, 2025 No Comments PYQ Quiz

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Consider the following statements: [2004] Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the:

Abolition of diarchy in the Governors’ provinces
Power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own
Abolition of the principle of communal representation

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

1 only

1 and 2

2 and 3

1, 2 and 3

Not Attempted

None

The real intention of the British to include the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to: [2002]

Exercise more and direct political and administrative control over the princely states

Involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony

Finally effect the complete political and administrative take-over of all the princely states by the British

Use the princes to counter-balance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders

Not Attempted

None

Who among the following, was the President of the All India States’ Peoples’ Conference in 1939? [2001]

Jaya Prakash Narayan

Jawaharlal Nehru

Sheikh Abdullah

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Not Attempted

None

Who among the following was a prominent leader of the Congress Socialist Party? [1996]

M. N. Roy

Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi

Pattam Thanu Pillai

Acharya Narendra Dev

Not Attempted

None

Who was the Provisional President of the Constituent Assembly before Dr. Rajendra Prasad took over? [2024]

C. Rajagopalachari

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

T.T. Krishnamachari

Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha

Not Attempted

None

Consider the following pairs: [2024]

Party – Its Leader

1.Bharatiya Jana Sangh – Dr.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Socialist Party – C. Rajagopalachari
Congress for Democracy – Jagjivan Ram
Swatantra Party – Acharya Narendra Dev

How many of the above are correctly matched?

Only one

Only two

Only three

All four

Not Attempted

None

With reference to the proposals of Cripps Mission, consider the following statements: [2022]

The Constituent Assembly would have members nominated by the Provincial Assemblies as well as the Princely States.
Any Province, which is not prepared to accept the new Constitution would have the right to sign a separate agreement with Britain regarding its future status.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

Not Attempted

None

With reference to 8th August, 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct? [2021]

The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC.

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

The Congress ministries resigned in seven provinces.

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

Not Attempted

None

With reference to Indian National Movement, consider the following pairs: [2019] Person – Position held

Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru – President, All India Liberal Federation
K.C. Neogy – Member of the Constituent Assembly
P.C. Joshi – General Secretary, Communist Party of India.

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

1 only

1 and 2 only

3 only

1, 2, and 3

Not Attempted

None

10.

Who among the following were the founders of the “Hind Mazdoor Sabha” established in 1948? [2018]

B. Krishna Pillai, E.M.S. Namboodiripad, and K.C. George

Jayaprakash Narayan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, and M.N. Roy

C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer, K. Kamaraj, and Veeresalingam Pantulu

Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujan, and G.G. Mehta

Not Attempted

None

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