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THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY III MODERN HISTORY MCQs

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Question 21. Q. Who among the following leaders of the Indian freedom struggle were socialists?

  1. Jayaprakash  Narayan

  2. Narendra Dev

  3. Rajendra Prasad

  4. N.G.Ranga


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    1 and 2 only
  2.    1, 2 and 4 only
  3.    3 and 4  only
  4.    All of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1, 2 and 4 only
:
B
Explanation:
Statement 1,2,4 is correct:
In the late 1920s and 1930s, socialist ideology gained popularity among Indian youth. Many left-wing parties and youth organizations reflected this trend.
The Congress Socialist Party (CSP) was formed in Bombay in October 1934 under the leadership of Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev and Minoo Masani. Likewise, there were other socialist leaders outside the sphere of any party or group, including socialists such as Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, Professor N.G. Ranga, and Indual Yagnik.
Statement 3 is incorrect:
Rajendra Prasad was not a socialist and he was a Gandhian and did not believe in class conflict. Other Gandhian leaders include Sardar patel,J.B.Kripalani and others.
Question 22. Q. Which among the following factors explain the emergence of Awadh as an epicentre of the revolt of 1857?

  1. Increase in the powers of Taluqdars due to summary settlement of 1856.

  2. Exploitation of the peasants due to overassesment.

  3. Large numbers of Sepoys in the Bengal army recruited from Awadh. 


Select the correct answer using the code given below.
  1.    1 and 2 only
  2.    2  and 3 only
  3.    1 and 3 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 2  and 3 only
:
B
Explanation:
Statement 1 is incorrect:
After the annexation of Awadh in 1856, the British adopted a new policy on revenue known as the summary settlement, on the grounds that the taluqdars were interlopers with no permanent stake in the land,they had kept themselves through the force and fraud. The taluqdars were at the forefront of a revolt against the British revenues policies because it diminished their power over the peasants. The Summary Settlement excluded the taluqdars wherever possible, thus reducing the control of the taluqadars and instigated them to revolt against the British.
Statement 2 is correct:British Land Revenue Officers believed that by removing the taluqdars they would be able to settle land income with the actual landowners. By this policy, the state's revenue streams increased, but the peasants' demand burden did not decrease. In some places, revenue demand increased from 30 per cent to 70 per cent. Thus the peasants hated the British and eagerly took part in the revolt of 1857.
Statement 3 is correct:The vast majority of the sepoys of the Bengal Army were recruited from the villages of Awadh and eastern Uttar Pradesh. In fact, Awadh was called the "Nursery of the Bengal Army." The changes that the families of the sepoys saw around them and the threats they perceived were quickly passed on to the sepoy lines. This link between the sepoys and the rural world had important implications in the course of the uprising.
Question 23. Q. With reference to the process of making of India's constitution consider the following statements:

  1. The  Drafting committee of the constituent assembly was chaired by Dr.B.R.Ambedkar.

  2. The resolution for the national flag of India in constituent assembly was moved by Jawaharlal Nehru.

  3. The assembly was presided by Dr.rajendra Prasad.


Select the correct answer using the code given below.
  1.    1 and 2 only
  2.    2 only
  3.    1 and 3 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 3
:
D
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct: B.R. Ambedkar served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution. Serving with him were two other lawyers, K.M. Munshi from Gujarat and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar from Madras, both of whom gave crucial inputs in the drafting of the Constitution.Sir B. N. Rau, was the Constitutional Advisor to the assembly who prepared a series of background papers based on a close study of the political systems obtained in other countries.
Statement 2 is correct:Few day later it was Jawaharlal Nehru who moved the crucial “Objectives Resolution”, as well as the resolution proposing that the National Flag of India be a “horizontal tricolour of saffron, white and dark green in equal proportion”, with a wheel in navy blue at the centre.
Statement 3 is correct: The Constituent Assembly began its session on 9 December 1946. On 11 December 1946 Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of the Constituent assembly.
Question 24. Q. With reference Kamaladevi Chattopadyay, consider the following statements:

  1. She persuaded Gandhiji to include women in the salt satyagraha.

  2. She led the the famous Dharasana salt satyagraha 

  3. She was arrested for breaking the salt law.


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    1 and 3 only
  2.    2 and 3 only
  3.    3 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1 and 3 only
:
A
Explanation:The civil disobedience movement in 1930 saw greater participation of women across the country.The women leaders including Saroji Naidu ,Kamaladevi Chattopadhya and others played an important role.
Statement 1 and 3 is correct: Kamaladevi Chattopadhya had persuaded Gandhiji not to restrict the protests to men alone. Kamaladevi was herself one of numerous women who courted arrest by breaking the salt or liquor laws.
Statement 2 is incorrect:The Dharasana salt satyagraha during the civil disobedience movement was led by Sarojini Naidu.Kamaladevi Chattopadhya played an important role in political empowerment of women.She was the founding member of All India women's conference and became its first Organizing Secretary.
Question 25. Q. He was elected by the mutinous 22nd Native infantry as their leader during the revolt of 1857.He fought in the famous Battle of Chinhat and defeated the British forces.People called him “Danka shah”.He was
  1.    Shah Mal
  2.    Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah
  3.    Wajid Ali Shah
  4.    Bahadur Shah
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah
:
B
Explanation:
Option(a) is incorrect:
Shah Mal is native of Uttar Pradesh. He mobilized the leaders and cultivators of the chaurasi des, moving from village to village at night, urging people to rebel against the British. Locally recognized as the Raja, Shah Mal took over the bungalow of an English officer, turned it into a "court of justice," settled disputes and handed down judgments.
Option (b) is correct:
Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah is from Hyderabad, and he became a preacher when he was young. In 1856, he was seen moving from village to village and preaching war against the British and urging people to rebel. He moved in the palanquin, with the drumbeaters in the front and the followers in the back. It was therefore popularly known as Danka Shah – the maulvi with the drum (danka). He was elected leader of the mutinous 22nd Native Infantry. He fought in the famous Battle of Chinhat, where the British forces under Henry Lawrence were defeated.
Option(c) is incorrect:
Wajid Ali Shah was the Nawab of Awadh, but was dethroned and exiled to Calcutta on the ground that the region was being mis governed. Begum Hazrat Mahal (the Nawab 's wife) was leader in Lucknow during the revolt of 1857.
Option(d) is incorrect:
Bahadur Shah was the Mughal emperor in Delhi, and he was approached by the rebels to accept the leadership of the revolt that he willingly accepted.
Question 26. Q. Mahatma Gandhi held a different view on Modern machinery, in this regard consider the following statements:

  1. According to him machines enslaved humans and displaced labour.

  2. Through Charkha he sought to destroy all the modern machinery.

  3. He thought that machines lead to concentration of wealth in a few hands.


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    1 only
  2.    2 only
  3.    1 and 3 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 and 3 only
:
C
Explanation:
Mahatma Gandhi was deeply critical of the modern age in which machines enslaved human beings and displaced workers. He saw the charka as a symbol of a human society that would not glorify machines and technology. In addition, the spinning wheel could provide the poor with additional income and make them self-reliant. He believed that modern machinery would lead to a concentration of wealth in a few hands. However, through Charkha, he did not intend to destroy all machines, but to regulate their use and control their weedy growth.
Question 27. Q. With reference to the Jotedars, which of the following statements is not correct?
  1.    They were appointed by the zamindars for collection of land revenue.
  2.    They cultivated their lands through sharecroppers.
  3.    They lived  in the villages .
  4.    They posed a challenge to the authority of zamindars.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> They were appointed by the zamindars for collection of land revenue.
:
A
Explanation:
Jotedars were a group of rich peasants. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, they had acquired vast areas of land. A large part of their land was cultivated by sharecroppers (adhiyars or bargadars) who brought their own ploughs, worked in the field, and handed over half the produce to the jotedars after the harvest.
In the villages, the power of the jotedars was more effective than that of the zamindars. Unlike zamindars, who often lived in urban areas, jotedars were located in villages and had direct control over a large section of poor villagers. They resisted ferociously the efforts of the zamindars to increase the village jama, prevented the zamindari officials from carrying out their duties, mobilized the ryots that relied on them, and deliberately delayed the payment of revenues to the zamindar.
Thus the jotedars were not appointed by the zamindars. Zamindars appointed officials named amlah for the collection of revenue.
Question 28. Q. With reference to the role of Mahatma Gandhi in India's freedom movement ,consider the following statements:

  1. His first major public appearance was at the opening of the Banaras Hindu university.

  2. After his release from prison in 1924 he devoted his time for abolition of untouchability.

  3. He did not participate in the campaign against the all white Simon commission in 1928.


Select the correct answer using the code given below.
  1.    1 only
  2.    1 and 2 only
  3.    2 and 3 only
  4.    1, 2, and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2, and 3
:
D
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct:Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in January 1915. On the advice of Gokhale, Gandhiji spent a year traveling around British India to get to know the land and its peoples. His first major public appearance was at the opening ceremony of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in February 1916.
Statement 2 is correct: Thousands of Indians were jailed during the Non-Cooperation Movement. Gandhiji himself was arrested in March 1922, charged with sedition. He was released from prison in February 1924, after which he devoted his attention to the promotion of home-spun cloth (khadi) and the abolition of untouchability. Gandhiji was just as much a social reformer as he was a politician. He believed that, in order to be worthy of freedom, Indians had to rid themselves of social evils such as child marriage and untouchability.For several years after the Non-Cooperation Movement ended, Mahatma Gandhi focused his work on social reform.
Statement 3 is correct: Gandhi In 1928,he began to think about the re-entry of politics. That year, an all-India campaign was launched against the All-White Simon Commission, which had been sent from England to investigate the conditions in the colony. Gandhiji himself did not participate in this movement, although he gave his blessings to the protesters.
Question 29. Q. Among the following governor generals, what is the correct chronological order of their Succession as governor general of India?
  1.    Irwin-Linlithow-Wavell-Mountbatten
  2.    Linlithgow-Irwin-Willingdon-Wavell
  3.    Willingdon-Mountbatten-Wavell-Linlithgow
  4.    Irwin-Willingdon-Linlithgow-Wavell
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Irwin-Willingdon-Linlithgow-Wavell
:
D
Explanation:
Governor general and their years
1.Lord Irwin(1926-1931):Important developments during his tenure include the visit of the Simon Commission to India (1928) and the boycott by the Indians of the Commission. The All-Party Conference held in Lucknow (1928) led to the launch of the Nehru Report, Dandi March (March 12, 1930) by Gandhi, of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
2.Lord Willingdon(1931-1936):
Second and third Round table conferences, Announcement of Communal Award (1932) under which separate communal electorates were set up.Gandhi’sFast unto death’ in Yerwada prison,ended after the Poona Pact (1932),The Government of India Act of 1935.
3.Lord Linlithgow( 1936-1944):
‘August Offer’ (1940) by the viceroy,Escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India (1941)
and organisation of the Indian National Army, Cripps Mission’s Cripps Plan to offer dominion
status to India, outbreak of ‘August Revolution’ or Revolt of 1942 after the arrest of national leaders,‘Divide and Quit’ slogan at the Karachi session (1944) of the Muslim League.
4.Lord Wavell(1944-1947):
Wavell Plan and the Simla Conference (1942), Proposals of the Cabinet Mission (1946) and its acceptance by the Congress. Elections to the Constituent Assembly, formation of Interim Government by the Congress (September 1946), Announcement of end of British rule in India by Clement Attlee (prime minister of England) on February 20, 1947.
Question 30. Q. Consider the following pairs:
 
Terms /names
Occupation/Function
1. Haloadars
Village headman
2. Adhiyars
Sharecroppers
3. Paharias
Shifting cultivation
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
  1.    1 and 2 only
  2.    2 only
  3.    1 and 3 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 3
:
D
Explanation:
Haloadars were the heads of the village, and adhiyars were sharecroppers who cultivated the land of jotedars. Paharias were the hill tribes of the Rajmahal hills who practiced shifting cultivation.

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