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Modern Indian History UPPSC 2010 GS-I
Question

Put the following events in chronological order and choose your answer with the help of given code:

1) Formation of an interim Government
2) The arrival of the Cabinet Mission
3) Muslim League launches Direct Action
4) Jinnah's wrecking of the Shimla Conference

Codes:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: D B C A

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “D B C A”.
Event Date
Jinnah's wrecking of the Shimla Conference June 25th, 1945
The arrival of the Cabinet Mission 24 March 1946
Muslim League launches Direct Action 16 August 1946
Formation of an interim Government September 2, 1946

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Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List-I (Newspaper) - List-II (Editors)

A. Hindu - 1. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Sudharak - 2. G.K. Gokhale
C. Voice of India - 3. G. Subramaniya lyer
D. Bengalee - 4. S.N. Banerjee

Code:
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(2) He left the congress in 1925.

Select the correct answer using the code given below—
Code -
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  2. B) Mark Tully
  3. C) Web Miller
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  3. C) Red soil
  4. D) Laterite soil
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  3. C) Akbar - Battle of Haldighati
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  2. B) Bombay
  3. C) Aligarh
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  2. B) Civil Disobedience Movement
  3. C) Individual Satyagrha
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