Previous year MCQs

Modern Indian History UPPSC 1992 GS-I
Question

When did Vasco-de-Gama come to India?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: 1498

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “1498”.
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gamma travelled towards east and eventually made it to India in 1498.

Similar Questions:

Chandra Shekhar Azad, the revolutionary leader was killed by the British by:
  1. A) hanging
  2. B) being beaten to death
  3. C) being shot dead in encounter
  4. D) being run over by a military jeep
Where was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association founded in 1928?
  1. A) Kanpur
  2. B) Delhi
  3. C) Allahabad
  4. D) Lahore
On which river Sardar Sarovar Dam is being build?
  1. A) Narmada
  2. B) Chambal
  3. C) Sutluj
  4. D) Mahanadi
The ‘Deepavali Declaration’ issued in the year 1929 was related to the:
  1. A) Communal problem
  2. B) Dominion status
  3. C) Labour leaders
  4. D) Untouchability
The Ghadar Party was formed in
  1. A) Afghanistan
  2. B) Burma
  3. C) England
  4. D) United States of America
"You give me blood, I will give you Freedom" who had said this statement:
  1. A) Subhash Chandra Bose
  2. B) Bhagat Singh
  3. C) Rasbihari Bose
  4. D) Batukeshwar Dutt
Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I - List-II

A. Socialist Party - 1. C.R. Das
B. Communist Party - 2. Ram Manohar
C. Swaraj Party - 3. LalaHardayal
D. Ghadar Party - 4. PC. Joshi

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 2 4 1 3
  2. B) 3 4 1 2
  3. C) 2 1 3 4
  4. D) 4 3 2 1
Indians were assured of many things in the declaration by Queen Victoria in 1858. Which among the following assurances was fulfilled by the British Government?
  1. A) Policy of annexation will be abandoned
  2. B) "Status quo" of the native rulers would be maintained
  3. C) Equal treatment would be given to all subjects, Indians and Europeans
  4. D) There would be no interference in the social and religious beliefs of the Indians
Arrange the following events in correct chronological sequence using the code given below

(A) Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act
(B) Champaran Satyagraha
(C) Kheda Peasant struggle
(D) Ahmedabad Mill Strike
  1. A) B, D, C, A
  2. B) A, B, C, D
  3. C) B, A, D, C
  4. D) C, B, D, A
Who among the following founded the Abhinav Bharat, a secret association of revolutionaries?
  1. A) Arbindo Ghosh
  2. B) Shachindra Sanyal
  3. C) Surya Sen
  4. D) V. D. Savarkar
Which of the following is not necessary for the presidential candidate?
  1. A) Completed 35 years of Age
  2. B) Educated
  3. C) Have the qualification to become a member of parliament
  4. D) Should be the Citizen of the country
Assertion (A): Britain made India free in 1947
Reason (R): Britain had become weak during the second World War

In the context of the above two statement which of the following is correct:
  1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is true but R is false
  4. D) A is false but R is true