Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2011 GS-1 Modern Indian History
Question

Who formed the Radical Democratic Party in 1940 ?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: M. N. Roy

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “M. N. Roy”.
M.N. Roy. Roy founded Radical Democratic Party in 1940 with the purpose of engaging India in the war to support the Allies.

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Arrange the following into chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

A. Muhammad Shah
B. Jahandar Shah
C. Alamgir II
D. Ahmadshah

Codes:
  1. A) A C D B
  2. B) B A D C
  3. C) C A B D
  4. D) D B C A
The First University Chair in Sanskrit was founded in Europe in:
  1. A) Britain
  2. B) France
  3. C) Germany
  4. D) Russia
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  2. B) To assure the establishment of Pakistan
  3. C) To throwout the Britishers
  4. D) To make India a communist nation after Independence
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  1. A) Millets and Rice
  2. B) Cotton and Tobacco
  3. C) Tea and Coffee
  4. D) Vegetables and Fruits
Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I - List-ll

A. August Declaration - 1. Lord Linlithgow
B. August Offer - 2. Montague
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Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 2 1 4 3
  2. B) 1 2 4 3
  3. C) 1 2 3 4
  4. D) 4 1 2 3
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  1. A) 1939
  2. B) 1940
  3. C) 1941
  4. D) 1942
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  2. B) Rabindranath Tagore
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  2. B) The battle of Buxar
  3. C) The battle of Wandiwash
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  2. B) Sarojini Naidu
  3. C) Indira Gandhi
  4. D) Meira Kumar
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  2. B) Hema Chandrakar
  3. C) Ram Prasad Bismil
  4. D) Sachindra Sanyal
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre held on?
  1. A) 5 May, 1918
  2. B) 1 April, 1919
  3. C) 13 April, 1919
  4. D) 29 April, 1919
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  1. A) VP Wadia
  2. B) NM Joshi
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