Previous year MCQs

Modern Indian History UPPSC 1993 GS-I
Question

Who started Home Rule league?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Both Annie Besant & Lokmanya Tilak

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Both Annie Besant & Lokmanya Tilak”.
Both Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant started Home Rule Leagues in India in 1916.

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After the sentence of B.G. Tilak, who among the following had pleaded for mercy and said : "My interest in Tilak is that of a Sanskrit scholar." ?
  1. A) Rabindranath Tagore
  2. B) Max Muller
  3. C) Bipinchandra Pal
  4. D) William Jones
What is the name of party founded by Saumyandra Nath Tagore?
  1. A) Indian Bolshevik Party
  2. B) Revolutionary Communist Party
  3. C) Bolshevik Leninist Party
  4. D) Radical Democratic Party
Brain diseases are diagnosed by
  1. A) ECG
  2. B) EEG
  3. C) EMG
  4. D) EKG
Match list-I and list-II and select the correct answer from the code given below?
List-I - List-II

A. August Declaration - 1. Lord Linlithgow
B. August Offer - 2. Montague
C. August Resolution - 3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
D. Direct Action Day - 4. Mahatma Gandhi

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 2 1 4 3
  2. B) 3 4 1 2
  3. C) 1 3 2 4
  4. D) 4 2 3 1
Consider:

Assertion (A): Nehru had no regard for the upanishads.
Reason (R): His attitude was scientific.

Now select your answer from the following code:
Code:
  1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B) Both A and R are individually 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
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given here under:

Assertion (A): In the wake of Quit India Movement, the British and Muslims in their common hatred for the Congress came closer to each other.

Reason (R): Jinnah acted as a staunch ally of the British government and told Muslims to keep away from the Congress movement of 1942.

Code:
  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
Helsinki is a the Capital of
  1. A) Denmark
  2. B) Finland
  3. C) Nake
  4. D) Sweden
After the resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose, who was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress?
  1. A) Abul Kalam Azad
  2. B) Rajendra Prasad
  3. C) Pattabhi Sitarammaya
  4. D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Who defeated Marathas in the 3rd battle of Panipat?
  1. A) Afghans
  2. B) Britisher
  3. C) Mughals
  4. D) Rohillas
Insulin is a type of:
  1. A) Hormone
  2. B) Enzyme
  3. C) Vitamin
  4. D) Salt
Thermostat is related with?
  1. A) Humidity
  2. B) Temperature
  3. C) Air
  4. D) Clouds
First Muslim President of Indian National Congress was:
  1. A) Abul Kalam Azad
  2. B) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
  3. C) M.A. Ansari
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