Challenge Prelims V1.0 – Day 50 – GS Paper (Modern History)

1. Consider the following pairs:

Political Association: Member

1. United Patriotic Association: Syed Ahmad Khan
2. Madras Mahajan Sabha: Panapakkam Anandacharlu
3. The Bombay Presidency Association: Kashinath Trimbak Telang

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

2. Which of the following is not the achievement of the moderate phase of the Indian National Congress?

3. Consider the following statements regarding the Vernacular Press Act, 1878:

1. It was directed only against Indianlanguage newspapers.
2. It provided for the confiscation of the printing press and other materials of a newspaper if the Government believed that it was publishing seditious materials.
3. It was repealed in 1881 by Lord Lytton.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. Consider the following pairs:

Associations: Leader

1. East India Association: Ananda Mohan Bose
2. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha: M.G. Ranade
3. Indian League: K.T. Telang

How many of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

5. Consider the following statements with respect to the Factory Act of 1881 and the Factory Act of 1891:

1. The Factory Act 1881 primarily dealt with the problem of child labor.
2. The Factory Act of 1891 regulated the working hours of men.
3. These two Acts did not apply to the British-owned tea and coffee plantations.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

6. Consider the following statements with regards to the Indian Association of Calcutta:

1. It protested against the reduction of the age limit of candidates for the Indian Civil Service examination.
2. The association demanded the Indianisation of higher administrative posts.
3. It led a campaign in favor of the Indian Government.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

7. Consider the following statements regarding the Indian National Congress session (INC):

1. At the first session of the INC (1885), Surendranath Banerjea and other leaders of Bengal merged their forces with those of the Indian National Congress.
2. Dadabhai Naoroji presided over the Calcutta session of Congress in 1886.
3. Kadambini Ganguli, the first woman graduate of Calcutta University addressed the third session of the INC in 1887.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

8. The Madras Native Association was set up during the nineteenth century in Madras as a branch of which of the following associations?

9. What was the objective behind the introduction of ‘Statutory Civil Services’ in the 1870s?

10. Consider the following pairs:

Women’s Organisation: Associated Person

1. Indian Women’s Association : Annie Besant
2. Bharat Stree Mandal : Sarala Devi Choudharani
3. Arya Mahila Samaj : Ramabai Ranade

How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

11. Consider the following pairs:

Organization: Founded by

1. Satyashodhak Samaj: Jyotiba Phule
2. All India AntiUntouchability League: B. R. Ambedkar
3. All India Scheduled Castes Federation: M. K.Gandhi

How many of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

12. With reference to different perspectives about the formation of the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1885, consider the following statements:

1. According to the Safety Valve theory, the INC was formed by A.O. Hume for releasing the growing discontent of the Indians.
2. Lala Lajpat Rai opposed Safety Valve theory and believed that the INC was formed by Indians to promote national interest.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

13. Consider the following pairs:

Institution: Founder/ Associated person

1. Asiatic Society of Bengal: William Jones
2. Benares Sanskrit College: Warren Hastings
3. Hindu College in Calcutta: Raja Rammohan Roy

How many of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

14. How many of the following were the declared objectives of the Indian National Congress at the time of its inception?

1. Promotion of feeling of national unity
2. Eradication of social evils
3. Indianization of public services

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

15. With reference to the Indian National Congress (INC), which of the following statements is not correct?