Phase In Between (1922-1930) PYQs — 25 UPSC CSE Previous Year Questions

Question 1

The artificially fixed rupee-sterling exchange rate prescribed by the Hilton-Young Commission (1926) was adopted by the British Government for which one of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A. Aiding the flow of remittances from India and maintaining India's creditworthiness

Question 2

Which one of the following statements about the Eka Movement and Bardoli Satyagraha is correct?

Accepted Answer

C. The Bardoli Satyagraha was a campaign against the enhancement of land revenue, while the Eka Movement was a protest against excessive extraction of rents.

Question 3

Who among the following was the founder of the 'Self-Respect Movement'?

Accepted Answer

A. 'Periyar' E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker

Question 4

With reference to the history of India, ‘Ulgulan’ or the Great Tumult is the description of which of the following events?

Accepted Answer

D. Birsa Munda's revolt of 1899-1900

Question 5

Consider the following pairs : Movement/Organization Leader 1. All India Anti-Untouchability League Mahatma Gandhi 2. All India Kisan Sabha Swami Sahajanand Saraswati 3. Self-Respect Movement E. V. Ramaswami Naicker Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Accepted Answer

D. 1, 2 and 3

Question 6

The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to

Accepted Answer

D. Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States.

Question 7

The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for

Accepted Answer

D. a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.

Question 8

With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements : It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes. It wanted to establish the dictatorship of proletariat. It advocated separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

D. None

Question 9

The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for

Accepted Answer

A. the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third

Question 10

The people of India agitated against the arrival of Simon Commission because

Accepted Answer

C. there was no Indian member in the Simon Commission

Question 11

The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress (1929) is very important in history, because the Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence the rift between the extremists and moderates was resolved in that Session a resolution was passed rejecting the two-nation theory in that Session Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

A. 1 only

Question 12

Which of the following parties were established by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar? The Peasants and Workers Party of India All India Scheduled Castes Federation The Independent Labour Party Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Accepted Answer

B. 2 and 3 only

Question 13

Karl Marx explained the process of class struggle with the help of which one of the following theories ?

Accepted Answer

D. Dialectical materialism

Question 14

With reference to Simon Commission's recommendations, which one of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

A. It recommended the replacement of diarchy with responsible government in the provinces

Question 15

Who among the following wrote The Communist Manifesto along with Karl Marx?

Accepted Answer

B. Friedrich Engels

Question 16

Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?

Accepted Answer

A. Annie Besant

Question 17

In October 1920, who headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a communist party of India?

Accepted Answer

D. M.N. Roy

Question 18

During the Indian freedom struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?

Accepted Answer

B. Maulana Hasrat Mohani

Question 19

During the colonial period in India, what was the purpose of the Whitley Commission?

Accepted Answer

B. To report on existing conditions of labour and to make recommendations.

Question 20

Assertion (A): The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak. Reason (R): The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary.

Accepted Answer

A. Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A

Question 21

Who among the following organized the famous Chittagong Armoury raid?

Accepted Answer

B. Surya Sen

Question 22

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II A. Moplah revolt 1. Kerala B. Pabna revolt 2. Bihar C. Eka movement 3. Bengal D. Birsa Munda revolt 4. Awadh

Accepted Answer

A. A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2

Question 23

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

	List-I (Events)		List-II (Results)
A.	Morley Minto Reforms	1.	Country-wise agitation
B.	Simon Commission	2.	Withdrawal of a movement
C.	Chauri-Chaura incident	3.	Communal electrorates
D.	Dandi March	4.	Communal outbreaks
		5.	Illegal manufactures of salt

Codes:

Accepted Answer

D. A-3, B-1, C-2, D-5

Question 24

Who among the following was a prominent leader of the Congress Socialist Party?

Accepted Answer

D. Acharya Narendra Dev

Question 25

Which one of the following first mooted the idea of a constituent assembly to frame a constitution for India?

Accepted Answer

A. Swaraj Party in 1934

Movement/Organization	Leader
1. All India Anti-Untouchability League	Mahatma Gandhi
2. All India Kisan Sabha	Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
3. Self-Respect Movement	E. V. Ramaswami Naicker

	List-I		List-II
A.	Moplah revolt	1.	Kerala
B.	Pabna revolt	2.	Bihar
C.	Eka movement	3.	Bengal
D.	Birsa Munda revolt	4.	Awadh