UPSC Modern History – Old Questions 2021

Q.1 In the first quarter of the seventeenth 

century, in which of the following was/were the factory/factories of the English East India Company located?

1. Broach

2. Chicacole

3. Trichinopoly

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 1 only

b) 1 and 2

c) 3 only

d) 2 and 3

Q.2 With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following statements is correct?

a) Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour 

Indian National Flag here.

b) Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit India 

Movement of Andhra region from here.

c) Rabindranath Tagore translated the 

National Anthem from Bengali to English 

here.

d) Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society first here.

Q.3 Consider the following statements:

1. St. Francis Xavier was one of the founding members of the Jesuit Order.

2. St. Francis Xavier died in Goa and a church is dedicated to him there.

3. The feast of St. Francis Xavier is 

celebrated in Goa each year.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Q.4 Consider the following statements:

1. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 

1919 recommended granting voting rights 

to all women above the age of 21.

2. The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in the legislature.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q.5 With reference to 8th August 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct?

a) The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC.

b) The Viceroy’s Executive Council was 

expanded to include more Indians.

c) The Congress ministries resigned in seven provinces.

d) Cripps proposed an Indian Union with full Dominion status once the Second World War was over.

Q.6 Who among the following is associated with ‘Songs from Prison’, a translation of ancient Indian religious lyrics in English?

a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

d) Sarojini Naidu

Q.7 Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School?

a) Annie Besant

b) Debandranath Tagore

c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

d) Sarojini Naidu

Q.8 In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as

a) leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott 

Movement

b) members of the Interim Government in 

1946

c) members of the Drafting Committee in 

the Constituent Assembly

d) officers of the Indian National Army

ANSWER

1. a

2. c

3. c

4. b

5. a

6. c

7. c

8. d