5N) Post Independence History (Prelims PYQs)

2018 Prelims PYQs

1] Consider the following events: [2018]

1. The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in India.
2. India’s then largest bank,”Imperial Bank of India” was renamed “State Bank of India”.
3. Air India was nationalised and became the national carrier.
4. Goa became a part of independent India.
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?

a) 4-1-2-3
b) 3-2-1-4
c) 4-2-1-3
d) 3-1-2-4

2008-1995 Prelims PYQs

1] Which was the Capital of Andhra state when it was made a separate State in the year 1953? [2008]

a) Guntur            b) Kurnool
c) Nellore            d) Warangal

2] For which one of the following reforms was a Commission set up under the Chairmanship of Veerappa Moily by the Government of India? [2008]

a) Police Reforms
b) Tax Reforms
c) Reforms in Technical Education
d) Administrative Reforms

3] Who wrote the book-‘the story of the Integration of the Indian States’? [2007]

a) B. N. Rao                   
b) C.Rajagopalachari
c) Krishna Menon            
d) V.P. Menon

4] Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the formation as full States of the Indian Union? [2007]

a) Sikkim – Arunachal Pradesh – Nagaland – Haryana
b) Nagaland – Haryana – Sikkim – Arunachal Pradesh
c) Sikkim – Haryana – Nagaland – Arunachal Pradesh
d) Nagaland – Arunachal  Pradesh – Sikkim – Haryana

5] Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya  Vinoba Bhave’s  Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of  the movement? [2007]

a) Udaygiri                       b) Rapur
c) Pochampalli                 d) Venkatagiri

6] Who among the following wrote the book- Ayodhya: 6 December 1992? [2007]

a) Chandra Shekhar       
b) P.V.Narasimha Rao
c) Jaswant Singh           
d) Arun Shourie

7] Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [2006]

a) States Reorganisation Act: Andhra Pradesh
b) Treaty of Yandabu: Assam
c) State of Bilaspur: Himachal Pradesh
d) Year 1966: Gujarat becomes a State

8] Which is the correct chronological sequence of the major events given below? [2006]

1. SLV 3 Launch
2. Formation of Bangladesh
3. Sikkim becomes 22nd State of the Indian Union
4. Pokharan I test.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 2, 4, 3, 1                          b) 3, 1, 2, 4
c) 2, 1, 3, 4                          d) 3, 4, 2, 1

9] Which one of the following was probed by the Liberhan Commission? [2005]

a) Test Cricket match fixing
b) Best Bakery Case
c) Tehelka Tapes Case
d) Demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya

10] Consider the following events: [2004]

1. Fourth general elections in India
2. Formation of Haryana State
3. Mysore named as Karnataka State
4. Meghalaya and Tripura become full States

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the above?
a) 2 1 4 3                             b) 4 3 2 1
c) 2 3 4 1                             d) 4 1 2 3

11] Match List I (Commission ) with List II (Matter of Enquiry) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2002]

Codes:
—A  B  C  D
a) 3  2  4  1
b) 2  3  4  1
c) 3   2  1  4
d) 2  3   1  4

12] While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman script for Hindi language was: [2000]

a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Abul Kalam Azad
d) Subhas Chandra Bose

13] Which one of the following statements is incorrect? [2000]

a) Goa attained full statehood in 1987
b) Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat
c) Daman and Diu were separated from Goa by the 56th Amendment of the Constitution of India
d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954

14] Which one of the following statements is correct? [1999]

a) Kacchativu and Tin Bigha were territories acquired by the Indian Republic from the French
b) Kacchativu and Tin Bigha are territories handed over to Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi sovereignty respectively by the Government of India
c) Kacchativu and Tin Bigha are areas that were annexed by the Chinese in the 1962 Sino­Indian War
d) Kacchativu and Tin Bigha are enclaves which were transferred to India by lease arrangements with Sri Lanka and Pakistan respectively

15] Which of the following Parties were not a part of the United Front which was in power during ‘96 97’? [1998]

I. Bahujan Samaj Party
II. Samata Party
III. Haryana Vikas Party
IV. Asom Gana Parishad

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
a) I, II, III and IV                 b) I, II and III
c) III and IV                       d) I and II

16] The Dinesh Goswami Committee was concerned with: [1995]

a) De nationalisation of banks
b) Electoral reforms
c) Steps to put down insurgency in the North East
d) The problem of the Chakmas

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