Modern History - MOST IMPORTANT HP PCS Previous Year Questions
Practice real questions from previous year exams of HP PCS.
📘 Revolutionary Nationalism📚 Revolutionary Activities Outside India
Q1
Who was given the death penalty for the murder of Curzon Wyllie?
🎯 HP PCS (Pre) 2016
📘 Indian National Movement - I (1905-1918)📚 Ghadar Party- 1913
Q2
The headquarter of Ghadar Movement/Party were at:
🎯 HP PCS Pre 2010
📘 Indian National Movement - I (1905-1918)📚 Komagata Maru Incident 1914
Q3
Who chartered the ship Komagatumaru for taking the Indians to Vancouver?
🎯 HP PCS Pre 2018
📘 Revolutionary Nationalism📚 Revolutionary Activities Outside India
Q4
The headquarter of Ghadar Movement/Party were at :
🎯 HP PCS Pre 2010
📘 Peasant - Tribal and Other Movements📚 Peasant Movements
Q5
In the 19th century, Moplah peasants revolted against the tyranny of which of the following?
🎯 HP PCS Pre 2010
📘 Indian National Movement - II (1918-1929)📚 Bardoli Satyagraha (1928)
Q6
Which event earned Vallabhbhai Patel the title of 'Sardar'?
🎯 HP PCS (Pre) 2016
📘 Peasant - Tribal and Other Movements📚 Peasant Movements
Q7
Put these agrarian movements in chronological order with the date of their start:
1. Bardoli Peasants Movement
2. Khera peasants Movement
3. Champaran Satyagrah
4. Mopla Peasants Movement
🎯 HP PCS (PRE) 2021
📘 Indian National Movement - III (1930-1947)📚 Salt March and Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-1931)
Q8
From which place did Gandhiji start his Dandi March to the sea?
🎯 HP PCS Pre 2011
📘 Indian National Movement - III (1930-1947)📚 Civil Disobedience Movement (Second-Phase)
Q9
When was the Civil Disobedience Movement called off finally by Gandhiji?
🎯 HP PCS (Pre) 2019
📘 Revolutionary Nationalism📚 Revolutionary Activities Outside India
Q10
Where was founded the Communist Party of India in 1920?
🎯 HP PCS (Pre) 2016
📘 Revolutionary Nationalism📚 Revolutionary activities inside India
Q11
Which of the following national leaders was to take up the case of the prisoners of the Meerut Conspiracy case?
🎯 HP PCS (Pre) 2019
📘 Indian Personalities involved in Indian Freedom Struggle📚 Personalities involved in Indian Freedom Struggle
Q12
Which of the following was not a socialist leader?
🎯 HP PCS Pre 2017
📘 Revolutionary Nationalism📚 Revolutionary activities inside India
Q13
When did Communist Party of India (Marxist) emerge a separate political party?
🎯 HP PCS Pre 2017
📘 Indian National Movement - III (1930-1947)📚 Indian Provincial Elections - 1937
Q14
In which of the following province Indian National Congress had not obtained a full majority in provincial legislature elections held in 1937?
🎯 HP PCS Pre 2013
📘 Indian National Movement - II (1918-1929)📚 The Government of India Act- 1919
Q15
In which year was the first session of the 'Chamber of Princes' held?
🎯 HP PCS (Pre) 2019
📘 Subhash Chandra Bose📚 Events related to Subhash Chandra Bose
Q16
Who became the party president after the resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose from the Presidentship of Congress in 1939?
🎯 HP PCS Pre 2011
📘 Indian National Movement - III (1930-1947)📚 Wavell Plan
Q17
Of the following, who represented the Untouchables in the Shimla Conference, convened by Lord Wavell in 1945?
🎯 HP PCS (Pre) 2019
📘 Indian National Movement - III (1930-1947)📚 Mountbatten Plan of June 1947
Q18
When did the British Prime Minister declare in the British Parliament that transfer of power to responsible Indian hand will be done by June, 1948?
🎯 HP PCS Pre 2019
📘 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India📚 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India
Q19
Match List-I with List-II. List-I (Governor General/Viceroy): (a) Lord Lansdowne, (b) Lord Northbrook, (c) Lord Dufferin, (d) John Lawrence. List-II (Major Events): (i) Establishment of High Court in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, (ii) Indian Council Act of 1892, (iii) Third Anglo-Burmese War, (iv) Kuka Movement in Punjab.
🎯 HP PCS (Pre) – 2024
📘 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India📚 Governor- Governor-Generals & Viceroys During British India
Q20
Arrange these British Viceroys in chronological order: (1) Lord Lansdowne, (2) Lord Northbrook, (3) Lord John Lawrence, (4) Lord Elgin I
🎯 HP PCS (Pre) 2023