Modern history miscellaneous


  1. Which of the following event in 1976 was an outcome of “Simla Agreement” between India and Pakistan?









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    Two of the options (3 and 4) in the question, in their present form, are incomprehensible. The steps toward normalization envisaged in the Simla Agreement of 1972 led to resumption of diplomatic relations at the level of Ambassador in July 1976. The Simla Agreement provided realizable hopes for economic relations between India and Pakistan. The signing of the Trade Protocol on November 1974 was a pointer to the Trade Agreement of January 1975. This was accompanied by restoration of railway links and resumption of private trade between the two countries.
    Best Option: (D)

    Correct Option: D

    Two of the options (3 and 4) in the question, in their present form, are incomprehensible. The steps toward normalization envisaged in the Simla Agreement of 1972 led to resumption of diplomatic relations at the level of Ambassador in July 1976. The Simla Agreement provided realizable hopes for economic relations between India and Pakistan. The signing of the Trade Protocol on November 1974 was a pointer to the Trade Agreement of January 1975. This was accompanied by restoration of railway links and resumption of private trade between the two countries.
    Best Option: (D)


  1. The Panchsheel agreement was between India and:









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    The Panchsheel (Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence) agreement was signed between China and India in 1954. It formed part the preamble to the “Agreement on trade and intercourse between Tibet Region of China and India”, which was signed in Peking on 29 April 1954. Panchsheel formed the basis of the Non-Aligned Movement, established in Belgrade, in 1961.

    Correct Option: B

    The Panchsheel (Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence) agreement was signed between China and India in 1954. It formed part the preamble to the “Agreement on trade and intercourse between Tibet Region of China and India”, which was signed in Peking on 29 April 1954. Panchsheel formed the basis of the Non-Aligned Movement, established in Belgrade, in 1961.



  1. Who was the first Governor General of free India?









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    Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India (1947) and the first Governor-General of the independent Dominion of India (1947–48). C. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India from 1948 to 1950. However, he was the first Indian Governor-General of India.

    Correct Option: A

    Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India (1947) and the first Governor-General of the independent Dominion of India (1947–48). C. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India from 1948 to 1950. However, he was the first Indian Governor-General of India.


  1. Who was responsible for the integration of princely states into the Indian Union after Independence ?









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    As the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India, Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel led the task of forging a united India, successfully integrating into the newly independent nation those British colonial provinces that had been “allocated” to India. Employing iron hand policy, Patel persuaded almost every princely state to accede to India. His commitment to
    national integration in the newly independent country earned him the sobriquet of “Iron Man of India.”

    Correct Option: C

    As the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India, Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel led the task of forging a united India, successfully integrating into the newly independent nation those British colonial provinces that had been “allocated” to India. Employing iron hand policy, Patel persuaded almost every princely state to accede to India. His commitment to
    national integration in the newly independent country earned him the sobriquet of “Iron Man of India.”



  1. ‘Do or Die’ is associated with which of the movements in India’s freedom struggle?









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    On 8 August 1942, Gandhi made a call to Do or Die in his Quit India speech delivered at the Gowalia Tank Maidanin Bombay. The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India.

    Correct Option: D

    On 8 August 1942, Gandhi made a call to Do or Die in his Quit India speech delivered at the Gowalia Tank Maidanin Bombay. The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India.