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  1. 2961UPPSC2010HistoryEnglish

    Who presided over the 1946 Session of the Indian National Congress held at Meerut?

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    Correct option: A — J.B. Kripalani

  2. 2962BPSC2003HistoryEnglish

    Who was the Congress President at the time of transfer of power in 1947 to India by the British?

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    Correct option: D — J.B. Kripalani

  3. 2963UPPSC2016HistoryEnglish

    In August 1947, who of the following leaders did not participate anywhere in Independence Day celebrations?

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    Correct option: B — Mahatma Gandhi

  4. 2964JPSC2011HistoryEnglish

    26 January, 1950 had chosen for the enforcement of the Constitution because

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    Correct option: C — Congress had celebrated 26 January, 1930 as the first Independence Day

  5. 2965UPPSC2010HistoryEnglish

    ‘Indian Nationalism was the child of the British Rule’. Who made this statement?

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    Correct option: B — R. Coupland

  6. 2966UPPSC2004HistoryEnglish

    Who among the following said that ‘the most notable achievement of the British Rule was the unification of India’?

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    Correct option: A — K.M. Panikkar

  7. 2967UPPSC2010HistoryEnglish

    Assertion (A): Britain made India free in 1947. Reason (R): Britain had become weak during the second World War. In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is/are correct?

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    Correct option: B — Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

  8. 2968UPSC1996HistoryEnglish

    Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The British sovereignty continued to exist in free India. Reason (R): The British sovereign appointment the last Governor General of free India. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

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    Correct option: D — (A) is false, but (R) is true

  9. 2969UPPSC1998HistoryEnglish

    Assertion (A): The Indian National Congress accepted the Mountbatten plan. Reason (R): It believed in twonation theory. Select the correct answer from the code given below.

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    Correct option: C — (A) is true, but (R) is false

  10. 2970MPPSC2015HistoryEnglish

    In which year Regulating Act was passed?

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    Correct option: D — 1773

History practice — common questions

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They are taken from official past papers of Indian government recruitment exams such as RRB NTPC, RRB Group D and RRB JE, and each question keeps a reference to the exam it appeared in.
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