Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

  1. First cotton textile mill — Established in Bombay in 1853 by Cowasjee Nanabhoy
  2. First jute mill — Established in Surat in 1855
  3. Indian-owned industries — Faced credit constraints, lack of tariff protection and unequal foreign competition
  4. Colonial industrial development — Neglect of heavy industries and power generation, accompanied by regional disparities
  1. A socio-religious organisation was founded in New York in 1875 and later shifted its headquarters to Adyar. It…
  2. After its inaugural session, which one of the following practices was followed by the Indian National…
  3. After the withdrawal of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Gandhi supported the Struggle-Truce-Struggle…
  4. Al-Biruni relied heavily on normative Sanskritic texts, compared the caste system with social divisions in…
  5. Although Bahadur Shah Zafar was the symbolic leader at Delhi, effective command was exercised by
  6. Although most Provincial Congress Committees opposed Jawaharlal Nehru’s nomination, Gandhi supported him for…