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Themes in Indian History, Part III

Class 12 · History

Theme 11 · Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond

Real UPSC Prelims questions from 2016–2026, linked to this book. Try each one first, then open the answer. 2026 answers follow UPSC's provisional answer key.

Prelims 2017 · Q93

With reference to Indian freedom struggle, consider the following events:

1.Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy
2.Quit India Movement launched
3.Second Round Table Conference

What is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?

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

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UPSC's answer: (c)

NCERT answers it: Class 12 Themes in Indian History, Part III, Theme 11 (Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond); Class 12 Themes in Indian History, Part III, Theme 12 (Framing the Constitution: The Beginning of a New Era).

Themes in Indian History, Part III: the Second Round Table Conference met in 1931 and Quit India began in 1942 (both in Theme 11). The Royal Indian Navy ratings rose in 1946 (Theme 12). So 3-2-1: (c).

Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2017), question 93 ↗

Prelims 2018 · Q69

Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha?

(a)Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement
(b)Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement
(c)Joining of peasant unrest to India's National Movement
(d)Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops

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UPSC's answer: (c)

NCERT answers it: Class 12 Themes in Indian History, Part III, Theme 11 (Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond); Class 12 Social Change and Development in India, Ch 8 (Social Movements).

How to solve it with NCERT: Class 12 Themes in Indian History, Part III, Theme 11: a Champaran peasant told Gandhi about the indigo planters' abuses, and Gandhi spent 1917 there. Class 12 Social Change and Development, ch 8, adds that under Gandhi such peasant struggles became linked to the independence movement. Answer (c).

Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2018), question 69 ↗

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