Q. Which of the following is false about the Bombay Plan? 1. It was formulated in 1944. 2. It was formulated by socialists and communists. 3. It influenced the five-year plans of post-1947 India. 4. It was a principle about the formation of linguistic states. Select the code for correct statements: (a) 1 and 2 […]
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Q. Which of the following is false about adivasi history in India? (a) Adivasi movements were about land rights. (b) Adivasi movements were about forest rights. (c) Adivasi were granted reservation with independence (d) Adivasi were granted autonomous states with independence. Ans: (d) Adivasi were granted autonomous states with independence. Explanation: The false statement about
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Q. The Telengana Movement happened in: (a) 1922 (b) 1942 (c) 1946 (d) 1919 Ans: (c) 1946 Explanation: The Telangana Movement took place in India during the year 1946. It was a peasant armed struggle that occurred in the Telangana region of the then Hyderabad State (now Telangana and parts of Andhra Pradesh). The movement
Q. At the time of partition, the government in North-West Frontier Province was from (a) Congress Party (b) Muslim League (c) Union Party (d) a coalition of Congress and the Unionists. Ans: (a) Congress Party Explanation: At the time of partition, the government in North-West Frontier Province (now known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was led by
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Q. Which of these statements is false regarding the long term impact of partition? (a) The hastily drawn borders, which paid scant regard to ground realities, actually disrupted everyday life of the people residing there. (b) Partition has been the apt solution to all communal strife. (c) By this process of demarcating borders, setting restrictions
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Q. Which of these statements is false regarding ‘abducted persons’? (a) The term referred to all persons (male and female) below the age of 16 and who had been forcibly converted to the other religion and were made to reside forcibly with a person or family from the other community. (b) The Government of India
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Q. Who was the chairman of the Boundary Commission? (a) Mountbatten (b) Justice din Mohammad (c) Cyril Radcliffe (d) Lawrence Ans: (c) Cyril Radcliffe Explanation: Cyril Radcliffe was the chairman of the Boundary Commission that was tasked with drawing the borders between India and Pakistan during the partition in 1947. The commission was appointed by
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Q. On account of his very significant role in preventing large-scale communal rioting in Bengal on the eve of partition, who was referred to as the’one-man army’? (a) Lord Mountbatten (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Pandit Nehru (d) Sardar Patel Ans: (b) Mahatma Gandhi Explanation: Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as the “one-man army” for his
Q. In which of the following states was referendum on accession held? (a) Hyderabad (b) Junagadh and Hyderabad (c) Bhopal (d) Junagadh Ans: (d) Junagadh
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Q. The Instrument of Accession gave the Union government the power to act in which of the following areas (a) foreign affairs, communication, finance (b) defence, foreign affairs, communications, finance (c) defence, foreign affairs, communications (d) defence, foreign affairs, finance Ans: (c) defence, foreign affairs, communications
