Q. Examine the statements with regard to the low caste movements. 1. Jyotirao Phule. established the Justice Party 2. Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj started the Self Respect Movement 3. EVR Naicker started the Satyashodhak Movement 4. TN Nair, RT Chetti, CN Mudaliar started the Satya Shodhak Samaj Select the code for correct statement/s: 1. 2 and […]
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Q. Consider the following personalities and choose those who contributed to make the Left a popular movement in India. Select the code: 1. Nana Patil 2. Sahajanand Saraswati 3. Ayyappan 4. T.K. Madhavan 5. Singaravelu Choose the correct order (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 5 (c) 1, 2, 3, 4 and
Q. Select the statements where quotes have been ascribed to the right source. 1. ‘The elections have well-established the Muslim League is the only mouthpiece of the Muslims. They are decided upon a divided India and this question must be tackled first’: MA Jinnah, 1945 2. ‘Pakistan is our irrevocable and unalterable national demand’: MA
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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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