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i`"B vFkok ç'uka'k vkfn u gksA ;fn ,slk gS] rks bls lgh ijh{k.k iqfLrdk ls cny ysaA
2- Ñi;k è;ku j[ksa fd OMR mÙkj&i=kd esa] mfpr LFkku ij] jksy uacj dks] è;ku ls ,oa fcuk fdlh pwd ;k folaxfr ds Hkjus vkSj
dwVc¼ djus dh f”kEesnkjh mEehnokj dh gSA fdlh Hkh çdkj dh pwd@folaxfr dh fLFkfr esa mÙkj&i=kd fujLr dj fn;k tk,xkA
3- bl ijh{k.k iqfLrdk ij lkFk esa fn, x, dks"Bd esa vkidks viuk
vuqØekad fy[kuk gSA ijh{k.k iqfLrdk ij vkSj dqN u fy[ksaA
4- bl ijh{k.k iqfLrdk esa 150 ç'uka'k (ç'u) fn, x, gSaA çR;sd ç'uka'k fgUnh vkSj vaxzs”kh nksuksa esa Nik gSA çR;sd ç'uka'k esa pkj
çR;qÙkj (mÙkj) fn, x, gSaA buesa ls ,d çR;qÙkj dks pqu ysa] ftls vki mÙkj&i=kd ij vafdr djuk pkgrs gSaA ;fn vkidks ,slk yxs
fd ,d ls vfèkd çR;qÙkj lgh gSa] rks ml çR;qÙkj dks vafdr djsa tks vkidks lokZsÙke yxsA çR;sd ç'uka'k ds fy, dsoy ,d gh
çR;qÙkj pquuk gSA
5- vkidks vius lHkh çR;qÙkj vyx ls fn, x, mÙkj&i=kd ij gh vafdr djus gSaA mÙkj&i=kd esa fn, x, funZs'k ns[ksaA
6- lHkh ç'uka'kksa ds vad leku gSaA
7- vki vius lHkh çR;qÙkjksa dks mÙkj&i=kd esa Hkjus ds ckn rFkk ijh{kk ds lekiu ij dsoy mÙkj&i=kd vèkh{kd dks lkSai nsaA vkidks

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8- xyr mÙkjksa ds fy, naM % S.
lHkh ç'uksa esa mEehnokj }kjk fn, x, xyr mÙkjksa ds fy, naM fn;k tk,xkA
çR;sd ç'u ds fy, pkj oSdfYid mÙkj gSaA mEehnokj }kjk çR;sd ç'u ds fy, fn, x, ,d xyr mÙkj ds fy, ç'u gsrq fu;r
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fuEufyf•r vk;ksxksa dks dkyØekuqlkj O;ofLFkr dhft, rFkk vlg;ksx vkanksyu dks okil ys fy;k Fkk\
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
(a) tfy;k¡okyk ckx gR;kdkaM
1- lSMyj vk;ksx 2- jSys vk;ksx
(b) pkSjh pkSjk dh ?kVuk
3- lkt±sV vk;ksx 4- gkVksZx vk;ksx
dwV % (c) dkdksjh Vªsu ,D'ku
(a) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 (b) 2 & 1 & 3 & 4 (d) eq”kÝiQjiqj ce dkaM
(c) 1 & 2 & 4 & 3 (d) 2 & 1 & 4 & 3 7- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlus ^vgenkckn VsDlVkby yscj ,lksfl,'ku*
2- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlus bLykfed iqu#RFkku ds mís'; ls çkjaHk dh LFkkiuk dh Fkh\
fd, x, iQjk”kh vkanksyu dk usr`Ro fd;k Fkk\ (a) teukyky ctkt (b) iq#"kksÙke nkl VaMu
(a) lS;n vgen cjsyoh
(c) iwjupaæ tks'kh (d) egkRek xkaèkh
(b) gkth 'kfj;rmYykg
8- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&lk lgh lqesfyr gS\
(c) fe”kkZ xqyke vgen
(laLFkk) (laLFkkid)
(d) eksgEen dkfle ukuksroh
3- o"kZ 1928 esa çLrqr usg: fjiksVZ esa fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lh (a) vuqlwfpr tkfr la?k % ih- R;kxjkt
vuq'kalk@vuq'kalk,¡ dh xbZ Fkh@Fkha\ (b) tfLVl ikVhZ % Hkhejko vkacsMdj
1- lafoèkku esa varjkRek vkSj èkeZ dh Lora=krk dk çkoèkku (c) bafM;u fjiQkWeZ ,lksfl,'ku % ds'kopaæ lsu
2- i`Fkd~ fuokZpu {ks=kksa dh lekfIr (d) lks'ky lfoZl yhx % bZ'oj paæ fo|klkxj
3- in lksikukRed U;k;ikfydk dk xBu
9- d”kZu&fdpuj fookn fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlls lacafèkr Fkk\
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
(a) caxky foHkktu
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2
(c) dsoy 2 vkSj 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3
(b) frCcr vfHk;ku
4- ^n bafM;u LVªxy* fuEufyf•r esa ls fdldh vkRedFkk gS\ (c) jSys vk;ksx dh fliQkfj'kksa dks ykxw djuk
(a) tokgjyky usg: (b) lqHkk"k paæ cksl (d) lSU; ç'kklu esa O;kIr nksgjs fu;a=k.k dh lekfIr

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(c) jktsaæ çlkn (d) oYyHkHkkbZ iVsy 10- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&ls çkoèkku ekWyZs&feaVks vfèkfu;e (1909)
5- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdu laxBuksa us lkbeu deh'ku dk fojksèk ugha ds varxZr fd, x, lqèkkjksa esa lfEefyr Fks\
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1- tfLVl ikVhZ
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2- fganw egklHkk
3- vçR;{k pquko i¼fr dk çknqHkkZo
3- lsaVªy fl• la?k
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uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4 (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4
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1. Arrange the following commissions formed for the 6. Mahatma Gandhi withdrew the non-cooperation
purpose of reforming the education system during the movement after being hurt by which of the following
British era in chronological order and select the correct incidents?
answer using the code given below. (a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
1. Sadler Commission 2. Raleigh Commission (b) Chauri Chaura incident
3. Sargent Commission 4. Hartog Commission
(c) Kakori train action
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(d) Muzaffarpur bomb case
(a) 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 (b) 2 – 1 – 3 – 4
7. Who among the following founded the ‘Ahmedabad
(c) 1 – 2 – 4 – 3 (d) 2 – 1 – 4 – 3 Textile Labor Association’?
2. Who among the following led the Faraizi movement (a) Jamna lal Bajaj (b) Purushottam Das Tandon
which was started with the aim of Islamic revival?
(c) Puranchandra Joshi (d) Mahatma Gandhi
(a) Syed Ahmed Barelvi
8. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(b) Haji Shariatullah
(Institution) (Founder)
(c) Mirza Ghulam Ahmed
(a) Scheduled Caste Association : P Tyagraj
(d) Mohammad Qasim Nanotvi
(b) Justice Party : Bhimrao Ambedkar
3. Which of the following recommendations was/were
made in the Nehru Report presented in the year 1928? (c) Indian Reform Association : Keshavchandra Sen
1. Provision for freedom of conscience and religion (d) Social Service League : Ishwar Chandra
in the Constitution Vidyasagar
2. Abolition of separate constituencies 9. Curzon-Kitchener dispute was related to which of the
3. Formation of hierarchical judiciary following?
Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) Partition of Bengal
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only (b) Tibet Campaign
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (c) Implemention of Raleigh Commission's
4. ‘The Indian Struggle’ is the autobiography of which of recommendations
the following? (d) Abolition of dual control prevalent in military
administration

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(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Vallabhbhai Patel 10. Which of the following provisions were included in the
5. Which of the following organizations did not oppose reforms made under the Morley-Minto Act (1909)?
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the Simon Commission? 1. Establishment of separate electoral college
1. Justice Party 2. Establishment of central bicameral system
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3. Central Sikh Union 4. Introduction of dual governance system in the
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(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 only (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 only
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11- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdldh vè;{krk esa o"kZ 1921 esa lekpkj&i=kksa 15- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlus o"kZ 1930 esa gq, eqfLye yhx ds
ds dkuwuksa dh leh{kk ds fy, lekpkj&i=k lfefr dk xBu fd;k bykgkckn vfèkos'ku dh vè;{krk dh Fkh\
x;k Fkk\ (a) eqgEen vyh valkjh (b) ekSykuk gljr eksgkuh
(a) eksrhyky usg: (b) enu eksgu ekyoh; (c) eqgEen vyh ftUuk (d) eqgEen bdcky
(c) eqgEen vyh ftUuk (d) rst cgknqj lçw 16- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk fczfV'k ljdkj }kjk tkjh fd, x,
12- vkèkqfud Hkkjr dh fuEufyf•r ?kVukvksa dks dkyØekuqlkj O;ofLFkr ^dkykZby ldZqyj* dk mís'; Fkk\
dhft, rFkk uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A (a) Lons'kh vkanksyu ds nkSjku Nk=kksa }kjk fczfV'k oLrqvksa ds fojksèk
1- vgenkckn fey gM+rky dks jksduk
2- vlg;ksx vkanksyu dk çkjaHk (b) Nk=kksa dks lfou; voKk vkanksyu esa Hkkx ysus ls jksduk
3- •sM+k lR;kxzg (c) Hkkjrh; lekpkj&i=kksa dks ljdkj dh vkykspuk ls jksduk
4- vf•y Hkkjrh; f•ykiQr desVh dk xBu (d) Hkkjrh;ksa dks ued dkuwu ds mYya?ku ls jksduk
dwV % 17- ns'kh Hkk"kk lekpkj i=k vfèkfu;e] 1878 ds rgr fuEufyf•r esa
(a) 1 & 3 & 2 & 4 (b) 3 & 1 & 2 & 4
ls fdu lekpkj&i=kksa ds fo#¼ ekeys ntZ fd, x, Fks\
(c) 1 & 3 & 4 & 2 (d) 3 & 1 & 4 & 2
1- Hkkjr fefgj 2- lkseçdk'k
13- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu jguqekbZ e”knk;lu lHkk dh LFkkiuk ls 3- <kdk çdk'k 4- lgpj
lacafèkr ugha Fkk\ uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
(a) nknkHkkbZ ukSjksth (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4

(b) ukSjksth iQjnksuth (c) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 4 (d) 1] 2] 3 vkSj 4

(c) egknso xksfoan jkukMs 18- eqfLye yhx us fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl frfFk dks Lora=k vkSj iw.kZ
çHkqrklaiUu ikfdLrku dh LFkkiuk ds mís'; ls ^lhèkh dk;Zokgh
(d) ,l-,l- caxkyh
fnol* euk;k\
14- lwph&I dks lwph&II ls lqesfyr dhft, rFkk lwfp;ksa ds uhps fn,
(a) 16 tqykbZ (b) 24 tqykbZ
x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
(c) 16 vxLr (d) 24 vxLr
lwph&I lwph&II
19- ^xnj* lekpkj&i=k dk igyk vad fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl Hkk"kk
(laxBu) (laLFkkid) esa çdkf'kr gqvk Fkk\

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C. bafM;u yhx 3- fiQjks”k'kkg esgrk 20- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk@ls uhy foæksg dks çsfjr djus okys
D. ckWEcs çslhMsalh ,lksfl,'ku 4- f'kf'kj dqekj ?kks"k dkjd Fkk@Fks\
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dwV % 1- uhy mxkus ds fy, de Hkqxrku

A B C D 2- uhy ,oa •k|kUu iQlyksa dh leku ifjiDork vofèk
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(c) 1 2 4 3 (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2
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11. Under whose chairmanship was the press committee 15. Who among the following presided over the Allahabad
constituted in the year 1921 to review the press laws? session of the Muslim League held in the year 1930?
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Madan Mohan Malviya (a) Muhammad Ali Ansari (b) Maulana Hasrat Mohani
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (d) Tej Bahadur Sapru (c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (d) Muhammad Iqbal
12. Arrange the following events of modern India in 16. Which of the following was the objective of the ‘Carlyle
chronological order and select the correct answer using Circular’ issued by the British Government?
the code given below. (a) To prevent the protest against British goods by
1. Ahmedabad Mill Strike students during the Swadeshi movement
2. Beginning of non-cooperation movement (b) To prevent students from participating in civil
3. Kheda Satyagraha disobedience movement
4. Formation of All India Khilafat Committee (c) To prevent Indian press from criticizing the
government
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(d) To prevent Indians from violating the salt law
(a) 1 – 3 – 2 – 4 (b) 3 – 1 – 2 – 4
17. Cases were registered against which of the following
(c) 1 – 3 – 4 – 2 (d) 3 – 1 – 4 – 2
newspapers under the Vernacular Newspaper Act, 1878?
13. Who among the following was not related to the
1. Bharat Mihir 2. Somprakash
establishment of Rahnumai Mazdayasan Sabha?
3. Dhaka Prakash 4. Sahachar
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(b) Naoroji Fardonji
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) S S Bengali
18. On which of the following dates did the Muslim League
14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer observe 'Direct Action Day' with the aim of establishing
using the code given below the lists. an independent and fully sovereign Pakistan?
List-I List-II (a) 16th July (b) 24th July
(Organization) (Founder) (c) 16th August (d) 24th August
A. Indian Association 1. Surendranath 19. The first edition of the newspaper 'Ghadar' was published
Banerjee in which of the following languages?

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B. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha 2. Mahadev Govind (a) Gurmukhi (b) Gujarati
Ranade
C. Indian League 3. Firozshah Mehta
(c) Urdu (d) English
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20. Which of the following was/were the factors that inspired
D. Bombay Presidency 4. Shishir Kumar the Indigo Rebellion?
Association Ghosh
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2. Similar maturity period of indigo and food grains
A B C D
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(a) 1 2 3 4 3. Depletion of soil fertility due to indigo cultivation
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(c) 1 2 4 3 (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only
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21- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl vfèkfu;e ds varxZr daiuh ds vèkhu 25- pkYlZ fofYdal }kjk fd, x, xhrk ds çFke vuqokn dh çLrkouk
fu;qfDr esa ;ksX;rk lacaèkh ekunaM dks viukdj HksnHkko dks lekIr fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlds }kjk fy•h xbZ Fkh\
fd;k x;k\ (a) okWjsu gsfLVaXl (b) dkuZokfyl
(a) jsX;qysfVax ,DV] 1773 (c) tkWu 'kksj (d) ykWMZ osystyh
(b) fiV~l bafM;k ,DV] 1784
26- budk tUe egkjk"Vª esa gqvk FkkA bUgksaus ,y¯iQLVu dkWyst esa
(c) pkVZj vfèkfu;e] 1813 f'k{kk çkIr dh tgk¡ ,d çkè;kid us budks ^Hkkjr dh vk'kk*
(d) pkVZj vfèkfu;e] 1833 dh laKk nhA bUgksaus ,y¯iQLVu dkWyst esa gh lgk;d çkè;kid
22- flaèk dk foy; fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl xouZj tujy ds le; ds :i esa lsok,¡ çnku dhaA ;s cM+kSnk fj;klr esa nhoku ds in
esa fd;k x;k Fkk\ ij Hkh dk;Zjr jgsA ;s mnkjoknh ny dh vksj ls fczfV'k laln ds
(a) ,yucjks (b) vkWdySaM
lnL; pqus tkus okys igys Hkkjrh; FksA bUgksaus rhu ckj Hkkjrh;
jk"Vªh; dkWUxzsl dh vè;{krk Hkh dhA
(c) fofy;e cSafVd (d) MygkSth
mi;ZqDr fo'ks"krk,¡ fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlls lacafèkr gSa\
23- lwph&I dks lwph&II ls lqesfyr dhft, rFkk lwfp;ksa ds uhps fn,
x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A (a) xksikyÑ".k xks•ys

lwph&I lwph&II (b) egknso xksfoan jkukMs

(foæksg) (usr`RodrkZ) (c) nknkHkkbZ ukSjksth

A. laFkky foæksg 1- fpÙkj flag (d) fiQjks”k'kkg esgrk

B. vgkse foæksg 2- dje 'kkg 27- laU;klh foæksg ds lanHkZ esa] fuEufyf•r dFkuksa ij fopkj dhft, %
C. ikxyiaFkh foæksg 3- xkseèkj dq¡oj 1- ;g vaxzs”kh ljdkj }kjk rhFkZ ;k=kk ij vkjksfir çfrcaèk dk
D. jkekslh foæksg 4- fl¼w rFkk dkUgw ifj.kke FkkA
dwV % 2- bldk mYys[k vkuan eB esa feyrk gSA
A B C D 3- bldk neu dkuZokfyl us fd;kA
(a) 3 4 1 2 mi;ZqDr dFkuksa esa ls dkSu&lk@ls lgh gS@gSa\
(b) 4 3 1 2 (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 3

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(c) 3 4 2 1 (c) dsoy 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3

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(d) 4 3 2 1 28- ,f'k;kfVd lkslk;Vh vkWiQ caxky dh LFkkiuk fuEufyf•r esa ls
fdlds }kjk dh xbZ Fkh\
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24- fuEufyf•r ;wjksih; 'kfDr;ksa dks muds Hkkjr vkus ds Øe esa
O;ofLFkr dhft, rFkk uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj (a) tsEl fçalsi (b) fofy;e tksal
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1- Úk¡lhlh 2- Mp 29- ykWMZ osystyh }kjk fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl o"kZ ukxfjd lsok esa
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3- iqrZxkyh 4- vaxzs”k p;fur ;qokvksa ds çf'k{k.k gsrq iQksVZ fofy;e dkWyst dh LFkkiuk
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dwV % dh xbZ\
(a) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 (b) 3 & 2 & 1 & 4 (a) 1798 (b) 1800
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(c) 1 & 2 & 4 & 3 (d) 3 & 2 & 4 & 1 (c) 1802 (d) 1804
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21. Under which of the following Acts, discrimination was 25. Who among the following wrote the preface to the first
abolished by adopting merit criteria in appointment translation of the Gita by Charles Wilkins?
under the Company? (a) Warren Hastings (b) Cornwallis
(a) Regulating Act, 1773 (c) John Shore (d) Lord Wellesley
(b) Pitt's India Act, 1784 26. He was born in Maharashtra. He received education at
Elphinstone College where a professor called him the
(c) Charter Act, 1813
'Hope of India'. He served as an assistant professor in
(d) Charter Act, 1833 Elphinstone College. He also served as Diwan in the
22. Sindh was merged during the reign of which of the princely state of Baroda. He was the first Indian to be
following Governor General? elected a member of the British Parliament from the
(a) Ellenborough (b) Auckland Liberal Party. He also presided over the Indian National
Congress three times.
(c) William Bentinck (d) Dalhousie
The characteristics given above are associated with
23. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
which of the following?
using the code given below the lists.
(a) Gopalkrishna Gokhale
List-I List-II
(b) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(Revolt) (Leader)
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
A. Santhal Revolt 1. Chittar Singh
(d) Firozshah Mehta
B. Ahom Revolt 2. Karam Shah 27. With reference to the Sanyasi Revolt, consider the
C. Pagalpanthi Revolt 3. Gomdhar Kunwar following statements:
D. Ramosi Revolt 4. Sidhu and Kanhu 1. It was a result of the ban imposed on pilgrimage by
Code: the British government.
A B C D 2. It is mentioned in Anand Math.

(a) 3 4 1 2 3. It was suppressed by Cornwallis.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(b) 4 3 1 2

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(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 4 2 1
(c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 4 3 2 1
28. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by whom
C
S.
24. Arrange the following European powers in the order of
among the following?
their arrival in India and select the correct answer using
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(a) James Prinsep (b) William Jones

the code given below.
(c) Max Muller (d) Warren Hastings
1. French 2. Dutch
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29. In which of the following years, Fort William College

3. Portuguese 4. British was established by Lord Wellesley for the training of
FN

Code: youth selected in civil service?

(a) 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 (b) 3 – 2 – 1 – 4 (a) 1798 (b) 1800
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(c) 1 – 2 – 4 – 3 (d) 3 – 2 – 4 – 1 (c) 1802 (d) 1804

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30- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&ls Hkkjr esa iqrZxkfy;ksa dh vliQyrk ds 35- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa ij fopkj dhft, %
dkj.k Fks\ (lekpkj&i=k) (Hkk"kk)
1- èkkfeZd vlfg".kqrk 1- ejkBk % ejkBh
2- O;kikfjd fgrksa ds foijhr dk;Z 2- niZ.k % vaxzs”kh
3- ;wjksih; 'kfDr;ksa ls la?k"kZ 3- vy fgyky % mnZw
4- u, mifuos'k czk”khy dh •kst 4- lkse çdk'k % ckaXyk
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A mi;ZqDr ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&ls lgh lqesfyr gSa\
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4 (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4
(c) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 3 (d) 1] 2] 3 vkSj 4
(c) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 3 (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4
31- vaxzs”kksa vkSj fl•ksa ds eè; gqbZ ykgkSj dh lafèk (1846) ds varxZr 36- bl laxBu dh LFkkiuk o"kZ 1849 esa egkjk"Vª esa gqbZA blds lnL;
fuEufyf•r esa ls fdls ykgkSj esa jsftMsaV ds :i esa fu;qDr fd;k ,d bZ'oj esa fo'okl j•rs Fks rFkk ewy :i ls mudh fnypLih
x;k Fkk\ tkrik¡r ds caèkuksa dks rksM+us esa FkhA tc bldh cSBd gksrh Fkh
(a) ykWMZ xiQ (b) tujy oarqjk rc blds lnL; rFkkdfFkr fuEu tkfr;ksa ds gkFk dk idk;k gqvk
(c) lj gsujh ykWjsal (d) pkYlZ usfi;j Hkkstu djrs FksA ;s foèkok fookg ,oa L=kh f'k{kk esa Hkh fo'okl
32- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lh ?kVuk,¡ ykWMZ fyVu ds dky ls lacfa èkr gS\a djrs FksA
1- fjpMZ LVªsph dh vè;{krk esa vdky vk;ksx dk xBu mi;ZqDr fo'ks"krk,¡ fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl laxBu ls lacafèkr gSa\
2- oukZD;wyj çsl ,DV ykxw fd;k tkuk (a) Hkkjr lsod lekt (b) lR;'kksèkd lekt

3- çFke iQSDVªh vfèkfu;e (c) ijegal eaMyh (d) çkFkZuk lekt

4- bYcVZ fcy fookn 37- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu o"kZ 1918 esa xfBr mÙkj çns'k fdlku
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A lHkk ls lacafèkr ugha Fkk\
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4 (a) xkSjh'kadj feJ

(c) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 3 (d) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 4 (b) enu eksgu ekyoh;

33- okaMhok'k dk fu.kkZ;d ;q¼ fuEufyf•r esa ls fdu ;wjksih; 'kfDr;ksa (c) baæ ukjk;.k f}osnh
ds eè; gqvk Fkk\ (d) Lokeh lgtkuan ljLorh

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(a) vaxzs”k ,oa Mp (b) vaxzs”k ,oa Úk¡lhlh 38- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdls ^lekpkj&i=kksa dk eqfDrnkrk* dh laKk nh

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(c) vaxzs”k ,oa iqrZxkyh (d) Mp ,oa Úk¡lhlh tkrh gS\ S.
34- Hkw&jktLo dh egkyokM+h i¼fr ds lanHkZ esa] fuEufyf•r dFkuksa (a) fofy;e csafVd (b) pkYlZ esVdkWiQ
ij fopkj dhft, % (c) fyVu (d) osystyh
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1- ;g fczfV'k Hkkjr ds lokZfèkd {ks=k ij ykxw FkhA 39- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlus o"kZ 1920 esa rk'kdan esa ^Hkkjrh;
2- blesa Hkw&jktLo dk fuèkkZj.k vuqeku ij vkèkkfjr FkkA dE;qfuLV ikVhZ* dh LFkkiuk dh Fkh\
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3- bl O;oLFkk esa fdlku ,oa ljdkj ds çR;{k lacèa k lekIr gks x,A (a) ekuosaæ ukFk
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mi;ZqDr dFkuksa esa ls dkSu&lk@ls lgh gS@gSa\ (b) Jhin ve`r Mkaxs
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 3 (c) flaxkjosyq psfV~V;kj
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(c) dsoy 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3 (d) jkepj.k yky 'kekZ

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30. Which of the following were the reasons for the failure 35. Consider the following pairs:
of the Portuguese in India? (Newspaper) (Language)
1. Religious intolerance
1. Maratha : Marathi
2. Act contrary to business interests
2. Durpun : English
3. Conflict with European powers
3. Al Hilal : Urdu
4. Discovery of new colony Brazil
4. Som Prakash : Bengali
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 only Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only
31. Who among the following was appointed as Resident (c) 1, 2 and 3 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only
in Lahore under the Treaty of Lahore (1846) between 36. This organisation was established in the year 1849 in
the British and the Sikhs? Maharashtra. Its members believed in one God and
(a) Lord Gough (b) General Vantura were basically interested in breaking the barriers of
(c) Sir Henry Lawrence (d) Charles Napier caste. When its meetings were held, its members used
32. Which of the following events are related to Lord to eat food cooked by the so-called lower castes. It also
Lytton's period? believed in widow remarriage and female education.
1. Formation of Famine Commission under the The characteristics given above are associated with
chairmanship of Richard Strachey which of the following organisations?
2. Implementation of Vernacular Press Act (a) Bharat Sevak Samaj (b) Satyashodhak Samaj
3. First Factory Act
(c) Paramahansa Mandali (d) Prarthana Samaj
4. Ilbert Bill controversy
37. Who among the following was not related to the Uttar
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Pradesh Kisan Sabha constituted in the year 1918?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only
(a) Gaurishankar Mishra
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 4 only
(b) Madan Mohan Malviya
33. The decisive battle of Wandiwash took place between
which of the following European powers? (c) Indra Narayan Dwivedi
(a) British and Dutch (b) British and French (d) Swami Sahajanad Saraswati

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(c) British and Portuguese (d) Dutch and French 38. Who among the following is known as the 'Liberator of
34. With reference to the Mahalwadi system of land revenue, Newspapers'?
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S.
consider the following statements: (a) William Bentinck (b) Charles Metcalfe
1. It was applicable to most areas of British India. (c) Litton (d) Wellesley
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2. In this, the determination of land revenue was based

39. Who among the following founded the ‘Communist
on estimates.
Party of India’ in Tashkent in the year 1920?
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3. In this system, the direct relationship between the

farmer and the government ended. (a) Manvendra Nath
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Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (b) Shripad Amrit Dange
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) Singaravelu Chettiar
D

(c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) Ramcharan Lal Sharma

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40- fczfV'k Hkkjr esa ikfjr fd, x, fuEufyf•r lkekftd lqèkkj 46- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa ij fopkj dhft, %
vfèkfu;eksa dks dkyØekuqlkj O;ofLFkr dhft, rFkk uhps fn, (frfFk) (fnol)
x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
1- 7 vxLr % fo'o vkfnoklh fnol
1- lrh çFkk mUewyu 2- f'k'kq oèk çfrcaèk
2- 10 vxLr % fo'o tSo b±èku fnol
3- nkl çFkk çfrcaèk 4- foèkok iqufoZokg
3- 12 vxLr % fo'o xt fnol
dwV %
4- 31 vxLr % fo'o laLÑr fnol
(a) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 (b) 2 & 1 & 3 & 4
mi;ZqDr ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&ls lgh lqesfyr gSa\
(c) 1 & 2 & 4 & 3 (d) 2 & 1 & 4 & 3
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3
41- gky gh esa lkoZtfud {ks=k ds fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl m|e dks
egkjRu Js.kh esa 'kkfey fd;k x;k gS\ (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4

(a) vkWbZy bafM;k fyfeVsM (c) dsoy 1] 3 vkSj 4

(b) vks-,u-th-lh- fons'k fyfeVsM (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4

(c) fganqLrku ,;jksukWfVDl fyfeVsM 47- gky gh esa mÙkj çns'k ljdkj us fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl tuin
(d) jk"Vªh; •fut fodkl fuxe esa ns'k dk lcls cM+k vkbZ-Vh- gc LFkkfir djus dk fu.kZ; fy;k
42- jk"Vªh; cky vfèkdkj laj{k.k vk;ksx us cky ns•Hkky laLFkkuksa dh gS\
fuxjkuh ds fy, fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk iksVZy ykWUp fd;k (a) uks,Mk (b) xkf”k;kckn
gS\ (c) y•uÅ (d) ç;kxjkt
(a) ek¡ iksVZy (b) eklh iksVZy 48- yksdekU; fryd jk"Vªh; iqjLdkj&2023 fuEufyf•r esa ls fdls
(c) Lusg iksVZy (d) okRlY; iksVZy çnku fd;k x;k gS\
43- 69osa jk"Vªh; fiQYe iqjLdkjksa ds varxZr fuEufyf•r esa ls fdls (a) ækSinh eqeZw (b) ujsaæ eksnh
loZJs"B vfHkusrk ds iqjLdkj ls lEekfur fd;k x;k gS\ (c) txnhi èku•M+ (d) vthr MksHkky
(a) foDdh dkS'ky (b) vt; nsoxu 49- gky gh esa fuEufyf•r esa ls fdls jsyos cksMZ dh igyh efgyk

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(c) v{k; dqekj (d) vYyw vtZqu vè;{k lg lh-bZ-vks- fu;qDr fd;k x;k gS\
44- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl jkT; us ^ty i;ZVu vkSj lkgfld •sy

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(a) ijfeanj pksiM+k (b) t;k oekZ
uhfr&2023* dks ea”kwjh çnku dh gS\
S.
(c) 'osrk 'kkjnk (d) uhjtk pkSèkjh
(a) xqtjkr (b) mÙkjk•aM
50- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&lk lgh lqesfyr ugha gS\
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(c) mÙkj çns'k (d) fgekpy çns'k

(iqLrd) (ys•d)
45- gky gh esa ty 'kfDr ea=kky; }kjk çdkf'kr y?kq flapkbZ lacaèkh
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;kstukvksa ij NBh x.kuk fjiksVZ ds vuqlkj fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl (a) eseksblZ vkWiQ , eSosfjd % ef.k'kadj vÕ;j
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jkT; esa lokZfèkd y?kq flapkbZ ;kstuk,¡ gSa\ (b) ;w eLV uks ;ksj dkWULVhVÔw'ku % iQkyh ,l- ujheu
(a) mÙkj çns'k (b) egkjk"Vª (c) n ikoj vkWiQ ou FkkWV % ch-ds- f'kokuh
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(c) eè; çns'k (d) rfeyukMq (d) vt; Vw ;ksxh vkfnR;ukFk % vf'oanj flag
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40. Arrange the following social reform acts passed in 46. Consider the following pairs:
British India in chronological order and select the correct (Date) (Day)
answer using the code given below. 1. 7 August : World Tribal Day
1. Abolition of Sati 2. Ban on Infanticide 2. 10 August : World Biofuel Day
3. Prohibition of Slavery 4. Widow Remarriage 3. 12 August : World Elephant Day
Code: 4. 31 August : World Sanskrit Day
(a) 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 (b) 2 – 1 – 3 – 4 Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
(c) 1 – 2 – 4 – 3 (d) 2 – 1 – 4 – 3 (a) 1 and 3 only
41. Which of the following public sector enterprises has (b) 2 and 4 only
recently been included in the Maharatna category? (c) 1, 3 and 4 only
(a) Oil India Ltd. (d) 2, 3 and 4 only
(b) ONGC Videsh Ltd. 47. Recently, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to
(c) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. establish the country's largest IT hub in which of the
(d) National Mineral Development Corp. following districts?
42. Which of the following portals has been launched by the (a) Noida (b) Ghaziabad
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to (c) Lucknow (d) Prayagraj
monitor child care institutions? 48. Who among the following has been awarded the
(a) MAA Portal (b) MASI Portal Lokmanya Tilak National Award-2023?
(c) SNEHA Portal (d) VATSALYA Portal (a) Draupadi Murmu (b) Narendra Modi
43. Who among the following has been honored with the (c) Jagdeep Dhankhar (d) Ajit Doval
Best Actor Award at the 69th National Film Awards? 49. Recently, who among the following has been appointed
(a) Vicky Kaushal (b) Ajay Devgan as the first woman Chairman cum CEO of Railway
Board?
(c) Akshay Kumar (d) Allu Arjun

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(a) Parminder Chopra (b) Jaya Verma
44. Which of the following states has approved the ‘Water

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Tourism and Adventure Sports Policy-2023’? (c) Shweta Sharda (d) Neerja Chaudhary
50. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
S.
(a) Gujarat (b) Uttarakhand
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Himachal Pradesh (Book) (Author)
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45. According to the recent sixth census report on minor (a) Memoirs of a Maverick : Mani Shankar
irrigation schemes by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, which Iyer
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of the following states has the maximum number of (b) You Must Know : Fali Sam
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minor irrigation schemes? Your Constitution Nariman

(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) The Power of One Thought : BK Shivani
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(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu (d) Ajay to Yogi Adityanath : Ashwinder Singh
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51- fczfV'k Hkkjr esa Hkkjrh;ksa ij yxk, x, fuEufyf•r vfHk;ksxksa dks 55- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu ^ckWEcs çslhMsalh ,lksfl,'ku* ds laLFkkid
Øekuqlkj O;ofLFkr dhft, rFkk uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lnL;ksa esa lfEefyr ugha Fkk\
lgh mÙkj pqfu,A (a) fiQjks”k'kkg esgrk (b) ,e- ohjjk?kokpkjh
1- ukfld "kM~;a=k dsl
(c) ds-Vh- rsyax (d) cn:íhu rS;cth
2- fnYyh "kM~;a=k dsl
56- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk@ls çkoèkku dSfcusV fe'ku ds çLrkoksa
3- vyhiqj "kM~;a=k dsl
esa lfEefyr Fkk@Fks\
4- ykgkSj "kM~;a=k dsl
1- Hkkjrh; la?k dk xBu
dwV %
(a) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 (b) 3 & 1 & 2 & 4
2- lafoèkku ds fuekZ.k gsrq lafoèkku lHkk dk xBu
(c) 1 & 2 & 4 & 3 (d) 3 & 1 & 4 & 2 3- ikfdLrku ds xBu dk vLohdj.k
52- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl i=k@if=kdk }kjk uhy foæksg dk leFkZu uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
fd;k x;k\ (a) dsoy 1 (b) dsoy 1 vkSj 2
(a) ve`r ck”kkj if=kdk (b) fganw iSfVª;kV (c) dsoy 2 vkSj 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3
(c) laokn dkSeqnh (d) ;qxkarj
57- Hkkjr NksM+ks vkanksyu esa fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl LFkku ij igyh
53- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk ;q¼ ;kancw dh lafèk ls lekIr gqvk Fkk\ lekukarj ljdkj dh LFkkiuk dh xbZ\
(a) çFke vkaXy&cekZ ;q¼
(a) cfy;k (b) rkeyqd
(b) f}rh; vkaXy&cekZ ;q¼
(c) lrkjk (d) g”kkjhckx
(c) çFke vkaXy&fl• ;q¼
58- bYcVZ fcy fookn (1883) fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlls lacafèkr
(d) f}rh; vkaXy&fl• ;q¼
Fkk\
54- lwph&I dks lwph&II ls lqesfyr dhft, rFkk lwfp;ksa ds uhps fn,
x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A (a) Hkkjrh;ksa dks 'kL=k ykblsal tkjh djuk
lwph&I lwph&II (b) vkbZ-lh-,l- ijh{kk HkrhZ vk;q esa deh
(vk;ksx) (fo"k;) (c) tkfr Hksn ij vkèkkfjr U;kf;d vleFkZrkvksa dh lekfIr

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A. ,aMªwt Ústj vk;ksx 1- iqfyl ç'kklu (d) fganh Hkk"kk ds lekpkj&i=kksa ij çfrcaèk

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B. LdkWV ekufØiQ vk;ksx 2- flapkbZ O;oLFkk 59- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk@ls çkoèkku iwuk le>kSrk (1932) esa
C. yh vk;ksx 3- flfoy lsok
S.
lfEefyr Fkk@Fks\
D. dSEicsy vk;ksx 4- vdky
1- nfyr oxZ ds fy, i`Fkd~ fuokZpu O;oLFkk dh lekfIr
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dwV %
2- çkarh; foèkkueaMyksa esa nfyrksa ds fy, 147 lhVsa vkjf{kr
A B C D
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3- dsaæh; foèkkueaMy esa nfyrksa ds fy, 25» lhVsa vkjf{kr

(a) 1 2 3 4
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(b) 2 1 3 4 uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A

(c) 1 2 4 3 (a) dsoy 1 (b) dsoy 1 vkSj 2
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(d) 2 1 4 3 (c) dsoy 2 vkSj 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3

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51. Arrange the following charges leveled against Indians 55. Who among the following was not one of the founding
in British India in chronological order and select the members of the ‘Bombay Presidency Association’?
correct answer using the code given below. (a) Firozshah Mehta (b) M Veeraraghavachari
1. Nashik Conspiracy Case (c) KT Telang (d) Badruddin Tyabji
2. Delhi Conspiracy Case 56. Which of the following provisions was/were included
3. Alipore Conspiracy Case in the Cabinet Mission's proposals?
4. Lahore Conspiracy Case 1. Formation of Indian Union
Code: 2. Formation of the Constituent Assembly for the
(a) 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 (b) 3 – 1 – 2 – 4 formulation of the Constitution
(c) 1 – 2 – 4 – 3 (d) 3 – 1 – 4 – 2 3. Rejection of establishment of Pakistan
52. Which of the following newspapers/magazines Select the correct answer using the code given below.
supported the Indigo Rebellion?
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only
(a) Amrit Bazaar Patrika (b) Hindu Patriot
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) Samvad Kaumudi (d) Yugantar
57. At which of the following places was the first parallel
53. Which of the following wars was ended by the Treaty
government established in the Quit India Movement?
of Yandabo?
(a) Ballia (b) Tamluk
(a) First Anglo-Burmese War
(b) Second Anglo-Burmese War (c) Satara (d) Hazaribagh

(c) First Anglo-Sikh War 58. Ilbert Bill controversy (1883) was related to which of
the following?
(d) Second Anglo-Sikh War
54. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer (a) Issuance of arms licenses to Indians
using the code given below the lists. (b) Reduction in ICS exam recruitment age
List-I List-II (c) End of judicial disabilities based on caste
(Commission) (Subject) discrimination
A. Andrews Frazer Commission 1. Police (d) Ban on Hindi language newspapers

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Administration 59. Which of the following provisions was/were included
B. Scott Mancrieff Commission 2. Irrigation System in the Poona Pact (1932)?
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C. Lee Commission 3. Civil Service 1. Abolition of separate electoral system for Dalit class
D. Campbell Commission 4. Famine 2. 147 seats reserved for Dalits in provincial
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A B C D 3. 25% seats reserved for Dalits in the Central
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(c) 1 2 4 3 (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only
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(d) 2 1 4 3 (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3

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60- fuEufyf•r laxBuksa dks mudh LFkkiuk ds vuqlkj O;ofLFkr 65- dkWUxzsl ds ukxiqj vfèkos'ku (1920) ds lanHkZ esa] fuEufyf•r
dhft, rFkk uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A dFkuksa ij fopkj dhft, %
1- bafM;u yhx 1- bldh vè;{krk lh- fot;jk?kokpk;Z }kjk dh xbZA
2- bafM;u ,lksfl,'ku 2- blesa çkarh; dkWUxzsl desfV;ksa dks Hkk"kk;h vkèkkj ij iquxZfBr
3- bZLV bafM;k ,lksfl,'ku djus dk fu.kZ; fy;k x;kA
4- cacbZ çslhMsalh ,lksfl,'ku 3- dkWUxzls dk usrR` o 15 lnL;ksa dh o²dx desVh dks lkSia k x;kA
dwV % mi;ZqDr dFkuksa esa ls dkSu&lk@ls lgh gS@gSa\
(a) 2 & 1 & 3 & 4 (b) 3 & 1 & 2 & 4 (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 3
(c) 2 & 1 & 4 & 3 (d) 3 & 1 & 4 & 2 (c) dsoy 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3
61- dkWUxzsl dk lwjr vfèkos'ku (1907)] ftlesa dkWUxzsl dk çFke 66- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk fryd LojkT; dks"k dh LFkkiuk dk
foHkktu gqvk] dh vè;{krk fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlus dh Fkh\ mís'; Fkk\
(a) xksiky Ñ".k xks•ys (b) nknkHkkbZ ukSjksth (a) jpukRed dk;ks± dk lapkyu
(c) jkl fcgkjh ?kks"k (d) fc'ku ukjk;.k nÙk (b) Lojktokfn;ksa }kjk 1923 ds pqukoksa esa çfrHkkx ds fy, èku
62- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&ls lekpkj&i=k Økafrdkjh la?k"kZ dh iSjoh ,df=kr djuk
djrs Fks\ (c) vlg;ksx vkanksyu ds lapkyu ds fy, èku tqVkuk
1- laè;k 2- ik;fu;j (d) jk"Vªh; Ldwyksa vkSj dkWystksa dh LFkkiuk
3- dky 4- ;qxkarj 67- o"kZ 1931 esa gq, xkaèkh&bjfou le>kSrs ds varxZr fuEufyf•r esa
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A ls dkSu&ls çkoèkku lfEefyr Fks\
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4 1- ljdkj us vfgald jktuhfrd cafn;ksa dks fjgk djuk Lohdkj
(c) dsoy 1] 3 vkSj 4 (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4 fd;k
63- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk o"kZ 1939 esa dkWUxzsl eaf=keaMyksa }kjk 2- dkWUxzsl us lfou; voKk vkanksyu lekIr djuk Lohdkj fd;k
fn, x, R;kxi=k dk dkj.k Fkk\ 3- ?kjsyw mi;ksx ds fy, ued cukus dk vfèkdkj fn;k x;k
(a) eqfLye yhx }kjk eaf=keaMyksa dk fojksèk 4- fons'kh oLrqvksa ,oa 'kjkc dh nqdkuksa ij èkjuk nsus dk vfèkdkj

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(b) pquko esa Hkkxhnkjh ,oa in xzg.k dks ysdj dkWUxzsfl;ksa esa fn;k x;k
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
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(c) f=kiqjh vfèkos'ku esa iV~VkfHk lhrkjeS;k dh gkj (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4
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(d) dkWUxzsl dks fo'okl esa fy, fcuk Hkkjr dks lkezkT;oknh ;q¼ (c) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4 (d) 1] 2] 3 vkSj 4
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64- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu ^bafMisaMsaV yscj ikVhZ* ds laLFkkid Fks\ dk usr`Ro fd;k Fkk\
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(a) vkpk;Z ujsaæ nso (a) ds- dsyIiu

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(b) t;çdk'k ukjk;.k (b) xksipaæ caèkq pkSèkjh

(c) Hkhejko jketh vkacsMdj (c) lh- jktxksikykpkjh
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60. Arrange the following organizations according to their 65. With reference to the Nagpur session of the Congress
establishment and select the correct answer using the (1920), consider the following statements:
code given below. 1. It was presided over by C Vijayaraghavacharya.
1. Indian League 2. In this, it was decided to reorganize the provincial
2. Indian Association Congress committees on linguistic basis.
3. East India Association 3. The leadership of Congress was handed over to a
4. Bombay Presidency Association working committee of 15 members.
Code: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 2 – 1 – 3 – 4 (b) 3 – 1 – 2 – 4 (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 – 1 – 4 – 3 (d) 3 – 1 – 4 – 2 (c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
61. Who among the following presided over the Surat 66. Which of the following was the objective of establishing
session of the Congress (1907), in which the first split Tilak Swarajya Fund?
of the Congress took place? (a) Conducting creative work
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Collecting funds for participation in the elections
(c) Rash Bihari Ghosh (d) Bishan Narayan Dutt of 1923 by Swarajists
62. Which of the following newspapers advocated the (c) Collecting funds for conducting the non-cooperation
revolutionary struggle? movement
1. Sandhya 2. Pioneer (d) Establishing national schools and colleges
3. Kaal 4. Yugantar 67. Which of the following provisions were included in the
Select the correct answer using the code given below. Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931?
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 only 1. Government agreed to release non-violent political
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only prisoners
63. Which of the following was the reason for the resignation 2. Congress accepted to end the Civil Disobedience
of the Congress Cabinets in the year 1939? Movement
(a) Opposition to cabinets by Muslim League 3. Granted the right to make salt for domestic use
4. Given the right to protest at foreign goods and liquor

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(b) Differences among Congressmen regarding
participation in elections and assuming office shops
(c) Defeat of Pattabhi Sitaramaiya in Tripuri Session Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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(d) Involving India in the imperialist war without taking (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 only
Congress into confidence (c) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
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'Independent Labor Party'? Movement in Tamil Nadu?
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(a) Acharya Narendra Dev (a) K Kelappan

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(b) Jaiprakash Narayan (b) Gopachandra Bandhu Chaudhary

(c) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (c) C Rajagopalachari
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(d) Achyut Patwardhan (d) Sarojini Naidu

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69- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa ij fopkj dhft, % dwV %
(fo|ky;) (laLFkkid) (a) 2 & 3 & 1 & 4 (b) 4 & 3 & 1 & 2
1- U;w bafXy'k Ldwy % cky xaxkèkj fryd (c) 2& 3 & 4 & 1 (d) 4 & 3 & 2 & 1
2- laLÑr dkWyst % MsfoM gs;j 75- Hkkjr esa lekt lqèkkj gsrq ^foèkok fookg lekt* dh LFkkiuk
3- osnkar dkWyst % jkeeksgu jk; fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlds }kjk dh xbZ Fkh\
4- lsaVªy fganw dkWyst % eSMe CykORldh (a) fo".kq 'kkL=kh iafMr
mi;ZqDr ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&ls lgh gSa\
(b) djlksunkl eyth
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4
(c) bZ'ojpaæ fo|klkxj
(c) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 3 (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4
(d) xksiky gfj ns'keq•
70- eækl e”knwj la?k (1918) dk xBu fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlds
}kjk fd;k x;k Fkk\ 76- f'k{kk ds fy, pkYlZ oqM fMLiSp (1854) }kjk çLrqr fliQkfj'kksa
(a) ykyk yktir jk; (b) lh-vkj- nkl ds lanHkZ esa] fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&ls lgh gSa\
(c) ukjk;.k eYgkj tks'kh (d) ch-ih- okfM;k 1- mPp f'k{kk dk ekè;e ekr`Hkk"kk gks
71- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl vfèkfu;e }kjk Hkkjrh; ç'kklu dk 2- ijh{kk laiUu djus ,oa mikfèk;k¡ nsus ds fy, fo'ofo|ky;
dsaæhdj.k fd;k x;k\ LFkkfir fd, tk,¡
(a) pkVZj vfèkfu;e] 1813 (b) pkVZj vfèkfu;e] 1833
3- O;kolkf;d ,oa rduhdh f'k{kk ij cy
(c) pkVZj vfèkfu;e] 1853 (d) Hkkjr ifj"kn~ vfèkfu;e] 1861
4- efgyk f'k{kk dks leFkZu
72- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&lk lgh lqesfyr ugha gS\
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
(foæksg) (o"kZ)
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4
(a) jkekslh % 1822
(b) vgkse % 1828 (c) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4 (d) 1] 2] 3 vkSj 4
(c) dksy % 1831 77- jkeeksgu jk; dh iqLrd ^,ds'ojokfn;ksa dks migkj* fuEufyf•r
(d) pqvkj % 1844 esa ls fdl Hkk"kk esa fy•h xbZ gS\
73- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlds }kjk ^cfg"Ñr fgrdkfj.kh lHkk* dk (a) iQkjlh (b) laLÑr

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xBu fd;k x;k Fkk\ (c) vjch (d) ckaXyk
(a) T;ksfrjko iQqys (b) ih- R;kxjkt
78- MygkSth ds O;ixr ds fl¼kar ds fØ;kUo;u ds Øe esa fuEufyf•r
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74- vkèkqfud Hkkjrh; bfrgkl ds fuEufyf•r ;q¼ksa dks muds dhft, rFkk uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
dkyØekuqlkj O;ofLFkr dhft, rFkk uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx
dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A 1- c?kkV 2- mn;iqj
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1- f}rh; dukZVd ;q¼ 3- >k¡lh 4- ukxiqj

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3- f}rh; vkaXy&ejkBk ;q¼ (a) 1& 2 & 3 & 4 (b) 2 & 1 & 3 & 4
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69. Consider the following pairs: Code:
(School) (Founders) (a) 2 – 3 – 1 – 4 (b) 4 – 3 – 1 – 2
1. New English School : Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) 2 – 3 – 4 – 1 (d) 4 – 3 – 2 – 1
2. Sanskrit College : David Hare 75. ‘Widow Marriage Society’ was established by which of
3. Vedanta College : Rammohan Roy the following for social reform in India?
4. Central Hindu College : Madame Blavatsky (a) Vishnu Shastri Pandit
Which of the pairs given above are correct? (b) Karsondas Malji
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 only (c) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
70. Madras Labour Union (1918) was formed by which of 76. With reference to the recommendations presented
the following? by Charles Wood's Dispatch (1854) regarding Indian
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) CR Das education, which of the following are correct?
(c) Narayan Malhar Joshi (d) BP Wadia 1. Mother tongue should be the medium of higher
71. The Indian administration was centralized by which of education
the following Acts? 2. Universities should be established to conduct
(a) Charter Act, 1813 (b) Charter Act, 1833 examinations and award degrees.
(c) Charter Act, 1853 (d) Indian Council Act, 1861 3. Emphasis on vocational and technical education
72. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? 4. Emphasis on women's education
(Revolt) (Year) Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) Ramosi : 1822 (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only
(b) Ahom : 1828 (c) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(c) Kol : 1831 77. Ram Mohan Roy's book 'A Gift to the Monotheists' is
(d) Chuar : 1844 written in which of the following languages?
73. ‘Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha’ was formed by which of (a) Persian (b) Sanskrit

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the following? (c) Arabic (d) Bengali
(a) Jyotirao Phule (b) P Tyagaraja 78. In order to implement Dalhousie's doctrine of lapse,
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(c) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar (d) Narayan Guru arrange the following states in the order of their merger
74. Arrange the following wars of modern Indian history in with the British Empire and select the correct answer
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their chronological order and select the correct answer using the code given below.
using the code given below. 1. Baghat 2. Udaipur
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1. Second Carnetic War 3. Jhansi 4. Nagpur

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2. Second Anglo-Mysore War Code:

3. Second Anglo-Maratha War (a) 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 (b) 2 – 1 – 3 – 4
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79- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&lk lgh lqesfyr gS\ 84- daiuh ds vèkhu fuEufyf•r xouZj tujyksa dks muds dkyØekuqlkj
(vdky vk;ksx) (xouZj@ok;ljk;) O;ofLFkr dhft, rFkk uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj
pqfu,A
(a) dSaicsy vk;ksx % fyVu
1- pkYlZ esVdkWiQ 2- vkWdySaM
(b) LVªsph vk;ksx % tkWu ykWjsal
3- gk²Mx&I 4- ,ysucjks
(c) ykW;y vk;ksx % ososy
dwV %
(d) eSdMkWuy vk;ksx % d”kZu
(a) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 (b) 2 & 3 & 1 & 4
80- LFkk;h cankscLr O;oLFkk ds lanHkZ esa] fuEufyf•r dFkuksa ij fopkj
(c) 1 & 2 & 4 & 3 (d) 2 & 3 & 4 & 1
dhft, %
85- fiV~l bafM;k ,DV (1784) ds lanHkZ esa] fuEufyf•r dFkuksa ij
1- blesa ”kehankjksa dks Hkw&Lokeh Lohdkj fd;k x;kA
fopkj dhft, %
2- blls nwjoklh ”kehankjh dk mn; gqvkA
1- daiuh ds O;kikfjd ,oa jktuhfrd fØ;kdykiksa dks i`Fkd~
3- blesa Hkw&jktLo dk 1@11 Hkkx ljdkj vkSj 10@11 Hkkx fd;k x;kA
”kehankj ds fy, lqjf{kr fd;k x;kA
2- eækl rFkk cacbZ çslhMsalh dks xouZj tujy dh ifj"kn~ ds
mi;ZqDr dFkuksa esa ls dkSu&lk@ls lgh gS@gSa\ vèkhu yk;k x;kA
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 3 3- bl ,DV ij fookn dks ysdj ykWMZ ukWFkZ rFkk iQkWDl dh
(c) dsoy 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3 ljdkj us R;kxi=k ns fn;kA
81- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlus dwdk vkanksyu dks usr`Ro çnku fd;k mi;ZqDr dFkuksa esa ls dkSu&lk@ls lgh gSa@gSa\
Fkk\ (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2
(a) Hkxr tokgj ey (b) jk/kÑ".k n.Mlsu (c) dsoy 2 vkSj 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3
(c) tx ca/q (d) xkse/j dq¡oj 86- Mpksa us Hkkjr esa viuh igyh iQSDVªh fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl LFkku
82- f}rh; dkj•kuk vfèkfu;e (1891) ds lanHkZ esa] fuEufyf•r ij LFkkfir dh Fkh\
dFkuksa esa ls dkSu&lk lgh ugha gS\ (a) isVkiksyh (b) lwjr

(a) 7 o"kZ ls de vk;q ds ckydksa dk dkj•kuksa esa fu;kstu (c) eqlyhiV~Vue (d) fr#iki;wyhj
çfrcafèkr fd;k x;kA 87- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlus tfy;k¡okyk ckx gR;kdkaM ds fojksèk esa

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(b) Jfedksa ds fy, lkIrkfgd vodk'k dh O;oLFkk dh xbZA viuh ^ukbV* dh mikfèk okil dj nh Fkh\
(c) fL=k;ksa ds fy, çfrfnu 11 ?kaVs dk;Z lhek fuf'pr dh xbZA (a) f'koLokeh vÕ;j (b) johaæukFk Bkdqj
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83- rÙocksfèkuh lHkk dh LFkkiuk fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlds }kjk dh 88- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&lk lgh lqesfyr ugha gS\
xbZ Fkh\ (jkT;) (laLFkkid)
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(a) }kjdkukFk VSxksj (a) gSnjkckn % fu”kke&my&eqYd

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(b) jkepaæ fo|k okxh'k (b) dukZVd % eqgEen •k¡ caxl

(c) nsosaæukFk Bkdqj (c) voèk % lvknr •k¡ cqjgkueqYd
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(d) ds'kopaæ lsu (d) caxky % eq'khZndqyh •k¡

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79. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? 84. Arrange the following Governor Generals under the
(Famine Commission) (Governor/Viceroy) Company in chronological order and select the correct
(a) Campbell Commission : Litton answer using the code given below.

(b) Strachey Commission : John Lawrence 1. Charles Metcalf 2. Auckland

(c) Loyal Commission : Wavell 3. Harding – I 4. Ellenborough
(d) McDonnell Commission : Curzon Code :
80. With reference to the Permanent Settlement System, (a) 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 (b) 2 – 3 – 1 – 4
consider the following statements: (c) 1 – 2 – 4 – 3 (d) 2 – 3 – 4 – 1
1. In this, zamindars were accepted as land owners. 85. With reference to Pitt's India Act (1784), consider the
2. This led to the rise of remote zamindari system.. following statements:
3. In this, 1/11 part of the land revenue was reserved 1. The company's business and political activities were
for the government and 10/11 part for the zamindar. separated.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 2. Madras and Bombay Presidencies were brought
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only under the Governor General's Council.
(c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 3. Lord North and Fox's government resigned over
81. Who among the following provided leadership to the the controversy over this Act.
Kuka movement? Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Bhagat Jawahar Mal (b) Radhakrishn Dandsen (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only
(c) Jag Bandhu (d) Gomdhar kunwar (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
82. With reference to the Second Factory Act (1891), which 86. At which of the following places did the Dutch establish
of the following statements is not correct? their first factory in India?
(a) Employment of children below 7 years of age in (a) Petapoly (b) Surat
factories was banned.
(c) Masulipatnam (d) Thirupapuliyur
(b) Arrangements were made for weekly holidays for

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87. Who among the following had returned his 'Knight' title
the workers.
in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
(c) The working limit of women was fixed at 11 hours
(a) Shivaswamy Iyer (b) Rabindranath Tagore
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per day.
(c) Shankar Nair (d) Sir Chimanlal Setalvad
(d) No limit was set for the working hours of men.
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88. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

83. Tattvabodhini Sabha was founded by whom among the
following? (State) (Founder)
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(a) Dwarkanath Tagore (a) Hyderabad : Nizam-ul-Mulk

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(b) Ramchandra Vidya Vagish (b) Karnataka : Muhammad Khan Bangas

(c) Debendranath Thakur (c) Awadh : Saadat Khan Burhanmulk
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(d) Keshavchandra Sen (d) Bengal : Murshidkuli Khan

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89- o"kZ 1930 esa ikfjr fd, x, 'kkjnk ,DV ds varxZr ckydksa ,oa 95- gky gh esa jkT; lHkk esa çLrqr eq[; pquko vk;qDr o vU; pquko
ckfydkvksa ds fy, fookg dh vk;q fdruh fuèkkZfjr dh xbZ\ vk;qDr foèks;d] 2023 esa budh fu;qfDr ds fy, çLrkfor iSuy
(a) ckfydkvksa ds fy, 12 ,oa ckydksa ds fy, 14 o"kZ esa fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu 'kkfey ugha gS\
(b) ckfydkvksa ds fy, 14 ,oa ckydksa ds fy, 16 o"kZ (a) çèkkuea=kh
(c) ckfydkvksa ds fy, 14 ,oa ckydksa ds fy, 18 o"kZ (b) yksd lHkk esa foi{k ds usrk
(d) ckfydkvksa ds fy, 16 ,oa ckydksa ds fy, 18 o"kZ (c) lokZsPp U;k;ky; ds eq[; U;k;kèkh'k
90- lR;'kksèkd lekt dh LFkkiuk fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlds }kjk dh (d) çèkkuea=kh }kjk euksuhr dSfcusV ea=kh
xbZ Fkh\
96- Hkkjr ds fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl f•ykM+h us fo'o cSM¯eVu
(a) bZ-oh- jkekLokeh uk;dj
pSafi;uf'ki&2023 dh iq#"k ,dy Li¼kZ esa dk¡L; ind thrk gS\
(b) ukjk;.k xq#
(a) lkfRod lkbZjkt jadh jsM~Mh
(c) MkW- Hkhejko vkacsMdj
(b) fpjkx 'ksV~Vh
(d) T;ksfrck iQqys
91- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl ns'k us efgyk iQhiQk fo'o di&2023 (c) ,p-,l- ç.k;
dk f•rkc thrk gS\ (d) y{; lsu
(a) baXySaM (b) Lisu 97- gky gh esa Hkkjr o vkWLVªsfy;k dk la;qDr ukSlSfud vH;kl ^vkWl
(c) teZuh (d) Úk¡l baMsDl&2023* dgk¡ ij vk;ksftr fd;k x;k\
92- gky gh esa Hkkjrh; çèkkuea=kh Jh ujsaæ eksnh dks fuEufyf•r esa (a) caxky dh •kM+h (b) vjc lkxj
ls fdl ns'k }kjk ^n xzkaM ØkWl vkWiQ n vkWMZj vkWiQ vkWuj* ls (c) flMuh (d) iFkZ
lEekfur fd;k x;k gS\
98- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lh 29 vxLr] 2023 dks euk, x, jk"Vªh;
(a) ikiqvk U;w fxuh (b) fiQth
•sy fnol dh Fkhe Fkh\
(c) cgjhu (d) xzhl
(a) [ksy lekos'kh vkSj LoLFk lekt ds fy, lacy gS
93- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa ij fopkj dhft, %
(b) pSafi;al ls feysa
(lEesyu) (çLrkfor vk;kstd ns'k)
(c) •sy % 'kkjhfjd ,oa ekufld fodkl ds fy, ojnku
1- G20 dk 19ok¡ f'k•j lEesyu % czk”khy

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2- fczDl dk 16ok¡ f'k•j lEesyu % :l (d) fo'o 'kkafr esa lgk;d •sy

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3- ,l-lh-vks- dk 24ok¡ f'k•j lEesyu % d”kk[Lrku 99- gky gh esa fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu fo'o ,FkysfVDl pSafi;uf'ki
(2023) esa Lo.kZ ind thrus okys igys Hkkjrh; cus gSa\
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4- G7 dk 50ok¡ f'k•j lEesyu % bVyh
mi;ZqDr ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&ls lgh lqesfyr gSa\ (a) ik#y pkSèkjh (b) vfouk'k lkcys
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(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4 (c) T;ksfr ;kjkth (d) uhjt pksiM+k
(c) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4 (d) 1] 2] 3 vkSj 4 100- gky gh esa pquko vk;ksx us ernkrkvksa dh vfèkd&ls&vfèkd
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94- gky gh esa fuEufyf•r esa ls fdls ikfdLrku ds dk;Zokgd Hkkxhnkjh lqfuf'pr djus ds mís'; ls fuEufyf•r esa ls fdls
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çèkkuea=kh ds :i esa fu;qDr fd;k x;k gS\ viuk jk"Vªh; vkbdu cuk;k gS\
(a) vkfjiQ vYoh (b) dk”kh iQS”k bZlk (a) lkSjo xkaxqyh (b) lfpu rsanqydj
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89. What was the age of marriage set for boys and girls 95. Who among the following is not included in the proposed
under the Sharda Act passed in the year 1930? panel for their appointment in the Chief Election
(a) 12 years for girls and 14 years for boys Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Bill,
2023 recently presented in the Rajya Sabha?
(b) 14 years for girls and 16 years for boys
(a) Prime Minister
(c) 14 years for girls and 18 years for boys
(b) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
(d) 16 years for girls and 18 years for boys
(c) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
90. Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by whom among the
following? (d) Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister
(a) EV Ramaswamy Naicker 96. Which of the following players from India has won the
bronze medal in the men's singles event of the World
(b) Narayan Guru
Badminton Championship-2023?
(c) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
(a) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
(d) Jyotiba Phule
(b) Chirag Shetty
91. Which of the following countries has won the Women's
(c) HS Prannoy
FIFA World Cup-2023 title?
(d) Lakshya Sen
(a) England (b) Spain
97. Where was the joint naval exercise AUSINDEX-2023
(c) Germany (d) France
of India and Australia held recently?
92. Recently, Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
(a) Bay of Bengal (b) Arabian Sea
has been honored with 'The Grand Cross of the Order
of Honour' by which of the following countries? (c) Sydney (d) Perth
(a) Papua New Guinea (b) Fiji 98. Which of the following was the theme of National Sports
Day observed on 29 August, 2023?
(c) Bahrain (d) Greece
(a) Sports are an enabler to an inclusive and fit society
93. Consider the following pairs:
(b) Meet the Champions
(Summit) (Proposed Country)
(c) Sports: Boon for physical and mental development
1. 19th G20 Summit : Brazil

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(d) Sports helpful in world peace
2. 16th BRICS Summit : Russia
99. Who among the following has recently become the

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3. 24th SCO Summit : Kazakhstan
first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics
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4. 50th G7 Summit : Italy
Championship (2023)?
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
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(a) Parul Chaudhary (b) Avinash Sable

(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 only
(c) Jyothi Yarraji (d) Neeraj Chopra
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
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100. Recently, with the aim of ensuring maximum voter

94. Who among the following has recently been appointed participation, the Election Commission has made which
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as the acting Prime Minister of Pakistan? of the following its national icon?
(a) Arif Alvi (b) Qazi Faiz Isa (a) Sourav Ganguly (b) Sachin Tendulkar
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101- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa ij fopkj dhft, % 107- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk voèk esa gq, ^,dk vkanksyu* dk mís'; Fkk\
(dkWUxzsl vfèkos'ku) (vè;{k) (a) fczfV'k ljdkj dk fojksèk
1- bykgkckn vfèkos'ku] 1892 % O;kses'k paæ cuthZ (b) yxku c<+ksrjh dk fojksèk
2- y•uÅ vfèkos'ku] 1899 % jes'k paæ nÙk (c) ”kehankjksa ds vfèkdkjksa dh j{kk
3- ykgkSj vfèkos'ku] 1909 % fofy;e osMjouZ (d) tkfr O;oLFkk dk fojksèk
4- dydÙkk vfèkos'ku] 1928 % tokgjyky usg: 108- 1937 ds çkarh; pqukoksa esa fuEufyf•r esa ls fdu çkarksa esa dkWUxzsl
mi;ZqDr ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&ls lgh lqesfyr gSa\ us ljdkj xfBr dh\
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4 1- eækl 2- la;qDr çkar
3- iatkc 4- caxky
(c) dsoy 1] 3 vkSj 4 (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
102- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu dkWUxzsl vfèkos'ku dks lacksfèkr djus okyh
dydÙkk fo'ofo|ky; dh igyh efgyk Lukrd Fkha\ (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4

(a) v#.kk vkliQ vyh (b) m"kk esgrk (c) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 3 (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4

(c) dknafcuh xkaxqyh (d) y{eh lgxy 109- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlus ^vUtqekus eksfgCckus oru* uked laxBu
dh LFkkiuk dh Fkh\
103- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdu lekpkj&i=kksa dk laiknu ykyk yktir
jk; us fd;k Fkk\ (a) lS;n vgen •k¡ (b) eqgEen bdcky

1- iatkch 2- oans ekrje (c) ljnkj vthr flag (d) 'kphaæ ukFk lkU;ky

3- n ihiy 4- lqèkkjd 110- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&ls lkezkT;h; 'kkldksa }kjk Hkkjr ls vkfFkZd
fudkl ds ?kVd Fks\
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
1- daiuh ds Hkkxhnkjksa dks ykHkka'k
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4
2- vaxzs”k inkfèkdkfj;ksa dh isa'ku ,oa vU; O;;
(c) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 3 (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4
3- fons'kh iwath fuos'k ij C;kt
104- mÙkj çns'k fdlku lHkk dk xBu fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl o"kZ
fd;k x;k Fkk\ uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
(a) 1918 (b) 1920 (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 1 vkSj 3

(c) 1922 (d) 1924 (c) dsoy 2 vkSj 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3

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105- egkRek xkaèkh us fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl çFkk ds fo#¼ paikj.k 111- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu o"kZ 1940 esa çkjaHk fd, x, O;fDrxr
lR;kxzg fd;k Fkk\ lR;kxzg ds çFke lR;kxzgh Fks\
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(a) ”kehankjh çFkk (b) frudfB;k çFkk (a) tokgjyky usg: (b) czãnÙk
(c) fouksck Hkkos (d) egkRek xkaèkh
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106- ¶eSa ,d gh bZ'oj dks ekurk gw¡ tks lHkh vkRekvksa dh ,d vkRek 112- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&lk lgh lqesfyr gS\
gS vkSj lcls Åij gSA esjk bZ'oj nq•h ekuo gS] esjk bZ'oj ihfM+r (lekpkj&i=k) (laiknd)
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ekuo gS] esjk bZ'oj gj tkfr dk fuèkZu euq"; gSA¸ (a) vy&fgyky % ekSykuk eqgEen vyh
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mi;ZqDr dFku fuEufyf•r esa ls fdldk gS\ (b) dkWejsM % ekSykuk vcqy dyke vk”kkn
(a) vkj-th- HkaMkjdj (b) egknso xksfoan jkukMs (c) xnj % lksgu flag Hkkduk
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101. Consider the following pairs: 107. Which of the following was the objective of the ‘Eka
(Congress Session) (President) Movement’ in Awadh?
1. Allahabad Session, 1892 : Vyomesh Chandra (a) Opposition to the British government
Banerjee (b) Opposition to increase in rent
2. Lucknow Session, 1899 : Ramesh Chandra Dutt (c) Protection of the rights of zamindars
3. Lahore Session, 1909 : William Wedderworn (d) Opposition to the caste system
4. Calcutta Session, 1928 : Jawahar Lal Nehru 108. In which of the following provinces did the Congress
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched? form the government in the provincial elections of 1937?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only 1. Madras 2. United Provinces
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only 3. Punjab 4. Bengal
102. Who among the following was the first woman graduate Select the correct answer using the code given below.
of Calcutta University to address the Congress session? (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali (b) Usha Mehta (c) 1, 2 and 3 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only
(c) Kadambini Ganguly (d) Lakshmi Sehgal 109. Who among the following founded the organization
103. Which of the following newspapers were published by named ‘Anjuman-i- Muhibban-i-Watan’?
Lala Lajpat Rai? (a) Syed Ahmed Khan (b) Muhammad Iqbal
1. Punjabi 2. Vande Mataram (c) Sardar Ajit Singh (d) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
3. The People 4. Sudharak 110. Which of the following were the factors of economic
Select the correct answer using the code given below. exit from India by the imperial rulers?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only 1. Dividend to the partners of the company
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only 2. Pension and other expenses of British officials
104. Uttar Pradesh Kisan Sabha was constituted in which of 3. Interest on foreign capital investment
the following years? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1918 (b) 1920 (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 1922 (d) 1924 (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3

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105. Champaran Satyagraha was conducted by Mahatma 111. Who among the following was the first Satyagrahi of

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Gandhi against which of the following practices? Individual Satyagraha started in the year 1940?
(a) Zamindari system (b) Tinkathia system
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(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Brahmdutt
(c) Dubla Hali system (d) Dadani system (c) Vinoba Bhave (d) Mahatma Gandhi
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and is supreme above all. My God is a sad human being,
(Newspaper) (Editor)
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my God is a suffering human being, my God is a poor

human being of every caste.” (a) Al-Hilal : Maulana Muhammad Ali
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Who among the following has said the above statement? (b) Comrade : Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(a) RG Bhandarkar (b) Mahadev Govind Ranade (c) Ghadar : Sohan Singh Bhakna
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(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Swami Vivekananda (d) Swaraj : Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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113- paikj.k lR;kxzg esa fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu xkaèkhth ds lg;ksxh Fks\ uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
1- ujgfj ikjs• 2- egknso nslkbZ (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4
3- jktsaæ çlkn 4- ts-ch- Ñiykuh (c) dsoy 1] 3 vkSj 4 (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A 118- xaned dh lafèk fuEufyf•r esa ls fduds eè; laiUu gqbZ Fkh\
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4 (a) vaxzs”k ,oa usiky (b) vaxzs”k ,oa cekZ
(c) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4 (d) 1] 2] 3 vkSj 4 (c) vaxzs”k ,oa frCcr (d) vaxzs”k ,oa viQxkfuLrku
114- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk ^Mksfefu;u LVsVl* (vfèkjkT;) in 119- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk ;qXe lgh lqesfyr ugha gS\
dk lgh fooj.k çLrqr djrk gS\ (iqLrd) (ys•d)
(a) vkSifuosf'kd 'kfDr }kjk fdlh ns'k dks iw.kZ Lora=krk çnku (a) U;w ySaIl iQkWj vksYM % vjfoan ?kks"k
djuk
(b) vkuaneB % cafdepaæ pVthZ
(b) dsaæ esa ukeek=k ds çèkku ds :i esa ok;ljk; rFkk çkarksa dks
(c) bafM;k foUl ÚhMe % vcqy dyke vk”kkn
iw.kZ Lok;Ùkrk
(d) fxYVh esu vkWiQ bafM;k”k ikVhZ'ku % t;çdk'k ukjk;.k
(c) vkSifuosf'kd 'kfDr dks turk }kjk pquh xbZ ljdkj ds ekè;e
ls 'kklu djus dk vfèkdkj 120- dkWUxzsl ds fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl vfèkos'ku esa çLrko ikfjr dj
iw.kZ Lojkt dks dkWUxzsl dk mís'; ?kksf"kr fd;k x;k\
(d) ijra=k ns'k dks vkSifuosf'kd 'kfDr ds çfr fu"Bkoku cus jgus
dh 'krks± ij Lo&'kklu çnku fd;k tkuk (a) dkuiqj vfèkos'ku] 1925 (b) eækl vfèkos'ku] 1927

115- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdlus o"kZ 1917 esa gkse:y yhx ds lnL;ksa (c) ykgkSj vfèkos'ku] 1929 (d) djkph vfèkos'ku] 1931
dh fxjÝrkjh ds fojksèk esa viuh ^ukbV* dh mikfèk R;kx nh Fkh\ 121- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&ls vk;ksx fczfV'k Hkkjr esa flfoy lsok
(a) ,l- lqcze.;e vÕ;j (b) txr ukjk;.k esa lqèkkj ls lacafèkr gSa\
(c) lh-,iQ- ,aMªwt (d) lh-ih- jkekLokeh 1- blfyaXVu vk;ksx 2- yh vk;ksx
116- fFk;kslksfiQdy lkslkbVh dh ekU;rkvksa ds lanHkZ esa] fuEufyf•r 3- Ústj vk;ksx 4- ,fplu vk;ksx
esa ls dkSu&lk@ls lgh gS@gSa\ uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
1- vkfRed g"kkZsUekn ,oa varKkZu ls bZ'ojh; Kku dh çkfIr (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4

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2- iqutZUe rFkk deZ esa fo'okl (c) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 3 (d) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 4
3- lka[; rFkk mifu"kn~ n'kZu çsj.kk ds lzksr 122- 1857 ds foæksg ls lacafèkr eaxy ikaMs fczfV'k lsuk dh fdl
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uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A jsftesaV esa fu;qDr Fks\
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(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 (a) 19oha usfVo bUiQSaVªh (b) 34oha usfVo bUiQSaVªh
(c) dsoy 2 vkSj 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3 (c) 7oha voèk jsftesaV (d) 12oha voèk jsftesaV
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117- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu lSMyj fo'ofo|ky; vk;ksx ds Hkkjrh; 123- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl 'kkld }kjk bZLV bafM;k daiuh dks caxky
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lnL; Fks\ dh nhokuh çnku dh xbZ Fkh\

1- lS;n gqlSu fcyxzkeh 2- vk'kqrks"k eq•thZ (a) iQ#Z•fl;j (b) 'kkgvkye f}rh;
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Champaran Satyagraha? (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 only
1. Narhari Parekh 2. Mahadev Desai (c) 1, 3 and 4 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only
3. Rajendra Prasad 4. JB Kripalani
118. The Treaty of Gandamak was concluded between which
Select the correct answer using the code given below. of the following?
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 only (a) British and Nepal (b) British and Burma
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(c) British and Tibet (d) British and Afghanistan
114. Which of the following gives the correct description of
119. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
the term ‘Dominion Status’?
(Book) (Author)
(a) Granting complete independence to a country by a
colonial power (a) New Lamps for Old : Arvind Ghosh
(b) Viceroy as nominal head at the center and complete (b) Anandmath : Bankimchandra Chatterjee
autonomy to the provinces (c) India Wins Freedom : Abul Kalam Azad
(c) The right of the colonial power to rule through a (d) Guilty Men of : Jaiprakash Narayan
government elected by the people India's Partition
(d) Providing self-government to the dependent country 120. In which of the following sessions of the Congress, a
on the conditions of remaining loyal to the colonial
resolution was passed declaring ‘Purna Swaraj’ as the
power
objective of the Congress?
115. Who among the following renounced his title of 'Knight'
(a) Kanpur session, 1925 (b) Madras session, 1927
in 1917 in protest against the arrest of Home Rule
League members? (c) Lahore session, 1929 (d) Karachi session, 1931
(a) S Subramaniam Iyer (b) Jagat Narayan 121. Which of the following commissions are related to civil
(c) CF Andrews (d) CP Ramaswami service reforms in British India?
116. With reference to the beliefs of the Theosophical Society, 1. Islington Commission 2. Lee Commission
which of the following is/are correct? 3. Fraser Commission 4. Aitchison Commission
1. Attainment of divine knowledge through spiritual Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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ecstasy and intuition
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only
2. Belief in rebirth and karma

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(c) 1, 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 4 only
3. Sankhya and Upanishad philosophy sources of
S.
122. Mangal Pandey, associated with the rebolt of 1857, was
inspiration
in which regiment of British Army?
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Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 19th Native Infantry (b) 34th Native Infantry
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only
(c) 7th Awadh Regiment (d) 12th Awadh Regiment
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
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117. Who among the following were the Indian member of 123. Who among the following rulers granted the Diwani of
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the Sadler University Commission? Bengal to the East India Company?

1. Syed Hussain Bilgrami 2. Ashutosh Mukherjee (a) Farrukhsiyar (b) Shah Alam-II
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3. Gurudas Banerjee 4. Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed (c) Shuja ud daula (d) Mir Qasim
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124- lwph&I dks lwph&II ls lqesfyr dhft, rFkk lwfp;ksa ds uhps fn, 127- lwph&I dks lwph&II ls lqesfyr dhft, rFkk lwfp;ksa ds uhps fn,
x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
lwph&I lwph&II lwph&I lwph&II
(lafèk) (o"kZ) (vfèkfu;e) (xouZj tujy)
A. lkaxksyk dh lafèk 1- 1750 A. 1784 dk vfèkfu;e 1- fofy;e csafVd
B. lwjr dh lafèk 2- 1775 B. 1813 dk vfèkfu;e 2- MygkSth
C. lkycbZ dh lafèk 3- 1782 C. 1833 dk vfèkfu;e 3- gsfLVaXl
D. cslhu dh lafèk 4- 1802 D. 1853 dk vfèkfu;e 4- feaVks çFke
dwV % dwV %
A B C D
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4 (a) 2 3 1 4
(b) 2 1 3 4
(b) 4 1 2 3
(c) 1 2 4 3
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 2 1 4 3
(d) 3 1 4 2
125- cgknqj'kkg çFke ds lanHkZ es]a fuEufyf•r dFkuksa ij fopkj dhft, %
128- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lh fo'ks"krk,¡ 1861 ds vfèkfu;e ls
1- blus fganw ljnkjksa ds çfr èkkfeZd vlfg".kqrk dk çn'kZu lacafèkr gSa\
fd;kA
1- eaf=keaMyh; ç.kkyh dk çkjaHk
2- mlus ejkBksa dks ljns'keq•h olwyus dk vfèkdkj fn;k ij
pkSFk dk ughaA 2- ok;ljk; dks vè;kns'k tkjh djus dk vfèkdkj çkIr
mi;ZqDr dFkuksa esa ls dkSu&lk@ls lgh gS@gSa\ 3- }Sèk 'kklu ç.kkyh dh lekfIr
(a) dsoy 1 (b) dsoy 2 4- Hkkjrh; lnL;ksa dks ctV ij ppkZ djus dk vfèkdkj çkIr
(c) 1 vkSj 2 nksuksa (d) u rks 1] u gh 2 uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A

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126- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lh eqf'kZn dqyh •k¡ ds dky esa caxky (a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4
ds ç'kklu dh fo'ks"krk,¡ gSa\ (c) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 3 (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4
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S.
1- •kylk Hkwfe dk foLrkj 129- Vhiw lqYrku dh Hkwfe dj O;oLFkk ds lanHkZ esa] fuEufyf•r esa
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2- b”kkjk O;oLFkk dks ykxw djuk ls dkSu&lk lgh ugha gS\

3- dj olwyh esa fj;k;r (a) tkxhjnkjh ç.kkyh dks lekIr dj Ñ"kdksa ls lhèkk laidZ
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4- vuqHkoghu Bsdsnkjksa dh fu;qfDr LFkkfir fd;kA

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uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A (b) dj&eqDr Hkwfe buke ij iqu% vfèkdkj fd;kA
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4 (c) iksfyxkjksa ds iSr`d vfèkdkj dks cjdjkj j•kA
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(c) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 4 (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4 (d) Ñ"kdksa dks lg;ksx ds fy, ½.k çnku fd;kA
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124. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer 127. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
using the code given below the lists. using the code given below the lists.
List-I List-II List-I List-II
(Treaty) (Year) (Act) (Governor General)
A. Treaty of Sangola 1. 1750
A. Act of 1784 1. William Bentinck
B. Treaty of Surat 2. 1775
B. Act of 1813 2. Dalhousie
C. Treaty of Salbai 3. 1782
C. Act of 1833 3. Hastings
D. Treaty of Bassein 4. 1802
D. Act of 1853 4. Minto-I
Code:
A B C D Code:

(a) 1 2 3 4 A B C D
(b) 2 1 3 4 (a) 2 3 1 4
(c) 1 2 4 3 (b) 4 1 2 3
(d) 2 1 4 3 (c) 3 4 1 2
125. With reference to Bahadur Shah-I, consider the following (d) 3 1 4 2
statements:
128. Which of the following characteristics are associated
1. He demonstrated religious intolerance towards
with the Act of 1861?
Hindu chieftains.
2. He gave the Marathas the right to collect 1. Introduction of cabinet system
Sardeshmukhi but not Chauth. 2. Viceroy gets the right to issue ordinances
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 3. Abolition of diarchy system
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only 4. Indian members got the right to discuss the budget
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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126. Which of the following are the characteristics of the
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only
administration of Bengal during the period of Murshid
Quli Khan? (c) 1, 2 and 3 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only
C
S.
1. Expansion of Khalsa land 129. With reference to the land tax system of Tipu Sultan,
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2. Implementation of Ijara system which of the following is not correct?

3. Concession in tax collection (a) Abolished the Jagirdari system and established
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4. Appointment of inexperienced contractors direct contact with the farmers.

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Select the correct answer using the code given below. (b) Recaptured the tax free land bounty.
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 only (c) Upheld the ancestral rights of the Poligars.
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(c) 1, 2 and 4 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) Provided loans to farmers for help.
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130- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl ejkBk lsukifr us lokbZ jktk t;flag ds 134- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl vkanksyu ds nkSjku x<+oky jsftesaV ds
lkFk feydj foèkok iqufoZokg dks c<+kok nsus dk ç;kl fd;k\ flikfg;ksa us •qnkbZ f•nerxkj ds yky dqrhZ èkkjdksa ij xksyh
pykus ls budkj dj fn;k Fkk\
(a) lnkf'kojko HkkÅ (b) j?kqukFk jko
(a) f•ykiQr vkanksyu
(c) eYgkjjko gksYdj (d) ij'kqjke HkkÅ
(b) vlg;ksx vkanksyu
131- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk@ls vlg;ksx vkanksyu ds nkSjku jpukRed
(c) lfou; voKk vkanksyu
dk;ZØeksa esa 'kkfey Fkk@Fks\
(d) Hkkjr NksM+ks vkanksyu
1- jk"Vªh; fo|ky;ksa dh LFkkiuk
135- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&ls fczfV'k Hkkjr esa Ñf"k ds okf.kT;hdj.k
2- vLi`';rk dh lekfIr ds ifj.kke Fks\
3- Lons'kh dk çlkj 1- jk"Vªh; vFkZO;oLFkk dk fodkl
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A 2- jktuhfrd psruk dk fodkl
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 3- mPp&Lrjh; lkekftd&vkfFkZd lajpukvksa dk fodkl
(c) dsoy 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3
4- Ñf"k {ks=k esa fof'k"Vrk ,oa rduhd dk fodkl
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
132- fuEufyf•r esa ls fdu ij dkuiqj "kM~;a=k dsl ds varxZr eqdnek
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 2 vkSj 4
pyk;k x;k Fkk\
(c) dsoy 1] 3 vkSj 4 (d) 1] 2] 3 vkSj 4
1- ekuosaæ ukFk jk;
136- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk Hkkjr esa LFkkfir çFke e”knwj laxBu Fkk\
2- fiQfyi LçsV
(a) dkexkj fgro¼Zd lHkk
3- flaxkjosyq psfV~V;kj (b) ckWEcs fey gSaM~l ,lksfl,'ku
4- csu czSMys (c) bafM;u VªsM ;wfu;u iQsMjs'ku
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A (d) vf•y Hkkjrh; VªsM ;wfu;u dkWUxzsl
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4 137- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu Hkkjr esa çkP;oknh f'k{kk ds leFkZd Fks\
(c) dsoy 1 vkSj 3 (d) dsoy 2 vkSj 4 1- pkYlZ fofYdal 2- ,p-,p- foYlu

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133- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa ij fopkj dhft, % 3- tsEl fey 4- pkYlZ xzkaV

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(1857 ds foæksg dsaæ) (neudrkZ) uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4
S.
1- y•uÅ % dSaicsy
(c) dsoy 1] 3 vkSj 4 (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4
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2- >k¡lh % áwjkst
138- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk fczfV'k ljdkj ds varxZr xfBr ^cVyj
3- cjsyh % foalsaV vk;j lfefr* dk mís'; Fkk\
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4- bykgkckn % tujy jsukMZ (a) lekpkj&i=kksa ij yxk, x, çfrcaèkksa dh leh{kk

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mi;ZqDr ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&ls lgh lqesfyr gSa\ (b) #i, dks fofèkekU; eqæk ?kksf"kr djuk
(a) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (b) dsoy 3 vkSj 4 (c) fczfV'k ,oa ns'kh fj;klrksa ds eè; lacaèkksa dk fuèkkZj.k
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(c) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 3 (d) dsoy 2] 3 vkSj 4 (d) Hkkjrh; lsuk dk iquxZBu
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130. Which of the following Maratha generals along 134. During which of the following movements, the soldiers
with Sawai Raja Jai Singh tried to promote widow of the Garhwal Regiment refused to open fire on the red
kurti bearers of Khudai Khidmatgar?
remarriage?
(a) Khilafat Movement
(a) Sadashivrao Bhau (b) Raghunath Rao
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Malharrao Holkar (d) Parshuram Bhau (c) Civil Disobedience Movement
131. Which of the following was/were involved in constructive (d) Quit India Movement
works during the Non-Cooperation Movement? 135. Which of the following were the results of
commercialization of agriculture in British India?
1. Establishment of national schools
1. Development of national economy
2. Abolition of untouchability
2. Development of political consciousness
3. Propagation of Swadeshi 3. Development of high level socio-economic
Select the correct answer using the code given below. structures
4. Development of specialization and technology in
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only
agriculture sector
(c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 Select the correct answer using the code given below.
132. Who among the following were prosecuted under the (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 only
Kanpur Conspiracy Case? (c) 1, 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
1. Manvendra Nath Rai 136. Which of the following was the first Trade union
established in India?
2. Philip Spratt (a) Labours' Welfare Association
3. Singaravelu Chettiar (b) Bombay Mill Hands Association
4. Ben Bradley (c) Indian Trade Union Federation
Select the correct answer using the code given below. (d) All India Trade Union Congress
137. Who among the following were a supporter of oriental
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only education in India?
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 2 and 4 only 1. Charles Wilkins 2. H H Wilson

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133. Consider the following pairs: 3. James Mill 4. Charles Grant

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(Centre of the Revolt of 1857) (Suppressor) Select the correct answer using the code given below.
S.
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only
1. Lucknow : Campbell
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only
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2. Jhansi : Heuros 138. Which of the following was the objective of the 'Butler
3. Bareilly : Vincent Eyre Committee' formed under the British Government?
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4. Allahabad : General Renard (a) Review of restrictions imposed on news papers

(b) Declaring rupee as legal tender
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Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

(c) Determination of relations between the British and
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only the native princely states.
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(c) 1, 2 and 3 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) Reorganization of the Indian Army
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139- çFke Lora=krk laxzke ij fy•h xbZ iqLrd ^iQLVZ okj vkWiQ bafM;u 145- fuEufyf•r ;qXeksa esa ls dkSu&lk lgh lqesfyr ugha gS\
bafMisaMsal* ds ys•d fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu gSa\ (;q¼ vH;kl) (Hkkxhnkj ns'k)
(a) ,l-,u- lsu (b) oh-Mh- lkojdj (a) nLrfyd % Hkkjr&rkftfdLrku
(c) v'kksd esgrk (d) vkj-lh- etqenkj (b) èkeZ xkftZ;u % Hkkjr&tkiku
140- dkuZokfyl }kjk fd, x, U;kf;d lqèkkjksa ds lanHkZ esa] fuEufyf•r (c) leqæ 'kfDr % Hkkjr&baMksusf'k;k
esa ls dkSu&lk@ls lgh gS@gSa\ (d) lEçhfr % Hkkjr&ckaXykns'k
1- dj ,oa U;k; ç'kklu dk i`FkDdj.k 146- o"kZ 2020&21 ds fy, jktho xkaèkh ln~Hkkouk iqjLdkj fuEufyf•r
2- dysDVj dh U;kf;d rFkk iQkStnkjh 'kfDr;k¡ lekIr esa ls fdl laLFkk dks çnku fd;k x;k gS\
3- nhokuh vnkyrksa dk lksikuhdj.k (a) 'kkafr fudsru
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A (b) ouLFkyh fo|kihB
(a) dsoy 1 (b) dsoy 1 vkSj 2 (c) mLekfu;k fo'ofo|ky;
(c) dsoy 2 vkSj 3 (d) 1] 2 vkSj 3 (d) tkfe;k fefy;k bLykfe;k
141- o"kZ 2023 ds fy, fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl frfFk dks ^vFkZ vkoj 147- gky gh esa Hkkjr }kjk Hksts x, fe'ku paæ;ku&3 ds ySaMj foØe
'kwV Ms* ekuk x;k\ ds paæek ij mrjus ds LFky dks fuEufyf•r esa ls D;k uke fn;k
(a) 28 tqykbZ (b) 30 tqykbZ
x;k gS\
(a) frjaxk ikWbaV (b) f'ko 'kfDr LFky
(c) 2 vxLr (d) 4 vxLr
(c) çKku dsaæ (d) ueks Hkkjr
142- gky gh esa laiUu gq, fczDl ds 15osa f'k•j lEesyu esa] fuEufyf•r
esa ls fdu ns'kksa dks u, lnL; ds :i esa 'kkfey fd;k x;k gS\ 148- gky gh esa çèkkuea=kh us ikjaifjd f'kYi dkS'ky dks c<+kok nsus ds
fy,] fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lh ;kstuk çkjaHk djus dh ?kks"k.kk
1- bZjku 2- bfFk;ksfi;k
dh gS\
3- lÅnh vjc 4- la;qDr vjc vehjkr
(a) ih,e fo'odekZ ;kstuk
5- felz 6- vtZsaVhuk
(b) ih,e Lofufèk ;kstuk
uhps fn, x, dwV dk ç;ksx dj lgh mÙkj pqfu,A
(c) ih,e vkRefuHkZj ;kstuk
(a) dsoy 1] 2 vkSj 3 (b) dsoy 1] 3] 4 vkSj 5

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(d) ih,e xjhc dY;k.k ;kstuk
(c) dsoy 2] 4] 5 vkSj 6 (d) 1] 2] 3] 4] 5 vkSj 6

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149- fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu v”kjcStku esa vk;ksftr fiQMs fo'o di
143- gky gh esa] Hkkjr us iq#"kksa dh lkroha ,f'k;kbZ gkWdh pSafi;uf'ki ds mifotsrk gSa\
S.
dk f•rkc fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl Vhe dks ijkftr dj thrk gS\ (a) eSXul dkyZlu (b) ç.khr oqIiyk
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(a) nf{k.k dksfj;k (b) eysf'k;k

(c) vkj- çXukuan (d) vkfnR; ,l- lkear
(c) ikfdLrku (d) tkiku 150- gky gh esa dsaæ ljdkj }kjk cqfu;knh lk{kjrk dks c<+kok nsus ds
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144- ^eq[;ea=kh lh•ks dekvks ;kstuk* fuEufyf•r esa ls fdl jkT; mís'; ls] fuEufyf•r esa ls dkSu&lk ,fIyds'ku ykWUp fd;k x;k
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ljdkj }kjk çkjaHk dh xbZ gS\ gS\

(a) mÙkj çns'k (b) jktLFkku (a) mYykl (b) fuiq.k
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(c) eè; çns'k (d) fgekpy çns'k (c) igy (d) meax
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139. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘First 145. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
War of Indian Independence’ written on the First War (War Exercise) (Partner Country)
of Independence?
(a) Dustlik : India – Tajikistan
(a) SN Sen (b) VD Savarkar
(b) Dharma Guardian : India – Japan
(c) Ashok Mehta (d) RC Majumdar
(c) Samudra Shakti : India – Indonesia
140. With reference to the judicial reform made by Cornwallis,
which of the following is/are correct? (d) Sampriti : India – Bangladesh
1. Separation of tax and justice administration 146. Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award for the year 2020-21
2. Elimination of collector's judicial and criminal has been awarded to which of the following institutions?
powers (a) Shantiniketan
3. Hierarchization of civil courts (b) Banasthali Vidyapith
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(c) Osmania University
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only
(d) Jamia Millia Islamia
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
147. Which of the following names has been given to the moon
141. Which of the following dates was considered as ‘Earth
landing site of Vikram, the lander of Chandrayaan-3
Hour Shoot Day’ for the year 2023?
mission sent by India recently?
(a) 28th July (b) 30th July
(a) Tiranga Point (b) Shiv Shakti Sthal
(c) 2nd August (d) 4th August
142. Which of the following countries have been included (c) Pragyan Kendra (d) Namo Bharat
as new members in the recently concluded 15th BRICS 148. Recently, the Prime Minister has announced to launch
summit? which of the following schemes to promote traditional
1. Iran 2. Ethiopia craftsmanship?
3. Saudi Arabia 4. United Arab Emirates (a) PM Vishwakarma Yojana
5. Egypt 6. Argentina (b) PM Swanidhi Yojana
Select the correct answer using the code given below. (c) PM Atmanirbhar Yojana

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(a) 1, 2 and 3 only (b) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only (d) PM Garib Kalyan Yojana
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1. Answer: (d) emphasis was on the truth of Islam. Its area of work was
Explanation : mainly East Bengal.
yy Raleigh Commission- With the goal of examining the yy After 1840, this movement took a revolutionary position
present and future of Indian institutions and making under the leadership of Dudu Minyan. He gave it a new
suggestions for enhancing their organization and shape and organized it up to the provincial level. This
performance Sir Thomas Raleigh established the Raleigh movement created a group of armed workers whose main
Commission on January 27, 1902. As a result of the task was to fight against the Hindu landlords and the police.
commission’s report and recommendations, the Indian yy Syed Ahmed Barelvi is related to the Wahabi movement.
Universities Act was enacted in 1904. This movement started in the year 1818. He worked closely
yy Sadler Commission- The work of Sadler Commission with Shah Abdullah Aziz to popularize the ideas of Shah
established in the year 1917 was mainly to appoint to Waliullah.
reduce the burden on university education. It is also yy Mirza Ghulam Ahmed was the leader of the Ahmadiyya
known as Calcutta University Commission. After the Movement. He started it in 1889 AD. It was of the major
survey, the Commission presented a report on the problems movements for the reform of Muslim society and region.
under which Calcutta University improved the quality of yy Mohammad Qasim Nanawtawi led the Deoband
education. Its recommendations included increase in the movement. He was a Muslim scholar and a key leader of
number of universities, need for better quality education the rebellion of 1857.
at the secondary level, modern methods of education and yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
teaching, etc.
3. Answer : (d)
yy Hartog Commission- In 1929, the British Government
appointed Sir Philip Joseph Hartog Committee to survey Explanation :
the development of education in India. It submitted its Nehru report
report in the same year. It was commissioned by Lord yy To respond to Lord Birkenhead's challenge, nationalists
Irvine. The committee highlighted the problem of poor formed the Nehru Committee in May 1928 under the
standards and lack of progress in education at the primary chairmanship of Motilal Nehru. In this committee, he asked
level. the Indians to make a constitution on which there would
yy Sargent Commission- Central Advisory Board of be unanimity in India.
Education, Sargent Commission formed in the year 1944
Nehru Report Recommendations
prepared a detailed outline. This report was a complete
yy India should be given constitutional status equal to other
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dominions within the British Empire and Parliament should
World War. It envisaged an educational system which
also have the right to make laws and India should be known
included universal, free and compulsory primary basic
education for all children aged 6 to 11 (Junior Basic) and
as the Commonwealth of Nations.
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11 to 14 (Senior Basic). yy The Constitution should define citizenship and declare
fundamental rights.
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
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yy Legislative power is vested in the King and a bicameral

2. Answer : (b) Parliament and executive power is vested in the King,
Explanation : exercised by the Governor General. To establish
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yy The Faraizi movement was 19th century Islamic revivalist responsible government in the states, the same provisions
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movement. It was founded by Haji Shariatullah in the should be implemented in relation to Governors and
year 1818. The aim of this movement was to eradicate Executive Councils.
non-Islamic practices and purify the religion of Islam. It yy A hierarchical judiciary should be arranged, with the
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yy The committee also suggested three measures for the functioning of the representative institutions and prepare
protection of minorities, which included provision of an outline of the progress made in establishing responsible
freedom of conscience and religion in the Constitution, on government in the future.
political and cultural basis clear identification of Muslim yy Since all the members of Simon Commission were
majority areas, elections on the basis of joint constituencies Britishers, it was strongly opposed in India, unfurling of
i.e. the principle of separate constituencies. Expiry is black flags at various places and slogans of 'Simon Go
included. Hence statement 1 and 2 are correct. Backs ' were raised. But there were some parties who did
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. not oppose the Simon Commission. These included the
Muslim League led by Mian Mohammed Shafi, the Justice
4. Answer : (b)
Party of Madras, the Central Sikh Sangh and the All India
Explanation : Untouchable Federation.
yy 'The Indian Struggle', autobiography written by Netaji yy During the protests against the Simon Commission, Lala
Subhash Chandra Bose, was published in the year Lajpat Rai was attacked by the police with sticks due to
1942. His autobiography describes the history of Indian which he died.
independence and facts related to British rule. yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Subhash Chandra Bose 6. Answer : (b)
hhSubhash Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897
Explanation :
in Cuttack city of Orissa. His mother's name was
yy The non-cooperation movement was the first mass
Prabhawati Dutt Bose and father's name was Janakinath
movement led by Mahatma Gandhi. It was started in the
Bose.
year 1920. The outline of the non-cooperation program
hhIn the year 1919, Bose went to London to prepare for was presented in the Calcutta session of September 1920.
the Indian Civil Service (ICS) examination and was Instead of achieving self-rule through constitutional means,
selected there. However Bose resigned from the civil Congress declared its goal to achieve self-rule in a peaceful
service. He said that he could not work with the British. and just manner.
hhSubhash Chandra Bose was highly influenced by the yy Every class of the society participated in this movement.
teachings of Vivekananda and considered him his Women abandoned their veil and donated their jewellery to
spiritual guru, his political guru was Chittaranjan Das. the Tilak Fund. Students were asked to leave government
yy The name of Jawaharlal Nehru's autobiography is 'An colleges and schools and take admission in national
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Jail during 1934-35. at their respective levels.
yy Chauri-Chaura incident - On 5 February 1922, an angry

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yy Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel did not write any autobiography.
mob set fire to the police station at a place called Chauri-
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
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Chaura in Gorakhpur district. In this incident 22 policemen
5. Answer : (c) were killed. Hurt by this incident, Gandhiji withdrew the
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yy Kakori Train Action – The Kakori Train Action incident
Simon commission
took place on August 9, 1925 in a train in central Uttar
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State for India, announced the formation of a Statutory to be members of the newly formed Hindustan Republican
Commission under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon. Association, a revolutionary organization which was later
yy The purpose of the commission was to examine the renamed Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
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yy Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: It is also known as Amritsar yy The Justice Party, officially the South Indian Liberal
Massacre. This tragic incident took place on 13 April 1919, Federation, was a political party in the Madras Presidency
when the British opened indiscriminate fire on unarmed of British India. It was established on 20 November 1916 at
Indians in Jallianwala Bagh. the Victoria Public Hall, Madras by Dr. Natesa Murlidhar.
yy Muzaffarpur Bombing: This incident took place on April yy Indian Reform Association was formed on 29 October
30, 1908 in Muzaffarpur (Bihar). Revolutionary Khudiram 1870 by Keshav Chandra Sen. Keshav Chandra Sen
Bose and his companion Prafulla Chaki threw a bomb was a prominent figure in nineteenth-century India who
with the aim of killing the then Collector of Kingsford, played an important role in the country's social, religious
which was unsuccessful. Pingle Kennedy's wife and his and political reform movements. The Indian Reform
daughter were accidentally killed in the bomb attack. As Association represented the secular side of the Brahmo
a result, Khudiram Bose was hanged on August 11, 1908 Samaj and included many people who did not belong to
and Prafulla Chaki committed suicide by shooting himself. the Brahmo Samaj. Its functions were divided into five
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct. departments – cheap literature, women's reform, education,
7. Answer : (d) restraint and charity.
Explanation : yy Social Service League was founded by Narayan Malhar
Rao Joshi in Bombay in the year 1911. Its objective was
Ahmedabad Textile Labor Association
to form public opinion on questions of social service and
yy Mahatma Gandhi, along with Anasuya Sarabhai and to ensure better conditions of life and work for the public.
Shankarlal Banker, founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labor
The Social Service League organized training programs for
Association (Mazdoor Mahajan Sangh) in the year 1920,
the public whose services were later used to help victims
which is the oldest union of textile workers in India.
of famine and floods.
Anasuya Sarabhai was made its lifelong president by
Mahatma Gandhi. yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.

Rise of the working class: 9. Answer : (d)

yy The modern working class in India emerged with the Explanation :
advent of capitalism under colonial rule in the 19th century. Lord Curzon (1899–1905)
yy It was a modern working class in the sense of relatively yy In 1899, Lord Curzon was appointed Governor General of
modern organization of labor and free market for labour. India, succeeding Lord Elgin. The main challenge before
yy This growth was due to the establishment of modern Lord Curzon was to completely reform the administrative

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yy Plantations and railways were the initial enterprises of
yy There were two officers from the military department in
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the Viceroy's Council-
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
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yy The Scheduled Caste Confederation (SCF) was the first who was in charge of the administration of the army.
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Castes. It was founded by Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar at the matters.
National Conference of Scheduled Castes in Nagpur on yy In 1902, Lord Kitchener was made the Commander-in-
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yy Lord Kitchener wanted to abolish the post of military 11. Answer : (d)
member and take over all its functions, but Lord Curzon Explanation :
strongly opposed his proposal.
yy In the year 1921, a Press Committee was constituted under
yy This dispute kept increasing and finally it was decided that the chairmanship of Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, who was a law
the post of military member would not be abolished but
member at that time, whose objective was to review the
this post was now given to the military support member
press law. On its recommendations the Acts of 1908 and
whose main work was civilian and not military.
1910 were repealed.
yy Main military functions were now placed under the
Commander-in-Chief. Other acts related to newspapers
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. yy In the year 1799, during the reign of Lord Wellesley, the
Newspaper Regulation Act was brought.
10. Answer : (a)
yy In the year 1823, the license rule was introduced, according
Explanation : to which it was mandatory for the printer and publisher to
yy The Indian Council Act brought in 1909 is also known as obtain a license to establish a printing press.
the Morley-Minto Reforms. However, many important
yy In 1867, the Registration Act was brought, the purpose of
provisions were made by this Act whose main objective
which was not to ban newspapers or printing presses but
was to create division in the nationalist camp.
only to regulate them.
Major provisions of Morley-Minto reforms yy In 1878, The Vernacular Press Act was brought. The
yy The size of Legislative Councils increased at the Centre purpose of passing this Act was to establish government
and in the provinces. control over newspapers and ban seditious articles.
yy It introduced separate electorates for Muslims. Some yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
constituencies were earmarked for Muslims and only
Muslims could vote for their representatives. 12. Answer : (c)
yy Elected members were elected indirectly. Local bodies Explanation :
elected an electoral college which would elect members of yy Ahmedabad Mill Strike: The Ahmedabad Textile
the provincial legislative councils. These members, in turn, Mill Workers' Satyagraha of 1918 was an important
will elect the members of the Central Legislative Council. event in shaping the working class movement during
yy Non-official members were in majority in the provincial India's freedom struggle. It took place in Ahmedabad
councils. However, since some unofficial members were in March 1918, led mainly by textile mill workers who
nominated, overall, the non-elected were a majority. were protesting against poor working conditions. This
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Council for the first time. joined this movement and talked in favour of the workers.
yy Members can discuss the budget and present proposals.
They can also discuss issues of public interest. They may
yy Kheda Kisan Movement: Gandhiji and Vallabhbhai
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also ask supplementary questions. Mahatma Gandhi organized a Satyagraha for the farmers
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yy No discussion on foreign policy or relations with the of Kheda district of Gujarat. This Satyagraha was about
princely states was allowed. the demand for relaxation in revenue collection.
yy Lord Minto (after much encouragement by Morley) yy All India Khilafat Committee: Khilafat Committee
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appointed Satyendra P. Sinha as the first Indian member was formed in Bombay on 20 March 1919. The All India
of the Viceroy's Executive Council.
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yy Two Indians were nominated to the Council of the 1919. Mahatma Gandhi saw this as an opportunity to
Secretary of State for Indian Affairs. bring Hindus and Muslims on a common platform for the
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yy Non-cooperation Movement: The Non-cooperation aspirations of the people to the government. Its founding
movement is the Satyagraha movement started by Gandhiji members also included S.H. Chiplunkar, Ganesh Vasudev
on 1 August 1920 against the atrocities of the British. It Joshi.
was a nationwide non-violent movement in protest against yy Indian League : The Indian League was founded in 1875
the unjust laws and actions proposed by the British. In this by Sishir Kumar Ghosh with the goal of ‘stimulating the
movement it was made clear that the first and last objective spirit of nationalism among the people’ and encouraging
of this movement is Swaraj. political education. Nationalist leaders like Anand Mohan
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. Bose, Durgamohan Das, Nabagopal Mitra, Surendranath
Banerjee and others were associated with this organization.
13. Answer : (c)
yy Bombay Presidency Association : The Bombay
Explanation : Presidency Association was a political organization
yy Rahnumai Majdayasnan Sabha is a Parsi reform movement, founded in Bombay in 1885 by Phirozshah Mehta,
which was founded by a small group of educated Parsis. K.T.Telang, Badruddin Tyabji and others. It was one of
yy This movement was started by the financial support of the first political organizations in India to demand greater
Dadabhai Naoroji, J.B. Wacha, S.S. Bengali and Naoroji self-governance for Indians under British rule.
Furdunji and K.N. Cama. yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
yy The declared objective of the Sabha was ‘the upliftment 15. Answer : (d)
of the social condition of the Parsis and the restoration of
the pristine purity of the Zoroastrian religion’. Explanation :
yy In the year 1930, Muhammad Iqbal was elected President
yy Parsi conference was also organized to discuss social,
of the Muslim League in the Allahabad session. In his
religious and educational issues of the community to give
presidential address to this convention, Iqbal outlined his
impetus to the reform movement. The first such meeting
vision of an independent state for the Muslim-majority
was held in 1890. With the aim of conveying the messages
provinces in north-western India.
of this meeting to the Parsis, a magazine named 'Raast
Goftar' was started. Muslim League (AIML)
yy Mahadev Govind Ranade was related to Poona Sarvajanik yy On 30 December 1906, the All India Muslim League
Sabha. He was one of its founding members. It was a socio- (AIML), popularly known as the Muslim League, was
political group in British India that acted as an intermediary founded in Dacca, British India (now Bangladesh).
between the Indian government and the public to promote yy AIML was the first Muslim political party in India.
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was also associated with Prarthana Samaj. Salimullah, Vikar-ul-Mulk, Syed Amir Ali, Syed Nabiullah,
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. Khan Bahadur Ghulam and Mustafa Chowdhury.
14. Answer : (c)
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Explanation : yy Mohammad Ali Jinnah joined the League in the year 1913.
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yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
in Bengal in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjee and Anand
Mohan Bose. The Sangha was a nationalist political group 16. Answer : (a)
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a preparatory agent for the more realistic Indian National yy Students and residents of Calcutta (present day Kolkata)
Congress. protested in large numbers against the Partition of Bengal
yy Poona Sarvajanik Sabha : Poona Sarvajanik Sabha in 1905. To suppress the movement forcefully, the then
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 in October 1905, which became known as the Carlyle 205 out of 296 seats. According to the new proposal by
Circular. This arbitrary and repressive circular banned the the Viceroy regarding the establishment of the interim
participation and gathering of large numbers of people, government, there were to be a total of 14 members in the
especially students. Any type of gathering, including interim government, out of which 6 were to be nominated
meetings and demonstrations, was banned. by the Congress and 5 by the Muslim League.
yy In November 1905, in protest against the Carlyle Circular, yy Muslim League did not accept this proposal of the Viceroy,
Sachindra Prasad Bose, the student leader of the then hence it declared 16 August 1946 as 'Direct Action Day'.
Ripon College (now Surendra Nath College), founded the Their main objective was to achieve a separate country
Anticircular Society. The aim of this society was uniting with a Muslim majority.
the students and keeping the momentum of the movement yy The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 for a united India failed
alive. to find a middle ground between the Congress and the
yy Therefore. option (a) is correct. Muslim League because the League wanted a separate
17. Answer : (d) homeland for the Muslims, so the Muslim League called
for a Direct Action Day.
Explanation :
yy The Vernacular Press Act, 1878) was enacted during the yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
tenure of Lord Lytton because vernacular newspapers 19. Answer : (c)
were growing in unprecedented quantities after 1857 and
Explanation :
criticise the government.
yy This act mainly targeted Amrita Bazaar Patrika which was Gadar Patrika
strongly opposing the partition of Bengal in the year 1905. yy In the year 1913, the first issue of Ghadar was published
To avoid this Act, 'Amrit Bazaar Patrika' changed into an in Urdu language and after that it was also published in
English newspaper overnight. English, Gurmukhi and Pashto.
yy According to this Act, the District Magistrate was Ghadar movement
ordered to order any Indian language newspaper with the yy The Ghadar Party was a political party declaring armed
permission of the local government to sign a bond and
struggle against imperialism and demanding complete
not to publish any material which may stimulate anti-
independence of India, which was formed in 1913 by
government sentiments. The magistrate's decision in this
Indian expatriates in Canada and America. Lala Hardayal
regard was considered final.
is considered to be the founder of the Gadar movement,
yy In this, a distinction was made between British and
although many other leaders were active before its
native newspapers and the English Newspaper.There was
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decision. yy The first issue of Ghadar magazine was published in
yy Under this Act, cases were registered against Som Prakash, Urdu on 1 November 1913 and the Gurmukhi edition on
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newspapers. Now most of the native newspapers started was known as Yagantar Ashram.
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borrowing news from English newspapers. yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.

yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. 20. Answer : (d)
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Indigo rebellion
Direct Action Day yy In the year 1859, the Indigo rebellion led by Bishnucharan
yy In the Constituent Assembly elections held in accordance Biswas and Digambar Biswas spread widely to Chanugacha
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yy Later, the Indigo Rebellion became popular in the yy Due to the strategic positions of the Ports of Sindh, the
areas of Burdwan, Khulna, Birbhum, Pabna, Narail and East India Company attempted to open a factory there as
Murshidabad. Some indigo planters were beheaded in a early as 1775. However, they abandoned it in 1792.
public trial. The peasant cultivators used fire to destroy the yy During the reign of Lord Minto, an embassy was sent
indigo depot. Many indigo planters went into hiding for to these Amris, which resulted in the ‘Treaty of Eternal
the safety of their lives. The peasant cultivators/ ryots of
Friendship’ in 1809. After becoming friends with the
the Indigo rebels also targeted the landlords.
British, the Amirs stopped allowing the French to enter
Reason the ports of Sindh.
yy Indigo plantation owners forced peasants to cultivate yy In 1820, the British were able to renew this treaty and the
indigo instead of crops. They were paid very little for foolish Amirs now drove the Americans out of Sindh as
indigo cultivation (only 2.5% of market prices).
well.
yy Cultivation of indigo was not at all profitable for the
yy The story of conquering Sindh begins with the sending of
farmers because the duration of it and food grains crops
were the same. Charles James Napier to Sindh.
yy Cultivation of indigo also led to the problem of depletion yy By this time, Lord Auckland was recalled, and Lord
of soil fertility. Poor farmers were forced and tortured Ellenborough, was appointed Governor-General.
to cultivate indigo without protection from the indigo yy Lord Ellenborough made a treaty with the Amirs of Sindh
plantation owners. If the farmers refused to do so, the and captured Sindh in the year 1843 with the military action
indigo planters would confiscate the farmers' property. of Charles Napier.
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
21. Answer : (d) 23. Answer : (c)
Explanation : Explanation :
Charter Act, 1833 yy Santhal Revolt : The Santhal Revolt, also known as
yy According to Section 87 of the Act, “No Indian or Crown the Santhal Hool, was a rebellion by the Santhal tribe
subject shall, on account of his religion, place of birth, in present-day Jharkhand and West Bengal in eastern
descent, class or any of them, is considered ineligible for India against the brutal policies of the British East India
any place, post or service under the Company.” Company, landlords and feudal lords. The leaders of the
yy It was a very important decision which was initiated by movement were Sidhu and Kanhu. It started in the year
Cornwallis and the Charter Act of 1793 ended the short- 1855 and continued till the year 1856.
sighted policy of depriving Indians of all high posts.

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yy Ahom Revolt : The Ahom Revolt against the British was
yy But no effort was actually made to implement this good
carried out in 1828 AD. The people of the ‘Coolie’ class
system. Higher military and civilian posts remained closed
to Indians. They could get only small posts.
of Assam accused the East India Company of reneging
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on the promise made during the Burma War. The British
yy Through the Act of 1833, the Government of India was
tried to annex the Ahom region into their empire. To thwart
given permission to improve the condition of slaves and
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ultimately end slavery. this effort of the British, the Ahoms rebelled under the
leadership of Gomdhar Kunwar in 1828 AD and planned
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
to attack Rangpur.
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22. Answer : (a) yy Pagalpanthi Revolt : Pagalpanthi Revolt took place in

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Explanation : 1813 AD. Karamshah had founded Pagalpanthi, a semi-

Merger of Sindh religious sect in North Bengal. Karamshah's son Tipu
yy Since the 18th century, Sindh has been ruled by a group of rebelled with the people of the local Garo tribe against the
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 the rebellion ended due to lack of strong organization and yy Halhead published Sanskrit grammar in 1778. Sir William
as a result of repressive action. Jones founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1778 to
yy Ramosi Revolt : Ramosi Revolt took place in Poona in study the social and natural history, archaeological art,
1922. This rebellion was carried out by the Poona Keramosi science and literature of Asia.
tribe against the British. The Ramosi (Maratha era police) yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
of Pune had become unemployed during the British rule.
26. Answer : (c)
Besides, taxes were also imposed on their lands by the
British. In such a situation, the Ramos revolted under the Explanation :
leadership of Chittar Singh. The Ramos plundered the areas Dadabhai Naoroji
around Satara and also attacked the forts. yy Dadabhai Naoroji was born in a Gujarati-speaking Parsi
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. family in Bombay, British India.
24. Answer : (d) yy In 1855, he became Professor of Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy at Mumbai’s Elphinstone College. He was
Explanation :
the first Indian to hold such a position. Later, Naoroji
Arrival of European powers in India also became a professor of Gujarati at University College
yy The Portuguese were the first European powers to come London.
to India. After these came the Dutch, English, Danish and yy He was also a partner in the firm Cama & Co., which
French. Despite the Dutch coming to India before the became the first Indian company to be established in
British, the British East India Company was established Britain. He was an efficient businessman and also had his
before the Dutch ‘East India Company’. The Portuguese own cotton trading company.
Company was the first among the European powers to
yy His political career began as the Maharaja of Baroda in
enter India.
1874.
yy It is noteworthy that the Portuguese arrived in India in
yy He formed the London India Society in 1865 to express
1498 AD, the Dutch arrived in India in 1605 AD, the
views on Indian political, social and literary subjects.
British arrived in India in 1600 AD and the French arrived
in 1664 AD. yy He also founded the East India Association in 1867
with the aim of spreading the Indian point of view to
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
the British public. This association won the support of
25. Answer : (a) many prominent Englishmen and was able to exert some

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yy It is said about Warren Hastings that he looted India but
he also made India prosperous. He was also interested in provinces.
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literature. He patronized ancient knowledge and literature. yy He also became a member of the Mumbai Legislative
He knew Arabic and Persian and could speak Bengali. Council during 1885-88.
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He wrote the preface to the first translation of the Gita by yy He was a founding member of the Indian National
Charles Wilkins. Congress, which he founded in 1885 along with Dinshaw
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yy Inspired by Warren Hastings, scholars like Wilkins, Wacha and Allan Octavian Hume.
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Halhead and Sir William Jones studied ancient Indian yy Notably, he was the first Asian to become a British MP
books and promoted the study of later oriental knowledge. when he was elected to the House of Commons in 1892.
yy Wilkins invented casting letters for Persian and Bengali He was elected as the Liberal Party in the Central Finsbury.
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27. Answer : (a) 29. Answer : (b)
Explanation : Explanation :
Sanyasi Rebellion Fort William College
yy The Sanyasi Rebellian started from 1763 AD and continued yy On 10 July 1800, Lord Wellesley, the then Governor-
till 1800 AD. It was started by the monks of Giri sect of General of British India, established the College of Fort
Bengal. William in Calcutta, British India.
yy The main reason for the Sanyasi rebellion was to ban yy Lord Wellesley offered to teach Indian languages to the
pilgrimage and to collect land revenue harshly. Hence, civil and military officers of the East India Company. The
statement 1 is correct. primary mission of this institution was to educate British
yy Landlords, farmers and craftsmen also participated in it. officials in Indian languages to improve administration.
Together they attacked the company's cells and treasuries. yy In honour of the first anniversary of his victory over Tipu
These people fought very bravely against the company Sultan at Srirangapatna, he retrospectively set the date of
soldiers. establishment as May 4, 1800.
yy Warren Hastings was able to suppress the Sanyasi rebellion yy Fort William College’s efforts to train British officers in
only after a long campaign. Hence, statement 3 is not Indian languages encouraged the growth of Bengali and
correct. Urdu.
yy The Sanyasi movement has been mentioned by yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
‘Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay’ in his famous novel 30. Answer : (d)
‘Anandmath’. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
Explanation :
yy The specialty of the Sanyasi movement was 'Hindu-
Muslim unity'. The main leaders of this rebellion were Reasons for the failure of the Portuguese
Majmun Shah, Musa Shah, Dwij Narayan, Bhavani Pathak, yy The Portuguese were the first to come to the east, yet they
Chirag Ali and Devi Choudharani etc. did not succeed in establishing any colony in India except
yy Therefore, option (a) is correct. Goa, Daman and Diu. He insisted on the exploration of the
new colony Brazil and remained out of India as a result of
28. Answer : (b) treaties with the British.
Explanation : yy Certainly the main reason for the Portuguese failure was
yy Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by William Johns. their weak control over the sea, but there were some
yy The Asiatic Society was founded on 15 January 1784 by other reasons as well which together made the Portuguese

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Robert Chambers, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, at yy The lack of visionary and diplomatic personality like
Fort William in Calcutta, the capital of the British rule. Vasco da Gama and Albuquerque was clearly visible in
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yy In the year 1832 its name was changed to ‘The Asiatic his successors.
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Society of Bengal’ and then in the year 1936 its name was yy The Portuguese became indifferent towards trade and
changed to ‘The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal’. governance in later times. The greed to accumulate wealth
yy Objective- To promote and advance Oriental studies was had made the Portuguese traders and administrators
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the primary objective of the establishment of the Asiatic indifferent towards administration and justice.
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Society of Bengal in 1784. Study of Indian languages and yy The religious policies of the Portuguese were also the main
scriptures, which will help in understanding India from the reason for their failure. They forcibly converted the natives.
point of view of Indians. yy After the discovery of Brazil, their attention towards India
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yy The Portuguese came to India not as a trader but as an Work done during Lord Lytton's tenure
invader and harassment became the main policy of their yy The severe famine of 1876–1878 and the inadequacy
administration. of government relief led to the formation of a Famine
yy The Portuguese also had to contend with other European Commission (with Richard Strachey as its chairman),
powers in India, which became the main reason for their which formed the basis of the government's subsequent
failure in India. famine policy.
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. yy In 1878, Lytton passed the Vernacular Press Act, which
restricted the ability of the Indian press to publish
31. Answer : (c) newspapers in local Indian languages.
Explanation : yy In 1878, he brought in the Arms Act, which required
First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46) Indians to apply for a license to possess, sell or buy arms.
yy During this war, the British army captured Lahore and yy He established the Statutory Civil Service in India to
forced the Sikhs to sign the Treaty of Lahore on March 9, offer jobs to loyal Indians and to discourage Indians from
normally competing for indentured services.
1846, the terms of which were as follows-
yy The qualifying age for the Civil Services Examination
hhThe Maharaja, on behalf of himself and his successors,
held in London was also reduced from 21 to 19, making
gave up all his territories beyond the Sutlej forever.
it more difficult for Indians to participate.
hhThe Maharaja completely gave up his authority over all yy The first Factory Act 1881 and the Albert Bill controversy
the forts situated between the Sutlej and Beas rivers, are events of Lord Ripon's period.
which were taken over by the Company.
yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
hhThe Sikhs had to pay one and a half crore rupees as
33. Answer : (b)
war penalty, out of which they gave Rs 50 lakh from
their own treasury and in exchange for the remaining, Explanation :
they handed over to the British the hilly area between Third Carnatic War (Wandiwash War)
the Beas and Sindh rivers, including Kashmir and the yy In the year 1756, the Seven Years' War broke out in Europe
province of Hazara was also included. and once again England and France stood against each
hhThe Maharaja limited his army to 12,000 horsemen and other. There would be no major interaction between the
20,000 infantry; he agreed to disband the remaining two in the Indian subcontinent until 1757.
army. yy After the Battle of Plassey in the year 1757, the British
hhMinor Duleep Singh was accepted as the Maharaja, army captured Chandannagar (in Bengal) from the French.

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Queen Jindan Kaur was accepted as his protector and yy The French, under Count de Lally, captured Fort St. George

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Lal Singh was accepted as his vizier. and attacked the British to acquire Madras.
yy But in the battle of Wandiwash in 1760, the British army
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hhSir Henry Lawrence was appointed Resident of the
Company in Lahore and promised not to interfere in under the leadership of Sir Eyre Coote defeated them.
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the internal administration of Punjab. yy The French lost their Indian possessions including
Pondicherry, Mahe, Gingee and Karaikal to the British.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
yy The war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
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yy Lord Lytton was the Viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880. fortifications or placing troops in them. They could only
He was appointed in place of Lord Northbrook. The Second carry out trading activities.
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Afghan War is also an important event of his tenure. yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
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34. Answer : (b) Darpan
Explanation : yy This was the first Marathi language newspaper and was
first published on 6 January 1832 by Balshastri Jambhekar.
Mahalwari System
yy The Mahalwari system was introduced by Holt Mackenzie Som Prakash
in the year 1822 and was reviewed under Lord William yy Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar proposed the publication of a
Bentinck in 1833. weekly newspaper named 'Somprakash' whose publication
yy This system was introduced in North-West Frontier, Agra, started in Bengali language in 1858.
Central Province, Ganga Valley, and Punjab etc. yy Vidyasagar took the entire responsibility of editing and
yy This had elements of both Zamindari and Ryotwari systems. publishing this newspaper.
This system divided the land into Mahals. Sometimes, a yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
Mahal was constituted by one or more villages.
36. Answer : (c)
yy Tax was fixed on the Mahal. Every farmer gave his share.
Here also, the ownership rights were with the farmers. Explanation :
Revenue was collected by the village head or village Paramahamsa Mandali
leaders. In this way the direct relationship between the
yy Paramahamsa Mandali was founded by Dadoba Pandarung,
farmer and the government ended. Hence, statement 3 is
Durga Ram Mehta and their friends in 1849 in Bombay.
correct.
It was a highly influential and important Hindu socio-
yy It introduced the concept of average rent for different soil
religious reform organization. “Manav Dharma Sabha”
classes. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
had a deep influence on the ideology of this organization.
yy The Mahalwari system was applicable in Central Province,
Many of its members, including Dadoba Pandarung, were
Uttar Pradesh (Agra) and Punjab and 30% of the land
initially associated with the Manav Dharma Sabha.
came under this system. Whereas the Ryotwari system
was applicable on 51% of the land and the Permanent yy Its founder believed in one God and was basically
Settlement was applicable on 19% of the land. Hence, interested in breaking the barriers of caste. It these
statement 1 is correct meetings, their members used to eat food cooked by the
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct. hands of the so-called lower castes. He also believed in
widow remarriage and women's education. Branches of
35. Answer : (b) this group were also established in Poona, Satara and other
Explanation : cities of Maharashtra.

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Maratha Paramahamsa Mandali theory
yy In the year 1881, Bal Gangadhar Tilak published two

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yy In 'Dharma Vivechan' in the year 1848, Dadoba Pandurang,
newspapers Maratha (in English) and Kesari (Marathi who was initially associated with Manav Dharma Sabha,
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language). outlined some guiding principles for what came to be
yy Both these newspapers made Indians aware of the glorious known as 'Paramahansika Brahmadharma', and they were
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past and encouraged the people to be self-reliant. as follows-

Al-hilal hhWorship should be limited to God only.
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yy Al-Hilal was a weekly Urdu newspaper. It was founded hhLove and morality are the foundation of true religion.
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by Indian Muslim independence activist Maulana Abul

hhEveryone should get proper education equally.
Kalam Azad.
yy This newspaper ran from 1912 to 1914, it was closed under hhThere is only one species of humanity.
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 hhFreedom of thought should be guaranteed to every yy As early as 1812, his quest for change led him to end
person. slavery, sati and infanticide in the Delhi region.
hhThere is only one form of spirituality. yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. 39. Answer : (a)
37. Answer : (d) Explanation :
Explanation : Communist Party of India
Uttar Pradesh Kisan Sabha yy Manvendra Nath (M.N.) Roy, Abani Mukherjee and
yy Uttar Pradesh Kisan Sabha was established in the year 1917 others founded the Communist Party of India (CPI). It
by Motilal Nehru, Madan Mohan Malviya, Indra Narayan was established in 1920 in Tashkent (now the capital
Dwivedi and Gauri Shankar Mishra in favour of farmers. of Uzbekistan). Workers' and peasants' parties emerged
Awadh had the highest participation in this Kisan Sabha. throughout the country, spreading Marxist and communist
yy Kisan Sabha used to present its demands to the British ideas. In India in the late 1920s and 1930s, it emerged as a
government in favour of the farmers and by putting major leftist group, which contributed to the radicalization
pressure on them, they got reasonable demands. of the national movement.
yy In the year 1921, sharp differences started emerging in the Communist Party of India - Goal
'Uttar Pradesh Kisan Sabha' on the question of 'Khilafat yy The Communist Party of India declared that the revolution
Movement' started under the leadership of Gandhiji and would be used to build socialism in India.
as a result the farmer leaders of Awadh, which especially yy In the year 1934, the Communist International recognized
included Gaurishankar Mishra, Matabadal Pandey, the party as an Indian stream. The party's stance shifted
Jhinguri Singh etc. He broke ties with 'Uttar Pradesh towards fundamentalism.
Kisan Sabha' and formed 'Awadh Kisan Sabha'. Within
yy The CPI abandoned non-violent methods of political action
a month, all the units of 'Uttar Pradesh Kisan Sabha' of
in favour of armed resistance to British imperialism as part
Awadh merged into 'Awadh Kisan Sabha'.
of its new strategic direction.
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
yy The Communist Party demanded abolition of zamindari,
38. Answer : (b) nationalization of banks, tea plantations and shipping
Explanation : industries as well as many other radical projects.
Charles Metcalfe yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
yy He came to India as the successor of William Bentinck. 40. Answer : (b)

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yy His brief tenure in India is remembered for a move that Explanation :
his predecessor had proposed but which he carried out.
Ban on Infanticide
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yy He is most famous for providing complete freedom to
yy In 1795 AD, due to the efforts of the then Viceroy/Governor
journalists.
General Sir John Shore and in 1804 AD, Lord Wellesley,
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yy Lord Metcalfe is famous as the liberator of the Indian press a ban on infanticide was established in India.
because of his liberal press policies, but he succumbed
to party politics in England and was replaced by Lord Abolition of sati
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Auckland in 1836. yy In the year 1829, Lord William Bentinck, the then
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yy Metcalfe played many political roles. He was instrumental Governor General of British India, passed the Sati
in completing the Amritsar Treaty with Ranjit Singh in Regulation. Through this law the practice of Sati was
1809, which brought stability to Punjab and lasted until banned throughout British India. Full credit for this goes
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Abolition of slavery yy The app is connected to the monitoring portal where
yy Indian slavery was abolished during the reign of William automated reports are generated.
Bentinck and its abolition was brought under the Third yy This App enables integrated inspection by members of
Charter Act 1833 AD, during which William Bentinck Child Welfare Committees (CWC), State Inspection
was installed as the Governor General of India from the Committees, District Inspection Committees, Juvenile
Governor General of Bengal. Justice Boards (JJBs) and State Commissions for
Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs) prescribed under
Remarriage act
the JJ Act, 2015.
yy The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act, 1856 legalized the
yy It acts as a single platform for inspection of all CCIs across
remarriage of Hindu widows on 16 July 1856. the country by any of the above authorities.
yy The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act was drafted during the yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
tenure of Lord Dalhousie. This Act was passed by Lord
Canning in 1856. 43. Answer : (d)
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct. Explanation :
41. Answer : (a) 69th National Film Awards
yy Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, directed by R Madhavan,
Explanation :
won the Best Feature Film for the year 2021.
yy The Finance Minister has approved the grant of Maharatna
yy Allu Arjun won the Best Actor award for Pushpa.
Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) status to Oil India
yy Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon won the Best Actress (shared)
Limited (OIL) on August 4, 2023.
award for 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' and 'Mimi' respectively.
yy OIL will be the 13th Maharatna Company in CPSE (Central
yy Pallavi Joshi won the Best Supporting Actress award
Public Sector Undertaking).
for ‘Kashmir Files’ and Pankaj Tripathi won the Best
yy OIL had achieved revenue of Rs 41,039 crore and net profit Supporting Actor award for ‘Mimi’.
of Rs 9,854 crore in FY 2022-23. yy 'Ek Tha Gaon' directed by Srishti Lakhera has been
yy The Finance Minister has also approved granting Navratna awarded the Best Non-Feature Film of the Year.
CPSE status to ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL). yy National Film Award for Best Direction to Nikhil Mahajan
yy ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) is the 14th Navratna for his Marathi film 'Godavari'.
company among CPSEs. yy Shreya Ghoshal received the Best Female Playback Singer
yy OVL had achieved annual revenue of Rs 11,676 crore and award for the song 'Mayava Chayava' from the movie
net profit of Rs 1,700 crore for FY 2022-23. 'Iravin Nizhal' and Kala Bhairava received the Best Male

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yy Therefore, option (a) is correct. Playback Singer award for the song 'Komuram Bheemudo'
from the movie 'RRR'.
42. Answer : (b)
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Explanation : historical drama 'Sardar Udham Singh'.
MASI Portal yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
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yy Monitoring App for Seamless Inspection (MASI) was 44. Answer : (c)
developed for simultaneous monitoring of Child Care Explanation :
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Institutions (CCIs) and their inspection mechanism across

yy The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved a policy on
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the country. August 1, 2023 that aims to make the state a ‘water tourism
yy Effective and efficient functioning of the mechanism for and adventure sports destination’. This policy will be
inspection of CCI has been provided under the Juvenile valid for 10 years from the date of announcement by the
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Policy objective yy Maharashtra is the leading state in well drilling, surface
yy The major objective of this policy is to develop water flow and surface lift schemes.
tourism facilities by utilizing the rivers, canals, lakes and yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
oceans present in the state, as UP is blessed with many 46. Answer : (d)
major water bodies like Ganga, Yamuna, and Sarayu
and many independent lakes and oceans. By using these Explanation :
resources more productively, the government aims to World Biofuel day
create wonderful and memorable experiences for tourists. yy World Biofuel Day is celebrated every year on 10 August.
yy In the water tourism and adventure sports policy of the UP yy It is celebrated to raise awareness about the importance of
government, the government will focus on public-private non-fossil fuels as alternatives to traditional fossil fuels.
partnerships to create a conducive business environment. yy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in
The government will provide incentives and support to collaboration with the United Nations Development
private investors who are interested in developing water Industrial Organization and the Global Environment
tourism and adventure sports projects. This policy will give Facility (a financial mechanism) has launched the
a boost to the economy, employment and the unexplored following two schemes on this occasion:
potential of adventure tourism in Uttar Pradesh. hhInterest Subvention Scheme.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. hhGIS based inventory tool of organic waste streams.
45. Answer : (a) yy Biofuel program is also important for the Atmanirbhar
Explanation : Bharat initiative of the Government of India.
yy In August 2023, the Department of Water Resources, World Elephant Day
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry yy World Elephant Day, celebrated globally on 12 August, is
of Jal Shakti released the Sixth Census Report on Minor a significant event dedicated to raising awareness about
Irrigation Schemes. According to this report, 23.14 million the major challenges faced by elephants and work towards
minor irrigation (MI) schemes are reported in the country, their protection and conservation.
of which 21.93 million (94.8%) are Groundwater (GW) yy The official beginning of celebrating World Elephant Day
and 1.21 million (5.2%) are Surface Water (SW) schemes. was in the year 2012.
yy Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of micro irrigation
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yy The leading states in groundwater schemes are Uttar

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Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and yy The first World Sanskrit Day was celebrated in the year
Telangana. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha 1969.
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and Jharkhand have the highest share in surface water yy World Sanskrit Day is celebrated every year on the full
moon date of Shravan month.
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schemes.
yy There has been an increase of about 1.42 million in minor yy It is celebrated as a tribute to the birth anniversary of
irrigation schemes during the sixth minor irrigation census Panini, an eminent Sanskrit scholar and grammarian. It is
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as compared to the fifth census. At the national level, also celebrated to express gratitude and respect towards
the Sanskrit language.
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groundwater and surface water level plans have increased

by 6.9% and 1.2% respectively. World Tribal day
yy The share of wells dug in minor irrigation schemes is yy 9 August 2023, is celebrated as World Tribal Day. This
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 protection and security of the rights of the Indigenous tribes About Lokmanya Tilak Award
of the world. This day is celebrated to commemorate the yy This award was started in the year 1983 by Tilak Smarak
contributions and achievements of the tribal tribes. Mandir Trust.
yy The theme of the current year’s World Tribal Day yy Lokmanya Tilak Award is presented by the Tilak Smarak
is “Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Self- Mandir Trust every year on August 1, the death anniversary
determination.” This theme reflects the important role of Lokmanya Tilak.
Indigenous youth play in their communities and in the yy This award is given to those people who have done
world. remarkable and extraordinary work for the progress and
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. development of the nation.
47. Answer : (c) yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.

Explanation : 49. Answer : (b)

yy Recently, the Government of Uttar Pradesh has started the Explanation :
initiative to make the capital Lucknow the new IT Hub of Jaya Verma Sinha
Uttar Pradesh. yy The Central Government has appointed Jaya Verma Sinha
yy This IT Hub will be set up an 40 acres of land in Nadarganj as the first woman Chairperson and CEO of the Railway
Industrial Area located in Amausi on Kanpur Road. This Board. She will replace Anil Kumar Lahoti.
IT Hub will be divided into three parts, in which IT Park, yy She joined the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) in
Business Park and International Incubation Facility Centre the year 1988. In her career spanning over 35 years in
will be established. Indian Railways, she has held various important positions
yy The IT Hub will be established as a big incubator of the like Member (Operations and Business Development),
country, consisting of 6 important wings, including Women Additional Member, Traffic Transportation, and Railway
Entrepreneur Hub, Skills and Knowledge Academy, Board. Apart from this, she has also worked in various
Prototyping Centre, Research and Innovation Circle, fields including operations, commercial, IT and vigilance.
Emerging Tech Wing and U Hub Innovation Hub. All these yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
wings are planned to be developed on five acres of land. 50. Answer : (d)
It will have all such features which will attract people.
Explanation :
yy Apart from this, a network of roads will be built in 5.8 acres
to ensure connectivity between the buildings constructed Ajay to Yogi Adityanath
in the IT Hub. yy Ajay to Yogi Adityanath is a novel written by famous

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writer Shantanu Gupta.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.

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yy ‘Ajay to Yogi Adityanath’ is a biographical novel on Yogi
48. Answer : (b) Adityanath and portrays him as a man who rose from the
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Explanation : hinterlands of Uttarakhand to lead India's most populous
state, Uttar Pradesh.
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Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak National Award 2023

yy On August 1, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was Memoirs of a Maverick
honored with the Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak National yy This book has been written by Mani Shankar Aiyer. This
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Award 2023. is the first of three books on his life to be published by

Juggernaut.
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yy Prime Minister Modi has become the 41st person to be

honoured with this award. You Must Know Your Constitution
yy Lokmanya Tilak Award 2022 was given to senior scientist yy This book is authored by Fali S Nariman. An educative
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 Indian Constitution, containing a bird's eye view of all revolutionaries were sentenced to death. On March 23,
three hundred and ninety-nine articles of the Constitution 1931, the British government hanged Bhagat Singh,
and the additions made by constitutional amendments and Rajguru and Sukhdev.
commentaries on them. yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
The Power of One Thought 52. Answer : (b)
yy The Power of One Thought: Master Your Mind, Master
Explanation :
Your Life: Written by B K Shivani. In this book she clearly
yy Indigo Movement (1859-60): Indigo Rebellion was the
explains the impact of every thought – every 'one' thought
first successful rebellion of Indian farmers, later it became a
that gives rise to our feelings, attitudes, actions, habits and
catalyst in the success of India's freedom struggle. It began
personality, and influences our destiny.
dramatically in mid-1859. In September 1858, troubled
Master Residential Real Estate farmers rebelled against the planters by deciding not to
yy Master Residential Real Estate by Ashwinder Singh is a grow indigo in their fields.
comprehensive guide that provides valuable insight into yy The first incident of rebellion took place in September 1859
the residential real estate market. in Govindpur village located in Nadia district of Bengal.
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. yy Harishchandra Mukherjee's newspaper Hindu Patriot fully
51. Answer : (b) supported the farmers.
yy Amrit Bazaar Patrika: A major Indian newspaper, which
Explanation :
was published in Bengali language. It was founded by
yy Alipore Conspiracy Case: Alipore Bomb Case is an brothers named Shishir Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh.
incident of the year 1908. It is also known as Maniktola
yy Samvad Kaumudi: The publication of this weekly paper
bomb conspiracy. In this conspiracy, Douglas Kingsford
started in 1821 and social reformer Raja Rammohan Roy
was the target of a bomb. The revolutionaries who threw
was its editor.
the bomb were Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose.
yy Yugantar: This magazine was a Bengali revolutionary
yy Nashik Conspiracy Case: This incident took place in newspaper founded in Calcutta in 1906 by Barindra Kumar
Nashik in December 1909. In which a British officer named Ghosh, Abhinav Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutt.
Arthur Mason Jackson, who was the collector in Nashik,
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
was murdered. In this case, V D Savarkar, Ganesh Savarkar
and Vishnu Karkare were found guilty. 53. Answer : (a)
yy Delhi Conspiracy Case: The Delhi Conspiracy Case Explanation :

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was related to the transfer of the capital of British India yy First Anglo-Burmese War: The main reason for this war,
from Calcutta to Delhi. At the time of change of capital, a which lasted from 1824 to 1826 AD, was the expansion of
grand event was organized in Delhi for several days. This
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the boundaries of the Burmese state to the British Empire.
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step of the government caused immense anger among the At the beginning of this war, the British Governor-General
revolutionaries and intellectuals of Punjab and Bengal Lord Amherst demonstrated complete incompetence. The
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and their reaction came in the form of throwing a bomb British captured Prome, the capital of Southern Burma,
on Viceroy Lord Hardinge in Delhi on 23 December 1912. and forced the Burmese government to sign the Treaty of
Bengal's well-known revolutionary Rash Behari Bose is Yandabo - 1826, which ended the war.
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considered the mastermind of this conspiracy. yy Second Anglo-Burmese War: This war, fought in 1852
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yy Lahore Conspiracy Case: Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and AD, broke out as a result of political and commercial
Rajguru shot dead a British police officer John Saunders demands on the basis of the Treaty of Yandabo. Burma
in Lahore in 1928. Its trial was conducted in the name was defeated in this war and now all his foreign relations
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yy First Anglo-Sikh War: The First Anglo-Sikh War started 55. Answer : (b)
in 1845-1846 AD, six years after the death of Maharaja Explanation :
Ranjit Singh. One reason for this was the British taking yy Bombay Presidency Association: The Bombay Presidency
control of Sindh in 1843 AD, due to which their aggressive Association was a major political organization formed in
policy became clear. The Sikhs signed the 'Treaty of India during the British colonial period. It played an
Lahore' on March 9, 1846. important role in shaping the nationalist movement in the
yy Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Second Anglo-Sikh War country and demanding greater political representation
was fought in 1848-1849 AD. The immediate cause of for Indians.
this war was the rebellion of Multan, which could not be yy Leaders of the association, including Dadabhai Naoroji, K
suppressed in time. The Sikhs were badly defeated in this T Telang, Ferozeshah Mehta and Badruddin Tyabji, were
battle and they surrendered to the British and government prominent figures in the Indian nationalist movement.
merged Punjab into the British Empire. yy The Association's efforts led to the enactment of the
yy Therefore, option (a) is correct. Indian Councils Act of 1892, which expanded Indian
54. Answer : (a) representation in legislative councils.
yy M Veer Raghavachari, G Subramaniam Iyer, Anand Charlu
Explanation :
etc. formed 'Madras Mahajan Sabha' in 1884 in Madras.
yy Andrews Fraser Commission: In 1902 AD, Curzon
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
formed the Police Commission under the chairmanship
of Sir Andrew Fraser. This commission was instructed 56.Answer : (d)
to investigate the efficient functioning of the police Explanation :
administration in each province. On the basis of the yy Cabinet Mission: In February 1946, British Prime
suggestions of the Commission, the Provincial Police Minister Attlee announced the sending of a three-member
Service was formed and the Central Criminal Intelligence high-level Cabinet Mission delegation to India. This
Department was formed. delegation included three members of the British Cabinet
yy Scott-Moncrieff Commission: Lord Curzon constituted - Lord Pethick Lawrence (Indian Secretary), Sir Stafford
an Irrigation Commission in 1901 under the chairmanship Cripps (President of the Board of Trade) and AV Alexander
of Scott Moncrieff. Its purpose was to prepare a (Navy Minister). The task of this mission was to explore
comprehensive irrigation scheme for India under the ways and possibilities for peaceful transfer of power to
guidance of Curzon, the British Viceroy of India. On India.

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the basis of the recommendations of this commission, a Major provisions of the Cabinet Mission:
substantial amount was spent on irrigation.

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yy India would be a federation and would include both the
yy Lee Commission: The British Government established the provinces of British India and the native states. Under
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Lee Commission in 1923. Its aim was to study the racial this union, foreign affairs, defence related matters and
composition of the elite civil services of the Government communication related matters will be with the central
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of India. government. Except the federal subjects, all other subjects

yy Campbell Commission: This commission studied the and residuary powers will be vested in the provinces.
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famine that occurred in Orissa in 1866-67 and presented Hence, statement 1 is correct.
its investigation report. The Commission was of the view yy The proposal for formation of a Constituent Assembly was
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that the responsibility of relief work during famine does also placed under the Cabinet Mission. This assembly was
not rest only on voluntary organizations. to be formed partly by indirectly elected members and
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yy The Muslim League's demand for a separate Pakistan yy However, there was a major reaction from British citizens
through the Cabinet Mission was rejected because it was in Britain and India against the Ilbert Bill controversy. The
not possible to solve the problem of communal minorities. arguments raised against this law revealed the widespread
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. racial prejudice of the British towards Indians.
yy Indian magistrates were not allowed to hear cases of British
57. Answer : (a)
subjects in 1873, before the Ilbert Bill was implemented.
Explanation : : Only the High Court could hear cases that involved death
yy Quit India Movement: After the failure of the Cripps or exile.
Mission, Gandhiji prepared a proposal in which he called yy Lord Lytton passed the Indian Arms Act in 1878 according
for the British to leave India immediately and non-violent to which it was a criminal offense for Indians to possess
non-cooperation from the Indians in case of Japanese weapons without a license.
attack. The Congress Working Committee, in its meeting at yy The British bureaucracy in India was opposed to the entry
Wardha (14 July 1942), gave its approval to the Gandhian of Indians into the civil services. Therefore, to discourage
proposal for struggle. Indians from competing in the said examination, Lord
yy An important feature of the Quit India Movement was that Lytton reduced the maximum age of eligibility from 21
parallel governments were established in many places of to 19 years.
the country: yy The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878 under the
hhBallia: In August 1942, a parallel government was Governor Generalship and Viceroy Lord Lytton for better
established here under the leadership of Chittu Pandey. control of Indian language newspapers.
His government took away all the powers of governance yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
from the local District Magistrate and released all the
59. Answer : (b)
jailed Congress leaders.
Explanation :
hhTamluk (December 1942 to September 1944): The
yy Poona Pact: On 24 September 1932, with the efforts of Dr.
Jatiya Sarkar here started programs to aid typhoon
Bhimrao Ambedkar and other leaders, an agreement was
victims, gave grants to schools, distributed surplus
made between the upper caste Hindus and Dalits. This is
money of the rich among the poor, and formed an
known as Poona Agreement. According to this agreement-
armed force.
hhUnder this agreement, separate electorate for Dalit
hhSatara (mid-1943 to 1945): This was the longest
classes was abolished.
lasting government. Here a parallel government was

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hhThe number of seats reserved for Dalits in provincial
established in the name of 'Prati Sarkar'.
legislatures was increased from 71 to 147.

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hhHazaribagh: Quit India Movement started in
hhThe number of reserved seats in the Central Legislature
Hazaribagh on August 11, 1942. A procession was
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was increased by 18 percent.
taken out under the leadership of Mrs. Saraswati Devi.
hhTo give representation to the Dalit class in the Central
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yy Therefore, option (a) will be correct.

Legislature, the process of joint election and the system
58. Answer : (c) of electing representatives in the provincial legislature
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Explanation : was recognized.

yy Ilbert Bill Controversy (1883): The then Viceroy Lord hhArrangements were made to give proper representation
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Ripon and Sir Ilbert, legal advisor to the Council of India, to the Dalit class in public services and local institutions
presented the Ilbert Bill on 2 February 1883 to give Indian on the basis of their educational qualification.
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60. Answer : (b) 62. Answer : (c)
Explanation : Explanation :
yy East India Association: It was founded by Dadabhai yy After 1905, many newspapers started advocating the
Naoroji in London in 1866 with the cooperation of Indians revolutionary struggle. Among these, newspapers like
and retired British officers. It replaced the London Indian Sandhya and Yugantar of Bengal and Kaal of Maharashtra
Society and was a forum to discuss Indian affairs and were the most prominent.
provide representation to Indians in government. The first yy Sandhya: It was edited and published by Brahmabandhav
President of the Association was Lord Livenden. Upadhyay in 1906 during the anti-partition Bengal
movement.
yy Indian League: It was founded in 1875 by Sishir Kumar
yy Pioneer: It was a newspaper published in British India.
Ghosh with the aim of promoting the spirit of nationalism This newspaper was started from Allahabad in the
among the people and encouraging political education. year 1876 AD. The newspaper Pioneer was completely
Nationalist leaders like Anand Mohan Bose, Durgamohan supportive of the government and did not support
Das, Surendranath Banerjee and others were associated revolutionary activities.
with this organization. yy Kaal: As a result of patriotism in 1897, Paranjape founded
yy Indian Association: It was founded in 1876 by the weekly Kaal. In 1908, the British government charged
Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose as a him with treason on the basis of some articles published
nationalist organization in West Bengal. in his weekly.
yy Bombay Presidency Association: It was founded in yy Yugantar: This newspaper was a Bengali revolutionary
newspaper founded in Calcutta in 1906 by Barindra Kumar
January 1885 by three prominent leaders of Bombay;
Ghosh, Abhinav Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutt.
Pherozeshah Mehta, K T Telang, and Baduruddin Tyabji.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
63. Answer : (d)
61. Answer : (c)
Explanation :
Explanation : yy Viceroy Linlithgow declared India's war with Germany on
yy Surat session of Congress: This session was held on 3 September 1939. Congress expressed strong objection
December 26, 1907, on the banks of Tapti River. This to the declaration of war without consultation with the
session was very important from historical point of view. Indians.
Due to mutual differences between the extremist party and yy The Indian National Congress, led by Mahatma Gandhi

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the moderate party, Congress got divided into two parts and Jawaharlal Nehru, was advocating increased autonomy
in this session. and Indian independence. Congress proposed Indian
yy The extremists wanted to make first Lokmanya Tilak and
cooperation in the Second World War in exchange for
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significant political reforms and a commitment to Indian
later Lala Lajpat Rai the president of the Surat session, but
self-government.
the moderate party made Rash Bihari Ghosh the president
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yy Negotiations between Congress and the British government

of the session. regarding India's participation in the war failed.
yy After the partition of Surat session, the extremist group yy Congress felt that their demands for self-rule were not
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was led by Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai and Vipin Chandra Pal being adequately addressed and their concerns about the
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(Lal, Bal, Pal). The leader of the moderate party was Gopal impact of the war on India's independence aspirations
Krishna Gokhale. In 1916, both the parties again merged were being ignored.
in the Lucknow session of the Congress. yy Viceroy Linlithgow offered to form an 'Advisory
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yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. Committee' only for advisory functions and Linlithgow
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 rejected the demands of the Congress. yy The leadership of the Congress was now handed over to
yy As a result, the Congress cabinets resigned in November, a working committee of 15 members which included the
1939 on the grounds that the Viceroy had made India President and Secretary. This enabled the Congress to
a participant in the imperialist war on his own without function as a continuously existing political organization
consulting the Congress. and also provided it with an instrument to implement its
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. proposals. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
64. Answer : (c) yy The organization of Congress had now started expanding
to villages and small towns also. The membership fee was
Explanation : reduced to four annas per year so that poor rural and urban
yy In 1936, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar founded the poor people could also become its members.
Independent Labor Party, which was successful in winning
yy During this session Congress passed the main resolution on
13 seats in the Central Legislative Assembly elections in
1937.Ambedkar was elected as an MLA of the Bombay non-cooperation. Important issues raised in this resolution
Legislative Assembly. He remained a member of the included boycott of foreign goods, schools and courts, and
Legislative Assembly until 1942 and during this time he surrender of titles.
also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Bombay yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
Legislative Assembly. 66. Answer : (c)
yy Jayaprakash Narayan: He, along with Acharya Narendra
Explanation :
Dev, founded the All India Congress Socialist in 1948. In
1953, he played an active role in the merger of Krishak yy Tilak Swarajya Kosh: This was a campaign to raise
Mazdoor Praja parties. After India became independent, finance which was started by Mahatma Gandhi in
he resigned from the Praja Socialist Party and moved away December 1920 at the Nagpur session of Congress.
from electoral politics and joined Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan yy It was started in memory of freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar
movement for land reforms. Tilak, who died in August 1920.
yy Acharya Narendra Dev: With the aim of taking Congress yy The purpose of this fund was to collect finance for the non-
towards socialist ideas, 'Congress Samajwadi Party' cooperation movement for the establishment of Swaraj.
was formed in 1934 under the chairmanship of Acharya yy A target was set to raise Rs 1 crore for this. Of this Rs 1
Narendra Dev. Jaiprakash Narayan was its secretary. crore, the target was to raise Rs 60 lakh from Mumbai
yy Achyut Patwardhan: Achyut Patwardhan, founder of only, while the remaining finance was to be collected from
the ‘Socialist Party of India’, was a political activist and other parts of the country. By the end of June the fund had
philosopher who believed that fundamental change in surpassed its set target.

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society begins with the man himself.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.

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yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
67. Answer : (d)
65. Answer : (d)
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yy Gandhi-Irwin Pact: On March 5, 1931, before the

yy The annual session of the Indian National Congress was
held in Nagpur district of Maharashtra in December 1920. Second Round Table Conference in London, a political
It was presided over by C Vijayaraghavacharya. Hence, agreement was reached between Mahatma Gandhi and the
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statement 1 is correct. then Viceroy Lord Irwin, which is called the Gandhi-Irwin
Pact. It is also called "Delhi Pact".
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yy Changes were made in the Constitution of Congress in the

Nagpur session. The Provincial Congress Committees were Major provisions of Gandhi-Irwin Pact
now reorganized on linguistic basis. Hence, statement 2 yy Release of all political prisoners (except those who
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yy The Indian National Congress accepted the end of the education as affordable as possible but while doing so, the
Civil Disobedience Movement which had gained immense founders also took care that the quality of the schools did
popularity. not deteriorate.
yy The government also gave the villagers living in coastal yy Sanskrit College: Jonathan Duncan established the
areas the right to make salt for domestic use and the Sanskrit College in Varanasi in the year 1791 to study
people also got the right to protest peacefully without Hindu law and philosophy.
being aggressive. yy Vedanta College: In the year 1825, Raja Rammohan
yy It agreed to allow peaceful picketing at liquor and foreign Roy established the Vedanta College where both Indian
cloth shops. learning and Western social and physical science courses
yy The proposal to investigate police excesses and stop the were studied.
hanging of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru was yy Central Hindu College: Annie Besant founded the Central
rejected by Irwin. Hindu College in Varanasi in 1898 and the college was later
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. gifted to Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya to be converted
into Banaras Hindu University.
68. Answer : (c)
yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
Explanation :
70. Answer : (d)
yy The Civil Disobedience Movement began on March
12, 1930 with the Dandi March, also known as the Salt Explanation :
Satyagraha. It was a non-violent protest movement started yy Madras Labor Union: Under the leadership of B P Wadia,
against the British monopoly on salt. In this, Gandhiji and 'Madras Labor Union was formed in 1918, which is also
his supporters broke British law by making salt from sea seen as the first systematically formed union. In this, the
water. tradition of giving regular membership and membership
yy Chakravati Rajagopalachari started the Salt March from money was started for the first time. It is noteworthy that V
Trichinapalli to Vedaranyam on the sea coast of Tanjore Kalyanasundam had also contributed in its establishment.
in Tamil Nadu and when he was arrested on 30 April, so yy Rise and development of trade unions: Along with business
many people had gathered in his camp that with their help strikes, efforts to organize workers also began. The first
this Satyagraha continued. attempt was made by Bengal's Brahmo Samaj leader
yy Followers of the Malabar Vaikom Satyagraha traveled Shashipada Banerjee in Baranagar in 1866. Due to his
from Calicut to Payyannur to break the salt law. A group of efforts, India's first labor union 'Working Men's Club' was
Satyagrahis had reached from Sylhet in Assam to Noakhali established.

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beach in Bengal to make salt. yy In the year 1918, ‘Ahmedabad Textile Labor Association’
was established on the Gandhi model. This gave rise to the

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yy 'Shivirams' (on the lines of military camps) were
established in various districts of Andhra Pradesh to serve principle of arbitration which was a complex process and
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as the headquarters of the Salt Satyagraha and groups of was largely based on the mercy of the owners.
Satyagrahis moved through the villages towards the sea yy In 1920, the first labor federation in the country – All India
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coast to challenge the Salt Law. . Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was established. Its first
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. president was elected Lala Lajpat Rai.
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69. Answer : (a) yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.

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yy New English School: Its founders were Lokmanya Tilak Explanation :
and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar. It was established in the yy Charter Act of 1833: This act was a decisive step towards
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yy This Act ended the activities of the East India Company Manbhum. Peace could be established here only after a
as a trading body. long and detailed military campaign.
yy Through this Act, an attempt was made to start organizing yy Chuar Revolt: Due to famine, increased land tax and
open competition for the selection of civil servants. other economic distress, the Chuar people, a primitive
yy This Act extended the tenure of the company for the next caste of Midnapore district, took up arms and the kings of
20 years. Barabhum together rebelled in 1768 and adopted a policy
of self-destruction.
yy The company's trading rights were abolished and it had to
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
carry out only political work in future
yy By this Act, the administration of India was centralized. 73. Answer : (c)
The Governor of Bengal was made the Governor-General Explanation :
of India and the Governor-General in Council was given yy Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar established ‘Bahishkrit Hitkarini
control, supervision and direction of the military and Sabha’ in Bombay on 20 July 1924. He also started a
civilian work of the Company. Bombay, Madras, Bengal newspaper called Bahishkrit Bharat on April 03, 1927 to
and other territories were put under the control of the address the problems of the depressed classes.
Governor-General. yy Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha is a central organization formed
yy All taxes were to be levied only with the permission of by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar to remove the difficulties of
the Governor-General and he was given the authority to the untouchables and put their complaints before the
spend them. In short, all the powers of administration and government. It was formed to bring a new socio-political
finance were placed in the hands of the Governor-General awareness among the untouchables.
in Council. yy Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was a prominent Indian
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct. jurist, economist, social reformer and politician. He was
born on April 14, 1891 in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. Led
72. Answer : (d) the Mahad Satyagraha in March 1927. He participated in
Explanation : all three Round Table Conferences.
yy Ramosi Revolt: Ramosi was a primitive caste living in yy In the year 1932, Dr. Ambedkar signed the Poona Pact
the Western Ghats. He was very unhappy with the English with Mahatma Gandhi in which the idea of separate
administrative system and the British administration. In electorate for the depressed classes (Communal Award)
was abandoned.
1822, their chief Chittar Singh rebelled and looted the area
around Satara. yy He was the chairman of the drafting committee and is
remembered as the father of the Indian Constitution.

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yy Ahom Revolt: In this revolt, the Ahom elite class of
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Assam accused the Company of not fulfilling its promise
to return after the Burma War. Apart from this, when the 74. Answer : (d)
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British tried to include the Ahom region in their territories, Explanation :
a rebellion broke out. In the year 1828, the Ahom people yy Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49): This war was fought
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declared Gomdhar Kunwar as their king and planned to between the Sikh-administered state of Punjab and the
attack Rangpur. British East India Company. The reason for this was the
yy Kol Revolt: The Kols of Chhota Nagpur expressed their humiliating treaties of Lahore and Bhairowal. As a result
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anger when their land was snatched from their chief of this war, the entire part of the Sikh kingdom became a
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Mundus and given to Muslim farmers and Sikhs. In the part of the British Raj.
year 1831, the Kolas either burnt or killed about 1000 yy Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805): This war was
foreigners or outsiders. This revolt spread to Ranchi, primarily due to Wellesley's efforts to check the power of
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 the French could be recovered only if the whole of India but vernacular languages were also encouraged. Hence,
was made dependent on the British for military support. statement 1 is not correct.
This war ended with the Treaty of Bassein in 1802. yy Universities should be established in the three Presidency
yy Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-84): Marathon attacked cities – Bombay, Calcutta and Madras on the lines of the
Mysore in 1771 AD. In this context, as per the terms of University of London. Examinations will be conducted
the Treaty of Madras, the British had to help Hyder Ali. by these universities and degrees will be awarded. Hence,
But the British did not show any interest in it. As a result, statement 2 is correct.
Hyder Ali declared war against the British in the year 1780.
yy It also recommended technical schools and teacher training
yy Second Carnatic War (1749-54): The background of this
institutes. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
war was created in the Indian conditions. The French and
the British indirectly came face to face with each other yy In this proposal, support for women's education and the
due to the war of succession in Karnataka. need for vocational education was emphasized. Hence,
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. statement 4 is correct.
yy An important aspect of this proposal was that it emphasized
75. Answer : (a)
that the education given in government educational
Explanation : institutions should be secular.
yy In the year 1850, Vishnu Shastri Pandit founded 'Widow
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Marriage Society'. Karsondas Malji also made many
efforts to support widow remarriage. In the year 1852, he 77. Answer : (a)
published a magazine named 'Satya Prakash' in Gujarati Explanation :
language in support of widow remarriage.
yy Rammohan Roy was a representative of a mixed form of
yy In the year 1849, ‘Paramahamsa Mandali’ was established
oriental and western thinking who had knowledge of more
in Maharashtra. Its founder believed in one God and was
than a dozen languages. In his youth he studied Sanskrit
basically interested in abolishing the caste system.
literature and Hindu philosophy in Varanasi and the Quran
yy The spokesperson of new education and new social
and Persian and Arabic literature in Patna. He was well
reforms in Maharashtra was Gopal Hari Deshmukh, who
acquainted with Jainism and other religious movements
later became famous by the nickname Lokhitwadi. He
advocated the restructuring of Indian society on the basis and sects of India. Later he deeply studied Western thought
of modern, humanistic and secular values and rational and culture.
principles. yy He learned the Greek and Hebrew languages to study the
yy Dadabhai Naoroji was another prominent social reformer original Bible. He wrote his famous book ‘A Gift to the

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of Bombay. He was one of the founders of 'Parsi Religious Monotheists’ in Persian in 1809, in which he argued against
Reform Organization'. This organization conducted various belief in multiple gods and in favor of monotheism.
types of movements for legal rights for women. yy He published a book named 'Precepts of Jesus' in the
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yy Therefore, option (a) is correct. year 1820, in which he tried to separate the moral and
76. Answer : (c) philosophical message of the 'New Testament' from its
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miraculous stories.
Explanation :
yy Charles Wood Despatch (1854): A detailed plan for the yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
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education of India was made by Charles Wood which is 78. Answer : (a)
called the Magna Carta of Indian education.
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Major recommendations of Charles Wood Dispatch yy Dalhousie's doctrine of lapse is also known as the policy
yy Regarding the medium of education, it was decided of peaceful merger. Under this, some important princely
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yy According to Dalhousie, there were three types of princely yy Loyal Commission: This commission was constituted in
states in India- 1897. It was formed during the reign of Viceroy Lord Elgin
hhThose princely states which were never subject to a II. This Commission agreed with the recommendations of
higher power nor did they pay taxes. the Strachey Commission and recommended that measures
related to famine relief should be expanded.
hhThose princely states which were under the Mughal
Emperor or Peshwa and paid taxes to them but were yy MacDonnell Commission: After the famine of 1899-
now subordinate to the British. 1900, Lord Curzon appointed a Famine Commission
under the leadership of MacDonnell. The Commission
hhThose princely states which were established or revived recommended that to deal with famine, priority should be
by the British through Sanads. given to village level work and more emphasis should be
yy Reviewing his policy in 1854, Dalhousie had said, we have given to the policy process.
no right to interfere in the affairs of the first class states. yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
For the second category of adoption, the states require
80. Answer : (a)
our permission, which may not be allowed. Generally
permission will be given but in third class states I believe Explanation :
that adoption in succession should not be allowed. yy Permanent Settlement System: At the time of Cornwallis's
yy Thus, he tried to merge all such princely states which appointment, he was ordered by the government to find
were not under him into the British Empire. Through this a solution to the land tax system in India in which the
interests of both the company and the farmers could be
policy of Dalhousie, the states or princely states which
protected.
were amalgamated into the Company's empire were
Satara (1848), Jaitpur and Sambhalpur (1849), Baghat yy For the first time, he completely studied the land tax, rent
(1850), Udaipur (1854), Jhansi (1854) and Nagpur (1854) and leaves prevailing in Bengal. After much deliberation,
the Permanent Settlement system was implemented in
respectively.
which the landlords were considered the owners of the
yy Therefore, option (a) is correct. land. This system was made permanent in 1793. Hence,
79. Answer : (d) statement 1 is correct.
Explanation : yy One characteristics of the Permanent Settlement system
was that it helped in the emergence of distant landlords
yy Campbell Commission: This commission studied the
in which such landlords were not directly engaged in
famine that occurred in Orissa in 1866 – 67 and presented
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its report. The Commission was of the view that the
maximum income by exploiting the farmers. Most of the
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landowners did not pay any attention to land reforms. They
only on voluntary organizations. This commission was
were only engaged in getting maximum fare. Farmers were
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constituted during the tenure of Viceroy Sir John Lawrence. afraid of eviction from their lands. Hence, statement 2 is
yy Strachey Commission: In the year 1880, Viceroy Lytton correct.
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appointed a Commission under Richard Strachey to yy 8/9th of the land rent was to be given to the company
formulate general principles and suggest measures of and 1/9th was to be kept with itself for services. Hence,
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preventive or protective character. It was recommended statement 3 is not correct.

by this Commission that it was the responsibility of the
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state to provide assistance to the famine victims. It also may be the seasonal conditions, the income of the state
recommended the establishment of Famine Commission became fixed.
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81. Answer : (a) hhUnder this Act, the working period for children aged
Explanation : nine to nineteen years was fixed at 7 hours.
yy The Kuka Movement (1860–70) began as a religious hhWomen were prohibited from working from 8 pm to 5
movement but soon transformed into a political movement. am and their working hours were fixed at 11 hours a day.
yy The movement was started by Bhagat Jawaharmal (Sian hhNo limit was set for the working hours of men.
Sahib) and his disciple Balak Singh in Western Punjab. hhThrough this Act of 1891, there was a provision for one
yy The aim of this movement was to purify the religion day holiday in the week.
by removing the evils and superstitions prevalent in yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
Sikhism. Its other principles were elimination of caste
discrimination, equality rights for Sikhs, abstinence 83. Answer : (c)
from consumption of meat, liquor and other intoxicants, Explanation :
encouragement of inter-caste marriages and abolition of yy Tattvabodhini Sabha: On 6 October 1839, Debendranath
purdah among women etc. Tagore founded Tattvabodhini Sabha in Calcutta. For
yy From a political point of view, Kuka wanted to oust the twenty years (1839–1859) the Sabha exerted enormous
British and establish Sikh rule in Punjab. He advocated influence on the social, political and cultural aspects of
wearing hand-made clothes and called for boycotting the region.
English rules and education and products. Thus, the yy Tattvabodhini Sabha helped in increasing social
concept of Kuka movement was indigenous and non- consciousness in the society by trying to end religious
cooperation. dogmas. The Sabha continuously worked for public
yy As a result, there was a conflict between the supporters of welfare and helped in creating political awareness of the
the Kuka movement and the British. The British launched people against the British Government.
a vigorous campaign to crush the movement between 1863
yy Dwarkanath Tagore: He founded the Zamindari
and 1872.
Association in Bengal in 1838.
yy Ramsingh Kuka, leader of the Kuka movement, was exiled
yy Keshavchandra Sen: After Keshavchandra Sen joined the
by the government to Rangoon in 1872 where he died in
Brahmo Samaj in 1858, Debendranath Tagore appointed
1885.
him the new Acharya of the Brahmo Samaj. Due to Sen's
yy Therefore, option (a) is correct. efforts, its branches were soon established outside Bengal
82. Answer : (a) in United Province, Bombay, Madras and Punjab.
Explanation : yy Acharya Ramchandra Vidya Vagish: He led the Brahmo

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yy The first Indian Factories Act 1881 was brought to improve Samaj after Raja Ram Mohan went to England in 1830.
the labor conditions in India. It mainly dealt with the yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
problem of child labor between the age of 7 to 12 years. 84. Answer : (c)
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Its important provisions included prohibiting employment
of children below 7 years of age and limiting the working Explanation :
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hours for children to 9 hours per day in this Act, etc. yy Sir Charles Metcalf: He was the Governor-General of
yy Second Indian Factories Act 1891: It was brought during India from 1835 to 1836.Charles Metcalfe, who served
the time of Governor-General Lord Lansdowne. This as Governor General of India for a year, is remembered
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Act was for the benefit of adult workers. This Act was for removing control from the press. Charles Metcalfe has
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applicable to those factories where the number of workers been referred to as the liberator of press.
was at least 50. Its main provisions were the following - yy Lord Auckland: In 1836 AD, Lord Auckland became
hhThere was a complete ban on children below nine years the Governor-General of India. An important event of
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 problem of Afghanistan, the East India Company made obtain approval from the directors of the Company.
a tripartite treaty with Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Shah hhLord North and Fox's government resigned over the
Shuja in July 1836. controversy over this Act. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
yy Ellenborough: In 1842 AD, Ellenborough was appointed yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
to the post of Governor General of India. The First Anglo-
Afghan War ended during Ellenborough's tenure. The 86. Answer : (c)
merger of Sindh into the British Empire was the result of Explanation :
the Afghan conflict. Ellenborough's tenure has been called yy After the decline of the Portuguese, the Dutch took their
a period of "the policy of efficient inaction". place and came to India in an attempt to increase their
yy Hardinge – I (1844-1848): Henry Hardinge was a British trade and commerce. The Dutch East India Company was
army officer and politician. The First Anglo-Sikh War a commercial enterprise undertaken by the Dutch to travel
(1845–46) and the Treaty of Lahore (1846) took place to the East.
during his tenure. It brought about social reforms like yy A proclamation passed by the Dutch Parliament in March
abolition of female feticide. 1602 established the United Dutch Company, which
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. brought together a number of independent and prosperous
merchants.
85. Answer : (d)
yy The Dutch established many settlements and trading
Explanation : centers in India and the Indian Ocean regions, challenging
yy Pitt's India Act (1784): This Act was passed with the aim Portuguese rule. In India, the Dutch established their
of removing the shortcomings of the Regulating Act. The trading centers in the eastern coastal region and on the
bill related to this Act was presented in the Parliament by western coast. At Masulipatam in 1605 AD, Pulicat in 1610
the then British Prime Minister Pitt the Younger and it AD, Surat in (1616 AD), Karikal in 1645 AD. Kasimbazar,
was passed by the British Parliament in 1784. The main Patna, Balasore and Negapatam in 1658 AD and the Dutch
provisions of this Act were as follows- established their factories in Cochin in 1663.
hhThe government had divided the control of business yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
and political affairs into two parts. Hence, statement 87. Answer : (b)
1 is correct.
Explanation :
hhThe Governors of Bombay and Madras were completely
yy Rabindranath Thakur (Rabindranath Tagore)
subordinated to the Governor-General. Hence,
hhIt is noteworthy that Tagore acquired the love of poetry
statement 2 is correct.
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hhIt allowed the Board of Directors to superintend the poems and 2000 songs. Apart from this, he wrote many
business affairs of the company but created a new body short stories, novels, plays and essays on different
called the Board of Control to manage political affairs.
In this way, the dyarchy system was started.
subjects.
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hhIn the year 1913, his book of songs, "Gitanjali" was
hhIn India, the number of members of the Governor- awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1912, he
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General's Council was reduced from four to three. wrote the song 'Jana-Gana-Mana' which is our national
Out of these three, one place was given to the Chief anthem today, the main purpose of which was to show
Commander. that there is 'unity in diversity' in India. In the year
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hhThe Company's occupied territories in India were given 1915, British Emperor George V honored him with
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the new name 'British Occupied Indian Territories' for the title of 'Sir'.
the first time. hhOn learning about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
hhBefore entering into a war or treaty with the native on 22 May 1919, Rabindranath Tagore returned his
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yy Jallianwala Bagh massacre Khan, also known as Mohammed Hadi and born Surya
hhThe Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Narayan Mishra, was the first Nawab of Bengal. Haji
Amritsar Massacre, took place on 13 April 1919. People Shafi, a Mughal nobleman, bought out Murshid Quli
gathered to protest against the Rawalpindi Act and the Khan.
arrest of two national leaders, Satyapal and Saifuddin hhQuli Khan died on June 30, 1727. His grandson Sarfaraz
Kitchlew. Khan was the first to succeed him. On the other hand,
hhLieutenant Governor of Punjab Michael Dyer came his son-in-law Shuja-ud-din Muhammad Khan refused
there with his troops and blocked the only narrow to accept the succession and decided to fight him.
entrance to the garden and ordered the soldiers to open Shuja-ud-din became the Nawab in 1727 after the Khan
fire on the unarmed people. surrendered without a fight.
hhThe indiscriminate firing lasted for about 10 minutes yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
and left 1000 people dead and more than 1500 injured.
89. Answer : (c)
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
Explanation :
88. Answer : (b)
Explanation : Child Marriage Restraint Act
yy Hyderabad yy It was a legislative act passed in the year 1929-30. This
Act set the marriageable age for girls at 14 years and for
hhNizam-ul-Mulk Asafjah founded the Nizam dynasty
of Hyderabad. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asafjah was given the boys at 18 years. It is known as Sharda Act after its sponsor
title of Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqui Bayafandi. Harbilas Sharda.
hhHe was the Viceroy of Deccan under the Mughal yy Its object was to eliminate the special evil which entailed
Emperor. Hyderabad was merged in the year 1948 danger to the life and health of a woman and child who
through Operation Polo. could not withstand the stress of married life and to save
yy Karnataka such minor mothers from early death.
hhSaadat-ullah-Khan (1710-1732) established the Native Marriage Act
independent state of Karnataka by making his office yy The first efforts towards marriage reform began as strong
hereditary. He appointed his nephew Dost Ali Khan opposition to child marriage. Under pressure from social
(1732–1740) as his heir without the permission of the reformers, the Native Marriage Act was passed in the year
Nizam of Hyderabad.

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1872 to ban child marriage.
yy Awadh yy In this Act, marriage of girls below 14 years of age was
hhSaadat Khan Burhanmulk was the founder of the prohibited.
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autonomous kingdom of Awadh in 1722. His father
Mir Muhammad Nasir was a merchant in Khorasan. Age Consent Act
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hhAt the age of 25, Saadat Khan fought with his father yy The Native Marriage Act could not be very effective in
against the Marathas in the Deccan in Mughal emperor the direction of marriage reform, hence as a result of the
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Aurangzeb's last battle and the emperor awarded him efforts of a Parsi social reformer V.M. Malabari, the Age
the title of Khan Bahadur for his service. of Consent Act was passed in the year 1891.
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yy Bengal yy This Act prohibited the marriage of girls below 12 years

hhMurshid Quli Khan was the founder of an independent of age.
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90. Answer : (d) 92. Answer : (d)
Explanation : Explanation :
Satyashodhak Samaj yy The President of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou,
hhSatyashodhak Samaj is a sect founded by Jyotiba Phule awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Honor to Prime
on 24 September 1873. It started as a small group Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
and its objective was to liberate the people of Shudra yy It is noteworthy that the Head of State of Greece awards the
and untouchable caste. Their thoughts are rooted in Grand Cross of the Order of Honor to those Prime Ministers
“Glalamgiri, Public Satyadharma”. and famous personalities who, while holding distinguished
positions, have contributed to the improvement of the
Major objectives of Satyashodhak Samaj status of Greece.
hhTo free the Shudras-Atishudras from the socio-cultural
yy The important contributions of Prime Minister ‘Narendra
slavery of priests, priests, moneylenders etc., to Modi’ in giving strategic boost to Greece-India friendship
eliminate the necessity of priests in religious-cultural in areas of mutual interests have also been acknowledged.
functions, to encourage the Shudras-Atishudras for
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
education.
hhTo create a sense of unity among them to achieve 93. Answer : (d)
collective interests, to provide freedom from religious Explanation :
and caste-based oppression, to provide employment yy G20
opportunities for educated Shudras-Atishudras youth in hhThe 19th summit of G-20 will be held in Brazil. After
the administrative sector, etc. Overall, it was a program the successful completion of the 18th summit by India,
to implement the manifesto of social change. the hosting has been handed over to Brazil.
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. hhThe G20, or Group of Twenty, is an intergovernmental
91. Answer: (b) organization consisting of the European Union (EU)
and 19 other countries. The G20 serves as an important
Explanation :
multilateral forum connecting the world's leading
yy Spain won the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 title by developed and emerging economies, playing a vital role
defeating England. It was organized from 20 July to 20 in ensuring global economic growth and well-being.
August and was jointly hosted by Australia and New
hhCollectively, the G20 countries account for more than
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80% of global GDP, 75% of international trade, and are
the Women's World Cup since 2007 and Spain's first title.
home to 60% of the world's population.

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yy It is a quadrennial international women's football
hhTotal members of the G-20 are Argentina, Australia,
championship contested by women's national teams and
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Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India,
organized by FIFA. This was its ninth edition to be held
Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
in the year 2023.
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South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom,

yy Related Award
United States and European Union. .
hhYoung Player of the Tournament: Salma Parluelo, Spain
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yy BRICS
hhGolden Glove: Mary Earps, England
hhThe 16th BRICS summit will be hosted by Russia.
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hhGolden Boot: Hinata Miyazawa, Japan

hhBRICS was established in June 2006. Earlier it included
hhGolden Ball: Aitana Bonmati, Spain four countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China, due to
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yy Therefore, option (b) is correct. which it was named BRIC.

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 hhSouth Africa also joined this organization in 2010. After yy The acting Prime Minister of Pakistan is the acting head of
which the name of this organization changed. It changed the caretaker government following the dissolution of the
from BRIC to BRICS. National Assembly. The purpose of this post is to ensure
yy SCO free and fair elections.
hhThe 24th summit meeting of SCO will be held in yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Kazakhstan. 95. Answer : (c)
hhThe Shanghai Cooperation Organization came into Explanation :
existence in June 2001 after the expansion of the
'Shanghai Five'. The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election
Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and
hhIt is noteworthy that 'Shanghai Five' was formed
Tenure) Bill, 2023
jointly by Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan in the year 1996. The Chief Election Commissioner and the Election
Commissioner will be appointed by the President on the
hhCurrently, 8 countries of the world (Kazakhstan, China,
recommendation of the Selection Committee.
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and
Pakistan) are members of SCO. New structure of selection panel
hhAfghanistan, Iran, Belarus and Mongolia are included yy As per the provisions outlined in the new Bill, the selection
in SCO as observers. panel responsible for the appointment of the Chief Election
Commissioner and Election Commissioners will now
yy G7
consists of three members; Prime Minister, Leader of the
hhThe 50th summit of the G7 will be hosted by Italy.
Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Cabinet Minister.
hhThe G7 includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
the United Kingdom, and the United States. It is an Changes in salary and conditions:
inter-governmental organization that was formed in the yy The salary and service conditions of the Chief Election
year 1975 as an informal forum to discuss global issues Commissioner and Deputy Election Commissioners will
by the top economies of that time. be the same as that of the Cabinet Secretary.
hhCanada has been participating in the group since 1976 yy Under the 1991 Act, his salary was equal to the salary of
and the European Union since 1977. The G7 was known a Supreme Court judge.
as the G8 for many years after Russia joined the group Removal/Expulsion Process:
in 1998. The group was again called G7 after Russia yy The Bill retains the constitutional provision (Article 324(5))
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that allows removal of the Chief Election Commissioner
Crimea dispute. in the same manner as a Supreme Court judge, whereas
hhThe heads of state of the G7 countries meet at an annual an Election Commissioner can be removed only on the
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summit which is chaired by the leaders of the member recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner.
countries on a rotational basis. yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
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yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. 96. Answer : (c)

94. Answer : (c) Explanation :
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yy Anwar ul Haq Kakkar was elected as the acting Prime medal in the men's singles category at the prestigious BWF
Minister of Pakistan. It is noteworthy that before this World Badminton Championships 2023.
he was a member of the Senate, the upper house of the yy 31-year-old HS Prannoy etched his name in Indian
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 singles player to win a medal at the BWF World Badminton hhMalabar Naval Exercise
Championships. Among his compatriots, Kidambi Srikanth hhQUAD (Multilateral Naval Exercise)
remains the only player to reach the men's singles final, yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
having achieved the feat in 2021.
98. Answer : (a)
yy Badminton World Federation (BWF)
hhIt is the international governing body for badminton,
Explanation :
recognized by the International Olympic Committee. National Sports Day
hhIt was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton yy The 12th National Sports Day was celebrated across India
Federation with nine member countries. on August 29, 2023.
yy Theme: "Sports are an enabler to an inclusive and fit
hhThe BWF sets the rules and standards for badminton,
society."
including equipment rules, player eligibility criteria and
yy National Sports Federations portal launched (for good
tournament formats.
governance).
hhBWF hosts major international badminton tournaments yy Objective: To pay tribute to the legendary hockey
such as the World Championships and the Olympic player Major Dhyan Chand on the occasion of his birth
Badminton Tournament. anniversary.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. yy National Sports Day organized for the first time: August
97. Answer : (c) 29, 2012.
yy Importance: It encourages people of all ages to adopt
Explanation : physical fitness, regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle.
yy The fifth edition of the biennial AUSINDEX maritime yy Acts as a catalyst to develop a strong sporting culture in
exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Australian India
Navy (RAN) was held off Sydney from 22-25 August 2023. yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
AUSINDEX-23 99. Answer : (d)
yy It is a major biennial maritime exercise, being conducted Explanation :
since 2015.
World Athletics Championships (2023)
yy The exercise will provide an opportunity to both the navies
yy India's Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men's
to enhance inter-operability, benefit from best practices
javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships
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2023 in Budapest, Hungary. With a best throw of 88.17
maritime security operations. metres, Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra became the
yy INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata participated in the exercise
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along with HMAS Choules and HMAS Brisbane from Championships.
the RAN. yy Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, the reigning Commonwealth
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yy Apart from the ships and their integral helicopters, the Games champion, won the silver medal with a season's
exercise also saw the participation of fighter aircraft and best result of 87.82 metres, while Czech Republic's Jakub
maritime patrol aircraft. Vadlejch won the bronze with 86.67 metres.
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Other exercises conducted between Australia and India
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results in the 12-man javelin throw final held in Budapest.

hhExercise : Austra Hind (bilateral exercise with army) Kishore Jena finished fifth with a personal best of 84.77m
hhExercise : Pitch Black (Australia's multilateral air and D P Manu finished sixth with 84.14m.
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100. Answer : (b) Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose and Satyamurti, expressed
Explanation : deep dissatisfaction with the Congress declaring Dominion
States (colonial self-rule) as its main goal.
Sachin Tendulkar
yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
yy Cricket legend and Bharat Ratna Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
has been selected as the 'National Icon' for voter awareness 102. Answer: (c)
and education by the Election Commission of India. Explanation :
yy It is notable that the Election Commission of India yy Kadambini Ganguly: India's first female graduate and
associates itself with famous Indians from different first female physician, Kadambini Ganguly was born on
walks of life and designates them as National Icons of July 18, 1861, in Bhagalpur, Bihar. Kadambini Ganguly
the Election Commission of India to motivate the voters also has the distinction of being the first woman to deliver
to participate in the festival of democracy. a speech at the Congress session. Kadambini Ganguly was
yy The Commission had last year recognized renowned actor the first South Asian woman to train in European medicine.
Shri Pankaj Tripathi as a national icon. Earlier, during Kadambini was greatly influenced by the works of
the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Legends like MS Dhoni, Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay. The feeling of patriotism
Aamir Khan and Mary Kom were the national icons of the was awakened in her by the works of Bankimchandra.
Election Commission of India. yy Aruna Asaf Ali: Aruna Asaf Ali was an Indian educator,
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct. political activist and publisher. She hoisted the Indian
101. Answer: (a) national flag at Gowalia Tank Ground in Bombay during
the Quit India Movement in 1942. She became a member
Explanation : of the Indian National Congress and participated in public
yy Allahabad Session, 1892: The Allahabad Session of processions during the Salt Satyagraha.
the Indian National Congress, 1892 was presided over yy Usha Mehta: Usha Mehta is the freedom fighter who
by Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee. In which the number is known for organizing the secret Congress Radio. She
of representatives was 625. In this session, Congress took an active part in the freedom struggle against British
criticized the Indian Councils Act of 1892, which was rule. In 1928, at the age of just 8, he participated in his
implemented by the colonial government. first demonstration against the Simon Commission. On 14
yy Lucknow Session, 1899: Romeshchunder Dutt presided August 1942, Dr. Usha Mehta along with her colleagues
over the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress made the first announcement of 'Congress Radio'.
in 1899 in which a demand was made to make land revenue yy Lakshmi Sehgal: Born on 24 October 1914 to Ammakutty
permanent. At its fifteenth session in Lucknow in 1899,

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the 'Drain of wealth' from India to England as a result of
commander of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment. She was
colonial rule.
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a medical doctor. She joined the Indian Independence
yy Lahore Session, 1909: The Lahore Session of the Indian League (IIL) and welcomed Netaji upon his arrival in
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National Congress, 1909 was presided over by Madan Singapore in the year 1943.
Mohan Malviya. In this, the system of separate election
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
system created on the basis of religion by the Indian
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yy Calcutta Session, 1928: The Calcutta Session of the Indian Explanation :

National Congress, 1928 was presided over by Motilal yy Lala Lajpat Rai: Lajpat Rai was born on January 28, 1865
Nehru. In this session, the Nehru Report was accepted but in a Punjabi Hindu family. In 1886, he moved to Hisar and
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 of the Bar Council of Hisar along with Babu Churamani. white plantation owners agreed to return 25% of the illegal
yy Lala Lajpat Rai published an Urdu daily newspaper named recovery to the farmers. Ultimately the problems the
'Vande Mataram' and an English daily newspaper named farmers were suffering from reduced. In this way, Gandhiji
'The People'. Lala Lajpat Rai and Lala Hansraj started a won the first battle of “Civil Disobedience Movement”
newspaper named ‘Punjabi’ from Lahore with the motto in India.
of self-help. yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
yy When the Simon Commission visited Lahore on October
106. Answer: (d)
30, 1928, Lajpat Rai led a non-violent march in protest
against it. The superintendent of Police, James A. Scott Explanation :
ordered the police to lathi (baton) charge the protesters and yy Swami Vivekananda: He was born on 12 January
personally assaulted Rai. He did not fully recover from his 1863. Vivekananda condemned the caste system and the
injuries and died on 17 November, 1928. contemporary emphasis of Hinduism on rituals, worship
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. and superstition and urged the people to adopt the spirit
of freedom, equality and independent thinking. Like his
104. Answer: (a)
guru, Vivekananda was also a great humanist. Saddened
Explanation : by the poverty, misery and suffering of the common people
yy Uttar Pradesh Kisan Sabha was formed in the year 1918 of the country, he has written: I believe in only one God
by Indranarayan Dwivedi, Madan Mohan Malviya and who is the one soul of all souls and is above all. My God
Gaurishankar Mishra. Awadh had the highest participation is a miserable human being; My God is a suffering human
in this Kisan Sabha. being; My God is the poor man of every caste.
yy Uttar Pradesh Kisan Sabha established itself in a very short yy R G Bhandarkar: Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, an
time. By June 1919, 450 branches were formed in 173 active member of the 'All India Social Conference', played
tehsils of the state. Several meetings of ‘Kisan Sabha’ were an important role in the social movements of his time and
held in Fatehpur, Allahabad, Mainpuri, Banaras, Kanpur, supported widow remarriage on the basis of his research-
Jalaun, Ballia, Rae Bareli, Etah and Gorakhpur districts.
based findings. He also denounced the caste system and
yy Therefore, option (a) is correct. the evil practice of child marriage.
105. Answer: (b) yy Mahadev Govind Ranade: India's famous nationalist,
Explanation : social reformer, scholar and jurist Mahadev Govind Ranade
yy Champaran Satyagraha: Gandhiji made his first major is called the 'Socrates of Maharashtra'. Prarthana Samaj,
experiment of Satyagraha in Champaran district of Bihar Arya Samaj and Brahmo Samaj had a great influence on

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in 1917 to liberate the farmers there from the Tinkathia his life. Govind Ranade was one of the founders of 'Deccan

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system. Educational Society'.
yy In the early 19th century, white plantation owners made yy Mahatma Gandhi: Father of the Nation of India, Mahatma
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a contract with the farmers, under which it was mandatry Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat.
His name is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhiji led
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for the farmers to cultivate indigo on 3/20th of their land.

This is called ‘Tinkathiya’ tradition. many movements for independence. This includes Non-
yy Gandhiji, Babu Rajendra Prasad, Mazharul-Haq, J.B. Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement
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Kripalani, along with Narhari Parikh and Mahadev Desai, and Quit India Movement etc. Gandhiji adopted the
principle of non-violence in the country's freedom struggle
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reached there in 1917 and made a detailed investigation

of the condition of the farmers. and tried to increase harmony and unity between Hindu
yy Due to Gandhiji's efforts, the government was forced to and Muslim communities.
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107. Answer: (b) Anjuman-Muhabbane Watan and started publishing anti-
Explanation : British books. . In 1907, the British government brought
three anti-farmer laws, against which a feeling of fierce
yy Eka Movement: In November, 1921, 'Eka' movement
anger arose among the farmers of Punjab.
started from Malihabad, Lucknow, which soon spread to
Sitapur, Hardoi, Bahraich and Barabanki etc. yy Ajit Singh was born on 23 February 1881 in Khatkar Kalan
village of district Jalandhar. Bhagat Singh's father Kishan
yy This movement was mainly organized around the issue of
Singh was his elder brother. The younger brother was
paying the tax in the form of a fixed amount of money and
Swaran Singh who died at the age of 23 due to tuberculosis
not in the form of grains and not paying more than that.
contracted in jail during the freedom struggle.
yy The movement was organized by forming 'Eka Committees'
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
in the villages. In this, questions were raised about
resistance to eviction, payment of tax only after receipt, 110. Answer: (d)
free irrigation from ponds and right to graze cattle on Explanation :
pasture and fallow land etc. yy The constant flow of wealth from India to England for
yy Madari Pasi and Khwaja Ahmed were its main leaders. In which India did not get an adequate economic, commercial
this, a call was also given to obey the orders of Panchayats or material return has been described as 'Drain of wealth'
and not to go to the courts. by Indian national leaders and economists. England
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct. considered the withdrawal of this money as an indirect
gift or contribution from India. The economic exit had the
108. Answer: (a)
following components –
Explanation : hhDividend to the partners of the East India Company:
yy Provincial elections were held in British India in 1936–37 There was a provision in the Charter Act of 1833 that
as ordered by the Government of India Act 1935. the partners of the Company would be given 6,30,000
yy During this period, elections were held in eleven provinces pounds annually till 1874 from the Indian revenue.
- Madras, Central Provinces, Bihar, Orissa, the United Hence, statement 1 is correct.
Provinces, the Bombay Presidency, Assam, North-West hhPension and other expenses of British officials:
Frontier Province, Bengal, Punjab and Sindh. This included all those expenses which the British
yy Provincial elections of 1937: Congress participated on a officials received for pension and leave. Apart from
large scale in the elections of February 1937. Congress this, expenditure on the establishment and running
contested 1161 seats, out of which it won 716 seats. of the India Office in London, and expenditure on the
British Secretariat of War were also included. All these

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yy Congress got majority in all the provinces except Bengal,
Assam, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab and Sindh. expenses were incurred because India was trapped in

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foreign slavery. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
yy Congress formed cabinets in Mumbai, Madras, Orissa,
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United Province, Central India, Bihar and North-Western hhInterest paid on foreign capital investments:
Provinces. Another important drain on Indian national income was
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interest and profits paid on individual foreign capital

yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
investments. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
109. Answer: (c) hhPublic loans taken in abroad: The East India Company
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yy In 1906, Calcutta Congress was held under the chairmanship amount of this public debt was 224 million pounds.
of Dadabhai Nairoji where Ajit Singh was greatly influenced However, this loan was taken for colonial interests like
by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and after returning from there, railways, irrigation schemes and other public works etc.
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111. Answer: (c) yy Sohan Singh Bhakna: Was one of the revolutionaries
Explanation : fighting for India's independence. He was a famous
yy Individual Satyagraha: Individual Satyagraha was started leader of 'Gadar Party' formed in America. Lala Hardayal
by the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi in 1940. had formed an organization named 'Pacific Coast Hindi
The biggest thing about this Satyagraha was that in this Association' in America, of which Sohan Singh Bhakna
the Satyagrahi chosen by Mahatma Gandhi used to give was made the president. A newspaper named 'Gadar' was
a speech at a pre-determined place and get him arrested. also brought out by this organization and later on, the
Before his speech, the Satyagrahi also informed the District organization was also named 'Gadar Party' in its name.
Magistrate about his Satyagraha. yy Bal Gangadhar Tilak: Bal Gangadhar Tilak was
hhOn October 11, 1940, Vinoba Bhave was chosen
born on July 23, 1856 at a place called Ratnagiri in
by Gandhiji as the first Satghyagrahi of 'Individual India. After this, he started the work of awakening the
Satghyagraha'. Vinoba was arrested by the British political consciousness of the people through two weekly
government on 21 October. Jawaharlal Nehru was newspapers, Kesari in Marathi and The Maratha in English.
chosen as the second Satyagrahi and Brahma Dutt was yy In 1922, Subhash Chandra Bose founded the Swaraj
chosen as the third Satyagrahi. newspaper and took charge of publicity for the Bengal
Provincial Congress Committee. His guru was Chittaranjan
hhSubhadra Kumari Chauhan was the first woman
Das, the voice of aggressive nationalism in Bengal. In
Satyagrahi to face arrest in Nagpur and was sent to jail
1923, Bose was also elected President of the Indian Youth
twice for her involvement in protests against British
Congress and Secretary of the Bengal State Congress.
rule in 1923 and 1942.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
113. Answer: (d)
112. Answer: (c)
Explanation :
Explanation :
yy Gandhiji had become very popular in India after the
yy Maulana Muhammad Ali: Muhammad Ali was born on
successes of his struggles in South Africa. Not only the
December 10, 1878 in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. He was
educated but also the common Indian people had become
the brother of Maulana Shaukat Ali. Mohammad Ali and
well acquainted with Gandhiji.
Maulana Shaukat Ali were famous as 'Ali brothers' in
Indian politics. Mohammad Ali was a Pathan of Ruhela yy Before starting the Roulette Satyagraha, Gandhiji
tribe. In Kolkata, he published a weekly newspaper named participated in three Satyagraha – Champaran Satyagraha,
Ahmedabad and Kheda Satyagraha. In which the struggle

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'Comrade' in 1911 AD and in 1912 he came to Delhi. After
this, Mohammad Ali started his second newspaper named of Champaran and Kheda was related to the farmers and

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‘Hamdard’ in 1913. the movement of Ahmedabad was regarding the demands
of the workers.
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yy Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: Azad was a Muslim scholar.
He participated in the Indian freedom struggle. He was yy In the early 19th century, white planters entered into
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a senior political leader. He supported Hindu-Muslim a contract with farmers mandating the cultivation of
unity and opposed the division of the country based on indigo on 3/20th of their land. This system was known as
communalism. He was the first Education Minister of ‘Tinkathia System’.
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the Government of India in independent India. Started yy At the end of the 19th century, chemical dyes were
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publication of an Urdu newspaper named ‘Al Hilal’ in developed in Germany, which put indigo out of the
1912. In this newspaper he published his progressive market. Due to this, the plantation owners of Champaran
ideas, skillful reasoning and his approach towards Islamic were forced to stop the cultivation of indigo. Farmers also
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yy But seeing the circumstances, the Britishers owners wanted British Emperor but the colonies had autonomy in their
to take advantage of the farmers' helplessness. They governance.
drastically increased the rates of land taxes and other taxes yy In October 1929, Lord Irwin, after consulting the newly
in exchange for freeing farmers from contracts to cultivate formed government of Ramsay MacDonald, announced
other crops. Apart from this, they forced the farmers to sell that the final stage of India's progress was to obtain
their products at the rates fixed by him. 'Dominion States'.
yy Rajkumar Shukla, a prominent agitator associated with yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
Champaran, decided to invite Gandhiji to Champaran. As 115. Answer: (a)
a result: Gandhiji, Rajendra Prasad, Brij Kishore, Mazhar
Ul-Haq, Mahadev Desai, Narhari Parikh and J.B. With the Explanation :
help of Kripalani, he reached Champaran to investigate yy Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant decided to establish
the matter. separate leagues to avoid the possibility of any kind of
mutual conflict.
yy The government was helpless in the face of Gandhiji's
determination, due to which, after another agreement, the yy Tilak's Home Rule League: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
white plantation owners agreed to return 25 percent of the founded his Indian Home Rule League in April 1916.
The headquarters of his league was in Poona. Its branches
illegal recovery to the farmers.
were opened in Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Berar. The
yy Other popular leaders associated with the Champaran League declared the demand for self-rule, establishment
Satyagraha included Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Ram of linguistic provinces and promotion of education as its
Navami Prasad and Shambhusharan Verma. main goals.
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. yy Besant's Home Rule League was founded in Madras in
114. Answer: (d) September 1916. Its branches were opened almost all
over India. Georges Arudel was appointed Organization
Explanation :
Secretary of the League. Although the organization of
yy Colonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent Besant's League was weaker than Tilak's Home Rule
that was occupied by European empires. The East India League, the number of its members was much larger.
Company was established in 1600 AD, inherited the yy The main objective of the Home Rule League movement
Mughal rule. was to achieve the Indian public with the real meaning
yy The demand for dominion states became more intense of 'Home Rule' i.e. 'Self-government'. It left behind all
during the Indian independence struggle. The Home Rule previous movements to politically awaken Indians and
League of Tilak and Annie Besant demanded the granting

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ensured its reach to the politically backward areas of India
of Dominion status to India. like Gujarat and Sindh.
yy The Nehru Report of 1928 also presented a single unitary
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constitution for the whole of India, through which there strict. The government took strict action against the
was a demand to provide complete territorial autonomy League's supporters and resorted to repression to stop the
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(Dominion States) to the Centre and provinces in India. League's programs.

However, some nationalists expressed disagreement yy In June 1917, Annie Besant and her colleague B P
with this and drew attention to the demand for complete Wadia and George Arundale were arrested. There was
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independence in place of Dominion States. a nationwide reaction against these arrests. In a very
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yy The Nehru Report demanded the granting of self-rule on dramatic manner Sir S. Subramania Iyer gave up his title
the condition of remaining loyal to the colonial power, of 'Sir' (Knighthood) and Tilak advocated starting a non-
like the English colonies like Australia and New Zealand. violent resistance program against government repression.
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116. Answer: (d) level. The Commission opined that reform in secondary
Explanation : education was necessary if university education was to
be improved.
yy The Theosophical Society was started by some Western
scholars who were highly influenced by Indian culture yy Although this report was only in relation to Calcutta
and ideas. In 1875, a woman named Madame H P University, its recommendations were true for other
Blabetsky laid the foundation of this society in America universities also.
and established the headquarters of her society in Adyar, yy The Commission recommended that students should be
a settlement near Madras. admitted to university not after high school but after the
yy The followers of this society tried to attain divine post-secondary examination.
knowledge through spiritual ecstasy and intuition. yy The duration of education for a bachelor's degree should be
yy These people believed in reincarnation and karma and were three years. For women's education, this commission also
inspired by the philosophy of Sankhya and Upanishads. said in its recommendations that a special board should
They believed in spiritual brotherhood. be formed for women's education in Calcutta University.
yy With time this movement also became a part of Hindu yy The universities were asked to conduct courses in applied
renaissance. science and technology.
yy After the death of Colonel Alcott in 1807, Annie Besant yy Raleigh Commission was established in 1902 under the
became the president of this society and during her time chairmanship of Sir Thomas Raleigh to study the present
this movement gained a lot of popularity. and future of Indian educational institutions. Gurudas
yy She came to India on the death of Madame Blavatsky in Banerjee and Syed Hussain Bilgrami were appointed
1891. She was well acquainted with Indian thought and as Indian members in this commission. Primary and
culture and her translation of the Bhagavad Gita shows secondary educations were not within the scope of this
that she believed in Vedanta. commission.
yy Madame Blavatsky's main emphasis was on supernaturalism, yy The Indian Universities Act was enacted in 1904 as a result
not spirituality. She had great faith in the ancient religion of the Commission's report.
of India which resulted in a self-confidence and nation-
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
building spirit among the people. She laid the foundation
of the Central Hindu College in Banaras in 1898 where 118. Answer: (d)
Hinduism and Western scientific subjects were taught. Explanation :
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.

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yy The rebellion of 1857 dealt a deep blow to the British
117. Answer: (b) administration in India and made its reorganization
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yy In 1917, the Government of India appointed a commission the government policies of British India.
to study and report on the problems of Calcutta University. yy Under British rule, India's relations with its neighbours
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Dr. M E Sadler, Vice-Chancellor of the University of developed on a new basis. The reason for which was the
Leeds, was appointed its Chairman. development of modern means of communication and
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yy The chairman included two Indian members, Sir Ashutosh political and administrative strengthening of the country,
Mukherjee and Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed, as members of this which inspired the Indian government to expand to the
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commission. natural and geographical boundaries of the country.

yy The function of Sadler's University was to submit its report yy Neighbouring countries were attacked with the aim of
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 interests of Britain and to keep other European powers 120. Answer: (c)
away from India. In this sequence, in the war with Nepal Explanation :
(1814), Burma was conquered and captured in the 19th yy The credit for giving a concrete and final shape to the
century itself. idea of the plan of forming an all India organization of
yy India had two wars with the British government before nationalist workers goes to A O Hume, a retired British
relations with Afghanistan were stabilized. After a civil servant.
rebellion broke out in Kabul in 1841, the British Army yy The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 and
was forced to make an agreement with Afghan chieftains. became one of the most important political parties in pre-
In this way the first Afghan campaign of the British failed independence India. The first Indian National Congress
miserably. session was held in Bombay in 1885 was presided over
yy The British government once again took control of by WC Banerjee.
Kabul in 1842 and they accepted Dost Muhammad as the yy Since its inception, Congress worked not only as a party
independent ruler of Afghanistan. but also as a movement.
yy Another attack took place in 1878 to impose British yy The Congress session was held in Kanpur from 26 to 28
demands on the Afghan ruler Sher Ali. This is called the December 1925, the important achievement of which
second Afghan war. was that it was presided over by the first Indian woman
yy Peace was established in May 1879 when Sher Ali's son Sarojini Naidu.
Yakub Khan signed the Treaty of Gandamak. yy The Madras session of 1927 was presided over by M A
yy Through this the British got everything they wanted. Ansari. In this session, along with passing the independence
However, the British success in this area was short-lived. resolution, a resolution to boycott the Simon Commission
was also passed.
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
yy The Lahore session was organized between 29 and 31
119. Answer: (d) December 1929 and was presided over by Jawaharlal
Explanation : Nehru. In this session, along with passing the resolution
yy The book New Lamps for Old was written by Sri of Purna- Swaraj, the Working Committee was also given
Aurobindo Ghosh and published in 1893. Aurobindo permission to start the Civil Disobedience Movement.
was an Indian philosopher, poet and writer. He criticized yy The Karachi session of the Congress in 1931 was presided
moderate politics through a series of articles. by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was
yy The author of Anandamath is Bankim Chandra approved as well as the proposal for fundamental rights

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Chattopadhyay. This is a Bengali novel which was written and the National Economic Programme.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.

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and published in 1882. This novel describes the Sanyasi
rebellion of the late 18th century. 121. Answer: (d)
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yy India Wins Freedom is written by Maulana Azad. It includes Explanation:
his personal experiences during Indian independence, as
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yy Islington Commission was appointed in 1912 AD. Its

well as his views on independence and freedom. The book objective was to consider the problem of recruitment
is written in the style of an autobiography and recounts the of Indians to higher posts, especially in the Indian
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events of the Indian independence movement. This book Administrative Services. The Commission recommended
was published in 1988.
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that, in addition to all the Indians who enter the Indian

yy Ram Manohar Lohia is the author of the book Guilty Men Administrative Service after succeeding in the competitive
of India's Partition. examination to be held in London, 25 percent of the posts
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 of Indians. And the recommendation to take examination yy These cartridges had to be opened by tearing them with the
in India for this service was also made by this commission. teeth and the gunpowder filled in them had to be filled into
yy The Lee Commission was constituted by the British the barrel of the gun and the cartridge had to be inserted.
Government in 1924 under the chairmanship of Fareham This was against the religious sentiments of Hindu and
Lord Lee with the aim of considering the structure of Indian Muslim soldiers. Cow was sacred to Hindus while killing
public services. The Lee Commission had equal numbers of pig was taboo for Muslims. The greased cartridges did
of Indian and British members. By this commission, 40 not create a new reason for discontent in the army, but
percent of the civil servants should be British, 40 percent provided an opportunity for the slowly growing discontent
should be Indians recruited directly, and 20 percent Indians to come out openly.
should be promoted from the provincial service.
yy Mangal Pandey first protested against the use of such
yy In 1902 AD, Police Commission was formed by Lord cartridges on March 29, 1857 in Barrackpore Cantonment.
Curzon under the chairmanship of Sir Andrew Fraser. He created a lot of uproar - he was hanged on April 8, 1857.
This commission was instructed to investigate the efficient
functioning of the police administration in each province. yy Finally, on May 10, 1857, the revolution began with a
On the basis of the suggestions of the Commission, the massive protest by the soldiers.
Provincial Police Service was formed and the Central yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
Criminal Intelligence Department was formed. 123. Answer: (b)
yy In 1886, Lord Dufferin established a 'Public Service
Explanation :
Commission' headed by chairmanship of Sir Charles
Aitchison to investigate the problems of India’s civil yy The beginning of British political power in India can be
services. The Aitchison Commission's recommendations traced back to the Battle of Plassey in 1757 when the army
regarding civil services included the maximum age of entry of the English East India Company defeated the Nawab of
into civil services being 23 years, abolition of statutory Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah.
civil services, etc. yy Mir Qasim, Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daulah and the
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. fugitive Mughal emperor Shah Alam II had a battle with
122. Answer: (b) the Company's army in Buxar in October 1764 in which
they were defeated. It was one of the most decisive battles
Explanation : in Indian history as it proved the superiority of the British
yy In 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, the British rule took the army over the combined forces of the two major Indian
first step towards gaining power and authority in Northern powers. This war made the British the undisputed rulers

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India. The first major and widespread rebellion of 1857 of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and Awadh also became
took place in the form of dissatisfaction against the policies
dependent on their mercy.
adopted by the colonial rule after 1757 and its form, after
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yy Meanwhile, in 1765, Clive had returned as the Governor of
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which large-scale changes were made in the policies of
the British rule over India. Bengal. By which, after the death of Mir Jafar, He placed
his second son Nizamuddaula on the throne and in return
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yy Mangal Pandey, who took part in the rebellion of 1857,

belonged to the 34th Bengal Native Infantry Regiment. made him sign a new treaty on 20 February 1765.
A major incident that happened in this rebellion was that yy According to this treaty, the Nawab was to disband most
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they killed two British officers Hewson and Baugh in of his army and the rule of Bengal was to be carried out
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Barrackpore. with the help of a Naib Subedar, who was appointed by

yy Rumours spread about the adulteration of sugarcane the Company and who could not be removed without
powder in flour and the use of pig and cow fat in the the Company. In this way the Company gained complete
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yy Shah Alam II was still the nominal head of the empire. yy After Aurangzeb's death, there was a struggle for the throne
From him the Company acquired the Diwani (i.e. the right among his three sons. Sixty-five year old Bahadur Shah
to collect revenue) of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. was the first to emerge victorious in this conflict. He was
yy In return the company paid Rs 26 lakh to Shah Alam II and a scholar and a person full of self-respect. He adopted a
also conquered Kora and Allahabad districts. The emperor policy of compromise and reconciliation.
remained almost a prisoner of the British in the Allahabad yy Bahadur Shah I adopted a more tolerant attitude towards
fort for 6 years. Hindu chieftains and kings. Temples were not destroyed
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct. during his rule. Initially he tried to exert greater control
124. Answer: (a) over the Rajput states of Amer and Marwar.
yy His policy towards the Maratha chieftains was one of
Explanation :
rapprochement only on the surface. He gave them the
yy After the death of Sahu ji, in January 1750, Balaji Bajirao right to collect Sardeshmukhi of Deccan but did not give
made a treaty with his Maratha Chhatrapati Rajaram II,
them the right of Chauth, hence they were not completely
which is called the Treaty of Sangola. Under this treaty,
satisfied. Bahadur Shah did not consider Sahu as the
Maratha Chhatrapati handed over all the major departments
rightful king of the Marathas. Thus he left Tarabai and
of the state to the Peshwa, although the posts of eight prime
Sahu to fight among themselves for supremacy over the
ministers remained but they would have no connection
Maratha state.
with the administration. Chhatrapati's state was considered
a constitutional head and arrangements were made for yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
his residence in Satara. Now Pune became the center of 126. Answer: (c)
Maratha politics.
Explanation :
yy The Treaty of Surat was signed between Raghunathrao and
yy Taking advantage of the increasing weakness of the central
the British in 1775 AD. According to this treaty the British
authority, two men of extraordinary ability, Murshid
accepted to provide military assistance to Raghunathrao.
Quli Khan and Alivardi Khan, made Bengal virtually
The British also promised to make him Peshwa after
independent.
victory in the war.
yy Murshid Quli Khan was made the Subedar of Bengal in
yy The Treaty of Salbai, which ended the First Anglo-Maratha
1717, but he was its actual ruler only from 1700 when
War, was signed between the British East India Company
he was made Diwan. He immediately freed himself from
and the Marathas in May 1782. Through this treaty, all his
central control, although he continued to send large sums
territories were returned to Scindia and the war ended on
the condition of establishing peace between the two sides of tribute to the emperor on a regular basis.

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for 20 years. yy He freed Bengal from internal and external threats and
yy The Treaty of Bassein of 1802 was concluded between Baji established peace there. Now Bengal became more or less
Rao II and the British, through which British protection free from the major rebellions of the landlords.
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was accepted by the Indian states and it was accepted to yy Murshid Quli Khan exercised frugality in administration.
keep British foot soldiers in Poona. It was under this treaty He managed the financial affairs of Bengal afresh. Through
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that Surat city was given to the company. the new land revenue settlement, he converted a large part
yy Therefore, option (a) is correct. of the Jagir land into Khalsa land and started the Ijara
system (a system of collecting land revenue on contract).
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125. Answer: (b)

yy But the Ijara system increased the financial burden on
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Explanation : farmers and landlords. Moreover, although he demanded

yy The Mughal Empire declined and disintegrated during only genuine deposits and removed illegal taxes, he
the first half of the eighteenth century. And his empire collected taxes from zamindars and peasants with great
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yy As a result of his reforms many old landowners were driven yy This Act started the process of decentralization by
out and replaced by new and inexperienced contractors. giving legislative powers back to Madras and Bombay
yy Murshid Quli Khan and the subsequent Nawabs provided Presidencies. Thus this Act reversed the trend of
equal employment opportunities to Hindus and Muslims. centralization started by the Regulating Act, 1773 which
had reached its peak with the Charter Act of 1833.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Legislative councils were formed in Bengal, North-West
127. Answer: (c) Frontier Province and Punjab and started the cabinet
Explanation: system.
yy Pitt's India Act of 1784 was introduced during the time of yy This Act authorized the Viceroy to issue ordinances in
Warren Hastings, was named after British Prime Minister emergency without the recommendation of the Council.
William Pitt the Younger. This was an important law passed yy It also recognized the portfolio system introduced by Lord
by the British Parliament. Its objective was to correct the Canning in 1859.
flaws of the Charter of 1773, which had established a yy Through the Act of 1784, the political and commercial
diarchy system in India. Accordingly, Bombay and Madras functions of the Company were separated. This formed a
Presidencies were also made under the Governor General new body called the Board of Control. Thus, the diarchy
and his council. system was started.
yy The Charter Act, 1813 was passed during the reign of Lord yy Under Indian Council Act of 1892, the functions of
Minto I, Governor-General of Bengal. Under this Act, the the Legislative Council were increased and they were
Company's monopoly on Indian trade was ended, although authorized to discuss the budget and answer the questions
its monopoly on trade with China and tea remained. of the executive.
yy The Charter Act, 1833 was passed during the time of yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
William Bentinck. Under this, the company's business 129. Answer: (c)
monopoly was completely abolished. And centralization Explanation:
of India's administration was done through this Act. yy The most important power in South India emerged in
yy The Charter Act, 1853 was brought during the time of Mysore under Hyder Ali. Hyder Ali was serving on a high
Governor General Lord Dalhousie. According to this, post in the Mysore army. In 1775, he established a modern
the Company was given permission to keep the Indian library in Dindigul. By ousting Nanjaraja from power,
territories under its control on behalf of Her Majesty Hyder Ali established his authority over the Mysore state.
the Queen and her heirs for as long as the Parliament yy Almost from the beginning of his rule, he was engaged

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desired. By this Act, it was also determined that the in conflict with the Maratha nobles, the Nizam and the

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salary of the Control Board, its officials and its Secretary British. He repeatedly defeated the British army in 1769
would be determined by the British Government but the and reached near Madras. He was killed in 1782 during
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responsibility of paying it would be on the company. the Second Anglo-Mysore War. In his place his son Tipu
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yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. ascended the throne.

yy Tipu Sultan ruled Mysore until he was killed by the British
128. Answer: (a)
in 1799. Tipu's efforts included implementing the calendar,
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Explanation: introducing a new system of coin minting and adopting

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yy The Indian Council Act, 1861 was an important act in new scales of weights and measures.
Indian constitutional and political history. Among the yy He took a keen interest in the French Revolution. He
features of this Act was the beginning of involving Indian planted the 'Freedom Tree' in Srirangapatam and became
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yy Tipu tried to increase the state income by ending the practice Movement which was completely based on non-violence.
of granting jagir. He also tried to reduce the ancestral This movement was started in the year 1920 and with the
property of the poligars and eliminate intermediaries inclusion of Khilafat movement in it, its energy doubled
between the state and the peasants. But his land revenue in the form of Hindu and Muslim unity.
was as high as that of other contemporary rulers. Tipu also yy The main objective of the non-cooperation movement was
made arrangements to provide loans to farmers. to completely destroy the British administrative system.
yy He took up to one-third of the produce as land revenue. But For this, it was decided to boycott all the political, social
he put a stop to the recovery of abbas. He was generous in and economic institutions of British India. The program
giving exemption in land revenue. of this movement was divided into two parts. Negative or
yy After the year 1796, he also tried to create a modern navy. opposing side and positive or constructive side
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. yy Negative or opposing side
hhRenunciation of government paid and unpaid posts
130. Answer: (d)
and titles.
Explanation :
hhResignation of their posts by nominated members of
yy In eighteenth century India, the family system was local bodies.
patriarchal, that is, the senior male member of the family
hhBoycott of elections held under the Act of 1919.
dominated and only men got a share in the property. But in
the Nair community of Kerala, the family was matriarchal. hhBoycott of foreign goods.
yy Apart from the caste system, two major evils existed in hhBoycott of government courts.
18th century India. 1. Sati practice and 2. Poor condition hhBoycott of government courts, festivals and receptions.
of widows. Under the practice of Sati, a widow sacrificed hhRefusal of Indians to work as military clerks or
her life along with the dead body of her husband. This labourers in Mesopotamia
practice was mostly prevalent in Rajputana, Bengal and
hhBoycott of government and semi-government schools
other parts of Northern India.
and colleges.
yy The practice of Sati was not prevalent in South India.
yy Constructive or positive side
Marathas did not encourage him. The practice of Sati was
also prevalent in Rajputana and Bengal. Only widows of hhTo establish national schools and colleges.
kings, chieftains, big landowners and upper castes could hhTo promote indigenous goods on a large scale.
not remarry. hhEstablishment of non-government Panchayati courts in
yy Seeing the difficult and harsh life of Indian widows, place of government courts.

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sensitive people were often moved. King Sawai Jai Singh hhTo promote charkha, handloom and weaving in every
of Amer and Maratha commander Parshuram Bhau tried to

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home
promote widow remarriage but they failed in their efforts.
hhTo campaign for the eradication of untouchability
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yy During the eighteenth century, signs of social weakness
hhTo strengthen Hindu-Muslim unity
were visible in India from the cultural point of view. Till
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this time Indian culture remained completely traditional. yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. 132. Answer: (c)
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131. Answer: (d) Explanation:

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Explanation : yy The Kanpur Conspiracy Case was a controversial court

case that began in 1924 in British India.
yy Inspired by the Champaran Satyagraha, Kheda Movement
and the successful experiment of fast unto death in yy Under this some newly turned communists M.N. Roy,
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Ahmedabad, Gandhiji decided to start the Non-Cooperation Muzaffar Ahmed, S.A. Dange, Shaukat Usmani, Nalini
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 Gupta, Singaravelu Chettiar and Ghulam Hussain were yy Rani Laxmi Bai took command of the rebellion in Jhansi.
caught and were trailed for conspiracy against the The British commander Hugh Rose suppressed the
government. This case was tried in the absence of M N rebellion in Jhansi and recaptured Gwalior on 20 June, by
Roy, so he was not arrested. 1858 the entire region of Central India and Bundelkhand
yy Ghulam Hussain turned into a British informant and was was under her control.
pardoned. All the others were arrested and sent to prison yy The command of the rebellion in Bareilly was in the
for 4 years. hands of Khan Bahadur and the British commander who
yy The case brought the Communists to public attention. suppressed the rebellion was Vincent Eyre.
Newspapers covered the topic in detail and for the first yy Maulvi Liaquat Ali was a Muslim religious leader from
time, the people of India were able to learn in depth about Allahabad, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He led the
communist theory. As a result, this case was responsible for rebellion from Allahabad. Colonel Neel was called to
the introduction of communism among the Indian masses. suppress the rebellion.
yy Philip Spade and Ben Bradley were related to the Meerut yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Conspiracy Case which was brought in the year 1929. In
March 1929, the government imprisoned 31 labor leaders 134. Answer: (c)
and brought them to Meerut and put them on trial. Along Explanation:
with Philip Spade and Bain Bradley, it included S V yy The Civil Disobedience Movement started with Gandhiji's
Ghate, Dr. G Adhikari, P.C. Joshi, S.S- Mirajkar etc. They famous Dandi March on 12 March 1930. Gandhiji led to
were also accused of conspiring to overthrow the British march from his Sabarmati Ashram with his 78 followers
government through strikes and other extremist means. and after traveling about 375 kilometers, reached a place
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. called Dandi on the coast of Gujarat and broke the salt law.
133. Answer: (c) yy After this the movement started spreading rapidly. Salt laws
Explanation: were broken throughout the country. People everywhere in
the country started taking part in strikes, demonstrations
yy The rebellion of 1857 in northern and central India, also
and boycotting foreign textiles and refusing to pay taxes.
known as the First War of Independence, comprised
a glorious chapter in Indian history. It was a powerful Lakhs of Indians did Satyagraha. In many parts of the
popular rebellion and shook the very roots of British rule. country, farmers refused to pay land revenue and rent.
yy The rebellion began on May 10, 1857 in Meerut, 36 miles yy The movement grew to reach the extreme north-western
from Delhi. Then it grew rapidly and spread throughout tip of India and filled with enthusiasm the brave and lion-
hearted Pathans. Under the leadership of Khan Abdul

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North India. Soon a wide area from Punjab in the north
to Narmada in the south and from Bihar in the east to Ghaffar Khan, popularly known as 'Frontier Gandhi', the
Rajasthan in the west came under its grip.
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Pathans organized the society of khudai Khidmatgar ( or
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yy Lakhs of farmers, artisans and soldiers took part in this Servants of God), who were known among the public as
rebellion and fought bravely for more than a year. But 'Red Kurti Wale'. These people were dedicated to non-
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ultimately the British government was successful in violence and the freedom struggle.
suppressing the rebellion. yy At the same time, an important incident happened in
Peshawar. Two platoons of Garhwali soldiers, led by
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yy The rebellion in Lucknow was led by Queen Begum

Hazrat Mahal of Awadh. She launched an all-out war Chandra Singh Garhwali, refused to open fire on non-
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against the British with the help of the soldiers of Lucknow violent protesters. In return, he was court martialed and
and the farmers and landlords of Awadh. The rebellion given long prison sentences. This incident made it clear
was suppressed in Lucknow by the British commander that the feeling of nationalism had started spreading even in
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yy An important significant of this movement was the 136. Answer: (b)
participation of women. Thousands of women came out Explanation:
of their homes and participated in Satyagraha. He played yy In 1870 AD, the first attempt to improve the condition
an active role in protesting at shops selling foreign clothes of labour class in India was made by a Brahmo Samaji
or liquor. They walked shoulder to shoulder with men in Shashipada Banerjee in Bengal in the form of establishment
processions. of Labor Club. He also edited a monthly magazine named
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. ‘Bharat Shramjeevi’. Its main objective was to educate
the workers.
135. Answer: (d)
yy In 1880 AD, Anglo-Marathi weekly magazine 'Deenbandhu'
Explanation: was published by Narayan Meghaji Lokhande in Bombay
yy Commercialization of agriculture means emphasis on the and in 1890 AD he also established 'Bombay Mill Hands
production of cash crops rather than traditional ones. The Association', which is called the 'first labor union' formed
commercialization of agriculture was done by the British in India.
government keeping in mind certain objectives, which yy Kamgar Hitvardhak Sabha was formed in the year 1910 by
included easy realization of revenue surplus, availability N.A Talcherkar, S.K Bole, B.R Nare, S.W Patil and others.
of raw materials and export of grains. These included mill workers as well as other employees
yy This process of commercialization of agriculture had both and the general public and representatives of professions
positive and negative results which are as follows: such as law and medicine
hhCommercialization of agriculture led to connectivity yy After the establishment of the International Labor
between different regions of India, rural-urban Organization, a new consciousness spread among the
connectivity integrated the Indian economy. As a result, Indian working class, as a result of which the All India
the basis for the development of the national economy Trade Union Congress was established by N.M. Joshi on
31 October 1920. Its first conference was organized in
was laid.
Bombay in which President Lala Lajpat Rai, Vice President
hhThe development of means of transport and rural-urban Joseph Baptista and Secretary Diwan Chamanlal were
connectivity increased mutual cooperation and political elected.
consciousness in the country, which gave impetus to the yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
peasant revolt. As a result, Tenancy Acts were passed
and farmers organized against the British. 137. Answer: (a)
hhDue to the preparation of raw materials for Britain's Explanation :

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Industrial Revolution, India's economy got connected yy The East India Company showed little interest in education

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to the world economy, resulting in the development of of the Indian in the beginning. But due to the expansion
of British imperialism in India, it felt the need of a class
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high-level social and economic structures.
which could help it in administrative and business work.
hhSpecialization was promoted by the production of
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yy In this sequence, under the Charter Act passed by the

specific crops in key areas. Besides, agricultural
British Parliament in 1813, a provision of a grant of Rs
techniques and irrigation means were also developed.
1 lakh per each year for the development of education in
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hhNegative effects include benefits only to the British India.

government, farmers getting trapped in debt trap
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yy Disagreements arose in the Company administration

and promotion of poverty, frequency of famine and regarding the form and medium of Indian education on the
starvation etc. subject of grants for education specified by the Charter Act,
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yy Therefore, option (d) is correct. 1813. There were two sides regarding to this act.
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yy One side was of the orientalists. They believed that hhThere should be separate arrangements for recruitment
traditional education and knowledge should be encouraged and education of political officers.
in India and education should be given in the local hhA committee should be formed to examine the economic
language, while the other side was of the westernists, relations between British India and the princely states.
according to them, education should be practical and useful
hhThe state should not be transferred to the new
as well as its medium should be English.
government of British India without their own consent.
yy William Jones, James Prinsep, Charles Wilkins, H.H.
yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Wilson etc. were supporters of oriental education, while
Macaulay, James Mill, Charles Grant and William 139. Answer: (b)
Wilcherforce etc. were supporters of western education. Explanation :
yy Utilitarian thinker James Mill believed that the British yy Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is the author of the book 'The
should provide useful and practical knowledge through Indian War of Independence’.This book was about the
education to please the Indian people or keeping their Indian national history of the Revolt of 1857. This book
sentiments in mind. This should also include western was published in the year 1909.
science, technical and vocational education.
yy Other books related to the Revolt of 1857
yy However, despite this controversy, the views of the
hhEighteen Fifty-Seven-S. N. Sen
supporters of western education were accepted by the
Council of India and the English Education Act 1835 hhThe Sepoy Mutiny and the Revolt of 1857- R.C.
was passed and English formally became the medium of Majumdar
education. hhRebellion 1857- Puran Chandra Joshi
yy Therefore, option (a) is correct. hhA History of the Indian Mutiny- T.R. Holmes
138. Answer: (c) hhThe Great Rebellion- Ashok Mehta

Explanation: hhCivil Rebellion in the Indian Mutiny 1857-59- S. B.

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yy In 1927 AD, the British Government appointed a
committee under the chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler hhTheories of the Indian Mutiny- S. B. Chaudhuri
whose objective was to investigate the issues related to yy Therefore, option (b) is correct.
determining the relations between the British Government
140. Answer: (d)
and the native princely states and submit recommendations
so that satisfactory relations could be established. Explanation:

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This committee is also known as 'Butler Committee' Judicial reforms of Lord Cornwallis
to investigate and clarify the relationship between the

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yy Lord Cornwallis laid the foundation of a strong judicial
supreme powers of the princes of the princely states and the system in India by making the judicial structure established
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British Government. The committee visited and analysed by Warren Hastings more organized.
16 states of India and submitted its report in 1929.
yy Making concerted efforts towards separation of tax and
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Butler Committee Recommendations justice administration, Cornwallis established uniformity

hhThe relationship between the British Government and throughout the British territories by organizing the
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the States is not a mere agreement but a living and judiciary in a 'hierarchical order'.
growing relationship, determined by circumstances and yy During his tenure (1786-93 AD), Cornwallis formed the
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policies, including history and principle. courts of Registrar, Amin and Munsif in the main town of
hhExcellence must remain supreme; it must discharge its each district. Above these was a district court headed by a
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 were established for appeals. Above the provincial courts 142. Answer: (d)
was the Sadar Diwani Adalat, headed by the Governor Explanation:
General, whose decisions could be appealed to the Privy yy 15th BRICS summit: 5 major countries of the world –
Council in London. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The 15th
yy Cornwallis also reorganized the criminal courts. He BRICS Summit was hosted by Africa on August 22-24,
abolished the District Criminal Court and established four 2023 in Johannesburg.
traveling courts in its place. These courts were established yy In this conference hosted by African President Cyril
in Calcutta, Dhaka, Murshidabad and Patna. Ramaphosa, Russia was represented by Foreign Minister
yy The judicial and criminal powers of the District Collectors Sergey Lavrov in place of President Vladimir Putin,
were abolished, because Cornwallis was worried about while Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi,
the increased duties and power of the Collectors, hence Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Chinese
he handed over the judicial powers of the Collectors to President Xi Jinping were personally present and actively
the District Judges. participated in the conference.
yy Along with the development of the judicial structure, yy Apart from these, Africa also invited leaders of 67 other
Cornwallis also worked on codifying the laws. The laws countries. These especially included the heads of these
prepared by him in 1793 AD are called 'Cornwallis Code'. nations which were to be included in BRICS as new
This code was based on the principle of ‘separation of members.
powers’. yy After a gap of 4 years (after the 11th summit held in Brazil
in November 2019), this summit was held in the personal
yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.
presence of the heads of state of the member countries.
141. Answer: (c) yy Earlier, the 12th summit hosted by Russia in 2020, the 13th
Explanation : summit hosted by India in 2021 and the 14th summit hosted
yy Earth Overshoot Day refers to the date in a calendar year on by China in 2022 were held virtually online.
which humans have used up the natural resources available yy With mutual consent, it was decided to include 6 other
for that year. Earth Overshoot Day is just an estimate and countries in BRICS as new members. These include
there is no fixed date for it. This year in 2023 this day was Argentina, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and United
on 2nd August. Arab Emirates.
yy Last year 2022, this day was on 28th July, whereas in the yy They have been invited as new members from January
year 2021, this day was considered on 29th July. 1, 2024. With this, the number of BRICS members will
increase from 5 to 11.

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yy August 2, 2023 being Earth Overshoot Day means that
yy A report issued by Dilma Rousseff, President of the New
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Development Bank (BRICS Bank) established by BRICS,
consumed in the entire year 2023 was consumed in the
regarding the progress of the bank was also released at the
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first seven months of the year itself.
conference.
yy Earth Overshoot Day has been calculated since 1986.
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yy Expressing his gratitude to everyone for the congratulations

yy The objective of WWF organization behind celebrating given to India for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3
Earth Hour Day is to stop the damage to nature and on the Moon, Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
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improve the future of mankind. termed it as an achievement of the world's scientific

yy Through Earth Hour, people around the world are made community.
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aware of the damage caused to nature every day and yy The upcoming 16th BRICS summit is scheduled to be held
inspired to make efforts to stop it. in Kazan, Russia in 2024.
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yy Therefore, option (c) is correct. yy Therefore, option (d) is correct.

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143. Answer: (b) organized in Pithorogarh from 20 February to 5 March.
Explanation: During this exercise, soldiers of both the countries shared
their respective methods in different types of war exercises.
yy India has won the seventh edition of Men's Asian Hockey
This joint exercise has an important role in enhancing
Champions Trophy tournament to be hosted by India from
mutual defense cooperation between India and Uzbekistan
August 3-12, 2023 by defeating Malaysia 4-3 in the final.
and deepening bilateral relations.
yy Japan finished third in this 6-nation tournament played at
the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai. yy ‘Dharma Guardian’ joint military training exercise (annual
training event) is conducted between India and Japan.
yy Indian team captain Harmanpreet Singh scored maximum
Recently its fourth edition was held at Camp Imazu, Shiga
9 goals in this tournament.
Prefecture in Japan from 17 February to 02 March 2023.
yy The award for the best player of the tournament went
This exercise is extremely important and meaningful
to Mandeep Singh of India and the award for the best
in the context of security challenges faced by both the
goalkeeper. Korea's Kim Jae Hyeon got it.
countries in the current global situation. This edition of
yy India has succeeded in winning this tournament for a
the exercise also includes platoon level joint training for
record fourth time. Earlier, India had been its winner in
military operations in jungle and semi urban/urban areas.
2011, 2016 and 2018. Pakistan has been the winner of this
tournament three times less than India (India and Pakistan yy Samudra Shakti is a bilateral naval exercise conducted
were joint winners in 2018). between India and Indonesia. The objective of this
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct. exercise is to enhance interoperability, engagement
and mutual cooperation between the navies of the two
144. Answer: (c) countries. Recently its fourth edition was organized in
Explanation: Batam, Indonesia from 14 to 19 May 2023. INS Kavaratti
yy ‘Mukhyamantri Sikho Kamao Yojana’ was launched by participated from the Indian side in this exercise session.
the Madhya Pradesh Government in August, 2023. This Apart from this, a Dornier maritime patrol aircraft and
scheme has been started to solve the problem that youth Chetak helicopter of the Indian Navy also participated in
often face in getting employment in industrial and business this exercise.
establishments after formal education. yy Exercise Sampriti is conducted between India and
yy This scheme has been implemented by the state government Bangladesh. Recently, the 11th edition of this annual
to provide the facility of On-the-Job-Training (OJT) in the joint military exercise concluded in Umroi, Meghalaya
registered industrial and commercial establishments to the in October 2023. The exercise, conducted alternately by
youth who have received formal education, so that the both the countries, is a symbol of strong bilateral defense

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industrial and commercial establishments can train the
cooperation initiative.
youth and provide such opportunities to the youth to be
encouraged to get training. yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
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yy Under the scheme, a target has been set to train 1 lakh youth 146. Answer: (b)
every year which can be increased as per requirement. Each Explanation:
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yy Recently, the 25th Rajiv Gandhi National Goodwill Award
of up to ₹ 1 lakh by the state government.
was presented to Banasthali Vidyapeeth, a residential
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yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.

educational institution for women located in Rajasthan.
145. Answer: (a) Former Vice President M. Hamid Ansari handed over this
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Explanation: award to the head of the organization, Siddharth Shastri.

yy Dustalik is a joint military exercise between India and yy Established in 1992 to mark the golden jubilee of the Quit
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 institution for special contribution to peace, communal yy Initially Rs 13,000 crore to Rs 15,000 crore will be
harmony and national integration. It carries a cash reward allocated in this scheme. Under this scheme, development
of Rs 10 lakh and a citation. It is given on the birth of goldsmiths, blacksmiths, washermen, hair-dressers and
anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. workers will be ensured.
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct. yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.
147. Answer: (b) 149. Answer: (c)
Explanation: Explanation:
yy India's third Moon mission 'Chandrayaan-3' was launched yy Recently, in the FIDE Chess World Cup, 2023 held in Baku
on 14 July 2023 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Azerbaijan), Magnus Carlsen of Norway defeated India's
in Sriharikota from LVM-3 (Mark-III). With the landing R. Praggnanandhaa.
on the south pole of the Moon on 23 August 2023, India yy R. Praggnanandhaa is the second youngest Grandmaster
has become the first country in the world to achieve this of India. He won the World Youth Chess Championship
achievement. at the age of seven, earning him the title of Fédération
yy The lander of the mission 'Chandrayaan-3' has been Internationale des Chess (FIDE) Master. After this,
named Vikram and the rover has been named Pragyan. he won the Under-10 title of the World Youth Chess
Championship. Along with this, he also achieved the title
It is noteworthy that the lander has been named 'Vikram'
of youngest International Master of Chess.
after the father of the Indian space programme, Vikram
Sarabhai. The name of the rover ‘Pragyan’ means yy 15-year-old Prraneeth Vuppala from Telangana is the 82nd
‘intelligence’. Important exploration work will be done Grandmaster of India.
on the moon only by the rover. yy 17-year-old Aditya Samanta from Maharashtra is the 83rd
Grandmaster of India.
yy Prime Minister Narendra Modi has named the landing
site of the lander of the mission 'Chandrayaan-3' as 'Shiv yy Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Shakti Sthal' and the place where 'Chandrayaan-2' left its 150. Answer: (a)
footmarks has been named as ‘Tiranga’ point. Explanation:
yy Therefore, option (b) is correct. yy Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched
148. Answer: (a) 'ULLAS' (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in
Society) mobile app at Bharat Mandapam in a function
Explanation :
held at Pragati Maidan, Delhi on 30 July 2023 under the

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yy Addressing the nation on the occasion of 77th Independence National Education Policy.
Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced PM
Vishwakarma Yojana aimed at promoting traditional
yy Government of India has approved a new Centrally
Sponsored Scheme 'ULLAS' for the period FY 2022-2027C
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craftsmanship. This scheme will be launched on 17
to cover all aspects of Education for All (formerly known
September 2023 on the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti.
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as Adult Education) to align with the National Education

yy The scheme has been launched with the objective of Policy 2020 and Budget Announcement FY 2021-22 .
improving the quality, scale and reach of products and yy The scheme aims to provide not only foundational literacy
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services of artisans and craftsmen. This would result in and numeracy, but also other components required for
the economic empowerment of workers especially those
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21st century citizens such as critical life skills (including

belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other financial literacy, digital literacy, commercial skills, health
Backward Communities, women, transgender and other care and awareness).
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weaker sections of the society. yy Therefore, option (a) is correct.

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