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CDS-II 2019 INDIAN HISTORY Test-04 Answer Key with Explanation Booklet

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INDIAN

HISTORY (Ancient, Medieval, Modern)

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ANSWER BOOKLET INDIAN HISTORY

ANSWER KEY WITH EXPLANATION

CDS-II 2019 INDIAN HISTORY Test-04 Answer Key with Explanation Booklet

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HISTORY ANSWER KEY

1 A 21 B 41 B 61 C 81 B

2 C 22 C 42 B 62 D 82 C

3 B 23 C 43 C 63 D 83 A

4 C 24 C 44 A 64 C 84 D

5 A 25 B 45 C 65 A 85 B

6 C 26 D 46 D 66 B 86 B

7 A 27 A 47 C 67 C 87 D

8 C 28 A 48 C 68 C 88 A

9 A 29 C 49 C 69 A 89 C

10 B 30 D 50 D 70 A 90 A

11 C 31 C 51 C 71 A 91 D

12 B 32 B 52 A 72 D 92 D

13 D 33 D 53 D 73 D 93 B

14 B 34 D 54 D 74 C 94 C

15 C 35 C 55 D 75 B 95 B

16 C 36 A 56 D 76 B 96 D

17 C 37 A 57 D 77 B 97 C

18 A 38 B 58 A 78 C 98 D

19 C 39 C 59 D 79 C 99 A

20 A 40 C 60 A 80 B 100 A

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HISTORY ANSWER EXPLANATIONS

1. Answer: A

Explanation:

The first session of Indian National

Congress was attended by 72

delegates and presided over by 72

delegates and presided over by W.C.

Bonnerjee.

The session was organized at

Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in

Bombay in December 1885. Hence,

statement 1 is correct.

Kadambini Ganguly was the first

female graduate from India as well as

from the entire British Empire.

Kadambini, herself, was also the first

Indian as well as South Asian female

physician, trained in western

medicine, to graduate in South Asia.

She was also the first woman to

address an open session of the Indian

National Congress in 1890. Hence,

statement 2 is incorrect.

2. Answer: C

Explanation:

Pherozeshah Mehta is an Indian

political leader, planner of the

municipal charter for Bombay and

founder of the English-language

newspaper Bombay Chronicle.

He presided over the sixth session of

the Indian National Congress in

1890.

He had a major role in the

establishment of a Swadeshi bank i.e.

the Central Bank of India. Hence,


Surendranath Banerjees is one of

important moderate political leader.

He founded the Indian National

Association, through which he led

two sessions of the Indian National

Conference in 1883 and 1885, along

with Anandamohan Bose.

He founded a new organization

named Indian National Liberation

Federation in 1919.

He was editor of "The Bengali"

newspaper. Written in the last years

of Sir Surendranath Banerjees life, A

Nation in Making is not only the

Autobiography of a pioneering leader

in Indian politics but also a

commentary on public life. Hence,


3. Answer: B

Explanation:

Indian Councils Act 1892

Main Provisions:






Number of additional members in

Imperial Legislative Councils and the

Provincial Legislative Councils was

raised.

In Imperial Legislative Council, now

the governor-general could have ten

to sixteen non-officials (instead of six

to ten previously).

The non-official members of the

Indian legislative council were to be

nominated by the Bengal Chamber of

Commerce and provincial legislative

councils.

The members could be recommended

by universities, municipalities,

zamindars and chambers of

commerce. So the principle of

representation was introduced.

Budget could be discussed.

Questions could be asked.

Limitations:

The officials retained their majority

in the council, thus making

ineffective the non-official voice.

The ‘reformed’ Imperial Legislative

Council met, during its tenure till

1909, on an average for only thirteen

days in a year, and the number of

unofficial Indian members present

was only five out of twenty-four.

The budget could not be voted upon,

nor could any amendments be made

to it.

Supplementaries could not be asked,

nor could answers to any question be

discussed.

4. Answer: C

Explanation:

The Congress is tottering to its fall,

and one of my great ambitions while

in India is to assist it to a peaceful

demise was political view of Lord

Curzon.

5. Answer: A

Explanation:

N.M. Lokhande is one of the pioneers

of Indian labour movement. In 1890,

he established an organization called

“Bombay Mill Hands Association”

and took the initiative in organizing

protests. Hence, statement 1 is

incorrect.

In 1918, along with V.

Kalyanasundaram Mudaliar, Wadia

founded the Madras Labour Union,

one of India's first organized labour

unions. Hence statement 2 is

incorrect.

6. Answer: C

Explanation:






E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker popularly

known as Periyar, was an Indian

social activist, and politician who

started the Self-Respect Movement

and Dravidar Kazhagam.

Kudi Arasu, which translates into

Republic in English, was a Tamil

weekly magazine published by

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Naicker to

propogate his ideas. Hence, option(c)

is correct.

7. Answer: A

Explanation:

The Aitchison Commission (Public

Service Commission) was set up in

1886 under the chairmanship of Sir

Aitchison to come up with a scheme

for fulfilling the claims of Indians to

higher and more extensive

employment in public service.

Hence, option (a) is correct.

8. Answer: C

Explanation:

Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana

(SNDP) Movement, also known as

Ezhava Movement was started by Sri

Narayana Guru against the Brahmin

dominance.

He formed a programme of action

known as the ‘SNDP Yogam’. The

Yogam took up several issues,

including the right of admission to

public schools, recruitment to

government employment, entry into

temples, on roads and political

representation. Hence, statement 1 is

correct.

Jotiba Phule was an Indian social

activist, thinker, anti-caste social

reformer and writer from

Maharashtra. He fought for the cause

of caste discrimination.

He wrote ‘Gulamgiri’ and

‘Sarvajanik Satyadharma Pustak’.

Hence, statement 2 is correct.

9. Answer: A

Explanation:

In 1920, M.N. Roy and other Indians

at Tashkent announced the formation

of the Communist Party of India.

The Communist Party of India

(C.P.I) was declared an illegal

organization by British government

in 1934. Hence, statement 1 is

correct.

The Forward Bloc was formed in

March 1939, by Subhash Chandra

Bose. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.

10. Answer: B

Explanation:






In 1880, Viceroy Lytton appointed

Royal commission of Famine under

the presidency of Richard Strachey to

formulate general principles and

suggest specific measures of a

preventive and protective nature.

Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

The famines of 1899-1900 was

followed by a commission under the

presidency of Sir Anthony Mac

Donnell (1901). It emphasized on the

policy of ‘Moral Strategy’ and

advocated the appointment of a

famine commissioner in s province

where relief operations were

expected to be extensive. Hence,


11. Answer: C

Explanation:

Depressed Class Welfare Institute

(Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha) s a

central institution formed by Dr.

Babasaheb Ambedkar for removing

difficulties of the untouchables and

placing their grievances before

government. Hence, statement 1 is

correct.

Mahatma Gandhi founded Harijan

Sevak Sangh for removal of

untouchability and social

discrimination against untouchable

and lower caste. Hence, statement is

correct.

12. Answer: B

Explanation:

In 1919, the Government of India

announced the formation of a

committee of inquiry into the events

in Punjab. It is also known as the

Disorders Inquiry Committee, it was

later more widely known as the

Hunter Commission under the

chairmanship of Lord William

Hunter.

The stated purpose of the

commission was to "investigate the

recent disturbances in Bombay, Delhi

and Punjab, about their causes, and

the measures taken to cope with

them"

In the commission there were three

Indian members: Sir Chimanlal

Harilal Setalvad (Vice- Chancellor of

Bombay University and advocate of

the Bombay High Court), Pandit

Jagat Narayan (lawyer and Member

of the Legislative Council of the

United Provinces), Sardar Sahibzada

Sultan Ahmad Khan, lawyer from

Gwalior State. Hence, option (b) is

correct.






13. Answer: D

Explanation:

Important acts/commissions during the

tenure of Lord Curzon were:

Ancient Monuments Act (1904), to

restore India’s cultural heritage.

Thus, established Archeological

Survey of India.

In1899, the number of Indian

members in Calcutta Corporation

was reduced through Calcutta

Corporation Act.

In 1904, the Indian Official Secrets

Act passed restricting the freedom of

the Press.

Indian Universities Act, 1904 passed

to improve the condition of education

in India and upgrade the system to a

better level.

Second Police commission was set

up in 1902 under the chairmanship of

Andrew Fraser. Hence, option (d) is

correct.

14. Answer: B

Explanation:

Dadabhai Naoroji was also known as

the "The Grand Old Man of India".

He was prominent moderate leader

who criticized the economic policy of

British government.

He wrote the book ‘Poverty and Un-

British Rule in India’ which brought

attention to the draining of India's

wealth into Britain. Hence, statement

2 is correct.

As the president of Indian National

Congress in Calcutta session of 1906,

he laid down the goal of Self

Government or Swaraj. Hence


15. Answer: C

Explanation:

The foreigners served as the

presidents of Indian National

Congress sessions were George

Yule(1888), William

Wedderburn(1889 and 1910), Alfred

Webb(1894), Henry Cotton(1904)

and Annie Besant(1917) Hence,

option (c) is correct.

Indian National Congress was

formed in 1885 during the tenure of

viceroy Lord Dufferin. Henry Olcott

was founder of Theosophical society.

16. Answer: C

Explanation:

The Muslim League was formed at

Decca by Aga Khan, and Nawab

Salimullah of Decca played an

important role in its formation.






The objectives of the league were to

create or promote a sense of loyalty

among the Muslims towards the

British government and to protect the

political rights and other interests of

the Muslims. Hence, statement 1 is

correct.

Amar Sonar Bangla is the national

anthem of Bangladesh was written by

Rabindranath Tagore, which was

sung by huge crowds during the

Swadeshi movement. Hence,


17. Answer: C

Explanation:

Ambika Charan Majumdar was the

president of Lucknow session (1916)

of Indian National Congress. Hence,


The session is memorable for the re-

union of the Moderate and Extremist

wings of Indian National Congress.

In the same session, unity between

the Congress and Muslim League

was also achieved. Hence, statement

2 is correct.

18. Answer: A

Explanation:

Simon Commission, group appointed

in November 1927 by the British

Conservative government under

Stanley Baldwin to report on the

working of the Indian constitution

established by the Government of

India Act of 1919 headed by Simon.

Most of the political parties in India

boycotted the commission except

few parties like Unionist party in

Punjab and the Justice Party of

Madras province. Hence, statement 2

is incorrect.

Mahatma Gandhi gave up the title of

Kaiser-i-Hind to protest against

Jallianwalabagh Massacre. Hence,


Simon Commission proposed the

abolition of dyarchy and the

establishment of responsible

government in the provinces which

should be given autonomy. Hence,


19. Answer: C

Explanation:

Indian Councils Act of 1909, also

called Morley-Minto Reforms, series

of reform measures enacted in 1909

by the British Parliament. For the

first time, separate electorates for

Muslims for election to the central

council were established. Hence,


Under the Act, one Indian was to be

appointed to the viceroy’s executive






council. Satyendra Sinha was the first

Indian to be appointed in 1909.


20. Answer: A

Explanation:

Barrah Dacoity was organized by

Decca Anushilan under Pulian Das to

raise funds for revolutionary

activities. Hence, statement 1 is

correct. Rashbehari Bose and Sachin

Sanyal staged a bomb attack on

Viceroy Hardinge. Hence, statement

2 is incorrect.

In 1908, Prafulla Chaki and Kudiram

Bose threw a bomb at a carriage

supposed to carrying the judge,

Kingsford, in Muzzafarpur.

21. Answer: B

Explanation:

The newspapers and journals

advocating revolutionary activity

after the failure of Swadeshi

movement included Sandhya and

Yugantar in Bengal and Kal in

Maharashtra.

22. Answer: C

Explanation:

The first of the revolutionary

activities in Maharashtra was the

organization of the Ramosi Peasant

Force by Vasudev Balwant Phadke in

1879, which aimed to rid the country

of the British by instigating an armed

revolt by disrupting communication

lines. Hence, option(c) is correct.

23. Answer: C

Explanation:

By boycotting the Simon

commission, an All Parties

Conference met in February 1928

and appointed a sub-committee under

the chairmanship of Motilal Nehru to

draft a constitution.

Nehru report recommended the

Dominion status on the lines of self-

governing dominions as the form of

government desired by Indians.


Report called for joint electorates

with reservation of seats for Muslims

at the Centre and in provinces where

they are in minority. Hence,


Nehru report recommended 19

fundamental rights including equal

rights for women, right to form union

and universal adult suffrage. Hence,







24. Answer: C

Explanation:

After the calling off of non-

cooperation movement, a section

leaders headed by C.R. Das and

Motilal Nehru advocated to enter the

council and expose the government

weakness. In December 1922,

C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru formed

the ‘Congress Khilafat Swaraj Party’

with Das as president. Hence,


Belgaum session of Indian National

Congress(1924) was presided by

Mahatma Gandhi. It is the only time

that Mahatma Gandhi presided the

Indian National Congress. Hence,


25. Answer: B

Explanation:

Sahodaran Ayyappan is a social

reformer, revolutionary, poet,

rationalist, an impeccable

administrator and a legislator who

brought in several landmark

legislation.

He coined a rejoinder Jati Venda,

Matam Venda, Deivam Venda

Manushyanu (No Caste, No

Religion, No God for Mankind) to

the slogan Oru Jaathi Oru Matham

Oru Daivam Manushyanu (One

Caste, One Religion, One God for

Mankind) of social reformer Sree

Narayan Guru. Hence, option (b) is

correct.

26. Answer: D

Explanation:

In March 1931, a special session of

the Congress was held at Karachi to

endorse the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.


Other resolutions were:

The goal of Purna swaraj was

reiterated.

Resolution on National Economic

Programme was adopted. Hence,

statement 2 is correct

Resolution on Fundamental Rights

was adopted. Some of the

fundamental rights included free

speech and free press, right to

assemble, free and compulsory

primary education, right to form

associations and universal adult






franchise. Hence, statement 3 is

correct.

27. Answer: A

Explanation:

Muddiman Committee, 1924 a

committee appointed by the British

government in early 1924 with the

terms of reference of making an

empirical investigation into the

working of the Constitution as set up

in 1921 under the India Act of 1919,

and making appropriate

recommendations for the

consideration of the authorities

28. Answer: A

Explanation:

Appointment of Simon Commission:

November 8, 1927 Jinnah’s fourteen

points as against Nehru Report was

given in March 1929.

A pact was signed between the

viceroy Irwin, representing the

British government, and Gandhi,

representing the Indian people, in

Delhi on February 14, 1931 popularly

known as Gandhi- Irwin Pact.

Poona pact was agreed between

Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar. Poona

Pact was signed by B.R. Ambedkar

on behalf of the depressed classes on

September 24, 1932, which

abandoned the idea of separate

electorate for the depressed classes.

However, it increases seats reserved

for depressed classes in both central

legislature and provincial legislature.


29. Answer: C

Explanation:

The Cripps Mission was a failed

attempt in late March 1942 by the

British government to secure full

Indian cooperation and support for

their efforts in World War II. Cripps

mission offered full dominion status

after the end second world war.

Congress rejected the offer.

Mahatma Gandhi said that Cripps'

offer of Dominion Status after the

war was a "post-dated cheque drawn

on a failing bank". Hence, option(c)

is correct.

30. Answer: D

Explanation:

Hermann Kallenbach was a

Lithuanian born Jewish South

African doctor who was one of the

foremost friends and associates of

Mahatma Gandhi.

In 1910 Kallenbach, then a rich man,

donated to Gandhi a thousand-acre






farm belonging to him near

Johannesburg. The farm was used to

run Gandhi's famous "Tolstoy Farm"

that housed the families of

satyagrahis. Hence, option (d) is

correct.

31. Answer: C

Explanation:

The League against Imperialism and

Colonial Oppression was a

transnational antiimperialist

organization in the inter world war

period.

The German communist and chair of

the Workers International Relief

Willi Münzenberg initiated the

establishment of the League against

Imperialism.

To this end, he invited many

personalities from European and

American Left and anticolonial

nationalists from the colonized

world.

Among those present in Brussels

were emissaries of the Chinese

Guomindang Party in Europe,

Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian

National Congress, accompanied by

Virendranath Chattopadhyaya, J.T.

Gumede of the African National

Congress (ANC) of South Africa,

Messali Hadj of the Algerian North-

African Star, and Mohammad Hatta

of the Perhimpoenan Indonesia.

Hence, option (c) is correct.

32. Answer: B

Explanation:

Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt

threw a bomb in Central Legislative

Assembly in 1929 against the

passage of the Public Safety Bill and

Trade Disputes Bill aimed at

curtailing civil liberties of citizens in

general and workers in particular.

The bombs had been deliberately

made harmless and were aimed at

making 'the deaf hear'. The objective

was to get arrested and to use the trial

court as a forum for propaganda so

that people would become familiar

with their movement and ideology.

Hence, option (b) is correct.

33. Answer: D

Explanation:

Gandhiji thanked God for the

Viceroy's narrow escape and

condemned in his article “The Cult of

the Bomb” the revolutionaries for the

act.

It was in reply to Gandhiji's article

that this outstanding document ‘The

Philosophy of the Bomb’ was written






by Bhagawati Charan Vohra in

consultation with Chandra Shekhar

Azad. Hence, option (d) is correct.

34. Answer: D

Explanation:

On September 3, 1939, Britain

declares war against Germany and

declares India's support for the war

without consulting Indian opinion.

On October 23, 1939, the CWC

meeting decided not to support the

war, and called upon the Congress

ministries to resign in the provinces.

Hence, option (d) is correct.

35. Answer: C

Explanation:

Hitler's huge success and the fall of

Belgium, Holland and France put

England in a conciliatory mood.

To get Indian cooperation in the war

effort, the viceroy announced the

August Offer (August 1940) which

proposed:

Dominion status as the objective for

India. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

Setting up of a constituent assembly

after the war. Indians would decide

the constitution according to their

social, economic and political

conceptions, subject to fulfilment of the

obligation of the Government regarding

defence, minority rights, treaties with

states, all India services. Hence,


No future constitution to be adopted

without the consent of minorities.


The Congress rejected the August

Offer. Nehru said, "Dominion status

concept is dead as a door nail.

36. Answer: A

Explanation:

Taraknath Das started his journal

‘Free Hindustan’ in English in

Vancouver.

It became a more overtly anti-British

organ. Hence, pair 1 is correctly

matched. Rast Goftar was an Anglo-

Gujarati paper operating in Bombay

that was started in 1851 by

Dadabhai Naoroji and Kharshedji

Cama and championed social reform

among Parsis in Western India.

Hence, pair 2 is correctly matched.

The Al-Hilal was a weekly Urdu

language newspaper established by

the Indian leader Maulana Abul

Kalam Azad and used as a medium

for criticism of the British Raj in






India. Hence, pair 3 is incorrectly

matched.

37. Answer: A

Explanation:

Cripps Mission: March, 1942

Quit India Movement: August 1942

Wavell Plan: June, 1945

Cabinet Mission: March, 1946

Hence, option (a) is correct chronological

order.

38. Answer: B

Explanation:

After calling off of the non-

cooperation movement, differences

over the question of council entry

aroused.

It resulted in the defeat of the

Swarajists' proposal of 'ending or

mending' the councils at the Gaya

session of the Congress (December

1922).

C.R Das and Motilal Nehru resigned

from the presidentship and

secretaryship respectively of the

Congress and announced the

formation of Congress-Khilafat

Swarajya Party, with C.R. Das as the

president and Motilal Nehru as one of

the secretaries.

Important members of swarajya party

are C.R. Das, Motilal Nehru,

Vithalbhai Patel and Ajmal Khan.

They were known as pro-changers.

Those who opposed council entry

were known as no-changers.

Important leaders belonging to this

section were Vallabhbhai Patel,

Rajendra Prasad, C. Rajagopalachari

and M.A. Ansari.

They advocated, concentration on

constructive work, and continuation

of boycott and noncooperation, and

quiet preparation for resumption of

the suspended civil disobedience

programme. Hence, option (b) is

correct.

39. Answer: C

Explanation:

The Ghadr Party was a revolutionary

group organized around a weekly

newspaper ‘The Ghadr’ with its

headquarters at San Francisco and

branches along the US coast and in

the Far East.

The Ghadr programme was to

organize assassinations of officials,

publish revolutionary and

antiimperialist literature, and work

among Indian troops stationed

abroad, procure arms and bring about






a simultaneous revolt in all British

colonies.

The moving spirits behind the Ghadr

Party were Lala Hardayal,

Ramchandra, Bhagwan Singh, Kartar

Singh Saraba, Bark Bhai Parmanand.

Hence, option(c) is correct.

Surya Sen was a Bengali Indian

revolutionary who was influential in

the Indian independence movement

against British rule in India and is

best known for leading the 1930

Chittagong armoury raid in

Chittagong in British India.

40. Answer: C

Explanation:

After the failure of August offer

Gandhi decided to initiate a limited

Satyagraha on an individual basis by

a few selected individuals in every

locality.

The aims of launching individual

Satyagraha were:

To show that nationalist patience was

not due to weakness; Hence,


To express people's feeling that they

were not interested in the war they

made no distinction between Nazism

and the double autocracy that ruled

India; and

To give another opportunity to the

Government to accept Congress'

demands peacefully. Vinoba Bhave

was the first to offer the Satyagraha

and Nehru, the second. By May 1941,

25,000 people had been convicted for

individual civil disobedience. Hence,


41. Answer: B

Explanation:

Indians as equals. While the

Congress and most business leaders

boycotted the First RTC, the Muslim

League, the Hindu Mahasabha, the

Liberals and princes attended it.

Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

The Third Round Table Conference

held without Congress participation.


Congress participated only in the

second round table conference.

42. Answer: B

Explanation:

The Sarda Act (1930) increased the

marriage age to 18 and 14 for boys






and girls respectively. Hence, option

(b) is correct.

43. Answer: C

Explanation:

Madame Bhikaji Cama operated

from Paris and Geneva and brought

out journal Bande Mataram. Hence,


Aruna Asaf Ali was an Indian

independence activist. She is widely

remembered for hoisting the Indian

National flag at the Gowalia Tank

maidan in Bombay during the Quit

India Movement, 1942. Hence,


44. Answer: A

Explanation:

In 1902, Raleigh Commission was set

up to go into conditions of

universities in India: to suggest

measures for improvement in their

constitution and working.

The commission precluded from

reporting on primary or secondary

education. Based on its

recommendations, the Indian

Universities Act was passed in 1904.


45. Answer: C

Explanation:

Indian Social Conference was

founded by M.G. Ranade and

Raghunath Rao, the conference met

annually from its first session in

Madras in 1887 at the same time and

venue as the Indian National

Congress.

It focused attention on the social

issues of importance; it could be

called the social reform cell of the

Indian National Congress. It

launched the "Pledge Movement" to

inspire people to take a pledge

against child marriage Hence,

option(c) is correct.

46. Answer: D

Explanation:

The Komagata Maru incident

involved the Japanese steamship

Komagata Maru, on which a group of

citizens of the British Raj attempted

to emigrate to Canada in 1914, but

were denied entry and forced to

return to Caluctta.






Shore Committee was an

organization set up by the local

Indian community to assist the

passengers of the Komagata Maru

with food, provisions and legal

challenges. Hence, option (d) is

correct answer.

47. Answer: C

Explanation:

During Civil Disobedience

Movement, a powerful agitation was

organized in Assam against the

infamous 'Cunningham circular'

which forced parents, guardians and

students to furnish assurances of

good behaviour. Hence, option(c) is

correct answer.

48. Answer: C

Explanation:

The Indian Currency Committee or

Fowler Committee was a government

committee appointed by the British

Government on 29 April 1898 to

examine the currency situation in

India. Hence, option(c) is correct.

49. Answer: C

Explanation:

The Act of 1919, clarified that there

would be only a gradual development

of self-governing institutions in

India. Under the 1919 Act, the Indian

Legislative Council at the Centre was

replaced by a bicameral system

consisting of a Council of State

(Upper House) and a Legislative

Assembly (Lower House). Each

house was to have a majority of

members who were directly elected.


The Act separated for the first time

the provincial and central budgets,

with provincial legislatures being

authorized to make their budgets.


50. Answer: D

Explanation:

Prominent women revolutionaries

in Bengal included Pritilata

Waddedar, who died conducting a

raid; Kalpana Dutt who was

arrested and tried along with

Surya Sen and given a life

sentence. Hence, statement 1 is

incorrect,






Santi Ghosh and Suniti

Chandheri, school girls of

Comilla, who shot dead the

district magistrate(December

1931). Bina Das who fired point

blank at the governor while

receiving her degree at the

convocation. Hence, statement 2

is incorrect.

51. Answer: C

Explanation:

Pahariyas’ Rebellion: The British

expansion on their territory led to an

uprising by the martial Pahariyas of

the Raj Mahal Hills in 1778

Ho and Munda Uprisings (1820-

1837)

Kol Mutiny (1831)

Khond Uprisings (1837-1856)

52. Answer: A

Explanation:

Among the numerous tribal revolts,

the Santhal hool or uprising was the

most massive.

The Santhals, who live in the area

between Bhagalpur and Rajmahal,

known as Daman-i-koh, rose in

revolt; made a determined attempt to

expel the outsiders — the dikus —

and proclaimed the complete

annihilation of the alien regime.

The Damin-i-koh was a densely

forested and hilly area. Even in the

valleys there was hardly any human

interference except for an occasional

Paharia village.

53. Answer: D

Explanation:

Statement 1 is INCORRECT: With

active support of Mukunda Deva, the

last Raja of Khurda, and other

zamindars of the region, Bakshi

Jagabandhu Bidyadhar led a sundry

army of Paikas forcing the East India

Company forces to retreat for a time.

The rebellion came to be known as

the Paika Bidroh (rebellion).

Statement 2 is INCORRECT: The

Kuka Movement was founded in

1840 by Bhagat Jawahar Mal (also

called Sian Saheb) in western Punjab.

A major leader of the movement after

him was Baba Ram Singh.






54. Answer: D

Explanation:

All the statements are correct The

colonial policies of the East India

Company destroyed the traditional

economic fabric of the Indian society.

The peasantry were never really to

recover from the disabilities imposed

by the new and a highly unpopular

revenue settlement.

The East India Company’s greedy

policy of aggrandizement

accompanied by broken pledges and

promises resulted in contempt for the

Company and loss of political

prestige, besides causing suspicion in

the minds of almost all the ruling

princes in India, through such

policies as of ‘Effective Control’,

‘Subsidiary Alliance’ and ‘Doctrine

of Lapse’. The right of succession

was denied to Hindu princes.

The attempts at socio-religious

reform such as abolition of sati,

support to widow-marriage and

women’s education were seen by a

large section of the population as

interference in the social and

religious domains of Indian society

by outsiders.

55. Answer: D

Explanation:

The events that led to the Revolt

began on 29 March 1857 at

Barrackpore. Mangal Pandey (a

sepoy) refused to use the greased

cartridges and single-handedly

attacked and killed his officer.

Mangal Pandey was hanged.

The city of Delhi fell into the hands

of the rebellious soldiers on 12 May

1857.

Lieutenant Willtashby, the officer in

charge of Delhi could not prevent the

mutineers.

Queen Victoria's Proclamation –

November 1, 1858. On November 1,

1858, a grand Darbar was held at

Allahabad. Here Lord Canning sent

forth the royal proclamation which

announced that the queen had

assumed the government of India.

56. Answer: D

Explanation:

The leadership at Delhi was

nominally in the hands of Bahadur

Shah, but the real control was

exercised by General Bakht Khan.

At Kanpur the revolt was led by Nana

Saheb, the adopted son of Baji Rao II,

the last Peshwa.






Nana Saheb expelled the English

from Kanpur with the help of the

sepoys and proclaimed himself the

Peshwa.

Kunwar Singh, a ruined and

discontented zamindar of Jagdishpur

near Oudh, was the chief organiser of

the revolt in Bihar.

57. Answer: D

Explanation:

All were reasons for the failure of

1857 revolt.

The Indian soldiers were poorly

equipped materially, fighting

generally with swords and spears and

very few guns and muskets. On the

other hand, the European soldiers

were equipped with the latest

weapons of war like the Enfield rifle.

Different sections of society such as

moneylenders, merchants and

modern educated Indians were

actually against the Revolt.

British possessed better equipment.

In addition, the British were aided by

new scientific inventions such as the

telegraph system and postal

communications.

This enabled the British to keep in

touch with all parts of the country and

to manoeuvre their troops according

to their needs.

58. Answer: A

Explanation:

Government of India Act of 1858

This significant Act was enacted in

the wake of the Revolt of 1857—also

known as the First War of

Independence or the ‘sepoy mutiny’.

The act known as the Act for the

Good Government of India,

abolished the East India Company,

and transferred the powers of

government, territories and revenues

to the British Crown.

Features of the GOI Act 1858

Statement 1 is correct: It provided

that India henceforth was to be

governed by, and in the name of, Her

Majesty.

It changed the designation of the

Governor-General of India to that of

Viceroy of India.

He (viceroy) was the direct

representative of the British Crown in

India.

Lord Canning thus became the first

Viceroy of India.

Statement 2 is correct: It established

a 15-member Council of India to

assist the secretary of state for India.






The council was an advisory body.

The secretary of state was made the

chairman of the council.

Statement 3 is INCORRECT: Indian

Councils Act of 1861 empowered the

Viceroy to make rules and orders for

the more convenient trans-action of

business in the council.

59. Answer: D

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: The outbreak

of cholera and fever added to the

misery of the suffering population.

Lytton’s Government failed

miserably to tackle the situation.

The government’s relief measures

seemed to be inadequate.

The first Famine Commission (1878-

80) under Sir Richard Strachey was

appointed and it made many

commendable recommendations.

Statement 2 is INCORRECT: Second

Afghan War (1878-80) took place

during Lord Lytton.

Statement 3 is correct: Lord Lytton

introduced uniform salt tax

throughout British India. He also

abolished many import duties and

supported the Free Trade Policy.

60. Answer: D

Explanation:

All statements are correct

Ripon believed that self-government

is the highest and noblest principles

of politics. Therefore, Ripon helped

the growth of local bodies like the

Municipal Committees in towns and

the local boards in taluks and

villages.

The powers of municipalities were

increased.

Ripon wanted to review the working

of the educational system on the basis

of the recommendations of the

Wood’s Despatch. For further

improvement of the system Ripon

appointed a Commission

in 1882 under the chairmanship of Sir

William Hunter. The Commission

came to be known as the Hunter

Commission.

He was also responsible for the

rendition of Mysore to its Hindu

ruler. Moreover, he repealed the

Vernacular Press Act and earned

much popularity among Indians.

61. Answer: C

Explanation:






He instituted in 1902, a Universities

Commission to go into the entire

question of university education in

the country.

On the basis of the findings and

recommendations of the

Commission, Curzon brought in the

Indian Universities Act of 1904,

which brought all the universities in

India under the control of the

government.

He passed a law called the Ancient

Monuments Act, 1904 which made it

obligatory on the part of the

government and local authorities to

preserve the monuments of

archaeological importance and their

destruction an offence.

62. Answer: D

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: Raja

Rammohan Roy established the

Brahmo Samaj at Calcutta in 1828 in

order to purify Hinduism. He is

considered as the first ‘modern man

of India’

Statement 2 is INCORRECT: He

preached monotheism (Belief in one

God)

Statement 3 is correct: He combined

the teachings of the Upanishads, the

Bible and the Koran in developing

unity among the people of different

religions.

The work of the Atmiya Sabha was

carried on by Maharishi

Debendranath Tagore (father of

Rabindranath Tagore), who renamed

it as Brahmo Samaj. He turned the

Brahmo Samaj into a leading social

organisation of India.

63. Answer: D

Explanation:

Statement 1 is INCORRECT: Jagannath

Shankar Seth and Bhau Daji were among

the active promoters of girls’ schools in

Maharashtra.

Statement 2 is correct: Vishnu Shastri

Pandit founded the Widow Remarriage

Association in the 1850s

Statement 3 is correct: Ramabai Ranade

founded the Ladies Social Conference

(Bharat Mahila Parishad), under the parent

organisation National Social Conference, in

1904 in Bombay.

64. Answer: C

Explanation:

Statement 1 is INCORRECT: In

1817, Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded

the Hindu College (now Presidency






College, Calcutta) along with David

Hare, a missionary.

Statement 2 is INCORRECT: Swami

Dayanand Saraswathi started the

Suddhi movement to bring back

those Hindus who had converted to

other religions to its fold. He wrote

the book Satyartha Prakash which

contains his ideas

Statement 3 is correct: The Arya

Samaj had also spread nationalism.

Hundreds of Arya Samaj patriots,

including Lala Lajpat Rai, took part

in the Indian freedom struggle.

65. Answer: A

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: The Prarthana Samaj

was founded in 1867 in Bombay by Dr.

Atmaram Pandurang.

It was an off-shoot of Brahmo Samaj. It was

a reform movement within Hinduism and

concentrated on social reforms like inter-

dining, inter-marriage, widow remarriage

and uplift of women and depressed classes.

Statement 2 is INCORRECT: The

Theosophical Society was founded in New

York (USA) in 1875 by Madam H.P.

Blavatsky, a Russian lady, and Henry Steel

Olcott, an American colonel. They arrived

in India and established their headquarters

at Adyar in Madras in 1882. Later in 1893,

Mrs. Annie Besant arrived in India and took

over the leadership of the Society after the

death of Olcott.

66. Answer: B

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: Vidyasagar

founded many schools for girls. He

helped J.D. Bethune to establish the

Bethune School.

Statement 2 is INCORRECT: He

founded the Metropolitan Institution

in Calcutta.

Statement 3 is correct: He rose to be

the Head Pandit of the Bengali

Department of Fort William College.

He firmly believed that reform in

Indian society could only come about

through education.

67. Answer: C

Explanation:

Both the statements are correct.

The Aligarh Movement was started

by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-98)

for the social and educational

advancement of the Muslims in India.

He fought against the medieval

backwardness and advocated a

rational approach towards religion.

In 1875, he founded a modern school

at Aligarh to promote English

education among the Muslims. This






had later grown into the

Mohammadan Anglo Oriental

College and then into the Aligarh

Muslim University.

68. Answer: C

Explanation:

All the statements are correct.

Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy was a great

social reformer.

E.V.R. opposed the Varnashrama

policy followed in the V.V.S. Iyer’s

Seranmadevi Gurugulam.

During 1920- 1925 being in the

Congrees Party he stressed that

Congress should accept communal

representation.

Subsequently in 1925, he started the

“Self-Respect Movement”.

The aims of the ‘Self -Respect

Movement’ were to uplift the

Dravidians and to expose the

Brahminical tyrany and deceptive

methods by which they controlled all

spheres of Hindu life.

He encouraged inter-caste

marriages. He himself conducted

many marriages without any rituals.

Such a marriage was known as

“SelfRespect Marriage.” He gave

secular names to new born babies.

69. Answer: A

Explanation:

These were some of the early Political

Associations that paved the way for

organized struggle in India:

The British Indian Association –

1851 Bengal

The Bombay Association — 1852

Dadabhai Naoroji

East India Association 1856 London

Madras Native Association 1852

Poona Sarvojanik Sabha—1870

The Madras Mahajana Sabha—1884

70. Answer: A

Explanation:

The foundations of the Indian

National Movement were laid by

Suredranath Banerjee with the

formation of Indian Association at

Calcutta in 1876.

The aim of the Association was to

represent the views of the educated

middle class, inspire the Indian

community to take the value of united

action.

71. Answer: A (NO Explanation needed)

72. Answer: D

Explanation:






Around 12,000 years ago, there were

major changes in the climate of the

world, with a shift to relatively warm

conditions. In many areas, this led to

the development of grasslands.

This was also a time when several

grain bearing grasses, including

wheat, barley and rice grew naturally

in different parts of the subcontinent.

Men, women and children probably

collected these grains as food, and

learnt where they grew, and when

they ripened. This may have led them

to think about growing plants on their

own. In this way people became

farmers.

Traces of ash have been found in

Kurnool Caves (Palaeolithic Site).

This suggests that people were

familiar with the use of fire.

Fire could have been used for many

things: as a source of light, to roast

meat, and to scare away animals.

73. Answer: D

Explanation:

The chief characteristic features of

the Neolithic culture are the practice

of agriculture, domestication of

animals, polishing of stone tools and

the manufacture of pottery.

In fact, the cultivation of plants and

domestication of animals led to the

emergence of village communities

based on sedentary life. Wheat,

barely, rice, millet were cultivated in

different areas at different points of

time.

There was a great improvement in

technology of making tools and other

equipments used by man.

Stone tools were now polished.

However use of metal was not

practiced. The polished axes were

found to be more effective tools for

hunting and cutting trees

Mud brick houses were built instead

of grass huts. Wheels were used to

make pottery.

Pottery was used for cooking as well

as storage of food grains. Large urns

were used as coffins for the burial of

the dead. There was also

improvement in agriculture.

74. Answer: C

Explanation:

The Iron Age of the southern

peninsula is often related to

Megalithic Burials. Megalith means

Large Stone.

The burial pits were covered with

these stones. Such graves are

extensively found in South India.






Some of the important megalithic

sites are Hallur and Maski in

Karnataka, Nagarjunakonda in

Andhra Pradesh and Adichchanallur

in Tamil Nadu.

The chalcolithic communities

founded the first villages in India and

cultivated far more cereals than is

known in the case of the Neolithic

communities.

In particular they cultivated barley,

wheat and lentil in western India, and

rice in southern, and eastern India.

Their cereal food was supplemented

by non-vegetarian food.

75. Answer: B

Explanation:

Inamgaon is an early village site

present in Southern India and it is not

related to Harappan Civilization.

76. Answer: B

Explanation:

William Hawkins visited the court of

Jahangir and received a farman

which allowed East India Company

to set up their first factory at Surat in

1613.

77. Answer: B

Explanation:

Padmavat is an epic poem written in

1540 by Sufi poet Malik Muhammad

Jayasi, who wrote it in the Hindustani

language of Awadhi, and originally

in the Persian Nastaʿlīq script.

It is the oldest extant text among the

important works in Awadhi.

It relates an allegorical fictional story

about the Delhi Sultan Alauddin

Khalji's desire for the titular

Padmavati, the Queen of Chittor.

Alauddin Khalji and Padmavati's

husband Ratan Sen are historical

figures, whereas Padmavati is a

fictional character.

78. Answer: C

Explanation:

The National Defence Fund was set

up to take charge of voluntary

donations in cash and kind received

for promotion of the national defence

effort, and to decide on their

utilisation.

The Fund is used for the welfare of

the members of the Armed Forces

(including Para Military Forces) and

their dependents.

The Fund is administered by an

Executive Committee, with PM as






Chairperson, and Defence, Finance

and Home Ministers as Members.

Finance Minister is the Treasurer of

the Fund and the Joint Secretary,

PMO dealing with the subject is

Secretary of the Executive

Committee.

Accounts of the Fund are kept with

the Reserve Bank of India. The fund

is entirely dependent on voluntary

contributions from the public and

does not get any budgetary support.

79. Answer: C

Explanation:

The S-400 Triumf — NATO calls it

SA-21 Growler — is a modern long-

range surface-to-air missile (MLR

SAM) system developed by Russia.

First used in 2007, the S-400 is an

upgrade of the S-300 series of missile

systems put in place for the defence

of Moscow.

The missile system integrates a

multifunction radar, autonomous

detection and targeting systems, anti-

aircraft missile systems, launchers,

and command and control centre.

Important Points

1. It is based on a multifunctional system

that can drop missiles at different speeds.

2. It can target aircrafts (up to 5th

generations), cruise and ballistic missiles by

supersonic and hypersonic missiles of the

system.

3. It can address the incoming targets at a

range of 400 kms and a height of 30-40 kms.

4. It can neutralise 36 targets at one time in

the range of 400 kms.

5. Its radar detection system has a range of

600kms and can target 100-300 targets.

6. It has 12 launchers equipped with

missiles which can be launched within 5

minutes.

India shown interest purchasing the

S-400 Triumf from Russia. However,

the deal has run the risk of attracting

sanctions from the U.S. under a 2017

law — the Countering America’s

Adversaries through Sanctions Act

(CAATSA).

80. Answer: B

Explanation:

ORIENTALIST-ANGLICIST

CONTROVERSY:

Within the General Committee on

Public Instruction, the Anglicists

argued that the government spending

on education should be exclusively

for modern studies.






The Orientalists said while western

sciences and literature should be

taught to prepare students to take up

jobs, emphasis should be placed on

expansion of traditional Indian

learning.

Even the Anglicists were divided

over the question of medium of

instruction—one faction was for

English language as the medium,

while the other faction was for Indian

languages (vernaculars) for the

purpose.

Unfortunately there was a great deal

of confusion over English and

vernacular languages as media of

instruction and as objects of study.

Lord Macaulay's Minute (1835)

settled the row in favour of

Anglicists—the limited government

resources were to be devoted to

teaching of western sciences and

literature through the medium of

English language alone. Hence,

OPTION (b) is correct.

81. Answer: B

Explanation:

The British had pledged to withdraw after

the First Burma War (1824-26) from

Assam. But, after the war, instead of

withdrawing, the British attempted to

incorporate the Ahoms' territories in the

Company's dominion. This sparked off a

rebellion in 1828 under the leadership of

Gomdhar.

Konwar. Finally, the Company decided to

follow a conciliatory policy and handed

over Upper Assam to Maharaja Purandar

Singh Narendra and part of the kingdom

was restored to the Assamese king. Hence

option B is correct.

82. Answer: C

Explanation:


Bharat Stree Mahamandal was the

first women's organization in India

founded by Sarala Devi Chaudhurani

in Allahabad in 1910. One of the

primary goals of the organization was

to promote female education. Hence,

Statement 1 is correct.

Ahmadiya Movement was founded

by Mirza Ghulam Ahmed in 1889. It

was based on liberal principles.

It described itself as the standard-

bearer of Mohammedan

Renaissance, and based itself, like the

Brahmo Samaj, on the principles of

universal religion of all humanity,

opposing jihad (sacred war against

non-Muslims). Hence, statement 2 is

correct.

83. Answer: A






Explanation:

The Treaty of Allahabad was signed

on 12 August 1765, between the

Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, son

of the late Emperor Alamgir II, and

Robert Clive, of the East India

Company, as a result of the Battle

of Buxar of 22 October 1764.

The Treaty of Seringapatam was

signed on 18 March 1792 at the end

of the Third Anglo- Mysore War. Its

signatories included Lord Cornwallis

on behalf of the British East India

Company, representatives of the

Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maratha

Empire, and Tipu Sultan, the ruler of

Mysore

The Treaty of Bassein was a pact

signed on 31 December 1802

between the British East India

Company and Baji Rao II, the

Maratha Peshwa of Pune in India

after the Battle of Poona. Hence,

option (a) is correct.

84. Answer: D

Explanation:

Both the statements are INCORRECT.

Zamindari System was introduced by

Cornwallis in 1793 through

Permanent Settlement Act.

It was introduced in provinces of

Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Varanasi.

Zamindars were recognized as owner

of the lands. Zamindars were given

the rights to collect the rent from the

peasants.

The realized amount would be

divided into 11 parts. 1/11 of the

share belongs to Zamindars and

10/11 of the share belongs to East

India Company Hence, statement 1 is

incorrect.

Ryotwari System was introduced by

Thomas Munro in 1820. Major areas

of introduction include Madras,

Bombay, parts of Assam and Coorg

provinces of British India. In

Ryotwari System the ownership

rights were handed over to the

peasants.

British Government collected taxes

directly from the peasants. Hence,


85. Answer: B

Explanation:

Regulating Act, (1773), legislation

passed by the British Parliament for

the regulation of the British East

India Company’s Indian territories,

mainly in Bengal.






It was the first intervention by the

British government in the company’s

territorial affairs and marked the

beginning of a takeover process that

was completed in 1858.

The main provisions of the act were

The appointment of a governor-

general of Fort William in Bengal

with supervisory powers over the

presidencies of Madras (now

Chennai) and Bombay (now

Mumbai). Hence statement 2 is

correct.

The governor-general had a council

of four and was given a casting vote

but no veto.

A supreme court of four English

judges was set up in Calcutta (now

Kolkata). Hence statement 1 is

incorrect.

In Great Britain annual elections of

24 directors were replaced by the

election of six judges a year, each for

a four-year term, and the

qualification for a vote was raised

from £500 to £1,000.

86. Answer: B

Explanation:


Charter Act, 1813 terminated the

Company’s monopoly of trading in

India. The Indian trade was now open

to all British subjects.

However, the Company’s trade

monopoly in China was retained.

The Act also provided for the first

time, setting apart a sum of one lakh

rupees for the spread of education in

India. Hence, statement 1 is correct.

Again in 1833 the Charter was

brought before the Parliament for

renewal. The Act was passed on

August 28, 1833 and put into force on

22nd April 1834.

The Act ended the commercial

functions of the Company. However

it was allowed to retain its

administrative and political powers.

The Act removed all restriction on

the immigration of British subjects to

India for trade, missionary work or

any other lawful purpose.

It empowered the Governor-General

to make laws and regulations for the

welfare of its Indian subjects.

The Act further strengthened the

hands of the Central Government

over the Presidency Governments.

The designation of the Governor-

General of Bengal was changed to

Governor-General of India.

He was invested with full power and

authority to control civil and military

administration of the Presidency






Governments. Hence statement 2 is

correct.

87. Answer: D

Explanation:

The most important tool of

Dalhousie’s policy was the Doctrine

of Lapse. Under this doctrine when

the ruler of a protected state died

without a natural heir, his state was

not to pass to an adopted heir as

sanctioned by the age-old tradition of

the country. Instead, it was to be

annexed to British India, unless the

adoption had been clearly approved

earlier by the British authorities.

Many states, including Satara,

Nagpur and Jhansi were annexed by

applying this doctrine. Hence, option

(d) is correct.

88. Answer: A

Explanation:

Doing Business 2019: Training for Reform,

released by World Bank, is the 16th in a

series of annual reports measuring the

regulations that enhance & constraint

business activity.

Doing Business measures regulations

affecting 11 areas of the life of a business.

Top 5 economies:

(1) New Zealand,

(2) Singapore,

(3) Denmark,

(4) Hong Kong and

(5) South Korea.

India is ranked at 77 among 190

countries as compared to its rank of

100 in previous edition. India has

improved its rank by 53 positions in

last two years and 65 positions in last

four years.

India has improved its rank in 6 out

of 10 indicators:

(1) Construction Permit,

(2) Trading across Borders,

(3) Starting a Business,

(4) Getting Credit,

(5) getting electricity and

(6) enforcing contracts. Hence,

option a) is the correct answer.

89. Answer: C

Explanation:

Doctrine of lapse, in Indian history, is

a formula devised by Lord Dalhousie,

governor-general of India (1848–56),

to deal with questions of succession

to Hindu Indian states. It was a

corollary to the doctrine of

paramountcy, by which Great

Britain, as the ruling power of the

Indian subcontinent, claimed the

superintendence of the subordinate






Indian states and so also the

regulation of their succession.

Annexation in the absence of a

natural or adopted heir was enforced

in the cases of Satara (1848), Jaitpur

and Sambalpur (1849), Baghat

(1850), Chota Udaipur (1852), Jhansi

(1853), and Nagpur (1854).

They have generally been regarded as

having contributed to the discontent

that was a factor in the outbreak

(1857) of the Indian Mutiny and the

widespread revolt that followed.

90. Answer: A

Explanation:

The correct order is:

Indigo Revolt - 1859-60: It was a

peasant movement and subsequent

uprising of indigo farmers against the

indigo planters that arose in Bengal in

1859. The farmers were totally

unprotected from the indigo planters,

who resorted to mortgages or

destruction of their property if they

were unwilling to obey them.

Government rules favoured the

planters. By an act in 1833, the

planters were granted a free hand in

oppression.[citation needed] Even

the zamindars sided with the planters.

Under this severe oppression, the

farmers resorted to revolt.

Pabna Agrarian Uprising 1873: It

was a resistance movement against

the oppression of the zamindars. The

zamindars routinely collected money

from the peasants by the illegal

means of forced levy, abwabs

(cesses), enhanced rent and so on.

Peasants were often evicted from

land on the pretext of nonpayment of

rent.

Deccan Peasants Uprising – 1875:

In May and June 1875, peasants of

Maharashtra in some parts of Pune,

Satara and Ahmednagar districts

revolted against increasing agrarian

distress.

Phalke’s Ramoji Uprising – 1877:

A revolt was led by Vasudev Balwant

Phadke in 1877-78 in the Vashi &

Panvel area of Maharashtra. Phadke

is known as father of the armed

struggle for India’s independence. He

created a group called Ramoshi,

which was the group of Ramoshis,

Kolis, Bhils and Dhangars

communities in Maharashtra and the

actually the “organized political

dacoits“. He was captured and

imprisoned in 1879 and died in 1883.

Hence the correct choice is option A.

91. Answer: d

Explanation:






According to the information provided by

the Ministry of Culture to Lok Sabha,

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

declared 6 monuments of national

importance in 2018.

Following six monuments were declared

protected and of national importanceby the

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in

2018

1. The 125-year-old Old High Court

Building in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

2. Hathi Khana, a Mughal-era monument in

Agra.

3. Haveli of Agha Khan, a Mughal-era

monument in Agra

4. The ancient Neemrana Baori in

Rajasthan's Alwar district.

5. The Group of Temples at Ranipur Jharail

in Odisha's Bolangir district.

6. The Vishnu Temple in Kotali,

Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand.

Uttar Pradesh (745 monuments/sites),

Karnataka (506) and Tamil Nadu (413)

have the highest number of ASI-maintained

sites.

92. Answer: d

Explanation:

Pair (1) is not correctly matched: Prime

Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to

Baripada, in Odisha inaugurated and

launched various development works.

During his visit, he unveiled a digital plaque

to mark the commencement of work for

conservation and development of Rasika

Raya Temple, and Excavated Structure at

Ancient Fort Haripurgarh. In 1400 AD,

Maharaja Harihar Bhanj, founded the

earlier capital of Mayurbhanj State,

Haripur, which is 16 km from Baripada. The

ruins of the temples and palaces built then

at Haripur can be found today. Among the

ruins, the Rasikaraya temple and the Durbar

hall of the Bhanj kings are the most

significant.

Pair (2) is not correctly matched: Konark

Sun Temple is located on the coastline of

Odisha in Puri district. It was built in the

13th century. The temple is attributed to

king Narasingha deva I of the Eastern

Ganga Dynasty about 1250 CE. Also called

the Surya Devalaya, the temple is dedicated

to the Hindu god Surya. The temple

complex has the appearance of a 100-foot

high solar chariot, with 24 wheels and

pulled by six horses, all carved from stone.

The temple, built from Khondalite rocks,

was originally constructed at the mouth of

the river Chandrabhaga, but the waterline

has receded since then. The wheels of the

temple are sundials, which can be used to

calculate time accurately to a minute. This

temple was also known as 'BLACK






PAGODA' due to its dark colour and used

as a navigational landmark by ancient

sailors to Odisha. It was given the status of

a World Heritage Site in 1984 by UNESCO.

Pair (3) is not correctly matched: Jagatpita

Brahma Mandir situated at Pushkar is one

of very few existing temples dedicated to

the Hindu creator-god Brahma in India and

remains the most prominent among them.

Days of construction of this temple dates

back to the 14th century. The Pushkar Fair,

renowned for being one of the world’s

largest cattle fair, is being held near

Rajasthan’s Ajmer.

93. Answer: b

Explanation:

Statement (1) is incorrect: The Union

Ministry of Women and Child

Development has launched an online

campaign, ‘#www:Web Wonder Women’.

The Campaign aims to discover and

celebrate the exceptional achievements of

India women across the globe, who have

used the power of social media to run

positive & niche campaigns to steer a

change in society.

Statement (2) is correct: For this campaign,

Union Ministry of Women and Child

Development has partnered with

Breakthrough and Twitter India. The

Campaign invites Entries via Nominations

from across the world. Indian-origin

women, working or settled anywhere in the

world, are eligible for nomination. The

shortlisted entries will be open for public

voting on Twitter and the finalists will be

selected by a specialized panel of judges.

94. Answer: c

Explanation:

World Economic Forum (WEF) has

released a report titled ‘Future of

Consumption in Fast-Growth Consumer

Market – India’. After studying China in

2017, for 2018 it turned its attention to

India. Highlights of the report are India is

set to become the world’s third largest

consumer market behind only USA and

China by 2030. By 2030, more than 40% of

all purchases will be highly digitally

influenced, up from 20-22% today. Over the

next decade, consumption in fast-growth

consumer markets such as China, India and

Southeast Asia will be reshaped by the

Fourth Industrial Revolution. Hence, option

c) is the correct answer.

95. Answer: B

Explanation:

Glanders is a fatal infectious disease of

equines including horses, donkeys and

mules. The disease is caused by a bacterium






known as Burkholderia mallei and has

zoonotic potential. The organism is also

considered as potential bio-weapon and

categorized under ‘Tier 1 Select Agent’.

Recently, Union Minister of Agriculture &

Farmers Welfare released recombinant

Enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay

(ELISA) kits for two diseases: one for

Glanders and other for Equine Infectious

Anaemia (EIA). The ELISA is an

immunological assay (analytical procedure)

commonly used to measure antibodies,

antigens, proteins and glycoproteins in

biological samples. Hence, option b) is the

correct answer.

96. Answer: d

Explanation:

Pair (1) is correctly matched: Swami

Vivekananda (1863 – 1902), born

Narendranath Datta was an Indian Hindu

monk and a chief disciple of the 19th

century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. In

1897 he founded the Ramakrishna Math and

the Ramakrishna Mission, a Indian socio-

religious reform movement. He gave a new

theory of ethics & morality based on the

intrinsic purity and oneness of the Atman.

In 1984 the Government of India declared

that 12 January, the birthday of Swami

Vivekananda, will be celebrated as National

Youth Day. Vedanta Society of New York

(VSNY) was the first Vedanta Society

founded by Swami Vivekananda in New

York in November 1894.

Pair (2) is correctly matched: Gazulu

Lakshminarasu Chetty CSI (1806–1868)

was an Indian merchant, Indian

independence activist and political activist

who founded the Madras Native

Association in 1849 and the first Indian-

owned newspaper in Madras, The Crescent.

Pair (3) is correctly matched: Poona

Sarvajanik Sabha, was a socio-political

organisation in British India which started

with the aim of working as a mediating

body between the government and people of

India and to popularise the peasants' legal

rights. It was started in 1870 by Mahadev

Govind Ranade and his associates in Pune.

Hence, option d) is the correct answer.

97. Answer: c

Explanation:

Guru Gobind Singh (1666 – 1708), was the

tenth Sikh Guru, warrior, poet and

philosopher. He was born as Gobind Rai as

the son of Guru Tegh Bahadur.

Statement (1) is correct: He founded the

Sikh warrior community called Khalsa in

1699. He introduced the Five Ks (Kesh,

Kangha, Kara, Kirpan and Kacchera), the






five articles of faith that Khalsa Sikhs wear

at all times.

Statement (2) is correct: He Finalized the

Guru Granth Sahib in 1706 and declared

this text to be the eternal Guru for Sikhs and

also composed Dasam Granth which

includes compositions which are part of the

daily prayers/lessons of Sikhs.

98. Answer: d

Explanation:

Recently, People in Arunachal Pradesh are

protesting against the Citizenship

(Amendment) Bill, 2016 as they argue that

the bill would serve as a legal basis for

legitimising the claims of Chakma and

Hajong refugees as the indigenous people of

their State.

Statement (1) is incorrect: The Chakmas

and Hajongs are ethnic people. Chakmas are

predominantly Buddhists; Hajongs are

Hindus.

Statement (2) is incorrect: They were

inhabitants of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of

erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)

who migrated to India due to Submergence

of their land by the Kaptai dam on the

Karnaphuli River in the 1960s and religious

persecution they faced in East Pakistan as

they were non-Muslims.

99. Answer: a

Explanation:

To enhance the operational capability of

Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC)

Naval Air Station (NAS) Shibpur has been

commissioned as INS Kohassa on 24

January 2019 by Admiral Sunil Lanba,

Chief of Naval Staff.

INS Kohassa has been named after a White-

Bellied Sea Eagle, which is a large bird of

prey endemic to Andaman and Nicobar

Islands (ANI). It is located on the northern

most inhabited island in North Andaman.

INS Kohassa will become the third Naval

Air Base in the Andaman and Nicobar

islands after INS Utkrosh at Port Blair and

INS Baaz at Campbell Bay. NAS Shibpur

was established in 2001 as a Forward

Operating Air Base (FOAB) for

surveillance in North Andaman. Hence,

option a) is the correct answer.

100. Answer: a

Explanation:

Pair (1) is correctly matched: Kiru

Hydroelectric Project is a run of the river

scheme planned on river Chenab, a tributary






of the Indus, in Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir. The projects would be developed by the Chenab

Valley Power Projects (CVPP) -- a joint venture among National Hydroelectric Power

Corporation (NHPC), state power body JKSPDC and Power Trading Corporation. It is a

Concrete gravity dam.

Pair (2) is not correctly matched: The Pahari Dam Modernization Project is a water storage

dam situated on Dhasan River in Jhansi district. The dam was completed in 1912 but after 100

years it is in dire need of modernisation. The Dhasan River is a right bank tributary of the

Betwa River. The river originates in Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh and then forms a

common boundary between M.P and Uttar Pradesh before merging into Betwa River in U.P.

Pair (3) is not correctly matched: Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in

Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir.

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