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2021 · Question 36 · Freedom Struggle
With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following statements is correct?
Choose your answer(a)Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag here.(b)Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit India Movement of Andhra region from here.(c)Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.(d)Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society first here.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)
2021 · Question 42 · Freedom Struggle
Consider the following statements : 1. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 recommended granting voting rights to all the women above the age of 21. 2. The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in legislature. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Choose your answer(a)1 only(b)2 only(c)Both 1 and 2(d)Neither 1 nor 2
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)
2021 · Question 43 · Freedom Struggle
With reference to 8th August, 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct?
Choose your answer(a)The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC.(b)The Viceroy’s Executive Council was expanded to include more Indians.(c)The Congress ministries resigned in seven provinces.(d)Cripps proposed an Indian Union with full Dominion Status once the Second World War was over.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)
2021 · Question 44 · Freedom Struggle
Who among the following is associated with ‘Songs from Prison’, a translation of ancient Indian religious lyrics in English?
Choose your answer(a)Bal Gangadhar Tilak(b)Jawaharlal Nehru(c)Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi(d)Sarojini Naidu
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)
2021 · Question 47 · Freedom Struggle
In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as
Choose your answer(a)leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement(b)members of the Interim Government in 1946(c)members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly(d)officers of the Indian National Army
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)

With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following statements is correct?

Consider the following statements : 1. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 recommended granting voting rights to all the women above the age of 21. 2. The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in legislature. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to 8th August, 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct?

Who among the following is associated with ‘Songs from Prison’, a translation of ancient Indian religious lyrics in English?

In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as