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  • Which of the following statements with regard to the speech of Mahatma Gandhi at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University are correct? 1.he charged the Indian elite with a lack of concern for the laboring poor. 2.He asserted that our salvation can come only through the farmers. 3.He highlighted the plight of the untouchables. 4.He promised to take up the cause of the mill owners of Ahmedabad. Select the correct answer using the code given below.


  • Options
  • A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • D. 3 and 4 only

  • Correct Answer
  • 1 and 2 only 

    Explanation

    Only   1   and   2   are   correct,   as Mahatma  Gandhi?s  speech  in  BHU on 4 February,1916 did not include plight  of  untouchables  and  there was no issue of the mill owners on Ahmedabad in 1916.

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    • 1. What was/were the formative influence(s)on the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi? 1.Gandhiji was influenced by the 18th century Pranami sect that advocated the unity of faiths. 2.Gandhiji was influenced by the theosophists. 3.Gandhiji was an admirer of the writings of Romantics like Wordworth. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

    • Options
    • A. 1 and 2 only
    • B. 2 and 3 only
    • C. 1, 2 and 3
    • D. 1 only
    • Discuss
    • 2. Consider the following statements about the different meanings of?Swaraj? as articulated by Mahatma Gandhi : 1.Swaraj is intimately linked with Ahimsa (non-violence) and Satyagraha (adherence to truth). 2.Swaraj has two senses-one political and one beyond the realm of politics. 3.Swaraj is something that requires time and patience to acquire. 4.With determination, Swaraj could be obtained easily and quickly. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    • Options
    • A. 1 only
    • B. 1 and 2 only
    • C. 3 and 4
    • D. 1, 2 and 3
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following statements about the Ilbert Bill (1883) is/are correct? 1.It proposed to grant limited criminal jurisdiction to native officials. 2.It proposed to grant complete civil and criminal jurisdiction to native officials. 3.The proposed Bill generated opposition from England?s European subjects in India. 4.In spite of opposition to the Bill, it was passed without any modifications. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

    • Options
    • A. 1 and 2
    • B. 2 only
    • C. 1 and 3
    • D. 3 and 4
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which one of the following about sugar industry of Peninsular India is not correct?

    • Options
    • A. High yield per hectare of sugarcane
    • B. Higher sucrose content
    • C. Long crushing season
    • D. Most of the mills in the Peninsula are located mainly along the east coast
    • Discuss
    • 5. In which year (in AD) was the East India Company established?

    • Options
    • A. 1664
    • B. 1632
    • C. 1600
    • D. 1608
    • Discuss
    • 6. Arrange the following Commissions chronologically on the basis of their date of setting : 1.The Second Administrative Reforms Commission 2.The Eleventh Finance Commission 3.Punchhi Commission 4.Sarkaria Commission Select the correct answer using the code given below.

    • Options
    • A. 4, 2, 1, 3
    • B. 4, 3, 2, 1
    • C. 3, 2,4, 1
    • D. 3, 4, 1, 2
    • Discuss
    • 7. What was the main motive of Third Five Year Plan in India?

    • Options
    • A. Rural development
    • B. Agriculture
    • C. Financial inclusion
    • D. Economic reform
    • Discuss
    • 8. In which language did Vardhaman Mahavira taught?

    • Options
    • A. Prakrit
    • B. Hindi
    • C. Pali
    • D. Sanskrit
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which one of the following statements about the All India Depressed Classes Association is not correct?

    • Options
    • A. The All India Depressed Classes Association was formed in Nagpur with M. C. Rajah as its first elected President.
    • B. The All India Depressed Classes Association was not attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in 1926
    • C. Ambedkar resigned from the All India Depressed Classes Association and formed his own All India Depressed Classes Congress in 1930.
    • D. The All India Depressed Classes association favoured Ambedkar?s demand for separate electorate for the depressed classes.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The Ryotwari experiment in land revenue was started by

    • Options
    • A. Henry Dundas
    • B. Alexander Reed
    • C. David Ricardo
    • D. Mountstuart Elphinstone
    • Discuss


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