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Consider the following pairs :

1. 2. 3. 4.

How many of the above are correctly matched ?

(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) Only three
(d) All four
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Answer: (b) Only two

Who among the following were the founders of the "Hind Mazdoor Sabha" established in 1948 ?

(a) B. Krishna Pillai, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and K.C. George
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and M.N. Roy
(c) C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer, K. Kamaraj and Veeresalingam Pantulu
(d) Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Mehta
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Answer: (d) Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Mehta

Consider the following events :

  1. The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in India.
  2. India's then largest bank, 'Imperial Bank of India', was renamed 'State Bank of India'.
  3. Air India was nationalised and became the national carrier.
  4. Goa became a part of independent India.

Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events ?

(a) 4 – 1 – 2 – 3
(b) 3 – 2 – 1 – 4
(c) 4 – 2 – 1 – 3
(d) 3 – 1 – 2 – 4
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Answer: (b) 3 – 2 – 1 – 4

Which was the Capital of Andhra State when it was made a separate State in the year 1953?

(a) Guntur
(b) Kurnool
(c) Nellore
(d) Warangal
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Answer: (b) Kurnool

Who wrote the book "The Story of the Integration of Indian States"?

(a) B. N. Rau
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Krishna Menon
(d) V. P. Menon
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Answer: (d) V. P. Menon

Which one of the following was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?

(a) Udayagiri
(b) Rapur
(c) Pochampalli
(d) Venkatagiri
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Answer: (c) Pochampalli

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) States Reorganization Act : Andhra Pradesh
(b) Treaty of Yandabu : Assam
(c) State of Bilaspur : Himachal Pradesh
(d) Year 1966 : Gujarat becomes a State
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Answer: (d) Year 1966 : Gujarat becomes a State

Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained independence?

(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Acharya Kripalani
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jayaprakash Narain
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Answer: (c) Mahatma Gandhi