Q.1 Every year a community celebrates a festival , Hari Jyoti for planting fruit bearing trees at the
beginning of the rains & the new sowing season. Which of the following is such community/ tribe ?
A) Gonds
B) Dongria Kondh
C) Bonda
D) Karbi
Ans. A
Gonds : Of Madhya Pradesh
Korku tribe : Of Madhya Pradesh
Karbi tribe : Of Assam
Limbo tribe : Of Sikkim
Bonda : Of Odisha
Dongria Kondh : Of Odisha
Korku tribe : Of Madhya Pradesh
Q.2 Consider the following statements :
1. In 1916 session Congress accepted theMuslim League demand of separate electorates
2. Communal award accepted all the muslim communal demands contained in the 14 points
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both are correct
D) Both are incorrect
Ans. C
In 1916 session Congress accepted the Muslim League demand of separate electorates & the Congress & The
League presented joint demands to the government.
Communal award accepted all the muslim communal demands contained in the 14 points
It, however, does not in any way preclude the European Union from addressing Iran’s hostile and
destabilising activities.
Europe has toughened its tone on Iran’s ballistic missile programme, human rights record and
interference in Middle East conflicts.
Q.3 Swadeshi Sangam was formed to ispire the local masses through magic lantern lectures, Swadeshi songs.
Who was/were the members of the Swadeshi Sangam ?
1. V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
2. Abanindranath Tagore
3. Subramania Siva
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
A) 1 & 3
B) Only 1
C) 2 & 3
D) 1,2,3
Ans. A
In Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, Subramania Siva & Some lawyers formed the Swadeshi
Sangam which inspired the local masses
Q.4 With reference to the Indian National Movement , What was Official Secrets Act ?
A) Under this act Natu brothers were deported without trial & Tilak imprisoned on charges of sedition
B) Repressive laws under IPC section 124 A were amplified with new provisions under IPC 156 A
C) It was the administrative measure to curb the freedom of press
D) Under this act, It ensured greater government control over the universities
Ans. C
Official Secrets Act : 1904, It was the administrative measure to curb the freedom of press
1897 : Natu brothers were deported without trial & Tilak imprisoned on charges of sedition
1898 : Repressive laws under IPC section 124 A were amplified with new provisions under IPC 156 A
Indian Universities Act, 1904 : greater government control over the universities
Q.5 Which among the following is/are correctly matched :
Community Place
1. Dangasia Gujarat
2. Gond Madhya Pradesh
3. Mirgan Odisha
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
A) 1 & 3
B) Only 2
C) 2 & 3
D) 1,2,3
Ans. D
Dangasia Gujarat
Gond Madhya Pradesh
Mirgan Odisha
Q.6 B.R. Ambedkar is associated With Which of the following ?
1. Bahishkrita Hitkarini Sabha
2. Hindu Mahasabha
3. Hindu Code bill
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
A) 1 & 3
B) Only 1
C) 2 & 3
D) 1,2,3
Ans. A
Lala Lajpat Rai involvement with Hindu Mahasabha leaders gathered criticism from the Naujawan Bharat
Sabha as the Mahasabhas were non-secular, which did not conform with the system laid out by the Indian
National CongressHindu Mahasabha.
Q.7 Consider the following :
Sites Place
1. Aalampur Temple : Telanagana
2. European Tomb : Gujarat
3. Khajurao Monuments : Madhya Pradesh
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
A) 1 & 3
B) Only 3
C) 2 & 3
D) 1,2,3
Ans. D
Other Important Sites :
Maharaja Chhatrasal Museum Complex : Madhya Pradesh
Mahabalipuram : Tamil Nadu
Uparkot : Gujarat
Kumarakom : Kerala
Q.8 With reference to the religious practices in India, Sarvastivadin belongs to which ancient school ?
A) Theravada
B) Mahayanism
C) Rajagirikars
D) Hetuvadins
Ans. A
Sarvāstivāda were an early school of Buddhism established around the reign of Asoka (third century BCE).
It was particularly known as an Abhidharma tradition, with a unique set of seven Abhidharma works.
Q.9 Which among the following is/are true with respect to the Vernacular Press Act ?
1. The Act provided for submitting to police all the proof sheets of contents of papers before publication.
2. Final decision on the seditious news was to be determined by the Judiciary
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both are correct
D) Both are incorrect
Ans. A
Vernacular press act:
It was enacted to curtail the freedom of the Indian press and prevent the expression of criticism toward British policies—notably, the opposition that had grown with the outset of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80).
The act was proposed by Lord Lytton, then Viceroy of India, and was unanimously passed by the Viceroy’s Council on March 14, 1878.
The act excluded English-language publications as it was meant to control seditious writing in ‘publications in Oriental languages’ everywhere in the country, except for the South.
Lord Wellesley regulated the press again in 1799; according to which press had to show and get approval of the government before the publication of any manuscript including advertisement.
During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the “Gagging Act” had been passed by Lord Canning which sought to regulate the establishment of printing presses and to restrain the mad of printed mater.
All presses had to have a license from the government with distinction between publications in English and other regional languages. The Act also held that no printed material shall impugn the motives of the British Raj, tending to bring it hatred and contempt and exciting unlawful resistance to its orders.
At the time the Vernacular Press Act was passed, there were thirty five vernacular papers in Bengal, including the Amrita Bazar Patrika, the editor of which was one Sisir Kumar Ghose
The Vernacular Press Act stated that any magistrate or Commissioner of Police had the authority to call upon any printer or publisher of a newspaper to enter into a bond, undertaking not to print a certain kind of material, and could confiscate any printed material it deemed objectionable.
The Act provided for submitting to police all the proof sheets of contents of papers before publication.
What was seditious news was to be determined by the police, and not by the judiciary.
Q.10 Who among the following is/are associated with the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha ?
1. G. SubramaniaIyer
2. Ganesh Vasudeo Joshi
3. P. Anandacharlu
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
A) 1 & 3
B) Only 2
C) 2 & 3
D) 1 & 2
Ans. B
Poona Sarvajanik Sabha:
It was a sociopolitical 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.[1] [2] It started as an elected body of 95 members elected by 6000 persons on April 2, 1870
The Pune Sarvajanik Sabha provided many of the prominent leaders of national stature to the Indian freedom struggle including Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
It was formed in 1870 by S. H. Chiplunkar, Ganesh Vasudeo Joshi, Mahadev Govind Ranade, et al.
Many eminent personalities such as Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Hari Deshmukh, Maharshi Annasaheb Patwardhan,[5] etc. served as the Presidents of the organization
Madras Mahajan Sabha:
The first organisation in the Madras Presidency to agitate for the rights of Indians was the Madras Native Association which was established by publicist GazuluLakshminarasu Chetty in 1849. This organisation did not survive for long and was eventually disbanded.
In May 1884., M. Veeraraghavachariar, G. SubramaniaIyer and P. Anandacharlu established the Madras Mahajana Sabha
