Q1. What was the main motive of Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj? 煍योतिबा फुले के सत्यशोधक समाज का मुख्य उद्देश्य क्या था? (a) Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures/ तिचली जातियों को पाखंडी ब्राणों और उिके अवसरवादी ग्रंथों से बचािा (b) Attacking the caste system/ जाति व्यवस्था पर हमला (c) Separate representation for untouchables/ अछूिों के तलए अलग प्रतितितधत्व (d) None of these/इिमें से कोई िहीं S1. Ans.(a) Sol. Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-seekers' Society) is a social reform society founded by Jyotiba Phule in Pune, India, on 24 September 1873. Its purpose was to liberate the less privileged in the then prevailing society such as women, Shudra, and Dalit from exploitation and oppression. Q2. Name the person who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi? गांधी के साथ िमक सत्याग्रह आंदोलि का िेिृत्वकरिे वाले व्यति का िाम बिाएं? (a) Annie Besant / एिी बेसेंट (b) Sarojini Naidu/ सरोतजिी िायडू (c) Muthu Lakshmi / मुथु लक्ष्मी (d) Jawaharlal Nehru/ जवाहर लाल िेह셂 S2. Ans.(b) Sol. On March 12, 1930, Gandhi began his Salt March. By May 5, his movement had grown largely in India, so he was arrested. Despite being arrested, his work continued. On May 21, 1930, Sarojini Naidu led the Salt March to the Dharasana Salt Works. Q3. Simon Commission was sent to India to check? साइमि कमीशि को भारि क्या जांचिे के तलए भेजा गया था? (a) Legislatures in India/ भारि के तवधािमंडल (b) Fitness of India for further reforms/ आगे के सुधारों के तलए भारि की योग्यिा (c) The position of the viceroy/ वाइसराय की तस्थति (d) None of these/इिमें से कोई िहीं S3. Ans.(b) Sol. In November 1927 the British government appointed a commission under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon to report on India's constitutional progress for introducing constitutional reforms as had been promised. 1 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.adda247.com Q4. The Hunter commission was appointed by the British Government in 1882 to review? 1882 में तब्रटटश सरकार द्वारा हंटर कमीशि की तियुति ककस की जााँच करिे के तलए की गयी थी? (a) the caste system in India/ भारि में जाति व्यवस्था (b) Legislatures in India/ भारि के तवधािमंडल (c) the progress of education in India/ भारि में तशक्षा की प्रगति (d) None of these/ इिमें से कोई िहीं S4. Ans.(c) Sol. The Hunter Commission established in 1882 under the William Hunter as the Chairman. The commission was appointed by the British Government to review the progress of education in India since the Wood Dispatch of 1854. Q5. When was India's first passenger train steamed off? भारि की पहली यात्री ट्रेि कब चली थी? (a) 1848 (b) 1853 (c) 1875 (d) 1880 S5. Ans.(b) Sol. India's first passenger train was flagged off on its maiden run between (later Victoria Terminus, now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) and Thane — a distance of 21 miles covered in 57 minutes, at 3.35pm on April 16, 1853. Q6. Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Individual Satyagraha in 1940 from? आचायय तविोबा भावे िे 1940 में व्यतिगि सत्याग्रह कहााँ शु셂 ककया था? (a) Nadiad in Gujarat / गुजराि में ितडयाड (b) Pavnar in Maharashtra / महाराष्ट्र में पविार (c) Adyar in Tamil Nadu / ितमलिाडु में आद्यार (d) Guntur in Andhra Pradesh / आंध्र प्रदेश में गुंटूर S6. Ans.(b) Sol. Gandhiji started the individual Satyagraha in 1940, Vinobaji was selected as the first individual Satyagrahi. Vinobaji started the Bhoodan (land gift) Movement in 1951 and related activities from Paunar Ashram.Vinobaji set up his Paunar Ashram in 1938. Q7. When was first telegraph line started in India? भारि में ककस वर्य पहली टेलीग्राफ लाइिशु셂 की गई थी? (a) 1851 (b) 1875 (c) 1884 (d) 1900 S7. Ans.(a) Sol. British India's first telegraph line and office was opened in October 1851, between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour along the busy shipping route on the Hooghly. 2 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.adda247.com Q8. Name of the regulations which made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges in India? भारि में सरकारी सहायिा प्राप्त स्कूलोंऔर कॉलेजों में तशक्षा के माध्यम के 셂प में अंग्रेजी कोअतिवायय तियम का िाम बिाएं? (a) Pitts India Act, 1784/ तप絍स इंतडया एक्ट, 1784 (b) Educational Despatch, 1854/ एजुकेशिल तडस्पैच, 1854 (c) Macaulay Minute, 1835/ मैकॉले तमिट, 1835 (d) Regulating Act, 1773/ तवतियमि अतधतियम, 1773 S8. Ans.(c) Sol. In India Thomas Babington Macaulay is fully credited with the official introduction of English education, though the necessary order on the subject was issued by Bentinck, the Governor-General of India, on 7 March 1835 after going through a long rhetorical minute written by the former on 2 February 1835. Q9. During colonial period, British capital was mainly invested in: औपतिवेतशक काल के दौराि, मुख्य 셂प से तब्रटटशपूंजी का तिवेश ककसमें ककया गया था: (a) Infra structure / आधारभूि संरचिा (b) Industry / उद्योग (c) Agriculture/ कृतर् (d) Services / सेवाएं S9. Ans.(c) Sol. During the British Raj(from 1858 to 1947), the Indian economy essentially remained stagnant, growing at the same rate (1.2%) as the population. India experienced deindustrialization during this period.After 1857, the inflow of British capital and enterprise into India rose to an appreciable extent. Bulk of the imperialist capital was mainly invested in the externally oriented sectors like plantations, jute and coal, and the trading and banking infrastructure established to service this sector. This ultimately led to the perpetuation of the subordination of Indian capital to British capital with the ulterior motive of feeding Britain and other countries with cheap raw materials and food. Q10. M.A. Jinnah, in his early political life__ M.A. तजन्ना, अपिे प्रारंतभक राजिीतिक जीवि में- (a) Supported two nation theory/ दो राष्ट्र तसद्ांि का समथयि (b) Initiated Hindu-Muslim unity/ हहंदू-मुतस्लम एकिा शु셂 की (c) Imagined Pakistan as an independent State/ पाककस्िाि की एक स्विंत्र रा煍य के 셂प में क쥍पिा की (d) None of these/इिमें से कोई िहीं S10. Ans.(b) Sol. In early years of his political career, Jinnah advocated Hindu–Muslim unity, helping to shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact between the Congress and the All-India Muslim League, in which Jinnah had also become prominent. 3 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.adda247.com Q11. Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century? 17 वीं शिाब्दी के दौराि तिम्नतलतखिमें से ककस िे पतिमी िटीय क्षेत्र में अतधकिम व्यापार तियंतत्रि ककयाथा? (a) Mulla Abdul Gaffar/मु쥍ला अब्दुल गफ्फर (b) Dutch/ डच (c) Portuguese / पुियगाली (d) None of these/इिमें से कोई िहीं S11. Ans.(c) Sol. Portuguese controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century. Q12. Which of the following European Colonizers did not have a settlement on the Eastern Coast of India ? तिम्नतलतखियूरोपीय उपतिवेशवाकदयों में से ककसिे भारि के पूवी िट पर समझौिा िहीं ककया था? (a) French / फ्रेंच (b) Portuguese/ पुियगाली (c) Dutch / डच (d) Danish/ डेतिश S12. Ans.(d) Sol. Danish India was the name given to the colonies of Denmark (Denmark–Norway before 1813) in India, forming part of the Danish colonial empire. The Danish presence in India was of little significance to the major European powers as they presented neither a military nor a mercantile threat. Q13. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba? तिम्नतलतखिमें से ककि घटिा䴂 िे अंग्रेजी ईस्ट इंतडया कंपिी को बंगाल सुबा के वैध स्वामी बिा कदया? (a) Battle of Buxar, 1764/ बक्सर की लडाई, 1764 (b) Battle of Plassey, 1757/ प्लासी की लडाई, 1757 (c) Farrukh Siyar’s Farman, 1717/ फर셁ख तसयार का फामयि, 1717 (d) None of these/इिमें से कोई िहीं S13. Ans.(a) Sol. The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22 October 1764 between the forces under the command of the British East India Company, led by Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal till 1763; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. Q14. Name the National leader who wrote lines of poetry on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail? अंडमाि सेलुलर जेल की दीवारों पर कतविा तलखिे वाले राष्ट्रीय िेिा का िाम बिाएं? (a) Nandalal Bose /िंदलाल बोस (b) Ambedkar/अ륍बेडकर (c) Vir Savarkar /वीर सावरकर (d) Jyotiba Phule/煍योतिबा फुले S14. Ans.(c) Sol. The Cellular Jail, also known as Kālā Pānī (Hindi for black waters), was a colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. 4 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.adda247.com Q15.