राज्यसेवा मुख्य परीक्षा २०१५ GS-1

Which one of the following two is incorrect ?
(a) After partition many jute and cotton textile factories had to be closed down for shortage of raw material as major jute and cotton growing areas went to Pakistan.

(b) There was also a shortage of food-grains in India as large parts of wheat and rice growing areas were now parts of Pakistan.
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Match the causes of Peasant Struggles with their places.

Before which Commission did Mahatma Jyotiba Phule emphasise the need for the provision of Compulsory Primary Education ?

Which one of the following two statements is correct?

(a) Raja Rammohan Roy regarded as 'the father of the Indian Renaissance studied in Varanasi and Patna.

(b) He published journals in Bengali, Persian, Hindi, English and Sanskrit.
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Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj actively discouraged untouchability. He motivated a person to start 'Satya Sudharak Hotel in Kolhapur which he would regularly visit. Name the person.

Which one of the following statements about Pandita Ramabai who was very learned, beautiful and intelligent is not correct? 

On 15th November 1955, when the States 'Reorganization Commission's recommendations were discussed in the Parliament, a member warned, "Anything short of Samyukta Maharashtra with Bombay as a capital, will not be acceptable". Who was the MP ?

Which one of the following two statements is correct?

(a) In June 1947 the states of Hyderabad and Junagarh expressed their desire to become independent sovereign states.

(b) The British Govt. prevailed upon them in July 1947 either to join India or Pakistan. 

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Which one of the following two statements is correct?

(a) The 24th Amendment Bill which was passed in the Lok Sabha was defeated in Rajya Sabha by two votes.

(b) It was to terminate the privy purses and privileges of the rulers of the former Indian States.

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ich one of the following two statements is incorrect?

(a) Gandhiji undertook his Saltmarch from his Ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarat coastal town of Dandi - a distance of 240 kms.

(b) The volunteers covered the distance in 24 days,

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Which one of the following two statements is correct?

(a) Political unification was a great problem after independence. France supported the claim of Portugal that Goa was one of its provinces and came to Portugals help with men and machines.

(b) Portuguese surrendered Goa in 1961 and soon after colonies of Africa also got free of Portuguese.

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 Which organization and a person are referred to in the statements given below?

He made it a democratic and mass organization. Due to him the peasants and later on even the industrial workers joined this organization. The workers joined it as individuals and not in separate organized capacity.

Name the Cultural Front of the Communist Party of India whose members included Balraj Sahni and Kaifi Azmi.

Which one of the following two statements is correct?

(a) Raja Rammohan Roy established Vedanta College where Indian learning alone was offered.

(b) Raja Rammohan Roy celebrated the success of the revolution in Spain by hosting a public dinner.
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Which one of the following two statements is not correct?
(a) Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859, plantation workers (Assam) were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission which was rarely granted.

(b) Under the influence of Gandhiji's non-cooperation movement they defied the authorities, left the plantations and reached home unscathed.

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Which one of the following is incorrect?

A Highlight of the Madras City Movement in 1921 was a four month long strike at :

Assertion - (a) M.A. Jinnah left the Congress,

Reason . (b) He disliked the ill-dressed Hindustani speaking members of the Congress.

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Which statement about the Naxalbari movement is wrong?

This organisation was established in 1927 with Dr. Ambedkar as its President and its activities included interdining between Dalits and Non Dalits.