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Correct answer: (A) California
The California legislature became the first in the United States to vote to outlaw discrimination on the basis of caste.
Correct answer: (C) Bhutan
Bhutan has announced the eradication of rubella; a small population and intensive vaccination let it reach the target early.
Correct answer: (A) General Dalbir Singh Suhag
The United States conferred the ‘Legion of Merit’ on General Dalbir Singh Suhag, a former Chief of the Indian Army Staff.
Correct answer: (C) Bringing Indian heritage back to India
The ‘India Pride Project’ exists to trace Indian idols and heritage objects that were stolen and taken abroad, and bring them back.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The only young fold mountain here is the Andes. The Aravallis and the Appalachians are both very old, worn-down fold mountains, so more than one option is not a young fold mountain.
Correct answer: (C) Alps region
The snow line lies lower where it is colder. The Alps are far from the equator in the temperate zone, so their snow line is lower than that of the Himalaya or of equatorial mountains.
Correct answer: (B) Malwa Plateau
Running west to east across India, the Tropic of Cancer passes through the largest part of the Malwa Plateau.
Correct answer: (C) Tamil Nadu
Thorn forests grow in dry areas of low rainfall—the rain-shadow tracts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are such. Tamil Nadu has mainly dry deciduous forest.
Correct answer: (C) Meghalaya
Laterite soil forms where rainfall is heavy and the ground alternately dries and soaks. Of the States given only Meghalaya is like that; Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have alluvial soil.
Correct answer: (C) Brazil
With the African Union joining, the membership of the G20 grew, and Brazil hosted that first enlarged summit, which was called the G21.
Correct answer: (C) Hygrometer
Humidity in the air is measured with a hygrometer. A hydrometer measures the relative density of a liquid.
Correct answer: (A) Western Disturbance
The low-pressure system arriving from the direction of the Mediterranean is called a Western Disturbance, and it brings winter rain to north-west India.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The Santhal rebellion of 1855–56 was led by Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu. All three names given belong to later peasant movements.
Correct answer: (A) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was made on 5 March 1931, after which the Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended.
Correct answer: (B) 1928
The Bihar Youth League was formed in 1928 and drew the province's young people into the national movement.
Correct answer: (A) Bepin Behari Varma
The Salt Satyagraha at Champaran on 6 April 1930 was led by Bepin Behari Varma.
Correct answer: (A) 24th September, 1932
The Poona Pact was signed on 24 September 1932 between Gandhiji and Dr Ambedkar, agreeing on reserved seats in place of separate electorates.
Correct answer: (B) Babu Kunwar Singh
The 1857 revolt in Bihar was led by Babu Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The Champaran question was raised at the Lucknow session of the Congress in 1916, where Raj Kumar Shukla pressed Gandhiji to come. All three sessions given are wrong.
Correct answer: (C) Hasrat Mohani
The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was given by the poet and freedom fighter Hasrat Mohani, and was later made famous by Bhagat Singh and his companions.
Correct answer: (A) Portugal and Spain
Geographical exploration was begun by Portugal and Spain—the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Columbus went out from these countries. France and England came later.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The traditional explanation counts three motives behind the explorations—economic gain, the search for new territories and the spread of Christianity—so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (C) 1773
The ‘Boston Tea Party’ took place in 1773, when American colonists threw chests of British tea into the sea. It set the stage for the war of independence.
Correct answer: (A) Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of American Independence (1776) was written by Thomas Jefferson, who later became President of the United States.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Rousseau, Montesquieu and Voltaire were all intellectuals linked to the French Revolution, so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (A) economic crisis
The Great Depression of 1929 was essentially a period of economic crisis—production fell, unemployment rose and trade came to a halt.
Correct answer: (A) Birsa Munda
The ‘Ulgulan’, or great revolt, of the Jharkhand region was led by Birsa Munda. Sidhu and Kanhu led the Santhal rebellion.
Correct answer: (B) Santhal
The Sapha-Har movement led by Bhagirath Manjhi was a reform movement of the Santhal community.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Competition from cheap machine-made goods, the government's exploitative policies and heavy taxes on Indian goods together broke the handicraft industries, so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The British applied all three systems in different parts of India—Permanent Settlement, Ryotwari and Mahalwari—so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Lenin's ‘April Theses’ demanded an end to the war, land for the peasants and the nationalisation of banks—all three, so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The Napoleonic Code (1804) established the right to property, equality before the law and the end of discrimination by birth—all three, so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (C) Singapore
Subhas Chandra Bose gave the call ‘Delhi Chalo’ to the soldiers of the Indian National Army at Singapore in 1943.
Correct answer: (A) Nagpur Session
The resolution on Non-Cooperation was adopted at the Nagpur session of December 1920.
Correct answer: (B) Belgaon, 1924
Mahatma Gandhi presided over only one Congress session—Belgaum, 1924.
Correct answer: (A) Salt Satyagraha
The Dandi March is known as the Salt Satyagraha, because Gandhiji broke the salt law by making salt on the shore.
Correct answer: (B) Kunwar Singh
The 1857 revolt at Jagdishpur was led by Babu Kunwar Singh, who took on the British at the age of eighty.
Correct answer: (B) Subhas Chandra Bose
The ‘Forward Bloc’ was founded in 1939 by Subhas Chandra Bose after he left the Congress.
Correct answer: (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The declaration ‘Swaraj is my birthright’ was made by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Correct answer: (A) Baba Ramchandra Das
The Awadh Kisan Sabha (1920) was set up by Baba Ramchandra Das, who organised the peasants of Awadh against the landlords.
Correct answer: (C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
‘Anandamath’ is the work of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, and the song ‘Vande Mataram’ comes from it.
Correct answer: (C) Abdul Gaffar Khan
The Civil Disobedience Movement in the North-West Frontier Province was led by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, called the ‘Frontier Gandhi’.
Correct answer: (A) Silao
Silao in Nalanda district is famous for the sweet ‘khaja’, which also carries a Geographical Indication tag.
Correct answer: (A) cotton and silk industries
Bhagalpur is known for its silk—tussar in particular—and its cotton textile industry, which is why it is called the Silk City.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Litchi is Muzaffarpur's, banana Vaishali's and makhana the Madhubani–Darbhanga region's famous produce—all three pairs are right, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (A) China
Print technology was first developed in China, where printing was done from wooden blocks.
Correct answer: (A) Seth Hukumchand
The first Indian-owned jute mill in Calcutta was set up in 1917 by Seth Hukumchand.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
‘Home Charges’ covered the interest on India's external debt, the pensions of British officers and their private remittances—all of them, so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (A) Abanindranath Tagore
The famous painting of ‘Bharat Mata’ was made by Abanindranath Tagore and became the emblem of the Swadeshi Movement.
Correct answer: (A) Mazzini
The secret society ‘Young Italy’ was founded by Giuseppe Mazzini, with a united republican Italy as its aim.