1. Which of the following newspapers/journals was from Maharashtra?
(A) Sarathi
(B) Sandhya
(C) Kranti
(D) Atmashakti
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Kranti
2. Who among the following was not a member of the Congress Socialist Party, although he encouraged and blessed its formation?
(A) Jayaprakash Narayan
(B) Acharya Narendra Dev
(C) Achyuta Patwardhan
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Who designed the National Flag of India, adopted by the Constituent Assembly on July 21, 1947?
(A) Abanindranath Tagore
(B) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Badr-ud-din-Tyabji
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Badr-ud-din-Tyabji
4. All the established political parties and groups, except two, boycotted Simon commission, which was those two?
(i) Hindu Mahasabha
(ii) Justice Party
(iii) Muslim League
(iv) Punjab Unionists
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:-
(A) iv and ii
(B) iii and iv
(C) ii and iii
(D) i and ii
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] iv and ii
5. Which of the following books was not written by Swami Dayanand Saraswati?
(A) Satyartha Bhumika
(B) Veda Bhashya Bhumika
(C) Satyartha Prakash
(D) Veda Prakash
Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Veda Prakash
6. The British officer who defeated Mir. Qusim in a series of battles of 1763 was?
(A) Colonel Malleson
(B) Colonel Holwell
(C) Major Hector Munro
(D) Major Adams
Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Major Adams
7. Which of the following is correctly paired?
(A) Krishna Patrika - M.G Ranade
(B) Quarterly Journal - Lajpat Rai
(C) Panjbee - T. Prakasam and M. Krishna Rao
(D) Bharata Mats - Ajit Singh
Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Bharata Mats - Ajit Singh
8. Who said 'the congress movement was neither inspired by the people not devised or planned by them?'
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Dufferin
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Lala Lajpat Rai
9. What is the name of the Bengali monthly founded and edited by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1873?
(A) Bangadarshana
(B) Bengalee
(C) Soma Prakasha
(D) Bangaduta
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Bangadarshana
10. During which period Gandhiji remained aloof from direct politics and concentrated his energies on constructive programmes?
(A) 1924-1927
(B) 1928-1932
(C) 1919-1922
(D) 1922-1924
Answer
Correct Answer: [D] 1922-1924
