ఏపీపీఎస్సీ గ్రూప్-1 ప్రిలిమ్స్ 2004
378 ప్రశ్నలు, ప్రతిదానికి అధికారిక సమాధానం మరియు వివరణ.
ఒకే ప్రశ్న పలు సంవత్సరాల్లో వస్తే, మొదటిసారి అడిగిన సంవత్సరం కింద చూపిస్తాం.
- Q1Prehistory, the Harappan Civilisation and archaeological finds
The city of Harappa, where the Harappan civilization flourished, is situated on the bank of which river?
- aJhelum
- bBeas
- cIndus
- dRaviసరైన సమాధానం
వివరణ
Option D is correct because the ancient city of Harappa is situated along the left bank of the river Ravi in the Sahiwal district of Pakistani Punjab. Option A: The river Jhelum flows further west through Jammu and Kashmir and western Punjab, away from the city of Harappa. Option B: The river Beas flows through eastern Punjab to merge with the Sutlej, well east of Harappa. Option C: The river Indus hosts major sites like Mohenjodaro, Kot Diji, and Chanhudaro, but Harappa specifically lies on its tributary, the Ravi.
- Q2Vedic Age and the Mahajanapadas
Among the following, which is not a part of the Shad-darshanas (six ancient Indian traditional philosophical systems)?
- aSamkhya
- bYoga
- cSmritiసరైన సమాధానం
- dNyaya
వివరణ
Option C is correct because Smriti refers to remembered traditional texts like Dharmashastras and epics, not one of the six classical schools of orthodox Indian philosophy. The six Shad-darshanas are: Samkhya founded by Kapila Yoga founded by Patanjali Nyaya founded by Gautama Vaisheshika founded by Kanada Mimamsa or Purva Mimamsa founded by Jaimini Vedanta or Uttara Mimamsa founded by Badarayana Option A: Samkhya is an orthodox philosophical system dealing with dualism of Purusha and Prakriti. Option B: Yoga is one of the orthodox systems closely allied with Samkhya. Option D: Nyaya is an orthodox system of logic and epistemology.
- Q3Vedic Age and the Mahajanapadas
Jina Mahavira was the 24th Tirthankara. Who was the first Tirthankara?
- aChandraprabha
- bAgradeva
- cRishabhadevaసరైన సమాధానం
- dAjitanath
వివరణ
Option C is correct because Rishabhadeva, also revered as Adinatha, is the first of the twenty-four Tirthankaras of Jainism. Option A: Chandraprabha is the eighth Tirthankara, not the first. Option B: Agradeva is not a Jain Tirthankara. Option D: Ajitanatha is the second Tirthankara, not the first.
- Q4Vedic Age and the Mahajanapadas
Among the many centers where Jainism flourished, which center developed as an important center with West Asia in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE?
- aKaushambi
- bRajagriha
- cVaishali
- dUjjainసరైన సమాధానం
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Option D is correct because Ujjain developed as an eminent center of Jainism and also functioned as the foremost inland trading junction connecting northern India with the western sea ports involved in commerce with West Asia during the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. Option A: Kaushambi was an inland junction in the middle Gangetic plains rather than the principal hub linked to West Asian sea routes. Option B: Rajagriha was an early capital in eastern India whose political and commercial primacy had waned by this period. Option C: Vaishali was an ancient urban center in Bihar not directly associated with the western trade network to West Asia.
- Q5Vedic Age and the Mahajanapadas
Where did Gautama Buddha attain Mahaparinirvana?
- aKushinagarసరైన సమాధానం
- bKapilavastu
- cSarnath
- dGaya
వివరణ
Option A is correct because Gautama Buddha passed away and attained Mahaparinirvana at Kushinagar, the capital of the ancient Malla republic, under a sal tree. Kapilavastu: Buddha's childhood home where he grew up as Prince Siddhartha. Sarnath: Place where Buddha delivered his first sermon, known as the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Gaya: Place where Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya. Kushinagar: Place where Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana. Option B: Kapilavastu is the place where Siddhartha Gautama spent his youth, not where he died. Option C: Sarnath is the site of Buddha's first sermon, known as the turning of the wheel of law. Option D: Gaya or Bodh Gaya is the sacred place where Siddhartha attained supreme enlightenment.
- Q6Early medieval South Indian dynasties
The Jezawada inscription of 885 AD belongs to whose period?
- aVijayaditya
- bVimaladitya
- cYuddhamallaసరైన సమాధానం
- dChalukya Bhima
వివరణ
Option C is correct because the famous Bezawada inscription, notable for its early classical Telugu Madhyakkara verses, is associated with the Chalukyan ruler Yuddhamalla. Option A: Vijayaditya issued charters such as the Masulipatnam plates, not the Bezawada Madhyakkara inscription. Option B: Vimaladitya ruled much later in the early eleventh century and was linked to the Chola alliance. Option D: Chalukya Bhima I is associated with the Draksharama and Chalukya Bhimavaram records rather than this specific Bezawada record.
- Q7Early medieval South Indian dynasties
In whose period were the Elephanta Caves, located a short distance from the Mumbai coast, built?
- aChalukyas
- bSatavahanas
- cRashtrakutasసరైన సమాధానం
- dGupta Pratiharas
వివరణ
Option C is correct because the rock-cut cave temples of Elephanta, including the monumental Sadashiva or Trimurti sculpture, were constructed under the patronage of the Rashtrakutas. Option A: The Western Chalukyas contributed primarily to rock-cut and structural monuments at Badami, Aihole, and Pattadakal. Option B: The Satavahanas patronised earlier Buddhist rock-cut caves such as those at Karle and Kanheri, not the Shaivite cave complex at Elephanta. Option D: The Gurjara-Pratiharas ruled northern India and built structural temples in regions such as Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
- Q8Early medieval South Indian dynasties
చారిత్రక ఉత్తరమేరూర్ శాసనం ప్రకారం, ఎవరి కాలంలో దక్షిణ భారతదేశంలో గ్రామ ప్రభుత్వాలు వృద్ధి చెందాయి?
- aపాండ్యులు
- bపల్లవులు
- cచేరులు
- dచోళులుసరైన సమాధానం
వివరణ
Option D సరైనది, ఎందుకంటే మొదటి పరాంతకుని పాలనలోని క్రీ.శ. 919 మరియు 921 నాటి చారిత్రక ఉత్తరమేరూరు శాసనాలు చోళులు రాజవంశానికి చెందినవి మరియు స్వయంప్రతిపత్తి గల గ్రామ సభల అర్హతలు, ఎన్నికల విధానాలు మరియు పనితీరును వివరంగా తెలియజేస్తాయి. Option A: పాండ్యులు స్థానిక పరిపాలనలను కలిగి ఉన్నారు, కానీ నిర్దిష్ట ఉత్తరమేరూరు ఆధారాలు చోళులకు చెందినవి. Option B: పల్లవులు అంతకుముందు ఉత్తరమేరూరులో ఉనికిని కొనసాగించారు, కానీ గ్రామ స్వపరిపాలన కమిటీలను వివరించే శాసనాలు చోళుల కాలానికి చెందినవి. Option C: చేరులు మలబార్ తీరంలో స్థిరపడ్డారు మరియు ఉత్తర తమిళ దేశంలోని ఉత్తరమేరూరుతో ఎటువంటి పరిపాలనా సంబంధాన్ని కలిగి లేరు.
- Q9Early medieval South Indian dynasties
According to the historically famous Uttiramerur inscription, during whose reign did rural governments flourish in South India?
- aPandyas
- bPallavas
- cCheras
- dCholasసరైన సమాధానం
వివరణ
Option D is correct because the famous Uttiramerur inscriptions, issued during the reign of the Chola king Parantaka I in 919 and 921 CE, provide detailed records of the autonomous village assembly and committee selection system. Option A: Pandyas left many inscriptions, but Uttiramerur is specifically a Chola epigraphical record. Option B: Pallavas previously held the Uttiramerur village as a brahmadeya, but the detailed inscriptions documenting autonomous rural governance committees were issued under the Cholas. Option C: Cheras ruled over the Kerala region and had no connection to the Uttiramerur inscriptions located in northern Tamil Nadu.
- Q10The Delhi Sultanate
The 14th-century Turkish conqueror who conquered India, also known as 'Tramarcane'
- aGenghis Khan
- bTimurసరైన సమాధానం
- cBemabin Khan
- dDaulat Khan Lodi
వివరణ
Option B is correct because Timur, corruptly referred to in European writings as Tamerlane (here Tramarcane), was the Central Asian conqueror who invaded northern India and sacked Delhi in 1398 during the fourteenth century. Option A: Genghis Khan was a thirteenth-century conqueror who advanced to the Indus in 1221 but did not enter or conquer mainland India. Option C: Bemabin Khan is not a historical figure associated with the conquest of medieval India. Option D: Daulat Khan Lodi was a sixteenth-century governor of Punjab, not a fourteenth-century conqueror.
- Q11The Delhi Sultanate
Ibn Battuta, who visited India during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq, was a national of which country?
- aEgyptian
- bNigerian
- cEthiopian
- dMoroccanసరైన సమాధానం
వివరణ
Option D is correct because Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier, Morocco, and was a North African Berber traveler who reached India in 1334 AD during the rule of Muhammad bin Tughlaq. Option A: Egyptian is incorrect because he merely traveled through Egypt during his journey to Mecca and Asia. Option B: Nigerian is incorrect because Nigeria is located in sub-Saharan West Africa, far south of his birthplace in the Maghreb. Option C: Ethiopian is incorrect because Ethiopia is in East Africa, whereas Ibn Battuta hailed from northwestern Africa.
- Q12The Delhi Sultanate
Qutb al-Din Aibak, who founded the Slave Dynasty in India, was initially a slave of whom, the former of Nishapur?
- aMuhammad Ghazni
- bShamsuddin Iltutmish
- cMuhammad Ghoriసరైన సమాధానం
- dGhiyas ud din Balban
వివరణ
Option C is correct because Qutb al-Din Aibak rose to prominence as the trusted Turkish slave and military commander of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad Ghori, who later appointed him governor of his Indian conquests. Option A: Muhammad Ghazni lived nearly two centuries before Aibak and had no connection to the founding of the Slave Dynasty. Option B: Shamsuddin Iltutmish was actually the slave and son-in-law of Aibak, not his master. Option D: Ghiyas ud din Balban was a slave purchased later by Iltutmish, ruling decades after Aibak's death.
- Q13The Delhi Sultanate
A musical instrument from the mixed Hindu-Muslim culture of medieval India, created by combining the Persian long-necked lute with the traditional Indian Veena.
- aTanpura
- bSarangi
- cRudra Veena
- dSitarసరైన సమాధానం
వివరణ
Option D is correct because the sitar was developed during the Delhi Sultanate era, historically attributed to Amir Khusrau, by combining the Persian sehtar with the traditional Indian veena. Option A: The tanpura is an ancient drone instrument native to India rather than a fusion of a Persian lute and a veena. Option B: The sarangi is an indigenous bowed string instrument that does not derive from the Persian long-necked lute. Option C: The rudra veena is an ancient, purely traditional tubular Indian instrument.
- Q14Vijayanagara and the Deccan Sultanates
Which of the following were the two sides that fought in the Battle of Rakshasi-Tangadi in 1565 AD, which led to the glorious downfall of the Vijayanagara Empire?
- aRama Raya and Meeran Jamal Shahs
- bBijapur Adil Shahis and Rama Rayaసరైన సమాధానం
- cVeeranarasimha and Ahmednagar Nizam Shahis
- dRama Raya and Ahmednagar Nizam Shah
వివరణ
Option B is correct because the Battle of Rakshasi-Tangadi in 1565 was fought between the de facto ruler of Vijayanagara, Aliya Rama Raya, and the combined forces of the Deccan Sultanates led prominently by the Bijapur Adil Shahis. Option A: Meeran Jamal Shah is not an adversary associated with the Battle of Talikota. Option C: Vira Narasimha ruled much earlier, from 1505 to 1509, and had died decades before the 1565 conflict. Option D: While Ahmadnagar joined the confederacy, the credited pairing identifies the chief Sultanate leader Ali Adil Shah I of Bijapur against Rama Raya.
- Q15Vijayanagara and the Deccan Sultanates
Who among the following was a resident of the Islamic kingdom of Bijapur in medieval Deccan and the author of the book Banglaj Nama or Hukkarayudu?
- aIbrahim Adil Shah - I
- bMahmud Bahirసరైన సమాధానం
- cIbrahim Adil Shah - II
- dNamdev
వివరణ
Option B is correct because Mahmud Bahir, also known as Mahmud Bahri, was a Sufi poet and author residing in the Bijapur Sultanate who composed these Deccan literary works. Option A: Ibrahim Adil Shah - I was a Sultan of Bijapur who reigned in the sixteenth century, not the author of this book. Option C: Ibrahim Adil Shah - II was a famous ruler and musical theorist who authored Kitab-i-Navras, not this text. Option D: Namdev was a fourteenth-century Varkari saint-poet from Maharashtra, unrelated to the Bijapuri court literature.
- Q16The Mughal Empire
During whose reign did the Mughal Empire become a political reality and an inseparable influential factor throughout Indian life?
- aBabur
- bHumayun
- cAkbarసరైన సమాధానం
- dJahangir
వివరణ
Option C is correct because Akbar transformed the Mughal presence from an unstable military foothold into an enduring, highly institutionalized political reality that shaped all facets of Indian life through administrative structures, alliances, and cultural synthesis. Option A: Babur founded the dynasty and won key battles, but his four-year rule was too short to build deep political institutions across India. Option B: Humayun struggled continuously to maintain his throne and was exiled for fifteen years, leaving little institutional legacy. Option D: Jahangir ruled an empire that was already firmly established and entrenched by his predecessor.
- Q17The Mughal Empire
Who among the following translated Bhagavad Gita into Persian?
- aDara Shikohసరైన సమాధానం
- bGhalib
- cKabir
- dAmir Khusro
వివరణ
Option A is correct because Prince Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of Shah Jahan, translated the Bhagavad Gita as well as the Upanishads into Persian to explore common ground between Sufism and Hinduism. Option B: Ghalib was a nineteenth-century Urdu and Persian poet who did not translate the Bhagavad Gita. Option C: Kabir was a fifteenth-century Bhakti poet who composed verses in vernacular Hindi dialects, not Persian translations of Sanskrit scriptures. Option D: Amir Khusro was a fourteenth-century Delhi Sultanate poet and musician who contributed to Persian literature, but did not translate the Bhagavad Gita.
- Q18The Mughal Empire
The Venetian who came to India at the age of 16, worked in Dara Shukoh's artillery, and left behind extensive memoirs about India.
- aNiccolao Manucciసరైన సమాధానం
- bFrançois Bernier
- cGemelli Careri
- dTavernier
వివరణ
Option A is correct because Niccolao Manucci was a Venetian traveler who arrived in India as a teenager, served as an artilleryman under Prince Dara Shukoh, and authored the detailed memoir Storia do Mogor. Option B: François Bernier was a French physician, not an Italian from Venice. Option C: Gemelli Careri was an Italian traveler who visited India much later in 1695 as an independent traveler, not an artilleryman for Dara Shukoh. Option D: Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was a French gem merchant and traveler, not a Venetian soldier.
- Q19The Mughal Empire
The Sikh Guru who completed the construction of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
- aGuru Ram Das
- bGuru Arjan Devసరైన సమాధానం
- cGuru Tegh Bahadur
- dGuru Nanak Dev
వివరణ
Option B is correct because the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, designed the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) and completed its construction in 1604, enshrining the Adi Granth within it. Guru Ram Das founded the city of Amritsar and excavated the sacred Amrit Sarovar. Guru Arjan Dev built the Harmandir Sahib in the centre of the pool between 1588 and 1604. Option A: Guru Ram Das excavated the holy pool and founded the town, but the temple structure itself was completed by his successor. Option C: Guru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth Sikh Guru and lived much later in the seventeenth century. Option D: Guru Nanak Dev was the first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikhism, preceding the establishment of Amritsar.
- Q20The Mughal Empire
Where did the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar die while in British captivity?
- aIn Delhi
- bIn Rangoonసరైన సమాధానం
- cIn Andaman Islands
- dIn Lahore
వివరణ
Option B is correct because after the 1857 Revolt was suppressed, Bahadur Shah Zafar was captured by the British, tried, and exiled to Rangoon (now Yangon, Myanmar), where he died in 1862. Option A: Incorrect because he was removed from Delhi following his trial and sent into exile. Option C: Incorrect because he was never imprisoned in the cellular jail or stationed in the Andaman Islands. Option D: Incorrect because he was not kept in captivity in Lahore.
- Q21Bhakti and Sufi movements
The famous medieval Sufi saint Gesudaraj belonged to which city?
- aGulbargaసరైన సమాధానం
- bAjmer
- cAgra
- dLahore
వివరణ
Option A is correct because Hazrat Khwaja Banda Nawaz Gesudaraz settled in Gulbarga in the Deccan at the invitation of the Bahmani ruler Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah, where his famous shrine remains an important spiritual center. Option B: Ajmer is the seat and resting place of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, not Gesudaraz. Option C: Agra is closely associated with Mughal administrative history and later Sufi centers, but Gesudaraz did not establish his khanqah there. Option D: Lahore is known for Data Ganj Bakhsh (Ali Hujwiri), not Gesudaraz.
- Q22Bhakti and Sufi movements
In which city does the famous Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urs take place every year in the month of August?
- aGulbarga
- bAjmerసరైన సమాధానం
- cAligarh
- dBijapur
వివరణ
Option B is correct because the world-renowned dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, the founder of the Chishti order in India, is situated in Ajmer, Rajasthan, where his Urs is celebrated annually. Option A: Gulbarga in Karnataka is famous for the shrine of the Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Banda Nawaz Gesudaraz. Option C: Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh is known for its historic university and not as the burial site or Urs location of Moinuddin Chishti. Option D: Bijapur in Karnataka houses the historic Gol Gumbaz and tombs of regional Sufi saints of the Deccan.
- Q23Advent of the Europeans and the struggle for supremacy
The Europeans who first set foot on Indian soil were
- aFrench
- bDutch
- cPortugueseసరైన సమాధానం
- dEnglish
వివరణ
Option C is correct because the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reached the shores of Calicut in May 1498, making the Portuguese the first Europeans to arrive in India by the sea route. Arrival of European powers in India: Portuguese: 1498 Dutch: 1605 English: 1608 French: 1668 Option A: The French arrived much later, establishing their first factory at Surat only in 1668. Option B: The Dutch arrived after the Portuguese, founding their first factory at Masulipatnam in 1605. Option D: The English arrived in India with William Hawkins landing at Surat in 1608, a decade after the Portuguese.
- Q24Advent of the Europeans and the struggle for supremacy
Which of the following was given by Charles II as a wedding gift to his Portuguese wife and transferred by the King of England to the East India Company in 1674?
- aSurat
- bBombayసరైన సమాధానం
- cChittagong
- dCalcutta
వివరణ
Option B is correct because the island of Bombay was ceded to King Charles II by the Portuguese Crown as part of the royal dowry of Catherine of Braganza, and was subsequently transferred to the East India Company. Option A: Surat was an existing Mughal port where the English founded their first factory in 1612 via an imperial farman. Option C: Chittagong was a port in eastern Bengal ceded to the East India Company by Nawab Mir Qasim in 1760. Option D: Calcutta was founded around 1690 by Job Charnock through the acquisition of zamindari rights over three villages.
- Q25Advent of the Europeans and the struggle for supremacy
The Governor General who defeated Tipu Sultan and occupied Mysore in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War of 1799
- aWarren Hastings
- bLord Cornwallis
- cLord Wellesleyసరైన సమాధానం
- dMarquess of Hastings
వివరణ
Option C is correct because Lord Wellesley (then Lord Mornington) served as Governor-General from 1798 to 1805 and directed the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1799, which resulted in the fall of Seringapatam and the death of Tipu Sultan. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: 1799 Governor-General in office: Lord Wellesley (1798 to 1805) Option A: Warren Hastings served as Governor-General during the Second Anglo-Mysore War from 1774 to 1785. Option B: Lord Cornwallis defeated Tipu Sultan in the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790 to 1792), not the Fourth. Option D: Marquess of Hastings served much later (1813 to 1823) and is notable for the Anglo-Maratha and Anglo-Nepal wars.
- Q26Advent of the Europeans and the struggle for supremacy
The Viceroy who sent Gopal Krishna Gokhale to South Africa to assist Indians under Gandhi's leadership
- aLord Minto
- bLord Hardingeసరైన సమాధానం
- cLord Ripon
- dRisding
వివరణ
Option B is correct because Lord Hardinge II actively supported the cause of Indians in South Africa and facilitated Gopal Krishna Gokhale's tour there in 1912 to assist Mahatma Gandhi. Option A: Lord Minto's viceroyalty ended in 1910, prior to Gokhale's South African mission. Option C: Lord Ripon served as Viceroy from 1880 to 1884, long before the South African struggle began. Option D: Lord Reading served as Viceroy from 1921 to 1926, years after Gandhi and Gokhale had already concluded their efforts in South Africa.
- Q27Advent of the Europeans and the struggle for supremacy
The Governor General who proposed shifting the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi
- aLord Hardinge IIసరైన సమాధానం
- bLord Curzon
- cLord Dufferin
- dLord Lansdowne
వివరణ
Option A is correct because Lord Hardinge II submitted the formal proposal in August 1911 to shift the British Indian capital from Calcutta to Delhi, which was declared at the Delhi Durbar later that year. Option B: Lord Curzon was a staunch defender of Calcutta as the capital and vehemently opposed moving it to Delhi. Option C: Lord Dufferin governed from 1884 to 1888, decades before the transfer to Delhi was contemplated. Option D: Lord Lansdowne served from 1888 to 1894, a period during which Calcutta remained the undisputed seat of government.
- Q28British rule: administration, economy and society
What proposed equal footing for British and Indian members in ICS in British India?
- aLee Commissionసరైన సమాధానం
- bSimon Commission
- cCabinet Mission Plan
- dQueen's Proclamation
వివరణ
Option A is correct because the Lee Commission, appointed in 1923, recommended that the Indian Civil Service achieve a 50:50 parity between British and Indian officers within fifteen years. Option B: It was appointed in 1927 to review constitutional progress under the Government of India Act 1919 rather than civil service recruitment ratios. Option C: It visited India in 1946 to negotiate constitutional transfer of power and establish a constituent assembly, not civil service quotas. Option D: It announced Queen Victoria's policy of non-discrimination after 1857 but did not provide for 50:50 recruitment parity in the ICS.
- Q29British rule: administration, economy and society
The British government reduced the age limit for Civil Services examinations to 19 years in 1878. From which year was it again increased to 24 years?
- a1892సరైన సమాధానం
- b1905
- c1906
- d1924
అధికారిక సమాధానం చూపించాం. వివరణ సమీక్షలో ఉంది.
- Q30British rule: administration, economy and society
Among the following newspapers published during the Indian freedom struggle, which one was published in a vernacular language?
- aKesariసరైన సమాధానం
- bMaratha
- cBengali
- dAnanda Bazar Patrika
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Option A is correct because Kesari was published in Marathi by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, making it a prominent vernacular publication of the Indian national movement. Option B: Maratha was published in English rather than a vernacular language to reach British officials and educated Indians across provinces. Option C: Bengali was an English-language newspaper founded by Girish Chandra Ghosh and later edited by Surendranath Banerjee. Option D: Ananda Bazar Patrika was founded much later in 1922 and is not the intended newspaper contrasted with its English contemporary during early nationalist journalism.
- Q31Socio-religious reform movements
Who among the following is the great modern son of India who passed away in England and was buried in Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol?
- aDadabhai Naoroji
- bSir Pherozeshah Mehta
- cRaja Ram Mohan Royసరైన సమాధానం
- dSurendranath Banerjee
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Option C is correct because Raja Ram Mohan Roy travelled to the United Kingdom as an envoy of Mughal Emperor Akbar II, died of meningitis at Stapleton near Bristol in 1833, and was interred at Arnos Vale Cemetery. Option A: Dadabhai Naoroji spent many years in Britain as a member of parliament but passed away in Bombay in 1917. Option B: Sir Pherozeshah Mehta lived and worked predominantly in India and passed away in Bombay in 1915. Option D: Surendranath Banerjee passed away at Barrackpore in Bengal in 1925.
- Q32Socio-religious reform movements
Who was the founder of Radha Soami Satsang, which emerged from Sikhism in 1851?
- aDayal Das
- bShiv Dayal Khatriసరైన సమాధానం
- cRam Kumar Lahiri
- dBaba Charan Singh
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Option B is correct because Shiv Dayal Khatri, popularly known as Shiv Dayal Singh or Soamiji Maharaj, founded the Radha Soami movement in Agra around the mid-nineteenth century. Option A: Dayal Das was the founder of the Nirankari movement within Sikhism. Option C: Ram Kumar Lahiri is not associated with the founding of this spiritual movement. Option D: Baba Charan Singh was a prominent later guru of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas branch in the twentieth century.
- Q33Socio-religious reform movements
Who among the following is the historically famous national leader who, in the 19th century, started the influential magazine 'Brahmo Senani' to protect Hinduism from the influence of Christian missionaries?
- aRaja Ram Mohan Roy
- bBankim Chandra Chatterjee
- cDebendranath Tagoreసరైన సమాధానం
- dVivekananda
అధికారిక సమాధానం చూపించాం. వివరణ సమీక్షలో ఉంది.
- Q34The Indian National Movement
1891లో భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్ కింది సమావేశాలలో దేనిలో తెలుగు వ్యక్తి ఆనందాచార్యులు అధ్యక్షత వహించారు?
- aనాగపూర్ సమావేశంసరైన సమాధానం
- bకాకినాడ సమావేశం
- cమీరట్ సమావేశం
- dలక్నో సమావేశం
వివరణ
Option A సరైనది, ఎందుకంటే మద్రాస్ ప్రెసిడెన్సీకి చెందిన ప్రముఖ విద్వాంసుడు మరియు తెలుగు సంతతికి చెందిన న్యాయవాది పనపాకం ఆనందాచార్లు 1891 లో నాగపూర్‌లో జరిగిన ఇండియన్ నేషనల్ కాంగ్రెస్ ఏడవ వార్షిక సమావేశానికి అధ్యక్షత వహించారు. నాగపూర్ సమావేశం: 1891, పి. ఆనందాచార్లు అధ్యక్షత వహించారు కాకినాడ సమావేశం: 1923, మౌలానా మహమ్మద్ అలీ అధ్యక్షత వహించారు మీరట్ సమావేశం: 1946, జె.బి. కృపలానీ అధ్యక్షత వహించారు లక్నో సమావేశం: 1899, 1916 మరియు 1936, వీటిలో దేనికీ ఆనందాచార్లు అధ్యక్షత వహించలేదు Option B: కాకినాడ సమావేశం 1923 లో జరిగింది మరియు దీనికి మౌలానా మహమ్మద్ అలీ అధ్యక్షత వహించారు. Option C: మీరట్ సమావేశం స్వాతంత్ర్యానికి ముందు 1946 లో జె.బి. కృపలానీ ఆధ్వర్యంలో జరిగింది. Option D: లక్నో సమావేశాలు 1899 లో రమేష్ చంద్ర దత్ ఆధ్వర్యంలో, 1916 లో అంబికా చరణ్ మజుందార్ ఆధ్వర్యంలో మరియు 1936 లో జవహర్‌లాల్ నెహ్రూ ఆధ్వర్యంలో జరిగాయి.
- Q35The Indian National Movement
When and where was the Muslim League, which contained the seeds of partition, founded?
- aIn December 1907, in Karachi
- bIn February 1912, in London
- cIn July 1908, in Peshawar
- dIn December 1906, in Dhakaసరైన సమాధానం
వివరణ
Option D is correct because the All-India Muslim League was established on 30 December 1906 in Dhaka during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference, under the leadership of Nawab Salimullah, Aga Khan III, and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk. Formation date: 30 December 1906 Location: Dhaka Option A: The first regular session of the League took place in Karachi in December 1907, but it was founded in Dhaka in 1906. Option B: February 1912 in London refers to activities of its London branch, not the establishment of the League itself. Option C: July 1908 in Peshawar is historically incorrect for the founding of the organization.
- Q36The Indian National Movement
The Commonwealth of India Bill, introduced in the British Parliament in 1920, proposing to introduce a parliamentary system in independent India, is also referred to as _______.
- aNehru Report
- bAnnie Besant Billసరైన సమాధానం
- cSapru Report
- dDominion of India Bill
వివరణ
Option B is correct because the Commonwealth of India Bill, which outlined a constitutional structure and self-governing dominion status for India, was formulated under the leadership of Annie Besant and the National Home Rule League. Option A: The Nehru Report was drafted in 1928 by a committee headed by Motilal Nehru in response to Lord Birkenhead's challenge. Option C: The Sapru Report was prepared in 1945 by the Conciliation Committee under Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru to address constitutional and communal questions. Option D: Dominion of India Bill is not the recognized historical designation given to Annie Besant's legislative initiative.
- Q37The Indian National Movement
Who led the public movement that arose against the partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon in 1906?
- aSurendranath Banerjeeసరైన సమాధానం
- bIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- cSatyendranath Tagore
- dKhudiram Bose
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Option A is correct because Surendranath Banerjee was the foremost leader who organized and mobilized public agitation across Bengal against the partition announced by Lord Curzon. Option B: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar passed away in 1891, well before the anti-partition movement began. Option C: Satyendranath Tagore was an Indian Civil Service officer and writer who did not lead this mass political agitation. Option D: Khudiram Bose was a revolutionary nationalist associated with the 1908 Muzaffarpur bombing, not a leader of the 1905-1906 mainstream public agitation.
- Q38The Indian National Movement
Which of the following is the prominent national organization founded by S.N. Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose in 1876, even before the formation of Congress?
- aAsiatic Society
- bIndian Association of Calcuttaసరైన సమాధానం
- cBritish India Association
- dBengal British Indian Association
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Option B is correct because Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose founded the Indian Association of Calcutta in July 1876 to create an all-India political platform representing the educated middle class. Option A: The Asiatic Society was established in 1784 by Sir William Jones to encourage oriental studies, not as a nationalist political body. Option C: The British Indian Association was founded in 1851 primarily by landowning aristocrats such as Radhakanta Deb and Debendranath Tagore. Option D: The Bengal British India Society was established in 1843 under the guidance of George Thompson, decades before Banerjea and Bose founded their association.
- Q39The Indian National Movement
In which of the following Congress sessions in 1891 did Anandacharyulu, a Telugu person, preside?
- aNagpur Sessionసరైన సమాధానం
- bKakinada Session
- cSurat Session
- dLucknow Session
వివరణ
Option A is correct because Panapakkam Anandacharyulu presided over the seventh annual session of the Indian National Congress held at Nagpur in December 1891, becoming the first Telugu person to hold the Congress presidency. Option B: The Kakinada session took place much later in 1923 under the presidency of Maulana Mohammad Ali. Option C: The Surat session occurred in 1907 and was presided over by Rash Behari Ghosh. Option D: The Lucknow session of 1899 was presided over by Romesh Chunder Dutt, and the famous 1916 Lucknow session was presided over by Ambica Charan Mazumdar.
- Q40The Indian National Movement
Who among the following was the national hero who fought against the British and was hanged in Pentonville Jail in London in 1909?
- aKhudiram Bose
- bSukhdev
- cMadan Lal Dhingraసరైన సమాధానం
- dRajguru
వివరణ
Option C is correct because Madan Lal Dhingra assassinated Curzon Wyllie in London on 1 July 1909 and was subsequently executed by hanging at HM Prison Pentonville on 17 August 1909. Option A: Khudiram Bose was hanged in Muzaffarpur Jail in India in 1908 for the Muzaffarpur bombing attempt. Option B: Sukhdev was executed at Lahore Central Jail in 1931 in connection with the Lahore Conspiracy Case. Option D: Rajguru was hanged alongside Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev at Lahore Central Jail in 1931.
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