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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 151. |
On December 6, 1992, Hindu Karsevaks destroyed the 16th- century Babri mosque in Ayodhya, .............., India, in an attempt to reclaim the land known as Ram Janmabhoomi. |
| A. | uttar pradesh |
| B. | madya pradesh |
| C. | rajasthan |
| D. | bihar |
| Answer» A. uttar pradesh | |
| 152. |
The city of ................. is regarded by Hindus to be the birthplace of the God-king Rama and is regarded as one of India's most sacred and religious sites. |
| A. | ahmadabad |
| B. | calcutta |
| C. | bombay |
| D. | ayodhya |
| Answer» D. ayodhya | |
| 153. |
In 1528, after the Mughal invasion, a mosque was built by Mughal general ................, who reportedly destroyed a pre- existing temple of Rama at the site, and named it after Emperor Babur. |
| A. | mir banki |
| B. | bairamkan |
| C. | rajathodarmal |
| D. | l. k. advani |
| Answer» A. mir banki | |
| 154. |
In September 1990, .................leader L. K. Advani started Rath Yatra, a tour of the country to educate the masses about the Ayodhya struggle. |
| A. | bjp |
| B. | cpm |
| C. | congress |
| D. | janatha dal |
| Answer» A. bjp | |
| 155. |
On 6 December ................., the BJP and other supporting organizations organized a religious ceremony to symbolically start the building of a temple at the sacred site. |
| A. | 1912 |
| B. | 1922 |
| C. | 1942 |
| D. | 1992 |
| Answer» D. 1992 | |
| 156. |
On 16 December 1992, the Union home ministry set up the Liberhan Commission to investigate the destruction of the Mosque, headed by retired High Court Judge ................. |
| A. | m. s. liberhan |
| B. | l. k. advani |
| C. | murli manohar joshi |
| D. | sekkizhar |
| Answer» A. m. s. liberhan | |
| 157. |
In fiction, Lajja, a controversial 1993 novel in Bengali by Bangladeshi writer ................, has a story based in the days after the demolition. |
| A. | taslima nasrin |
| B. | prakash karat |
| C. | m. s. liberhan |
| D. | tagore |
| Answer» A. taslima nasrin | |
| 158. |
India attained Independence on 15th August ............... |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» D. 1947 | |
| 159. |
Indian Constitution came into force on 26th January ............ that the picture became clear regarding the structure of government and the rights of the citizens of India. |
| A. | 1910 |
| B. | 1920 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» D. 1950 | |
| 160. |
Sekkizhar's Periya Puranam portraying ............ women like half- naked and sexually exploitable. |
| A. | dalit |
| B. | namboothiri |
| C. | nair |
| D. | kshtriya |
| Answer» A. dalit | |
| 161. |
In 1993, Ambedkari Sahitya Parishad organized first "Akhil Bhartiya Ambedkari Sahitya Sammelan" in Wardha, ............... to reconceptualize and transform "Dalit Sahitya (literature) into "Ambedkari Sahitya". |
| A. | maharashtra |
| B. | bengal |
| C. | u.p |
| D. | delhi |
| Answer» A. maharashtra | |
| 162. |
Ambedkari Sahitya Parishad successfully organized Third Akhil Bhartiya Ambedkari Sahitya Sammelan in .............. and became a strong advocacy force of this transformation. |
| A. | 1926 |
| B. | 1936 |
| C. | 1946 |
| D. | 1996 |
| Answer» D. 1996 | |
| 163. |
Ambedkari Sahitya Parishad was formed in.............. |
| A. | 1952 |
| B. | 1962 |
| C. | 1972 |
| D. | 1992 |
| Answer» D. 1992 | |
| 164. |
Who is called as the "father of Vachana poetry"? |
| A. | madara chennaiah |
| B. | dalai lama |
| C. | ambedkar |
| D. | r.c. datt |
| Answer» A. madara chennaiah | |
| 165. |
One of the first Dalit writers was Madara Chennaiah, an 11th- century cobbler-saint who lived in the reign of ..................... |
| A. | western chalukyas |
| B. | vijayanagara |
| C. | bhamini |
| D. | mughal |
| Answer» A. western chalukyas | |
| 166. |
Madara Chennaiah a Dalit Writer and an 11th-century cobbler- saint who lived in the reign of ...................... |
| A. | western chalukyas |
| B. | pandyas |
| C. | pallavas |
| D. | cholas |
| Answer» A. western chalukyas | |
| 167. |
The term "Dalit literature" came into use in ............., when the first conference of Maharashtra Dalit Sahitya Sangha was held at Mumbai. |
| A. | 1918 |
| B. | 1928 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» D. 1958 | |
| 168. |
Baburao Bagul (1930–2008) was pioneer of Dalit writings in ............... |
| A. | marathi |
| B. | malayalam |
| C. | hindi |
| D. | kannada |
| Answer» A. marathi | |
| 169. |
............. first collection of stories, Jevha Mi Jat Chorali (When I had Concealed My Caste), published in 1963, created a stir in Marathi literature with its passionate depiction of a crude society. |
| A. | baburao bagul’s |
| B. | dalai lama |
| C. | madara chennaiah |
| D. | namdeo dhasal |
| Answer» A. baburao bagul’s | |
| 170. |
Baburao Bagul’s first collection of stories, Jevha Mi Jat Chorali (When I had Concealed My Caste), published in............, created a stir in Marathi literature with its passionate depiction of a crude society. |
| A. | 1913 |
| B. | 1933 |
| C. | 1953 |
| D. | 1963 |
| Answer» D. 1963 | |
| 171. |
Baburao Bagul’s first collection of stories, Jevha Mi Jat Chorali (When I had Concealed My Caste), published in 1963, created a stir in ............. literature with its passionate depiction of a crude society. |
| A. | marathi |
| B. | bengali |
| C. | binary |
| D. | assamese |
| Answer» A. marathi | |
| 172. |
Who founded Dalit Panther? |
| A. | namdeo dhasal |
| B. | dalai lama |
| C. | baburao bagul |
| D. | madara chennaiah |
| Answer» A. namdeo dhasal | |
| 173. |
The .............. movement is a movement that practiced the Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance, through the act of hugging trees to protect them from being felled. |
| A. | chipko |
| B. | panther |
| C. | silent valley |
| D. | cdm |
| Answer» A. chipko | |
| 174. |
The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the Garhwal Himalayas of .............., then in Uttar Pradesh with growing awareness towards rapid deforestation. |
| A. | uttarakhand |
| B. | karnataka |
| C. | west bengal |
| D. | kerala |
| Answer» A. uttarakhand | |
| 175. |
On March 26, 1974, when a group of peasant women in Reni village, Hemwalghati, in Chamoli district, ............. acted to prevent the cutting of trees and reclaim their traditional forest rights that were threatened by the contractor system of the state Forest Department. |
| A. | uttarakhand |
| B. | rajasthan |
| C. | u.p. |
| D. | bengal |
| Answer» A. uttarakhand | |
| 176. |
In .............. the Chipko Movement was awarded the Right Livelihood Award. |
| A. | 1947 |
| B. | 1957 |
| C. | 1967 |
| D. | 1987 |
| Answer» D. 1987 | |
| 177. |
Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS), was set up ........... |
| A. | 1924 |
| B. | 1934 |
| C. | 1944 |
| D. | 1964 |
| Answer» D. 1964 | |
| 178. |
Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) was set up by Gandhian social worker, ............. in 1964. |
| A. | chandi prasad bhatt |
| B. | jayaprakash narayan |
| C. | sunderlal |
| D. | pandurang hegde |
| Answer» A. chandi prasad bhatt | |
| 179. |
The Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) was set up by Gandhian social worker, Chandi Prasad Bhatt in ................ |
| A. | gopeshwar |
| B. | uttarakhand |
| C. | mysore |
| D. | mylapore |
| Answer» A. gopeshwar | |
| 180. |
In October .........., the Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh workers held a demonstration in Gopeshwar to protest against the policies of the Forest Department. |
| A. | 1931 |
| B. | 1941 |
| C. | 1951 |
| D. | 1971 |
| Answer» D. 1971 | |
| 181. |
The Appiko movement, started on September 8, 1983 by fiery activist .............. who was inspired by Sunderlal Bahugana’s Chipko movement in U.P. |
| A. | pandurang hegde |
| B. | sunderlal bahugana |
| C. | narendra modi |
| D. | dalai lama |
| Answer» A. pandurang hegde | |
| 182. |
Save Silent Valley was a social movement aimed at the protection of Silent valley, an evergreen tropical forest in the ............ district of Kerala, India. |
| A. | kannur |
| B. | palakkad |
| C. | malappuram |
| D. | ernakulam |
| Answer» B. palakkad | |
| 183. |
The Silent valley was declared as Silent Valley National Park in ............. |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1955 |
| C. | 1965 |
| D. | 1985 |
| Answer» D. 1985 | |
| 184. |
The ................. is a major river that flows 15 km southwest from Silent Valley. |
| A. | kuntipuzha |
| B. | nila |
| C. | pamba |
| D. | periyar |
| Answer» A. kuntipuzha | |
| 185. |
In 1928 the location at Sairandhri on the .............. River was identified as an ideal site for electricity generation. |
| A. | kunthipuzha |
| B. | narmada |
| C. | valapattanam |
| D. | bharathapuzha |
| Answer» A. kunthipuzha | |
| 186. |
In 1977 the............... carried out an Ecological Impact study of the Silent Valley area and proposed that the area be declared a Biosphere Reserve. |
| A. | orissa |
| B. | tamilnadu |
| C. | karnataka |
| D. | kerala |
| Answer» D. kerala | |
| 187. |
In ............. Smt. Indira Gandhi, the Honourable Prime Minister of India, approved the project, with the condition that the State Government enact Legislation ensuring the necessary safeguards. |
| A. | 1948 |
| B. | 1958 |
| C. | 1968 |
| D. | 1978 |
| Answer» D. 1978 | |
| 188. |
The poet activist ............... played an important role in the silent valley protest and her poem "Marathinu Stuthi" (Ode to a Tree) became a symbol for the protest from the intellectual community and was the opening song/prayer of most of the "save the Silent Valley" campaign meetings. |
| A. | sugathakumari |
| B. | p.valsala |
| C. | o.n.v. kurup |
| D. | ravindranath tagore |
| Answer» A. sugathakumari | |
| 189. |
.............., eminent ornithologist of the Bombay Natural History Society, visited the Silent Valley and appealed for cancellation of the Hydroelectric Project. |
| A. | dr. salim ali |
| B. | prof. m. g. k. menon |
| C. | dr. m.s. swaminathan |
| D. | dalai lama |
| Answer» A. dr. salim ali | |
| 190. |
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, the renowned ....................... |
| A. | agricultural scientist |
| B. | historian |
| C. | capitalist |
| D. | chemist |
| Answer» A. agricultural scientist | |
| 191. |
On October 31, 1984 ............... was assassinated. |
| A. | indira gandhi |
| B. | rajiv gandhi |
| C. | morarji desai |
| D. | charan singh |
| Answer» A. indira gandhi | |
| 192. |
On September 1, .............. Silent Valley National Park was designated as the core area of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. |
| A. | 1956 |
| B. | 1966 |
| C. | 1976 |
| D. | 1986 |
| Answer» D. 1986 | |
| 193. |
Narmada Bachao Andolan is the most powerful mass movement, started in ............., against the construction of huge dam on the Narmada river. |
| A. | 1965 |
| B. | 1975 |
| C. | 1982 |
| D. | 1985 |
| Answer» D. 1985 | |
| 194. |
The Sino-Indian War also known as the Sino-Indian Border Conflict was a war between China and India that occurred in ........... |
| A. | 1952 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1959 |
| D. | 1962 |
| Answer» D. 1962 | |
| 195. |
There had been a series of violent border incidents after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when India had granted asylum to .............. |
| A. | zhou enlai |
| B. | yasser arafat |
| C. | mahmoud abbas |
| D. | dalai lama |
| Answer» D. dalai lama | |
| 196. |
India initiated a Policy in which it placed outposts along the border, including several north of the McMahon Line, the eastern portion of a Control proclaimed by Chinese Premier ............ in 1959. |
| A. | zhou enlai |
| B. | dalai lama |
| C. | yasser arafat |
| D. | mahmoud abbas |
| Answer» A. zhou enlai | |
| 197. |
Unable to reach political accommodation on disputed territory along the 3,225-kilometer-long Himalayan border, the Chinese launched simultaneous offensives in ............. and across the McMahon Line on 20 October 1962, coinciding with the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
| A. | ladakh |
| B. | kargil |
| C. | burma |
| D. | tibet |
| Answer» A. ladakh | |
| 198. |
Indo-Pakistani War of ............. is also called the First Kashmir War. |
| A. | 1927 |
| B. | 1937 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» D. 1947 | |
| 199. |
Indo-Pakistani War of .............Commonly known as Kargil War. |
| A. | 1969 |
| B. | 1972 |
| C. | 1992 |
| D. | 1999 |
| Answer» D. 1999 | |
| 200. |
................provided global trade rules as well as a framework for trade disputes from 1948 to 1994. |
| A. | gatt |
| B. | wto |
| C. | cento |
| D. | seato |
| Answer» A. gatt | |
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