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Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord __________ as the viceroy of India in $1947$.

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  1. Wavell

  2. Lytton

  3. Linlithgow

  4. Cornwallis

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord Wavell as the viceroy of India in 1947. He was the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of independent India. India and Pakistan were partitioned under the plan prepared by him known as the June 3 or Mountbatten Plan.

After independence who was the pioneer of Integration of States?

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  1. Sardar Patel

  2. Jawaharalal Nehru

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The key factors that led the states to accept integration into India were, however, the efforts of Lord Mountbatten, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and V. P. Menon. The latter two were respectively the political and administrative heads of the States Department, which was in charge of relations with the princely states. Hence, Option A is correct. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India, Mahatma Gandhi was the father of the Nation, and Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first first president. Hence, these are incorrect options. 

In which year did the Praja Mandals come together to form an All India State People's Conference?

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  1. 1927

  2. 1926

  3. 1925

  4. 1924

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Correct Option: A

Who formed the Hyderabad State Congress in 1938?

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  1. Dr Ram Manohar Lohia

  2. Vishwanath Lawande

  3. Narayan Reddy

  4. Swami Ramananda Tirth

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Hyderabad State Congress was established in the year by Swami Ramananda Tirth. He was an Indian freedom fighter, educator and social activist who led the Hyderabad liberation struggle during the reign of Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad State. HSC was a political party that sought union of Hyderabad with the Republic of India.

Which of the following was not included in Pakistan by the Independence Act?

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  1. East Bengal

  2. The West Punjab

  3. Sind

  4. West Bengal

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Correct Option: D

France held a plebiscite in _____ in 1949.

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  1. Pondicherry

  2. Mahe

  3. Yanam

  4. Chandranagore

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following countries has the largest number of cattle in the world?

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  1. Australia

  2. Taiwan

  3. India

  4. Sri Lanka

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

India has the largest cattle inventory in the world in 2018 followed by Brazil & China. Roughly 63% of the world's cattle are in India, Brazil & China. (The cattle inventory in India includes water buffalo). More than 90% of the world's cattle are NOT in the United States.

The main cause of land degradation in Punjab is _____.

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  1. Intensive cultivation

  2. Over irrigation

  3. Deforestation

  4. Overgrazing

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In the states of Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh, intense cultivation is responsible for land degradation due to waterlogging leading to increase in salinity and alkalinity in the soil. 

Main objective of Green Revolution was to __________.

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  1. Make everything green

  2. Increase greenery in villages.

  3. Increase cultivation of wheat and rice

  4. Increase use of bullocks carts

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The term Green Revolution refers to the large increase in the production of food grains resulting from the use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, especially for wheat and rice.

It was implemented because, at independence, about 75% of the country’s population was dependent on agriculture. But the productivity in the agricultural sector was very low because of the use of old technology and the absence of required infrastructure for the vast majority of farmers.

The Green Revolution in India was started to bring reform in ______.

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  1. Industrial sector

  2. Agriculture sector

  3. Manufacturing

  4. Transportation.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Green Revolution was introduced to increase the foodgrain yield in India. Some 18,000 tonnes of( HYV) wheat seeds and a large amount of fertilisers were imported.