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The Central Government created Andhra Pradesh in $1952$ when _______.

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  1. Potti Sriramulu fast until death

  2. Nizam imported weapons to fight

  3. Sardar Patel launched police action

  4. Rajakars suppressed the accessionists

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Potti Sreeramulu was an activist who demanded the formation of a Telugu-majority state. He died on 16 December 1952 after undertaking a fast-unto-death for the purpose. This resulted in the creation of the first state on a linguistic basis for Telugu speaking people called Andhra State on October 1, 1953. It was later renamed Andhra Pradesh.

The Payyannur Congress Conference chaired by _______ conceded a resolution demanding the reorganization of Kerala as a distinctive state after the independence.

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  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. C.R.Das

  4. Subhash Chandra Bose

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Correct Option: B

Jawaharlal Nehru had helped to start the newspaper _____.

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  1. Pioneer

  2. National Herald

  3. Kesari

  4. Patriot

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

National Herald was founded by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1938 as a tool to win independence. It was started with a vision of building a modern, democratic, just, equitable, liberal and socially harmonious nation.

___________ was primarily responsible for making India a secular State.

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  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Sardar Patel

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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Correct Option: C

Who among the following had observed, upon Gandhi's assassination. "None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth"?

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  1. Bertrand Russel

  2. Nelson Mandela

  3. Albert Einstein

  4. Leo Tolstoy

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Correct Option: C

Which foreign country controlled Puducherry even after the Independence of India in 1947?

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  1. England

  2. France

  3. Portugal

  4. Germany

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Correct Option: B

What made Raja Harisingh, the king of Jammu and Kashmir to accede into the Union of India?

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  1. Attack by China

  2. Attack by Afghanistan

  3. Attack by Pakistan

  4. Attack by Bhutan

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Correct Option: C

The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state is __________.

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  1. Jammu

  2. Srinagar

  3. Pahalgam

  4. Gulmarg

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jammu and Kashmir has two capital cities. Srinagar is the summer capital and Jammu is the winter capital. 

Which one of the following is the most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel to modern India?

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  1. His participation in the Quit India Movement

  2. His role in the Non-Cooperation Movement

  3. His achievement of the integration of princely states

  4. His presidentship of the Indian National Congress.

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following statements are true?

A. Even after independence people of Hyderabad princely state were under Nizam rule.

B. Hyderabad joined Indian union on the day of Independence.

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  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Among the given options only A is true because union of Hyderabad with India was a result of police action but it did not occur on the Independence Day. It took place on 17th September 1948.