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What was Operation Polo?

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  1. Code name of operation for killing Veerappan

  2. Operation carried against Mumbai attacks

  3. Police action for merging Hyderabad state

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Operation Polo was the code name given to police action that took place in September 1948 in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the State of Hyderabad, annexing the state into the Indian Union. Operation Polo was led by home minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel and Major J.N. Chaudary.

Who was the major general that carried out operation polo in Hyderabad?

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  1. JN Chaudhary

  2. Dalbir Singh Suhag

  3. Bipin Rawat

  4. Deepak Kapoor

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Operation Polo was the code name given to police action that took place in September 1948 in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the State of Hyderabad, annexing the state into the Indian Union. Operation Polo was led by home minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel and Major J.N. Chaudhary.

When did Nizams rule end in Hyderabad?

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  1. 17 September 1948

  2. 17 September 1949

  3. 17 September 1950

  4. 17 September 1951

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mir Qamar-ud-Din Siddiqi, Asif Jah I founded the Asif Jahi Dynasty in the year 1724. His Seven generations of the dynasty ruled for more than 200 years. The rule continued till 17 September 1948 when last Nizam had to surrender to police action and gave away Hyderabad. The Rulers occupied the throne based on hereditary.

An exclusive attachment or loyalty to ones own region or state is ______.

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  1. Communalism

  2. Regionalism

  3. Linguism

  4. Casteism

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Regionalism refers to the assertion of regional, linguistic or ethnic identities by a group of people. In India, it is commonly observed among groups that identify more with their region or state rather than the nation. Thus, it is a multidimensional phenomenon as it is a complex amalgam of geographical, historical, cultural, economic, politico-administrative and psyche factors. Regionalism has an adverse effect on uniting the people of the nation as one. However, in instances where regionalism isn’t extreme or too radical, it could have a good influence on society.

The agitation which meant to support local jobs to be given to local people is called ______.

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  1. Sakala Janula samme

  2. Andhra maha sabha

  3. Mulki agitation

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
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Mulki agitation was the first event in Telangana movement. It started in the year 1952. Mulkhi Agitation was a political movement for the safeguard of jobs in Hyderabad State government. The popular slogans were Ghair Mulki go back or Non-Mulki go back and Idli Sambar go back. The movement seeked preference to the local people while allocating jobs.

Goa, Daman and Diu were under the control which foreign power?

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  1. French

  2. Portuguese

  3. Dutch

  4. English

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Correct Option: B

There was a clause in instrument of accession, that after restoration of normal situation in Jammu and Kashmir, plebiscite would be held for permanent merger with India.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

Who was the First Home Minister of India?

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  1. Pandit Nehru

  2. Vallabhbhai Patel

  3. Babasaheb Ambedkar

  4. Rajendra Prasad

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vallabhbhai Patel was the First Home Minister of India. He took charge of the states department in July 1947. He handled the task of integrating 562 independent states with a democratic self-governing India.  By August 15, 1947 all except Hyderabad, Junagarh and Kashmir acceded to India.

Which of the following was not a central territory till 2019 ?

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  1. Pondicherry

  2. Chandigarh

  3. Jammu and Kashmir

  4. Lakshadweep

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Correct Option: C
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A Union Territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Unlike the states of India, which have their own governments, union territories are federal territories governed directly by the Central Government of India

In August 2019, the Parliament of India passed the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019. The act contains provisions to reconstitute the state of  Jammu & Kashmir into two union territories, one to be eponymously called Jammu & Kashmir, and the other Ladakh on 31 October 2019.

Which of the following statements are true?
(i) The Indian Independence Act of 1947 permitted the Princely States to remain independent.
(ii) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel appealed to the Princes to accept the accession to the Indian Union
(iii) Junagarh, Hyderabad and Kashmir did not sign the Instruement of Accession

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  1. (i) and (ii)

  2. (ii) and (iii)

  3. (i) and (iii)

  4. (i), (ii) and (iii)

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Correct Option: D