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Which of the following leader said that the Act of 1935 provided 'a machine with strong brakes but no engine'?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Rajendra Prasad

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Vallabhbhai Patel
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Jawaharlal Nehru famously described the Government of India Act 1935 as a machine with strong brakes but no engine, reflecting his view that it provided no real power to Indians.

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Congress conference at Vatakara in 1931 was the first women conference in Kerala.

  1. True

  2. False
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In 1931, as part of the Congress conference in Vatakara, a women's conference was also organized. It is known to be the first women conference in Kerala. 

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Identify the revolutionary among the following who was not active in London?

  1. Shyamji Krishna Varma

  2. Ashfaqullah

  3. Lala Hardayal

  4. V D Savarkar
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Ashfaqullah Khan was a revolutionary associated with the Kakori conspiracy in India and was not active in the London-based revolutionary movement. Shyamji Krishna Varma, Lala Hardayal, and V.D. Savarkar were all central figures in the Indian revolutionary activities in London.

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Who among the following killed Curzon Wyllie in London?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. C. P. Mitra

  3. Madanlal Dhingra

  4. Prasad Bismil
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Curzon Wyllie was murdered by an Indian student Madanlal Dhingra. Dhingra shot Wyllie at a Bloomsbury lecture hall in July 1909. He shot at Curzon Wyllie with V.D. Savarkar and some other revolutionaries. He claimed that he had murdered Curzon as a patriotic act and in revenge of the inhuman killing of Indians by British Government in India.

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The secret society Abhinav Bharat was established in ________.

  1. 1902

  2. 1903

  3. 1904

  4. 1905
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Abhinav Bharat Society was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904. It believed in armed revolution. It carried out a few assassinations of British officials, after which the Savarkar brothers were convicted and imprisoned. The society was formally disbanded in 1952.

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"With this salt, l am shaking the foundations of the Empire."
This statement was made during a nonviolent campaign which was led by whom?

  1. Nelson Mandela

  2. Patrick Henry

  3. Sun Yat-sen

  4. Mohandas K. Gandhi

  5. Brennus of Gaul
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D Correct answer
Explanation

On 12th March 1930, Gandhi inaugurated the Civil Disobedience Movement by conducting the historic 'Dandi Salt March', where he broke the Salt Laws imposed by the British Government. Followed by seventy-nine ashramites, Gandhi embarked on his march from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi that is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea.

On 6th April 1930, after a prayer, Gandhi raised a lump of salty mud and declared, ‘with this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire’. He then boiled it in seawater, producing illegal salt. He asked his thousands of followers to do the same and broke the salt law.

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Malayalees were divided by three different administrative dispensations though they spoke the same language.

  1. True

  2. False
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Before the formation of Kerala, the Malayalam-speaking regions were divided between the princely states of Travancore, Kochi, and the Malabar district under the British Madras Presidency.

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When did the state of Kerala came into existence after unifying Malabar, Kochi and Thriuvithamkur?

  1. 1 September 1955

  2. 1 November 1956

  3. 1 November 1958

  4. 1 September 1956
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Kerala was officially formed on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act by merging the princely states of Travoncore (Thiruvithamkur), Kochi (Cochin), and Malabar district. This date is historically significant as it marks the birth of Kerala as a unified linguistic state. The other dates mentioned are incorrect as they do not correspond to the actual formation date.