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People were afraid  of sending the girls to schools in mid-nineteenth century for many reasons. Which of the following was NOT true ?

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  1. People feared that school would take girls away from home.

  2. Schools would prevent girls from doing their domestic duties.

  3. People felt that education would improve the condition of women.

  4. Traveling to school might have corrupting influence on girls.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Amongst all this is the most appropriate option. Moreover, the women in Indian society did not enjoy rights & liberties as men did.

Cabinet Mission came to India in

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  1. 1945 AD

  2. 1946 AD

  3. 1947 AD

  4. 1948 AD

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Cabinet Mission arrived on 24th Mar, 1946 in Indian & published its plan on May 16, 1946. This mission consisted of Lord Pethick Lawrence Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander.

Arrange the following organizations in chronological order.
a. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
b. All India Muslim League
c. Indian Association
d. Indian National Congress 

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  1. c, d, c, a

  2. c, d, b, a

  3. a, b, d, c

  4. b, a, c, d

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Indian Association founded by Dwarkanath Tagore and his illustration cousin Prasanno Kumar Tagore in 1831.
From its foundation on 28 December 1885 until the time of independence of India on 15 August 1947, the Indian National Congress was the largest and most prominent Indian public organization, and have defining influence on the Indian Independence Movement. All- India Muslim league, founded in 1906 under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. RSS was founded in 1925 by Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar.

A 'republic' is a state in which the Head of the State is _______________.

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  1. nominated by the Prime Minister.

  2. elected, directly or indirectly, by the people.

  3. selected by the ruling party.

  4. self - appointed.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A 'republic' is a state in which the head of the state is directly or indirectly or appointed by the people. Currently, 135 of the word's 206 sovereign states use the world republic as the part of their official names.

Emperor Akbar the Great, died in the year _________.

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  1. 1505

  2. 1605

  3. 1606

  4. 1590

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

On 3 October, 1605, Akbar fell ill with an attack of dysentry, from which he never recovered. He is beleived to have died on or about 17 October, 1605.

During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the East India Company establish its first factory in India? 

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  1. Akbar

  2. Jahangir

  3. Shahjan

  4. Aurangzeb

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In 1612, James I instructed Sir Thomas Roe to visit the Mughal Emperor Nuruddin Salim Jahangir to arrange for a commercial treaty that would give the company exclusive rights to reside and establish factories in Surat and other areas. 

Which of the following rules was illiterate?

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  1. Ala-ud-din Khilji

  2. Mohammad-bin-Tuglaq

  3. Akbar

  4. Aurangzeb

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Akbar spent his youth learnings to hunt, run and fight made him a daring, powerful and brave warrior, but he never learned to read and write.

'Religions, like camel caravans, seem to avoid mountain passes. Buddhism spread quickly south from Buddha's birth-place in southern Nepal across the flat Gangetic plain to Sri Lanka. But it took a millennium to reach China...The religious belt stretched eventually to Mongolia and Japan, but in Afghanistan Buddhism filled only a narrow belt that left pagans among the valleys to the east and west in Kailash and Ghor'.

Which of the following best summarises the subject of this paragraph?

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  1. The Afghan people were hostile to Buddhism.

  2. Geography has considerable impact on the spread of religions.

  3. Buddhism does not flourish in mountainous regions.

  4. Religion has a considerable impact on geography.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The paragraph talk about the spread of religion (Buddhism) vis-a-vis the geography of that place country. Option (b) summarizes the paragraph effectively.

Choose the correct answer form the alternatives given.
Which of the following is considered as bulwark of personal freedom?

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  1. Mandamus

  2. Habeas Corpus

  3. Certiorari

  4. Quo Warranto

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Habeas corpus is a recourse in low whereby a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment before a court, usually through a prison official.

'Utilitarians believe that the right action is that which produces the most happiness.'
Which of the following claims is incompatible with the utilitarian view? 

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  1. The right thing to do is to make the consequences of our actions as good as possible.

  2. The right thing to do is to do our duty, whatever the consequences.

  3. The right thing to do is to act on a rule which, if followed widely, produces the most happiness.

  4. The right thing to do is to act from motivations which produce the most happiness.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option (b) states that one should do one's duty without giving any consideration to the consequences (happiness of misery ). Thus , option (b) is incompatible with the belief of Utilitarians.