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Old 03-01-2010, 06:55 AM   #2
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1) a. He was a large achievement at this gathering and was adept to influence one and all with his address on Hinduism. Vivekanand (1863 - 1902 ) was a scholar of Ramakrishna Paramahansa.

2) c. In 1961, the Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru coordinated an infantry method in Goa to liberate it from the Portuguese. This procedure was renowned as 'Operation Vijay'. 'Operation Cactus' was the liberation of Maldives from the mercenaries, 'Operation Meghdoot' was the methods in Siachen after 1984 and 'Operation Rescue' was the Jammu and Kashmir operation in 1947.

3) a. Derozio was brushed aside from the school for his teachings. He passed away in 1831 at the age of 22. However his scholars double-checked that the Young Bengal action conveyed on in its mission.

4) d. SEBI is the Securities and Exchange Board of India whose job is to regulate engaged of the provide market and fight back privileges of the investor. BSE and NSE are the two prime provide swaps and RBI the ruling bank.

5) c. Naidu converted Brahmo Samaj publications into Telugu and Tamil and endeavoured to convey out communal reforms in South India; although his death in 1874 dwindled this reform movement.

6) c. Ramakrishna Mission was founded in 1897 and disperse the teachings of Ramakrishna through out India; it furthermore has numerous parts in foreign countries.

7) c. Dayanand was born to Mula Shankara in 1824 in a location called Kathiawad. He composed many of publications to disperse his note, the most well renowned of them being 'Satyarth Prakash'.

8) c. Brahmo Samaj of India was conceived by Mr. Sen because he sensed the Brahmo Samaj didn't address numerous significant issues. He held fundamental outlooks that encompassed inter-caste wedding ceremony, exclusion of purdah for women etc.

9) b. Ranade furthermore emphasized the significance of collective activity against communal evils; to association diverse societies simultaneously, he formed the Indian National Social Conference in 1887.

10) d. The path-breaking economic reforms program was commenced all through the tenure of Narasimha Rao who became Prime Minister of India following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. The reform program was developed by Manmohan Singh who was the Finance Minister under Rao.

11) a. Ganesh Vasudeo Mavlankar was the first speaker of the Indian Parliament. He officiated as speaker from 1952-1956. Sukumar Sen was the first Chief Election Commisioner, HJ Kania the first Chief Justice and RD Katari the first Chief of the Naval staff.

12) a. The Fifty Second amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1985 to constrain defections from political parties. This is popularly cited to as the Anti-Defection Bill. The Thirty Ninth amendment and Forty Second amendment was passed all through the Emergency time span and comprised many draconian provisions. The Sixty First amendment let down the voting age to 18.

13) d. The Brahmo Samaj (One God society) worked in the direction of eliminating idol adoration, caste partitions etc. Roy was most instrumental in the abolition of Sati (or Satti or suttee). Satidaha was the perform of flaming Hindu widows on the burial pyre of their husbands prevalent at that time.

14) b. The Agni-II (Fire) sequence of missiles is an ICBM with a strike kind of 2000+ km. Trishul (Trident) is a exterior to air missile, Prithvi (Earth) is a short-range exterior to exterior missile while Nag (Snake) is an anti-tank missile.

15) b. Sarojini Naidu, renowned as the 'Nightingale of India' was the first woman to be nominated as the Governor of a state. She was the Governor of the United Provinces / Uttar Pradesh from 1947 to 1949.

16) a. Television started in India with an untested service in September 1959. The usual service started in 1965 in Delhi. The year 1972 glimpsed TV move after Delhi to cover Bombay. Then in 1976, TV was unlinked from wireless to pattern a distinct management called Doordarshan (DD).

17) a. The foremost of the Jan Sangh Atal Behari Vajpayee regarded Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to Goddess Durga. This was after the triumph in the 1971 confrontation with Pakistan.

18) d. He was aided by a British authorized called Drinkwater Bethune in his efforts to evolve Female education in India.

19) c. Sucheta Kriplani was the first woman to become the Chief Minister of an Indian state. She was the CM of Uttar Pradesh from 1963 to 1967. Subsequently Nandini Satpathy became CM of Orissa (1972) Sashikala Kakodkar became the CM of Goa (1973). Indira Gandhi was not ever the CM of any state.

20) c. He was powerfully are against to the Indian National Congress. The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College subsequent became the Aligarh University.
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