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[B] Lord Minto II
[C] Lord Hardinge II
[D] Lord Elgin II
Correct Answer: [A] Lord Curzon
Explanation: On September 27, 1899 Lord Curzon observed that ‘the whole of our case against that party (Congress) is this, that it is in no sense a representative national body.’ In 1900 he wrote: ‘In my belief Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.’
[B] Sir Aga Khan
[C] Atulanand Chakravarti
[D] Rizaul Karim
Correct Answer: [A] W. W. Hunter
Explanation: In 1871 William Wilson Hunter, a British civil servant in Bengal, published his famous book The Indian Mussalmans
[B] Partition of Bengal
[C] Rising unemployment
[D] Discontent of the peasants
Correct Answer: [B] Partition of Bengal
Explanation: The immediate cause of the Swadeshi Movement was Partition of Bengal in 1905.
[B] Surendranath Banerjee
[C] Subhashchandra Bose
[D] Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Answer: [B] Surendranath Banerjee
Explanation: When the Montagu report of 1918 was made public, there was a divide in the Congress over it. The moderates welcomed it while the extremists opposed it. This led to a schism in the Congress with moderate leaders forming the “Indian National Liberal Federation” in 1919. The party (Indian National Liberal Federation) was founded by Surendra Nath Banarjee and some of its prominent leaders were Tej Bahadur Sapru, S. Srinivasa Sastri and M. R. Jayakar.
[B] Sasipada Banerjee
[C] Sorabjee Shapoorji
[D] G.K. Gokhale
Correct Answer: [A] Narain Meghajee Lokhanday
Explanation: 1880 Narain Meghajee Lokhanday started the newspaper Deenbandhu and set up the Bombay Mill and Millhands Association.
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Gopal Krishna Gokhle
[D] Pheroz Shah Mehta
Correct Answer: [C] Gopal Krishna Gokhle
[B] Madam Bhikaji Cama
[C] Lala Hardayal
[D] Shyamji Krishnavarma
Correct Answer: [D] Shyamji Krishnavarma
Explanation: A nationalist lawyer and a journalist, Shyamji Krishnavarma was the founder of the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London.
[B] Warren Hastings
[C] Lord Dalhousie
[D] Lord Minto I
Correct Answer: [B] Warren Hastings
Explanation: Coal mining in India began in 1774 when John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the East India Company commenced commercial exploitation in the Raniganj Coalfield along the Western bank of Damodar river.
[B] Part III
[C] Part IV
[D] Part IV A
Correct Answer: [B] Part III
Explanation: The Fundamental Right to constitutional remedies under Article 32 of the Constitution of India is often described as the “cornerstone of the democratic edifice” and the “soul of the Constitution”.
[B] Ashok Mehta Committee
[C] L M Singhvi Committee
[D] Both [B] and [C]
Correct Answer: [D] Both [B] and [C]Explanation:The various committees that recommended on Panchayat Raj Institutions-
1. Balwanth Rai Mehta Committee (1957) – The committee was appointed by Planning Commission in 1957 to study the Community Development Programme and National Extension Scheme. The Committee submitted its report in November 1957 in which it identified lack of people’s participation as a main cause of failure of both programmes.It was the first committee to propose a three tier structure for PRIs.
2. Sadik Ali Committee (1964) – The Committee was appointed in 1964 by the Rajasthan Government to study the reasons for failure of PRI’s.
3. G. L. Vyas Committee (1974) – The committee was appointed in 1974 by Rajasthan government to suggest measures for improving performance of PRI’s.
4. Ashok Mehta Committee (1977) – The Committee was appointed by Janata government in December 1977 to suggest measures for improvement of LSG in India.It recommended two tier Structure for PRIs – Zilla Parishad and Mandal Panchayat.
5. GVK Rao Committee (1985) – GVK Rao Committee was appointed by Planning Commission in 1985 to recommend on Administrative Arrangement for Rural Development.
6. L. N. Singhvi Committee (1986) – The Committee was appointed by Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1986 on Revitalization of PRI’s for democratic Development (CRPDD).
[B] Right to equality
[C] Right to freedom
[D] Right against exploitation
Correct Answer: [C] Right to freedom
Explanation: The right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution. It protects the inner sphere of the individual from interference from both State, and non-State actors and allows individuals to make autonomous life choices. “Justice KS Puttaswamy v. Union of India” – Supreme Court held that “Right to Privacy is an integral part of Right to Life and Personal Liberty guaranteed in Article 21 of the Constitution”
[B] Indian citizens as well as foreigners
[C] All persons, natural or artificial, citizens as well as non-citizens
[D] All natural persons, Indian citizens or non-citizens
Correct Answer: [C] All persons, natural or artificial, citizens as well as non-citizens
[B] Part – III
[C] Part – IV
[D] Part – IVA
Correct Answer: [B] Part – III
Explanation: Right to Education, the Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21-A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right in such a manner as the State may, by law, determine.
[B] UK only
[C] USA only
[D] Both in India and USA
Correct Answer: [D] Both in India and USA
Explanation: The judicial review is the doctrine under which the Legislative and the Executive actions are subject to review by the Judiciary. Article 13 of the Constitution of India provides for judicial review which is inspired by the Constitution of United States of America, while the Parliament is the supreme body in the United Kingdom and law made by it cannot be challenged in Court.
[B] Bharat Ratna
[C] Ashok Chakra
[D] All of the above
Correct Answer: [A] Knighthood
Explanation: The “Bharat Ratna and Padma awards are not titles within Article 18.
[B] Ricky Ponting
[C] Kumar Sangakkara
[D] Adam Gilchrist
Current Affairs May 2019
Correct Answer: [C] Kumar Sangakkara
[B] Delhi
[C] Kolkata
[D] Chennai
Current Affairs May 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Delhi
[B] Russia
[C] China
[D] Japan
Current Affairs May 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Russia
[B] Japan
[C] Russia
[D] India
Current Affairs May 2019
Correct Answer: [D] India
[A] University of British Columbia(UBC)
[B] Massachusetts Institute of Technology
[C] University of Technology Sydney
[D] Harvard University
Current Affairs May 2019
Correct Answer: [A] University of British Columbia(UBC)