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1. Author of ‘Guilty Men of India’s Partition’: (KERALA SET JULY 2023)

A) Ram Manohar Lohia

B) Lord Mountbatten

C) John Ruskin

D) Ramachandra Guha

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2. The term 'anrsarpsya', as used in the Mahabharata, means (University of Hyderabad Ph.D 2023)

A. Non-cruelty

B. Empathy

C. Forgiveness

D. Compassion

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3. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). (NET March 2023 Shift II)

Assertion (A): In Satyagraha, there was not even the remotest idea of injuring the opponent.

Reason (R): In Passive resistance, there was always an idea of harassment against the other party.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).

3. (A) is true but (R) is false.

4. (A) is false but (R) is true.

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4. Atmiya Sabha was established in 1828 by (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

(A) Raja Radhakanta Deb

(B) Raja Rammohun Roy

(C) Akshay Kumar Dutta

(D) H. L. V. Derozio

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5. The 'Life Divine' written by- (Jadavpur University B.A 2016)

A. Aurobindo

B. Gokhale

C. Gandhi

D. Tolstoy

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6. Who founded the Atmiya Sabha? (WB PSC 2022)

(A) Keshab Chandra Sen

(B) Aurobindo Ghosh

(C) Ishwar Chnadra Vidyasagar

(D) Rammohan Roy

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7. What does M.K. Gandhi's Talisman stand for? (University of Hyderabad MA 2019)

A. Sivaraj for Indians

B. Swaraj for Untouchables

C. Swaraj for the Hungry

D. Swaraj for Black Africans

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8. Who called Nehru, Patel, Prasad and Azad as an oligarchy within constituent Assembly? (NET June 2023 Shift I)

1. G. Austin

2. Morris Jones

3. Ivor Jennings

4. K. C. Where

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9. Who defined 'democracy as a form and method of Government which revolutionary social and economic changes are brought about without bloodshed'? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2017 PAPER II)

(A) Manvendra Nath Roy

(B) Arbindo Ghosh

(C) Babasaheb Ambedkar

(D) V. D. Savarkar

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10. Who among the following formed “The League of Radical Congressmen”? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

(a) M.K. Gandhi

(b) M.N. Roy

(c) Aurobindo

(d) B.R. Ambedkar

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11. The term 'Asana' in Kautilya refers to (University of Hyderabad Ph.D 2020)

A. Seeking protection

B. The policy of remaining quiet

C. Seeking peace

D. Starting hostilities

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12. Gandhi believes in (NET June 2019 Paper II)

(a) End justifies Means

(b) Means justifies End

(c) Neither End justifies Means nor Means justifies End

(d) End and Means both should be justified

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13. Who wrote My Experiments with Truth? (WB PSC 2022)

(A) Amartya Sen

(B) Albert Einstein

(C) B. R. Ambedkar

(D) M. K. Gandhi

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14. The Politics of Society must be based on two principles as (NET December 2013 Paper III)

(i) Treat others as self' and

(ii) 'Help the other persons in need'.

Whose saying is this?

(a) Rammohan Roy

(b) B.R. Ambedkar

(c) Aurobindo

(d) Savarkar

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15. The 'Uttarpara Speech' (1909) was delivered by (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(B) Bipin Chandra Pal

(C) Surendranath Banerjee

(D) Aurobindo Ghosh

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16. Which of the following statements are correct? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER II)

(a) Savarkar advocated Hindutva

(b) Savarkar was a nationalist

(c) Savarkar endorsed utilitarianism

(d) Savarkar supported theocracy

Codes:

(A) (a), (b) and (c)

(B) (a), (b) and (d)

(C) (c), (b) and (d)

(D) (a), (c) and (d)

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17. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme is fully funded through : (Madhya Pradesh SET 2022)

(A) National Employment Guarantee Fund

(B) Rural Employment Security Fund

(C) Rajiv Gandhi Youth Employment Fund

(D) Prime Minister Employment Security Guarantee Fund

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18. Gandhiji said ‘between means and end there is no ___________’. (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Crisis

(B) Gap

(C) Wall of separation

(D) Link

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19. Assertion (A): Ambedkar was in favour of separate electorate for depressed classes.

Reason (R): He was in agreement with Gandhi.

(NET June 2012 Paper II)

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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20. In Ram Manohar Lohia’s Saptakranti, which among the following is not included? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

(A) Revolution for equality between men and women

(B) Revolution against racial as well as political and economic inequality

(C) Revolution against arms and amunitions

(D) Revolution against migration

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21. Which incident made Periyar an Atheist? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(a) Self Respect Movement

(b) Kashi Pilgrimage Incident

(c) Dravida National Movement

(d) Discrimination in society

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22. Who presented the objectives resolution in the Constituent Assembly of India ? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Sardar Patel

(C) B. R. Ambedkar

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

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23. Why did Gandhiji go to South Africa? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) On invitation by the Indians in South Africa.

(b) To study Bar-at-Law.

(c) To fight a case of a Gujarati Business-man.

(d) To visit South Africa with family.

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24. Who wrote Essentials of Hindutva (1923)? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Golwalkar

(B) Malavya

(C) Savarkar

(D) Hedgewar

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25. Which of the following statements are not true? (Presidency University Masters Entrance Questions 2017)

(A) Vivekananda participated in The World Parliament of religions in Chicago in 1893.

(B) Rabindranath Tagore hailed Gandhi's politics of Charkha.

(C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar denounced the idea of caste in his 'Annihilation of Caste'.

(D) M. N. Roy's Radical humanist philosophy considers religion as to be the most significant driving force of social change.

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26. Chronologically arrange the books of Mahatma Gandhi according to the year of publication. (CUET PG 2024)

(A). The Story of My Experiments With Truth

(B). Hind Swaraj

(C). India of My Dreams

(D). Satyagraha in South Africa

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B), (D), (C)

2. (B), (A), (D), (C)

3. (A), (B), (C), (D)

4. (B), (C), (D), (A)

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27. Arrange the following works of Sri Aurobindo in chronological order. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

(1) The Mother

(2) The Life Divine

(3) Essays on Gita

(4) Savitri : A Legend and a Symbol

Codes:

(A) (4), (2), (1), (3)

(B) (3), (1), (4), (2)

(C) (2), (3), (1), (4)

(D) (1), (2), (3), (4)

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28. Match the authors given in Column - I with the title of the Book in Column -II (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER II)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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29. Match List I with List II: (NET March 2023 Shift II)

1. A - III, B - I, C-II, D - IV

2. A - IV, B-I, C-III, D - II

3. A - II, B - III, C-IV, D-I

4. A - I, B-II, C-IV, D-III

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30. Gandhi Ji was influenced by: (BHU MA 2016)

(1) Hegel

(2) Marx

(3) Bentham

(4) Tolstoy

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31. Who was the Chairman of Drafting Committee of Constitution of India? (BHU MA 2019)

1. K. M. Munshi

2. H. N. Kunjru

3. J. L. Nehru

4. B. R. Ambedkar

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32. How many ways to embezzlement of government money have been mentioned by Kautilya in his Arthasastra? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

(a) 75

(b) 40

(c) 50

(d) 30

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33. Which one of the following statements is not correct in case of Kautilya? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

(a) He was the first to make political economy an independent subject.

(b) He propounded a theory of politics which dealt with immediate practical concerns of polity.

(c) He is credited with being the founder of nitisastra tradition.

(d) For the first time he emphasised the need for a strong political control in India.

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34. Which of the following was the initial ideology of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) ? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

(A) Radical Humanism

(B) Fabian Socialism

(C) Gandhian Socialism

(D) Hindutva

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35. M. N. Roy’s ‘Theory of Decolonisation’ was targeted against: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Communist International

B) British Colonialism

C) American Hegemony

D) Apartheid policy

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36. The railway strike of 1974 was called by (JAMMU & KASHMIR SET October 2023)

(A) Jayaprakash Narayan

(B) George Fernandes

(C) Morarji Desai

(D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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37. Who has given originally the idea of 'Hindu Rashtra? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

(a) V. D. Savarkar

(b) Hedgewar

(c) B. S. Moonje

(d) M. S. Golwalkar

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38. Given below are two statements are labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Find the correct answer using the codes given below: (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

Assertion (A): According to Kautilya for the king’s taxes and punishment are necessary in the interest of the people themselves.

Reason (R): Taxes and punishments provide the ruler with means of ensuring people’s security and prosperity.

In this context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?

(A) Both A and R true, and R is the correct explanation of A

(B) Both A and R true, but R is not correct explanation of A

(C) A is true, but R is false

(D) A is false, but R is true

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39. Who among the following has started the self-respect movement as part of social reform? (NET DECEMBER 2023)

1. Mahatma Gandhi

2. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay

3. E. V. Ramaswami Naicker

4. Swami Vivekananda

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40. Two statements are given in the following. One is Assertion (A) Another one Reason (R). (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER II)

Assertion (A): Kautilya refers to Ushanas in his treatise.

Reason (R): It was part of invoking Arthashastra tradition.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true. (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(C) A is false but (R) is true

(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong

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41. Who wrote the biography of Jayaprakash Narayan? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

(a) Jayaprakash Narayan himself

(b) Rambriksh Benipuri

(c) Vinoba Bhave

(d) Namboodiripad

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42. Periyar was associated with which of the following organizations? (JAMMU & KASHMIR SET JUNE 2022)

1. Congress

2. Justice Party

3. Dravidar Kazhagam

4. Hindu Mahasabha

Codes:

(A) 2, 3 and 4

(B) 1, 2 and 4

(C) 1, 3 and 4

(D) 1, 2 and 3

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43. Who was known as 'Frontier Gandhi'? (CUET UG 2024)

(1) Mahatma Gandhi

(2) Sardar Patel

(3) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

(4) Potti Sriramulu

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44. Who is the author of the book "India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy"? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

(a) Ramchandran Guha

(b) Akhil Gupta

(c) Achin Vanaik

(d) Ashutosh Varshney

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45. The philosophy of “radical humanism” is associated with (KARNATAKA SET 2020 PAPER II)

(A) Antonio Gramsci

(B) M. N. Roy

(C) Raja RamMohan Roy

(D) Hebarmass

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46. One of the following was not a pioneer of the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM): (University of Hyderabad MA 2016)

a. Tito

b. Nasser

c. Suharto

d. Nehru

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47. Who gave the concept of ‘graded inequality’? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

(A) Gandhi

(B) Nehru

(C) B. R. Ambedkar

(D) M. N. Roy

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48. Arrange following events related with Gandhiji in Chronological order? (BHU MA 2017)

(I) Publication of Hindi-Swaraj

(II) Chauri-Choura Incident

(III) Champaran Satyagrah

(IV) Establishment of Sabarmati Ashram

Code:

(1) I, II, III and IV

(2) IV, I, II and III

(3) I, III, IV and II

(4) I, IV, III and II

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49. Which of the ideas are associated with V. D. Savarkar? (JNU MA 2021)

A) Blunt the edge of the demands made by the Depressed classes

B) Prevent further atomization of the Hindu community

C) Cultural concept of nationalism

D) Negate the territorial concept of nationhood propagated by Congress

Choose correct answer from options given below:

1. A, B and D only

2. B and C only

3. A, B, C, and D

4. C only

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50. Fatwa-i-Jahandari of Ziauddin Barani is related with (NET June 2020 Paper II)

(A) Advices for Muslim kings in order to earn religious merit and the gratitude of the subject

(B) Advices to all the kings

(C) Description of the origin of state

(D) Tenets of secularism

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) A and B only

(b) A Only

(c) B and C only

(d) B and D only

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