1. Give the correct answer by using the codes given below: According to M. N. Roy: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER III)

(1)   The individual is prior to society

(2)   The society is prior to individual

(3)   The individual is prior to society and freedom can be enjoyed only by individuals

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2. Who firstly propounded the theory of passive resistance? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER III)

3. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER III)

4. Which current of thought was not supported by M. N. Roy? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER III)

5. Which of the following principles is central to Gandhian thought? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER III)

6. Match List I (Leaders) with List II (Movements) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER II)

7. 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

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8. What is the central theme of Kautilya's 'Arthashastra? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER II)

9. Which of the following philosophy was advocated by M. N. Roy? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2017 PAPER III)

10. A planned approach to development in India is considered to be the contribution of. (MAHARASHTRA SET 2017 PAPER III)

11. 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)

12. Who said the following? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2017 PAPER II)

"The king shall consult three or four ministers (for) consultations with a single (minister) may not lead to any definite conclusion in case of complicated issues".

13. The Lahore Session of the Congress which adopted a resolution of complete independence for India was presided over by: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2018 PAPER III)

14. Who represented the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference at London (1931)? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2018 PAPER III)

15. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Satyagraha movement in 1919.Which of the following was the correct reason? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2018 PAPER III)

(a)    It was a protest against the British government for its failure to introduce promised reforms at the end of the war.

(b)    It was a protest against the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar.

(c)    It was a protest against the Rowlatt Act.

(d)    It was a protest against communal awards.

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16. Gandhiji believed in the principle of non-violence. Satyagraha is: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2018 PAPER III)

17. Who are regarded as the ‘founding fathers’ of the non-aligned movement? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

18. In Buddhist literature what is ‘Sutta’? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

19. Agganna Sutta is in which text? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

20. With which of the following organizations Periyar E.V. Ramsamy was associated? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

(a)   Self-Respect Movement

(b)   Justice Party

(c)   Dravidar Kazhagam

(d)   Home-rule Movement

Choose your answer from the following codes:

21. Who among the following launched Kalaram Mandir Entry Satyagraha? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

22. Which of the following were the tenents of Jayprakash Narayan’s concept of Communitarian Democracy? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

(a)   Decentralised political economy

(b)   Competitiveness

(c)   Deliberate process of devolution

(d)   Harmonization of interest

Choose the answer from the following codes:

23. Who among the following personalities established the organisation ‘Abhinav Bharat’ ? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

24. Who was the revolutionary Marxist leader with whom M.N. Roy had a prolonged political debate in 1919-1920? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

25. The historic ‘Quit India’ resolution was passed under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership at Gowalia Tank median in the city of : (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

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

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

28. Which one of the following options was not a part of M. N. Roy’s ‘four classes’ framework in Indian context? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

29. Who among the following was an early central figure in Vedantic nationalist conceptualization against British rule? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

30. Mohammed Iqbal’s ideas can be summarized as: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

(a)   Quest for idealized theocratic but modern state

(b)   Viewing man at the centre of the scheme of things

(c)   Believed man to be in charge of dynamism and action

(d)   Believed in God’s suzerainty as the provider, the benefactor, the judge, the guide and the beautiful

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31. Aurobindo’s ideas of revolution were based on certain philosophical and spiritual foundations such as: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

(a) Sachchidananda or the supreme reality

(b) Supermind or truth consciousness

(c) Evolution as means of liberating consciousness

(d) Autonomous mind

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32. Why did Pandita Ramabai founded Arya Mahila Samaj? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

33. Who wrote the book ‘The High Caste Hindu Women’? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

34. Match the pairs using the codes given below (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

35. According to Deendayal Upadhyayawhich are four elements of nation ? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

36. Who believed that the aggregate of the four, body, mind, heart and soul is the individual ? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

37. Find the incorrect statement: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

38. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with his followers in  (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

39. Indira Gandhi declared internal emergency between (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

40. 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

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41. Who among the following started ‘Self-Respect Movement’? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

42. Select the incorrect statement from the following statements: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

43. Which of the following are not the books written by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

Choose your answer using the codes given below:

(a) Slavery

(b) The Life Divine

(c) Hind Swaraj

(d) Annihilation of Castes

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44. Match the following lists of thinkers and their respective political parties: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

45. Swami Vivekananda’s famous speech at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago was given in which year? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

46. Which of the following statements are incorrect ? Choose your answer from the codes given below: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

(a) Sri Aurobindo was a liberal thinker

(b) M. N. Roy enunciated Radical Humanism

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru was a crusader against imperialism

(d) J. P. Narayan promoted Marxist revolution

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47. The book ‘Religion of Man’, published in 1931 was written by (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

48. Match the following two lists of thinkers and books written by them. Choose your answer from the codes given below: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

49. The book ‘Who were the Shudras ’was written by: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

50. Who among the following is the adherent of syncretic culture? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

51. In the Jayaprakash Narayan’s concept of Sarvodaya which is the last ‘daan’ after Bhoodan, Gramdan, Sampattidan? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

52. Sri Aurobindo use to write in which newspaper? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

53. Choose the incorrect statement from the following: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

54. In which book Mahatma Gandhi has made a critique of modernity? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

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

56. Who put forth the concept of ‘Total Revolution’? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

57. Which of the following statements is incorrect? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

58. Apasthamba, Gautama, Vashishta, Baudhayana are the names of _______ (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

59. Barani’s book, ‘Tarikh-i-Feroze Shahi’, deals with which subject? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

60. Who said, ‘Head of the government and Head of the state are twin brothers’ (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

61. Which of the following political thought was proposed by the thinker Kautilya? (Maharashtra SET 2024 Paper II)

62. Which one of the following options was not a part of Bal Gangadhar Tilak Four Point Programme'? (Maharashtra SET 2024 Paper II)

63. Who of this following made this statement?  (MAHARASHTRA SET 2017 PAPER II)

"Third world countries must struggle to solve economic, social, political and cultural problems all at the same time to attain a level of development"