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WB SET Unit 3: Indian Political Thought

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1. What was Young India? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

(A) Aradical movement which demanded social reform in 19th Century India.

(B) A revolutionary group which had close relations with Congress extremist leaders.

(C) A journal edited by M. K. Gandhi.

(D) A book written by R. P. Dutt.

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2. Who was the President of Congress when it adopted the 'Poorna Swaraj' resolution? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(B) C. Rajagopalachari

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Rajendra Prasad

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3. Match the list: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

A

B

C

D

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4. Which of the following about M. N. Roy is not correct? (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

(A) He opposed the viewpoint of materialism.

(B) He criticized Marx's philosophy as inadequate.

(C) He opposed the concept of the dictatorship of the proletariat.

(D) He rejected Gandhian philosophy as irrational.

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5. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Mahatma Gandhi's 'Swaraj' is a form of participatory democracy that empowers the masses.

Reason (R): He believed that under it, the weakest should have the same opportunity as the strongest.

Codes:

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

(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct and but (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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6. Which one of the following according to M. K. Gandhi, is correct? (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

(A) There is no relation between ends and means.

(B) End justifies the means.

(C) Means are not important.

(D) Ends and means are interrelated.

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7. The concept of Total Revolution was given by (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

(A) M. N. Roy

(B) Kanu Sanyal

(C) Jay Prakash Narayan

(D) Ram Manohar Lohia

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8. 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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9. Which is not among the seven elements of state as per Kautilya’s Saptanga theory? (WB PSC 2022)

(A) Swami

(B) Durga

(C) Kosha

(D) Shatru

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10. Who wrote Sadhana? (WB PSC 2022)

(A) Ramakrishna

(B) Rabindranath Tagore

(C) Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay

(D) Rammohan Roy

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11. 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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12. Who wrote Bartaman Bharat? (WB PSC 2022)

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(B) Subhas Chandra Bose

(C) Swami Vivekananda

(D) B. R. Ambedkar

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13. Who wrote Bartaman Bharat? (WB PSC 2022)

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(B) Subhas Chandra Bose

(C) Swami Vivekananda

(D) B. R. Ambedkar

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14. Who is the propagator of ‘mandala’ theory of state? (WB PSC 2022)

(A) Barani

(B) Megasthenes

(C) Kautilya

(D) Kalidas

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15. Who is described as 'Father of Indian Unrest' by Valentine chirol? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

(A) G. K. Gokhale

(B) B. G. Tilak

(C) M. N. Roy

(D) Lajpat Rai

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16. The Mahad Satyagraha led by Ambedkar was for gaining (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

(A) entry into a temple.

(B) right to fetch water from a public tank.

(C) separate electorate for depressed classes.

(D) passage of the Hindu Code Bill.

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17. Which of the following programme is associated with the 'development of the last man in the row'? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Antyodaya Programme

(B) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

(C) Integrated Rural Development Programme

(D) Intensive Agricultural District Programme

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18. Theoretically, Gandhi was a (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Statist

(B) Anarchist

(C) Liberal

(D) Philosophical Anarchist

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19. The book Total Revolution was written by (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Jayaprakash Narayan

(B) Ram Manohar Lohia

(C) M. N. Roy

(D) Vinoba Bhave

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20. Gandhi lays stress on (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Centralisation of politics

(B) Regionalisation of politics

(C) Spiritualisation of politics

(D) Traditionalisation of politics

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21. Given below are two statements, one is Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

Assertion (A): Gandhiji's concept of 'Swaraj' is based on democratic decentralisation.

Reason (R): Gandhiji believes in non- violence.

Codes:

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

(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (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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22. Who among the following is not considered as the extremist in the Indian Freedom Movement? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B) Bipin Chandra Pal

(C) Aurobindo Ghosh

(D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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

(A) Golwalkar

(B) Malavya

(C) Savarkar

(D) Hedgewar

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24. 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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25. Who among the following regarded Buddhism as a moral and tolerant alternative to Marxism? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Ram Mohan Roy

(B) Swami Vivekananda

(C) B. R. Ambedkar

(D) M. N. Roy

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26. 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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27. The monthly magazine Rashtra Dharma was started by (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

(A) K. B. Hedgewar

(B) Deendayal Upadhyaya

(C) Syama Prasad Mukherjee

(D) None of them

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28. In which chapter of Mahabharata are the duties of the king enunciated? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

(A) Virat Parva

(B) Shanti Parva

(C) Sabha Parva

(D) Udyog Parva

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29. Who among the following Sultans, tried to curb the powers of Amirs and Ulemas? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

(A) Qutubuddin Aibak

(B) Iltutmish

(C) Md. Bin Tughlaq

(D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

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30. Nehru wrote Whither India? in support of (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

(A) Nationalism

(B) Capitalism

(C) Socialism

(D) Democracy

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31. Which of the following books was not written by M. N. Roy? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

(A) India in Transition

(B) The Future of Indian Politics

(C) Reason, Romanticism and Revolution

(D) The Human Cycle

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32. Tagore’s Nationalism is based on his lecture-tour in (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

(A) Japan and UK

(B) Japan and USA

(C) USA and China

(D) China and Italy

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33. By Satyagraha, Gandhi meant (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

(A) truth by force.

(B) truth as strategy.

(C) holding firmly to truth.

(D) giving sermons on truth.

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34. What is the full form of Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

(A) Hind Sawraj or Indian Home Rule

(B) Hind Sawraj or Indian Independence

(C) Hind Sawraj or Indian Satyagraha

(D) Hind Sawraj or Indian Sarvodaya

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35. 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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36. 'Integral Humanism', as a concept, is propounded by (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A) M. S. Golwalkar

(B) Dindayal Upadhyay

(C) Shamaprasad Mookerjee

(D) M. N. Roy

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37. Who described the Mughal Emperor as the 'Shadow of God"? (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A) Abul Fazl

(B) Barani

(C) Ibn Batuta

(D) Badauni

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38. The doctrine of 'Sulh-i-Kul' influenced (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A) Babur

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Akbar

(D) Aurangzeb

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39. Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin was written by (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A) Raja Rammohan Roy

(B) Raja Radhakanta Deb

(C) Akshay Kumar Dutta

(D) H. L. V. Derozio

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40. In which address' Iqbal raised the issue of a confederation for the Indian Muslims? (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A) Karachi Address

(B) Allahabad Address

(C) Bhopal Address

(D) Lahore Address

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41. According to Jayaprakash Narayan, "Total Revolution' is a combination of (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A) Five revolutions

(B) Six revolutions.

(C) Eight revolutions

(D) Seven revolutions

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42. Who described Gandhi as Philosophical Anarchist? (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A) Gopinath Dhawan

(B) Judith Brown

(C) Romain Rolland

(D) Eric Erikson

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43. Who among the following advocated 'partyless democracy' in India? (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) M. N. Roy

(C) Jayaprakash Narayan and M. N. Roy

(D) Both M. N. Roy and Jayaprakash Narayan

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44. Which of the following is not emphasized in Arthashastra? (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A) Diplomacy

(B) Propaganda

(C) Expediency

(D) Purity of means

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45. Match the books (List-1) with their authors (List-II) by identifying the correct code: (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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46. The concept of 'Sarvodaya' was developed by (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A) Jayaprakash Narayan

(B) M. K. Gandhi

(C) Vinova Bhabe

(D) J. B. Kripalani

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47. Who among the following was involved in the formation of the Communist Party of India? (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(A) Jyoti Basu

(B) M. N. Roy

(C) Charu Majumdar

(D) None of the above

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48. Given below are two statements. One is labeled as Assertion (A) and the other is labeled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer using the options given below: (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

Assertion (A): B. R. Ambedkar was in favour of a separate electorate for the 'depressed castes'.

Reason (R): Mahatma Gandhi proposed for separate electorates for the 'depressed castes'.

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

(B) (A) is true but (R) is not true.

(C) Both (A) and (R) are not true.

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

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49. Consider the following statements: (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

(i) Aurobindo advocated the doctrine of 'passive resistance' before Mahatma Gandhi did so.

(ii) Aurobindo borrowed the doctrine of 'passive resistance' from Mahatma Gandhi.

(iii) Aurobindo provided inspiration to the revolutionary movement in Bengal.

(iv) Aurobindo advocated the concept of 'human unity'.

Which of the above statements are correct?

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(C) (i), (ii) and (iv)

(D) (i), (iii) and (iv)

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50. Which term corresponds most closely to the ancient Indian understanding of dharma? (WEST BENGAL SET DECEMBER 2023)

(A) Ethics

(B) Edicts of the king

(C) Statute

(D) Conscience

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51. Who among the following advocated party-less democracy? (WEST BENGAL SET DECEMBER 2023)

(A) C. Rajagopalachari

(B) Krishna Menon

(C) S. A. Dange

(D) Jayaprakash Narayan

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52. The phrase 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' is found in (WEST BENGAL SET DECEMBER 2023)

(A) Chandogya Upanishad

(B) Mandukya Upanishad

(C) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

(D) Maha Upanishad

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53. Keep the odd one out: (WEST BENGAL SET DECEMBER 2023)

(A) V. D. Savarkar

(B) Deendayal Upadhyaya

(C) M. S. Golwalkar

(D) Ram Manohar Lohia

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54. Which one among the following is not written by Sri Aurobindo? (WEST BENGAL SET DECEMBER 2023)

(A) Life Divine

(B) Essays on the Gita

(C) Yoga: Concepts and Practice

(D)The Ideals of Human Unity

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55. What type of person is described by Agganna Sutta as a paragon of virtue? (WEST BENGAL SET DECEMBER 2023)

(A) Sadhaka

(B) Arahant

(C) Bhikkhu

(D) Brahmin

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56. Who advocated a junction of Vedanta brain and Islam body? (WEST BENGAL SET DECEMBER 2023)

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B) Swami Vivekananda

(C) Rabindranath Tagore

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

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57. Who founded the 'Mexican Socialist Worker's Party' which was later named as 'Mexican Communist Party'? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A) Jaya Prakash Narayan

(B) B. R. Ambedkar

(C) M. N. Roy

(D) V. I. Lenin

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58. In the two lists given below, List-I provides organisation and List-II provides names of political leaders. Match the two lists and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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59. Who is the author of Nation Building in India? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A) Rajni Kothari

(B) Sudipta Kaviraj

(C) Jayaprakash Narayan

(D) T. K. Oommen

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60. Who started the publication of Kesari? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A) Balgangadhar Tilak

(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(C) M. K. Gandhi

(D) Bhagat Singh

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61. Periyer was associated with which of the following organizations? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

1. Congress Party

2. Justice Party

3. Dravida Kazhagam

4. Hindu Mahasabha

Choose the right answer:

(A) 2, 3 and 4

(B) 1, 2 and 4

(C) 1, 3 and 4

(D) 1, 2 and 3

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62. Who among the following was not a member of Constituent Assembly of India? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A) Sir Firoz Khan Nur

(B) Sir Zafarullah Khan

(C) Dr. Jay Shankar

(D) Jai Prakash Narayan

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63. Which of the following sentences is incorrect? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A) Kanshi Ram formed the Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangarsh Samiti with the purpose of contesting elections.

(B) The word Bahujan as an ideological category comprised only the Scheduled Castes.

(C) 'Dalit Panthers' was inspired by the works of 'Black Panthers' in the U.S.A.

(D) E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker was popularly known as 'Periyar'.

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64. Arrange the following in order of their appearance in terms of the code below: (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

1. Saptanga Theory

2. Manusmriti

3. Arya Mahila Samaj

4. Saptakranti

Code:

(A) 2, 1, 3, 4

(B) 1, 2, 3, 4

(C) 4, 3, 2, 1

(D) 2, 1, 4, 3

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65. Who moved the objectives resolution in the Constituent Assembly? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A) B. R. Ambedkar

(B) Jawaharlal Nehru

(C) Sardar Ballavbhai Patel

(D) Rajendra Prasad

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66. Arrange the following in chronological order of appearance in terms of the code below: (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

1. Vasishtha Dharmasutra

2. Apastambha Dharmasutra

3. Gautama Dharmasutra

4. Manusmriti

Codes:

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 3, 2, 1, 4

(C) 4, 3, 2, 1

(D) 2, 3, 4, 1

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67. Which landmark event in B. R. Ambedkar's life took place at the Yeola Conference in 1935? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A) Published Annihilation of Caste

(B) Launched Mahad Satyagraha

(C) Announced that the depressed classes would embrace another religion

(D) Started the Independent Labour Party

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68. 'Nationalism is a menace'. Who said it? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A) M. K. Gandhi

(B) Romain Rolland

(C) Rabindranath Tagore

(D) None of the above

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69. Ram Mohun Roy was the founder of which of the following? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A) Brahmo Samaj

(B) Arya Samaj

(C) Sant Samaj

(D) Visva Bharati

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70. Who among the following regarded Buddhism as a moral and tolerant alternative to Marxism? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A) Ram Mohun Roy

(B) Swami Vivekananda

(C) B. R. Ambedkar

(D) M. N. Roy

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71. Which of the following was mentioned by Gandhi? (WB SET 2024)

(A) Drain Theory

(B) Socialistic Pattern of Society

(C) Satyagraha

(D) Radical humanism

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72. The Pakistan Resolution was adopted in (WB SET 2024)

(A) 1937

(B) 1940

(D) 1946

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73. Given below are two statements, one is labelled Assertion (A): and the other, Reason (R). (WB SET 2024)

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

Reason (R): He was in agreement with Gandhi

Select the correct answer from the codes below:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (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 true but (R) is false

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

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74. Identify the correct sequence of the events by Mahatma Gandhi (WB SET 2024)

(I) Organisation of the industrial workers in Ahmedabad for higher wages

(II) Protest against the Indigo planters at Champaran

(III) Satyagraha movement in Kaira against the collection of land revenue

(IV) Protest against the Asiatic Registration Act

Select the correct answer:

(A) (III), (IV), (II), (I)

(B) (IV), (II), (III), (I)

(C) (II), (III), (IV), (I)

(D) (I), (II), (III), (IV)

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75. Which book was not authored by V. D. Savarkar? (WB SET 2024)

(A) Hindutva

(B) The Indian War of Independence - 1857

(C) Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History

(D) We or Our Nationhood Defined

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76. Match Set-I with Set-II in terms of their theoretical similarity: (WB SET 2024)

A

B

C

D

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77. Who formulated a philosophy of history centred on divine Providence? (WB SET 2024)

(A) Kautilya

(B) Kabir

(C) Barani

(D) Pandita Ramabai

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