Personalities, Organisations & Press PYQs

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1. Prelims 1998Q89Personalities, Organisations & Press

   Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

   I.Theodore Beck : Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh

   II.Ilbert Bill : Ripon

   III.Pherozeshah Mehta : Indian National Congress

   IV.Badruddin Tyabji : Muslim League

   Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

   aI, II, III and IVbII and IVcI, III and IVdI, II and III
2. Prelims 1997Q18Personalities, Organisations & Press

   “A graduate at 18, professor and associated editor of the Sudharak at 20, Secretary of the Sarvajanik Sabha and of the Provincial Conference at 25, Secretary of the National Congress at 29, leading witness before an important Royal Commission at 31, Provincial legislator at 34, Imperial legislator at 36, President of the Indian National Congress at 39 ……… a patriot whom Mahatma

   Gandhi himself regarded as his master.” This is how a biographer describes

   aPandit Madan Mohan MalaviyabMahadev Govind RanadecGopal Krishna GokhaledBal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Prelims 1997Q56Personalities, Organisations & PressAnswer disputed

   M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the

   aSwaraj PartybAll India National Liberal FederationcMadras Labour UniondServants of India Society
4. Prelims 1996Q9Personalities, Organisations & Press

   Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

   List I

   I.Surendranath Bannerjee

   II.M. K. Gandhi

   III.Subhash Chandra Bose

   IV.Lajpat Rai

   List II

   A) Hind Swaraj

   B) The Indian Struggle

   C) Autobiographical Writings

   D) A Nation in Making

   Codes:

   aI – D, II – A, III – C, IV – BbI – A, II – D, III – C, IV – BcI – A, II – D, III – B, IV – CdI – D, II – A, III – B, IV – C
5. Prelims 1996Q10Personalities, Organisations & Press

   Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru:

   I.He was the President of the Congress Party in 1947.

   II.He presided over the Constituent Assembly.

   III.He formed the first Congress Ministry in United Province before India’s independence.

   Of these statements

   aI, II and III are correctbI and III are correctcI and II are correctdNone is correct
6. Prelims 1996Q13Personalities, Organisations & Press

   Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

   List I (Period)

   I.1883

   II.1906

   III.1927

   IV.1932

   List II (Event)

   A) Announcement of Communal Award from Whitehall

   B) Formation of the All-India State Peoples Conference

   C) Foundation of Muslim League at Dacca

   D) First session of National Conference at Calcutta

   Codes:

   aI – D, II – C, III – A, IV – BbI – C, II – D, III – A, IV – BcI – D, II – C, III – B, IV – AdI – C, II – D, III – B, IV – A
7. Prelims 1996Q16Personalities, Organisations & Press

   Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained independence?

   aC. RajagopalacharibAcharya KripalanicMahatma GandhidJayaprakash Narain
8. Prelims 1995Q87Personalities, Organisations & Press

   The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by

   aMahatma GandhibThakkar BappacJyotiba PhuledB.R. Ambedkar
9. Prelims 1995Q99Personalities, Organisations & Press

   Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

   aJamnalal Bajaj — Satyagraha Ashram at WardhabDadabhai Naoroji — Bombay AssociationcLala Lajpat Rai — National School at LahoredBal Gangadhar Tilak — Satya Shodhak Sabha