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Statement I :The    Poona    Pact    provided    for    151 reserved  seats  for  the  scheduled  castes  to be   elected   by   a   joint,   not   separate, electorate.

Statement II :Dr.  B.  R.  Ambedkar  withdrew  from  active politics   for   almost   a   decade   when   the Communal Award was revoked.

A) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

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The  Poona  Pact  was  an  agreement between  Dr.  Babasaheb  Ambedkar and  Mahatma  Gandhi  which  was signed  on  24  September  1932  at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, India, which asserted that there will be a single    Hindu    electorate,    with scheduled    castes    having    seats reserved     within     it,So     the representation of these classes was based  on  the  standards  of  joint electorates   and   reserved   seats. The  Communal  Award  was  made by    the    British    Prime    Minister Ramsay  MacDonald  on  16  August 1932    which    allowed    separate electorates  in  India,  and  it  was supported by Ambedkar.

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The instrument used to determine the rotation speed of a shaft is called

A) Speedometer B) Tachometer
C) Anemometer D) Chronometer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tachometer

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What is Kalaripayattu?

A) The boat race of Kerala B) The bullfight that takes place in Kerala
C) The game originated in Kerala using weapons D) The games conducted in Tamil Nadu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The game originated in Kerala using weapons

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Two circles of radii 17 cm and 8 cm are concentric. The length of a chord of greater circle which touches the smaller circle is

A) 15 cm B) 16 cm
C) 30 cm D) 34 cm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 30 cm

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Mughal Emperor Humayun's tomb is in

A) Kabul B) Delhi
C) Shahdara Bagh D) Khuldabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Delhi

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Who is the author of the book ­"My Experiments with Truth"?

A) Aristotle B) Winston Churchill
C) Jarnes Morris D) Mahatma Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi

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Cricketer Virat Kohli was honoured with Arjuna Award in the year

A) 2011 B) 2012
C) 2013 D) 2014
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2013

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Who discovered radioactivity?

A) Max Planck B) James Clerk Maxwell
C) Henri Becquerel D) Heinrich Hertz
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Henri Becquerel

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