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 B. R. Ambedkar withdrew from active politics for almost a decade when the Communal Award was revoked.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

Explanation:

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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Match the characteristics with their market structure:
(a) Expand out put until MC = MR
(b) Elasticity of demand depends on pricing policies of rivals

A) (a) Pure competition, (b) Pure Monopoly	B) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic competition
C) (a) Pure competition, (b) Oligopoly	D) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Oligopoly

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Oligopoly

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15% of an alloy was silver. If in a quantity of alloy there was 51 g of silver, what was the quantity of the other elements in the alloy?

A) 204 g	B) 340 g
C) 300 g	D) 289 g

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 289 g

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
They said, “We will attend the performance tomorrow.”

A) They said that they would attend the performance the day after tomorrow.	B) They said that they will attend the performance the day after.
C) They said that they would attend the performance the next day.	D) They said that they will attend the performance the day after tomorrow.

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) They said that they would attend the performance the next day.

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In which of the following tissues are the cells living, elongated and irregularly thickened at the corners?

A) Parenchyma	B) Sclerenchyma
C) Aerenchyma	D) Collenchyma

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Collenchyma

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

A) Aristotle	B) Winston Churchill
C) Jarnes Morris	D) Mahatma Gandhi

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