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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 B. R. Ambedkar withdrew from active politics for almost a decade when the Communal Award was revoked.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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Who was the first woman president of Indian National Congress in pre-Independent India?

A) Vijayalakshmi Pandit	B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Annie Besant	D) Madam Cama

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Annie Besant

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The basic concept of Montessori education is

A) Discovery by travelling	B) Dreaming
C) Communicating	D) Self-discovery through experiment

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Self-discovery through experiment

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Article 31B of the Indian Constitution "Validation of certain Acts and Regulations" deals with the

A) State Government	B) Union Government
C) Directive principles of state policy	D) Fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

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In 1981, ISRO launched India's first geostationary satellite called -

A) Aryabhata	B) APPLE
C) Bhaskara II	D) INSAT 1B

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) APPLE

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Suez Canal connects

A) Red Sea and Arabian Sea	B) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
C) Arabian Sea and Mediterranean Sea	D) North Sea and Baltic Sea

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea

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Which famous cricketer co-owns the Pro-Kabaddi team from Tamil Nadu named 'Tamil Thalaivas'?

A) Sunil Gavaskar	B) Ravi Shastri
C) Krishnamachari Srikkanth	D) Sachin Tendulkar

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sachin Tendulkar

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Who is the author of "Midnight's Children"?

A) Jhumpa Lahiri	B) Amish Tripathi
C) Ravinder Singh	D) Salman Rushdie

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