Culture & History — Prelims MCQs

Consider the following pairs of reform movements and the persons associated with founding or leading them:

1. Satyashodhak Samaj — Jyotirao Phule
2. Aligarh movement — Syed Ahmad Khan
3. Young Bengal movement — Keshab Chandra Sen
4. Self-Respect Movement — Narayana Guru

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

The dance form Kathak is correctly described by which one of the following?

With reference to the transfer of power in 1947, consider the following statements:

1. Under the plan announced by Lord Mountbatten on 3 June 1947, the members of the legislative assemblies of Bengal and Punjab were to meet in two groups and vote on whether their province should be divided.
2. The plan brought the date of British withdrawal forward from June 1948, which the British government had announced earlier, to August 1947.
3. Whether the North-West Frontier Province would join India or Pakistan was settled by a referendum held in 1947.
4. The boundary commissions for Bengal and Punjab were both chaired by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, and their awards were made public only after power had been transferred.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs of Maratha ruling houses of the eighteenth century and the seats of their power:

1. Holkar — Baroda
2. Gaekwad — Gwalior
3. Bhonsle — Nagpur
4. Scindia — Indore

Which of the pairs given above is correctly matched?

With reference to the early Vedic and later Vedic periods, consider the following statements:

1. In the early Vedic period cattle were the main measure of wealth, and several Rigvedic words for a fight or a raid are built on the word for cow.
2. In the later Vedic period the centre of settlement moved eastward to the land between the upper Ganga and the Yamuna, where iron came into use and farming became the main occupation.
3. The Rigveda names assemblies called the sabha and the samiti.
4. Through the later Vedic period the samiti steadily gained power, until the king could take no important decision without its consent.

How many of the statements given above are correct?