Option “3” is correct. This statement is made by V A Smith. Vincent Arthur Smith, was a British Indologist and art historian. Smith wrote books on various rulers such as the Buddhist emperor, Ashoka and the Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a history of fine arts in India and Ceylon.
Option “3” is correct. Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once called Mahatma Gandhi “a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir… striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceregal Palace.”
524. During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India were the great martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged?
1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Irwin
3. Lord Minto
4. Lord Chemsford
Option “2” is correct. On April 3, 1926 Lord Irwin was appointed 30th Viceroy and Governor-General of India. This was the most tumultuous period for the politics of India. During this period the important events were: Visit of Simon Commission (1928), Nehru Report (1928), Jinnah’s 14 Points, Murder of Saunders in 1929, Bomb thrown in Assembly Hall in Delhi by Bhagat Singh, execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev (1931).
525. Who was the Birtish Prime Minsiter who convened the First Round Table Conference in London?
Option “2” is correct. On 11 September 1930, the personnel of the Round Table Conference were announced. The conference was opened officially by King George V on November 12, 1930 in London. It was chaired by British PM Ramsay MacDonald.
526. Father of new Persian poetry style “Sabak-e-Hindi” or Hindustani style was:
1. Ziyauddin Barani
2. Afiq
3. Isami
4. Amir Khusrau
Option “4” is correct. Amir Khusrau is considered as the father of new Persian poetry style “Sabak-e-Hindi” or Hindustani style. He termed himself ‘Tuti-e-Hind”; He used to say that “Na Tafze Hidni Astru Aaj Farsi Kam” which means that words of Hindi are not less than those of Persian.
527. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d
Option “3” is correct. The correctly matched list is as follows:
528. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of Congress held at Calcutta in-
1. September 1920
2. December 1922
3. October 1924
4. November 1925
Option “1” is correct. In 1920, at a special session of the Congress held at Calcutta under the presidency of Lala Lajpat Rai, Mahatma Gandhi announced his famous programme of Non-Cooperation.
529. What is the correct sequence of the following events?
1. The Lucknow Pact
2. The Introduction of Dyarchy
3. The Rowlatt Act
4. The Partition of Bengal
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
1. 1, 3, 2, 4
2. 4, 1, 3, 2
3. 1, 2, 3, 4
4. 4, 3, 2, 1
Option “2” is correct. The Partition of Bengal -1905
The Lucknow Pact -1916
The Rowlatt Act -1919 (March)
The Introduction of Dyarchy-1919 (December)
530. The famous Vedic river which had long ago become extinct and now supposed to be flowing underground in Rajasthan is-
1. Sindhu
2. Sabastu
3. Shatudri
4. Saraswati
Option “4” is correct. Saraswati River is one of the Rigvedic rivers mentioned in the Rig Veda and later Vedic and post-Vedic texts. The Saraswati River played an important role in Hinduism since Vedic Sanskrit. The first part of the Rig Veda is believed to have originated when the Vedic people lived on its banks, during the 2nd millennium BCE.
