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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Previous Year Questions (2009-2019)
Answer and Explanation of Previous Year Questions
Most Expected Questions (MEQ):
DHARMASHASTRA
KAUTILYA
AGGANNASUTTA
BARANI
KABIR
PANDITA RAMABAI
BAL GANGADHAR TILAK
SWAMI VIVEKANAND
RABINDINDRANATH TAGORE
M.K. GANDHI
SRI AUROBINDO
PERIYAR E.V. RAMASAMY
MUHAMMAD IQBAL
M.N. ROY
V D SAVARKAR
Dr. B.R. AMBEDKAR
J L NEHRU
RAM MANOHAR LOHIA
JAYA PRAKASH NARAYAN
DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA
ANSWER AND EXPLANATION OF MEQ

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PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

UGC NET POLITICAL SCIENCE 2009-2019
INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

1. Question (June 2009)

Assertion: For Aurobindo, true nationalism is Sanatan dharma
Reason: By Sanatan dharma, Aurobindo meant traditional religious rites.
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of
A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation
of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
2. Question (December 2009)
Gandhi wrote Hind swaraj in the year:
A. 1909
B. 1908
C. 1919
D. 1920
3. Question (December 2009)
“They lick the dust of the feet that kick” Who said this?
A. M. N Roy
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Aurobindo
D. Veer Savarkar

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4. Question (December 2009)

Who of the following is not an extremist?
A. Lala Lajpat Rai
B. Bipin Chandra pal
C. Bal Gangadhara Tilak
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
5. Question (December 2009)
Assertion: Gandhi‘s satyagraha is the vindication of truth through self
inflicted suffering.
Reason: The purpose of satyagraha is to show moral superiority of the
satyagrahi.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false.
D. A is false but R is true
6. Question- (June 2010)
According to Gandhi:
A. There is no relation between ends and means
B. Ends justifies the means
C. Means are not important
D. Ends and means are inter related
7. Question (December 2010)
During the radical humanist phase, M.N. Roy advocates:
A. Biparty system
B. Single party system
C. Party less system

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D. Multi-party system
8. Question (December 2010)
In his book “The untouchable” Ambedkar gave the following theory
for the origin of untouchables:
A. Racial theory
B. Occupational
C. Buddhist origin untouchables
D. Ethnic theory
9. Question (June 2011)
Gandhi describes himself as a:
A. Liberal
B. Socialist
C. Social Democrat
D. Philosophical anarchist
10. Question (December 2011)
Arrange the following in chronological order and choose correct
answer from the codes given below:
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
3. Rabindra Nath Tagore
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 4, 2, 1, 3
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 3, 2, 1, 4
11. Question (December 2011)
Hind swaraj depends:
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A. Mazzini Italy
B. Disraeli England
C. Lincoln USA
D. Bismarck Germany
12. Question (June 2012)
Aurobindo is mainly famous for his:
A. Political ideology
B. Revolutionary activities
C. Life divine
D. Association with mother
13. Question (June 2012)
Who said “Human nature is an ensemble of social relations”?
A. Gandhiji
B. M. N Roy
C. Aurobindo
D. Mao
14. Question (June 2012)
Match list 1 with list 2 and select the correct answer from codes
given below:
A. Twentieth century Jacobism 1. Gandhi
B. Voluntary poverty 2. Aurobindo
C. I was born Hindu but will 3. Ambedkar
Not die as one
D. Integrated theory of evolution 4. M.N. Roy
A. 1,2,3,4
B. 4,1,3,2

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C. 2,3,1,4
D. 3,1,2,4
15. Question (December 2012)
Assertion: Ambedkar was in favour of separate electoral for depressed
class.
Reason: he was in agreement with Gandhi.
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of
A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct
explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
16. Question (December 2012)
“Satyavir ki katha” translated into Gujarati by Gandhi was from
A. The prince
B. Dialogue of Plato
C. Social contract
D. War and peace
17.Question (June 2013)
Who among the following formed “The league of radical
congressmen”?
A. M. K Gandhi
B. M.N. Roy
C. Aurobindo
D. B. R Ambedkar
18.Question (June 2013)
Which one among the following is not written by Aurobindo?
A. Life divine
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B. Essays on Geeta
C. Yoga: concept and practice.
D. The ideals of human unity
19. Question (June 2013)
Identify the correct sequence of the event undertaken by mahatma
Gandhi:
1. Organised the industrial workers in Ahmedabad for higher wages.
2. Protest against the indigo planters at Champarana
3. Satyagraha movement in Kheda against collection of land revenue
4. Protest against the Asiatic registration act.
Choose the correct answer.
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 4, 2, 3, 1
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 1, 3, 4, 2
20. Question (September 2013)
Who among the following criticized Marxian theory of surplus value:
A. Savarkar
B. M.N. Roy
C. Aurobindo
D. Jaya Prakash Narayan
21. Question (December 2013)
Who among the following said “Those who say that religion has
nothing to do with politics, do not know what religion means”:
A. Aurobindo
B. Gandhi
C. Subhash Bose

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D. M.N. Roy
22. Question (December 2013)
For Savarkar what were the three fundamental bonds that united
the Hindus?
A. Territory, race, culture
B. Territory, population, sovereignty
C. Territory, government, international recognition
D. None of the above
23. Question (December 2013)
Who among the following regarded Buddhism as a moral and
tolerate alternative to Marxism?
A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B. Vivekanand
C. B. R Ambedkar
D. M. N Roy
24. Question (December 2013)
Who among the following envisaged the conflict of the present age as
between the all devouring collective ego – whether of the nation or
the class and individual struggling for freedom?
A. Gandhi
B. M.N. Roy.
C. Aurobindo
D. Ambedkar
25. Question (December 2013)
Why did Gandhi go to South Africa?
A. On invitation by Indians in South Africa.

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B. To study Bar at law.

C. To fight a case of Gujrati Businessman
D. To visit South Africa.
26. Question (December 2013)
Who founded the Mexican Socialist workers party which later named as
Mexican Communist Party
A. Jayaprakash Narayan
B. B.R. Ambedkar
C. M.N. Roy
D. Lenin
27. Question (December 2013)
Whom did Lord Minto describe as most dangerous man?
A. B. G tilak
B. Aurobindo
C. Gandhi
D. Sardar Patel
28. Question (June 2014)
Who is the author of Savitri?
A. M.N. Roy
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Aurobindo Ghosh
D. Gandhi
29. Question (June 2014)
Once God is let in there is an end to the sovereignty of man: who said
this?
A. B. R Ambedkar
B. Vivekanand
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C. M. N Roy
D. Nehru
30. Question (June 2014)
To Kautilya, the concept of Rupdarahak means:
A. Beautician
B. Magistrate
C. Inspector of coin
D. Zamindar
31. Question (June 2014)
Who said that God had appeared to him in prison, placed the Geeta
in his hands and made him realise the simple truth of Sanatan
dharma?
A. Vivekanand
B. Gandhi
C. Aurobindo
D. Savarkar
32. Question (June 2014)
In which of the Following counties Narendra Bhattacharya settled under
the name of Manbendra Nath Roy.
A. Java
B. USA
C. Germany
D. Mexico
33. Question (June 2014)
Which of the following book is not written by tilak?
A. The Orion

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B. Arctic home in Vedas

C. Geeta Rahsaya
D. Life divine
34. Question (June 2014)
In which place of South Africa did Gandhi for the first time organize
mass protest?
A. Cape Town
B. Johannesburg
C. Soweto
D. Pretoria
35. Question (December 2014)
Identify the correct sequence of the books written on mahatma
Gandhi in ascending order:
A. Richard Attenborough 1. In search of Gandhi
B. C. F Andrews 2. Mahatma Gandhi ideas
C. B. Bhattacharya 3. Evolution of political
philosophy of mahatma
Gandhi
D. J. B Kriplani 4. Gandhian thought
A. 2,4,3,1
B. 1,2,3,4
C. 3,4,2,1
D. 1,4,3,2
36. Question (December 2014)
Which of the following is a not feature of Jayaprakash Narayan‘s
Partyless Democracy.?
A. Dispersal of political power

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B. Constant watch of the representative by the electing bodies

C. Maximum propaganda
D. Comparatively less expensive election
37. Question (June 2015)
In Arthashastra, how many departments of government find
mentioned?
A. 32
B. 33
C. 34
D. 35
38. Question (June 2015)
Who among the following said that “Bhakti in religion may be a road
to the salvation of the soul, but in politics, Bhakti Or hero worship is
a sure road to degradation and eventual dictatorship?”
A. Jayaprakash Narayan
B. B.R Ambedkar
C. M. N Roy
D. Savarkar
39. Question (June 2015)
Who said, “therefore, the sword of Brutus is holy. Therefore, the
Baghanakha of Shivaji is of fair fame. Therefore, the beheading of
Charles I is a just deed.
A. M.N. Roy
B. Aurobindo
C. Vivekanand
D. V. D Savarkar
40. Question (December 2015)

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Which of the following is not an organ of Kautilya‘s state?

A. Swami
B. Amatya
C. Varn Vyavshtha
D. Danda
41. Question (December 2015)
Who coined the slogan of “No control, No co-oprration”?
A. Gandhi
B Jayaprakash Narayan
C. Aurobindo
D. Bose
42. Question (December 2015)
Who among the following wrote “In the context of society today, the
caste system and much that goes with it, are wholly incompatible,
reactionary, restrictive, barriers to progress?”
A. B. R Ambedkar
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Ram Manohar Lohia
D. Gandhi
43. Question (December 2015)
Assertion: There was great deal of similarity between the ideals of
Mazzini and those of Aurobindo.
Reason: Both believed that faith in God was the basic of morality and
politics could not be separated by morality
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of
A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct
explanation of A
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C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true
44. Question (September 2016)
For Ambedkar, which of the following strategy is not true regarding
the destruction of caste system in India?
A. Forcing distinct identify for Dalits
B. Recognition of differential interest.
C. Removing Untouchability without destroying caste system
D. Securing separate political representation
45. Question (September 2016)
Who among the following described Aurobindo as a poet of
patriotism, prophet of nationalism and lover of humanity?
A. M.N. Roy
B. C.R. Das
C. R.P. Dutt
D. Vivekanand
46. Question (January 2017)
Assertion: Kautilya emphasized the nerd of strong ruler.
Reason: he was having acute awareness of the danger of anarchy as well
as absolute necessity to establish order in society
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of
A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct
explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
47. Question (January 2017)
E. M. S Namboodirpad‘s book mahatma and ism is analysis of
Mahatma Gandhi from the point of view:
A. Syndicalism
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B. Socialism
C. Liberalism
D. Marxism
48. Question (January 2017)
Which of the following statement is not correct in case of M.N. Roy?
A. He prepared a model Constitution for free India
B. Sovereign power was to be vested in the people.
C. People’s committees to be set up in villages, towns and cities
D. He did not concede the right of succession to its constituent units
49. Question (January 2017)
Who among the following declared “For me morals and ethics and
religion are convertible terms. A moral life without reference religion
is like a house built upon sand?”
A. Aurobindo
B. Savarkar
C. Gandhi
D. J.P. Narayan
50. Question (January 2017)
Arrange the following works of sri Aurobindo in chronological
order. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
1. Love and death
2. The life divine
3. Essays on Geeta
4. Savitri
A. 1,2,3,4
B. 2,3,4,1
C. 4,3,2,1

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D. 4,2,1,3
51. Question (November 2017)
Who said “Kautilya‘s Arthashastra exemplified radical
Machiavellianism compared to it, Machiavelli‘s prince is harmless?”
A. Weber
B. Morgenthau
C. Waltz
D. Kissinger
52. Question (November 2017)
Assertion: Gandhi was critical of the material civilization and
particularly detested the industrial revolution
Reason: He believed that industrial revolution was destroying deeper
values.
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of
A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct
explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
53. Question (July 2018)
Which one of the following is not correct in case of Kautilya?
A. He was the first to make political economy an independent subject.
B. He propounded a theory of politics which dealt with immediate
practical concerns of polity.
C. For the first time he emphasized the needs of a strong political control
in India.
D. He is credited with being the founder of Nitishastra tradition.
54. Question (July 2018)

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Who among the following had started two weeklies, the Karmyogi
and the Dharma?
A. Gandhi
B. Aurobindo
C. Ranade
D. Tilak
55. Question (July 2019)
Match the following
A. Jayaprakash Narayan 1. Salt Taxation
B. R. M Lohia 2. The Reconstruction of
Religious Thought of Islam
C. Mohammed Iqbal 3. Why Socialism?
D. Barani 4. Fatwa-e- Jahandari
A. 3,1,2,4
B. 1,2,3,4
C. 2,3,4,1
D.2, 3,1,4
56. Question (July 2019)
Nitishastra is known as:
A. Shruti
B. Smriti
C. Samhita
D. Nitishastra
57. Question (June 2019)
Ram Manohar lohia was opposed to:
1. Capitalism

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2. Communism
3. Socialism
4. Decentralization of power
Choose the codes below
A. 1,3
B. 3,4
C.1, 2,3
D. 2,3,4
58. Question (June 2019)
Agganna Sutta Is
A. 27th Sutta of Digha Nikaya
B. 27th Sutta of Majijhma
C. 26th Sutta of Sanjukta
D. 27th Sutta of Angusuttra
59. Question (June 2019)
Which of the following newspapers are related to Tilak?
1. Kesari
2. Maratha
3. Sudharak
4. Harijan
Choose from given codes
A. 1,2
B. 4,2
C. 1,2,3
D. 3,4
60. Question (June 2019)
Which of the following creations related to Iqbal?

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1. Tarana-e-Hind
2. The reconstruction of religious thought of Islam
3. The historic role of Islam
4. The Bang-e-Dara
Choose correct answer from codes
A. 1, 2, 3
B. 1, 2, 4
C. 2, 3, 1
D. 1, 4, 2
61. Question (June 2019)
Why was Pandita Ramabai given the title of Pandita?
A. Social work
B. Female liberation
C. Against caste system
D. Sanskrit scholar
62. Question (July 2019)
When was Jayaprakash Narayan awarded Bharat Ratna?
A. 1998
B.1999
C. 1997
D. 2000
63. Question (December 2019)
Which of the following is not related to Kabir?
A. Begampura
B. Bhakti
C. Panchvaani
D. Gender inequality

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64. Question (December 2019)

Arrange the ashram established by Gandhi in chronological order.
1. Phoenix settlement
2. Kochrab ashram
3. Sevagram ashram
4. Tolstoy Farm
Choose the correct answer
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 4, 2, 3, 1
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 2, 3, 4, 1
65. Question (December 2019)
Which incident made Periyar, an atheist?
A. Self-respect movement
B. Kashi pilgrimage
C. Dravidian national movement
D. Discrimination in society
66. Question (December 2019)
In which year Tagore, gave back his title knighthood after Jallianwala
Bagh incident?
A. 1919
B. 1929
C. 1920
D. 1923
67. Question (December 2019)
Match the following
Marx, Gandhi and socialism 1. Aurobindo
Gandhi and Gandhism 2. Lohia
Savitri 3.ambedkar
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Geetanjali 4. Tagore
Choose the answer
A. 2,3,1,4
B. 3,2,1,4,
C.4, 1,3,2
D. 2,3,4,1
68. Question (December 2019)
How many elements of Mandal theory of state are enumerated by
Kautilya?
A. 60
B. 68
C. 70
D. 72
69. Question (December 2019)
Who wrote the biography of Jayaprakash Narayan?
A. Self Jayaprakash Narayan
B. Ramvriksh Benipuri
C. Vinoba Bhave
D. Namboodirpad

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DHARMASHASTRA
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: The Dharmashastras is a collection of ancient Sanskrit texts which give

the codes of conduct and moral principles (dharma) for Hindus.
Reason: There are many Dharmashastras, variously estimated to be 18 to about
100, with different and conflicting points of view.
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

Which One of the following Sanskrit text studied first by European

philologists?

A. Arthashastra
B. Manusmriti
C. Mahabharata
D. Ramayana

Question 3

Who translated first Manusmriti in English ?

A. R. Shamasastry
B. William Jones
C. Ralph T. H. Griffith
D. Kisari mohan ganguly

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Question 4

Dharamshastra is known as

A.Smriti
B. Samhita
C. Shruti
D. Nitishastra

Question 5

Which of the following is /are part of Manusmriti‘s Origin of state.

A. According to Manu, There were seven elements of state.

B. In the Manusmriti it is said that when the world was thick in anarchy, the
people prayed to God to remedy the condition. God was pleased to appoint
Manu to rule over the earth.
C. Before the state, there were matsya nyaya on the Earth.
D. according to Manu, state is not an institution that evolved gradually, but
was a sudden creation.

A. Only A.
B. Both A and D
C. Both C and B
D. All of these

Question 6

Which of the following is not a part of idea of kingship in Manusmriti:

A. According to Manu, it was God, who created an entity called king to save
the people of a region.
B. king had divine origin but His king subject was not obliged to accept his
commands.
C. Even an infant king must not be despised (from an idea) that he is a mere
mortal, for he is a great deity in human form.”

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D. The king, according to Manu, had certain qualities of Hindu Gods like
Indra (God of War), Vaayu (God of Wind), Yama (God of Death), Ravi
(God of Sun), Agni (God of Fire), Chandra or Moon, and Wealth.

Question 7

Who burnt Manusmriti?

A. Ambedkar
B. Periyar
C. Gandhi
D. Tilak

Question 8

Which of the following is not related to Dharmashastra

A. Manusmriti
B. Yājñavalkya Smṛiti
C. Nāradasmṛti
D. Arthshaastra

Question 9

Close the Bible and open the Manu Smriti. Who said this?

A. Dayanand Saraswati
B. William Jones
C. Friedrich Nietzsche
D. None of the above

Question 10

Varna system described in:

A. Arthshaastra
B. Manusmriti

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C. Vedas
D. None of the above

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KAUTILYA
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: Kautilya known as the Indian Machiavelli.

Reason: Kautilya and Machiavelli Both of them gave a inferior position to ethics
in statecraft and administration.

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

Which of the following is not a part of Shadgunya Niti (foreign policy) of

Kautilya?

A. Sandhi
B. Vigraha
C. yaan
D. Vijigishu

Question 3

According to Kautilya, what is Matsya Nayay?

A. To live together
B. Rule of law
C. Weaker suppressed by stronger
D. A ruler of ancient justice

Question 4

According to Kautilya, Origin of state is by

A. Divine

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B. Social contract
C. Force
D. Patriarchal

Question 5

Which element of state is related to security of people?

A. Durga and Swami
B. Swami and Janpad
C. Amatya and Kosha
D. Danda and Durga

Question 6

According to Kautilya the king and his immediate neighbours are the natural
enemies to each other. This theory known as:

A. Saptang theory
B. Shadgunya Niti
C. Mandala theory
D. None of these

Question 7

Match the following types of Durga With each other

A. Audik Durga 1. With forests around it
B. Pavarth Durga 2. With Rocks and mountains around
C. Dhanvan Durga 3. With water around it
D. Vann Durga 4. With only land around neither water nor
grass
ABCD
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 3, 2, 4, 1
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 3, 1, 4, 2

Question 8

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The ‘Saptanga Theory of State’ (Theory of Seven Limbs of the State) was
propounded by:

A. Kautilya in Arthashastra
B. Manu in Manusmriti
C. Kalhana in Rajatarangini
D. Banabhatta in Harshacharita

Question 9

Kautilya was the advisor or prime minister in the period of:

A. Chandragupta Maurya
B. Ashoka
C. Bindusara
D. Both A and C

Question 10

Who rediscovered kautilya’s Arthshaastra?

A. Rudrapatna Shamasastry
B. Dahyabhai shasrty
C. Ramakant shukla
D. None of these

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AGGANNASUTTA
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: The Digha Nikaya is a Buddhist scripture, the first of the five
nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka which is one of the "three baskets"
that compose the Pali Tipitaka of (Theravada) Buddhism.

Reason: Agganna Sutta is the 27th Sutta of the Digha Nikaya collection.
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

The Agganna sutta describes a discourse imparted by the buddha to:

A. Vashishtha
B. Bhardwaja
C. Vassetha
D. Both B and C

Question 3

The origin of the state in Buddhism is based on the Theory of:

A. Social contract theory

B. Cosmic evolution of Nature Theory
C. Divine right theory
D. Force theory

Question 4

Which of the following text/scripture related to Buddhism?

A. Agamas
B. Digha nikay a

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C. Adi granth
D. None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following is not a part of the origin of world and living being
in Aggannasutta?

A. according to Buddhism, the world contracted and re-evolved by the actual

force of the law of nature.
B. There was no creator of the world and living beings.
C. In agganna sutta, God created universe.
D. Buddhism is generally accepting of modern scientific theories about the
formation of the universe.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a part of social caste origin in Aggannasutta?

A. The Khatiya was created by the people's wish and need, based on the
Dhamma and not from others.
B. Among the people who had settled and had family, some began to adopt
various trades, named as vessa( trader).
C. Brahmin ,who put aside Evil and unwholesome things ‘They set up
retreats and huts in the forests and meditated there.’
D. The remainder of these people preferred the work of hunting. The
Sudda caste came from the word 'Sudda' which means: 'They Are Base
Who Live By The Chase’

A. A and B
B. A and C
C. All of them
D. None of these

Question 7

Who wrote “The discourses on what is primary (Aggannasutta)”?

A. B. R. Ambedkar
B. Steven collins
C. Shanti swaroop baudh
D. David Komito

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Question 8

Which of the following buddhism scripture deals with origin of life?

A. Abhidhamma Pitaka
B. Vinay Pitaka
C. Sutta Pitaka
D. Agganna sutta

Question 9

The khatiya which is mentioned in Buddhist literature was one among the
following?

A. Warrior
B. King
C. Physician
D. Trader

Question 10

Agganna sutta has

A. Origin of life
B. Origin of social order
C. Origin of caste
D. Origin of God

Choose the correct code

A. A and B
B. Only A
C. Only D
D. A, B and C

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BARANI
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion : Ziauddin Barani‘s Fatwa e jahandari can be compared with

Kautilya’s arthshaastra and Machiavelli’s prince.
Reason : fatwa e jahandari written as nasihat ( advice) for the muslim kings is a
classical work of statecraft.

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation
of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

Which books are related to Ziauddin Barani

A. Tarikh- i- firuz shahi

B. Hasratnama
C. A and B both
D. Only A

Question 3

Ziauddin barani was a muslim Political thinker of Delhi Sultanate During

the reign of :

A. Muhammad bin tuglaq

B. Ghiyas us bin tuglaq
C. Firuz shah tuglaq
D. Both A and C

Question4

Which of the following is not a part of Ziauddin Barani’s Fatwa e

Jahandari

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A. Barani stated that religion and kingship, these two delegated powers can not
be combined in the person of a king .
B. Don’t lay claim to be deputy and shadow of God upon earth.
C. Sultan should treat all the religions equally.
D. Essential requirement of a good government bor king is the maintenance bof
an efficient and disciplined Army.

Question 5
Zawabit law was:
A. Teachings and practices of prophet
B. Teaching and practices of pious caliphs
C. An ideal law which could cater the needs of state and its people without
offending any section of Nobility.
D. None of these

Question 6
Ziauddin barani was devotee of
A. Nizamuddin Aulia
B. Amir khusro
C. kabir
D. Muhammad shah

Question 7
Match the following
A. Muhammad Iqbal 1. Essentials Of Hindutva
B. V. D Savarkar 2. Hasratnama
C. Ziauddin Aulia 3. Shiqwa And Jawab E Shiqwa
D. M.K Gandhi 4. The Indian Opinion

A B C D
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 2, 3, 1, 4
C. 3, 1, 2, 4
D. 4, 3, 2, 1

Question 8
Religion and temporal government are twins; that is, head of religion and the
head of government are twin brothers” Who said this?
A. Ziauddin barani
B. Allama Iqbal
C. Aurobindo
D. Vivekanand
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Question 9
Which book of ziauddin barani compared to kautilya’s Arthshaastra.?
A. Hasratnama
B. Tarikh-e-Firuz Shahi
C. Fatwa-e-Jahandari
D. Tarikh-i-Barmikia

Question 10

Consider the following statement with respect to ziauddin barani

1. He wrote Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi
2. His writings are an important source to understand various actions of
Allaudin Khilji
which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. Only A
B. Only B
C. Both A and B
D. None of these

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KABIR
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: Kabir’s Bijak complied and written in 17th century

Reason: Kabir never written any of his book by himself.
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

Kabir was in the period of

A. Adikaal
B. Ritikaal
C. Bhaktikaal
D. Adhunik kaal

Question 3
Which bhakti saint writings influenced hinduism bhakti movement and his
verses are found in sikhism scripture Adi granth.
A. Kabir
B. Mirabai
C. Ramanand
D. None of these.

Question 4
Which idea of state is known as India utopia?
A. Begumpura by Kabir
B. Saptang theory by Kautilya
C. Both
D. None of these
Question 5
Who wrote “one hundred poems of kabirdas”?
A. Aurbindo
B. M. N Roy
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C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

D. Rabindranath Tagore

Question 6

Which one of the following is not related to Kabir?

A. Sakhi granth
B. Granthavali
C. Sur sagar
D. Beejak

Question 7

Which is not a part of Ideal state of Kabir (Begumpura).

A. It was a land of saintly people without and fear and greed
B. It meant the sovereignty of the citizens and equality among them which
translates freedom for all.
C. It was a kingdom of Hinduism.
D. It was free of taxes, monarchy and social hierarchy.

Question 8

Kabir preached:
A. Communism
B. Fanaticism
C. Idol worship
D. Tolerance
Question 9

Which of the following statement about Adi granth is not correct.

A. It was complied in the first decade of 17th century.

B. It contains verses of Kabir.
C. It contains verses generally from saints of sagun bhakti.
D. It is sikhism’s scripture.

Question 10
Who wrote ‘Seeking begumpura: The social vision of anti caste intellectuals:
A. Anne e monius
B. Gail omvedt
C. Martin macwan
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D. None of these

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PANDITA RAMABAI
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1
Assertion: Pandita Ramabai was the first women to be accorded the title of
saraswati.
Reason: She examined by the faculty of Calcutta .

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2
“ It is not strange, my countrymen that my voice is small, For you have
never given a women the chance to make her voice strong “. Who said this?
A. Pandita ramabai
B. Uma chakravarti
C. Bandana shiv
D. None of these

Question 3

Who wrote ‘The high caste hindu women ‘?

A. Savitribai phule
B. Pandita ramabai
C. Tarabai shinde
D. Mary Wollstonecraft

Question 4

Which of the following awards won by Pandita Ramabai?

A. Nobel Prize for peace
B. Kesari-i-hind medal
C. Both
D. None of these

Question 5

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Who founded Arya Mahila samaj?

A. Dayaanand saraswati
B. Pandita ramabai
C. Vivekanand
D. Mahatma Gandhi

Question 6

Pandita Ramabai opened Sharda Sadan school for widows in the year?
A. 1886
B.1882
C.1889

D.1887

Question 7

Which of the following books is/are not related to Pandita Ramabai?

A. Stri dharma niti
B. The high caste Hindu women
C. The cry of Indian women
D. Stri purush tulana

Question 8
Arrange the following events of life of pandita ramabai in chronological
order. Choose the correct order.
1. She founded sharda sadan
2. She founded Arya mahila samaj.
3. She wrote stri dharma niti
4. She converted to Christianity
A. 1,2.3,4
B. 3, 4,2,1
C.4, 3,2,1
D.2,1,3,4

Question 9

Match the following

A. Ambedkar 1. Religious reform
B. Raja ram mohan roy 2. gender reform
C. Dayaanand saraswati 3.Caste reform

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D. Pandita ramabai 4. Hindu reform

A B C D
A. 3, 1, 4, 2
B. 1, 2, 3, 4
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 3, 4, 2, 1

Question 10
Match the following
A. Ambedkar 1. The caste system
B. Tilak 2. The cry of indian women
C. Lohia 3. waiting for a visa
D. Ramabai 4. the orion
A B C D
A. 3, 4, 1, 2
B. 1, 2, 3, 4
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 1, 3, 4, 1

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BAL GANGADHAR TILAK

MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1
Assertion: Tilak organized the deccan society.
Reason: His goal to improve the quality of education for indian‘s youth.
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2
Who said Bal gangadhar tilak was the maker of modern India?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Gopal Krishan Gokhale
D. Lala Lajpat Rai

Question 3
‘Maratha‘ weekly journal was related to
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Bal gangadhar tilak
C. Gopal krishan gokhale
D. Dhondo keshav Karve

Question 4
Who wrote the book ‘geeta Rahasya‘ ?
A. Aurobindo Ghosh
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Mahatma Gandhi

Question 5
“Religion and practical life are not different. To take sanyas (renunciation)
is not to abandon life. The real spirit is to make the country, your family,
work together instead of working only for your own. The step beyond is to
serve humanity and the next step is to serve God”. Who said this?
A. Mahatma Gandhi

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B. M. N Roy
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Aurobindo Ghosh

Question 6
Bal gangadhar tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya during
A. Swadeshi movement
B. Revolutionary movement
C. Home rule movement
D. Quit India movement

Question 7
Bal Gangadhar Tilak advocates
A. Ethical nationalism
B. Radical nationalism
C. Cultural nationalism
D. Revolutionary nationalism

Question 8
Arrange the following works of Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Choose the correct code
1. The Orion
2. Geeta Rahsaya
3. Arctic Home In Vedas
4. Vedic Chronology And Vedanga Jyotisha
A. 1,2,3,4
B. 4,3,2,1
C.1,3,2,4
D .2,3,4,1

Question 9
Arrange the following events of life of Bal Gangadhar tilak. Choose the
correct code
1. Organized deccan society
2. Started Ganeshotsav
3.Started Shivaji Jayanti
4. Founded home rule league
A. 1,2,3,4
B. 2,3,4,1
C. 4, 3,2,1
D. 2,4,3,1

Question10

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Match the following

A. Mahatma Gandhi 1. Karo Ya Maro
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 2. Swaraj Mera Janamsidh Adhikar Hai
C. Jawaharlal Nehru 3. Aaram Haram Hai
D. Jayprakash Narayan 4. Sampoorn Kranti
A B C D
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 4, 3, 2, 1
C. 2, 1, 3, 4
D. 3, 4, 1, 2

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SWAMI VIVEKANAND
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1
Assertion: Swami vivekanand never participated in politicsin narrow sense .
Reason: His ideologies, writings and speeches strongly Influenced the People
of India for nationalism.
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2
If you want to know India, study vivekanand. In him everything is positive
and nothing negative. Who said this?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Aurobindo
D. Ambedkar

Question 3
‘Prabudha bharat’ is related to
A. Ambedkar
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Swami Vivekanand
D. None of these

Question 4
Which of the following writings is/are not related to Swami vivekanand.
1. Raja yoga
2.karma yoga
3.Synthesis of yoga
4. Meditation and it’s benefit
A. 1,2
B. 2,3
C. Only 3
D. Only 4

Question 5

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Who translated ‘Evolutionary theory of Herbert Spencer in Bengali.

A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Swami Vivekanand
C. Bankimchandra
D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Question 6
‘I am proud to be belong to a nation which has shelter the persecuted
and the refugees of all religion and all nation of the earth’. who
delivered this speech in Chicago convention of parliament. .

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Vivekanand
C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. Aurobindo

Question 7
Which of the following is related to Vivekananda‘s neo vedanta philosophy
1. New Vedanta believed in oneness between God and man and solidarity of
humanity.
2. it propagated The principle of universal tolerance and believed that
different Religious faith Word different paths to Reach The goal of
liberation
3.According to Neo Vedanta philosophy Visible world is unreal.
4. According to Neo Vedanta philosophy, service of man and is to equals to
service of God
A.1,2
B.2,3
C. Only A
D. All of these

Question 8
Arrange the following works of Swami vivekanand in chronological order.
Choose the correct code.
1. Raja yoga
2. Vedanta philosophy
3.karma yoga
4. Jnana yoga
A. 1,2,3,4
B. 3,2,1,4
C.4, 3,2,1
D. 1,4,3,2
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Question 9
Arrange the following events of life of Swami vivekanand in chronological
order. Choose the correct code.
1. Swami vivekanand founded Ramakrishna mission.
2. Swami vivekanand became member of sadharan brahma samaj.
3. Swami vivekanand delivered a speech in Chicago.
4. Swami vivekanand established a math in baranagar (west Bengal).
A. 1,2,3,4
B.4, 3,2,1
C. 2,4,3,1
D. 1,4,2,3
Question 10
Match the following
A. Mahatma Gandhi 1. Prabuddha Bharata
B. Ambedkar 2. Bande Mataram
C. Swami Vivekananda 3. Harijan
D. Aurbindo 4. Janatha
A B C D
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 2, 1, 3, 4
C. 3, 4, 1, 2
D. 4, 3, 2, 1

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RABINDRANATH TAGORE
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1
Assertion: Rabindranath Tagore was the first non – European to win nobel
prize in 1918 .
Reason: He was the author of profound senstivity, fresh, beautiful verses of
Gitanjali.
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2
Who gave the title of Gurudev to Rabindranath Tagore?
A. Gandhiji
B. Ambedkar
C. Nehru
D. None of the above
Question 3
Which book is not related to Rabindranath Tagore?
A. The post office
B. The secret of self
C. Sadhna
D. Geetanjali

Question 4
Who wrote stray Birds?
A. Aurobindo
B. M. N Roy
C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. Gandhiji
Question 5
“nationalism is a cruel epidemic of evil that is sweeping over the human
world of the present age and eating into its Fibre”. Who said this?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. M. N Roy
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C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. Aurobindo

Question 6
Who was the first Non-European to win Nobel Prize in literature.?
A. Muhammad Iqbal
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Jayshankar prasad
D. Agey

Question 7
Rabindranath Tagore was against to
A. European nationalism
B. Gandhi’s aggressive nationalism
C. both type of nationalism
D. None of these
Question 8
Arrange the books of rabindranath Tagore in chronological order. Select
the correct code.
1.sadhna
2. Geetanjali
3. The post office
4. Nationalism
A. 1,2,3,4
B.2,3,1,4
C. 4,3,2,1
D.2, 1,3,4
Question 9
Arrange the life events of Rabindranath Tagore in chronological order.
Choose the correct answer
1. Tagore renounced his knighthood in response to the Jallianwala Bagh
massacre.
2.Tagore established Shanti Niketan
3. Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize .
4. Rabindranath Tagore got knighthood from king 5th
A. 1,2,3,4
B. 2,3,4,1
C.4, 1,3,2
D 4, 3,2,1
Question 10
Match the following

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A. Aurobindo 1. Message from the East

B. Iqbal 2. Savitri
C. Rabindra Nath Tagore 3. Hindi swaraj
D. Gandhiji 4. Geetanjali
A B C D
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 2, 1, 4, 3
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 1, 3, 4, 2

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M.K. GANDHI
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1
Assertion: Dandi satyagraha was an act of non- violence, civil disobedience led
by mahatma Gandhi
Reason: Mahatma Gandhi against the salt tax imposed by the British
government in India.
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2
“Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever flesh and
blood walked upon this earth”. Who said this about Mahatma Gandhi.
A. Albert Einstein
B. Martin Luther jr.
C. Lord Irwin
D. Winston Churchill

Question 3
‘The Indian Opinion‘ newspaper started by
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Ambedkar
C. Gandhi
D. Tilak

Question 4
India of my dreams‘ written by
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Bal gangadhar tilak
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Subhash chandra bose

Question 5
Which of the following is not a part of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of
ahimsa?

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1. Truth and ahimsa are organically linked

2. Ahimsa is described by Gandhi as uttermost selflessness.
3. According to Gandhi, Ahimsa is the means while Truth is the end
4. Ahimsa and Truth are two different ways to live life.
A. 1, 2
B. 3, 4
C. Only 1
D. Only 4

Question 6
“The mother of parliament is like a sterile woman and a prostitute”. Who
said this?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Ambedkar
D. M. N Roy

Question 7
The International Gandhi peace Prize started by government of India in
the year:
A. 1995
B. 1996
C. 2000
D. 2001

Question 8
Arrange the following books of Mahatma Gandhi in chronological order.
Choose the correct code.
1. Hind swaraj
2. My experiences of truth
3.The Gospel of selfless action or, The Geeta according to Gandhi
4. India of my dreams
A.1,2,3,4
B.4, 3,2,1
C. 1,2,4,3
D. 3,1,2,4

Question 9
Arrange the following movement by Mahatma Gandhi in chronological
order. choose the correct code.
1. Champarana agitation
2.kheda agitation

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3. Khilafat movement
4. Salt satyagraha
A.1, 2,3,4
B. 3,2,1,4
C.4, 3,2,1
D.3, 1,4,2

Question 10
Match the following
A. Mahatma Gandhi 1. Dalit Buddhist Movement
B. Jayprakash Narayana 2. Social Religious Reform Movement
C. Ram Mohan Roy 3. Civil Disobedience
D. Ambedkar 4. Total Revolution
A B C D
A. 3, 4, 2, 1
B. 1, 2, 3, 4
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D 3, 2, 4, 1

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SRI AUROBINDO
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1
Assertion: Aurobindo described moderates as loyalists to British rule.
Reason: He advocates passive Resistance over active resistance.
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation
of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2
His was a name to conjure with. … When I came to Calcutta,
Aurobindo was already a legendary figure. Who said this?
A. Subhash Chandra Bose
B. Gandhi
C. M.N Roy
D. Ambedkar

Question 3
Which weekly / Weeklies are not related to Aurobindo?
A. Karmyogin
B. Dhamma
C. Bande matram
D. janata
A. 1,3
B. Only B
C. Only C
D. Only D

Question 4
Who wrote the book ‘The mother’?
A. M. N Roy
B. Aurbindo
C. Gandhi
D. Ambedkar

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Question 5

Savitri by Sri Aurobindo based upon theology from

A. Ramayana
B. Bhagavat Gita
C. Mahabharat
D. Vedas

Question 6

“Spirituality is the master key of the Indian mind”. Who said this?

A. Vivekanand
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Aurobindo
D. Gandhi

Question 7

Which Indian was nominated twice for Nobel prize in literature and peace,
but never won that?

A. Aurobindo
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Muhammad Iqbal
D. None of these

Question 8

Which of the following is/ are not a part of Sri Aurobindo‘s idea of passive
resistance

A. Reducing the dependency of nation on the foreign Bureaucracy

B. passive resistance did not mean only institution of swadeshi but resistance of
videshi too.

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C. Against armed revolt against Britishers.

D. None of these

Question 9

Arrange the writing of Sri Aurobindo in chronological order.choose the

correct code:
1. Savitri
2. Life divine
3.Synthesis of yoga
4. Essays on Geeta

A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 2, 4, 1, 3
C. 4, 2, 1, 3
D. 4, 3, 2, 1

Question 10
Arrange the following life events of Sri Aurobindo in chronological order.
Choose the correct code
1. Aurbindo attended banaras session of Congress.
2. He moved to calcutta and Become very active in promoting and
organising revolutionary activities
3. Aurbindo withdrawn himself from all the political activities.
4.He arrested in connection with the alipore bomb Case.
A. 1,2,3,4
B. 1,2,4,3
C. 3,2,1,4
D. 4,3,2,1

Question 11

Match the following

A. M.n roy 1. Radical nationalism
B. Tilak 2. Cultural nationalism
C. Aurbindo 3. Radical humanism
D. Deen dayal upadhyay 4. Intregal humanism
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A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 3, 1, 2, 4
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 1, 3, 4, 1

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PERIYAR E.V. RAMASAMY

MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: Periyar became an atheist

Reason: On his pilgrimage to kashi , he witnessed immoral activities. He called
it brahmanic exploitation.

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

Which of the weekly journals are related to Periyar E. V ramasamy.

Choose the correct code
1. Kudi arasu
2. Revolt
3. Prabudh bharat
4. Mooknayak

A. 1, 2
B. 2, 3
C. 1, 4
D. 3, 4

Question 3

‘Why were women enslaved’ related to

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Periyar

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C. Ambedkar
D. Aurbindo

Question 4

“If God is the root cause for Our degradation destroy that God. if it is a
religion destroy it.if it is Manu Dharma, Geeta or any other mythology
burn them to ashes, if it is a temple tank aur festival boycott them.. it is our
politics come forward to declare it openly”.Who said this?

A. Ambedkar
B. Periyar E. V Ramasamy
C. M. N roy
D. V. D savarkar

Question 5
Who credited Periyar with an award titled ‘the Socrates of South East
Asia’.?

A. UNESCO
B. UNESCO MANDRAM
C. Both a and b
D. None of these

Question 6

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy was opposed to

A. Brahamin domination
B. Enslavement of women
C. Caste system
D. All of these

Question 7

Arrange the following events of the life of Periyar E. V Ramasamy in

chronological order. Choose the correct code

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1. E. V Ramasamy participated in satyagraha in vaikom, Kerala.

2. Periyar become head of justice Party.
3.He started self respect movement
4. He joined congress.

A. 1,2,3,4
B. 4,3,2,1
C. 4,1,3,2
D. 4,1,2,3

Question 8

Periyar was the:

A. Communist
B. Capitalist
C. Fascist
D. Rationalist

Question 9

What is your stand? Can I presume that you stand for the abolition of
Hindu religion as well as for the removal of Brahmins in the society? Who
said this to Periyar?

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Ambedkar
C. Nehru
D. None of these

Question 10

Match the following

A. Mahatma Gandhi 1. self-respect movement

B. Ambedkar 2. civil disobedience movement
C. periyar 3. Total revolution movement

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D. Jayprakash narayan 4. Dalit Buddhist movement

A B C D
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 2, 4, 1, 3
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 3, 2, 1, 4

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MUHAMMAD IQBAL
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: Sir muhammad Iqbal never use the word Pakistan.

Reason: He never pleaded any kind of partition in the country.

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

Who said,‘Iqbal was a remarkable poet of world wide fame. His work will
live forever. His service to his country and the Muslims are so numerous
that his record can be compared with that of greatest Indians that ever
lived’

A. Aga khan
B. Khwaja Salimullah
C. Ali Jinnah
D. Liaqat Ali khan

Question 3

Who wrote ‘Sare Jahan Se Achha?

A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Bankimchandra
C. Iqbal
D. Nizar qabbani

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Question 4

Ittehad journal was related to

A. Muhammad Iqbal
B. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
C. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
D. Liaqat Ali Khan

Question 5

‘Nations are born in the heart of the poets, they prosper and die in the
hands of politicians’, who said this?

A. Muhammad Iqbal
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. M. N Roy

Question 6

Who gave the title of ‘ Allama Sir’ to Muhammad Iqbal?

A. George 2nd
B. George 3rd
C. George 5th
D. George 6th

Question 7

Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal was believed in

A. Stateless democracy
B. Partyless democracy
C. Parliamentary democracy
D. Spiritual democracy

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Question 8

Arrange the following works of muhammad Iqbal in chronological order.

Choose the correct code

1. Message from the east

2. The secret of self
3. Shikwa and jawab e shikwa
4. The reconstruction of thought of Islam

A. 1,2,3,4
B. 3,2,1,4
C. 4,3,2,1
D. 1,2,4,3

Question 9

Arrange the following events of life of Muhammad Iqbal. Choose the

correct code
1. Iqbal joined the London branch of the All India Muslim league
2. Iqbal contested the election for seat in the Punjab legislative Assembly.
3. Iqbal was elected president of the Muslim league
4. He participated in third Round table conference.

A. 2,3,4,1
B. 4,3,2,1
C. 3,2,1,4
4. 1,2,3,4

Question 10

Match the following

A. Muhammed Ali Jinnah 1. Father of Indian Nationalism

B. Swami Vivekanand 2. Spiritual Father of Pakistan
C. Muhammed Iqbal 3. Father of Pakistan

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D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy 4. Maker of Modern India

A. 3,1,2,4
B. 1,2,3,4
C. 2,3,4,1
D. 1,4,3,2

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M.N. ROY
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: Mexican communist party founded by M. N. Roy.

Reason: It was socialist workers party before October revolution in Russia.

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

“He strikes at my very roots” here M. N Roy talked about

A. Aurobindo
B. Stalin
C. Lenin
D. Gandhi

Question 3

Newspaper called ‘Vanguard’ is related to

A. M. N Roy
B. Aurobindo
C. Periyar
D. Rabindranath Tagore

Question 4

‘Reason, Romanticism and Revolution’ Is related to

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A. Jayaprakash Narayan
B. M. N Roy
C. Aurobindo
D. Gandhi

Question 5

“Party system will bring out the worst in people and political party
leader’s will bring out ultimate backwardness in people”. Who said this?

A. M. N Roy
B. Jayaprakash Narayan.
C. Ram Manohar Lohia
D. Deen Dayal Upadhyay

Question 6

Which of the following is not a part of M. N Roy’s New humanism?

A. He believed that the crisis of modern civilization bis due to lack of
integrated view of nature.
B. According to him, Man must be taken as moral entity and not a merely a
biological one.
C. Roy believed that socialism and communism can solve the problem of
mankind.
D. He stressed that neither capitalism not parliamentary system can solve the
problem of mankind.

Question 7

Which one is the correct order of M. N Roy political philosophy?

A. Marxism to radical humanism

B. Communism to liberalism
C. Socialism to humanism
D. Radical humanism to New humanism

Question 8

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Arrange the books of M. N roy in chronological order. Choose the correct

code

1. Historical role of Islam.

2. The future of Indian politics
3. India in transition
4. Counter revolution in china

A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 3, 2, 4, 1
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 1, 2, 4, 3

Question 9

Arrange the following events of life of M. N roy in chronological order.

Choose the correct code
1. He formed his league of radical congressmen
2. He founded radical democratic Party.
3. He founded communist Party of India
4. He founded Mexican communist Party.

A.1,2,3,4
B. 4,3,1,2
C. 4,3,2,1
D.1,3,2,4

Question 10

Match the following

A. Jayprakash Narayan 1. parliamentary democracy

B. Ambedkar 2. radical democracy
C. M. N Roy 3. Partyless democracy
D. Gandhi 4. stateless democracy.

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A. 3,1,2,4
B. 1,2,3,4
C. 4,3,2,1
D. 3,2,4,1

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V D SAVARKAR
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: Savarkar was the first to advocate two nation theory.

Reason: Savarkar insisted that, there are two nations in India, India shall not
be divided into two parts, one for Muslims and the other for the Hindus; that
the two nations shall dwell in one country and shall live under the mantle of one
single constitution.

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

Who founded Abhinav Bharat society in pune?

A. Ambedkar
B. Gandhi
C. Savarkar
D. Ramabai

Question 3

“One who consider this vast stretch of land called Bharat from Sindhu to
sindhu as his fatherland and holy Land is the one who will be termed and
remembered as Hindu”. Who said this?

A. Ram Manohar Lohia

B. Savarkar
C. Gandhi
D. Jayprakash Narayan

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Question 4

Who wrote ‘The Indian war of Independence in 1857’

A. Gandhi
B. Deen dayal upadhyay
C. V. D. Savarkar
D. Jayprakash narayan

Question 5

Who helped Founding the Ratnagiri Hindu Sabha?

A. Savarkar
B. Ambedkar
C. Tilak
D. Jayprakash Narayan

Question 6

Who Said “Nazism proved undeniably the saviour of Germany”

A. Savarkar
B. Gandhi
C. Nehru
D. Deen Dayal Upadhyay

Question 7

Which of the following is true about Savarkar’s Hindutva. Choose the

correct answer.
A. According to Savarkar Hindutva arrested on three pillars geographical
unity racial feature and common culture.
B. According to Savarkar every person is Hindu who regarded this land as
his father land as well as his holy land.
C. Savarkar defined Hindutva as not only spiritual or religious history of
Hindus but history of entire civilization.

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D. Hinduism is only a Derivative, a fraction, a part of Hindutva.

A. Only A and B
B. Only A
C. A, B, C
D. All of these

Question 8

Arrange the following books of Savarkar in chronological order.choose the

correct code
1. Hindu rashtra Darshan
2. Hindutva: who is Hindu?
3. The Indian war of independence
4. Inside the enemy camp

A. 1,2,3,4
B. 3,2,1,4
C. 4,3,2,1
D. 1,4,3,2

Question 9

Arrange the following event of life of Savarkar in chronological order

choose the correct code.

1. Savarkar transported to the cellular jail in Andaman and Nicobar

Islands.
2. He wrote essentials of hindutva in Ratnagiri jail
3. Savarkar founded Abhinav Bharat society
4. Savarkar became president of Hindu mahasabha.

A. 1,2,3,4,
B. 4,2,3,1
C. 4,3,2,1
D. 3,1,2,4

Question 10
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Match the following

A. 1.Gandhi 1. Hinduize all Politics and Militarize Hindudom"

B. 2. Iqbal 2. Do or die
C. 3. Savarkar 3. saare jahan se acha ,hindostan humara
D. 4. Jayprakash 4. sampoorn Kranti

A B C D
A. 1, 3, 2, 4
B. 2, 3, 1, 4
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 1, 2, 3, 3

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Dr. B.R. AMBEDKAR

MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Assertion: Dr. Ambedkar was against the word harijan

Reason: Community should be held as Dalit (most depressed society). Harijan
word distorted the reality of this community

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

Who said, ‘Ambedkar is my father in Economics. He is true celebrates

champion of the underprivileged’.

A. Amartya sen
B. Abhijeet banerjee
C. Atul kohli
D. Amrita basu

Question 3

Which are the following newspaper is not related to dr. B. R ambedkar.

A. Mooknayak
B. Navjeevan
C. Janata
D. Prabudh bharat

Question 4

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Who among the following work is related to Dr. B. R Ambedkar?

A. Waiting for visa

B. My experiments with truth
C. The discovery of India
D. Wheel of history

Question 5

When was Dr. B. R Ambedkar awarded Bharat Ratna?

A. 1990
B. 1992
C. 1995
D. 1999

Question 6

Who said, ‘I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity’?

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Aurobindo Ghosh
C. Dr. B. R Ambedkar
D. M. N Roy

Question 7

Dr. B. R ambedkar believed in

A. Parliamentary democracy
B. Partyless democracy
C. Direct democracy
D. Authoritarian democracy

Question 8

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Arrange the following books of Dr. B. R ambedkar in chronological order.

Choose the correct code

1. The buddha and it’s dhamma

2.Who were the shudras
3. Annihilation of castes
4. The untouchables

A. 1,2,3,4
B. 3,2,4,1
C. 4,3,2,1
D. 3,4,2,1

Question 9

Arrange the life events of Dr. B. R ambedkar in chronological order.

Choose the correct code given below.

1. Ambedkar founded the ‘Independent labour Party’.

2. Poona pact signed between ambedkar and gandhi
3. Ambedkar converted to buddhism
4. Ambedkar contested in the first general election.

A. 1,2,3,4
B. 2,1,4,3
C. 4,3,2,1
D. 2,3,1,4

Question 10
Match the following

A. Jaypraksh narayan 1. Parliamentary democracy

B. Dr. B. R Ambedkar 2. stateless democracy
C. Mahatma Gandhi 3. radical democracy
D. M. N Roy 4. partyless democracy

A B C D

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A. 4, 1, 2, 3
B. 1, 2, 3, 4
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 4, 2, 1, 3

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J L NEHRU
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: India did not aligned with either of the superpowers in cold War era.
Reason: Nehru formed Non aligned movement as an attempt to not a part of
the cold War.

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

Who said that ‘Nehru can be regarded as the founder of modern Indian
state’

A. Bhiku parekh
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Uma chakaravarti
D. Vandana shiv

Question 3

Which of the following Newspaper is related to Jawaharlal Nehru?

A. Harijan
B. Hindu
C. National herald
D. Comrade

Question 4

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“Democracy and sociology are means to an end, not the end of itself”. Who
said this?

A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. M. N Roy
D. Ambedkar

Question 5

When was Jawaharlal Nehru awarded Bharat Ratna?

A. 1967
B. 1968
C. 1954
D.1955

Question 6

Jawaharlal Nehru was believed in

A. Socialism
B. Democracy
C. Communism
D. Democratic socialism

Question 7

Who wrote the book, ‘the discovery of India’?

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Ambedkar
D. Jayprakash narayan

Question 8

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Arrange the following works of jawaharlal Nehru in chronological order.

Select the correct codes from given below

1. Glimpses of World history

2. The discovery of India
3. The unity of India
4. Letters for a nation from Nehru to chief Ministers.

A. 1,2,3,4
B. 1,3,2,4
C. 4,3,2,1
D. 2,4,3,1

Question 9

Arrange the following events of Jawaharlal Nehru in chronological order.

Choose the correct answer

1. Jawaharlal Nehru was elected president of the Indian National congress.

2. Nehru joined ‘home rule league’
3. NAM was established through an initiative of Nehru.
4. Nehru was awarded with Bharat ratna.

A. 1,2,3,4
B. 2,1,4,3
C.4, 3,2,1
D. 2,3,1,4

Question 10

Match the following

A. Ram Manohar Lohia 1. Radical Humanist

B. Jawaharlal Nehru 2. Neo Socialist
C. M. N Roy 3. Intregal Humanist
D. Deen Dayal Upadhyay 4. Democratic Socialist
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A. 2,4,1,3
B. 1,2,3,4
C. 2,4,3,1
D. 4,3,2,1

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RAM MANOHAR LOHIA

MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: Ram manohar lohia was arrested for anti-British remarks in 1939.
Reason: He opposed the Indian participation on the side of Great Britain in
world War 2.

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2

Who said, “Lohia is revolutionary in gandhians and gandhians in

revolutionary”

A. Usha mehta
B. Asha mehta
C. Jayprakash narain
D. Mahatma Gandhi

Question 3

Who among the following started journal called ‘mankind’?

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. V. D savarkar
C. Aurobindo
D. Ram manohar lohia

Question 4

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Who among the thinkers are related to sapta kranti or seven revolutions.

A.Deen Dayal Upadhyay.

B. Ram Manohar Lohia
C. V. D Savarkar
D. Mahatma Gandhi

Question 5

“Marxism : the last weapon of Europe against Asia” who said this?

A. Jayaprakash Naryan
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Ram Manohar Lohia
D. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya

Question 6

Who demands Bharat ratna for veteran socialist Ram manohar lohia.

A. Lalu Prasad Yadav

B. Mulaayam Singh Yadav
C. Ram Vilas Paavan
D. Nitish Kumar

Question 7

Ram manohar lohia believed in:

A. Communism
B. Marxism
C. Neo liberalism
D. Neo Socialism

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Question 8

Arrange the following works of Ram manohar lohia in chronological order.

Select the correct codes:

1. A.guily men of India‘s partition

2. Marx, Gandhi and socialism
3. Hindu banam Hindu
4. D.wheel of history

Codes:
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 4, 1, 2, 3
C. 2, 3, 4, 1
D. 3, 2, 4, 1

Question 9

Identify the correct sequence of the event undertaken by

Ram Manohar lochia .

1. He joined Congress Socialist party

2. He joined Praja socialist party
3. He lost to Nehru in general election.
4. Lohia established a new Socialist Party,

Choose the correct answer

A. 1, 2, 4, 3
B. 1, 2, 3, 4
C. 2, 3, 4, 1
D. 4, 3, 2, 1

Question 10

Which is not the part of Ram Manohar lohia‘s Chaukhambha rajya

siddhant Or four pillar state theory

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A. The Village
B. The province
C. The centre
D. The city

Question 11

Match of following:

A. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya 1. New Socialism

B. Savarkar 2. Intregal Humanism
C. Ram Manohar Lohia 3. Philosophy of Hindutva
D. M. N Roy 4. New Humanism

Choose the correct codes

A B C D
A. 2, 3, 1, 4
B. 1, 2, 3, 4
C. 3, 2, 1, 4
D. 2, 3, 4, 1

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JAYA PRAKASH NARAYAN

MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: Jayprakash Narayan had called for ‘total revolution‘.

Reason: Indira Gandhi proclaimed a national emergency on the midnight of 25
June 1975.

Question 2

Who said ‘Leadership born during emergency was not one for the TV
screens. It was a leadership to live and die for nation. So many people in
politics today owe their initials days to those days of emergency and JP
movement. A new political generation was born”.

A. Narendra modi
B. Atal bihari Vajpayee
C. Nitish kumar
D. Morarji desai

Question 3

Which of the following creations are NOT related to Jayprakash Narayan?

1. Prison diary
2. Political diary
3. Nation building in India.
4. Intregal humanism

Choose the correct codes

A. 1,3
B. 2,4
C. 1,2
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D.3, 4

Question 4

The Chhapra-Delhi-Chhapra Weekly Express was renamed as Loknayak

Express in honor of

A. Bal gangadhar tilak

B. Jaypraksh narayan
C. Deen dayal upadhyay
D. Ram manohar lohia

Question 5

Who was awarded by Magsaysay award for public service in 1965.?

A. Indira Gandhi
B. Jayprakash narayan
C. Morarji desai
D. Ram manohar lohia

Question 6

Initially, Jaypraksh narayan was a

A. Socialist
B. Marxist
C. Gandhian socialist
D. Communist

Question 7

Arrange the following of jayprakash narayan in chronological order. Select

the correct answer from given codes:

1. Prison diary
2. India: struggle for freedom, politics, social and economic.

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3. Towards total revolution

4. Nation building in India

Codes:

A. 1,2,3,4
B. 1,3,2,4
C. 2, 4,1,3
D. 1,3,4,2

Question 8

Who said this” Those people who still believe that Power and party politics
will be able to do some good are only sucking dry bones. This kind of
politics is disintegrated and will continue to do so till one day the
foundation of a new type of politics will be laid on its ruins and this new
politics will be completely different from the old, it will be lokniti or
people’s politics, not rajniti or elitist politics.”

A.Mahatma gandhi
B. V. D savarkar
C.Jaypraksh narayan
D. Ram manohar lohia

Question 9

Arrange the following events of jaypraksh narayan’s life in chronological

order. Choose
the correct code.
1. He returned from U. S as a Marxist.
2. He was in jail for civil disobedience by Britishes.
3. He founded janta party.
4. Jayprakash narayan gave a call for total revolution.

Choose the correct answer.

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A. 1,2,3,4
B. 4,3,2,1
C. 1,2,4,3
D. 2,3,4,1
Question 10

Match the following

A. Civil disobedience 1. raja ram mohan roy

B. Total revolution 2. mahatma Gandhi
C. Social – religious reform movement 3. jayprakash narayan
D. Dalit Buddhist movement 4. Ambedkar

Choose the answer from given codes

A. 2,3,1,4
B. 1,2,3,4
C. 2,3,4,1
D. 4,2,1,3

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DEENDAYAL UPADHYAYA
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Question 1

Assertion: upadhyay started monthly ‘rashtra dharma’ publication.

Reason: He wanted to spread Hindutva ideology

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

Question 2
Who described Deen Dayal upadhyay as a “One of the most notable
political leaders of our time”?

A. Jayprakash Narayan
B. K. B Hedgevar
C. Sampoornanand
D. Shyam Prasad Mukhrjee

Question 3

Which of the following Magazines are related to Deen Dayal upadhyay

A. Panchjanya
B. Rashtra dharma
C. Harijan
D. Navjivan

Choose from given codes

A. 1,2
B. 4,2

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C. 1,2,3
D. 3,4

Question 4

Who wrote ‘political diary’?

A. Jayprakash Narayan
B. Deen Dayal Upadhyay
C. Periyar
D. M. N Roy

Question 5

Which railway station renamed in the honour of Deen Dayal upadhyay?

A. Illahabad junction
B. Mughalsarai junction
C. Gorakhpur junction
D. Moradabad junction

Question 6

Deen Dayal upadhyay believed in the concept of:

A. Intregral humanism
B. Radical humanism
C. Ethical humanism
D. Renaissance humanism

Question 7

Who said “The Muslims are the flesh of our flesh and blood of our blood”?

A. V. D Savarkar
B. Deen Dayal Upadhyay

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C. Jayprakash Narayan
D. Mahatma Gandhi

Question 8

Identify rhe correct sequence of the event undertaken by Deen Dayal

Upadhyay:

A. Deen Dayal upadhyay joined Swayam sevak sangh.

B. He started rashra dharma.
C. He became president of bhartiya janta dal
D. He contested the lok sabha election.

Choose the correct answer

A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 2, 1, 3, 4
C. 3, 4, 2, 1
D. 4, 3, 1, 2

Question 9

Match the following

A. Gandhi 1. Intregal humanism

B. Jayprakash narain 2. Trusteeship
C. V. D savarkar 3. Essentials of Hindutva
D. Deen Dayal upadhyay 4. Prison diary

Choose the correct code

A B C D
A. 2, 4, 3, 1
B. 1, 2, 3, 4
C. 3, 4, 2, 10
D. 2, 3, 4, 1

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Question 10

Which of the following books are related to Deen Dayal upadhyay?

A. Intregal humanism
B. Essays on geeta
C. Political diary
D. Life dive

Choose the correct codes

A. 1,2
B. 1, 3
C. 3, 4
D. 1, 4

ANSWER AND EXPLANATION

(Previous Year Question)

1. C: According to Aurobindo sanatan dharma is eternal religion. He

believed that the nation was born with and also grows with sanatan
dharma. He emphasized that sanatan dharma is true nationalism.
By sanatan dharma, Aurbindo meant not just traditional rites but
the way of living.
2. A: Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is a book written by
Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1909. In it he expresses his views on
Swaraj, modern civilization, mechanisation etc. The book was
banned in 1910 by the British government in India as a seditious
text.
3. B: This quote Was by Bal gangadhar tilak.. He was here talking
about moderates.. Moderates Believe in the Policy of Settlement
Of minor issues with the British government By deliberation. But

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Bal gangadhar tilak was a extremist. He was against the policy of

moderates.
4. D: Gopal krishna gokhale was the leader of the moderate faction of
the Congress party that advocated reforms by working with
existing institutions.
5. C: The doctrine of satyagraha propounds vindication of truth not
by infliction of suffering on the opponent but on oneself. 'It is a
means to secure cooperation of others consistently with truth and
justice. ... The concept of satyagraha is built on three basic tenets
— satya, ahimsa and tapasya. The purpose of satygrah was not to
show moral superiority.
6. D: According to Gandhi 'Ahimsa or Non-Violence' is the means;
Truth is the end. They are so intertwined that it is impossible to
separate them. They are the two sides of a coin.
7. C: According to M. N. Roy. Parliamentary Democracy is also a
type of class dictatorship. Partyless system is a system of
representative government or organization such that
universal and periodic elections take place without reference to
8. C: According to this theory, the origin of caste system can be
found in the nature and quality of social work performed by the
various groups of people. Those professions which were regarded
as better and respectable made the persons who performed them
superior to those who were engaged in dirty professions.
9. D: Gandhi opposed the state. State is the military, police, courts,
tax collectors, and bureaucrats. He believed that (the greatest of
all) can be realised only in the classless stateless democracy.
10. B: Raja ram mohan roy - 1772- 1833
Sir syed ahmed khan -1817 – 1898
Bal gangadhar tilak -1856 – 1920
Rabindranath Tagore- 1861- 1941
11. A: Gandhi supported mazzini‘s Italy . Mazzini founded his
patriotic movement for young men and called it Giovine Italia
(Young Italy). It was designed as a national association for
liberating the separate Italian states from foreign rule and fusing
them into a free and independent unitary republic.
12. C: Sri Aurobindo's principal philosophic work, a theory of
spiritual evolution culminating in the transformation of man from a

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mental into a supramental being and the advent of a divine life

upon earth. He is best known for his spiritual work in life divine.
13. B: M. N Roy initially Was a Marxist. Basically, this theory is
Marx’s human relation theory.
14. B: Twentieth century jacobism – M. N Roy.
Voluntary poverty – Gandhi
I was born as a Hindu but not die as one – Ambedkar
Integrated theory of evolution – Aurobindo
15. C: For Ambedkar any electoral system for the dalits, must serve
three purposes. First, it must enable the dalits to send its true
representatives to the legislatures. Second, dalits must not be
completely isolated politically from the majority. Third, it must
enable the dalits to influence the election of the members of the
majority community to the legislature.
• The Poona Pact refers to an agreement between B. R. Ambedkar
and Mahatma Gandhi on behalf of depressed classes and upper
caste Hindu leaders on the reservation of electoral seats for the
depressed classes in the legislature of British India government.
Gandhi refused to sign the pact.
16. B: Gandhi translated dialogues of Plato in which Employs the
dialectic method to examine the trial and death of his mentor,
Socrates.. Gandhi Was inspired by Socrates. He found Socrates a
satyagrahi. Gandhi's translation and examines the role of Plato's
work in the development of his idea of satyagraha.
17. B: Roy founded Radical Democratic Party in 1940 with the
purpose of engaging India in the war to support the Allies. RDP
also worked for Indian independence.
18. C: yoga: concept and practice is written by Daniel Smith. He is
yoga guru.
19. B: Asiatic registration act – 1906
Chamaparan movement -1917
Satyagraha movement – 1918
Industrial workers in Ahmedabad for higher wages – 1918 – 1923
20. B: According to Marx's theory, surplus value is equal to the new
value created by workers in excess of their own labor-cost, which
is appropriated by the capitalist as profit when products are sold.
• Roy criticized the economic interpretation of history as envisaged

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by Marx. According to Roy, prior to man becoming an economic

being, he was driven by biological needs in satisfying his quest for
economic amenities.
21. B: Gandhiji used to say that religion can never be separated from
politics. What he meant by religion was not any particular religion
like Hinduism or Islam but moral values that form the basis of all
religions. He believed that politics must be guided by ethics drawn
from religions.
22. A: Savarkar wrote a book named Hindutva: who is Hindu. In this
book he described these fundamental bonds that United the
Hindus.
23. C: Ambedkar gave a Speech called “Buddha or karl Marx”, in
which he compared buddha and Marx theories . Ambedkar
offered to give a very sound alternative to Marxism. A way of life
based on Buddhism. Ambedkar criticized violent way of revolution
in Communism.
24. B: As regards freedom, Roy held the view, as Ramendra Nath
explains: freedom does not necessarily follow from the capture of
political power in the name of the oppressed and the exploited…..
A political system and an economic experiment which
subordinates the man of flesh and blood to an imaginary collective
ego, be it the nation or class, cannot possibly be the suitable means
for the attainment of the goal of freedom. And therefore, Roy
rejects “Dictatorship of any form, however plausible may be the
pretext for it”; and, excluded it from the Radical-Humanist
perspective of social revolution. M.N Roy criticized Communism
here.
25. C
26. C: Mexican Communist Party was a communist party in Mexico.
It was founded in 1917 as the Socialist Workers’ Party by
Manabendra Nath Roy, a left-wing Indian revolutionary. M.N Roy
changed its name to the Mexican Communist Party in November
1919, following the October Revolution in Russia
27. B: Aurobindo was feared by British government because of his
powerful writings. He demanded complete independence at a time
when the movement had not even caught on. He was setting the
country on fire demanding independence for India when the Indian

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National Congress was still unwilling to demand independence

from the British. There was an unstoppable rising tide of
courageous aspiration for freedom sweeping across the country and
the eye of the storm was Aurobindo Ghose.
28. C: Savitri- A Legend and a Symbol is an epic poem in blank verse
by Sri Aurobindo, based upon the theology from the
Mahabharata.
29. C: M. N roy was a radical humanist. He believed that the crisis of
modem civilization is due to the lack of integrated view of human
nature. According to M.N. Roy, in any revolutionary social
philosophy sovereignty of man must be recognized.
30. C: the job of rupdarshak was to inspect the coins. He was the
responsible for coin inspection.
31. C: Aurobindo disclosed some of the self-transforming and world
transforming things that had happened during the one-year period
of incarceration. The speech was first published in his weekly
Karmayogin, June 1909. He declared himself to be the Spirit of
freedom.
32. D: Roy fled to Mexico in July 1917. In Mexico, he formed the
Mexican Communist Party in 1919 — the first communist party
outside Russia. He became a member of Communist International.
33. D: Life Divine is written by Aurobindo Ghosh.
34. D: In 1906, the Transvaal government, Pretoria( capital) sought to
further restrict the rights of Indians, and Gandhi organized his first
campaign of satyagraha, or mass civil disobedience. After seven
years of protest, he negotiated a compromise agreement with the
South African government.
35. A: In search of Gandhi 1982
Mahatma Gandhi ideas 1929
Evolution of political philosophy of mahatma Gandhi 1969.
Gandhian theory 1964
36. C: maximum propaganda was not the feature of Jaiprakash
Narayan‘s partyless democracy theory. He supported the ideas of
partyless democracy to weed out corruption and selfish rom public
behaviour from public life.
37. C: There are 34 departments of government in Arthashastra.

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38. B: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar said these lines in his last speech. He
did not want to mix politics with religion or any kind of Bhakti.
39. D: In this quote, V. D Savarkar was justifying the violence in the
name of religion. he formulated the Hindu nationalist philosophy
of Hindutva
40. C: Varn vyavshtha was not an organ of kautilya’s saptang theory.
In his saptang theory there are seven organs –
1. Swami
2. Amatya
3. Janpada
4. Durga
5. Kosha
6. Danda
7. Mitra
41.C: Aurobindo coined this slogan. He had very important role in
Indian independence movement.
42. B: Jawaharlal Nehru was against caste system. He said that
There was an inherent conflict between caste and equality and only
One of them could survive.
43.A: Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian politician, journalist, activist
for the unification of Italy, and spearhead of the Italian
revolutionary movement. On the other hand, Sri Aurobindo was an
Indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, and nationalist. He joined the
Indian movement for independence from British rule, for a while
was one of its influential leaders and then became a spiritual
reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual
evolution.
• Mazzini described himself as a Christian and emphasized the
necessity of faith and a relationship with God. Aurobindo Ghosh
shared his thoughts on spirituality, freedom, God, life, love and
much more.
44. C: As a chief leader of down-trodden classes he tried to annihilate
the caste from Hindu society. To him without annihilation of caste
from Hindu society it is impossible to establish the casteless
society or ideal society.
45. B: Chittaranjan Das, popularly called Deshbandhu, was a leading
Bengali Nationalist politician.

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46. A: Kautilya always emphasized the importance of strong ruler

because in the absence of strong ruler, state could not be establish.
Kautilya was having awareness of the danger of anarchy.
• Kautilya, said “when king become stronger and controls the
nation, petty thieves, terrorists feel the heat and complain of
intolerance of society”.
47. D: This book is the first full-fledged attempt by a Marxist to
evaluate Gandhi’s role in India’s freedom struggle..E.M.S.
Namboodiripad, who began his political life as an ardent
Gandhian, was uniquely positioned to analyse the various phases
of the national movement and the role of Gandhi.
48. D: M. N Roy did not concede the right of succession to its
constituent units.
49. C: Mahatma Gandhi Said this statement. Gandhi emphasized on
role of religion in politics too.
50. B: The life divine 1919
Essays on geeta 1922
Savitri 1940
Love and death 1948
51. A: Kautilya, been called the “Indian Machiavelli” because his
writings have a political pragmatism similar to that seen in
Machiavelli’s own work. Max Weber Said this in his famous
lecture “politics as a vocation”.
52. A: Gandhi was totally against modern industrial system and, in
fact, called upon the young educated Indians to return to villages
that are neither polluted by railways nor by modernism and
preserve the values of the ancient Indian civilization. He also
stressed on physical and manual power.
53. D: Nitishastra exists before Kautilya’s times
54. B: karmyogin This volume consists primarily of articles originally
published in the nationalist newspaper Karmayogin between June
1909 and February 1910. It also includes speeches delivered by Sri
Aurobindo in 1909. The aim of the newspaper was to encourage a
spirit of nationalism. This weekly was in English language.
Dharma Was Bengali journal by Aurobindo Ghosh.
55. A: Jayprakash narain- Why socialism?
R. M lohia- Salt taxation

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Mohammed Iqbal- the reconstruction of religious thought of

Barani- Fatwa-e- jahandari
56. D: Arthashastra is also known as nitishastra because it focuses on
statescraft.
57. A: Ram manohar lohia was a socialist and he believes
chaukhambha raj (decentralization of power).
58. A: Agganna Sutta is the 27th Sutta of the Digha Nikaya collection.
The sutta describes a discourse imparted by the Buddha to two
brahmins, Bharadvaja and Vasettha, who left their family and caste
to become monks.
59. A: The Kesari newspaper was founded in 1881 in Marathi
language. The Maratha was started in English language.
60. B: The historical role of Islam was written by. M. N Roy.
61. D: She was the first woman to be accorded the titles of Pandita as
a Sanskrit scholar.
62. B: In 1999, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna,
India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social work.
63. D: gender inequality is not related to Kabir. (This answer is still
controversial. We don’t know exactly what is the right answer.
UGC NET believes the right answer is Begampura).
64. B: Phoenix settlement 1976
Kochrab ashram 1915
Sevagram ashram 1948
Tolstoy form 1910
65. B: one particular incident in Kasi had a profound impact on E.V.
Ramasamy's ideology and future work. At the worship site there
were free meals offered to guests. To E.V. Ramasamy's shock, he
was refused meals at choultries, which exclusively fed Brahmins.
Due to extreme hunger, E.V. Ramasamy felt compelled to enter
one of the eateries disguised as a Brahmin with a sacred thread on
his bare chest, but was betrayed by his moustache. The gatekeeper
at the temple concluded that E.V. Ramasamy was not a Brahmin,
as Brahmins were not permitted by the Hindu shastras to have
moustaches. He not only prevented Periyar's entry but also pushed
him rudely into the street.
As his hunger became intolerable, Periyar was forced to feed on
leftovers from the streets. Around this time, he realised that the

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eatery which had refused him entry was built by a wealthy non-
Brahmin from South India. This discriminatory attitude dealt a
blow to Periyar's regard for Hinduism, for the events he had
witnessed at Kasi were completely different from the picture of
Kasi he had in mind, as a holy place which welcomed all.
Ramasamy was a theist until his visit to Kasi, after which his views
changed and he became an atheist.
66. A: In 1919, he renounced knighthood for the inhuman act of
British in Jallianwala Bagh.
67. A: Marx, Gandhi and socialism- Lohia
Gandhi and Gandhism- Ambedkar
Savitri- Aurobindo
Geetanjali- Tagore
68. D: There are four circles of state. Each circle has 3 kings
(4×3=12)
Each king posses five elements of sovereignty- amatya, janpada,
durga, kosha, danda. (12×5=60)
60 elements + 12 kings = 72
69. B: Ramvriksh Benipuri wrote the biography of Lokmanya
Jayprakash Narayan.

ANSWER AND EXPLANATION

(MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS)

DHARMASHASTRA

1. B: Dharmaśāstra is a genre of Sanskrit theological texts, and

refers to the treatises (śāstras) of Hinduism on dharma. There
are many Dharmashastras, variously estimated to be 18 to about
100, with different and conflicting points of view. Each of these
texts exist in many different versions, and each is rooted in
Dharmasutra texts dated to 1st millennium BCE that emerged
from Kalpa (Vedanga) studies in the Vedic era.

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2. B: Manu Smriti was one of the first Sanskrit texts studied by

the European philologists. It was first translated into English by
Sir William Jones. His version was published in 1794.
3. B: William Jones was the first man who translated manusmriti
in English. R. Shamasastry was the first who translated
Arthshaastra by kautilya. Ralph T. H. Griffith was the first who
translated ramayan in English. Kisari mohan Ganguly was the
first who translated mahabharata in English.
4. A: Smriti were based on Rishi or sages, they are based on
shrutis( God’s words) , are tend to codify the principles of
human for practical application.
5. D: According to manusmriti, people initially lived in a state of
nature prior to the origin of an organized state. The state of
nature was like a state of war as there was no harmony, peace
and goodwill. This period was considered the darkest period in
the human history, a situation that is more or less equal to
Hobbesian Leviathan.
In such conditions, it is stated in Manusmriti that people
approached Lord Brahma, the creator, to relieve them from the
tortuous life. Thus, the creator gave them a king to maintain law
and order and punish the wicked. Thus, according to Manu,
state is not an institution that evolved gradually, but was a
sudden creation.
6. B: Even an infant king must not be despised (from an idea) that
he is a mere mortal, for he is a great deity in The ruler in Manu
got strength and inspiration from the divine power to serve
people and welfare of the state as he was a great deity in human
form human form.
7. A: Ambedkar, who held Manusmriti as responsible for caste
system in India. In protest, Ambedkar burnt Manusmrti in a
bonfire on December 25, 1927.
8. D: - The Manusmriti (~ 2nd to 3rd century CE) is the most
studied and earliest metrical work of the Dharmaśāstra textual
tradition of Hinduism
- The Yājñavalkya Smṛti (~ 4th to 5th-century CE) has been
called the "best composed" and "most homogeneous" text of the
Dharmaśāstra tradition, with its superior vocabulary and level

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of sophistication. It may have been more influential than

Manusmriti as a legal theory text.
- The Nāradasmṛti (~ 5th to 6th-century CE)has been called the
"juridical text par excellence" and represents the only
Dharmaśāstra text which deals solely with juridical matters and
ignoring those of righteous conduct and penance.
9. C: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher,
cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose work has
exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history he
said Close the Bible and open the Manu Smriti. It has an
affirmation of life, a triumphing agreeable sensation in life and
that to draw up a lawbook such as Manu means to permit
oneself to get the upper hand, to become perfection, to be
ambitious of the highest art of living.
10. B: Varṇa, a Sanskrit word with several meanings including
type, order, colour or class, was used to refer to social classes in
Hindu texts like the Manusmriti.
Hindu texts classified the society in principle into four varnas
i. Shudras: laborers and service providers.
ii. Vaishyas: agriculturalists and merchants.
iii. Kshatriyas: rulers, warriors and administrators.
iv. Brahmins: priests, scholars and teachers.

KAUTILYA

1. A: kautilya (India, 4th Century) and Machiavelli (Italy, 15th

Century) are probably two of the greatest thinkers the world
has seen so far. Both of them are the best examples of
Pragmatism and Realism. Both were political thinkers, and
symbolized a political theory; precisely about statecraft.
Both of them supported the establishment of a Strong
Monarch to rule the kingdom.
2. D: These are elements of foreign policy of kautilya
i. Sandhi – peace
ii. Vigraha – preparedness for war
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3. C: Matsyay nyaya - theory of matsyanyaya, which proposes

that in periods of chaos, when there is no ruler, the strong
devour the weak, just as in periods of drought big fish eat
little fish. Thus, the need for a ruler was viewed as absolute.
This theory is in the kautilya’s arthshaastra.
4. B: According to kautilya, Origin of state is by social
contract. In his arthshaastra, Kautilya’s philosophy says state
as central theme. Monarchy system was adopted in that time.
Kautilya had discussed about state’s origin, nature and
working. In regarding to origin of state he accepted the
theory of social-cohesion. There was injustice everywhere in
the society. So, Manu had been selected as ruler. Indian
religious epic had been considered as to be first Indian king.
People decided to give the 1/6 of their harvest, 1/10 of their
trades and some taxes from gold. Kautilya had not thought
about the monarchy. He could only use of this wealth for
welfare and security of the people.
5. D: Durga (The Fortified Capital)
It refers to forts. The state should have sufficient number of
forts across its territory at strategic locations for ensuring
defense against foreign invasions. Forts should be built near
hills/mountains, deserts, dense forests and big water bodies.
They garrison soldiers, store food grains for emergency and
also serve as a hideout for the king when his life in danger.
Danda(The Army)
It refers to military. The state should have a regular, large,
disciplined and well trained military. It is crucial for the
security of the state. The soldiers should be recruited from
those families which are traditionally associated with
military. The soldiers should paid well and their families
should be taken care of in most suitable way. Proper training
and equipment should be made available. Well fed and well
trained soldiers can win any battle. The king should take
care of the soldiers and the soldiers will be ready to sacrifice
even their life for him.
6. C: The Mandala Theory. The mandala system was a
theoretical construction of states by Kautilya in his

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Arthasastra. The word “mandala” means circle in Sanskrit. It

is a geographical concept of division of lands of the king
(the vijigishu) and the neighboring kingdoms. “Your
neighbor is your natural enemy and the neighbor’s neighbor
is your friend” This was the basic thought behind Kautilya’s
Mandala Theory.
7. B: Audik Durga- with water around it
Pavarth Durga- with Rocks and mountains around
Dhanvan Durga- with only land around it neither water nor
grass
Vann Durga- with Forest around
8. A: Saptanga theory of state was given by Kautilya in
Arthashastra. According to it, the seven limbs of a state are
swami (King) , Amatya (Bureaucrats) , Janapada (territory),
Durga (Fort), Kosa (Treasure), Danda (coercive authority)
and Mitra (ally).
9. D: kautilya assisted first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta in
his rise to power. He is widely credited for having played an
important role in the establishment of the Maurya Empire.
Chanakya served as the chief advisor to both emperors
Chandragupta and his son Bindusara.
10. A: Rudrapatna Shamasastry (1868–1944) was a Sanskrit
scholar and librarian at the Oriental Research Institute
Mysore. He re-discovered and published the Arthashastra,
an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy, and
military strategy.

AGGANNASUTTA

1. B: The Digha Nikaya is a Buddhist scripture, the first of the

five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka which is one
of the “three baskets” that compose the Pali Tipitaka of
(Theravada) Buddhism. Digha nikhay has 34 suttas. And
Aggana sutta is 27th sutta of digha nikaya
2. D: The aggannasutta describes a discourse imparted by the
Buddha to two brahmins, Bharadvaja and Vasettha, who left
their family and caste to become monks.

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3. B: The origin of the state in Buddhism is based on the theory

of cosmic evolution of nature as is mentioned in Aggañña
Sutta of Dīgha Nikāya.
4. B: The Digha Nikaya ("Collection of Long Discourses") is a
Buddhist scripture.
5. C: Buddhism has no creator god to explain the origin of the
universe. Instead, it teaches that everything depends on
everything else: present events are caused by past events and
become the cause of future
6. D: The khatiya was created by the people's wish and need,
based on the Dhamma and not from others.Among the
people who had settled and had family, some began to adopt
various trades, named as vessa (trader). Brahmin, who put
aside Evil and unwholesome things. They set up retreats and
huts in the forests and meditated there. The remainder of
these people preferred the work of hunting. The Sudda caste
came from the word 'Sudda' which means: 'They Are Base
Who Live by The Chase’. This is caste order of Buddhism.
7. B: Steven collins was the Buddhist scholar. He wrote the
journal the discourses on what is primary (aggannasutta).
8. D: Agganna sutta deals with origin of life and Decline of
humanity.
9. A: Khattiya, was a warrior, A member of one of the clans or
tribes recognised as of Aryan descent. To be such was to
belong to the highest social rank.
10. D: Aggaññasutta is the 27th Sutta of the Digha Nikaya
collection, Explains about the beginning of the Earth and the
birth of social order and its structure, including the castes.

BARANI

1. A: The Fatwa-i-Jahandari is a work containing the political

ideals to be pursued by a Muslim ruler in order to earn
religious merit and the gratitude of his subjects. It is written
as nasihat(advices) for the Muslim kings, is a classical work
on statecraft which can be compared with Kautilya's
Arthashastra and Machiavelli's Prince.

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2. C: Tarikh-i- firuz shahi and hasratnama both works are

related to ziauddin barani.
3. D: Ziauddin Barani (1285–1358 CE) was a Muslim political
thinker of the Delhi Sultanate during Muhammad bin
Tughlaq and Firuz Shah's reign.
4. C: Ziauddin barani was not a secular thinker. According to
him, a Muslim king could establish the supremacy of Islam
in India only by slaughtering the Brahmins. He recommends
that a Muslim king "should make a firm resolve to
overpower, capture, enslave and degrade the infidels.”
5. C: Barani categorized the law into two kinds, the Shariat and
the Zawabit. The Zawabit were the state laws formulated by
the monarch in consultation with the nobility in the changed
circumstances to cater to the new requirements which the
Shariat was unable to fulfil.
6. A: ziauddin barani was a devotee of Nizamuddin Aulia.
Nizamuddin Aulia was a sufi saint of chishti order.
7. C: Muhammad Iqbal- Shiqwa And Jawab E Shiqwa
V. D Savarkar- Essentials Of Hindutva
Ziauddin Aulia- Hasratnama
M.K Gandhi- The Indian Opinion
8. A: ziauddin barani Writes about religion and government in
his book fatwa i jahandari.
9. C: The Fatwa-i-Jahandari is a work containing the political
ideals to be pursued by a Muslim ruler in order to earn
religious merit and the gratitude of his subjects it is written
as nasihat(advices) for the Muslim kings, is a classical work
on statecraft which can be compared with Kautilya's
Arthashastra and Machiavelli's Prince.
10. C: The Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi (Firuz Shah's History) (1357)
was an interpretation of the history of the Delhi Sultanate up
to the then-present Firuz Shah Tughlaq. Ziauddin barani‘s
writings has description of alauddin khilji wars of
ranthambhor, Malwa etc.

KABIR

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1. A: Kabir never wrote any of his writings. His disciples

Verbally composed his poems and they named his poems as
Banis. In 17th century bijak was compiled and written.
2. C: Kabir Das was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and
saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti
movement. His period is known as bhaktikaal.
3. A: Kabir Das was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and
saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti
movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture
Guru Granth Sahib.
4. A: Kabirdas‘s idea of state (begumpura) is known as indian
utopia. Basically, utopia means an imagined place or state of
things where everything is perfect.
5. D: One hundred poems of Kabir is a 1915 book consisting
of 100 poems of Kabir, translated to English by
Rabindranath Tagore.
6. C: Adi granth, Granthavali, beejak are related to kabirdas.
Sursagar is related to Surdas. Surdaa was also a poet of
religious movement.
7. C: Explanation: Begumpura was not a kingdom of
hinduism. Kabirdas was not in a favour of any particular
religion.
8. D: Kabir never preached Communism or idol worship. He
always preached tolerance among people.
9. C: Adi granth contains verses generally from saints of
nirgun bhakti.
10. B: Seeking begumpura : The social vision of anti caste
intellectuals in wriiten by Gait Omvedt. She is an American
born Indian scholar.

PANDITA RAMABAI

1. A: She was the first woman to be accorded the titles of

Pandita as a Sanskrit scholar and Sarasvati after being
examined by the faculty of the University of Calcutta.

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2. A: Pandita ramabai was first women who actually work for

women rights. She put her voice on different platforms for
gender reform.
3. B: Pandita ramabai wrote this book in 1887. This is a great
book written over a 100 years ago about the conditions and
life of a Hindu woman in India. This especially pertains to
high-caste Hindu woman of those times since caste
differences played a role in lifestyles and social customs.
Ramabai's work was invaluable for social change
4. B: Kesari i hind,1919, awarded by the British Colonial
Government of India to Pandita ramabai for community
service
5. B: She founded Arya Mahila Samaj (Arya Women's
Society). The purpose of the society was to promote the
cause of women's education and deliverance from the
oppression of child marriage.
6. C: On 11 March 1889 the Indian activist known as Pandita
Ramabai opened her Sharada Sadan (or Home for Learning)
in Chowpatty, an area of Mumbai . She designed this
institution to further a cause dear to her heart: security and
an education for Hindu women who were widowed young.
7. D: Stri dharma niti written by pandita ramabai in 1882.
The cry of Indian women written by pandita ramabai (date is
not confirmed)
The high caste Hindu women written by pandita ramabai in
1887.
Stri purush tulana written by tarabai Shinde who was a
feminist activist.
8. B: She wrote stri dharma niti in 1882.
She converted to Christianity in 1883.
She founded Arya mahila samaj in 1887.
She founded sharda sadan in 1889.
9. A: Ambedkar Caste reform
Raja ram mohan roy Religious reform
Dayaanand saraswati Hindu reform
Pandita ramabai gender reform
10. A: Ambedkar waiting for a visa

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Tilak The orion

Lohia The caste system
Ramabai The cry of Hindu women

BAL GANGADHAR TILAK

1. A: In 1884, Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Lokmanya Bal

Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar created the
Deccan Education Society. Their goal was to give affordable
and good quality of education.
2. A: Mahatma Gandhi called Bal gangadhar tilak ‘Maker of
modern India’
3. B: Maratha stressed on making the Indians aware of the
glorious past and encouraged the masses to be self-reliant.
This newspaper actively propagated the cause of national
freedom. It started in January 1881.
4. C: Gita Rahasya is written in 1916 in Marathi language book
authored by Indian social reformer and independence
activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak while he was in prison at
Mandalay, Burma. It is the analysis of Karma yoga which
finds its source in the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred book for
Hindus. According to him, the real message behind the
Mahabharata's Gita is to act or perform. He wanted to
reform indian society.
5. C: Bal gangadhar tilak, wanted to sow the seed of
Nationalism in Indians. The mission of his life was to rouse
patriotic self- consciousness among Indians. But he was not
merely the prophet of an aggressive nationalism. He was
also a leader who made great efforts to execute his ideas into
concrete action.
6. C: Bal gangadhar tilak Was given the epithet lok-manya
during home rule movement. He was one of the most
popular leader of the Indian independence movement. He
was conferred with the honoury title of lokmanya, which
literally means ‘ accepted by the people‘ ( as a leader).
7. B: According to Tilak, a feeling of oneness and solidarity
among a people arising mainly from their common heritage

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was the vital force of nationalism. Knowledge of a common

heritage and pride in it fosters psychological unity. It was to
arouse this pride among the people that Tilak referred to
Shivaji and Akbar in his speeches. Besides, he felt that by
developing a feeling of common interest, a common destiny
which can be realised by united political action, the feeling
of nationalism could be strengthened.
8. C: The orean-1893
Arctic home in vedas- 1903
Geeta rahasya- 1915
Vedic chronology and Vedang jyotisha- 1925
9. A: Deccan society established in 1884
Ganesh utsav started in 1894
Shivaji jayanti started in 1895
Home rule league founded in 1916
10. A: Mahatma Gandhi karo ya maro
Bal gangadhar tilak swaraj mera janamsidh adhikar hai
Jawaharlal Nehru Aaram haram hai
Jayprakash narayan sampoorn kranti

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
1. B: Swami vivekanand never participated in indian politics
but his teachings, writings had very important role in
Awareness of nationalism in Indian people.
2. B: Rabindranath tagore Said that if you want to know india,
study vivekanand.
3. C: Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India is an English-
language monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order, in
publication since July 1896. It carries articles and
translations by monks, scholars, and other writers on
humanities and social sciences including religious,
psychological, historical, and cultural themes. Prabuddha
Bharata was started under the inspiration of Swami
Vivekananda.
4. C: Synthesis of yoga is related to Aurbindo.

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5. B: Swami Vivekananda was so impressed with evolutionary

theory of Herbert Spencer that he translated Herbert
Spencer’s book education in 1861 in Bengali language.
6. B: These lines are the part of the very famous and legendary
speech by Swami vivekanand which he delivered in Chicago
convention of
7. D: Neo Vedanta is the philosophy of Swami Vivekananda in
which he believed in oneness between God And man And
the Solidarity of humanity. Although embracing and
propagating the universalism, he regarded Hinduism best of
all religions. According to Swami Vivekananda. We just not
tolerate the other religion but embrace that.
8. B: Karma yoga 1896 (February)
Vedanta philosophy 1896 (March)
Raja yoga 1896 (July)
Jnana yoga 1899
9. C: In 1884 Swami Vivekananda become the member of
sadharan brahmo samaj.
In 1886 he is established a math in baranagar West Bengal.
In 1893 he delivered Chicago speech
In 1897 Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna mission.
10. C: Mahatma Gandhi. Harijan
Ambedkar. Janatha
Vivekanand. Prabuddha Bharata
Aurobindo. Bande Mataram.

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

1. B: Rabindranath Tagore was the first non – European to win

nobel prize in 1913 and He wrote Gitanjali. But it is not a
reason for the assertion
2. A: Gandhiji paying tribute to Tagore gave him the title
"Gurudev". Tagore was a great guru in ideological sense too
as he always advocated for unfettered learning.
3. B: The secrets of self is related to Sir Allama Muhammad
Iqbal. The post office, sadhna, Geetanjali are related to
rabindranath Tagore.

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4. C: Rabindranath Tagore wrote stray birds in 1916.

5. C: Rabindranath Tagore, in his legendary lecture on
Nationalism, which he delivered in 1915, He stated that the
birth of nationalism in the various European countries as the
result of technologies advancement and modern science.
Tagore showed how exploitation, violence and killing
become ritualistic acts when conscience, sense of reason and
justice are sacrificed and nationalism is put on a pedestal for
blind worship
6. B: Rabindranath Tagore was the first man to win Noble
prize in literature because of his work in Geetanjali.
7. C: In the European context, Rabindranath saw the birth of
nationalism in the various countries as the result of
technologies and modern science. Tagore saw how
exploitation, violence and killing become ritualistic acts
when conscience, sense of reason and justice are sacrificed
and nationalism is put on a pedestal for blind worship.
In the context of India, Tagore was convinced that there was
no word like nation in Indian languages . Nationalism in
India, like in Europe, was an urban phenomenon in the 19th
century. He was fundamentally against any such attempts
made in the name of nationalism.
But Gandhi justified his Nationalism to Tagore that Indian
nationalism is not exclusive, nor aggressive, nor destructive.
It is humanitarian.
8. B: Sadhna 1913
The post office 1912
Geetanjali 1910
Nationalism 1917
9. B: Tagore established Shanti Niketan in 1901.
Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in 1913.
Rabindranath Tagore got knighthood from king in 1916.
Tagore renounced his knighthood in response to the
Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.
10. B: Aurobindo Savitri
Iqbal Message from East
Gandhiji Hindi Swaraj

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Rabindranath Tagore Geetanjali

MAHATAMA GANDHI

1. A: British had the monopoly over salt manufacturing and

selling. The Namak Satyagrah was in protest against the
steep tax the British levied on salt. ... And so, Mahatma
Gandhi declared resistance to British salt policies to be the
unifying theme for the civil disobedience movement and
thus started Dandi March.
2. A: Albert Einstein said of Mahatma Gandhi that:
"Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as
this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth." A
deceptively simple man, Gandhi overturned the greatest
Empire the world has ever seen”
3. C: The Indian Opinion was a newspaper established by
Mahatma Gandhi. The publication was an important tool for
the political movement led by Gandhi and the Indian
Congress to fight racial discrimination and win civil rights
for the Indian immigrant community in South Africa. It
existed between 1904 and 1915.
4. C: ‘India of my dreams’ written by Mahatma Gandhi in
1947.
5. D: According to Gandhi’s philosophy of ahimsa, Truth and
ahimsa are so intertwined that it is impossible to separate
them.
6. A: Gandhi was not in favour of parliamentary democracy.
Gandhi supported the idea of direct democracy instead of
representative democracy.
7. A: The International Gandhi Peace Prize, named after
Mahatma Gandhi, is awarded annually by the Government
of India. As a tribute to the ideals espoused by Gandhi, the
Government of India launched the International Gandhi
Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth
anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi.
8. A: Hind swaraj 1909
My experiences of truth 1927

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The Gospel of selfless action: or, The Geeta according to

Gandhi 1946
India of my dreams 1947
9. A: Champaran agitation 1917
Kheda agitation 1918
Khilafat movement 1919
Salt satyagraha 1930
10. A: Mahatma Gandhi Civil Disobedience Movement
Jaypraksh Narayan Total Revolution
Ram Manohar Roy Social Religious Reform Movement
Ambedkar Dalit Buddhist Movement

SRI AUROBINDO

1. B: Aurbindo described Moderates as loyalist to British rule

because of their allegiance to and faith in the the British
Government and colonial rule. He advocates the idea of of
passive resistance over active resistance because Active
resistance involves assassinations riots and violence.
2. A: when subhash chandra bose came to bengal in 1913,
aurbindo was well known in masses of bengal. Sri
Aurobindo influenced Subhash Chandra Bose to take an
initiative of dedicating to Indian National Movement full-
time.
3. D: Karmyogin - Sri Aurobindo launched Karmayogin, a
weekly English journal in 1909.
Dhamma - Sri Aurobindo also launched Dharma, a weekly
Bengali journal and its first issue came out on 23.Aug.1909.
Bande mataram - The Bande Mataram was an English
language newspaper founded in 1905 by Sri Aurobindo
Ghosh.
Janata - In 1930, Dr. Ambedkar started a journal named,
Janata (The People)
4. B: The mother is related by Sri Aurobindo.
5. C: Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol is an epic poem in blank
verse by Sri Aurobindo, based upon the theology from the
Mahabharata. Its central theme revolves around the

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transcendence of man as the consummation of terrestrial

evolution, and the emergence of an immortal supramental
gnostic race upon earth.
6. C: Sri Aurobindo Always Emphasized on Spirituality over
any religion. According to Aurobindo, one of the parts of
spiritual education is self-discovery.
7. A: Sri Aurobindo was nominated twice for Nobel prize. First
for Nobel Prize for literature in 1943 And second time for
the Nobel Peace prize in 1950.
8. D: Sri Aurobindo was in favour of passive resistance over
active resistance because he was against the violence and
assassinations. His idea of passive resistance has two things,
first constructive Activities like creating institution of need
parallel to government Such as opening schools. Secondly
Opposition of foreign schools and institute
9. B: Life divine 1919
Essays on Geeta 1922
Savitri 1940
Synthesis of yoga 1948
10. B: Aurbindo attended banaras session of Congress in 1905.
He moved to calcutta and Become very active in promoting
and organising revolutionary activities in 1906.
He arrested in connection with the alipore bomb Case In
1909.
Aurbindo withdrawn himself from all the political activities
in 1910.
11. B: M.N Roy Radical Humanism
Tilak Radical Nationalism
Aurobindo Cultural Nationalism
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Integral Humanism

PERIYAR E.V. RAMASAMY

1. A: E.V. Ramasamy went on a pilgrimage to Kasi to worship

in the revered Siva temple of Kasi Vishwanath. Though it
regarded as one of the holiest sites of Hinduism, he
witnessed immoral activities, begging and floating dead

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bodies. His frustrations extended to functional Hinduism in

general when he experienced what he called Brahmanic
exploitation. This incident made periyar a athiest.
2. A: Periyar started Kudi Arasu on 2 May 1925 . This was a
Tamil weekly.
Revolt was the self movement’s first english weekly started
by periyar in 1925.
Prabudh bharat and mooknayak are related to Dr. Bhimrao
ambedkar.
3. B: This book is related to periyar’s ‘Penn Yaen Adimai
Aanal’ This book is translated by Meena kandasamy.
4. B: Through the Self-Respect Movement,Periyar preached
that compared to other religions, Hinduism placed many
restrictions on men by prohibiting all except a small
minority of Brahmins from reading the religious texts or
discussing religious matters and by evolving a caste system
in the name of divine law, and by creating several gods and
festivals to provide an assured income and prosperity to the
small Brahmin group at the expense of all others.
5. B: United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organization did not credit EV Ramasamy with any award
titled ‘The Socrates of South East Asia’ as claimed by
Dravidar Kazhagam. It is a well crafted propaganda
circulated by Dravidar Kazhagam and by few other
Dravidian Parties in Tamilnadu. It was an award given by
“Unesco Mandram” that functioned from Tamil Nadu in
1970 to EVR and not by the United Nations Educational
Scientific and Cultural Organization as claimed by DK.
6. D: Periyar is known as social reformer. He did notable work
against Brahminical dominance and gender and caste
inequality in Tamilnadu.
7. C: 1.E. V Ramasamy participated in satyagraha in vaikom,
Kerala in 1924
2. Periyar become head of justice Party in 1939.
3.He started self respect movement in 1925.
4. He joined congressin 1919.

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8. D: According to his philosophy, rationalism, which has to

lead the way for peaceful life to all, had resulted in causing
poverty and worries to the people because of dominating
forces. He stated that there is no use of simply acquiring
titles or amassing wealth if one has no self-respect or
scientific knowledge. The bedrock of E.V. Ramasamy’s
principles and the movements that he started was
rationalism. He thought that an insignificant minority in
society was exploiting the majority and trying to keep it in a
subordinate position forever. He wanted the exploited to sit
up and think about their position, and use their reason to
realise that they were being exploited by a handful of
people. If they started thinking, they would realise that they
were human beings like the rest, that birth did not and
should not endow superiority over others and that they must
awaken themselves and do everything possible to improve
their own lot.
9. A: these lines are part of the PERIYAR – GANDHI MEET,
1927. Gandhi tried to explain to periyar that hinduism is not
support Untouchability.
10. B: 1. Mahatma Gandhi civil disobedience movement
2. Ambedkar Dalit Buddhist movement
3. Periyar self-respect movement
4. Jayprakash Narayan Total revolution movement

MUHAMMAD IQBAL

1. A: Sir Muhammad Iqbal did not use the word "Pakistan" in

his address. Some scholars argued that "Iqbal never pleaded
for any kind of partition of the country. Rather he was an
ardent proponent of a 'true' federal setup for India..., and
wanted a consolidated Muslim majority within the Indian
Federation
2. C: Muhammad Ali jinnah is known as Qaid e Azam in
Pakistan. He said these lines after death of muhammad
Iqbal.

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3. C: Sare Jahan se Accha formally known as Tarānah-e-Hind

(Anthem of the People of Hindustan), is an Urdu language
patriotic song for children written by poet Muhammad Iqbal
in the ghazal style of Urdu poetry.which was published in
the weekly journal Ittehad on 16 August 1904.
4. A: Ittehad was a weekly journal. The famous Tarana e hind
was published in this weekly journal In 16 August 1904.
5. A: Muhammad Iqbal was a poet. In 1930, Iqbal delivered a
Presidential Address to the 25th Session of the All-India
Muslim League in Allahabad where he expressed his
thoughts on Islam and nationalism, unity of the Indian
nation and one on the problem of defence. “Iqbal is
considered to have given the vision for the creation of
Pakistan, whereas Jinnah is considered to be the one who
shaped this vision.
6. C: Because of his learning and knowledge, people soon
began to call him 'Allama' Iqbal and in 1922, King George V
of Britain, made him a knight, giving him the title of Allama
'Sir' Muhammad Iqbal.
7. D: According to Iqbal individual life and destiny is
determined by form of government. Iqbal was great
promoter of democratic government which is based on
Islamic ideology. He believed that the message of Islam is
eternal and universal. The main reason of his views is the
moral deprivation of Muslims in sub continent due to loss of
power. He hoped that the Muslims would one day regain the
lost glory of their past. In his view ideology of Tawhid is the
basic principle of Islamic state in which there is no
discrimination on the basis of race, color, language,
education, geographical gain, and a Muslim and a non-
believer. Iqbal calls such democracy as “Spiritual
Democracy”
8. B: 1. Message from the east in 1923
2. The secret of self in 1915
3. Shikwa and jawab e shikwa 1913
4. The reconstruction of thought of Islam in 1930

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9. D: 1. Iqbal joined the London branch of the All india

muslim league in 1922.
2. Iqbal contested the election for seat in the Punjab
legislative Assembly in 1926
3. Iqbal was elected president of the Muslim league 1930
4. He participated in third Round table conference in 1932.
10. A: Muhammed Ali jinnah Father of Pakistan
Swami vivekanand father of Indian nationalism
Muhammed Iqbal Spiritual Father of Pakistan
Raja ram mohan roy Maker of modern India

M.N. ROY

1. B: Mexican communist Party founded by M. N Roy.

It was founded as Socialist workers party in 1917. Its name
had changed after October revolution in russia in 1919.
Both the statements are correct but A is not the correct
Explanation of B
2. D: During the period of 1920’s, he strongly criticised the
role of Gandhi in Indian National movement. He believed
that Gandhism will fall to its own contradictions.
3. A: MN Roy started a journal called vanguard in 1922 This
journal was published by radical democratic Party.
4. B: Reason, Romanticism and Revolution is the last major
work by Indian humanist philosopher and political activist
M. N. Roy.
5. A: The political parties are very much related with
Parliamentary democracy and M. N. Roy believes that
because of this party system nothing is left of democracy in
the Parliamentary system. Political parties are the chief evil
in modem democracy, for they are the main cause of
concentration of power. According to M. N Roy, With the
rise of the party system, the idea of popular sovereignty
became a constitutional fiction. And with the rise of the
party system, politics became a scramble for power

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6. C: In M. N Roy ‘s New humanism, he criticized the idea of

socialism and communism. His integral radical new
humanism was a moral restatement of Marxism.
7. A: In the starting, M. N Roy was the important face of
Marxism revolution. But in the last he inclined towards
radical humanism which he called ‘New humanism’.
8. B: India in transition in 1922
The future of Indian politics in 1926.
Counter revolution in China in 1930
Historical role of Islam in 1939.
9. B: Roy founded Mexican communist Party in 1917.
Roy founded communist Party of india in 1925.
Roy formed his leaque of radical congressmen in 1938.
He founded radical democratic party in 1940.
10. A: Jaypraksh narain partyless democracy
Ambedkar parliamentary democracy
M.n roy Radical democracy
Gandhi stateless democracy

V D SAVARKAR

1. A: Savarkar was not advocate of partition. He gave his two

nation theory which was different from Jinnah’s two nation
theory. Savarkar insisted that, there are two nations in India,
India shall not be divided into two parts, one for Muslims
and the other for the Hindus; that the two nations shall dwell
in one country and shall live under the mantle of one single
constitution.
2. C: Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was a
secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and
his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904.
3. B: Savarkar regarded Hinduism as an ethnic, cultural and
political identity. Hindus, according to Savarkar, are those
who consider India to be the land in which their ancestors
lived, as well as the land in which their religion originated.
He advocates the creation of a Hindu state in that sense.

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4. C: The Indian War of Independence is an Indian nationalist

history of the 1857 revolt by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
that was first published in 1909.
5. A: The Ratnagiri Hindu Sabha was established by the help
of Savarkar with the object of "organising and consolidating
the Hindus into an organic whole with a view to enabling
them to resist effectively any unjust aggression, and
protecting their cultural, economic and religious rights.
6. A: Savarkar has praised the growth of Italy and Germany
during the Fascist and Nazi rule; he believed that at that
specific point in their history, Nazism and Fascism were "the
most congenial tonics, their health demanded. In his 1949
book, Hindu Rashtra Darshan, Savarkar wrote "Nazism
proved undeniably the savior of Germany. Savarkar often
compared Germany's German majority and Jewish minority
as analogous to India's Hindu majority and Muslim minority.
7. D: Savarkar in his important work Hindutva : Who is a
Hindu? developed the core of his philosophy on the concept
of Hindutva. According to Savarkar Hindutva was not a
word but a history. It was not only a history of the spiritual
or religious life of the Indian people but a history of the
entire civilization. Hinduism is only a derivative, a fraction,
a part of Hindutva. According to Savarkar every person was
a Hindu who regarded this land as his ‘Fatherland’ as well as
his 'Holyland', i.e. the land of the origin of his religion
8. B: The Indian war of independence in 1909.
Hindutva: who is Hindu in 1923
Hindu rashtra Darshan in 1949
Inside the enemy camp in 1965
9. D: Savarkar founded Abhinav Bharat society in 1904
He Transported to the cellular jail in 1911
He wrote essentials of Hindutva in 1922
He became the President of Hindu Mahasabha in 1938.
10. B: 1. Gandhi-Do or die
2. Iqbal- saare jahan se acha , hindostan humara
3. Savarkar- Hinduize all Politics and Militarize Hindudom"
4. Jayprakash- sampoorn Kranti

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Dr. B.R. AMBEDKAR

1. A: The word 'Harijan' was spiritual form of 'untouchable'

coined by Mahatma Gandhi. 'Harijan' means “children of
God.” He believed that, God was the friend of the friendless,
help of the helpless, and the protector of the weak.
The term dalits was in use as a translation for the British Raj
census classification of Depressed Classes prior to 1935. It
was popularised by the economist and reformer B. R.
Ambedkar who included all depressed people irrespective of
their caste into the definition of Dalits.
2. A: Amartya Kumar sen is an Indian economist. He is
awarded by bharat ratna in 1999. He awarded by Nobel
memorial prize for economics in 1998.
3. B: Navjeevan was related to mahatma Gandhi.
These Newspapers are related to Dr. B. R Ambedkar:
Mooknayak 1920
Janata 1930
Prabudh bharat 1956
4. A: Waiting for visa Ambedkar
My experminents with truth Gandhi
The discovery of India Nehru
Wheel of history Ram manohar lohia
5. A: Dr. B. R ambedkar awarded by bharat ratna in 1990.
6. C: Dr. B. R ambedkar believed that Buddhism was the only
religion that teaches equality, liberty and fraternity.
7. A: Ambedkar was a strong supporter of democracy.
According to him, it was only form of government through
which basic social, economical & political changed would
be brought about without bloodshed. Ambedkar Personally
favored parliamentary system of government. This system
could more appropriate to make unity of the country. This
system makes administration run more effectively &
efficiently.
8. C: 1. The buddha and it’s dhamma 1956
2.Who were the shudras 1946

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3. Annihilation of castes 1936

4. The untouchables 1948
9. B: 1.Ambedkar founded the ‘Independent labour Party’ in
1936.
2. Poona pact signed between Ambedkar and Gandhi in
1932
3. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism in 1956.
4. Ambedkar contested in the first general election in 1952.
10. A: Jayprakash Narayan partyless democracy
Mahatma Gandhi stateless democracy
M.N Roy radical democracy
Dr. B. R Ambedkar parliamentary democracy

J L NEHRU

1. A: Nehru's policy of neutrality paved the way for the

establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). India
facilitated the involvement of former colonies and newly
independent countries into the organization which aimed to
protect the interests of undeveloped nations in international
politics.
2. A: Bhiku parekh is a British political theorist. Bhikhu
Parekh Consistent with his belief that every state needed a
'national philosophy' to sustain it, give it coherence and to
direct it, Nehru devoted attention to the elaboration of a
unifying national philosophy For him 'modernisation' was
India's national philosophy and involved seven national
goals
3. C: Harijan Gandhi
Hindu Vir Raghavacharya
National herald Nehru
Comrade Molana Muhammad
4. A: Jawaharlal Nehru was a Democrat and as well as a
socialist.. The high ideals of democracy and socialism were
epitomized in him. Democratic Socialism as an ideology is
an extension of the liberal propagation of democracy altered
to suit the needs of all the countries of the world. It is an

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ideology that believes that the economy and the society

should function democratically to meet the needs of the
whole community.
The ideology believes that democracy and socialism are one
and indivisible, there cannot be a true democracy without a
true socialism, and there cannot be a true socialism without a
true democracy.
5. D: Jawaharlal Nehru was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1955.
6. D: Jawaharlal Nehru was a democratic socialist. The
ideology believes that democracy and socialism are one and
indivisible, there cannot be a true democracy without a true
socialism, and there cannot be a true socialism without a true
democracy.
7. B: Jawaharlal Nehru wrote ‘The discovery of IndiaThe
Discovery of India is an honour paid to the rich cultural
heritage of India, its history and its philosophy as seen
through the eyes of a patriot fighting for the independence of
his country. The book was written in 1944 but published in
1946 as per ground sources
8. B: Glimpses of world history 1934
2. The unity of India 1941
3. The discovery of India 1946
Letters for a nation from Nehru to chief Ministers. 1947-
1963
9. B: Jawaharlal Nehru was elected president of the Indian
National congress in 1929.
2. Nehru joined ‘home rule league’ in 1917.
3. NAM was established through an initiative of Nehru in
1961.
4. Nehru was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1955.
10. A: Ram Manohar Lohia Neo socialist
B. Jawaharlal Nehru Democratic Socialist
C. M. N Roy Radical humanist
D. Deen dayal upadhyay integral humanist

RAM MANOHAR LOHIA

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1. A: During the Second World War (1939–1945), India was

controlled by the United Kingdom. Ram Manohar Lohia was
not in favour of participation of India.
2. A: Usha Mehta was a Gandhian and freedom fighter of
India. She also worked with lohia in azad hind radio in 1942.
3. D: In 1955, Lohia established a new Socialist Party, for
which he became chairman as well as the editor of its
journal, Mankind
4. B: To Lohia, socialism is doctrine of equality. His concept
of equality was unique. To him, equality did not mean the
identity of treatment or identity of reward. He maintained
that if there were no equality among the individuals and also
among the nations, justice, human dignity, morality,
brotherhood, freedom and universal welfare could not
flourish in society.
Lohia suggested ‘seven-fold’, revolution to fight against
inequality and injustice , Which are following.
A. Revolting for equality of men and women.
B. The Abolition of inequality based on color.
C.Elimination of inequalities of birth and caste
D. National freedom or Ending of foreign influence
E.Economic Equality through increase in production
F. Protecting the privacy of individual life from all
collective encroachments.
G. Limitation on armaments.
5. C: Lohia condemns both Communism and Capitalism as un-
suitable to India’s needs. He condemns Communism on two
major counts. Firstly, he condemns Communism for being
the continuator and developer of capitalist technology; for
only Wanting,to smash the capitalist relations of production
and not the capitalist mode of production. What capitalist
technology Has meant to 2/3rd of the world, claims Lohia,
has not been digested in Communist theory” .4 Secondly,
Lohia condemns the, Commnunist mode of action and class
struggle because it fails “the test of immediacy”.
6. D: In a three-page letter to the PM, Nitish Kumar drew
Modi's attention towards Lohia's role in the struggle for

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Independence, his efforts in bringing together non-Congress

parties during the time of Nehru, his model of socialism
rooted in Indian realities and his emphasis on issues of
public sanitation and women’s upliftment decades ago.
7. D: Ram Manohar Lohia’s socialism stands for socialization
of the means of production. To Lohia, socialism stands for
equality and prosperity. Lohia expressed in his ‘Wheel of
History’ that human history is characterized by a fight
between crystallized castes and loosely cohesive classes. To
him, the conventional and ordered socialism was, therefore,
“a dead doctrine and dying organization”. Lohia had made
an appeal for 'New Socialism’. He contributed in
recommending a double approach to the creation of new
society - economic development together with a systematic
effort to change those social institutions, which are
antithetical to modernity.
8. B: guilty men of India’s partition 1960.
Marx, Gandhi and socialism 1963
Hindu banam Hindu 2009
Wheel of history 1955
9. A: He joined congress Socialist party 1934
He joined praja socialist party 1952
He lost to Nehru in general election. 1963
Lohia established a new Socialist Party 1955
10. D: “The four-pillar state”, was one of the important features
of the Ram Manohar Lohia’s socialism. In order to achieve
true socialism, he evolved the concept of four-pillar state.
Four-pillar state was an arrangement when a constitution
was framed on the basis of the four-pillar state, the village,
the district, the province and the centre, being four pillars of
equal majesty and dignity.
11. A: Deen dayal upadhyay Intregal humanism
Savarkar philosophy of hindutva
Ram Manohar Lohia new socialism
M.N Roy Radical humanism

JAYA PRAKASH NARAYAN

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1. B: the slogan of Total Revolution was given during Bihar

movement. It was raised against the increasing corruption,
unemployment and inflation. Emergency was proclaimed by
Indira Gandhi has no direct relation with this slogan.
2. A: Modi said “Leadership born during emergency was not
one for the TV screens. It was a leadership to live and die
for nation. So many people in politics today owe their
initials days to those days of emergency and JP movement.
A new political generation was born”.
3. B: ‘prison diary’ and ‘Nation building of India’ By
Jayprakash narayan. Political diary and integral humanism
by Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
4. B: On 1 August 2015, the Chhapra-Delhi-Chhapra Weekly
Express was renamed as Loknayak Express in jayprakash
narayan’s honour.
5. B: jayprakash narayan was awarded by Magsaysay award
for public service in 1965.
6. B: Narayan returned from the US to India in late 1929 as a
Marxist. He, like Marx, believed that inequality and poverty
of the Indian people were due to the reason that the means of
production were not in their control.
7. B: Prison diary- 1975
India: struggle for freedom, politics, social and economic-
2006
Towards total revolution- 1978
Nation building in India- 2002
8. C: jayprakah narayan was the first leader who was against
congress. Jaypraksh narayan founded his own party called
janta dal. That was first revolution in politics of India.
9. C: He returned from U. S as a Marxist in 1929.
2. He was in jail for civil disobedience by Britishes in 1932.
3. He founded janta party in 1977.
4. Jayprakash narayan gave a call for total revolution in
1975.
10. A: Civil disobedience - Mahatma Gandhi
Total revolution - jayprakash narayan

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Social – religious reform movement - raja ram mohan roy

Dalit Buddhist movement – Ambedkar

DEENDAYAL UPADHYAYA
1. A: Deen Dayal upadhyay started monthly ‘ rashtra dharma
in 1940, because he wanted to spread the hindutva ideology.
2. C: Congressman of Uttar Pradesh, Sampoornanand, wrote in
the preface of Upadhyaya’s Political Dairy, describing him
as “one of the most notable political leaders of our time
3. A: Rashtra dharma was a monthly magazine started by Deen
Dayal upadhyay in 1940 .
Later he started weekly magazine named Panchjanya.
Harijan and navjivan are related to Mahatma Gandhi.
4. B: political diary written by Deen Dayal upadhyay. This
book published in 1968
5. B: state government in UP renamed Mughalsarai station in
honour of Upadhyaya as his dead body was found near it..
6. A: Integral humanism was a set of concepts drafted by
Deendayal Upadhyaya as a political program and adopted in
1965 as the official doctrine of the Jan Sangh.Upadhyaya
borrowed the Gandhian principles such as sarvodaya
(progress of all), swadeshi (domestic), and Gram Swaraj
(village self rule) and these principles were appropriated
selectively to give more importance to cultural-national
values. These values were based on an individual's
undisputed subservience to nation as a corporate entity.
7. B: Deen Dayal upadhyay wanted to spread Hindutva
ideology but He wanted to purify Muslim. Purification" was
premised on the Sangh theory that Indian Muslims had not
come from a foreign land but were Hindus who had been
coerced into conversion to Islam.
8. B: Deen Dayal upadhyay joined Swayam sevak sangh in
1942.
He started rashra dharma in 1940.
He became president of bhartiya janta dal In 1967.

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He contested the lok sabha election in 1963.

9. A: Gandhi Trusteeship
Jayprakash narain Prison diary
V. D savarkar Essentials of hindutva
Deen Dayal upadhyay intregal humanism
10. B: political diary written by Deen Dayal upadhyay and this
book was published in 1968.
Integral humanism written by Deen Dayal upadhyay and this
book published after his death in 2009.

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