Previous year MCQs

Modern Indian History UPPSC 1999 GS-I
Question

Which among the following places was the centre of the Gadkari rebellion?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Kolhapur

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Kolhapur”.
Kolhapur, Maharashtra was the center of the Gadkari rebellion.

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Which one of the following pairs of states have equal representation in the Council of States?
  1. A) Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat
  2. B) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
  3. C) Gujarat and Rajasthan
  4. D) Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu
MacDonald's Communal Award did not provide separate electorates and reserved seats in provincial legislatures to:
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  2. B) Sikhs
  3. C) Scheduled Castes
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  3. C) Indian Council Act, 1892
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List-I (Nobel Prize, 1998) - List-II (Scientist)

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A B C D
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  2. B) 1888
  3. C) 1885
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Reason (R): His attitude was scientific.

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Code:
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  2. B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
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  4. D) A is false but R is true
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I. West Bengal is the most densely populated state of India.
II. Arunachal Pradesh is the least densely populated state of India
III. During 2001-11 Uttar Pradesh recorded a decadal population growth rate of 25-36 percent.
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  2. B) I and II
  3. C) II and III
  4. D) I, II and III
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  2. B) N. G. Ranga
  3. C) Rajkumar Shukla
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  2. B) Tradition of Sati
  3. C) Western education
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Lala Lajpat Rai had injured?
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