Previous year MCQs

Modern Indian History UPPSC 2003 GS-I
Question

Who of the following first mooted the idea of a Constituent Assembly to frame a Constitution for an independent India:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Swaraj Party in 1935

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Swaraj Party in 1935”.
The idea of a Constituent Assembly to frame a Constitution for an independent India was first mooted by: (2) Congress Party in 1936

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Two great religious conference were held by King Harshvardhan at:
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  2. B) Prayag and Thaneshwar
  3. C) Thaneshwar and Vallabhi
  4. D) Vallabhi and Prayag
Rabindranath Tagore, the great poet, emerged as a great painter when his age was about
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  2. B) Twenty years
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  2. B) Lahore Session, 1929
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List-I - List-I

(A) First Carnatic War - (1) Ended by Treaty of Paris
(B) Third Carnatic War - (2) Britishers Lost
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  2. B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Assertion (A): Nehru had no regard for the upanishads.
Reason (R): His attitude was scientific.

Now select your answer from the following code:
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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