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UTTARANCHAL P.C.S. (Mains) EXAM.
1. Who was the Political Guru of
Mahatma Gandhi ?
(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Dada Bhai Naoroji
2. Who was the first person to
observe Individual Satyagraha ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(D) Gobind Ballabh Pant
3. Consider the following state-
ments :
Assertion (A)Gandhiji with-
drew the Non-Cooperation
Movement in February 1922.
Reason (R)Violence at Chauri-
Chaura was the cause of his deci-
sion.
Select the correct answer using
the codes given below
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct
but (R) is not the correct explana-
tion of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct
and (R) is the correct explanation
of (A)
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true
(D) (A) is true but (R) is false
4. Which of the following Acts was
described by Jawahar Lal Nehru
as Charter of Slavery ?
(A) Government of India Act
1919
(B) Government of India Act
1935
(C) Regulating Act of 1773
(D) Pitts India Act of 1784
5. Who among the following, par-
ticipated in the Dandi March of
Mahatma Gandhi ?
(A) Mohan Joshi
(B) Nagendra Saklani
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(C) Molu Ram (A) Catherin Hellimen
(D) Bhairav Dutt Joshi (B) Nightingale Florence
6. Who is considered as the first (C) Annie Besant
freedom fighter of Kumaun ? (D) None of the above
(A) Kalu Mehra 13. When and where did the Begar
(B) Mohan Singh Mehta Movement start ?
(C) Badri Dutt Pandey (A) January 20, 1921, Pauri
(B) January 15, 1921, Tehri
(D) Govind Ballabh Pant
(C) January 13, 1921, Almora
7. Who was present in the Calcutta
(D) January 13-14, 1921, Bage-
Conference (1886) of Indian
National Congress, from Uttara- shwar
nchal ? 14. Which place or area was named
(A) Indra Singh Jalal as Bardoli of Uttaranchal ?
(A) Salt
(B) Mukundi Lal
(B) Salam
(C) Jwala Dutt Joshi
(C) Deghat
(D) Govind Ballabh Pant (D) Katyur Valley
8. When was the publication of 15. When was Home Rule League
Shakti, a newspaper started ? established in Almora ?
(A) September 15, 1918 (A) 1914 (B) 1913
(B) October 15, 1921 (C) 1916 (D) 1917
(C) October 22, 1921 16. When was Kumaun Parishad
established ?
(D) October 15, 1918
(A) 1912 (B) 1914
9. When did Gandhiji visit Kumaun
for the first time ? (C) 1916 (D) 1918
(A) June, 1929 17. Where did the Ravai incident
(B) July, 1929 take place ?
(C) August, 1931 (A) Uttarkashi
(D) October, 1931 (B) Tilari (Tehri)
10. Who was the originator of (C) Pauri
Dolapalki Movement in Uttara- (D) Bageshwar
nchal ? 18. World Cup Football Tournament
(A) Jayanand Bharti is organized after a gap of
(B) Khusi Ram (A) One year
(B) Two years
(C) Hari Prasad Tamta
(C) Three years
(D) Baldev Singh Arya
(D) Four years
11. Who was Bisni Devi Shah ?
19. The proposed Himalayan High-
(A) A poetess way Scheme is being implemen-
(B) A social reformer ted
(C) A writer (A) from Munsiyari to Mana
(D) A freedom fighter (B) from Pangoo to Purola
12. What was the real name of Sarla (C) from Lohaghat to Tyuni
Bahen ? (D) None of the above