General Knowledge Part -B: English (NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2022-I) (101 to 150)

Total Questions: 50

21. The real beginning of western education in India can be dated from

Correct Answer: (a) the Charter Act of 1813
Solution:Lord Macaulay, the president of the General Committee of Public Instruction, played a crucial rote in introducing the Western system of education in India. However, the process began in 1813, when efforts to incorporate this system started. Therefore, option (a) is correct.

22. The term 'Industrial Revolution' was first used by

Correct Answer: (a) J. A. Blanqui
Solution:The term 'Industrial Revolution' was first used by J.A. Blanqui. But it was popularised by the English economic historians 'Arnold toynbee' to denote Britain's economic development that took place between 1760 to 1840.

23. The Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of the God) was organized by

Correct Answer: (b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Solution:The khudai khidmatgar movement was led by Abdul Ghaffar Khan, known locally as Bacha Khan, Badshah Khan, or Sarhadi Gandhi. It gradually became more political Das its members were being targeted by the British Raj. By 1929 its leadership was exiled from the province and large numbers were arrested.

24. The Mahad Satyagraha of 1927 was organized by

Correct Answer: (a) B. R. Ambedkar
Solution:Mahad Satyagraha was a satyagraha led by B. R. Ambedkar on 20 March 1927 to allow untouchables to use water in a public tank in Mahad (currently in Raigad district), Maharashtra, India.

25. The Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-Seeking Society) was set up by

Correct Answer: (b) Jyotiba Phule
Solution:Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-seekers' Society) was a social reform society founded by Jyotiba Phule in Pune, Maharashtra, on 24 September 1873. It espoused a mission of education and increased social rights and political access for underprivileged groups, focused especially on women, Shudras, and Dalits, in Maharashtra.

26. The 13th Century text Lekhapaddhati gives us information on which one of the following topics?

Correct Answer: (c) Legal document
Solution:The Lekhapaddhati, also known as Lekhapañcasika, is a collection of Sanskrit documents written between the 8th and 15th centuries during the Chaulukya rule in Gujarat, India.
It was later also composed in Prakrit and it contained rules for drafting variety of documents like documents related to land grants, treaties between the rulers and rule of administration.
The collection of these documents served as a repository used mainly for administrative purposes by the court officials and for private correspondence.

27. Nkrumah was one of the five leaders, who comprised the core of the Non-aligned Movement (NAM). He was the leader of which country in Africa?

Correct Answer: (d) Ghana
Solution:In 1961, drawing on the principles agreed at the Bandung Conference of 1955, the Non-Aligned Movement 1 was formally established in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, through an initiative of Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Egyptian President Gamal L Abdel Nasser, Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah and Indonesian President Sukarno. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957.
An influential advocate of Pan-Africanism, Nkrumah was a founding member of the Organization of African Unity and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union in 1962.

28. The idea of Planning in Independent India was drawn from

Correct Answer: (a) the Bombay Plan
Solution:The Bombay plan was a set of proposal of a small group of industrialist in 1844. The idea of planning in independents India was drawn from it.

29. Nisarga, Gati, Nivar, Tauktae and Yaas are names of

Correct Answer: (d) cyclones
Solution:The correct answer is cyclones. Cyclones around the world are named by Regional Specified Meteorological Centers and Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers.

30. Which one of the following States/UTs was connected with the Indian Railways network in the year 2021?

Correct Answer: (c) Manipur
Solution:Manipur's Imphal will be the fourth capital city in the mountainous northeastern region expected to come on the Indian railway map. A passenger train Rajdhani Express from Assam's Silchar railway station has reached the Vaingaichunpao railway station in Manipur for a trial run, putting the state on the Indian Railways map. The train covered the distance of 11 km between the two northeastern stations, with railway officials onboard.