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191.

Which one among the following statements is not correct?

  • Gandhara School of Art owed its origin to the Indo-Greek rulers but the real patrons of the school were the Kushans, especially Kanishka

  • Rich carving, elaborate ornamentations, and complex symbolism were not the main features of the Gandhara sculpture

  • The Graeco-roman architectural impact-modified the structure of Buddhist Stupas

  • The artists of the Amravati School of Arts mainly used white marble


192.

Consider the following declaration and identify the person who made it using the code given below:

'The time has come when badges of honor make out shame glaring in their incongruous context of humiliation, and, I, for my part, wish to stand shorn of all special distinction, by the side of my countrymen who, for their so-called insignificance are liable to suffer degradation not fit for human beings'.

  • Mahatma Gandhi

  • Jawaharlal Nehru

  • Dada Bhai Naoroji

  • Rabindranath Tagore


193.

Identify, using the code given below, the nationalist leader who was sentenced in the words outlined below: 'the fact that in the eyes of millions of your countrymen you are a great patriot and great leader' but 'as a man subject to the law, who has, by his own admission broken the law' you are subject to six years imprisonment

  • C.R. Das

  • Mahatma Gandhi

  • Subhash Bose

  • Jawaharlal Nehru


194.

Consider the following statement:

We believe that it is the inalienable right of the Indian people as of any other people, to have the freedom and to enjoy the fruits of their toil and have the necessities of life so that they may have full opportunities of growth' Identify the correct context of this statement from below:

  • Pledge of independence to be publicly taken all over India on 26 January 1930

  • The preamble of the Constitution of India adopted in 1950

  • Congress Working Committee Resolution adopted at the Special Calcutta Congress in 1920

  • Part of Speech delivered by Subhash Bose at the launch of Azad Hind Fauj


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195.

Consider the following statements relating to the Gandhian strategy of Satyagraha:

  1. Under the Gandhian strategy, which may be described as Struggle-Truce-Struggle (S-T-S), phases of a vigorous extra-legal mass movement and confrontation with colonial authority alternate with phases, during which direct confrontation is withdrawn
  2. The entire po1itical process of S-T-S was an upward spiraling one, which also assumed that the freedom struggle would pass through several stages, ending with the transfer of power by the colonial regime itself

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • 1 only

  • 2 only

  • Both 1 and 2

  • Neither 1 nor 2


196.

Rajmohan Gandhi's book 'A Tale of Two Revolts' (2009) deals with the:

  • Taiping and Indigo revolts

  • Revolt of 1857 and the American Civil War

  • Revolt of 1857 and the Deccan Uprising

  • American Civil War and Santhal Uprising


197.

Consider the following statements relating to Jawaharlal Nehru's attitude towards science and technology:

  1. Nehru was convinced that science and technology were crucial to the solution of India's problems relating to underdevelopment and poverty
  2. To emphasize the importance of science and scientific research, Nehru himself became the Chairman of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • 1 only

  • 2 only

  • Both 1 and 2

  • Neither 1 nor 2


198.

"No Taxation without Representation" was the popular slogan of:

  • Indian freedom struggle

  • American war of independence

  • Russian revolution

  • French revolution


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199.

Which among the following statements with regard to Raja Rammohan Roy are correct?

  1. He started the Atmiya Sabha
  2. He wrote the Gift of Monotheist
  3. He published the Precepts of Jesus
  4. He founded the Brahma Sabha

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  • 2, 3 and 4 only

  • 1,2 and 3 only

  • 1, 3 and 4 only

  • 1, 2, 3and 4


200.

Which one among the following was not a demand of the early congress (1885-1905)?

  • Indianization of the superior grades of the administrative services

  • Puma Swaraj/complete independence

  • Abolition of the Arms Act

  • Autonomy within the empire


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