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Personalities Associated with Specific Movements

2 UPSC Prelims MCQs tagged "Personalities Associated with Specific Movements". Free practice with answer keys, explanations, and timed mock tests on Anantam IAS.

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  1. With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following statements is…

    With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following statements is correct?

    1. APingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag here.
    2. BPattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit India Movement of Andhra region from here.
    3. CRabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.
    4. DMadame Blavastsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society first here.
    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: C

    * Option (A) is incorrect: Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag, but he presented it to Mahatma Gandhi at the INC session in Bezwada (now Vijayawada), not Madanapalle.

    * Option (B) is incorrect: Pattabhi Sitaramaiah played an important political role in Andhra but did not lead the Quit India Movement of the Andhra region from Madanapalle.

    * Option (C) is correct: Rabindranath Tagore stayed at Theosophical College, Madanapalle, in 1919. During this visit, he translated *Jana Gana Mana* from Bengali into English as "The Morning Song of India." This is the historically significant connection between Madanapalle and the National Anthem.

    * Option (D) is incorrect: The Theosophical Society was founded in New York in 1875 and later moved its headquarters to Adyar, Chennai in 1882. It was not set up in Madanapalle.

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    History UPSC 2021 Hard

  2. With reference to Indian National Movement, consider the following pairs: | Person | Position…

    With reference to Indian National Movement, consider the following pairs: | Person | Position Held | |--------------------------|------------------------------------------------| | 1. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru | President, All India Liberal Federation | | 2. K.C. Neogy | Member of the Constituent Assembly | | 3. P.C. Joshi | General Secretary, Communist Party of India | Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

    1. A1 only
    2. B1 and 2 only
    3. C3 only
    4. D1, 2 and 3
    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: D

    Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru: He was an important leader of All India liberal federation and served as its President.

    KC Neogy: He was a member of the constituent Assembly from West Bengal.

    Puran Chand Joshi (14 April 1907 - 9 November 1980): He was one of the early leaders of the communist movement in India. He was the first general secretary of the Communist Party of India from 1935-47.

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