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Statement I :The Poona Pact provided for 151 reserved seats for the scheduled castes to be elected by a joint, not separate, electorate.

Statement II :Dr. B. R. Ambedkar withdrew from active politics for almost a decade when the Communal Award was revoked.

A) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I	B) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false	D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Explanation:

The Poona Pact was an agreement between Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi which was signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, India, which asserted that there will be a single Hindu electorate, with scheduled castes having seats reserved within it,So the representation of these classes was based on the standards of joint electorates and reserved seats. The Communal Award was made by the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald on 16 August 1932 which allowed separate electorates in India, and it was supported by Ambedkar.

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Terminal velocity ________.

A) first increases before decreasing	B) is constant
C) first decreases before increasing	D) always keeps on increasing

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) is constant

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UV rays coming from Sun, majorly causes which cancer?

A) Lungs cancer	B) Liver cancer
C) Mouth cancer	D) Skin cancer

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Skin cancer

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Which of the following three R's are regarded as environment friendly?

A) Reduce – Reuse – Recycle	B) Reduce – Reuse – Reutilize
C) Recollect – Reuse – Reutilize	D) Reduce – Renew – Reutilize

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Reduce – Reuse – Recycle

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Damdama lake is in which state?

A) Punjab	B) Rajasthan
C) Haryana	D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Haryana

Explanation:

Damdamaa reservoir in Sohna, district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is one of the biggest lakes in Haryana and with an area of 3,000 acres. Damdama Lake was formed when a stone and earthen dam constructed by the British was commissioned for rain water harvesting in 1947.

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On the basis of whose recommendations the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has ended the Haj subsidy from 2018?

A) Afzal Amanullah Committee	B) Umesh Sinha Committee
C) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Committee	D) Shahnaz Hussain Committee

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Afzal Amanullah Committee

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Saint Kabir was the disciple of whom?

A) Ramanujacharya	B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
C) Swami Haridas	D) Ramananda

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ramananda

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Who directed the movie "The man who knew infinity"?

A) Matthew Brown	B) Christopher Nolan
C) Martin Scorsese	D) Alfred Hitchcock

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