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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 B. R. Ambedkar withdrew from active politics for almost a decade when the Communal Award was revoked.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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Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?

A) Shashi Tharoor	B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Nirad C Chaudhuri	D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jawaharlal Nehru

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The Arabic work of al-Biruni that gave an account of the subcontinent is called __________.

A) Kitab - Al Hind	B) Kitab - Al Bharat
C) Pustak - Al Hind	D) Pustak - Al Bharat

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kitab - Al Hind

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A man has some hens and some cows. If the total number of heads of hens and cows together is 50 and the nunber of feet of hens and cows together is 142, then the number of cows is

A) 21	B) 25
C) 27	D) 29

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 21

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Find the sum of the measures all the exterior angles of a decagon.

A) 720°	B) 2160°
C) 360°	D) 1800°

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 360°

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Which Mughal Emperor fought the battle of Panipat in 1526?

A) Babur	B) Humayun
C) Akbar	D) Aurangzeb

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Babur

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Which of the following rivers does not make an estuary?

A) Narmada	B) Tapi
C) Mandovi	D) Mahanadi

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mahanadi

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Which famous cricketer co-owns the Pro-Kabaddi team from Tamil Nadu named 'Tamil Thalaivas'?

A) Sunil Gavaskar	B) Ravi Shastri
C) Krishnamachari Srikkanth	D) Sachin Tendulkar

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