12th - Challenges In Nation Building Flashcards
(151 cards)
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Q: When did the Rajputs migrate from Central Asia into the Indian subcontinent?
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Around 200 AD (CE)
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Q: How many princely states existed in pre-independent India?
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565 princely states
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Q: What was the total number of ‘salute’ princely states under British rule?
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Approximately 117 to 120 salute states
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Q: What was the highest gun salute accorded to a princely state ruler?
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21-gun salute
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Q: What was the minimum number of guns used to salute lower-rank princely state rulers?
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9-gun salute
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Q: When did British Prime Minister Clement Attlee address the House of Commons about India’s independence?
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15th March 1946
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Q: When did the process of merging princely states into India begin?
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April 1947
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Q: How many princely states were integrated into the Indian Union by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and V.P. Menon?
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565 princely states
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Q: On which date did the Dewan of Junagadh accede to Pakistan, sparking protests in India?
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15th August 1947
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Q: When did Indian troops enter Hyderabad to bring it under Indian control?
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September 1948
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Q: In which year was the ban lifted on the Communist Party in Hyderabad?
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1943
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Q: When did Maharaja Hanvant Singh of Jodhpur finally agree to join India?
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1947 (post-August, exact date not specified but contextually around Independence)
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Q: When was the Standstill Agreement signed by Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir?
15th August 1947
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Q: When did Hari Singh sign the Instrument of Accession for Kashmir to join India?
26th October 1947
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Q: When did the Indian army enter Srinagar in Kashmir following the accession?
27th October 1947
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Q: When did the Congress first begin planning for linguistic reorganisation of states?
1917
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Q: When did Congress begin expressing support for language-based provinces?
1920s
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Q: When did the Andhra Provincial Congress Committee start pushing for Telugu-speaking areas to be united?
1917
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Q: When did the re-distribution of provinces based on language officially begin?
1927
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Q: When did Odisha become the first linguistically formed Indian state?
1936
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Q: When was the first Linguistic Province Commission (Dhar Commission) set up?
1948
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Q: When was the JVP Committee created to review linguistic state formation?
1948
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Q: How many days did Potti Sriramulu fast before his death during the Andhra agitation?
58 days (from 19-10-1952 to 15-12-1952)
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Q: When was the Andhra Pradesh state officially created?
1956
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Q: When was the Fazl Ali Commission established to review state reorganisation?
22nd December 1953
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Q: When did the Fazl Commission submit its report on linguistic reorganisation?
September 1955
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Q: How many states and union territories did the Fazl Commission recommend forming?
16 States and 3 Union Territories
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Q: When was the State Reorganisation Act passed by Parliament?
1956
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Q: When did the State Reorganisation Act take effect, forming new states and UTs?
1st November 1956
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Q: How many states and union territories were created in the 1956 reorganisation?
14 States and 6 Union Territories
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Q: When was the Bombay Reorganisation Act passed to form Gujarat?
1960
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Q: When was Nagaland separated from Assam to become a state?
1962
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Q: When was the Punjab Reorganisation Act passed to create Haryana?
1966
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Q: When did Himachal Pradesh become a new state?
1970
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Q: When did the North Eastern Reorganisation Act create Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and UTs of Arunachal Pradesh & Mizoram?
1971
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Q: When did Sikkim become a state of India?
1975
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Q: When were Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh made full states?
1986
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Q: When did Goa become a separate state of India?
1987
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Q: When was the Chhattisgarh state created?
2000 (Reorganisation Act)
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Q: When was Uttarakhand state created?
2000 (Reorganisation Act)
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Q: When was Jharkhand carved out of Bihar?
2000 (Bihar Reorganisation Act)
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Q: When was Telangana created from Andhra Pradesh?
2014 (Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act)
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Q: How many princely states or administrative units existed during British rule?
About 600
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Q: How many languages were officially recognised in the Indian Constitution in 1950?
12 languages
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Q: How many languages are now officially recognised in the Constitution?
22 languages
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Q: What Article governs the process of creating or reorganising states in India?
No article number is explicitly mentioned in the passage, but this is governed by Article 3 of the Constitution.
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Q: When did signs of economic recession appear in India, leading to political disturbances?
Late 1960s and early 1970s
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Q: When did India adopt the New Economic Policy of liberalisation, privatisation, and globalisation?
1990
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Q: During which years did India's agriculture grow at 1.65%?
Between 1996–1997 and 2004–2005
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Q: When was a $15 billion farm loan waiver announced?
2008–2009 Union Budget
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Q: What percentage of marginal farmers do not have access to formal loans?
0.8
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Q: What percentage of India's workforce is protected by the Industrial Disputes Act?
Less than 10%
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Q: What percentage of India’s population lives on less than a dollar a day, according to Deaton and Dreze?
Approximately 26% in 1999–2000, down from 36% in 1993–94
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Q: What was the estimated number of people living below the poverty line in India versus China around 2000?
India: 270 million; China: 110 million
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Q: By how much did India's infant mortality rate decline during the 1980s?
0.3
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Q: By how much did India's infant mortality rate decline during the 1990s?
0.125
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Q: What was India's infant mortality rate compared to Bangladesh’s in 1990?
India: 80 per 1000; Bangladesh: 91 per 1000
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Q: What was India's infant mortality rate compared to Bangladesh’s in 1999?
India: 71 per 1000; Bangladesh: 61 per 1000
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Q: What percentage of parliamentary and assembly seats are reserved for women (yet to be implemented)?
0.33
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Q: When was the Madras Presidency created by Lord Wellesley?
1802
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Q: When was the Indian States Reorganisation Act passed?
1956
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Q: When did the Madras State officially become Tamil Nadu?
Post-1967, following the DMK victory and public agitation
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Q: When did Potti Sriramulu begin and end his hunger strike?
Started: 19 October 1952; Ended: 15 December 1952 (58 days)
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Q: When did the States Reorganisation Commission submit its final report?
1955
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Q: When did the reorganisation of Indian states based on language take effect?
1st November 1956
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Q: How many taluks were transferred from Travancore to Tamil Nadu based on Tamil-speaking population?
Four taluks (Agasteeswaram, Thovalai, Kalkulam, and Vilavancode)
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Q: When was the all-party conference demanding Tamil Nadu held?
27th January 1956
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Q: When was the general hartal called during the Tamil Nadu renaming movement?
20th February 1956
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Q: When did Sankaralinganar begin and end his fast unto death for renaming Tamil Nadu?
Started: 27 July 1956; Died: 13 October 1956
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Q: In which year did the Congress lose power in Tamil Nadu, resulting in DMK’s rise to power?
1967
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Q: When was the Dravida Nadu Conference held by Periyar?
1939
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Q: In which year did Congress win Madras elections, leading to Rajaji becoming CM?
1937
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Q: When was the Justice Party renamed as Dravidar Kazhagam by Periyar?
1944, at the Salem Conference
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Q: When did Rajaji and others revive the Dakshina Pradesh proposal at the Congress Conference?
1956, Amritsar
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Q: How many administrative units or princely states existed during British rule?
About 600
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Q: How many languages were recognised in India in 1950 and how many later?
1950: 12 languages; Later: 22 languages
