Veto q&a 7 Month22 (1)

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• Due to the refusal, Congress resigned from State
Governments in October, 1939
• India contributed 2.5 million volunteer soldiers to
fight for the Allies during World War II
• Nearly 25,000 Indian soldiers died in the War
• The British Indian Army raised the world’s largest
volunteer force
• In 1939, the Indian Comforts Fund (ICF) was
established at India House in Aldwych that was run
by Indian and British women
• Between 1939 and 1945, the ICF supplied over 1.7
million food packets and other provisions to soldiers
and Asian prisoners of war
• Kolkata was the Allies’ Rest and Recreation point
• Gandhiji started Quit India Movement in 1942
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• Under the leadership of Indian leader Subhas Chandra
Bose, Japan set up an army known as the ‘Indian
National Army’, which fought against the British
• He declared to found a temporary Government of
Independent India in Singapore on October 21, 1943
• A major famine in Bengal in 1943 led to millions of
deaths by starvation
• It remains a highly controversial issue regarding
Churchill’s reluctance to provide emergency food
relief
• After the end of the war, India emerged as the world’s
fourth largest industrial power
• India’s increased political, economic and military
influence paved the way for its independence from
the United Kingdom in 1947.
selecteD PreVIOus YeArs QuestIOns - IAs PrelIMs
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Which event is generally considered to be the first
belligerent act of World War II
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Who was the first individual economist to receive the
Nobel Prize in Economics
A. Germany’s attack on Poland
A. Paul.A. samuelson
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“Parliament has no right to reduce or abolish
fundamental rights”. This refers to Supreme Court’s
decision in the matter of
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Apart from China and India trade on the Silk Road
was a significant factor in the development of the
civilization of
A. Keshvanand Bharati Vs state of Kerala
A. Europe
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The nuclear Non-Proliferation Trenty (NPI) came into
effect in
A. 1970
‘The Hundred-years’ War was fought between
A. France and england
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Where can you find the words, ‘In God we Trust’
A. On a US Dollar note
The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to
A. Improve the relationship between the
Government of India and the Indian states
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Which principle States that when a body is partially
or totally immersed in a fluid, it experience an
upward thruft equal to the weight of the fluid
displaced by it
A. Archimedes’ Principle
Mahmud Gawan was a famous Wazir and Vakil in
the Kingdom of
A. Bahmani
Rocks having large quantity of underground water
and permitting ready flow of water are called
A. Permeable rocks
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Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) is a standard
criterion for
A. computing Oxygen levels in forest
ecosystems
The term ‘M-STrIPES’ is sometimes seen in the news
in the context of
A. Maintanance of the tiger reserves
What is the purpose of evolved Laser Interferometer
Space Antenna (eLISA) Project
A. Detect and accurately measure
gravitational waves
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Q&AUbdn current affairs & gk
February 2018