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Elections and Politics (144)Democracy and Authority (138)Shaping of the Earth Surface (121)Building Blocks in Economics (115)Climate and Geography (109)Resistance and Resilience (1000 to 1700 CE) (99)Oceans and Life (98)Life on Earth (93)Early Humans and Civilisation (83)State and Society up to 1000 CE (75)Markets and Price Mechanisms (64)India and the World (62)French Revolution (50)Constitution and Polity (37)

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Article 340 of the Indian Constitution deals with the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which of the following is the Upper House of the Indian Parliament?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bastille was stormed on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →How many people gathered to form a peoples' militia?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Article 340 of the Indian Constitution deals with the:

  1. Finance Commission
  2. Union Public Service Commission
  3. Backward Classes Commission
  4. Election Commission
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Correct answer: C. Backward Classes Commission

1. Article 340 empowers the President to appoint a commission. 2. That commission investigates the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes. 3. Hence Article 340 deals with the Backward Classes Commission. _Source: RRB Group D (RRC) PYQ, held 27-10-2013, Q.95._

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Which of the following is the Upper House of the Indian Parliament?

  1. Rajya Sabha
  2. Supreme Court
  3. PMO
  4. Lok Sabha
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Correct answer: A. Rajya Sabha

1. The Indian Parliament has two Houses. 2. The Lok Sabha is the Lower House (House of the People). 3. The Rajya Sabha is the Upper House (Council of States). _Source: RRB Group D CEN-02/2018 PYQ, Q.60._

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The Bastille was stormed on which date?

  1. 14 July 1789
  2. 14 June 1789
  3. 14 July 1798
  4. 14 June 1798
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Correct answer: A. 14 July 1789

1. Paris was in alarm that morning. 2. The king had ordered troops into the city. 3. The fortress fell on 14 July 1789. _Source: syllabus Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World I', Ch 1 'The French Revolution'_

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