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The first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music training school, was set up in 1901 by Vishnu Digambar Paluskar inRead the answer and worked solution →Who among the following was the founder of the 'Self-Respect Movement'?Read the answer and worked solution →By which one of the following Acts was the Governor General of Bengal designated as the Governor General of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Who among the following is associated with 'Songs from Prison', a translation of ancient Indian religious lyrics in English?Read the answer and worked solution →The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience was published byRead the answer and worked solution →The Ninth Schedule was introduced in the Constitution of India during the prime ministership ofRead the answer and worked solution →He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna; stayed in America for some time; and was also elected to the Central Assembly. He wasRead the answer and worked solution →Economically, one of the results of the British rule in India in the 19th century was theRead the answer and worked solution →In 1920, which of the following changed its name to “Swarajya Sabha”?Read the answer and worked solution →The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided forRead the answer and worked solution →The 'Swadeshi' and 'Boycott' were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during theRead the answer and worked solution →Satya Shodhak Samaj organizedRead the answer and worked solution →The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related toRead the answer and worked solution →Who of the following organized a march on the Tanjore coast to break the Salt Law in April 1930?Read the answer and worked solution →The Radcliffe Committee was appointed toRead the answer and worked solution →Quit India Movement was launched in response toRead the answer and worked solution →The Rowlatt Act aimed atRead the answer and worked solution →Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942?Read the answer and worked solution →The Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought between the British East India Company and:Read the answer and worked solution →The 1857 Revolt began on 10 May 1857 at which town?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian National Congress was founded in:Read the answer and worked solution →Lord Curzon's Partition of Bengal in 1905 was officially annulled in:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi's DANDI MARCH (Salt Satyagraha) covered a distance of approximately:Read the answer and worked solution →The Quit India Movement was launched on:Read the answer and worked solution →India achieved independence on:Read the answer and worked solution →20th-century world events (UPSC)Read the answer and worked solution →Citadel or Lower Town?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the layout of a Harappan cityRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: Harappan settlementRead the answer and worked solution →Reading the excavationRead the answer and worked solution →

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The first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music training school, was set up in 1901 by Vishnu Digambar Paluskar in

  1. Delhi
  2. Gwalior
  3. Ujjain
  4. Lahore
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Correct answer: D. Lahore

UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 (GS-I, Set A), Q.18. Official answer key: D.

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Who among the following was the founder of the 'Self-Respect Movement'?

  1. 'Periyar' E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker
  2. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  3. Bhaskarrao Jadhav
  4. Dinkarrao Javalkar
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Correct answer: A. 'Periyar' E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker

UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 (GS-I, Set A), Q.78. Official answer key: A.

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By which one of the following Acts was the Governor General of Bengal designated as the Governor General of India?

  1. The Regulating Act
  2. The Pitt's India Act
  3. The Charter Act of 1793
  4. The Charter Act of 1833
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Correct answer: D. The Charter Act of 1833

Answer: D. The Charter Act of 1833 designated the Governor-General of Bengal as Governor-General of India. The Charter Act 1833 was a landmark in British Indian administrative consolidation: - Renamed Governor-General of Bengal (created by Regulating Act 1773 and Pitt's India Act 1784) to GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA - Vested all civil and military authority in him for the entire British Indian territory - Made him head of the four presidencies (Bengal, Madras, Bombay, Agra) - Lord William Bentinck became the FIRST Governor-General of India in 1833 Distractors: (A) Regulating Act 1773 created the post of Governor-General of FORT WILLIAM (Bengal) with Warren Hastings as the first. (B) Pitt's India Act 1784 created the Board of Control but did not change the Governor-General's territorial designation. (C) Charter Act 1793 continued the existing system renewal of EIC charter. Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work Ch 1 / Themes in Indian History Part III.

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