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How many times were arrack auctions in Nellore district postponed during the movement?Read the answer and worked solution →Which constitutional amendments gave women reservations in local bodies?Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada valley project planned how many big dams?Read the answer and worked solution →Sardar Sarovar is in Gujarat. The Narmada Sagar Project is in which State?Read the answer and worked solution →How many villages were expected to be submerged by the Sardar Sarovar dam?Read the answer and worked solution →Narmada Bachao Andolan crystallised as a movement around which years?Read the answer and worked solution →The National Rehabilitation Policy, seen as an NBA achievement, was framed in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Right to Information Bill received presidential assent in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the movementsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the farmer bodiesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the movement yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the movement bodiesRead the answer and worked solution →Which movementRead the answer and worked solution →Movement to StateRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Movements bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Sepoys mutinied in which cantonment on the afternoon of 10 May 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →The sepoys reached the gates of the Red Fort in Delhi on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Rebel proclamations urging Hindus and Muslims to unite were put up in which languages?Read the answer and worked solution →In Kanpur the people made which successor of Peshwa Baji Rao II their leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar who led the revolt, belonged to which place in Bihar?Read the answer and worked solution →In Lucknow the people hailed which young son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah as their leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Shah Mal mobilised villagers of pargana Barout. Gonoo led the Kol tribals of which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah, who moved with drumbeaters, was popularly called:Read the answer and worked solution →At which battle did rebel forces defeat the British under Henry Lawrence?Read the answer and worked solution →The greased cartridge rumour traces to a khalasi and a Brahmin sepoy at which magazine?Read the answer and worked solution →A prophecy said British rule would end on the centenary of which battle, on 23 June 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Governor General devised the Subsidiary Alliance system in 1798?Read the answer and worked solution →Who called Awadh a cherry that will drop into our mouth one day?Read the answer and worked solution →The Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →

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How many times were arrack auctions in Nellore district postponed during the movement?

  1. 23
  2. 50
  3. 99
  4. 17
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Correct answer: D. 17

1. Women in about 5000 villages passed prohibition resolutions. 2. Nellore arrack auctions were postponed 17 times. 3. The movement spread across Andhra Pradesh. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 7, Rise of Popular Movements._

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Which constitutional amendments gave women reservations in local bodies?

  1. 73rd and 74th
  2. 42nd and 44th
  3. 61st and 62nd
  4. 86th and 91st
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Correct answer: A. 73rd and 74th

1. The women's movement demanded political representation. 2. The 73rd and 74th amendments reserved local seats. 3. A bill for State and Central legislatures stalled. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 7, Rise of Popular Movements._

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The Narmada valley project planned how many big dams?

  1. 80
  2. 30
  3. 13
  4. 35
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Correct answer: B. 30

1. The plan had 30 big dams. 2. It also had 135 medium and about 3,000 small dams. 3. They span Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 7, Rise of Popular Movements._

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