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How was the accession of Junagadh finally settled?Read the answer and worked solution →The Nizam of Hyderabad signed a Standstill Agreement with India in which month?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the Nizam's para-military force that attacked the people of Hyderabad called?Read the answer and worked solution →When did the Indian army move into Hyderabad, forcing the Nizam to surrender?Read the answer and worked solution →Which was the first part of India to hold an election on universal adult franchise, in June 1948?Read the answer and worked solution →Congress accepted the linguistic principle for its own organisation after which session?Read the answer and worked solution →Potti Sriramulu died after a fast of how many days for a separate Andhra?Read the answer and worked solution →The States Reorganisation Commission was set up in 1953. Its Act of 1956 created how many states?Read the answer and worked solution →Maharashtra and Gujarat were carved from bilingual Bombay state in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the hard casesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the 1956 makersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the 1947 wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Which state joined howRead the answer and worked solution →Which year, which stateRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Nation building bingoRead the answer and worked solution →US soldiers raised their flag on Iwo Jima on 23 February 1945. Where did Soviet soldiers raise theirs in May 1945?Read the answer and worked solution →In April 1961 the USA backed an invasion to overthrow which Cuban leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Which US President faced Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis?Read the answer and worked solution →The atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Little Boy and Fat Man, had yields of how many kilotons?Read the answer and worked solution →NATO came into existence in April 1949 with how many member states?Read the answer and worked solution →The Warsaw Pact, led by the Soviet Union, was created in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1969 the Soviet Union fought a brief border war with which communist neighbour?Read the answer and worked solution →The superpowers came close to direct confrontation in Korea during which years?Read the answer and worked solution →Which US plan of 1947 to 1952 funded the reconstruction of Europe?Read the answer and worked solution →Vietnam was divided along which parallel of latitude?Read the answer and worked solution →The Soviet intervention in Afghanistan lasted which years?Read the answer and worked solution →The Baghdad Pact was later renamed as:Read the answer and worked solution →Tito, Nehru and Nasser met in 1956 to lay the foundation of which movement?Read the answer and worked solution →

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How was the accession of Junagadh finally settled?

  1. Military action
  2. A royal decree
  3. A court order
  4. A plebiscite
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Correct answer: D. A plebiscite

1. Junagadh was one of the difficult cases. 2. A plebiscite confirmed the people wanted India. 3. Hyderabad needed the army. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._

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The Nizam of Hyderabad signed a Standstill Agreement with India in which month?

  1. November 1947
  2. August 1947
  3. September 1948
  4. January 1950
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Correct answer: A. November 1947

1. The Nizam wanted independence. 2. He signed a Standstill Agreement in November 1947 for a year. 3. Negotiations continued meanwhile. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._

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What was the Nizam's para-military force that attacked the people of Hyderabad called?

  1. Zamindars
  2. Razakars
  3. Sepoys
  4. Lancers
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Correct answer: B. Razakars

1. Telangana peasants rose against the Nizam. 2. He unleashed the Razakars. 3. They targeted non-Muslims. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._

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