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Tantia Tope - He Served Nana Saheb and won fame by his patriotism, determined fighting and guerrilla mode of warfare. His actual name was Ramchandra Pandurang. He helped Rani Laxmi Bai to capture Gwalior fort. He fell into the hands of British due to betrayal by his friend. He was tried and sentenced to 18 April, 1859.
Kunwar Singh – He was the chief organiser of the Revolt in Bihar. He had undaunted courage, chivalry and qualities of general ship. He overthrew the British authority in Shahabad district. He provided the longest most valiant and spirited resistance to the British. He was severely wounded and died on 26 April, 1856. He was regarded as ‘Lion of Bihar’.
Bahadur Shah Zafar – He was the last Mughal emperor who was declared the king of Hindustan by the rebels. His three young sons were shot dead publicly. He was exiled to Rangoon along with his wife Zeenat Mahal where he died on 7th November, 1862. He was a poet of high order and wrote under the pen name of ‘Zafar’
Rani Laxmi Bai - she was the widow of last Maratha King of Jhansi Gangadhar Rao. She rebelled when the British annexed her state in contravention of the treaty of 1817. Fighting bravely, she captured Gwalior and later died on the battle-field. Commander Hugh Rose described her as “The bravest and best military leader of the rebels.”
Nana Saheb - He was the adopted son of last Peshwa Baji Rao II and his real name was Dhondu Pant. He led the revolt at Kanpur, expelled the English and proclaimed himself Peshwa. Finally he was defeated by the British but refusing to surrender, he escaped to Nepal. Till his death he continued to defy the British authorities.
UPSC Question to be lean:
1. Choose the correct match
1. P V Sindhu - Badminton
2. Andy Murray - Swimming
3. Miclach Chemos - Stecplechaser
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(a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 (d) All above
2. Consider the following statement
1. Due to cotton price fluctuation last year the small and medium scale taxtile mills in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh were the worst affected.
2. Magic (Laundry brand) is the first product to have emerged from India as a part of the Global sustainable living plan.
3. HAL received the corporate citizen award for its community walfare plans and projects.
Correct statement is/are
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) All above (d) None of these
3. Consider the following statement.
1. The apache Hadoop software library is a framwork that allows for the distributed procesing of large data sets across clusters of computers using a simple programming model.
2. The government of India unveiled the free drug policy. Under this policy every citizen of the country will be provided free medicines is all Public Health Centres.
Correct statement is/are:
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of these
4. Consider the following statements regarding LHC
1. Raja Ramanna Centre for advance technology was the nodal agency from DAE for the ambitions large Hadron collider
2. CERN claimed to have spotted a sub atomic particle consistent with God particle
3. Indore base Indo-UK tool room played a major role in the development of Jacks on which 27km long LHC is positioned.
Correct statement is/are:
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(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) All above
(d) None of these
5. Consider the following statement regarding to domestic tourism
1. The number of domestic tourist visits to State's/UT's registered an increase of 13.8% over 2010 as compared to increased of 11.8% in 2010 over 2009.
2. The top four tourist visit (in millions) during 2011, were Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradeshm karnataka and Maharashtra.
Correct statement is/are
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) None of these
6. Consider the following statements
1. India is the second largest producer of fish in the world and also third in aquaculture production
2. The fisheries sector has grown at an average rate of about 6% over last five years
Correct statement is/are
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) None of these
