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Q71. The Kumaun Parishad was formed in the year

(A) 1900
(B) 1916
(C) 1903
(D) 1905

Answer: 1916

Q72. Kalu Singh Mahara, the first freedom fighter of Kumaun, founded an organisation Krantiveer in the year

(A) 1872
(B) 1851
(C) 1857
(D) 1890

Answer: 1857

Q73. Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect ?

(A) The regimes of Panwar dynasty in Kumaun followed an indigeneous administrative tradition
(B) In 1966-67, Community Party of India organised People Awareness Programme (PAP) for a separate hill state
(C) In 1967, a Hill State Council was established
(D) None of the above

Answer: The regimes of Panwar dynasty in Kumaun followed an indigeneous administrative tradition

Q74. The main cause for the separation of Uttarakhand was

(A) the protection of hilly people’s culture
(B) backwardness and poverty of hilly people
(C) separate identity and land of hilly people
(D) political wish of hilly people

Answer: backwardness and poverty of hilly people

Q75. After the formation of Uttarakhand, who among the following was Sworn in as the first Governor of the state ?

(A) Surjeet Singh Barnala
(B) Sudarshan Agarwal
(C) B. L. Joshi
(D) Margaret Alva

Answer: Surjeet Singh Barnala

Q76. The first Prime Minister who announced for separate state Uttarakhand on Independence Day is

(A) Rajeev Gandhi
(B) H. D. Devagauda
(C) Chandra Shekhar
(D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Answer: H. D. Devagauda

Q77. The first politician who supported for separate Uttarakhand state was

(A) Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant
(B) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Smt. Indira Gandhi
(D) Sri. Rajeev Gandhi

Answer: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Q78. The first local leader who thought for the Constitution of separate Uttarakhand state was

(A) Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant
(B) Badri Dutt Pandey
(C) Narayan Dutt Tiwari
(D) Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi

Answer: Badri Dutt Pandey

Q79. The first All Parties Conference was organised for separate Uttarakhand at

(A) Nainital
(B) Pauri Garhwal
(C) Karnaprayag
(D) Dehradun

Answer: Karnaprayag

Q80. Uttarakhand Rajya Parishad was reorganised by

(A) Non-resident Uttarakhand
(B) Garhwali
(C) Kumauni people
(D) Hill Council members

Answer: Non-resident Uttarakhand