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  1. Question 01

    The military plan for the action against Hyderabad is known as the Goddard Plan after

    1. Option A: Maj. Gen. J. N. Chaudhuri
    2. Option B: Lt. Gen. E. N. Goddard
    3. Option C: Lt. Gen. Maharaj Rajendrasinhji
    4. Option D: Gen. Roy Bucher
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B. Lt. Gen. E. N. Goddard

    **Why B is correct.** **Lt. Gen. E. N. Goddard** of the Southern Command drew up the plan that Patel accepted. **Why A is incorrect.** **Chaudhuri** led the main attack, not the plan. **Why C is incorrect.** **Rajendrasinhji** directed the operation; the plan bore a different name. **Why D is incorrect.** **Roy Bucher** was the Army chief but is not the plan's author.

  2. Question 02

    Consider the following statements about the Sundarlal Committee: 1. It was headed by Pandit Sunderlal. 2. It was set up by Jawaharlal Nehru to look into violence in Hyderabad after the police action. 3. Its report was published in full soon after it was submitted, in 1950. Which of the statements given above are correct?

    1. Option A: 1 only
    2. Option B: 2 only
    3. Option C: 3 only
    4. Option D: 1 and 2 only
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D. 1 and 2 only

    **Statement 1 is correct.** The mixed-faith committee was led by **Pandit Sunderlal**. **Statement 2 is correct.** **Nehru** appointed it to report on the **communal violence** that followed the operation. **Statement 3 is incorrect.** The report was **withheld** and became public only in **2013**.

  3. Question 03

    Who was the Governor-General of India when the military action in Hyderabad began in September 1948?

    1. Option A: Lord Wavell
    2. Option B: Lord Linlithgow
    3. Option C: C. Rajagopalachari
    4. Option D: Lord Mountbatten
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C. C. Rajagopalachari

    **Why C is correct.** **Rajagopalachari** succeeded Mountbatten in **June 1948** and held office during **Operation Polo**. **Why A is incorrect.** **Wavell** was Viceroy until **1947**. **Why B is incorrect.** **Linlithgow** was Viceroy in the early 1940s. **Why D is incorrect.** **Mountbatten** left in **June 1948**, three months before the operation.

  4. Question 04

    In November 1947 the Nawab of Chhatari resigned as head of the Nizam's government after demonstrations by

    1. Option A: The Communist peasants of Telangana
    2. Option B: The Hyderabad State Congress satyagrahis
    3. Option C: The Razakars and the Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen
    4. Option D: The Arya Samaj volunteers
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C. The Razakars and the Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen

    **Why C is correct.** The demonstrations by the **Razakars** and the **Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen** made his position intolerable. **Why A is incorrect.** The **communists** fought landlords and the state, but they did not force this resignation. **Why B is incorrect.** The **State Congress** wanted **merger with India**, which Chhatari's critics did not oppose in this way. **Why D is incorrect.** The **Arya Samaj** agitated for civil rights; it did not force this resignation.

  5. Question 05

    After the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen was banned following the police action, it was reorganised as the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen under

    1. Option A: Abdul Wahed Owaisi
    2. Option B: Qasim Razvi
    3. Option C: Mahmud Nawaz Khan
    4. Option D: Bahadur Yar Jung
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A. Abdul Wahed Owaisi

    **Why A is correct.** **Abdul Wahed Owaisi** was nominated by Razvi and **reorganised** the party as the **All India MIM**. **Why B is incorrect.** **Razvi** was in jail and then left for **Pakistan**. **Why C is incorrect.** **Mahmud Nawaz Khan** belonged to the **earlier** generation of the party. **Why D is incorrect.** **Bahadur Yar Jung** had died in **1944**.

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