The Uttarakhand movement of 1994 is remembered for the firing at which places?
- A.Khatima and Mussoorie
- B.Nainital and Haridwar
- C.Almora and Pithoragarh
- D.Kashipur and Rudrapur
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Khatima and Mussoorie. The agitation for a separate hill state turned violent in 1994, and the firing on demonstrators at Khatima and Mussoorie, followed by the incident at Muzaffarnagar on the night of 1 and 2 October 1994 when marchers were going to Delhi, gave the movement its martyrs and brought the demand to the centre of national politics.
Option B is wrong because Nainital is the seat of the Uttarakhand High Court and Haridwar a major town of the plains, but neither is the site remembered for the 1994 firing. Option C is wrong because Almora and Pithoragarh are Kumaon districts that took part in the movement without being the sites of the firing. Option D is wrong because Kashipur and Rudrapur in the Terai saw protests but are not the places named in the standard account.
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Practice Questions
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- A.1947
- B.1950
- C.1956
- D.1960
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- A.1 November 2000
- B.9 November 2000
- C.15 November 2000
- D.1 January 2007
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Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution empowers Parliament to form a new state by separating territory from an existing state?
- A.Article 1
- B.Article 2
- C.Article 3
- D.Article 4
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Article 3 allows Parliament by law to form a new state by separating territory from any state, by uniting two or more states or parts of them, and to increase or diminish the area of a state or alter its boundaries or name.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Sampurnanand
- B.Govind Ballabh Pant
- C.Chandra Bhanu Gupta
- D.Charan Singh
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Read the full explanation →Before 1902, the province that became Uttar Pradesh was known by which name?
- A.North-Western Provinces
- B.Central Provinces
- C.United Provinces
- D.Awadh Province
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The Ceded and Conquered Provinces were reorganised in 1836 as the North-Western Provinces, with Agra as the seat of government, and Awadh was attached to the same administration in 1877.
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