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CTET 2024 Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

GK questions asked in CTET 2024, with answers and explanations.

Previous Year Questions

Q22.Indian HistoryAsked in: CTET · Paper II SST, 21 Jan 2024Medium

Which one of the following is not true regarding Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)? Choose the correct option:

  1. A.Members of the HSRA assassinated Saunders, a police officer.
  2. B.Bhagat Singh and his comrades founded this organisation.
  3. C.It was founded in 1928 at Firozeshah Kotla in Delhi.
  4. D.It was founded in 1928 at Amritsar in Punjab.
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Correct answer: D. It was founded in 1928 at Amritsar in Punjab.

This is the untrue statement, because the HSRA was founded at Firozeshah Kotla in Delhi, not at Amritsar. In 1928 Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and other young revolutionaries met at the Firozeshah Kotla ground in Delhi and turned the Hindustan Republican Association into the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.

Q23.Indian HistoryAsked in: CTET · Paper II SST, 21 Jan 2024Medium

The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in 1929. According to this Act, what was the respective minimum age approved for marriage, for men and women?

  1. A.17 years and 15 years
  2. B.20 years and 18 years
  3. C.18 years and 14 years
  4. D.21 years and 18 years
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Correct answer: C. 18 years and 14 years

The 1929 Act fixed these as the lowest ages at which men and women could marry. It is also called the Sarda Act, after Har Bilas Sarda, who moved the bill in the Central Legislative Assembly.

Q24.Indian HistoryAsked in: CTET · Paper II SST, 21 Jan 2024Easy

The book 'Stripurushtulna' was written by which one of the following reformers?

  1. A.E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker (Periyar)
  2. B.Pandita Ramabai
  3. C.Veerasalingam Pantulu
  4. D.Tarabai Shinde
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Correct answer: D. Tarabai Shinde

She wrote Stripurushtulna, meaning 'A Comparison between Women and Men', in Marathi in 1882. Tarabai Shinde was a woman educated at home in Poona, and her book openly criticised the social differences between men and women.