1)    The agitation of the Joint Political Congress constituted by the Christian, Ezhava and the Muslim groups against the Constitutional Reforms of 1932, is known in Travancore history as:

A) The Khilafat Movement

B) The Swadeshi Movement

C) The Non-Cooperation Movement

D) The Abstention Movement

This agitation is known as the Abstention Movement (Nivarthana Prakshobhanam) in Travancore history. In response to the 1932 Constitutional Reforms, leaders of the Ezhava, Christian, and Muslim communities formed a Joint Political Congress and decided to abstain from participating in elections to protest the unfair representation in the legislature. This movement was a mass struggle that forced the government to address the demands for better representation of these communities

Ans)  D) The Abstention Movement.


2)   The first Middle East country with which India signed the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in 2022:

A) Oman

B) Saudi Arabia

C) U.A.E.

D) Bahrain

India signed its first Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) on February 18, 2022, and the agreement came into force on May 1, 2022. This was the first CEPA India signed with a Middle East country.

Ans)  C) U.A.E..