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1Which statement is incorrect about science and technology development in early independent India?

A Scientific temper meant encouraging rational thinking, experimentation and respect for evidence.

B The Atomic Energy Commission was established in 1948.

C Technical education through institutions like IITs helped prepare engineers and scientists.

D All later space achievements should be treated as events of the 1950s.

2Arrange the following events in chronological order: Constitution came into force, first general elections, Andhra State was formed, States Reorganisation Act was passed.

A First general elections, Constitution came into force, Andhra State was formed, States Reorganisation Act was passed

B Constitution came into force, Andhra State was formed, first general elections, States Reorganisation Act was passed

C Andhra State was formed, Constitution came into force, first general elections, States Reorganisation Act was passed

D Constitution came into force, first general elections, Andhra State was formed, States Reorganisation Act was passed

3Which statement best captures the Nehruvian economic approach described in the study note?

A The state withdrew from planning and left heavy industry entirely to private capital.

B Economic policy was limited to foreign-policy non-alignment and avoided domestic development.

C Private enterprise existed, but the state led planning, heavy industry, infrastructure and strategic sectors.

D The model rejected public investment because political independence alone was considered sufficient.

4Which statement best captures the Nehruvian era as an exam frame in the final study note?

A It is a framework for parliamentary democracy, secular citizenship, mixed economy, Five Year Plans, public sector, scientific temper and non-alignment as background

B It is mainly a list of foreign-policy events, with domestic institution building kept outside the topic

C It means rejecting elections until literacy and industrial capacity were sufficient

D It treats science and technology as unrelated to development and self-reliance

5A CET aspirant says that linguistic state reorganisation weakened national integration because it gave priority to regional identity over unity. Which response best matches the study-note argument?

A The argument is correct because the 1956 Act abandoned the idea of India as a Union.

B The argument misses that constitutional accommodation of language converted potential conflict into stronger federal unity.

C The argument is correct because linguistic identity was treated as separatism in every case after 1953.

D The argument is incomplete because the first general elections, not state reorganisation, created Andhra State.

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