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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
261	Why must historians be careful when using Gandhi's letters as "private" sources?	History Knowing Gandhi	Medium
262	Which limitation is most typical of the official fortnightly reports on nationalist movements?	History Knowing Gandhi	Medium
263	A student wants to study how ordinary people reacted to the Salt March. Which combination of sources would gi…	History Knowing Gandhi	Hard
264	Who moved the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly on 13 December 1946?	History The Constituent Assembly	Easy
265	Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?	History The Constituent Assembly	Easy
266	How were the members of the Constituent Assembly chosen?	History The Constituent Assembly	Medium
267	What role did S.N. Mukherjee play in framing the Constitution?	History The Constituent Assembly	Medium
268	The Congress dominated the Constituent Assembly, yet its debates were vigorous and varied. What best explains…	History The Constituent Assembly	Hard
269	Which member of the Constituent Assembly argued in favour of continuing separate electorates?	History Debates on rights and minorities	Easy
270	Jaipal Singh spoke in the Constituent Assembly mainly on behalf of:	History Debates on rights and minorities	Easy
271	N.G. Ranga argued that the real minorities in India should be understood as:	History Debates on rights and minorities	Medium
272	Why did most nationalists in the Assembly oppose separate electorates?	History Debates on rights and minorities	Medium
273	A member argues that the depressed classes suffer not because of their small numbers but because they have be…	History Debates on rights and minorities	Hard
274	In the Indian Constitution, residuary powers are vested in:	History Powers of the state	Easy
275	How many lists of subjects were provided in the Constitution to divide powers?	History Powers of the state	Easy
276	Which argument did K. Santhanam make in the debate on the powers of the state?	History Powers of the state	Medium
277	Which event most strengthened the case for a strong Centre in the Constituent Assembly?	History Powers of the state	Medium
278	A state government is unable to function according to the Constitution, and the Governor recommends central i…	History Powers of the state	Hard
279	Which language did Gandhi believe should be the national language of India?	History Language of the nation	Easy
280	Under the compromise proposed by the Language Committee, English was to continue for official purposes for:	History Language of the nation	Easy