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Explanation

Gp Capt Abhinandan Varthaman VrC is an Indian Air Force fighter pilot

Abhinandan was held captive in Pakistan for 60 hours after his aircraft was shot down in an aerial dogfight.

Abhinandan Varthaman was born on 21 June 1983 in Tamil Jain

He was awarded Vir Chakra by the Indian government 

Explanation

The Cabinet Mission Plan, proposed in 1946, was a plan to establish a three-tiered federal government in British India: 

1. Central government: Limited to power over defense, foreign relations, currency, and communication 
2. Groups of provinces: Three groups, A, B, and C, focused on the three parts of India: Northwest India, Eastern India, and central portions of India 
3. Individual provinces: Placed at the bottom of the structure

Explanation

The "Day of Deliverance"  led by Muslim League President Muhammad Ali Jinnah

On 2 December 1939, Jinnah put out an appeal,

calling for Indian Muslims to celebrate 22 December 1939 as a "Day of Deliverance" from Congress during the Indian independence movement.

Explanation

Import duties on British goods to India were abolished by the Viceroy named Lord Lytton.

Lord Lytton was an English politician who served as Viceroy of India from 1876 to1880.

In 1879, Lord Lytton abolished the import duty. 

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Explanation

• The Swadeshi Movement was launched in 1905, in response to the partition of Bengal by the British.
• It was a campaign to boycott British goods and promote Indian industries.

Explanation

• The "Divide and Quit" resolution was adopted by the All India Muslim League in 1943 as a counter-response to the Indian National Congress's "Quit India" movement of 1942.
  
• It emphasizing the demand for the creation of a separate Muslim state before the British left India.

Explanation

• The Pitt's India Act of 1784 gave the Governor-General a casting vote in the Council, but did not extend this right to the Governors.
• This meant that the Governor-General had the decisive vote in case of a tie, while the Governors did not have this privilege.

Explanation

• During the era of the East India Company, the areas of Bihar, Orissa, and Assam were part of the Bengal Presidency.
• It was one of the three main presidencies of British India, along with Bombay and Madras.
• The Bengal Presidency was established in 1757 and covered a vast territory, including present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, and parts of Assam.

Explanation

The successor of Qutb ud-Din Aibak was his son, Aram Shah,

who ruled briefly from 1210 to 1211.

Explanation

Pirpur Report was published in 1938.