31. The famous activist Irom Chanu Sharmila is better known as ‘The Iron Lady of . . . . . . . . ‘

A. Manipur
B. Mizoram
C. Nagaland
D. Tripura
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 14 March 1972), also known as the “Iron Lady of Manipur” or “Mengoubi” (“the fair one”) is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur, which is located on the north-eastern side of India.

32. Match the following: a. Anna Hazare 1. Lawyer b. Deepak Parekh 2. Banker c. GVK Reddy 3. Gandhian and Social activist d. Harish Salve 4. Industrialist

A. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
B. a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3
C. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
D. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Anna Hazare – Gandhian and Social activistDeepak Parekh – BankerGVK Reddy – IndustrialistHarish Salve – Lawyer

33. Match List-I (Person) with List List-II (Associated in Formation of) and select the correct answer. Lists-I List-II a. G. K. Gokhale 1. Servants of India Society b. M. M. Malaviya 2. Benaras Hindu University c. C. Rajagopalachari 3. Free India Society d. V. V. Savarkar 4. Swatantra Party

A. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
B. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
C. a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3
D. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
✅ The correct answer is option A.
G. K. Gokhale – Servants of India SocietyM. M. Malaviya – Benaras Hindu UniversityC. Rajagopalachari – Swatantra PartyV. V. Savarkar – Free India Society

36. With which one of the following fields was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi associated?

A. Dance
B. Music
C. Short-story writing
D. Novels
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was an Indian vocalist from Karnataka, in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs).

37. Consider the following pairs : 1. Amartya Sen – Economist 2. Kapila Vatsyayan – Sculptor 3. Hari Prasad Chaurasia – Novelist Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

A. 1 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher, who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States.

39. Which of the following is/are true about Sarojini Naidu? 1. She was the first Woman President of the Congress. 2. She was the first Woman Governor in independent India. 3. She was the first Health Minister in independent India. 4. She wrote the famous Golden Bough.

A. 1, 2 and 4
B. 1 and 2
C. 1 and 3
D. only 2
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Sarojini Naidu was the first Woman Governor in independent India.