Telangana Movement and Formation MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Telangana Movement and Formation - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is Hyderabad

Key Points

• Operation Polo was the code name of the Hyderabad "police action" in September 1948.
• Indian armed forces ended the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad and led to the incorporation of the princely state of Hyderabad in Southern India, into the Indian Union.
• The ruler of the most powerful princely state Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, was an aristocratic ruler and maintained an irregular army of Razakars.
• By Sardar Patel’s plan, Army and Police led by Maj Gen J N Chaudhuri attacked and covered Hyderabad.
• Mir Osman later signed Instrument of Accession.

Key Points

• Telangana Movement Origin: The movement began in Palvancha.
• Kotthagudem Thermal Power Station (1961): Established in Palvancha, Khammam District, funded by surplus funds of Telangana.
• Land Loss: Local farmers lost about 1,300 acres of land to the power station, with jobs not available for people from other regions.
• Job Allocation: The station had 1,400 jobs, but only 200 jobs were given to Telangana locals, and 175 jobs were removed in 1968.
• Demand for Mulki Rules: In 1968, local employees, with support from Hyderabad's non-gazetted employees, demanded the enforcement of Mulki rules to provide jobs for locals.
• Outcome: The movement led to the displacement of non-natives and job allocation for locals.
• Exposé by Ramadasu: He revealed that most of the employees in the power station were from Andhra, despite the station being in Telangana.

Key Points

• Telangana Vidyarthi Garjana was organized by the students advocating for the creation of a separate Telangana state.
• The event was held on 3^rd January, 2010, at Osmania University in Hyderabad, Telangana.
• The gathering was a significant movement of students demanding justice and equality for the people of Telangana.
• The event was a milestone in the Telangana movement, which eventually led to the formation of the Telangana state in 2014.
• Telangana eventually became India’s 29^th state on 2^nd June, 2014.

Key Points

• The Justice Sri Krishna Committee was appointed to study the feasibility of creating a separate Telangana state on  3rd February 2010 and submitted its report on 30th December 2010. This marked the first major step in the second phase of the Telangana Movement .
• Rail Bandh or Rail Roko was organized as a protest against the delay in creating a separate Telangana state on 1st March, 2011 by TJAC has called with the name of “Palle pallepattala paiki."
• On 10th March, 2011, the Million March event was held at Tank Bund, Hyderabad. This program was inspired by the “Tahrir Square” blockade in Cairo, Egypt.
• The submission of resignation by Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy was a last event in Telangana movement happened on 20 Feb 2014.

The correct answer is 30th Dec, 2010
Key Points

• Srikrishna Committee Report
  • Srikrishna Committee on Telangana or the Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh (CCSAP) is a committee headed by former chief justice B. N. Srikrishna to look into the demand for separate statehood for Telangana or keep the State united in the present form, Andhra Pradesh.
  • The committee was constituted by the Government of India on 3rd February 2010 and submitted its report on 30th December 2010 to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
  • The report was released to the public on the internet on 6th January 2011.

The correct answer is Srikrishna Committee.

Key Points

• Telangana, as a geographical and political entity, was born on June 2, 2014, as the 29th and the youngest state in the Union of India.
• The Committee headed by the former Chief Justice, B. N Srikrishna was formed to look into the proposed state of Telangana. It was known as the Srikrishna committee or the Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh (CCSAP).
• The committee was constituted by the Government of India on 3 February 2010 and submitted its report on 30 December 2010 to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Its main aim was to examine the situation in the State of Andhra Pradesh with reference to the demand for a separate State of Telangana as well as the demand for maintaining the present status of a united Andhra Pradesh.
• Some of the other members of the committee were Professor (Dr.) Ranbir Singh, Dr. Abusaleh Shariff, Ravinder Kaur|Dr. Vinod K Duggal, former Home Secretary, also functioned as its member-secretary.

The correct answer is ​Sadalakshmi.

• Telangana Agitation (1969) was a political movement for the statehood of the "Telangana region".
• Dr. Marri Channa Reddy was an Indian politician and he was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1978 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1990. 
• Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy was the founder of 'Telangana Praja Samithi' in 1969.
• T. N. Sadalakshmi (1928–2004) was the first Dalit woman legislator of Telangana and the movement for a separate Telangana state.
• Minjur Bhaktavatsalam was a politician and freedom fighter from the state of Tamil Nadu. 
• Sangam Laxmi Bai was an Indian social worker and politician.
• she was elected to the Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly in 1952. 
• Additional Information
• Preventive detention is a statutory power under the state, under which the state can arrest a person to prevent him from committing any possible crime.
• The government can only keep such a person in jail for 3 months. 
• If a person is arrested under preventive detention, he will not have the right to protection against arrest and detention obtained under Articles 22 (1) and 22 (2).
• The person will also not get the personal freedoms provided under Article-19 and Article-21. 

The Correct Answer is B, A, D, C

Key Points

• Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) is a Telangana activist group.
• It is an organisation which is fighting for the realisation of statehood for Telangana region.
• It was formed on 24 December.
• It is an umbrella organisation comprising various wings such as students, employees etc.
• The Chairman of TJAC is M. Kodandaram.
• It organisation protests like the Sakkala Janula Samme, Million March, Telangana March etc.

The Correct sequence of Events were: 

• Palle palle pattala palki - 1st March, 2011
• Million March - 10th March, 2011
• Sakala Janula Samme - 13th, September, 2011
• Sagara haram - 30th, September, 2012

The correct answer is Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Key Points

The Six Points Formula  -

• The Six-Point Formula is a political settlement reached between the Government of India and various regions of Andhra Pradesh on 21 September 1973.
• It was agreed upon by the leaders of the two regions to prevent any recurrence of such agitations in the future.
• To avoid legal problems, a constitution was amended (32nd amendment) to give the legal sanctity to the Six-Point formula.
• During the time there was President's rule in Andhra Pradesh after P. V. Narasimha Rao resigned as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
• This Six Points Formula proposal of India for the South Asian Region was presented by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Hence the correct answer is option 2.

Mistake PointsAs per the official answer key of UPPSC RO/ARO Held on 5 Dec 2021 the correct answer is option 2.

The correct answer is Hyderabad

Key Points

• Operation Polo was the code name of the Hyderabad "police action" in September 1948.
• Indian armed forces ended the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad and led to the incorporation of the princely state of Hyderabad in Southern India, into the Indian Union.
• The ruler of the most powerful princely state Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, was an aristocratic ruler and maintained an irregular army of Razakars.
• By Sardar Patel’s plan, Army and Police led by Maj Gen J N Chaudhuri attacked and covered Hyderabad.
• Mir Osman later signed Instrument of Accession.

The correct answer is A, B, D, C.

Eight point formula

• Then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called for a high-level meeting to discuss the issue while ruling out the division of the state of Andhra Pradesh.
• On 11 April 1969, the Prime Minister developed an Eight point plan.
• This plan includes the appointment of Five committees: High-powered committee would be set up to determine financial surpluses to Telangana, Telangana development committee, Plan implementation committee, Committee of jurists to be consulted on safeguards and Committees to look into grievances of public servants.

Supreme court judgement on Mulkhi rules

• 1952 Mulkhi Agitation or Mulkhi Agitation was a political movement for the safeguarding of jobs in Hyderabad State government for native residents or Mulkis.
• It was the first event in the Telangana movement.
• The Supreme Court judgement on Mulkhi rules came out on 3rd October 1972.

​Six-point formula

• On 21 September 1973, a political settlement was reached between various regions of Andhra Pradesh and Government of India with a Six-Point Formula.
• It was agreed upon by the leaders of the two regions to prevent any recurrence of such agitations in the future.

Constitution 32 amendment to Article 371-D

• Article 371 (D) forms a part of the Constitution of India.
• It safeguards the rights of local people in employment and education and was created after agitation in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
• It was incorporated as the 32nd Amendment of the Constitution in 1974. Hence the correct sequence is A-B-D-C.

The correct answer is K. Lakshman Goud

Key Points

•  K. Laxman Goud depicted the Telangana way of life through his paintings.
• He is best known for his drawings that depict eroticism in rural context.
• He is from Nizampur, Medak district.
• He received the Andhra Pradesh State Lalith Kala Academy awards in 1962, 1966 and 1971.
• He received Padma Shri award in 2016.

The correct answer is Million March.

Additional Information

Sagara Haram

• Telangana March or Sagara Haram was organized on 30^th September 2012.
• The state government permitted the Telangana march called "Sagara Haaram" only at Necklace Road and the police allowed the protestors to enter the road from the Secunderabad side.
• The closure of all other roads and the refusal of various organizations to take out smaller processions towards the venue of the march created a lot of anger among the people leading to clashes.
• The protestors clashed with the police near the Telugu Talli statue before Tank Bund and also in front of the Prasad I-Max theatre as they were stopped by the police from moving forward. 
• The Telangana Joint Action Committee, the main organizer of the program, alleged that after granting permission to the march, the government and the police were now trying to sabotage it by triggering violence.

• The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and Telangana Joint Action Committee were determined to go ahead with their call for ‘Sadak bandh’ on Hyderabad–Kurnool National Highway.
• The TRS and JAC had identified seven points of major convergence by their supporters along the highway to block traffic.
• They were Shamshabad in Ranga Reddy district and Shadnagar, Jadcherla, Bhootpur, Addakula, Kothakota, and Alampur in Mahabubnagar.
• The JAC chairman M. Kodandaram told reporters at Pebbair in Mahabubnagar that the bandh would be observed even if a lakh police personnel were deployed.

Million March

• Million March was organized on Tank Bund.
• On 10th March 2011The ‘Million March’ program, fashioned after the Egyptian protests, had become a prestigious issue for the agitators.
• Lakhs of people staged a dharna in heavy rain on Necklace Road demanding a separate Telangana State.

Sansad Yatra

• Sansad Yatra was organized ​on 27^th April 2013.
• The special train leaving for Delhi was named Telangana Express and TJAC leaders waved the flag marking the beginning of Samsad Yatra – Chalo Delhi.
• The Telangana issue once again echoed in the national capital, with the two-day Sansad Yatra of Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) commencing at Jantar Mantar in Delhi with a ‘Satyagraha Deeksha’
• The main objective of the Sansad Yatra was to bring more pressure on the Congress-led UPA government to concede the demand for the Telangana state.

Important Points

Telangana

• Foundation Day: 2nd June 2014 (carved out from Andhra Pradesh on this date and became the 29th state of the Republic of India).
• Capital: Hyderabad.
• Chief Minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao. (April 2021)
• Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan. (April 2021)
• State Animal: Jinka Deer.
• State Bird: Indian Roller.
• State Tree: Jammi.
• State Flower: Tangedu.
• Hyderabad and Secunderabad are known as the 'Twin Cities of Telangana'.
• Ramgundam is known as the 'Energy City of India'.
• Indian Air Force Academy and National Police Academy are in Hyderabad.
• Ramoji Film City is the largest film studio is in Hyderabad.
• Hyderabad is known as the City of Luck and Hi-Tech City.
• India's first e-Court is situated in Hyderabad.
• Golconda fort and Warrangal Fort are situated in Telangana.
• Telangana is the first Indian state to start Gender education at Degree Level.

The correct answer is Justice Bhargava

Key Points

•  The State Reorganization Commission(SRC) was formed in 1953, December 22.
• The president of SRC - Fazal Ali
• The members of SRC are: H.N. Kunzru and K.M. Panikkar
• SRC was formed to examine the formation of linguistic states.
• The States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) constituted by the Central Government of India in August 1953 to recommend the reorganization of state boundaries.
• In October 1955, after two years of study, the Commission, comprising Justice Fazal Ali, K. M. Panikkar and H. N. Kunzru, submitted its report.
• The State Reorganization Act, 1956 came into effect 1st November 1956.

The correct answer is Kotturu Seetayyagupta.

• Kotturu Seetayyagupta is the leader who did not oppose the disintegration of the Hyderabad state and represented the same to the state's Re-organisation Committee.

Additional Information

• Hyderabad State also known as Hyderabad Deccan was an Indian princely state located in the south-central region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad.
• It is now divided into the state of Telangana, the Hyderabad-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
• Hyderabad State was founded by Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan who was the governor of Deccan under the Mughals from 1713 to 1721.
• The States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) constituted by the Central Government of India on 22^nd December 1953 to recommend the reorganization of state boundaries.
• Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appointed the States Reorganisation Commission in December 1953, with the remit to reorganize the Indian states.
• The new commission was headed by the retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Fazal Ali its other two members were H. N. Kunzru and K. M. Panikkar.
• Some of its recommendations were implemented in the States Reorganisation Act of 1956.
• In 1955, after nearly two years of study, the Commission recommended that India's state boundaries should be reorganized to form 14 states and 6 territories.
• In 1956 during the reorganization of the Indian States-based on a linguistic basis.
• The state of Hyderabad was split up among Andhra Pradesh and Bombay state (later divided into states of Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960 with the original portions of Hyderabad becoming part of the state of Maharashtra) and Karnataka.
• On 2^nd June 2014, the state of Telangana was formed splitting from the rest of Andhra Pradesh state and formed the 29th state of India, with Hyderabad as its capital.

Telangana

• Foundation Day: 2nd June 2014 (carved out from Andhra Pradesh on this date and became the 29th state of the Republic of India).
• Capital: Hyderabad.
• Chief Minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao. (April 2021)
• Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan. (April 2021)
• State Animal: Jinka Deer.
• State Bird: Indian Roller.
• State Tree: Jammi.
• State Flower: Tangedu.
• Hyderabad and Secunderabad are known as the 'Twin Cities of Telangana'.
• Ramgundam is known as the 'Energy City of India'.
• Indian Air Force Academy and National Police Academy are in Hyderabad.
• Ramoji Film City is the largest film studio is in Hyderabad.
• Hyderabad is known as the City of Luck and Hi-Tech City.
• India's first e-Court is situated in Hyderabad.
• Golconda fort and Warrangal Fort are situated in Telangana.
• Telangana is the first Indian state to start Gender education at D

​Important Points

• Andhra Pradesh was the first state formed on a linguistic basis.