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UPSC Prelims 2006 · General Studies

Question 79: History and Culture

Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama :

  1. 1.Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in Paris in the year 1907.
  2. 2.Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji.
  3. 3.Madam Cama was born to Parsi parents.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a1, 2 and 3
b2 and 3, only
c1 and 2, only
d3 only

AnswerThe answer is (b).

Madam Bhikaiji Cama unfurled a national flag at the International Socialist Congress in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1907, not Paris, so statement 1 is wrong. She did serve as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji, and she was born in a Parsi family in Bombay. So statements 2 and 3 are correct.

  • 1. The 1907 Socialist Congress was in Stuttgart, not Paris.
  • 2. She worked as Dadabhai Naoroji's private secretary.
  • 3. She was born to Parsi parents in Bombay.
Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Statement 1 is wrong: the venue was Stuttgart, not Paris.
  • (b) Correct: statements 2 and 3 hold.
  • (c) Statement 1 is wrong on the venue.
  • (d) Statement 2 is also correct.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2006, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.