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August 2024 Current Affairs MCQs & Solutions
Top national & international current affairs questions for CSS, PMS, FPSC, PPSC, and NTS screening tests.
#2481
The Quit India Movement, or the India August Movement, was launched in _____? اردو: ہندوستان چھوڑو تحریک، یا ہندوستان اگست تحریک، کس سن میں شروع کی گئی تھی؟
(a) 1951
(b) 1945
(c) 1947
(d) 1942
Explanation: 1942 was the year the Quit India Movement was launched, marking a major nationwide demand for British withdrawal from India.
#2482
The Viceroy who put forward the proposal of August offer in 1940? اردو: سن 1940 میں اگست کی پیشکش کی تجویز کس وائسرائے نے پیش کی تھی؟
(a) Lord wavell
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Linlithgow
(d) None of these
Explanation: The August Offer of 1940 was put forward by Lord Linlithgow, who was the Viceroy associated with that proposal.
#2483
Which critic was the first to apply the epithet 'Augustan' to the works of John Dryden?
(a) William Congreve
(b) Thomas Shadwell
(c) John Bunyan
(d) Dr. Johnson
Explanation: Samuel Johnson is credited with popularizing the term 'Augustan' in relation to the literature of the early 18th century, including the work of John Dryden. The term draws a parallel between the literary achievements of the English Neoclassical writers and the writers of the reign of Augustus Caesar in Rome, emphasizing qualities of order, refinement, and adherence to classical standards of taste and decorum.