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Sardar Vallabhai Patel:

Early Life

VallabhbhaiJhaverbhai Patel, one of the six children of Jhaverbhai Patel and Ladba, was born in Nadiad, Gujarat. There is no record of his date of birth. The generally accepted date, October 31, 1875, of which the source is his Matriculation certificate, was chosen by Vallabhbhai himself while filling in a form.

The family was an agriculturist one of the LewaPatidar Community, and could in terms of economic status be described as lower middle-class. It was poor and had no tradition of education.

Vallabhbhai’s childhood was spent away from books, in the ancestral fields at Karamsad. He was already in his late teens when he passed out from the Middle School at Karamsad and went to the High School at Nadiad, from where he matriculated in 1897.

Early Political Career

He accepted Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership, having been tremendously impressed by the fearless lead that Mahatma Gandhi gave to right public wrongs. In 1917 he was elected for the first time as the Sanitation Commissioner of Ahmedabad.

From 1924 to 1928 he was Chairman of the Municipal Committee. The years of his association with the Municipal administration were marked by much meaningful work for the improvement of civic life. Work was done to improve water supply, sanitation and town planning and the Municipality was transformed, from being a mere adjunct to the British rule, into a popular body with a will of its own.The struggle drew the attention of the whole country to it. Patels and Talatis resigned their jobs. Government revenues remained unrealized. The Government had to ultimately bow before popular resolve and an inquiry was instituted to find out to what extent the increase was justified and the realization of the increased revenue was postponed.

It was a triumph not only of the 80,000 peasants of Bardoli but more particularly of Vallabhbhai personally; he was given the title of “Sardar” by the nation.

The association with Mahatma Gandhi became closer during the Kheda Satyagraha in 1918, which was launched to secure exemption from payment of the land revenue assessment since the crops had failed. It took three months of intense campaigning that was marked by arrests, seizures of goods, chattels, livestock and much official brutality before relief was secured from an unwilling Colonial Government.

Role After Partition

He sorted out the problems of partition, restored law and order and dealt with the rehabilitation of thousands of refugees with great courage and foresight. He reorganised our Services which had become depleted with the departure of the British and formed a new Indian Administrative Service, to provide a stable administrative base to our new democracy.

Death

He died on December 15, 1950, leaving behind a son, Dahyabhai Patel, and a daughter, Maniben Patel.

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KINDLE YOUR BRAIN

1)How many litres of oil at Rs.40 per litre should be mixed with 240 litres of a second variety of oil at Rs.60 per litre so as to get a mixture whose cost is Rs.52 per litre?

A)120 litres

B)180 litres

C)110 litres

D)160 litres

2)The area of a square is equal to 5 times the area of a rectangle of dimensions 125 cm*64 cm. What is the perimeter of the square?

A)600 cm

B)800 cm

C)400 cm

D)1000 cm

3)The area of a square is 4096 sq cm. Find the ratio of the breadth and length of a rectangle whose length is twice the side of the square and breadth is 24 cm less than the side of the square A)18:5

B)7:16

C)5:14

D)5:32

4) The numerator of a certain fraction is 8 less than the denominator. If 3 is added to the numerator and 3 is subtracted from the denominator, the fraction becomes ¾. Find the original fraction.

A)1/9

B)5/13

C)3/11

D)7/15

5)Vishnu got married 6 years ago. Now his age is equal to 1 ¼ times his age at the time of his marriage. His son’s age is (1/10) times of his age. His son’s age is :

A)2 years

B)3 years

C)4 years

D)5 years

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ANSWER FOR LAST WEEK QUESTIONS

1)Answer: Option (C) 2.25 km

Solution:

Speed in still water = 4 kmph

Speed of the stream = 2 kmph

Speed upstream = (4-2) = 2 kmph

Speed downstream = (4+2) = 6 kmph

Total time = 90 minutes = (90/60) hour = 3/2 hour

Let L be the distance. Then

(L/6) + (L/2) = 3/2

L+3L = 9

4L = 9

L = 9/4 = 2.25 km

2)Answer: Option (B) 2 hours

Solution:

Speed of the boat in still water = 22 km/hr

Speed of the stream = 5 km/hr

Speed downstream = (22+5) = 27 km/hr

Distance travelled downstream = 54 km

Time taken = distance/speed = 54/27 = 2 hours

3)Answer: Option (A) 18 cm

Solution:

Given that, 2(l + b) : b = 5:1

2l + 2b = 5b

2l = 3b

B = (2l/3)

Also given that area = 216 cm²

L × b = 216

L × (2l/3) = 216

L² = 3 × 108

So, l = 18 cm

4)Answer: Option (A) 60 square units

Solution:

Area of parallelogram = base × height

Therefore, p²-4 = (p+4)(p-3)

P²-4 = p²+p-12

P = 8

Hence, actual area = p²-4 = 64-4 = 60 square units.

5)Answer: Option (D) 280 metres

Solution:

P runs 1 km in 3 minutes (180 seconds)

Q runs 1 km in 4 minutes 10 seconds (250 seconds)

Distance covered by Q in 3 minutes (180 seconds)

= (1/250) × 180 km = 720 metres.

Hence, in a 1 km race, P can give Q a start of (1000-720) = 280 metres.