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Indian National Movement (Gen. Studies)

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Which of the following statements regarding the Quit India Revolution is not true?

  1. The movement was relatively strong in Punjab, NWFP Madras Presidency and Kerala.

  2. The Communists opposed the Quit India Revolution.

  3. Rajgopalachari, the leading Gandhian, opposed Quit India campaign and pleaded for negotiations on the demand for Pakistan.

  4. Golwalkar's RSS kept strictly aloof from the movement.


Correct Option: A

The first President of the All-India Trade Union Congress was

  1. S. A. Dange

  2. Lala Lajpat Rai

  3. Z. A. Ahmed

  4. N. M. Joshi


Correct Option: B

'Quit India' resolution was passed in

  1. Calcutta session of INC

  2. Bombay session of INC

  3. Madras session of INC

  4. Allahabad session of INC


Correct Option: B

”Dilli Challo”, a clarion call, was given by

  1. Mahatama Gandhi

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. M. N. Roy

  4. Subash Chandra Bose


Correct Option: D

Who among the following persons was incharge of the Finance portfolio in the interim government of 1946?

  1. Baldev Singh

  2. Rajendra Prasad

  3. Liaqat Ali Khan

  4. Vallabhai patel


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

He was in charge of Finance. He represented the Muslim League and effectively blocked the functioning of the other ministries by not releasing the finances and was one of the main reasons why the Congress constantly urged the Viceroy to demand the resignation of Muslim League members. Initially the Finance portfolio was given to John Mathai but after the Muslim League joined the Interim government, it was given to Liaqat Ali Khan

Who was the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament?

  1. M. Malabari

  2. Dadabhai Naoroji

  3. D. N. Wacha

  4. W. C. Banerjee


Correct Option: B

The Moplah rebellion broke out in

  1. Uttarakhand

  2. Malabar

  3. Chauri Chaura

  4. Telengana


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Moplah Rebellion, which took place in Malabar during 1921, was a conflict rooted in religious revivalism among the Muslim Moplahs. It was based on a deep disaffection with British rule and a burning sectarian resentment against the land owning Hindu Nair community, who sided with the British. 

Who said “Do not ask for crumbs, ask for the whole bread” during the freedom struggle?

  1. S. C. Bose

  2. B. G. Tilak

  3. Gandhiji

  4. Veer Savarkar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Bal Gangadhar Tilak said this during the freedom struggle.

The first Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Gandhiji after the

  1. Rowlatt Act of 1919

  2. Jallianwala Bagh massacre

  3. Chauri-Chaura incident of 1922

  4. arrival of the Cripps Mission


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The first Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Gandhiji after the Rowlatt Act of 1919.

'Do or die' slogan was given by Gandhiji during

  1. the Non-Cooperation Movement

  2. the Civil Disobedience Movement

  3. the Quit India Movement

  4. the Individual Satyagraha


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Do or die' slogan was given by Gandhiji during the Quit India Movement.

Assam was created as a separate province when

  1. the partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911

  2. Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905

  3. Minto announced the new reform proposals in 1905 - 1906

  4. Montagu - Chelmsford Reforms were implemented in 1919


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

The Ilbert Bill controversy during Lord Lytton’s period related to the concept of

  1. economic justice

  2. political representation

  3. revenue collection

  4. judicial equality


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Equality before the law is a fundamental concept of our legal system.

All judicial officers take an oath to administer the law without fear, favour, affection or ill will. Judicial officers must treat all parties fairly regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, age, religious affiliation, socio-economic background, size or nature of family, literacy level or any other such characteristic. Respect and courtesy should be the hallmarks of judicial conduct. Paternalistic or patronising attitudes have no place in the court room.

At the time of moderate-extremist split, the President of Congress was

  1. Madan Mohan Malaviya

  2. Rash Behari Ghosh

  3. Pherozshah Mehra

  4. Jawahar Lal Nehru


Correct Option: B

The Bramo Samajyam was started by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in the year

  1. 1830

  2. 1828

  3. 1861

  4. 1859


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 20 August 1828 the first assembly of the Brahmo Sabha (progenitor of the Brahmo Samaj) was held at the North Calcutta house of Feringhee Kamal Bose

In which of the following years was Annie Besant elected as the President of the Indian National Congress?

  1. 1911

  2. 1914

  3. 1917

  4. 1923


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Annie Besant opened the Central Hindu College, Benares (Varanasi), in 1898, later receiving the honorary degree of D. L. by the Benares Hindu University. A vocal supporter for Indian Home Rule, she was interned by the British authorities during the first world war. In 1917, she was declared as the President of the Indian National Congress party. 

During whose tenure was Jatin Das martyred after a fast lasting 64 days?

  1. Lord Linlithgow

  2. Lord Willington

  3. Lord Irwin

  4. Lord Wavell


Correct Option: C

Who among the following proposed the introduction of English language in India as a medium of instruction?

  1. Warren Hastings

  2. Lord William Bentinck

  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

  4. Lord Macaulay


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Macaulayism is the conscious policy of liquidating indigenous culture through the planned substitution of the alien culture of a colonizing power via the education system. The term is derived from the name of British politician, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), an individual who was instrumental in the introduction of English as the medium of instruction in the higher education of India.

Who organised the Grand ‘Delhi Durbar’ to decorate Queen Victoria with the title of ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’?

  1. Lord Northbrook

  2. Lord Lytton

  3. Lord Lawrence

  4. Lord Mayo


Correct Option: B

Who among the following passed the Vernacular Press Act?

  1. Lord Wellesley

  2. Lord Lytton

  3. Lord Dalhousie

  4. Lord Ripon


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878 under the Governor Generalship and Viceroyalty of Lord Lytton, for 'better control' of Indian language newspapers. The purpose of the act was to control the printing and circulation of seditious material, calculated to produce disaffection, which was already present against the British Government in India in the minds of the masses.

The Sarvodaya Movement was started by

  1. Dada Dharmadhikari

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Jayaprakash Narayan

  4. Vinoba Bhave


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Vinoba Bhave observed the life of the average Indian living in a village and tried to find solutions for the problems he faced with a firm spiritual foundation. This formed the core of his Sarvodaya (awakening of all potentials) Movement.

The committee appointed by the English to probe into the the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy was

  1. Budler Committee

  2. White Committee

  3. Lyall Committee

  4. Hunter Committee


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The committee appointed by the English to probe into the the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy was Hunter Committee. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre provoked a strong public reaction in India and England. The Government pointed a Committee of Enquiry (consisting of four British entry Indian members) under the chairmanship of Lord Hunter to enquire into the Punjab disturbances.

The Governor General of Fort William became the Governor General of India under the Charter Act of

  1. 1781

  2. 1813

  3. 1833

  4. 1973


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Charter Act of 1833 centralised the administration in India. The Governor General of Bengal, according to the act, was declared as the Governor General of India. The jurisdiction of the Governor General in council was extended considerably.

Who among the following described Mahatma Gandhi as “half-naked fakir”?

  1. Joseph Stalin

  2. Winston Churchill

  3. Mussolini

  4. Muhammad Ali Jinnah


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Winston Churchill described Mahatma Gandhi as a 'seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a half-naked fakir.' Churchill was provoked to describe Mahatma Gandhi as a 'seditious Middle Temple lawyer' because when Gandhi was in London, as a lawyer, he wore western attire. While on his return to India, a year after the launch of the non-cooperation movement, Gandhi adopted the dress of the poorest Indian-khadi dhoti made of coarse homespun cotton yarn. 

William Digby of Britain has written a lot on

  1. Education in British India

  2. Economy of India

  3. India society

  4. Famines in India


Correct Option: D

Why did the British resort to the 'Downward Filtration Theory' till 1854?

  1. To justify their educational policy in India

  2. To justify their social policy in India

  3. To justify their commercial policy in India

  4. To justify their Industrial policy in India


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Macaulay wanted to westernise Indian education through the minor intellectuals of India. This was known as the Downwards Filtration Theory. 

Who among the following were the first to come to India and establish trade relations?

  1. Dutch

  2. British

  3. Portuguese

  4. French


Correct Option: C

The Swarajists finally decided to walk out of the legislatures as a result of the

  1. Lahore Resolution

  2. Karachi Resolution

  3. Lucknow Pact

  4. Cutler Committee Report


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct answer is (1). 

Why was the Harcourt Butler Committee appointed in 1927?

  1. To help the Simon Commission

  2. To enquire into the relationship between the Government and Princely States

  3. To deal with the demand of the Swarajists after the elections of 1926

  4. To study the Nehru report


Correct Option: B

Who called the revolt of 1857 a 'war of races'?

  1. S. N. Sen

  2. Medley

  3. T. R. Holmes

  4. L. E. R. Reese


Correct Option: B

Who among the following led the revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?

  1. Bahadur Shah Zafar

  2. Tantia Tope

  3. Kunwar Singh

  4. Nana Saheb


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sahib won the confidence of Charles Hillersdon, the Collector of Cawnpore. It was planned that Nana Saheb would assemble a force of 1500 soldiers, in case the rebellion spread to Kanpur.

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