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Beginnings of socialist movements - class-XII

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After independence, whose statue was erected in Andaman jail?

  1. Khudiram Bose

  2. Bhagat Singh

  3. V.D Savarkar

  4. Rajguru


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The statue of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was erected in the Port Blair's Shaheed Park along with the eight other martyrs of the Andaman cellular jail. V.D savarkar was sentenced to imprisonment of fifty years on July 4, 1911 but was released from jail in 1921 after several mercy petitions to the British government.

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar set up the first secret organization 'Mitra Mela' in _________. 

  1. 1885

  2. 1889

  3. 1895

  4. 1899


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 V.D. Savarkar established a secret revolutionary society ‘Mitra Mela’, in Nasik in 1899  It was one among the several revolutionary societies functioning at that time, which believed in the overthrow of British rule through armed rebellion.

Who set up the first secret organization 'Mitra Mela'?

  1. V.D Savarkar

  2. Khudiram Bose

  3. Bhagat Singh

  4. Chandra Sekhar Azad


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In 1899, V.D. Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Savarkar established a secret revolutionary society ‘Mitra Mela’, which influenced the members to fight for “absolute political independence” of India.

Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru were hanged in _________.

  1. Andaman jail

  2. Poona jail

  3. Lahore Central jail

  4. Madras jail


Correct Option: C

Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev bombed central legislative assembly in the year of ________.

  1. 1927

  2. 1928

  3. 1929

  4. 1931


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev bombed central legislative assembly in New Delhi on 8 April 1929 against the passage of the Public Safety Bill and the Trade Disputes Bill which would reduce the civil liberties of citizens.  The aim was to make the deaf hear not to kill.

Who was the leader of Ghadar Party?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Lala Hardayal

  3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  4. V.D. Savarkar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ghadar party was an extremist revolutionary organisation founded by Sikhs in the US and Canada with the aim of securing India's independence from British rule. It was founded by Lala Hardayal and Sohan Singh Bhakna in the year 1913. The party had its headquarters in San Francisco. Its key members were Bhai Parmanand, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah, Rashbehari Bose and Gulab Kaur.

Which of the following would you consider the Revolutionary Era?

  1. 1905-1915

  2. 1857-1890

  3. 1874-1907

  4. No particular period


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Apart from a few stray incidents, the armed rebellion against the British rulers was not organized before the beginning of the 20th century. The revolutionary philosophies and movement made its presence felt during the 1905 Partition of Bengal. Arguably, the initial steps to organize the revolutionaries were taken by Aurobindo Ghosh, his brother Barin Ghosh, Bhupendranath Datta, Lal Bal Pal and Subodh Chandra Mullick when they formed the Jugantar party in April 1906. Jugantar was created as an inner circle of the Anushilan Samiti, which was already present in Bengal mainly as a fitness club. After the First World War Jugantar supported Gandhi in the Non-Cooperation Movement and many of their leaders were in Congress. Still, the group continued its revolutionary activities, a notable event being the Chittagong armory raid. Hence, Option A is correct. The nineteenth century (1800-1899) did not see an organized revolution, hence, the rest of the options are incorrect. 

Who gave the slogan Inquilab Zindabad?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Md. Iqbal

  3. Hasrat Mohani

  4. Rabindranath Tagore


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The famous slogan Inquilab Zindabad was given by Hasrat Mohani. The slogan was also used by Bhagat Singh, who shouted it after bombing the Central Assembly in Delhi. It became one of the rallying cries of the Indian independence movement. 

What was Surya Sen called in Chittagong?

  1. Radicals

  2. Masterda

  3. Moderates

  4. Extremist


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

b. Masterda
The Armoury Raid, also known as Chittagong uprising, was an attempt on 18 April 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury in the Bengal Province of British India (now in Bangladesh) by armed Indian independence fighters led by Surya Sen. On returning to Chittagong in 1918, he organized Jugantar and joined the Umatara School at Chandanpore. Hence, the name ‘Masterda’ (Elder Brother).


Who started the Khudai Khidmatgar movement?

  1. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Subhas Chandra Bose

  4. Surya Kumar Sen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was known as Badshah Khan and “Sarhadi Gandhi” and Frontier Gandhi. He was born in 1890 and Died on January 1988. He was a Pashtun leader and ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi and was known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule. He started the Khudai Khidmatgar movement (Servants of God). Khudai Khidmatgar movement was a non-violent freedom struggle against the British Empire by the Pashtuns or Pathans of the North-West Frontier Province led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

In his prison cell, Bhagat Singh wrote a pamphlet in response to him being accused of vanity by not accepting God in the face of death. What is the title of that pamphlet?

  1. Why I am an Atheist

  2. Why India wants freedom

  3. India's Struggle

  4. Jai Hind Jai Bharat


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In his prison cell, Bhagat Singh wrote a pamphlet in response to him being accused of vanity by not accepting God in the face of death. The title of that pamphlet is "Why I am an Atheist".

Who founded Free India Society?

  1. V. D. Savarkar

  2. Bhagat Singh

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

V. D. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means.

Who founded Abhinav Bharat Society?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

  3. Chandra Shekhar Azad

  4. All above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

V. D. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means.

Bhagat Singh was sentenced to death in which case?

  1. Kakori Case

  2. Chauri Chaura Case

  3. Assembly bomb Case

  4. Lahore conspiracy Case


Correct Option: D

Who involved in Kakori train Robbery?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Chandra Shekhar Azad

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. All above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chandra Shekhar Azad involved in incidents such as Kakori Train Robbery, assembly bomb incident and the shooting of Saunders at Lahore, to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai, 

Who published The Indian War of Independence?

  1. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

  2. Bhagat Singh

  3. Lala Lajpat Rai

  4. Mahatma Gandhi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

V. D. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities.

When was Savarkar arrested?

  1. 1905

  2. 1910

  3. 1925

  4. 1930


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

When V. D. Savarkar opposed Quit India Struggle?

  1. 1942

  2. 1941

  3. 1945

  4. 1943


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Serving as the president of the Hindu Mahasabha, Savarkar endorsed the ideal of India as a Hindu Rashtra and opposed the Quit India struggle in 1942, calling. it a "Quit India but keep your army" movement

The Mappila peasants of Malabar fought against british in various places such as in Eranad, Valluvanad and Ponnani Taluks. These struggles, in general, are known as _______________.

  1. Vellore Mutiny (1806)

  2. Malabar Rebellion (1921)

  3. Travancore Rebellion (1808)

  4. Santhal Rebellion


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Malabar Rebellion, or the Mappila Rebellion was an armed uprising by the Mappila peasants in 1921 against the British authority in the Malabar region of South India. It began as a reaction to crackdown against the Khilafat Movement by the British in the Eranad and Valluvanad taluks. The peasants took control of various government offices, police stations, courts and important buildings.

In the Kakori conspiracy, ________________

  1. There was a bombing of the Legislative Assembly

  2. Firing at the British officer Sanderson

  3. Looting of a train

  4. None


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Kakori conspiracy was a robbery that took place in a train at the town of Kakori, about 10 miles northwest of Lucknow. The robbery was executed to get money for weaponry and carry out revolutionary activities against the British. The mastermind behind the Kakori train dacoity was Ramprasad Bismil. Other members included Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarty, etc.

Which among the following were the intimate associate/s of the secret organisation started by Vasudev Balwant Phadke :

  1. Damodar

  2. Balkrishna Chapekar brothers

  3. V.D Savarkar

  4. Only 1 and 2


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

During the Freedom struggle, some of the radicals set themselves for armed revolution.They were called as Revolutionary Nationalists. Vasudev Balavant Phadke was the first among the revolutionaries who formed secret organization. Damodar and Balakrishna Chapekar brothers were the intimate associates of this secret organization. Both of them were arrested and hanged till death. The other noteworthy revolutionaries of the nation were Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Khudiram Bose, Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh. Khudiram was the first martyr to be hanged in the history of Indian freedom struggle (1908). At that time his age was just 19 years. V. D Savarkar setup a secret organisation called Mitramela in 1899.

The Kakori conspiracy was performed by the _____________.

  1. Hindustan Republic Association

  2. Indian National Congress

  3. Indian National Army

  4. Swaraj Party


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Kakori conspiracy was a robbery that took place in a train at the town of Kakori, about 10 miles northwest of Lucknow. The robbery was executed to get money for weaponry and carry out revolutionary activities against the British. It was planned and performed by Hindustan Republic Association. The members who executed it were Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarty, etc.

Jay Prakash Narayan was called as __________ out of love.

  1. Mahatma

  2. Loknayak

  3. Deen Bandhu

  4. Lokmanya


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jayaprakash Narayan was born in 1902 CE in Bihar. He completed his higher education in American Universities for more than seven years. While studying in America, he became familiar with Socialist philosophy. On returning to India, he joined Congress as per the guidance of Nehru. He entered politics in 1974 and called for Total Revolution.As a result of this movement, the Janatha Party came to power. He was fondly called as Loknayak by the people.  

Jay Prakash Narayan followed a __________ philosophy.

  1. Gandhian

  2. Socialist

  3. Capitalist

  4. None


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jayaprakash Narayan was born in 1902 CE in Bihar. He completed his higher education in American Universities for more than seven years. While studying in America, he became familiar with Socialist philosophy. On returning to India, he joined Congress as per the guidance of Nehru. 

____________ was the first among those who called the Revolt of 1857 as the First War of Independence.

  1. B.G Tilak

  2. Mahatma Gandhiji

  3. V.D Savarkar

  4. Dadabhai Naoroji


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

British historians have considered the 1857 struggle of Indians as a mere Sepoy Mutiny. But Indian national historians declared it as a great revolt of the people and called it The First War of Indian Independence. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was the first among those who called it the first war of Indian independence. Even Pattabhi Sitaramaiah stated it as the first war of Indian independence. It was a combined effort of almost all the communities of the nation.

Veer Savarkar was a ___________.

  1. Revolutionary

  2. Moderate

  3. Both

  4. None


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

Jay Prakash Narayan was born in the state of ___________.

  1. Bihar

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Uttar Pradesh

  4. Rajasthan


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jayaprakash Narayan was born in 1902 CE in Bihar. He completed his higher education in American Universities for more than seven years. While studying in America, he became familiar with Socialist philosophy. On returning to India, he joined Congress as per the guidance of Nehru. 

____________ was the first martyr to be hanged in the history of the Indian freedom struggle.

  1. Khudiram Bose

  2. Bhagat Singh

  3. Ram Prasad Bismil

  4. Chandra Shekhar Azaz


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

During the Freedom struggle, some of the radicals set themselves for armed revolution. They were called as Revolutionary Nationalists. Vasudev Balavant Phadke was the first among the revolutionaries who formed a secret organization. Damodar and Balakrishna Chapekar brothers were the intimate associates of this secret organization. Both of them were arrested and hanged till death. The other noteworthy revolutionaries of the nation were Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Khudiram Bose, Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh. Khudiram was the first martyr to be hanged in the history of Indian freedom struggle (1908). At that time his age was just 19 years

Jay Prakash Narayan called for ____________.

  1. Complete Independence

  2. Poorna Swaraj

  3. Non Co- operation Movement

  4. Total Revolution


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Jayaprakash Narayan was born in 1902 CE in Bihar. He completed his higher education in American Universities for more than seven years. While studying in America, he became familiar with Socialist philosophy. On returning to India, he joined Congress as per the guidance of Nehru. He entered politics in 1974 and called for Total Revolution. As a result of this movement, the Janatha Party came to power.  

________ was associated with the India House and Abhinav Bharat.

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Rajguru

  3. Sukhdev

  4. V. D Savarkar


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

The Free India society was established by __________.

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Subaschandra Bose

  3. J.L Nehru

  4. Veer Savarkar


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

Veer Savarkar was sent to the ________ jail by the British.

  1. Mandalay

  2. Andaman

  3. Tihar

  4. None


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

The Indian War of Independence was published by _____________.

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Dadabhai Naoroji

  3. Lala Lajpat Rai

  4. Veer Savarkar


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

Mitramela, a secret organisation was started by Veer Savarkar in the year ______

  1. 1883

  2. 1885

  3. 1895

  4. 1899


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. He founded the first secret organisation, 'Mitramela' in the year 1899. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

Veer Savarkar was fondly called as ___________.

  1. Damodar

  2. Savarkar

  3. Swatantryaveer

  4. None


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar also called as Swatantryaveer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

Veer Savarkar was born on the 28th May _________.

  1. 1882

  2. 1885

  3. 1883

  4. 1889


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

Savarkar believed in attaining freedom through ____________ means.

  1. Satyagraha

  2. Peaceful agitation

  3. Revolutionary

  4. None


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was published by ___________.

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Bhagat Singh

  3. Lala Lajpat Rai

  4. Veer Savarkar


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

Savarkar was released from jail in the year _______.

  1. 1889

  2. 1905

  3. 1910

  4. 1921


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

Of the following who was not the leader of the Extremists?

  1. Lokamanya Tilak

  2. Aurobindo Ghose

  3. Lala Lajpat Rai

  4. A.O. Hume


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Congress split into two parts-Moderates and Extremists in the year 1907 at the Surat Session of Congress. Moderates aimed at administrative and constitutional reforms while Extremists aimed at nothing short of swaraj as it existed in the United Kingdom and its self-governing colonies. Some of the extremists leaders were Bala Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai, Aurobindo Ghosh. A.O. Hume did not belong to the Extremists group but was a moderate leader during the first phase (1885-1905) of INC.

____________ was the first secret organisation.

  1. Mitramela

  2. Abhinav Bharat Society

  3. India house

  4. Free India Society


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

Of the following who died as political prisoner in Lahore prison?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Batukeshwar Dutt

  3. Jatin Das

  4. Sukh Dev


Correct Option: C

V.D Savarkar was sentenced to _______ life term/s of imprisonment.

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary nationalist born on 28th May 1883. Savarkar's revolutionary activities began while studying in India and England, where he was associated with the India House and founded student societies including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. Savarkar published The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by British authorities. He was arrested in 1910 for his connections with the revolutionary group India House. Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

The Ghadar Party took the name from ___________.

  1. The Revolt of $1857$

  2. Ist objective to wage another revolt

  3. A weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of $1857$

  4. All the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sikhs and Hindu Punjabis in USA started Ghadr movement to free India from British rule in early 1900's. It took the name from a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857. It was founded by Sohan Singh Bhakna and Lala Hardayal. Its aim was to get rid of the colonial super-power by means of an armed struggle and to set up a national democratic government on the sub-continent. 

The earliest nationalist to commit political dacoities (a feature of the later revolutionary movements) was _______.

  1. Jyotiba Phule

  2. Chapekar brothers

  3. Vasudev Balwant Phadke

  4. Yatindra Das


Correct Option: C

The Act of ___________ had introduced the system of separate electorates.

  1. $1874$

  2. $1893$

  3. $1909$

  4. $1926$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Indian Councils Act 1909 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that brought about a limited increase in the involvement of Indians in the governance of British India. It introduced a system of communal representation for Muslims by accepting the concept of ‘separate electorate’. The act was also called Morley-Minto Reforms and it was formulated by John Morley, secretary of state for India.

Who was the moving spirit behind the organization of the Ghadar Party?

  1. Lala Hardayal

  2. V D Savarkar

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sikhs and Hindu Punjabis in USA started Ghadr movement to free India from British rule in early 1900's. It took the name from a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857. It was founded by Sohan Singh Bhakna and Lala Hardayal. Its aim was to get rid of the colonial super-power by means of an armed struggle and to set up a national democratic government on the sub-continent. 

Who threw the two bombs inside the Central Assembly in New Delhi on April $8$, $1929$?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Batukeshwar Dutt

  3. Rajguru

  4. Both (a) and (b) above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

On April 8, 1929, Bhagat Singh, along with Batukeshwar Dutt, hurled two bombs inside the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi. It was done to protest against the Defence of India Act. The bomb neither killed nor injured anyone. Singh and Dutt both were sentenced to ‘Transportation for Life‘ for the bombing on 12 June 1929.

Who was not among the three revolutionaries who were hanged on March $23$, $1931$?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Azad

  3. Rajguru

  4. Sukhdev


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were tried for Saunders’ murder which is also known as the Lahore conspiracy case which was to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai. They were found guilty and sentenced to death. They were hanged on 23 March, 1931.

Who had, while fasting in the prison, written to the British governor, "The individual must die so that the nation may live. Today, I must die so that India may win freedom and glory"?

  1. Jatin Das

  2. Lala Lajpat Rai

  3. MK Gandhi

  4. SC Bose


Correct Option: A

Which of the following periods is considered as the revolutionary era in Indian history?

  1. $1857-60$

  2. $1857-1947$

  3. $1857-90$

  4. $1845-1947$


Correct Option: C

Where did the revolutionaries have their deliberations, which led to the formation of the Hindustan Republican Association?

  1. Calcutta

  2. Kanpur

  3. Madras

  4. Allahabad


Correct Option: B

Ram Prasad Bismil had been associated with the case?

  1. Alipore bomb

  2. Kanpur conspiracy

  3. Kokori bomb

  4. Meerut conspiracy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ram Prasad Bismil was the famous freedom fighter who was involved in the historic Kakori train robbery. It was political robbery and the incident took place at the small town Karori. The incident of Kakori was conspired because they needed money for revolutionary act against British atrocities.

Who was the first to raise the slogan 'Inquilab zindabad'?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. M Kelappan

  3. Veer Savarkar

  4. Shankaran Nair


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In 1921 the slogan was first coined by Urdu poet and freedom fighter Hasrat Mohani. Inquilab zindabad which literally means long live the revolution inspired many of the freedom fighters. Bhagat Singh, Batuk Dutta, and Chandra Sekhar Azad were overwhelmed by this slogan and started using it. Later it was used as the slogan for their party Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. 

The slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' which meant long live the revolution was first raised by which of the following revolutionaries?

  1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  2. Chandra Shekar Azad

  3. Bhagat Singh

  4. Lala Lajpat Rai


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' was given by Hasrat Mohani and it was first raised by  Bhagat Singh during the late 1920s through his speeches and writings It was also the official slogan of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.

Who was the principal secretary of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association in 1929?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Raj Guru

  3. Sukhdev

  4. Chandra Shekar Azad


Correct Option: A

Who founded 'Mitra Mela' - a secret organization of the revolutionaries at Nashik?

  1. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

  2. Aurobindo Ghosh

  3. Khudiram Bose

  4. Prafulla Chakki


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mitra Mela, a secret organization of the revolutionaries was established by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar at Nashik in 1899. It was later renamed Abhinav Bharat Society in 1904. It believed in overthrow of British rule by armed rebellion and therefore carried out a few assassinations of British officials, after which the Savarkar brothers were convicted and imprisoned.

Who threw a bomb on Viceroy Lord Hardinge?

  1. Khudiram Bose

  2. Aurobindo Ghosh

  3. Sachindranath Sanyal

  4. Rash Behari Bose


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Rash Behari Bose threw a bomb on Viceroy Lord Hardinge and this event in history is called Delhi Conspiracy case of Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy.It took place in 1912 and was an attempt to assassinate the then Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, on the occasion of transferring the capital of British India from Calcutta to New Delhi.

Who raised the issue of India's independence at the World Socialist Conference held at Stuggart in Germany?

  1. Madam Bhikaiji Cama

  2. Shyamji Krishna Verma

  3. Madanlal Dhingra

  4. Rash Behari Bose


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

World Socialist Conference held at Stuggart in 1907 dealt largely with matters of militarism, colonialism, and women's suffrage. Madam Bhikaji Cama attended this conference and highlighted the plight of Indians under the British rule. She appealed for human rights, equality and autonomy from Great Britain

Who succeeded in managing his escape to Japan?

  1. Vishnu Ganesh Pingale

  2. Lala Hardayal

  3. Rash Behari Bose

  4. Bhai Parmananda


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rash Behari Bose succeeded in managing his escape to Japan in 1915 after the failure of the Ghadar movement. The Ghadar movement revolutionaries tried to trigger a mutiny in the British Indian army but failed. Most of the revolutionaries were arrested.

Name the revolutionary organization in Bengal.

  1. India House

  2. Abhinav Bharat

  3. Anusheelan Samiti

  4. Gadar


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Anusheelan Samiti was a secret revolutionary society formed by Pramathanath Mitra in Bengal. It challenged the British rule in India by engaging in militant nationalism including bombings, assassinations, and politically-motivated violence. Some of its members were Sri Aurobindo , Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das, Surendranath Tagore, Bagha Jatin, Barindra Ghosh etc.

Who was the chief of the revolutionary group at Chittagong in Bengal?

  1. Kalpana Datta

  2. Pritilata Wadedar

  3. Surya Sen

  4. Shanti Ghosh


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Surya Sen was a revolutionary noted for leading the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid In Chittagong of Bengal in British India. He led a group of revolutionaries in 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury. It was an attempt to isolate Chittagong from the rest of British India by cutting all channels of communication.

______ gave importance to the creation of a society based on social justice and equality.

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Ashfaqulla Khan

  3. Rajguru

  4. Chandrashekhar Azad


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bhagat Singh was a socialist who believed in creating an egalitarian society based on social justice and equality. He was deeply influenced by the Russian Revolution and its various leaders like Lenin and Trotsky.

Who established the India House in London?

  1. Madam Cama

  2. Shyamji Krishna Verma

  3. Madanlal Dhingra

  4. Lala Hardayal


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

India House was established as a student residence in London by Shyamji Krishna Verma. It used to grant scholarships to Indian youths for higher studies in England and promote nationalist views among the Indian students. It existed between 1905 and 1910.

Indians living in America and Canada had established the _____ organization.

  1. India House

  2. Abhinav Bharat

  3. Anusheelan Samiti

  4. Gadar


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ghadar party was an extremist revolutionary organisation founded by Sikhs in the US and Canada with the aim of securing India's independence from British rule. It was founded by Lala Hardayal and Sohan Singh Bhakna in the year 1913. The party had its headquarters in San Francisco. Its key members were Bhai Parmanand, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah, Rashbehari Bose and Gulab Kaur.

Who shot Curzon Wyllie?

  1. Madam Cama

  2. Madanlal Dhingra

  3. Shyamji Krishna Verma

  4. Rash Behari Bose


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Curzon Wyllie, an Indian army officer, and later an official of the British Indian Government was shot by Madanlal Dhingra. Madanlal Dhingra was an Indian revolutionary independence activist. This act was one of the first acts of revolution in the Indian independence movement in the 20th century.

Who was the President of Khilafat committee in Kerala?

  1. Kattilasseri Mohamed Moulavi

  2. Mohammed Abdurahiman

  3. K.P. Kesava Menon

  4. E. Moidu Moulavi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

PM Pookoya Tangal was the President of Khilafat committee in Kerala. The Khilafat movement was a political protest campaign launched by Muslims of India to influence the British government not to abolish the Ottoman Caliphate. In India, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar and his brother Maulana Shaukat Ali along with some other Muslim leaders created an All India Khilafat Committee, at Lucknow. The movement collapsed when the caliphate was abolished in 1924.

_________ is the lone Malayalee who became the president of Indian National Congress.

  1. K.P. Kesava Menon

  2. Chettoor Sankaran Nair

  3. E. Moidu Moulavi

  4. P. Krishna Pillai


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chettoor Sankaran Iyer was the President of the Indian National Congress in the 1897 session held at Amravati. Until present, he is the only Keralite to hold the post. He served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council and also as a permanent judge in the Madras High Court.

Who chaired the first conference of the Malabar District Congress held at Palakkad in 1916?

  1. A.K Gopalan

  2. K.P. Kesava Menon

  3. Annie Beasant

  4. E. Moidu Moulavi


Correct Option: C

Who was the founder of Anuslian Samiti?

  1. Satish chandra Basu

  2. Pulin Das

  3. Kanai Lal Dutta

  4. Prafulla Chaki


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Anushilan Samiti was one of the secret revolutionary organisations operating in Bengal in the first quarter of the 20th century. It was founded by Satish Chandra Basu. The people associated with this samiti were Sri Aurobindo , Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das, Surendranath Tagore, Jatindranath Banerjee, Bagha Jatin, etc.

How many people were sentenced to death in the Kakori conspiracy?

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Kakori conspiracy was the most important action of the Hindustan Republic Association (HRA). The revolutionaries held up the 8-Down train travelling from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow at Kakori, an obscure village near Lucknow and looted its official railway cash. Government crackdown after Kakori led to arrests of many, of whom 17 were jailed, 4 transported for life and 4 - Bismil, Ashfaqullah, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri were hanged.

Who among the following were Revolutionary Nationalist?

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. V D Savarkar

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Only 1 and 2


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

During the Freedom struggle, some of the radicals set themselves for armed revolution. They were called as Revolutionary Nationalists. Some noteworthy revolutionaries were Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Khudiram Bose, Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh.

Who among the following were hanged in the Kakori conspiracy?

  1. Ram Prasad Bismil

  2. Ashfaqullah

  3. Roshan Singh

  4. All


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Kakori conspiracy was the most important action of the Hindustan Republic Association (HRA). The revolutionaries held up the 8-Down train travelling from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow at Kakori, an obscure village near Lucknow and looted its official railway cash. Government crackdown after Kakori led to arrests of many, of whom 17 were jailed, 4 transported for life and 4 - Bismil, Ashfaqullah, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri were hanged.

The first truly revolutionary organisation in Bengal was ______.

  1. Anushilan Samiti

  2. Yugantar

  3. Abhinava Bharata

  4. Abhinava Bharat Society


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Anushilan Samiti was one of the secret revolutionary organisations operating in Bengal in the first quarter of the 20th century. It was the first revolutionary organisation in Bengal and was founded by Satish Chandra Basu. The people associated with this samiti were Sri Aurobindo , Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das, Surendranath Tagore, Jatindranath Banerjee, Bagha Jatin, etc.

____________ setup Mitra Mela, a secret organisation in 1899.

  1. V.D. Savarkar

  2. Bhagat Singh

  3. Ram Prasad Bismil

  4. Chandra Shekhar Azad


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

During the Freedom struggle, some of the radicals set themselves for armed revolution. They were called as Revolutionary Nationalists. V.D. Savarkar setup a secret organisation called Mitra Mela in 1899.

Khudiram Bose was hanged at the age of ________.

  1. 16

  2. 30

  3. 19

  4. 27


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

During the Freedom struggle, some of the radicals set themselves for armed revolution. They were called as Revolutionary Nationalists. Khudiram was the first martyr to be hanged in the history of Indian freedom struggle (1908). At that time his age was just 19 years. He was sentenced to death for attacking and killing three Britishers in Muzaffarpur, Bihar in 1908. 

_____________ was the first among the revolutionaries who formed secret organization.

  1. Veer Damodar Savarkar

  2. Vasudev Balavant Phadke

  3. Bhagat Singh

  4. Chandra Shekhar Azad


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
During the Freedom struggle, some of the radicals set themselves for armed revolution. They were called as Revolutionary Nationalists. Vasudev Balavant Phadke is known as the father of the armed struggle for India’s independence. He created a group called Ramoshi, which was the group of Ramoshis, Kolis, Bhils and Dhangars communities in Maharashtra. He organized political dacoits. He was captured and imprisoned in 1879 and died in 1883.

The Alipore conspiracy case was launched against the revolutionary activities of ______.

  1. Anusilan Samiti

  2. Abhinava Bharat

  3. Abhinava Bharat Society

  4. Ghadar Party of India


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Alipore Bomb Case was the trial of a number of revolutionaries of the Anushilan Samiti in Calcutta under charges of waging war against the Government. Among the famous accused were Aurobindo Ghosh, his brother Barin Ghosh as well as 37 other Bengali nationalists of the Anushilan Samiti. Sri Aurobindo was acquitted of all charges while some were given varying terms of imprisonment or transportation, etc

The Hindustan Republic Association, subsequently styled as the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was founded in $1924$ by _______.

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Chandra Shekar Azad

  3. Jogesh Chandra Chatterji

  4. Sachindra nath Sanyal


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) was a revolutionary organization of India established in 1924 at village Bholachang in East Bengal by Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Narendra Mohan Sen, and Pratul Ganguly as an offshoot of Anushilan Samiti. Its objective was to establish a “Federated Republic of the United States of India” through an organized and armed revolution.

Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of police, who was responsible for Lala Lajpat Rai death, was killed by __________.

  1. Batukeshwar Dutt

  2. Bhagat Singh and Rajguru

  3. Chandra Shekhar Azad

  4. Sachindra Sanyal


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Lala Lajpat Rai died on November 17, 1928, after suffering grievous injuries during a lathi-charge carried out by the police. Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru shot and killed assistant superintendent of police John Saunders.on December 17, 1927. However, their original target was not Saunders but the superintendent of police James Scott who had ordered his men to lathi-charge.

The revolutionary who was an accused in Lahore Conspiracy Case and who died in Jail after $63$ days fast was ________.

  1. Jatindra Nath Das

  2. Sukh Dev

  3. Raj Guru

  4. Both (a) and (b) 


Correct Option: A

The main brain behind hurling a bomb at Lord Hardinge, while he was making his state entry into Delhi was ___________.

  1. Ras Behari Bose

  2. Bhagat Singh

  3. Sachindra Sanyal

  4. Jatin Das


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rash Behari Bose attempted to assassinate Lord Hardinge on 23 December 1912 after Lord Hardinge was returning from the Delhi Darbar of King George V. He was hunted by the British police due to his participation in the failed bomb hurling attempt. His aim was to prove to the world that Indians do not accept the subjection of his country to foreign rule by consent, but by force of military power.

In the famous Kakori Conspiracy Case(August $1925$) which of the following revolutionaries was not hanged?

  1. Ram Prasad Bismil

  2. Asafaqualla Khan

  3. Bhagat Singh

  4. Roshan Singh


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Kakori Conspiracy Case was an armed robbery on August 9, 1925, of a train at the town of Kakori. It also refers to its subsequent court trial that recommended death sentences for some freedom fighters. Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, and Roshan Singh were sentenced to death. It was the first organized ‘crime’ of HRA.

The revolutionary leader who had organized an attack on the armoury of Chittagong was ______________.

  1. Surya Sen

  2. Jatin Das

  3. Chandra Shekhar Azad

  4. CR Das


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Surya Sen was a Bengali independence fighter who led the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid. He made a revolt against British rule in Chittagong and banished British reign for a few days. One of his successful undertakings was a robbery at the treasury office at the Bengal-Assam Railway at Chittagong on December 23, 1933 in broad daylight.

The revolutionary who died after 63 days hunger strike was _______.

  1. Sukh Dev

  2. Batukeshwar Dutt

  3. Jatin Das

  4. Raj Guru


Correct Option: C

What was the most important cause for the outbreak of the Ghadar revolution?

  1. Commencement of World War I

  2. Hanging of Kartar Singh Sarabha

  3. Komagata Maru Incident

  4. Arrest of Lala Hardayal


Correct Option: C

The first President of the Ghadar Party-founded in $1913$ in USA-was __________.

  1. Lata Hardayal

  2. Sohan Singh Bhakna

  3. Bhai Parmanand

  4. Sardar Ajit Singh


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The founding president of Ghadar Party was Sohan Singh Bhakna. The aim of the party was to rid of the colonial super-power by means of an armed struggle and to set up a national democratic government on the sub-continent. The party was multi-ethnic and had Hindu, Sikh and Muslim leaders with its headquarters San Francisco.

The Communist Party of India was founded in $1921$ by _____________.

  1. Hiren Mukherjee

  2. SM Joshi

  3. MN Roy

  4. RC Dutt


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Bhagat Singh: Meerut Conspiracy Case

  2. Ram Prasad Bismil: Kakori Conspiracy Case

  3. Chandra Shekhar Azad: New Delhi Conspiracy

  4. Surya Sen: Chittagong Armoury Raid


Correct Option: C

Who was the chief of Anusheelan Samiti?

  1. Barindrakumar Ghosh

  2. Aurobindo Ghosh

  3. Pramathanath Mitra

  4. Khudiram Bose


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Anusheelan Samiti was a secret revolutionary society formed by Pramathanath Mitra. It challenged the British rule in India by engaging in militant nationalism including bombings, assassinations, and politically-motivated violence. Some of its members were Sri Aurobindo , Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das, Surendranath Tagore, Bagha Jatin, Barindra Ghosh etc.

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