Q. The most fearless and bold woman leader of the peasant movement, who sacrificed her life to protect peasants’ rights, was (a) Ambika Chakraborthy (b) Snehlata Wadekar (c) Veera Gunnamma (d) Preeti Lata Wadekar Ans: (c) Veera Gunnamma Explanation: The most fearless and bold woman leader of the peasant movement who sacrificed her life to […]
Q. Which of the following was not one of the Raja Rammohan Roy’s suggestions for organising the Company’s government on a more rational basis? (a) Constitutional reforms must be guaranteed (b) The rule of law ought to be supreme (c) Civil liberties and individual rights must be guaranteed (d) The absolute ownership of property by
Q. Which of the following was not one of the measures suggested by Raja Rammohan Roy for the betterment of the peasant’s lot? (a) Substitution of ryotwari system for zamindari system (b) Reduction of the rent to be paid by the tenants and the revenue paid by the zamindars (c) Loss is revenue to be
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Q. Which of the following was not one of the objectives and methods of the Extremists in the Congress? (a) The new leadership sought to create in the people a sense of sacrifice and a readliness- to suffer for the cause of the country (b) The Extremists advocated boycott of foreign goods and use of
Q. Which one of the following was the main reason for the split between the Moderates and the Extremist at the Surat session of the INC in 1905 known as ‘Surat Split’? (a) Attempts of the Extremists to get B.G. Tilak elected as the Congress President (b) The shift of the Congress venue from Nagpur
Q. The special feature of the All India Congress session at Surat was that (a) The Extremists and Moderates competed for getting their own man elected as the President of the session (b) The Moderate attempted to repudiate the resolutions of the Calcutta session (c) Session ended in confusion (d) All of these are valid
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Q. Name the militant nationalist who had a leading role in propagating the Swadeshi sentiments to the rest of the country. (a) Aurobindo Ghosh (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Ans: (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q. Indian National Movement was influenced by-in the early twentieth century (a) Boer War, 1899 (b) The Russian Revolution, 1917 (c) The Russian-Japanese War, 1904-5 (d) The outbreak of the First World War, 1914. Ans: (c) The Russian-Japanese War, 1904-5
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Q. What was the charge against Bal Gangadhar Tilak for which he was sentenced to six years’ transportation in July 1908? (a) For being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism (b) For inciting violence during the Surat session of the INC. (c) For seditious writings in his paper Kesari (d) For being instrumental
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Q. The Morley-Minto Reforms which were passed in 1909. (a) Established a constitution-making body (b) Enlarged the central and the provincial legislative councils (c) Made the Executive Council of the Governor- General purely English in composition (d) Decreased the number of the provincial and central legislative members Ans: (b) Enlarged the central and the provincial
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