Deck 3: Important Figures and Movements in Indian History: Part A

Question 1

Who is regarded as as the 'father of modern India'.

A)raja ram mohan roy
B)swami dayanandasaraswati
C)sri aurobindo
D)bhagat singh

Answer 1

raja ram mohan roy

Question 2

Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati?

A)raja ram mohan roy
B)swami dayanandasaraswati
C)lokmanyatilak
D)bhagat singh

Answer 2

raja ram mohan roy

Question 3

Maharishi DayanandSaraswati was an important Hindu religious scholar, reformer,and founder of the ……………

A)aryasamaj
B)brahma samaj
C)ramakrishnamission
D)theosophical society

Answer 3

aryasamaj

Question 4

Who was the first to give the call for Swarajya- "India for Indians"?

A)dayanandsaraswati
B)lokmanyatilak
C)sri aurobindo.
D)bhagat singh

Question 5

Who founded India House in London and guided other revolutionaries.

A)sriaurobindo
B)lokmanyatilak
C)shyamji krishna varma
D)bhagat singh

Question 6

SatyarthPrakash was written by ………….

A)lalalajpatrai
B)lalahardyal
C)dayanandsaraswati
D)raja ram mohan roy

Question 7

The AryaSamaj movement believed in

A)idolatry
B)polytheism
C)atheism
D)vedic ritualism

Question 8

Dayananda was born on February 12 in 1824, in the town of Tankara, near Morvi(Morbi) in the Kathiawar region of the princely state of……………

A)assam
B)uttar pradesh
C)bihar
D)gujarat

Question 9

JyotibaPhule was one of the prominent ………….of the 19th century India.

A)scientists
B)politicians
C)economists
D)social reformers

Question 10

JyotiraoPhule was born in Satara district of …………….in 1827.

A)maharastra
B)madras
C)gujarat
D)malabar

Question 11

The formation of the Indian National Congress (INC) was in the year …………..

A)1865
B)1875
C)1885
D)1905

Question 12

Zamindari Association was the ………. political association of modern India.

A)first
B)second
C)third
D)fourth

Question 13

Bengal British India Society founded in Calcutta on 20 April 1843, was the…………………political public association to be formed in British India, the firstbeing the zamindari association (1837).

A)first
B)second
C)third
D)fourth

Question 14

The British India Society was formed in ……………

A)1832
B)1833
C)1839
D)1874

Question 15

In ……… Derozio founded with his students the 'Academic Association' whichorganised debates on various subjects.

A)1824
B)1825
C)1828
D)1834

Question 16

The second session of the congress met in Calcutta on December 1886, under thepresident ship of …………….

A)dadabhainaoroji
B)kadambiniganguli
C)pherozeshah mehta
D)d.ewacha

Question 17

Gokhale was born in a Marath Brahmin family at ………….

A)kolhapur
B)poona
C)allahabad
D)assam

Question 18

The Deccan Educational Society founded by ……….

A)d.ewacha
B)ranade
C)w.c.banerjee
D)s.n.banerjee

Question 19

……………..edited the journal of Poona SarvajanikSabha.

A)gokhale
B)w.c.banerjee
C)ranade
D)s.n.banerjee

Question 20

The Minto Morley reforms was in the year ………….

A)1906
B)1907
C)1909
D)1919

Question 21

The 'political philosophy' was the work of ………….

A)gopala krishna gokhale
B)dadabainaoroji
C)r. c. dutt
D)lalalajpathrai

Question 22

1905 ………….laid the foundation of the 'servants of India society', with a view tothe training of national missionaries for the service of India, and to promote by allconstitutional means, the true interest of the Indian people.

A)gokhale
B)dadabainaoroji
C)r. c. dutt
D)ranade

Question 23

…………in his book 'Economic history of India' wrote 'If India is poor today itis through the operation of economic causes'.

A)dadhabainaoroji
B)r.c. dutt
C)ranade
D)r.p.datt

Question 24

. …………………….is remembered as the 'Grand old man of India'.

A)ranade
B)dadabhainaoroji
C)pulinbeharisarkar
D)amareshchakravarty

Question 25

The Bombay Association, the first political association in Bombay presidency wasfounded by ………….in 1852.

A)dadabhainaoroji
B)pulinbeharisarkar
C)amareshchakravarty
D)prankrishnaparija.