Deck 4: Important Figures and Movements in Indian History: Part B

Question 1

DadabhaiNaoroji's book 'poverty and un British rule in India' published in…………. analysed the nature of the British rule in India.

A)1898
B)1901
C)1908
D)1946

Answer 1

1898

Question 2

…………… is the acknowledged high priest of the drain theory.

A)dadabhainaoroji
B)s n bose
C)j.n. ghosh
D)j.n.mukherjee

Answer 2

dadabhainaoroji

Question 3

………………., the viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrativepurposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31million people and with its capital at Dhaka.

A)lord curzon
B)lord rippon
C)lord hastings
D)wellesley

Answer 3

lord rippon

Question 4

The spark for the Swadeshi Movement was the ………….decision to partitionBengal.

A)french
B)british
C)dutch
D)portuguese

Question 5

The partition of Bengal had to be annulled in …………….

A)1907
B)1911
C)1928
D)1929

Question 6

The inauguration of the Ganapati and Shivaji Festivals was done by ……….

A)tilak
B)panditmadan mohan malaviya
C)shyamaprasadmukherjee
D)j.n.mukherjee

Question 7

The Ganapati festival was started in ………….

A)1792
B)1793
C)1893
D)1904

Question 8

The first Shivaji festival was held at Raigarh in …………..

A)1890
B)1892
C)1895
D)1899

Question 9

Hindu Mahasabha was founded in …………….. .

A)1901
B)1906
C)1915
D)1925

Question 10

Muslim League established in December ………..

A)1901
B)1902
C)1906
D)1946

Question 11

The background of the foundation of the Muslim League at ……….on 30 December1906 may be traced back to the establishment of the Indian national congress in1885.

A)dhaka
B)shahbag
C)simla
D)bengal

Question 12

………. made a whirlwind tour of the country in 1916 and in his speeches he said,"Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it."

A)tilak
B)mahatma gandhi
C)gokhale
D)jawaharlal nehru

Question 13

Who preached the idea of Home Rule through his two news papers - the Kesari andthe Maratha?

A)gokhale
B)annie besant
C)tilak
D)jawaharlal nehru

Question 14

Champaran Satyagraha was in ……………..

A)gujarat
B)bombay
C)bihar
D)madras

Question 15

Champaran Satyagraha was led by …………….

A)amareshchakravarty
B)pulinbeharisarkar
C)gandhi
D)patel

Question 16

Kheda Satyagraha……………………….

A)gujarat
B)calcutta
C)thana
D)malabar

Question 17

In……….., the First National Trade union organization (The All India Trade UnionCongress (AITUC)) was established.

A)1904
B)1908
C)1917
D)1920

Question 18

PazhassiSamarangal (Malayalam) was written by …………

A)k.k.n.kurup
B)bhattacharya sabya
C)k.k.kusuman
D)b.sobhanan

Question 19

Against Lord and State was written by ………..

A)sumitsarkar
B)r.c.majumdar
C)panikkar k.n
D)k.k.n.kurup

Question 20

Who of the following Governor Generals is associated with Subsidiary AllianceSysten?

A)lord cornwallies
B)lord wellesley
C)lord mayo
D)lord delhousie

Question 21

Who was the first Governor General of India?

A)warren hastings
B)williambentick
C)lord delhousie
D)lord canning

Question 22

Who was the first Viceroy of India?

A)robert clive
B)william bentick
C)lorddelhousie
D)lord canning

Question 23

The title of 'Viceroy' was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India forthe first time in

A)1848 a.d
B)1858 a.d
C)1862 a.d
D)1856 a.d

Question 24

My Experiments with Truth is the work of ……….

A)mahatma gandhi
B)tarachand
C)shankarlal banker
D)mahadev desai

Question 25

Who is the author of 'Social Background of Indian Nationalism'?

A)a.r.desai
B)dharam kumar
C)ray chaudhuri
D)k.rajayyan