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Question 1. During which of the following movements, Vande Mataram became the theme song of the Indian National Movement?
  1.    Anti-Rowlatt Act Agitation
  2.    Champaran Sataygrah
  3.    Swadeshi Movement
  4.    Non-cooperation Movement
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Swadeshi Movement
Answer: (c)During Swadeshi Movement Vande Mataram became the theme song of the Indian National Movement. “Vande Mataram” was the national cry for freedom during the Indian independence movement. Large rallies, fermenting initially in Bengal, in the major metropolis of Calcutta, would work themselves up into a patriotic fervour by shouting the slogan “Vande Mataram”, or “Hail to the Mother(land)!”
Question 2. Where did the Indian National Congress get divided into two wings moderates and extremists?
  1.    Calcutta Session 1911
  2.    Surat Session 1907
  3.    Lahor Session 1909
  4.    Karachi Session 1913
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Surat Session 1907
Answer: (b)The extrimists wanted a strong resolution supporting their programme at the Benaras session. The moderates, on the other hand were not in favour of extending the movement beyond Bengal and were totally opposed to boycott of councils and similar associations.
Question 3. Who had chaired the Indian Education Commision in 1882?
  1.    W.W. Hunter
  2.    Macaulay
  3.    Sadler
  4.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> W.W. Hunter
Answer: (a)In 1882, the Government appointed a commission under the chairmanship of W.W. Hunter to review the progress of education in the country since the Despatch of 1854. The Hunter Commission mostly confined itsrecommendationsto primary and secondary education.
Question 4. Which of the Acts wrote an epitaph on the grave of the East India Company?
  1.    Act of 1892
  2.    Act of 1858
  3.    Act of 1861
  4.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Act of 1858
Answer: (b)The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It brought about fundamental changes in the character of Indian administration which was transferred from the East India Company to the crown by the queen’s proclamation of 1 Novemeber, 1858.
Question 5. Who compared Curzon’s administration in India to that of Aurangzeb?
  1.    Dadabhai Naoroji
  2.    Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  3.    Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  4.    Lala Lajpat Rai
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: (c)Gopal Krishna Gokhale compared Curzon’s administratin in India to that of Aurangzeb.
Question 6. Who had hoisted the national flag of India at the International Socialist Congress held at Stuttgart?
  1.    S.C. Bose
  2.    M.N. Roy
  3.    V.D. Savarkar
  4.    Madam Bhikaji Cama
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Madam Bhikaji Cama
Answer: (d)On 22 August 1907, Cama attended the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany, where she described the devastating effects of a famine that had struck the Indian subcontinent. In her appeal for human rights, equality and for autonomy from Great Britain, she unfurled what she called the “Flag of Indian Independence”.
Question 7. Consider the following events in the history of British India.
  1. Santhal Rebellion
  2. Indigo Revolt
  3. Sanyasi Rebellion
  4. Munda Rebellion
Which one of the following is correct chronological sequence of the above events starting with the earliest?
  1.    3, 1, 2, 4
  2.    3, 2, 1, 4
  3.    1, 4, 2, 3
  4.    2, 1, 4, 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 3, 2, 1, 4
Answer: (b)Sanyasi Rebellion of Bengal begins in 1763–1800. Indigo Revolt of Bengal begins in 1859–60. Santhal Rebellion of Bihar occured in 1855–56. Munda Rebellion of Bihar begins in 1895-1901.
Question 8. Who was called “ Grand Old Man of India”?
  1.    Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  2.    Dadabhai Naoroji
  3.    Gopal Krishna Gokhle
  4.    Feroz Shah Mehta
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: (b)Dadabhai Naoroji, known as the Grand Old Man, was a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader.
Question 9. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: 
List-I
List-II
A. Arya Samaj
1. Bombay
B. Arya Mahila Samaj
2. Pune
C. Mohammadan Literary
3. Calcutta Society
D. Veda Samaj
4. Madras
Codes: A B C D
  1.    2 1 4 3
  2.    1 2 3 4
  3.    3 4 1 2
  4.    1 3 2 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1 2 3 4
Answer: (b)
Arya Samaj is related to Bombay.
Arya Mahila Samaj belongs to Pune.
Moham-Madan Literary society related to Calcutta and
Ved Samaj belongs to Madras.
Question 10. The theory of economic drain of India was propounded by
  1.    Dada Bhai Naoroji
  2.    M.G. Ranade
  3.    R.C. Dutt
  4.    R.N. Mudholkar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Dada Bhai Naoroji
Answer: (a)Dadabhai Naoroji gave theory of economic drain of India in his book Indian Poverty. In this, he exposed the economic exploitation of India by the British.

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