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Question 131. Aurobindo Ghosh was defended in the Alipore Bomb case by
  1.    Bhula Bhai Desai
  2.    Bipin Chandra Pal
  3.    Moti Lal Nehru
  4.    C.R. Das
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> C.R. Das
Answer: (d)
When Bengal was partitioned, it sparked an outburst of public anger against the British. The anger led to civil unrest and a nationalist campaign was carried out by groups of revolutionaries, led by Aurobindo Ghosh, Rasbihari Bose, and Bagha Jatin, and organized into groups like Yugantar.
The British cracked down hard on the activists and the conflict came to a head-on on April 30, 1908, when Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki attempted to kill Magistrate Kingsford. Aurobindo Ghosh was also arrested on charges of planning and overseeing the attack and imprisoned in solitary confinement in Alipore Jail.
The trial continued for a year (1908–1909), and Bose was found guilty and later hanged. Aurobindo Ghosh, however, was defended by the young lawyer Chittaranjan Das, who concluded his defense.
Question 132. Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?
  1. Mohd. Ali Jinnah was the chief architect of lucknow Pact which brought understanding between congress and Muslim League
  2. In August Declaration of 1917, Montague assured that the powers would be gradually transferred to the Indians.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1.    1 only
  2.    2 only
  3.    1 and 2 both
  4.    None
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 and 2 both
Answer: (c)In Lucknow pact, the Congress accepted the separate electorate for Muslims. Sarojini Naidu gave Jinnah the title of the ‘Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity. Montague, the secretary of State for Indian affairs said that more representation would be given to Indians which would gradually result in transfer of all powers. This was the result of exhibition of Hindu-Muslim unity.
Question 133. Indian National Congress was founded by
  1.    Allan Octavian Hume
  2.    Womesh Chandra Banerjee
  3.    Mahatma Gandhi
  4.    Dadabhai Naoroji
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Allan Octavian Hume
Answer: (a)
Indian National Congress was founded by Allan Octavian Hume.
Allan Octavian Hume, a retired civil servant in the British Government took the initiative to form an all-India organization.
Thus, the Indian National Congress was founded and its first session was held at Bombay in 1885. W.C. Banerjee was its first president.
Question 134. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
  1.    Badruddin Tyabji
  2.    Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  3.    Shaukat Ali
  4.    Muhammad Ali
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Badruddin Tyabji
Answer: (a)BadruddinTyabji wasthe first Muslim president of Indian National Congress. He was an Indian lawyer who served asthe third president of the Indian National Congress. He was considered among the moderate Muslims during the freedom movement of India. He along with Pherozshah Mehta, K.T. Telang and others formed the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885.
Question 135. Who among the following had led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi?
  1.    Ajeet Singh
  2.    Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  3.    Lala Lajpat Rai
  4.    Syed Haider Raza
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Syed Haider Raza
Answer: (d)Syed Haider Raza had led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi.
Question 136. The word ‘Adivasi’ was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by
  1.    Jyotiba Phule
  2.    Mahatma Gandhi
  3.    Thakkar Bappa
  4.    B.R. Ambedkar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Thakkar Bappa
Answer: (c)Thakkar Bappa was an Indian social worker who worked for upliftment of tribal people in Gujarat state in India. He became a member of the servants of India Society founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1914.
Question 137. Who established the first Women’s University of India?
  1.    Ramabai Ranade
  2.    D.K. Karve
  3.    Annie Besant
  4.    Hirabai Tata
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> D.K. Karve
Answer: (b)
D.K. Karve established the first women’s university in India. After reading about the Japan Women’s University, Karve was inspired to set up the first women's university in India in Pune in the year 1916. The University started with just five students.
The University expanded rapidly when in 1920 an industrialist and philanthropist, Sir Vithaldas Thackersey, donated 1.5 million rupees.
Question 138. Who among the following had started ‘Mitra Mela’Association?
  1.    Lala Hardayal
  2.    Shyamji Krishna Verma
  3.    Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
  4.    Sohan Singh Bakna
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Answer: (c)Vinayak Damodar Savarkar had founded the society called Mitra Mela (Friends’ Group) which later became Abhinav Bharat (Young India Society) on the model of the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini’s ‘Young Italy’.
Question 139. Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama
  1. Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the international socialist conference in Peris in the year 1907.
  2. Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji.
  3. Madam Cama was born in Parsi family.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    3 only
  2.    1 and 2
  3.    2 and 3
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2 and 3
Answer: (c)Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji. Madam Cama was born in a Parsi family.
Question 140. Among the following viceroys of India in whose time, Indian Penal Code, Civil Procedure Code, and Criminal Code were passed?
  1.    Lord Lytton
  2.    Lord Canning
  3.    Lord Mayo
  4.    Lord Dufferin
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Lord Canning
Answer: (b)
In the period of Lord Canning, the Indian Penal Code, Civil Procedure Code, and Criminal Code were passed. The First Law Commission was established in 1834 by the British Government under the Chairmanship of Lord Macaulay.
It suggested various enactments to the British Government, most of which were passed and enacted and are still in force in India. Few of the most important recommendations made by this First Law Commission were those on, Indian Penal Code (first submitted in 1837 but enacted in 1860 and still in force), Criminal Procedure Code (enacted in 1898, repealed and succeeded by the Criminal Procedure Code of 1973), etc.

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