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Question 141. Who among the following led the agitation against the partition of Bengal (1905)?
  1.    Ravindra Nath Tagore
  2.    C.R. Das
  3.    Ashutosh Mukherjee
  4.    Surendra Nath Banerjee
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Surendra Nath Banerjee
Answer: (d)Surendranath was one of the most important public leaders who protested the partition of the Bengal province in 1905.
Question 142. Consider the following statement and identify with the help of the codes given below.
The Viceroy who made the statement and when: In my belief, Congress is tottering to its fall, and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.
Codes:
  1.    Lord Dufferin, during the farewell speech at Calcutta
  2.    Lord Curzon, in a letter to the Secretary of States in 1900
  3.    Lord Curzon, while announcing the partition of Bengal
  4.    Lord Minto, while addressing the Muslim delegation which met him at Shimla in 1906
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Lord Curzon, in a letter to the Secretary of States in 1900
Answer: (b)
Lord Curzon was the Viceroy of India in 1898. He was mainly famous for the partition of Bengal.
He was very much keen to suppress the Indian national movement.
Question 143. Who of the following termed the revolt of 1857 as Indian War of Independence for the first time?
  1.    Ishwari Prasad
  2.    Ramesh Chandra Majumdar
  3.    V.D. Sawarkar
  4.    Tara Chand
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> V.D. Sawarkar
Answer: (c)It was at the beginning of the twentieth century that the 1857 revolt came to be interpreted as a “planned war of national independence”, by V.D. Savarkar in his book, First War of Indian Independence.
Question 144. Arrange the following events of the Indian Revolution of 1857 in their correct chronological order with the help of the codes given below:

  1. Incident of Mangal Pandey at Barrackpur.

  2. Incident of Soldiers at Merrut

  3. Uprising at Jhansi

  4. Uprising at Kanpur


Codes:
  1.    2, 3, 1, 4
  2.    1, 2, 3, 4
  3.    4, 3, 2, 1
  4.    4, 2, 1, 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1, 2, 3, 4
Answer: (b)
Incident of Mangal Pandey at Barrackpur (29 March 1857).
Incident of soldiers of Meerut (10 May 1857).
Uprising at Jhansi (June 1857).
Uprising at Kanpur (5th June 1857).
Question 145. Arrange the following events in correct chronological order and answer the questions on the basis of the codes given below:
  1. Ilbert Bill Controversy
  2. The First Delhi Darbar
  3. The Queen’s Proclamation
  4. First Factory Act
Codes:
  1.    3, 4, 1, 2
  2.    1, 2, 3, 4
  3.    2, 1, 3, 4
  4.    3, 2, 4, 1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 3, 2, 4, 1
Answer: (d)The Queen’s proclamation announced in 1858. The first Delhi Durbar was organised in 1877. First Factory Act passed in 1881. The Ilbert Bill had unleashed a vitriolic controversy in 1884.
Question 146. Which of the following were the demands of Moderates from 1885 – 1905?
  1. Expansion of Legislative councils
  2. More education facilities for women
  3. Reduction in military expenditure
  4. Reduction of land revenue
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1.    3 and 4 only
  2.    1, 3 and 4 only
  3.    1, 2 and 3 only
  4.    1 and 4 only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1, 3 and 4 only
Answer: (b)The moderates mainly confined their demands to constitutional administrative and socio-economic reforms. These included expansion of legislative council, Indianization of administration, reforms in ICS exams, promotion of modern industries, agricultural reforms etc.
Question 147. Match the following List-I List-II
List-I
List-II
(a) Amrita Bazaar Patrika
(i) Barindra Kumar Ghosh
(b) The Tribune
(ii) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Rast Goftar
(iii) Dyal Singh Majithia
(d) Yugantar  
(iv) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Codes: A B C D
  1.    iv iii ii i
  2.    i iii ii iv
  3.    i ii iii iv
  4.    iv ii iii i
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> iv iii ii i
Answer: (a)
Amrita Bazaar Patrika began publishing in Bengali but became an English paper in 1878.
Yugantar was founded by Barindra Kumar Ghosh and Bhupendranath Dutta.
Rast Goftar was aimed mainly for social reforms among Parsis.
Question 148. The conspiracy to divide Bengal was aimed at
  1.    To bring Hindu in minority in the new state
  2.    To weaken the National Freedom Movement
  3.    To break the Hindu-Muslim Unity
  4.    All of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
Answer: (d)All the above given aspects were aimed at the conspiracy to divide Bengal.
Question 149. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
 
List-I (Association)
List-II (Founder)
A. Indian Association
1. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. East India Association 
2. Surendranath Banerjee
C. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
3. A.O. Hume
D. Indian National Congress
4. M.G. Ranade 
Codes: A B C D
  1.    2 1 4 3
  2.    1 2 3 4
  3.    2 1 3 4
  4.    1 2 4 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 2 1 4 3
Answer: (a)
“Indian Association” was founded by S.N. Banerjee.
“East India Association” was founded by Dadabhai Naoroji.
“Poona Sarvajanik Sabha” was founded by M.G. Ranade.
“Indian National Congress” was founded by A.O. Hume.
Question 150. Siddhu was associated with
  1.    Munda Rebellion
  2.    Santhal Rebellion
  3.    Sanyasi Rebellion
  4.    Kol Rebellion
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Santhal Rebellion
Answer: (b)The Santhals under Siddhu and Kanhu rose up against their oppressors, declared the end of the company’srule and asserted themselvesindependent in 1854.

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