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Question 151. The number of delegates who attended the first session of the Indian National Congress, held in Bombay in 1885, was
  1.    556
  2.    72
  3.    304
  4.    1500
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 72
Answer: (b)
The Indian National Congress wasfounded and its first session was held at Bombay in 1885. W.C. Banerjee wasits first president. It was attended by 72 delegates from all over India. Persons attending the session belonged to different religious faiths.
They discussed the problems of all the Indiansirrespective of their religion, caste, language and regions.
Question 152. Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?
  1. The moderates and the extremists joined hand against partition of Bengal and launched Swadeshi Movement
  2. The 1906 congress session declared Dominion status to be the political goal of congress.
Select the answer from the codes given below:
  1.    1 only
  2.    2 only
  3.    1 and 2 both
  4.    None
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 2 only
Answer: (b)It was clear that the motive behind the partition of Bengal was to divide the people on the basis of religion. The extremists wanted to launch a pan-India movement against this but moderates were not supporting it. Extremists were in the forefront of the movement.
Question 153. ‘AbhinavBharat’asecretsocietyofrevolutionaries was organised in 1904 by
  1.    Rash Bihari Bose
  2.    Aurobindo Ghosh
  3.    Bipin Chandra Pal
  4.    V.D.Savarkar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> V.D.Savarkar
Answer: (d)‘Abhinav Bharat’ a secret society of revolutionaries was organised in 1904 by V.D. Savarkar. Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1904. Initially founded at Nasik while still a student of Fergusson College at Pune, the society developed from an organisation called Mitra Mela.
Question 154. Who influenced Mahadev Govind Ranade to establish Prathana Samaj in Bombay?
  1.    Keshav Chandra Sen
  2.    Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  3.    Devendra Nath Tagore
  4.    Tek Chand Mitra
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Keshav Chandra Sen
Answer: (a)Keshav Chandra Sen influenced Mahadev Govind Ranade to establish Prarthana Samaj.
Question 155. Match the names of authors with their books and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
 
List-I (Author)
List-II (Book)
A. S.N. Banerjee
1. A Nation in Making
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Gita Rahasya
C. Balgangadhar Tilak
3. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
D. Bankimchandra
4. Anandmath
Codes: A B C D
  1.    4 3 2 1
  2.    1 2 3 4
  3.    1 3 2 4
  4.    1 2 4 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 3 2 4
Answer: (c)
S.N. Banerjee authored the book ‘A Nation in Making’.
D.B. Naoroji authored the book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak authored the book ‘Gita Rahasya’.
Bankimchandra had written the book ‘Anand Math’.
Question 156. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A):
First war of independence broke out in India in 1857, soon after the departure of Lord Dalhousie from India.
Reason (R):
Lord Dalhousie’s annextionist policy had caused great discontent.
  1.    A is true, but R is false.
  2.    Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A.
  3.    Both A and R are true, but R is not correct explanation of A.
  4.    A is false, but R is true.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A.
Answer: (b)
Both the given statements are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Question 157. The capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in
  1.    1912
  2.    1910
  3.    1911
  4.    1913
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1912
Answer: (a)In 1911, when King George V was crowned in England, a Durbar was held in Delhi to celebrate the occasion. The decision to shift the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi was announced at this Durbar.
Question 158. Which one among the following was not a demand of the Prarthana Samaj?
  1.    Raising the age of marriage for boys and girls
  2.    Women education
  3.    Widow remarriage
  4.    Abolition of untouchability
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Abolition of untouchability
Answer: (d)
There was a four-pointsocial agenda propagated by Prarthana Samaj.
Disapproval of caste system
Women’s education
Widow remarriage
Raising the age of marriage for both males and females
Question 159. KingGeorgeVvisitedIndiaduringtheviceroyship of
  1.    Lord Ripon
  2.    Lord Hardinge
  3.    Lord Mayo
  4.    Lord Curzon
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Lord Hardinge
Answer: (b)King George V visited India during the viceroyship of Lord Hardinge.
Question 160. Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct? The main aim(s) of the Muslim League was / were :
  1. To promote anti-British sentiments among Muslim youth.
  2. To protect the political and other rights of the Indian Muslims
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 B. -> 2 only
Answer: (b)The Muslim League aimed to promote among Indian Muslims feelings of loyalty towards the British Government and to place their needs and aspirations before the government. It played into the hands of the British who announced that they would protect special interests of the Muslims.

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