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Question 81. Who was the founder of Seva Sadan in Bombay?
  1.    R.G. Bhandarkar
  2.    Shiva Narayan Agnihotri
  3.    Baharamji Malabari
  4.    B.K. Jayakar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Baharamji Malabari
Answer: (c)A Parsi social reformer Behramji M. Malabari, founded the Seva Sadan in 1885. The organisation specialised in taking care of those women who were exploited and then discarded by society.
Question 82. Consider the following statements in regard to the Ghadar Movement:
  1. Only Hindu and Sikh communities participated in the movement.
  2. The ideology and the publications of the movement were strongly secular in tone.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
  1.    Both 1 and 2
  2.    1 only
  3.    2 only
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2 only
Answer: (c)The ideology and the publications of the Ghadar movement were strongly secular in tone. The Ghadar Party was an organization founded by Punjabi Indians, in the United States and Canada with the aim to liberate India from British rule. Key members included Lala Hardayal, Sohan Singh Bhakna, Kartar Singh Sarabha, and Rashbehari Bose.
Question 83. The famous Lucknow Pact was signed between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League in
  1.    1916
  2.    1912
  3.    1914
  4.    1918
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1916
Answer: (a)During the 1916 Congress session at Lucknow, two major events occurred. The divided Congress became united. An understanding for joint action against the British wasreached between the Congress and the Muslim League and it was called the Lucknow Pact. The signing of the Lucknow Pact by the Congress and the Muslim League in 1916 marked an important step in the Hindu-Muslim unity.
Question 84. Who produced for the first time statistical estimate of average per capita income of India?
  1.    Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  2.    Dadabhai Naoroji
  3.    Ramesh Chandra Dutta
  4.    Pherozshah Mehta
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: (b)Dadabhai Naoroji produced the statistical estimate of average per capita income of India for the first time. Drain Theory is attributed to Naoroji because of his decision to estimate the net national profit of India and the effect that colonization has on the country.
Question 85. Consider the following statements:
  1. Babu Veer Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur participated in the revolt of 1857 after Delhi was captured by the British.
  2. Begum Hazrat Mahal, who provided great strategic leadership to the rebels during the revolt of 1857, fled to Nepal after the revolts failure.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    Both 1 and 2
  2.    1 only
  3.    2 only
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (a)Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur participated in the revolt of 1857 after Delhi was captured by the British. Begum Hazrat Mahal, who provided great strategic leadership to the revolt, fled to Nepal after the revolt’s failure.
Question 86. Consider the following statements:
  1. The term election was mentioned in the Act of 1892.
  2. Elections to councils in India started from the Act of 1892.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    Both l and 2
  2.    1 only
  3.    2 only
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2 only
Answer: (c)Elections to councils in India started from the Act of 1892. Indian Councils Act 1892 was the beginning of the parliamentary System in India. Before this act was passed, the Indian National Congress had adopted some resolutions in its sessions in 1885 and 1889 and put its demand.
Question 87. Which of the following reasons for the emergence of revolutionary terrorism in India, after the split in the Indian National Congress in 1907?
  1. The British Indian government took an arrogant and repressive step against the national movements.
  2. The extremist national leaders failed to give a positive lead to the people.
  3. The revolutionists succeeded to develop a well-planned system to struggle against the British rule.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:Codes:
  1.    1 and 3 only
  2.    1 only
  3.    1 and 2 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 and 2 only
Answer: (c)After the split in the Indian National Congress in 1907, the British Indian government took an arrogant and repressive step against the national movement. The extremist national leaders failed to give a positive lead to the people.
Question 88. The system ofseparate electorates wasintroduced by the Act of
  1.    1895
  2.    1813
  3.    1835
  4.    1909
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1909
Answer: (d)The system of separate electorates was introduced by theAct of 1909. Indian CouncilAct of 1909, popularly known as Morley-Minto reforms was the first true attempt at introducing a representative and popular element in India. The seats of the Councils were to be filled in by elections. The Act provided for separate or special electorates for due representation of the different communities, classes and interests.
Question 89. Who was the first Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Calcutta?
  1.    Lemaistre
  2.    Hyde
  3.    Elijah Impey
  4.    Monson
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Elijah Impey
Answer: (c)Elijah Impey was the first chief justice of Supreme Court of Calcutta.
Question 90. Shyamji Krishna Verma established Indian Home rule society in
  1.    Berlin
  2.    London
  3.    Paris
  4.    San Francisco
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> London
Answer: (b)Shyamji Krishna Verma established Indian Home rule society in London. The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) was an Indian organisation founded in London in 1905 that sought to promote the cause of self-rule in British India. The organisation was founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma, with support from a number of prominent Indian nationalists in Britain at the time, including Bhikaji Cama, Dadabhai Naoroji and S.R. Rana.

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