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MODERN INDIAN HISTORY AND FREEDOM STRUGGLE MCQs
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Answer: Option A. -> Establishment of All India Muslim League
AHSAN MANZIL WAS THE OFFICIAL RESIDENT AND SEAT OF THE NAWAB OF DHAKA. IT IS LOCATED ALONG THE BANKS OF THE BURIGANGA RIVER IN DHAKA. THE CONFERENCE OF 1906 WAS HELD IN THIS PLACE WHERE THE FOUNDATION OF THE MUSLIM LEAGUE WAS LAID.
AHSAN MANZIL WAS THE OFFICIAL RESIDENT AND SEAT OF THE NAWAB OF DHAKA. IT IS LOCATED ALONG THE BANKS OF THE BURIGANGA RIVER IN DHAKA. THE CONFERENCE OF 1906 WAS HELD IN THIS PLACE WHERE THE FOUNDATION OF THE MUSLIM LEAGUE WAS LAID.
Answer: Option A. -> Home Rule Movement
THE NAME OF TILAK BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME DURING HOMERULE MOVEMENT AND THIS LET HIM EARN THE EPITHET LOKMANYA. HOME RULE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM IRELAND.THE TWO HOME RULE LEAGUE WERE SET UP IN APRIL 1916 BY BAL GANGADHAR TILAK AND IN SEPT 1916 BY ANNIE BESANT.THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF HOME RULE LEAGUE WERE:- SELF GOVERNMENT IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. WORK FOR NATIONAL EDUCATION ,SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REFORMS. ABOLITION OF UNTOUCHABILITY.
THE NAME OF TILAK BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME DURING HOMERULE MOVEMENT AND THIS LET HIM EARN THE EPITHET LOKMANYA. HOME RULE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM IRELAND.THE TWO HOME RULE LEAGUE WERE SET UP IN APRIL 1916 BY BAL GANGADHAR TILAK AND IN SEPT 1916 BY ANNIE BESANT.THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF HOME RULE LEAGUE WERE:- SELF GOVERNMENT IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. WORK FOR NATIONAL EDUCATION ,SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REFORMS. ABOLITION OF UNTOUCHABILITY.
Answer: Option A. -> Calcutta
HINDU MELA WAS FOUNDED IN 1867 IN CALCUTTA BY NABAGOPAL MITRA WITH THE ACTIVE SUPPORT FROM THE TAGORE FAMILY. THE HINDU MELA WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHAITRA MELA.IT WAS LARGELY THE PRODUCT OF THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF RAJNARAYAN BASU, DWIJENDRANATH TAGORE, AND NABAGOPAL MITRA.
HINDU MELA WAS FOUNDED IN 1867 IN CALCUTTA BY NABAGOPAL MITRA WITH THE ACTIVE SUPPORT FROM THE TAGORE FAMILY. THE HINDU MELA WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHAITRA MELA.IT WAS LARGELY THE PRODUCT OF THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF RAJNARAYAN BASU, DWIJENDRANATH TAGORE, AND NABAGOPAL MITRA.
Answer: Option C. -> Italy
THE INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY ( AZAD HIND FAUJ) WAS AN ARMED FORCE FORMED BY INDIAN NATIONALISTS IN 1942 IN SOUTHEAST ASIA DURING WORLD WAR II. THE AIM OF THE ARMY WAS TO SECURE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE WITH JAPANESE ASSISTANCE. INITIALLY FORMED IN 1942 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FALL OF SINGAPORE UNDER MOHAN SINGH, THE FIRST INA COLLAPSED IN DECEMBER THAT YEAR BEFORE IT WAS REVIVED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE IN 1943 AND PROCLAIMED THE ARMY OF BOSE’S ARZI HUKUMAT-E-AZAD HIND . THE BATTAGLIONE AZAD HINDOUSTAN (ITALIAN: “FREE INDIA BATTALION”) WAS A FOREIGN LEGION UNIT FORMED IN ITALY IN JULY 1942. IT WAS HEADED BY MOHAMMAD IQBAL SHEDAI.
THE INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY ( AZAD HIND FAUJ) WAS AN ARMED FORCE FORMED BY INDIAN NATIONALISTS IN 1942 IN SOUTHEAST ASIA DURING WORLD WAR II. THE AIM OF THE ARMY WAS TO SECURE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE WITH JAPANESE ASSISTANCE. INITIALLY FORMED IN 1942 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FALL OF SINGAPORE UNDER MOHAN SINGH, THE FIRST INA COLLAPSED IN DECEMBER THAT YEAR BEFORE IT WAS REVIVED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE IN 1943 AND PROCLAIMED THE ARMY OF BOSE’S ARZI HUKUMAT-E-AZAD HIND . THE BATTAGLIONE AZAD HINDOUSTAN (ITALIAN: “FREE INDIA BATTALION”) WAS A FOREIGN LEGION UNIT FORMED IN ITALY IN JULY 1942. IT WAS HEADED BY MOHAMMAD IQBAL SHEDAI.
Answer: Option D. -> Madan Lal Dhingra
MADAN LAL DHINGRA WAS BORN IN THE HOLY CITY OF AMRITSAR, HE WAS AN INDIAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST STUDYING IN ENGLAND AND THERE HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE INDIAN REVOLUTIONATY LEADERS LIKE SHYAMJI KRISHNA VERMA AND VEER DAMODAR SAVARKAR.HE WAS PERHAPS THE FIRST INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTER TO BE EXECUTED ON BRITISH SOIL. HE ASSASSINATED SIR CURZAN WYLLIE, POLITICAL AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA, LORD MORLEY IN LONDON IN 1909. HE WAS HANGED AT PENTONVILLE PRISON, LONDON, ON 17 AUGUST, 1909
MADAN LAL DHINGRA WAS BORN IN THE HOLY CITY OF AMRITSAR, HE WAS AN INDIAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST STUDYING IN ENGLAND AND THERE HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE INDIAN REVOLUTIONATY LEADERS LIKE SHYAMJI KRISHNA VERMA AND VEER DAMODAR SAVARKAR.HE WAS PERHAPS THE FIRST INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTER TO BE EXECUTED ON BRITISH SOIL. HE ASSASSINATED SIR CURZAN WYLLIE, POLITICAL AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA, LORD MORLEY IN LONDON IN 1909. HE WAS HANGED AT PENTONVILLE PRISON, LONDON, ON 17 AUGUST, 1909
Answer: Option C. -> 1617
CAPTAIN WILLIAM HAWKINS VISITED JAHANGIR’S COURT IN 1608 BUT HE FAILED TO SECURE A PERMISSION TO ESTABLISH A FACTORY AT SURAT. THEN THOMAS ROE CAME TO JAHANGIR’S COURT IN 1615. IN THE YEAR 1617, JAHANGIR ISSUED THE CHARTER TO EAST INDIA COMPANY FOR ESTABLISHING THE TRADE ESTABLISHMENTS IN INDIA.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM HAWKINS VISITED JAHANGIR’S COURT IN 1608 BUT HE FAILED TO SECURE A PERMISSION TO ESTABLISH A FACTORY AT SURAT. THEN THOMAS ROE CAME TO JAHANGIR’S COURT IN 1615. IN THE YEAR 1617, JAHANGIR ISSUED THE CHARTER TO EAST INDIA COMPANY FOR ESTABLISHING THE TRADE ESTABLISHMENTS IN INDIA.
Answer: Option C. -> 1992
IN 1992, THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DECIDED TO CONFER BHARAT RATNA TO SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE, BUT IT WAS OPPOSED BY SOME MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY WHO HAD REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE FACT OF HIS DEATH. IN 1997 AS PER THE SUPREME COURT’S VERDICT BOSE’S AWARD WAS CANCELLED. IT IS THE ONLY CASE IN INDIA WHEN THE AWARD WAS ANNOUNCED BUT NOT CONFERRED.
IN 1992, THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DECIDED TO CONFER BHARAT RATNA TO SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE, BUT IT WAS OPPOSED BY SOME MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY WHO HAD REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE FACT OF HIS DEATH. IN 1997 AS PER THE SUPREME COURT’S VERDICT BOSE’S AWARD WAS CANCELLED. IT IS THE ONLY CASE IN INDIA WHEN THE AWARD WAS ANNOUNCED BUT NOT CONFERRED.
Answer: Option B. -> Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
SRI RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHANSA DEV (GADADHAR CHATTOPADHYAYA) WAS AN INDIAN HINDU MYSTIC, SAINT, AND RELIGIOUS LEADER OF BENGAL. HE WAS BORN ON 18 FEBRUARY 1836. HE WAS A PRIEST AT THE DAKSHINESHWAR KALI TEMPLE WHICH WAS BUILD BY RANI RASHMONI IN 1855.
SRI RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHANSA DEV (GADADHAR CHATTOPADHYAYA) WAS AN INDIAN HINDU MYSTIC, SAINT, AND RELIGIOUS LEADER OF BENGAL. HE WAS BORN ON 18 FEBRUARY 1836. HE WAS A PRIEST AT THE DAKSHINESHWAR KALI TEMPLE WHICH WAS BUILD BY RANI RASHMONI IN 1855.
Answer: Option C. -> Only 3
THE FIRST TWO STATEMENTS SHOULD BE REVERSED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY.SINCE THERE WAS A DUAL ADMINISTRATION IN PLACE, IT CLEARLY DEFINED THE RESPECTIVE POSITION OF THE NAWAB AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. THIS LEFT NO CHANCE OF NEAR FUTURE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE TWO.FURTHER, THE DIRECT ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY OF ADMINISTRATION OF ENGLISH COMPANY MIGHT HAVE TO COME IN CONFLICT WITH THE RISING POWER OF THE MARATHAS. THIRD STATEMENT IS CORRECT.THE SYSTEM SEPARATED POWER FROM RESPONSIBILITY. THE ENGLISH GOT THE RIGHT OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE BUT THEY HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION. THE CONDITION OF BENGAL WORSENED ON ACCOUNT OF THE DOUBLE GOVERNMENT. THE FAMINE OF 1770 AND THE EPIDEMIC THAT FOLLOWED ACCOUNTED FOR ONE THIRD OF POPULATION OF BENGAL. THE ENGLISH COMPANY DID NOTHING FOR THE RELIEF OF THE PEOPLE AND REMAINED A SILENT SPECTATOR TO THE APPALLING DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE. THE DUAL SYSTEM WHICH DESERVED ALL POSSIBLE CONDEMNATION WAS FINALLY ABOLISHED BY WARREN HASTINGS IN 1772.
THE FIRST TWO STATEMENTS SHOULD BE REVERSED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY.SINCE THERE WAS A DUAL ADMINISTRATION IN PLACE, IT CLEARLY DEFINED THE RESPECTIVE POSITION OF THE NAWAB AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. THIS LEFT NO CHANCE OF NEAR FUTURE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE TWO.FURTHER, THE DIRECT ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY OF ADMINISTRATION OF ENGLISH COMPANY MIGHT HAVE TO COME IN CONFLICT WITH THE RISING POWER OF THE MARATHAS. THIRD STATEMENT IS CORRECT.THE SYSTEM SEPARATED POWER FROM RESPONSIBILITY. THE ENGLISH GOT THE RIGHT OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE BUT THEY HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION. THE CONDITION OF BENGAL WORSENED ON ACCOUNT OF THE DOUBLE GOVERNMENT. THE FAMINE OF 1770 AND THE EPIDEMIC THAT FOLLOWED ACCOUNTED FOR ONE THIRD OF POPULATION OF BENGAL. THE ENGLISH COMPANY DID NOTHING FOR THE RELIEF OF THE PEOPLE AND REMAINED A SILENT SPECTATOR TO THE APPALLING DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE. THE DUAL SYSTEM WHICH DESERVED ALL POSSIBLE CONDEMNATION WAS FINALLY ABOLISHED BY WARREN HASTINGS IN 1772.
Answer: Option D. -> North west provinces
LAND REVENUE SYSTEM PERMANENT SETTLEMENT INTRODUCED IN BENGAL,BIHAR ,ORISSA AND DISTRICTS OF BENARAS AND NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF MADRAS BY LORRD CORNWALLIS IN 1793. RYOTWARI SYSTEM INTRODUCED IN BOMBAY AND MADRAS . MAHALWARI SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED IN THE NORTH WEST PROVINCES, THE PUNJAB, DELHI, PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIA AND UTTAR PRADESH IN THIS SYSTEM, THE LAND WAS NOT OWNED BY AN INDIVIDUAL BE IT ZAMINDAR OR ANY CULTIVATOR BUT BY A GROUP OF ESTATES OR VILLAGES CALLED MAHAL. THE MAHAL WAS COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE LANDLORD AND REVENUE WAS COLLECTED FROM THE HEAD OF THE MAHAL, ALSO KNOWN AS TALUKDAR
LAND REVENUE SYSTEM PERMANENT SETTLEMENT INTRODUCED IN BENGAL,BIHAR ,ORISSA AND DISTRICTS OF BENARAS AND NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF MADRAS BY LORRD CORNWALLIS IN 1793. RYOTWARI SYSTEM INTRODUCED IN BOMBAY AND MADRAS . MAHALWARI SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED IN THE NORTH WEST PROVINCES, THE PUNJAB, DELHI, PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIA AND UTTAR PRADESH IN THIS SYSTEM, THE LAND WAS NOT OWNED BY AN INDIVIDUAL BE IT ZAMINDAR OR ANY CULTIVATOR BUT BY A GROUP OF ESTATES OR VILLAGES CALLED MAHAL. THE MAHAL WAS COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE LANDLORD AND REVENUE WAS COLLECTED FROM THE HEAD OF THE MAHAL, ALSO KNOWN AS TALUKDAR
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