Indian History Quiz: Day 48

December 24, 2022

With reference to the ‘Achyut S Patwardhan ’, consider the following statements:
1. Founder member of Congress Socialist Party and an active participant in Quit India Movement.
2. He was elected as a MP from Uttar Pradesh in Independent India on the ticket of Indian National congress.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer:-a

Achyut S Patwardhan 1905-1971

• Founder member of Congress Socialist Party and an active participant in Quit India Movement.
• He left politics after independence.

Books

Ideologies and the perspective of social change in India-1971

The communal triangle in India-1942

With reference to the ‘Anand Mohan Bose ’, consider the following statements:
1. Founder member of the Indian Association of Calcutta (1876), Indian National Conference (1883) and Indian National Congress (1885).
2. Presided over the Madras Session of INC (1898).
3. He was also one of the founders of sadharan Brahmo samaj .
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) 1 and 2 only
(D) 1,2 & 3

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Answer:- d

Anand Mohan Bose

Founder member of the Indian Association of Calcutta (1876), Indian National Conference (1883) and Indian National Congress (1885).
Presided over the Madras Session of INC (1898).
He was also one of the founders of sadharan Brahmo samaj

With reference to Acharya Narendra Dev, consider the following statements:
1. He became the President of Patna's Socialist Conference in 1934 and a member of UP Legislation Assembly in 1937.
2. He was appointed as the Principal of Kashi Vidyapeeth in 1925 and also became the Vice-Chancellor of Lucknow and Banaras Universities.
3. He founded the Socialist Party in 1948
Which of the statements given above are correct?

(A) 2 only
(B) 1 and 2only
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer-:-D

Acharya Narendra Dev 1889-1956

He was a scholar, socialist, nationalist and a lawyer by profession.
He gave up his practice and joined Non Co-operation Movement.
He became the President of Patna’s Socialist Conference in 1934 and a member of UP Legislation Assembly in 1937.
He was appointed as the Principal of Kashi Vidyapeeth in 1925 and also became the Vice-Chancellor of Lucknow and Banaras Universities.
He founded the Socialist Party in 1948.

Who said this- “One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives”.

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Bhagat Singh

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Answer:-b

One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives

Subhas Chandra Bose

Who said this-” There is no dream, and if there is,there is only one to see you my children struggling for the same and for which I am expected to be finished”.

(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(C) Ashfaqullah Khan
(D) Allama Iqbal

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Answer:- C

There is no dream, and if there is,there is only one to see you my children struggling for the same and for which I am expected to be finished

Ashfaqulla Khan

Who said "the dreadful responsibility hanging over his head in this world and the next, if… he was to consent to the continuance of this practice (sati) one moment longer."

(A) Lord Ellenborough
(B) Lord Warren Hastings
(C) Lord Macaulay
(D) Lord Bentick

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Answer:-b
suppressing female infanticide and human sacrifice.
Bentinck said that “the dreadful responsibility hanging over his head in this world and the next, if… he was to consent to the continuance of this practice (sati) one moment longer.” Bentinck after consultation with the army and officials passed the Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829.
The challenge came from the Dharma Sabha which appealed in the Privy Council, however the ban on Sati was upheld.

He reduced lawlessness by eliminating thuggee – which had existed for over 450 years – with the aid of his chief captain, William Henry Sleeman.

With reference to the ‘Barindra Kumar Ghosh ’, consider the following statements:
1. He was a revolutionary activist and founder member of the secret organization. Anushilan Samiti, started in Calcutta in 1902.
2. He also helped in launching the weekly, Yugantar.
3. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1906 but was released in 1919, and then he associated himself with The Statesman and Basumati.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 2 only
(B) 1 and 2 only
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer:-d

Barindra Kumar Ghosh 1880-1959

He was a revolutionary activist and founder member of the secret organization. Anushilan Samiti, started in Calcutta in 1902.
He also helped in launching the weekly, Yugantar.

3.He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1906 but was released in 1919, and then he associated himself with The Statesman and Basumati.

With reference to Bhulabhai Desai,consider the following statements:
1. He participated in the Home Rule Movement (1916) and was imprisoned during Civil Disobedience Movement.
2. He represented INC in the Central Legislative Assembly for nine years.
3. He advocated from the prisoners sides during the INA trials
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 1 and 2 only

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Answer:-a

Bhulabhai Desai

He participated in the Home Rule Movement (1916) and was imprisoned during Civil Disobedience Movement.
• He represented INC in the Central Legislative Assembly for nine years.
• He formulated the Desai-Liaqat formula in 1944 for negotiations with the League.
• He advocated from the prisoners sides during the INA trials

Who said this –” when you say that "if reforms do not save the Raj nothing else will“.

(A) Lord Ellenborough
(B) Lord Hastings-ii
(C) Lord Morley
(D) Lord Minto-ii

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Answer;-c

When John Morley as Secretary of State for India wrote to Minto arguing that “Reforms may not save the Raj, but if they don’t, nothing else will”, Minto replied:

…when you say that “if reforms do not save the Raj nothing else will” I am afraid I must utterly disagree.

Who made this statement –” So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.”

(A) Achyut Patwardhan
(B) B.R Ambedkar
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Karl Marx

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Answer:-b

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

B.R. Ambedkar

With reference to the ‘Chhakravarti Rajagopalachari ’, consider the following statements:
1. He was elected as the Chief Minister of Madras in 1937 Elections.
2. He became the Minister of Information, Science & Technology in the country’s first Cabinet.
3. He founded the Swatantra Party in 1959
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 2 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer:-b

With reference to the ‘Dr Zakir Hussain’, which of these statement is not correct.
1. He was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Jamia University at the age of 29 years.
2. In 1937, he participated in the National Conference on Education in Wardha.
3. He was elected to the post of vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University in 1948 and was selected to the executive board of the UNESCO.
4. He served as the 3rd President of Indian Union and was honoured with Bharat Ratna in 1963.
Choose correct code

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 4 only
(D) None

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Answer:- d

With reference to the ‘Dhondo Keshav Karve from Indian history’, consider the following statements:
1. A social reformer and educationalist who worked for the upliftment of women.
2. He founded the Vidhva Vivahottejak Mandali (Society for the promotion of widow remarriage) in 1893 which was named as Vidhwa Vivaha Pratibandh Nivarak Mandali in 1895.
3. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan' in 1959 and ‘Bharat Ratna in 1968.
Which of the vedas given above is/are correctly matched

(A) 1 & 2 only
(B) 2 & 3 only
(C) 1,2 & 3 0nly
(D) All the above

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Answer:-a

Which is an INCORRECTLY match regarding Buddha life and Symbols ?

(A) Birth : Lotus
(B) Great Renunciation : Horse
(C) First Sermon : White Elephant
(D) Death : Stupa

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Answer-c

First Sermon : White Elephant

The first Sermon symbol is Wheel.

With reference to the Raja Ram Mohan Roy, consider the following statements:
1. He opposed the introduction of modern capitalism.
2. He supported the Permanent Settlement system.
3. He was the founder and editor of Sambad Kaumudi.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

(A) 2 only
(B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer-c

Statement 1 is not correct: Raja Ram Mohan Roy wanted the introduction of Modern Capitalism in the country. He wanted his countrymen to accept the rational and scientific approach and the principles of human dignity and social equality of all men and women.

Statement 2 is correct: He demanded that the maximum rents paid by the actual cultivators of land should be permanently fixed, so that they too would enjoy benefits of permanent settlement.

Statement 3 is correct: Sambad Kaumudi was a Bengali weekly newspaper published from Kolkata in the first half of the 19th century by Ram Mohan Roy. It actively campaigned for the abolition of the Sati Pratha.