31.What was the name of the first Vernacular newspaper of India?
[A] Samachar Sandhaya
[B] Samachar Bhumi
[C] Samachar Darpan
[D] Pratham Samachar
Answer: C [Samachar Darpan]
Notes:
Samachar Darpan was the first vernacular newspaper of India which was published on May 31, 1818. It was published by Carey and Marshman from Serampore. It started during the period of Lord Hastings.
32.Which of the following was the leader of Munda Revolt?
[A] Chakra Bisoi
[B] Bir Singh
[C] Birsa Munda
[D] Daji Krishna Pandit
Answer: C [Birsa Munda]
Notes:
Birsa Munda was the leader of Munda Revolt. Munda sardars of the Chotanagpur region were struggling against the intrusion of jagirdars, thikadars and traders.
33.Who among the following invited the princely states to join India “to make laws sitting together as friends than to make treaties as aliens”?
[A] B.V. Patel
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Jawaharlal Nehru
[D] Lord Mountbatten
Answer: A [B.V. Patel]
Notes:
Sardar Patel invited the princely states to join India “to make laws sitting together as friends than to make treaties as aliens”. He ensured the state department would not impose domination over the princely states.
34.Which of the following period is associated with the Second Afghan War?
[A] 1878-80
[B] 1880-82
[C] 1882-84
[D] 1884-86
Answer: A [1878-80]
Notes:
The British undertook a number of expansionist expeditions after 1878, which were opposed by the nationalists. The Second Afghan War took place between 1878 to 80.
35.By which of the below treaties, Afghanistan lost its right to conduct independent foreign policy?
[A] Treaty of Peshawar
[B] Treaty of Gandamak
[C] Treaty of 1857
[D] Treaty of Lahore
Answer: B [ Treaty of Gandamak ]
Notes:
The treaty of 1879 was signed May 26 in Gandamak. It provided that Afghanistan be turned into a state dependent on England. Afghanistan lost its right to conduct independent foreign relations. In effect, the British resident in Kabul acquired control over the country’s internal affairs. The Sibi, Kurram, and Pishin areas passed to the English. The conclusion of this treaty aroused indignation in Afghanistan. The anti-imperialist struggle of the popular masses forced England to renounce control over Afghanistan’s internal affairs and withdraw its troops from Kandahar in 1881, which they had occupied in January 1879.
36.Which revolutionary was charged with Mainpuri Conspiracy in 1919?
[A] Sukhdev Thapar
[B] Ramprasad Bismil
[C] Chandrashekar Azad
[D] Mukundi Lal Gupta
Answer: B [Ramprasad Bismil]
Notes:
Ram Prasad Bismil, through his revolutionary organisation Matrivedi, and Genda Lal Dixit, through his armed youth organisation Shivaji Samiti, mobilised youths in Etawah, Mainpuri, Agra and Shahjahanpur to collect funds for the party through loot of the government treasury in 1918. The whole plan came to be known as the ‘Mainpuri Conspiracy’. The Judiciary Magistrate of Mainpuri held Dixit, Bismil and others as absconders on 1 November 1919.
37.The infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre happened on which festival?
[A] Holi
[B] Baisakhi
[C] Raksha Bandhan
[D] Lohri
Answer: B [Baisakhi]
Notes:
On the Baisakhi religious day of 13 April 1919 a large unarmed crowd of about 10 to 15 thousand gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in a festive, celebratory mood, and to also peacefully protest the arrest of its two leaders, Dr Satyapal and Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew, who had protested against the Rowlatt Acts. Jallianwala Bagh was a large open space enclosed on three sides by high walls and buildings with only one narrow exit. Brigadier General Reginald Dyer, the military commander of Amritsar, surrounded the Bagh with his troops and armoured cars just before the sunset, closed off the exit and then ordered his soldiers to shoot into the crowd with their machine-guns and rifles, without giving the slightest warning to the peaceful crowd to disperse. The trapped crowd had nowhere to run or hide. The massacre toll: 1,200 killed, and 3,600 wounded.
38.In Which year, Bardoli satyagrah took place?
[A] 1925
[B] 1926
[C] 1927
[D] 1928
Answer: D [1928]
Notes:
Due to increase in land revenue by 22 %, the satyagraha was led by Vallabhbhai Patel at Bardoli, Gujarat. Under the leadership of Patel, the Bardoli peasants decided to refuse payments of the revised assessment until the Government appointed an independent tribunal or accepted the current amount as full payment. Those who opposed the movement had to faced a social boycott. The outcome of the satyagraha was British Government setup Maxwell-Broomfield commission, reduced land Revenue to 6.03% and returned confiscated land back to farmers. In this struggle, Vallabhbhai Patel got the title of “Sardar” by local farmers of Bardoli.
39.Who was defeated by Subhash Chandra Bose during his re-election as President of INC at the Tripuri Session in 1939?
[A] J.B.Kriplani
[B] Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
[C] Rajendra Prasad
[D] Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: B [Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya]
Notes:
Subhash Chandra Bose, who had been the Congress President for a year, desired another one-year term at the end of 1938. Subhash felt the German threat to Britain in the Second World War was an opportunity to launch an all-out mass disobedience movement to kick out the British. However, Gandhi didn’t favour a second term for Subhash. Subhash was adamant, and a contest ensued: Subhas vs. Pattabhi Sitaramayya of Andhra PCC. Sitaramayya was backed by Gandhi. Subhash was re-elected by 1580 to 1375 votes on 29 January 1939. However, Subhash faced several issues and resigned in April 1939. He announced formation of the Forward Bloc within the Congress in May 1939. His place as Congress President was taken by Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
40.Mridula Sarabhai was associated with which among the following events?
[A] Salt Satyagraha
[B] Rajkot Satyagraha
[C] Restoration of communal amity and harmony during partition
[D] All of the above
Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
Mridula Sarabhai was daughter of Sarla and Ambalal Sarabhai. Ambalal sarabhai was a famous businessman of Ahemedabad. She took part in Salt Satyagraha of 1930 and Rajkot Satyagraha of 1938. She was also active during the INA Trials. She also took part in the restoration of communal amity and harmony during partition of India.