Q. The swadeshi movement started in India during (a) the Champaran satyagraha of Gandhi (b) the anti-Bengal partition agitation (c) the protest against the Rowlatt Act (d) the Non-Co-operation movement in 1919–22. Ans: (b) the anti-Bengal partition agitation Explanation: The ...

Q. To counter unfavourable articles on India in the British Press and to supply authentic information a journal was started in 1890. Name it. (a) Dawn (b) News Chronicle (c) India (d) Wheel of History Ans: (c) India

Q. Who among the early nationalists worked to mobilise public opinion in favour of Indian National movement in England? (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) D E Wacha Ans: (c) Dadabhai Naoroji Explanation: The correct answer is (c) Dadabhai ...

Q. One of the acts of Government that gave the nationalist movement final push to set up an organisation such as the Indian National Congress was: (a) The Vernacular Press Act (b) The Arms Act (c) The Ilbert Bill (d) Lowering the age for Indian Civil Service Examination Ans: (c) The ...

Q. Indian National Congress refused to take up social questions in its sessions till (a) 1929 (b) 1905 (c) 1907 (d) 1919 Ans: (c) 1907

Q. Some of the regional bases of militant nationalism during 1907–19 are given below. Find the odd one out. (a) Bengal (b) Punjab (c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra Ans: (c) Gujarat

Q. In 1890 the first woman graduate of Calcutta University addressed the Congress session. Who was she? (a) Kadambini Ganguly (b) Pandita Rama Bai (c) Malvika Mukerjee (d) None of the above Ans: (a) Kadambini Ganguly Explanation: The first woman graduate of Calcutta University ...

Q. The most important pre-Congress nationalist organisation was the Indian Association of Calcutta which was founded by S N Banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose in (a) 1875 (b) 1876 (c) 1879 (d) 1880 Ans: (b) 1876

Q. Which of the following forms of struggle thrown up during the course of the Swadeshi movement met with the greatest of success? (a) Boycott of the government educational institutions (b) Development of Swadeshi industries (c) Disobeying of unjust laws (d) Boycott of foreign goods ...

Q. Who did not belong to what was popularly was known as the Bombay Triumvirate’? (a) B G Tilak (b) Ferozshah Mehta (c) K T Telang (d) Badruddin Tyabji Ans: (c) K T Telang

Q. Some of the well known nationalists and the organizations that they associated with were as follows: 1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak : Bombay Association 2. Mary Carpenter : National Indian Association 3. Surendranath Bannerji : Indian National Conference 4. Anand Mohan Bose : Indian Society ...

Q. ‘The sleeping giant of Asia has woken up and no power on earth can stop him now’. Who said it and for whom? (a) Lenin, for the textile workers who came out on the streets in protest against Tilak’s transportation in July, 1908. (b) M K Gandhi, for the poor peasants when they participated ...