Q. Which of the following statements about the Ghadar Party is true? (a) The Ghadar party had a well-worked out socialist programme and an organised structure. (b) Ghadarites had the support of their home governments in Vancouver and California. (c) The Ghadarites were opposed to the ...

Q. Lala Hardyal of the Ghadar movement cannot be said to have (a) imparted to the movement an egalitarian ideology (b) created a truly international outlook among the Ghadar revolutionaries (c) established a proof of the so-called martial traditions of the Sikhs (d) become a ...

Q. The Headquarters of the Ghadar party was at (a) Moscow (b) Berlin (c) San Francisco (d) Karachi Ans: (c) San Francisco Explanation: The correct answer is (c) San Francisco. The headquarters of the Ghadar party, also known as the Ghadar Movement, was located in San ...

Q. Which one of the following songs was so dear to Gandhi that he wrote. ‘That one song is enough to sustain me even if I were to forget the Bhagwad Gita’? (a) Jana Gana Man Adhinayak . . . (b) Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram . . . (c) Vaishnava Jana to Tene Kahiye . . . (d) Ishwar Allah ...

Q. The first common forum for all trade union workers in India was the (a) Kamgar Hitvardhak Sabha (b) Madras Labour Union (c) Madras Labour Union (d) All-India Workers’ and Peasants’ Party Ans: (c) Madras Labour Union

Q. Who is regarded as India’s first labour leader much before the beginning of the trade union movement? (a) Sorabjee Shapoorjee Bengalee (b) Narayan Meghjee Lokhanday (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) B P Wadia Ans: (b) Narayan Meghjee Lokhanday

Q. Who coined the term ‘discriminating protection’ while appearing before the Indian Fiscal Commission? (a) Lala Harkishanlal (b) C R Das (c) Motilal Nehru (d) Rajendra Prasad Ans: (a) Lala Harkishanlal Explanation: The term "discriminating protection" was coined by Lala ...

Q. Which famine in colonial India was attributed to man-made causes? (a) Famine of 1868–70 (b) Bengal Famine of 1943  (c) Famine of 1876–78 (d) Famine of 1896–97 Ans: (b) Bengal Famine of 1943 Explanation: The correct answer is (b) Bengal Famine of 1943. The Bengal Famine ...

Q. Which of the following is not a feature of Gandhi’s idea of Nationalism? (a) Sympathetic attitude (b) Toleration (c) Spiritualism or Spirituality (d) Non-persuasive and Non-Compromising Ans: (d) Non-persuasive and Non-Compromising  

Q. Who made the following observation about Gandhi “Generation to come, it may be, will scarcely believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth”. (a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Lord Mountbatten (c) CF Andrews (d) Prof. Einstein Ans: (c) CF Andrews

Q. Which Indian capitalist was closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi? (a) JRD Tata (b) GD Birla (c) Godrej (d) AD Shroff Ans: (b) GD Birla Explanation: The correct answer is (b) GD Birla. Ghanshyam Das Birla, also known as GD Birla, was a prominent Indian industrialist and ...

Q. Many of Gandhi’s ideas and activities owed something to a literary source/person. Carefully examine the statements: 1. Mustafa Kamal Pasha and Mazzini: Indian Opinion 2. Leo Tolstoy’s work: Satyagraha 3. John Ruskin’s ‘Unto this last’: Phoenix settlement 4. Henry David Thoreau: ...