Q. Name the militant nationalist who had a leading role in propagating the Swadeshi sentiments to the rest of the country. (a) Aurobindo Ghosh (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Ans: (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q. Indian National Movement was influenced by-in the early twentieth century (a) Boer War, 1899 (b) The Russian Revolution, 1917 (c) The Russian-Japanese War, 1904-5 (d) The outbreak of the First World War, 1914. Ans: (c) The Russian-Japanese War, 1904-5

Q. What was the charge against Bal Gangadhar Tilak for which he was sentenced to six years’ transportation in July 1908? (a) For being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism (b) For inciting violence during the Surat session of the INC. (c) For seditious writings in his paper Kesari ...

Q. The Morley-Minto Reforms which were passed in 1909. (a) Established a constitution-making body (b) Enlarged the central and the provincial legislative councils (c) Made the Executive Council of the Governor- General purely English in composition (d) Decreased the number of the ...

Q. Why did the Europeans in India start a vigorous movement for the repeal of the Ilbert Bill? (a) For excluding Indians form Viceroy’s council. (b) They wanted to be exempted from the jurisdiction of Indian Judges and magistrates. (c) For monopolizing the higher judicial posts for ...

Q. Which of the following was not one of the factors responsible for the wide acceptance of the cult of extremism? (a) The terrible famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1901 followed by bubonic plague took a very heavy toll of life and the people attributed the ‘phenomenon of ever-recurring famines to ...

Q. Identify the most important of the early secret societies of terrorist youth set-up (a) Brati Samiti (b) Anushilan Samiti (c) Suhrid Samiti (d) Swadesh – Bhandhava Samiti Ans: (b) Anushilan Samiti Explanation: The most important of the early secret societies of terrorist youth ...

Q. Which of the following was not one of the causes for the rise of Extremism in the Congress? (a) The Indian Council Act, 1892 did not satisfy the aspirations of Congressmen and it was felt that the policy of appeals and prayers had brought no results. (b) There was widespread resentment ...

Q. What was the real objective of the partition of Bengal? (a) Create division among the ranks of Indian nationalists. (b) Stop the tide of nationalism in Bengal. (c) Build up separate administrative units for better efficiency of administration. (d) Appease the large majority of ...

Q. Find out the wrongly stated after effects of the Swadeshi movement. (a) A market for Indian goods in abroad was built up. (b) Nationalist poetry, prose and journalism flourished. (c) Indian industries were given a fillip. (d) Indian educational institutions were set-up to impart ...