indian freedom struggle I (1857–1917) MCQs set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

BalGangadharTilakbrought aboutacompromise between Muslim league and Congress in 1916. Two Home Rule Leagues were established, one by B.G. Tilak at Poona in April 1916 and the other by Mrs. Annie Besant at Madrasin September 1916. The two leagues cooperated with each other as well with the Congress and the Muslim League in putting their demand for home rule.

Answer: (c)

In Lucknow pact, the Congress accepted the separate electorate for Muslims. Sarojini Naidu gave Jinnah the title of the ‘Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity. Montague, the secretary of State for Indian affairs said that more representation would be given to Indians which would gradually result in transfer of all powers. This was the result of exhibition of Hindu-Muslim unity.

Answer: (d)

When Bengal was partitioned, it sparked an outburst of public anger against the British. The anger led to civil unrest and a nationalist campaign was carried out by groups of revolutionaries, led by Aurobindo Ghosh, Rasbihari Bose, and Bagha Jatin, and organized into groups like Yugantar.

The British cracked down hard on the activists and the conflict came to a head-on on April 30, 1908, when Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki attempted to kill Magistrate Kingsford. Aurobindo Ghosh was also arrested on charges of planning and overseeing the attack and imprisoned in solitary confinement in Alipore Jail.

The trial continued for a year (1908–1909), and Bose was found guilty and later hanged. Aurobindo Ghosh, however, was defended by the young lawyer Chittaranjan Das, who concluded his defense.

Answer: (b)

The official historian of the movement of 1857 was S.N. Sen.

Answer: (b)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak used religious or Hiodoxy as a method of mass contact through his alignment against reformers on the age of Consent Bill in 1891 followed by the organisation of the Ganapati festival from 1894 and the development of a patriotic-cumhistorical culture as a central symbol of nationalism, through the Shivaji festivals form 1896 onwards.

Answer: (d)

Indian Association became the centre of the leading representatives of the educated community of Bengal. The Indian Association objected the reduction of maximum age for appearing in Indian Civil Service Exam from 21 years to 19 years.