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

Answer: (d)

The resolution of Swadeshi was adopted in the Calcutta Session, 1906 of the Indian National Congress.

The Swadeshi Movement involved programs like the boycott of government service, courts, schools and colleges and of foreign goods, promotion of Swadeshi goods, promotion of national education through the establishment of national schools and colleges. It was both a political and economic movement.

Answer: (c)

The real name of Tantiya Tope the leader of 1857 was Ram Chandra Pandurang Tope. He was an Indian Maratha leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its more renowned generals. He was a personal adherent of Nana Saheb of Bithur.

Answer: (c)

Dev Samaj was founded by Pandit Shiv Narayan Agnihotri at Lahore in 1887. It was atheistic in belief and served the people by establishing schools and colleges.

Swami Dayanand Saraswati was the founder of the Hindu reform organization

Arya Samaj, which he established on April 7th, 1875 in Bombay, India.

Answer: (a)

Theman who really blazed the trial of extremism in India was Bal Gangadhar Tilak, who has been called the “Father of Indian Unrest” by Valentine Chirol.

Answer: (a)

Indian National Congress was founded by Allan Octavian Hume.

Allan Octavian Hume, a retired civil servant in the British Government took the initiative to form an all-India organization.

Thus, the Indian National Congress was founded and its first session was held at Bombay in 1885. W.C. Banerjee was its first president.

Answer: (d)

Syed Haider Raza had led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi.