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

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: (b)

Hindustan Republican Association was founded by Chandrashekhar Azad, Sachin Sanyal and others, Bhagat Singh joined it later. On his suggestion, the name of the organisation was changed to Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. Naujawan Bharat Sabha played a major role in arousing spirit of patriotism.

Answer: (a)

The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the tenure of LordCurzon on 18, March 1904.

It is expedient to provide for the preservation of ancient monuments, for the exercise of control over traffic in antiquities and over-excavation in certain places, and for the protection and acquisition in certain cases of ancient monuments and of objects of archaeological, historical or artistic interest.

The act preserves and restores ancient Indian monuments by the Archaeological Survey of 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.