indian freedom struggle I (1857–1917) MCQs set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation of the Indian National Congress.

Answer: (b)

In 1867, Dadabhai Naoroji put forward the famous‘Drain Theory’. In 1896, in its annualsession held at Calcutta, the Indian National Congress adopted the Drain Theory by proclaiming that the famines in the country and poverty of the people had been brought on by the drain of wealth from the country.

Answer: (c)

The Rahnumai Mardyasan Sabha was founded in 1851 by a group of English educated Parsisfor the “regeneration of the social conditions of the Parsis and the restoration of the Zoroastrian religion to its pristine purity”.

Answer: (a)

In 1911, when King George V was crowned in England, a Durbar was held in Delhi to celebrate the occasion. The decision to shift the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi was announced at this Durbar.

Answer: (d)

There was a four-pointsocial agenda propagated by Prarthana Samaj.

1. Disapproval of caste system
2. Women’s education
3. Widow remarriage
4. Raising the age of marriage for both males and females

Answer: (b)

The Muslim League aimed to promote among Indian Muslims feelings of loyalty towards the British Government and to place their needs and aspirations before the government. It played into the hands of the British who announced that they would protect special interests of the Muslims.