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

Answer: (c)

Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah of Faizabad was an outstanding leader of the revolt. He was a native of Madras and had moved to Faizabad in the north where he fought a stiff battle against the British troops.

Answer: (d)

Dayanand Saraswati was called the ‘Martin Luther of Hinduism’. Dayanand’s vision of India included a classless and casteless society, a united India and an India free from foreign rule, withAryan religion being the common religion of all.

Answer: (d)

The early nationalists, led by Dadabhai Naoroji, R.C. Dutt, Dinshaw ;Wacha and others, carefully, analysed the political economy of British rule in India, and put forward the “Drain Theory” to explain British exploitation of India.

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: (a)

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

Answer: (b)

Dayanand’s views were published in hisfamous work, Satyarth Prakash. Dayanand’s vision of India included a classless and casteless society.