indian freedom struggle I (1857–1917) MCQs set 5 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, who left the Deccan Education Society to form this association.

Along with him were a small group of educated Indians, as Natesh Appaji Dravid, Gopal Krishna Deodhar, and Anant Patwardhan who wanted to promote social and human development and overthrow the British rule in India.

Answer: (b)

The first official history of Indian National Congress was written by Pattabhi Sitarammaya.

Answer: (c)

Dayanand Saraswati gave the slogan “Back to the Vedas”. He took inspiration from the Vedas and considered them to be “India’s Rock of Ages”, the infallible and the true original seed of Hinduism.

Answer: (c)

Lord Curzon is best known for the partition of Bengal in 1905. The partition of Bengal into two provinces was effected on 4 July 1905. The new province of Eastern Bengal and Assam included the whole of Assam and the Dacca, Rajshahi, and Chittagong divisions of Bengal with headquarters at Dacca.

Though Curzon justified his action on administrative lines, partition divided the Hindus and Muslims in Bengal.

Answer: (d)

Dadabhai Naoroji was known as the ‘Grand old Man of India’. He is regarded as India’s unofficial Ambassador in England. He was the first Indian to become a member of the British House of Commons.