Indian Freedom Struggle I (1857 – 1917) Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

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)

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: (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.