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

Answer: (b)

The Revolt of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company’s army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut.

The Merrut 1857 uprising was described by Dr. Surendra Nath Sen “Like summer gale revolt of Meerut was unprecedented and shortlived”.In 1956, the Indian government commissioned him to write a history of the Indian popular uprising of 1857–59; the work, entitled Eighteen Fifty-seven, was published in 1957.

Answer: (c)

W. Wedderburn was the biographer of A.O. Hume.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

In Haridwar, the Hindu Mahasabha was for the first time, organized in 1915. Hindu Mahasabha was founded in 1915 by Madan Mohan Malviya. It worked with Arya Samaj and other Hindu communal organizations.

It was directly linked with Rashtriya Swam Sevak Sangh founded in 1925 at Nagpur by K.B. Hegewar. The first All India Hindu Mahasabha Conference was organized at Hardwar in 1915. The Sabha became more aggressive after 1929 and started propagating Hindu Rashtra which was totally different from Gandhiji’s Ram Rajya.

Answer: (b)

1. Partition of Bengal announced in 1905.
2. Foundation of Muslim League took place in 1906.
3. The Surat split came into effect in 1907.