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

Answer: (b)

The Indian National Congress wasfounded and its first session was held at Bombay in 1885. W.C. Banerjee wasits first president. It was attended by 72 delegates from all over India. Persons attending the session belonged to different religious faiths.

They discussed the problems of all the Indiansirrespective of their religion, caste, language and regions.

Answer: (c)

• S.N. Banerjee authored the book ‘A Nation in Making’.
• D.B. Naoroji authored the book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak authored the book ‘Gita Rahasya’.
• Bankimchandra had written the book ‘Anand Math’.

Answer: (a)

Keshav Chandra Sen influenced Mahadev Govind Ranade to establish Prarthana Samaj.

Answer: (d)

‘Abhinav Bharat’ a secret society of revolutionaries was organised in 1904 by V.D. Savarkar. Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1904. Initially founded at Nasik while still a student of Fergusson College at Pune, the society developed from an organisation called Mitra Mela.

Answer: (b)

It was clear that the motive behind the partition of Bengal was to divide the people on the basis of religion. The extremists wanted to launch a pan-India movement against this but moderates were not supporting it. Extremists were in the forefront of the movement.