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

Answer: (c)

A Parsi social reformer Behramji M. Malabari, founded the Seva Sadan in 1885. The organisation specialised in taking care of those women who were exploited and then discarded by society.

Answer: (a)

During the 1916 Congress session at Lucknow, two major events occurred. The divided Congress became united. An understanding for joint action against the British wasreached between the Congress and the Muslim League and it was called the Lucknow Pact. The signing of the Lucknow Pact by the Congress and the Muslim League in 1916 marked an important step in the Hindu-Muslim unity.

Answer: (b)

Dadabhai Naoroji produced the statistical estimate of average per capita income of India for the first time. Drain Theory is attributed to Naoroji because of his decision to estimate the net national profit of India and the effect that colonization has on the country.

Answer: (c)

The ideology and the publications of the Ghadar movement were strongly secular in tone. The Ghadar Party was an organization founded by Punjabi Indians, in the United States and Canada with the aim to liberate India from British rule. Key members included Lala Hardayal, Sohan Singh Bhakna, Kartar Singh Sarabha, and Rashbehari Bose.

Answer: (a)

Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur participated in the revolt of 1857 after Delhi was captured by the British. Begum Hazrat Mahal, who provided great strategic leadership to the revolt, fled to Nepal after the revolt’s failure.