Indian History Based on Questions asked in various Exams (Part 22)

211.      Match\r\nthe following

        A. Brahmo Samaj  1.\r\nBombay

        B. Veda Samaj       2.\r\nBengal

        C. Arya Samaj        3.\r\nMadras

        D. Prarthana            4.\r\nNorth

              Samaj                      India

                     A          B          C          D

        (1)        1          3          2          4

        (2)        3          2          4          1

        (3)        2          4          1          3

        (4)        2          3          4          1

(SSC Statistical Investigators Grade-IV Exam. 13.08.2006)

212.      Land\r\nRevenue under Tipu—

        (1) was mainly collected through revenue officers.

        (2) was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by\r\nTipu

        (3) was collected by intermediaries

        (4) was not allowed to go into the hands of Sultan

(SSC Statistical Investigators Grade-IV Exam. 13.08.2006)

213.      Who was\r\nthe advocate at the famous INA Trials?

        (1) Bhulabhai Desai

        (2) AsafAli

        (3) Subhash Chandra Bose

        (4) C. Rajagopalachari

(SSC Statistical Investigators

Grade-IV Exam. 18.08.2006)

214.      Which\r\nyear did Bankim Chandra Chatopadhyay write Anandmalh? (1) 1858       (2) 1892

        (3) 1882              (4)\r\nNone of these

(SSC Statistical Investigators

Grade-IV Exam. 13.08.2006)

215.      The\r\nGovernor-General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India\r\nwas—

        (1) LordCurzon

        (2) Lord Macaulay

        (3) Lord Bentinck

        (4) Lord Hastings

(SSC Statistical Investigators Grade-IV Exam. 13.08.2006)

216.      Who\r\namong the following visited Gandhiji in South Africa ?

        (1) B. G. Tilak

        (2) Vallabhbhai Patel

        (3) G.K. Gokhale

        (4) J.L. Nehru

(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Exam. 03.09.2006)

217.      In\r\nwhich year Salt Satyagraha took place ?

        (1) 1929              (2)\r\n1930

        (3) 1931              (4)  1932

(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Exam. 03.09.2006)

218.      Through\r\nwhich Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence ?

        (1) Macaulay’s Minute

        (2) Hunter Commission

        (3) Charter Act

        (4) Wood’s Despatch

(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Exam. 03.09.2006)

219.      Cabinet\r\nMission came to India in the year

        (1) 1946              (2)\r\n1945

        (3) 1942              (4)  1940

(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Exam. 03.09.2006)

220.      Buddhism\r\nmade an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold.\r\nThey were

        (1) Merchants and Priests

        (2) Moneylenders and Slaves

        (3) Warriors and Traders

        (4) Women and Sudras

(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Exam. 03.09.2006)

211. (4) The\r\nBrahmo Sam was conceived at Kolkata in 1830 by Devendranaih Tagore and Ram\r\nMohan Roy as reformation of the prevailing Brahmanism of the time (specifically\r\nKulin practices) and began the Bengal Renaissance of the 19th century. The Veda\r\nSamaj was an extremely important social reform in the Southern India\r\nestablished in Madras in the year 1864. Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement\r\nfounded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875 and its area of activity was mainly\r\nnorthern India. Prarthna Samaj, or “Prayer Society” in Sanskrit, was a movement\r\nfor religious and social reform in Maharashtra based on earlier reform\r\nmovements and traditions of Maharashtra. It started in Bombay and was inspired\r\nby the Brahmo Samaj.

212. (2) Tipu\r\nSultan while managing his land revenue system introduced the system of\r\ncollecting the rent in cash. Farming out the land was abolished and the state\r\nundertook the task of collecting the tax directly from the peasants. State\r\nofficers were strictly instructed not to harass the ryots (peasants or\r\ncultivators of the soil). They were not to interfere in their daily affairs\r\nexcept at the time of collecting taxes when they should adopt peaceful methods\r\nof collection.

213. (1)\r\nBhulabhai Desai was an Indian freedom fighter and acclaimed lawyer. He is\r\nwell-remembered for his defense of the three Indian National Army soldiers\r\naccused of treason during World War II, and for attempting to negotiate a\r\nsecret power-sharing agreement with Liaquat Ali Khan of the Muslim League. When\r\nthree captured Indian National Army (INA) officers, Shahnawaz Khan, Prem Kumar\r\nSahgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon were put on trial for treason, the Congress\r\nformed a Defence committee composed of 17 advocates including Bhulabhai Desai.\r\nThe court-martial hearing began in October 1945 at the Red Fort. Bhulabhai was\r\nthe leading counsel for the defense.

214. (3)\r\nAnandamath (The Abbey of Bliss) is a Bengali novel, written by Bankim Chandra\r\nChatterji and published in 1882. Set in the background of the Sanyasi Rebellion\r\nin the late 18th century, it is considered one of the most important novels in\r\nthe history of Bengali and Indian literature. Its importance is heightened by\r\nthe fact that it became synonymous with the struggle for Indian independence\r\nfrom the British Empire. The national song of India, Vande Mataram was first\r\npublished in this novel.

215. (3) English\r\neducation was officially introduced in India in 1835 b’y Governor-General\r\nWilliam Bentinck. The English Education Act was a legislative Act of the\r\nCouncil of India in 1835 giving effect to a decision in 1835 by William\r\nBentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, the then Governor-General of British India to\r\nreallocate funds the East India Company was required by the British Parliament\r\nto spend on education and literature in India.

216. (3) Gokhale\r\nwas famously a mentor to Mahatma Gandhi in his formative

         years. In 1912, Gokhale visited South Africa at Gandhi’s\r\ninvitation. As a young barrister, Gandhi returned from his struggles against\r\nthe Empire in South Africa and received personal guidance from Gokhale,\r\nincluding a knowledge and understanding of India and the issues confronting common\r\nIndians. By 1920, Gandhi emerged as the leader of the Indian Independence\r\nMovement. In his autobiography, Gandhi calls Gokhale his mentor and guide.

217. (2) The Salt\r\nSatyagraha started on March 12, 1930, with the undertaking of the Dandi Yatra\r\n(Dandi March). It was the next significant non-violent protest against the\r\nBritish, after the Non-Cooperation movement of 1920-22 and India’s First War of\r\nIndependence 1857. The triggering factor for this movement was the British\r\nmonopoly of salt trade in India and the imposition of a salt tax.

218. (4) Charles\r\nWood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a\r\nyeoman’s job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a despatch to\r\nLord Dalhousie, the then Governor-General of India. It was recommended therein\r\nthat universities on the model of the London university be established in big\r\ncities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. In accordance with the wood’s\r\ndespatch, Education Departments were established in every province and universities\r\nwere opened at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857 and in Punjab in 1882 and at\r\nAllahabad 1887.

219. (1) The\r\nBritish Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the\r\ntransfer of power from the British Government to Indian leadership, providing\r\nIndia with independence. Formulated at the initiative of Clement Attlee, the\r\nPrime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord\r\nPethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps,\r\nPresident of the Board of Trade, and A. V. Alexander, the First Lord of the\r\nAdmiralty. However, Lord Wavell, the Viceroy of India, did not participate.

220. (4) Buddha\r\nwas against caste. His religion was open to all, to shudras, women and even\r\nrepentant criminals. The Buddhist scriptures were available to all men and\r\nwomen. Buddhism encouraged abolition of distinctions in society and\r\nstrengthened the principle of social equality.

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