Indian History Based Questions asked in various Exams (Part 36)

361.      The\r\nsplit between the ‘Extremists’ and ‘Moderates’ came up in the open at the Surat\r\nCongress Session in the year

        (1) 1905              (2)\r\n1906

        (3) 1907              (4)\r\n1910

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 30.11.2008)

362.      Bhulabhai\r\nDesai’s most memorable achievement was his defence of the Indian National Army\r\n(I.N.A.) personnel at the Red Fort Trial towards the end of

        (1) 1943              (2)\r\n1944

        (3) 1945              (4)\r\n1946

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 30.11.2008)

363.      St.\r\nThomas is said to have come to India to propagate Christianity during the reign\r\nof the

        (1) Cheras           (2)\r\nParthlans

        (3) Pandyas        (4)\r\nCholas

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 30.11.2008)

364.      The\r\nFirst Viceroy of the Portuguese in the East was

        (1) Albuquerque

        (2) Joade Castro

        (3) Francisco de Almedia

        (4) Nuno da Cunha

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 30.11.2008)

365.      When\r\nwas the All India Women’s Conference founded

        (1) 1924              (2)\r\n1925

        (3) 1926              (4)\r\n1927

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 30.11.2008)

366.      The\r\nKuka movement started in mid-Nineteenth century in

        (1) Western Punjab

        (2) Maharashtra

        (3) Bengal

        (4) Madhya Bharat

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 30.11.2008)

367.      Mahatma\r\nGandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” is regarding the\r\nproposals of

        (1) Simon Commission

        (2) Cripps Mission

        (3) Cabinet Mission

        (4) WavelPlan

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 30.11.2008)

368.      Under\r\nwhose leadership was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934 ?

        (1) Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi

        (2) Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narayan

        (3) Subhas Chandra Bose and P.C, Joshi

        (4) Saifuddin Kitchlew and Rajendra Prasad

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 30.11.2008)

369.      The\r\npeople of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of

        (1) Pucca bricks

        (2) Stone

        (3) Wood

        (4) All of the above

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 30.11.2008)

370.      Which\r\none of the following is incorrectly matched ?

        (1) Columbus-1492

        (2) Vasco de Gama - 1498

        (3) Magellan - 1520

        (4) Balboa - 1530

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 30.11.2008)

361. (3) At the Surat Session in\r\n1907, congress leaders split into two groups - moderates and extremists. In\r\nSurat, Extremists tried to push the candidature of Lala Lajpat Rai for\r\nPresident-ship of congress and Moderates Dr. Ras Behari Ghosh to be the\r\nPresident. The situation was saved by Lala Lajpat Rai and stepping down and Dr.\r\nRas Behari Ghosh became the President. Real trouble started when the moderates\r\ntried to repudiate the resolution on boycott, swadeshi and national education\r\nwhxh has been adopted in 1906. This was not acceptable to the extremists. As a\r\nresult open clashes took place and session was suspended thereafter Moderates\r\nheld a separate convention from which the extremists were excluded this marked\r\na complete split in the Congress.

362. (3) When three captured\r\nIndian National Army (INA) officers, Shahnawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sahgal and\r\nGurbaksh Singh Dhillon were put on trial for treason, the Congress formed a\r\nDefence committee composed of 17 advocates including Bhulabhai Desai. The\r\ncourt-martial hearing began in October 1945 at the Red Fort. Bhulabhai was the\r\nleading counsel for the defense. Undeterred by poor health, Bhufabhai made an\r\nemphatic and passionate argument in defense of the charged soldiers.

363. (2) St.\r\nThomas is traditionally believed to have sailed to India in 52AD to spread the\r\nChristian faith among the Jews, the Jewish diaspora present in Kerala at the\r\ntime. He is supposed to have landed at the ancient port of Muziris near\r\nKodungalloor. He then went to Palayoor (near present-day Guruvayoor), which was\r\na Hindu priestly community at that time. He left Palayoor in AD 52 for the\r\nsouthern part of what is now Kerala State, where he established the\r\nEzharappallikal, or “Seven and Half Churches”. Thomas landed in Cranganoor\r\n(Kodungallur, Muziris) and took part in the wedding of Cheraman Perumal and\r\nproceeded to the courts of Gondophorus In North India. Gundaphorus was indeed a\r\nhistorical figure and he belonged to the Parthian Dynasty fromTakshasila\r\n(Taxila).

364. (3) The\r\nPortuguese State of India was established in 1505 as a viceroyalty of the\r\nKingdom of Portugal, six years after the discovery of a sea route between\r\nPortugal and India, to serve as the plenipotentiary governing body of a string\r\nof Portuguese fortresses and colonies overseas. The first viceroy was Francisco\r\nde Almeida, who established his headquarters in Cochin. Subsequent Portuguese\r\ngovernors were not always of vice-roy rank. After 1510, the capital of the\r\nPortuguese viceroyalty was transferred to Goa.

365. (4) All\r\nIndia Women’s Conference was founded in 1927 “as an organization dedicated to\r\nupliftment and betterment of women and children”. ATWC was registered in 1930\r\nunder the Societies Registration Act, XXI of 1860. Its founder members were\r\nMaharani Chimnabai Gaekwad; Rani Sahiba of Sangli; Sarojini Naidu;Kamla Devi\r\nChattopadhyaya;

         Lady DorabTata, etc. It first met at the Ferguson College,\r\nPune on January 3, 1927. Some of the legislative reforms initiated by the AIWC\r\ninclude: Sharda Act (1929); Hindu Women’s Right to Property Act (1937); Factory\r\nAct (1947); Hindu Marriage and Divorce Act (1954); ‘ Special Marriage Act\r\n(1954); Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (1956); Hindu Adoption and\r\nMaintenance Act (1956); The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women Act (1958);\r\nMaternity Benefits Act (1961); Dowry Prohibition Act (1961); Equal Remuneration\r\nAct (1958, 1976), etc.

366. (1) The\r\nNamdhari or Kuka movement had its origin in the north-west comer of the Sikh\r\nkingdom. The main difference between Namdhari Sikhs and mainstream Sikhs is\r\ntheir belief in Jagjit Singh as their living Guru (as opposed to the Guru\r\nGranth Sahib, the present Guru of Sikhs). Other differences include being:\r\nstrict vegetarians; placing equal importance between the Guru Granth Sahib and\r\nthe Dasam Granth, the holy book written by the 10th Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.\r\nRam Singh Kuka was the founder of the Kuka movement. He was strongly opposed to\r\nthe British rule and started an intense non-cooperation movement against them.\r\nLed by him, the people boycotted English education, mill made cloths and other\r\nimported goods.

367. (2) Early in\r\n1942, Sir Stafford Cripps, a member of the War Cabinet of Winston Churchill,\r\nwas sent to make a definite offer to India on behalf of the British Government.\r\nThe proposals gave a severe blow to Indian unity as the provinces could not opt\r\nto join the federation and this tantamounted to the acceptance of Pakistan in\r\nprinciple. Secondly, it was felt that the interests of the people of the Indian\r\nstates were ignored as the Indian States would be represented by the\r\nrepresentatives nominated by their rulers. No limit was set for the actual\r\ngrant of Dominion Status. Since the very foundation of the British Empire\r\nseemed to be uncertain at that moment of World War, the long-term offer of\r\nDominion Status was, as Gandhiji remarked, a ‘post-dated cheque on a failing\r\nbank.’ 368.  (2) The Congress Socialist\r\nParty (CSP) was founded in 1934 as a socialist caucus within the Indian\r\nNational Congress. Its members rejected what they saw as the anti-rational\r\nmysticism of Mohandas Gandhi as well as the sectarian attitude of the Communist\r\nParty of India towards the Congress Party. Influenced by Fabianism as well as\r\nMarxism-Leninism, the CSP included advocates of armed struggle or sabotage\r\n(such as Jai Prakash Narayan and Basawon Singh (Sinha) as well as those who\r\ninsisted upon ahimsa or nonviolent resistance (such as Acharya Narendra Deva).

369. (1) The\r\nIndus Valley Civilization, marked by its remarkable level of urbanization\r\ndespite being a Bronze Age culture, is noted for its cities built of brick,\r\nroadside drainage system, and multistoried houses. Houses were one or two\r\nstories high, made of baked brick, with flat roofs, and were just about\r\nidentical. Each was built around a courtyard, with windows overlooking the\r\ncourtyard. The outside walls had no windows. Each home had its own private\r\ndrinking well and its own private bathroom.

370. (4) Vasco\r\nNunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513,\r\nbecoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the\r\nPacific from the New World. He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after\r\nsome exploration, settled on the island of Hispaniola. He founded the\r\nsettlement of Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien in present-day Panama in 1510,\r\nwhich was the first permanent European settlement on the mainland of the\r\nAmericas.

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