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| 2296543132 | Why were the people dissatisfied with the British rule in the 1870's and 1880's? | -The British passed the arms act in 1878 which disallowed Indians from possessing arms -In the same year they passed the vernacular press act, this act snatched the freedom of speech and expression. It allowed the govt. to confiscate the assets of the newspaper including Their own printing press if the newspapers published anything that was objectionable by the govt. -In 1833 the illbert bill was introduced. The bill provided for the trial of any British or European person by the Indians and sought equality between the British and indian judges in the country. -But the white opposition forced the govt.. to withdraw the law. | 0 | |
| 2296543133 | Who did eye indian national congress with to speak for? | -The need for an all indian organization of educated Indians had been felt since 1880. -The illbert bill controversy deepened this desire. -A retired British official A.O. Hume , also played an important role in bringing Indians of various regions together. -The indian national congress wished to speak for the entire people belonging to different communities of India. | 1 | |
| 2296543134 | What did the Muslim league resolution of 1940 ask for? | -The Muslims league evolution of 1940 asked for independent states for he Muslims in the north western and eastern areas of the country. -The resolution did not mention a partition or the name Pakistan. -From the late 1930's the league began viewing the Muslims as a separate nation form the Hindus. -it also feared that Muslims may go unrepresented. -The congress rejection to the leagues desire to for a joint congress government in the United provinces in 1937 also made the league angry. | 2 | |
| 2296543135 | Who were the moderates? How did they propose to struggle against the British rule? | -The moderates were against taking extreme actions. They had deep faith in the good intentions of the government. -they were of the opinion that slowly and steadily they would make the British go to their own land. -The moderate leaders developed public awareness about the unjust nature of the British rule. -They published newspapers, wrote articles and showed how British rule was leading to the economic ruin of the country to mobilize public opinion. -They believed that the British had respect for the ideals of freedom and justice and therefore would definitely accept all the demands of the people in India. -Their main task was to acknowledge the British government with these demands. | 3 | |
| 2296543136 | Who was the viceroy of India at the time of the partition of Bengal? | Lord curzon. | 4 | |
| 2296543137 | Name three leading members of the radical group. | Bepin Chandra Pal Balganghadar Tilak Lala Rajput Rai | 5 | |
| 2296543138 | Why did rabbi drainage Tagore renounce his knight-hood? | To express the pain and anger of the country following the jallianwala bagh atrocities. | 6 | |
| 2296543139 | What does Punjab wrongs refer to? | It refers to jallianwala bagh massacre that occurred on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar on baisakhi day. | 7 | |
| 2296543140 | What does RSS stand for? | Rashtriya swayamsevak sangh | 8 | |
| 2296543141 | Who was Bhagat singh? What slogan did he raise? | Bhagat singh was a revolutionary nationalist . His slogan was inquilab zindabad. | 9 | |
| 2296543142 | Why did mahatma Gandhi decide to break that law? | Because it established the monopoly of the state on the manufacture and sale of salt. | 10 | |
| 2296543143 | On what condition were the congress leaders ready to support the British war effort at the time of the Second World War ? | The congress leaders were ready to support the British war effort on the condition that they would declare India's independence after the war. | 11 | |
| 2296543144 | Who raised the slogan do or die? | Mahatma Gandhi | 12 | |
| 2296543145 | Why did the Muslim league announce 16 August 1946 as direct action day? | In support of its demand for Pakistan. | 13 | |
| 2296543146 | How did people participate in the non cooperation movement during 1921-1922? | -During these years thousands of students left government controlled schools and colleges. -Many lawyers such as Mozilla Nehru , C.R. Das , C. rajagopalchari and asaf Ali gave up thier practices. -British tiles were surrendered and legislatures boycotted. -People lit public bonfires of foreign cloth. | 14 | |
| 2296749350 | Who was khan Abdul ghaffar khan? | -He was the pastun leader from the north east frontier province. -Also known as badshah khan he was the founder of the khudai khidmatgars. -Badshah khan was strongly opposed to the patriots of India. -He criticized his congress colleagues for agreeing to the 1947 partition. | 15 | |
| 2296752714 | Explain the contribution of swadeshi movement. | -The swadeshi movement opposed the British rule, and encouraged ideas of SELF-HELP, SWADESHI ENTERPRISE, NATIONAL EDUCATION and USE OF INDIAN LANGUAGES. -the radicals advocated mass mobility on, and boycotted the British institutions and goods to fight for Swaraj. -Some individuals also suggested that revolutionary violence would be necessary to overthrow British rule. | 16 | |
| 2296834953 | What caused the partition of Bengal in 1905? | -At the time of partition Bengal was the biggest province of British India and included Bihar and parts of Orissa. -The British argued for dividing Bengal for the reasons of administration convenience. -But it was closely a false statement. In fact the partition of Bengal was closely tied to the interests of British officials and businessmen. -the British also wanted to curtail the influence of Bengali politicians and split the Bengali people. -It was therefore , instead of removing the non Bengalis areas from the province they separated east Bengal and merged it with Assam. | 17 |
