Political Consciousness and Struggle for Representative Government
1) | What was the biggest revolt of the Indians against the British? | Revolt of 1857 AD |
2) | By what other name is the revolt of 1857 AD known? | The First Freedom Struggle, Spy Mutiny |
3) | Which date was fixed by the revolutionaries to start the revolt? | May 31, 1857 AD |
4) | When did the revolt of 1857 start? | March 29, 1857 AD |
5) | Where did the revolt of 1857 AD? | Barrackpore, Calcutta |
6) | Who was the first martyr of the 1857 uprising? | Mangal Pandey |
7) | What was the immidiate cause of 1857 Revolt? | Greased cartridges |
8) | When did the uprising begin in Meerut? | May 10, 1857 AD |
9) | Whom did the revolutionaries declare as their Emperor? | Bahadur Shah Zafar |
10) | Where did the British sent Bahadur Shah Zafar as a prisoner? | Rangoon |
11) | Who led the revolt at Kanpur? | Nana Sahib |
12) | Who led the revolt at Lucknow? | Wajid Ali Shah and Begum Hajrat Mahal |
13) | Who led the revolt at Jhansi? | Lakshmi Bai and Tantia Tope |
14) | Who was the main leader of the uprising in Bihar? | Kanwar Singh |
15) | Which British Viceroy banned Indians to keep the weapons? | Lord Lytton |
16) | Under which act restrictions were imposed on the newspapers? | Vernacular Press Act |
17) | When was the Indian National Congress founded? | 1885 AD: |
18) | Where was the Indian National Congress founded? | Bombay |
19) | Who founded the Indian National Congress? | A. O. Hume |
20) | Who was the Viceroy of India, at the time of establishment of Indian National Congress? | Lord Dufferin |
21) | Where was the first convention of the Indian National Congress take place? | Bombay |
22) | Who was the president of the first convention of the Indian National Congress? | Wyomkesh Chandra Banerjee |
23) | How many members attended the first convention of Indian National Congress? | 72 |
24) | Who had influence over the Congress from 1885 AD to 1905 AD? | Liberals |
25) | Which popular newspaper was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak? | Kesari |
26) | Who were Lal, Bal and Pal? | Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal |
27) | When was Bengal divided into two parts? | 1905 AD |
28) | Who divided Bengal into two parts? | Lord Curzon |
29) | What was the real reason behind the partition of Bengal? | Curbing the spirit of nationalism |
30) | Who said,”Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it.” ? | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
31) | Which movement was started by Indians against the partition of Bengal? | Swadeshi Movement |
32) | When was the Bengal re-unified? | 1911 AD |
33) | Where was the Muslim League founded? | Dhaka |
34) | WhenMuslim League formed? | 1906 AD |
35) | Where was the Ghadar Party founded? | San Francisco |
36) | Who was the first president of Ghadr Party? | Sohan Singh Bhakna |
37) | Which newspaper was run by Ghadr Party to spread its views? | Gadar |
38) | Who led the Gadar Party in Punjab? | Ras Bihari Bose |
39) | Who hired the Komagata Maru Ship? | Baba Gurdit Singh |
40) | Where did the British opened fire at the passengers of Kamagata Maru? | Bajbaj Ghat, Calcutta |
41) | How many passengers were killed in the Kamagata Maru incident ? | 18 |
42) | Who founded the Home Rule League at Poona? | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
43) | Who founded the Home Rule League at Madras? | Annie Besant |
44) | Lucknow Agreement was signed between which two parties? | the Congress and the Muslim League |
45) | When was the Rowlett Act passed? | 1919 AD |
46) | What was the name given to the Rowlett Act by the Indians? | the Black Law |
47) | When did the Jallianwala Bagh incident take place? | April 13, 1919 |
48) | Who ordered to open fire on the people gathered at Jallianwala Bagh? | General Dyer |
49) | Who started the Khilafat movement? | Shaukat Ali and Mohammad Ali |
50) | Who started theNon-Cooperation Movement? | Mahatma Gandhi |
51) | When was the Non-Cooperation Movement started? | 1920 AD |
52) | Where did the Chauri-Chaura incident take place? | Gorakhpur,Uttar Pradesh |
53) | How many policemen were killed in Chauri-Chaura incident? | 22 |
54) | Which book of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee became very popular in the development of National Consciousness? | Anand Math |
55) | What was the purpose of Illebert Bill? | Empowerment of Indian Judges |
56) | Between which two parties was the Lucknow Agreement signed? | the Congress and the Muslim League |