Top Questions on History - General knowledge Questions and Answers - Section 2-E

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Top Questions on History - General knowledge Questions and Answers

91. 'Purna Swaraj' was announced in the Indian National Congress Session of

A) Calcutta
B) Lahore
C) Nagpur
D) Karachi

... Answer : B
Explanation : The 'Purna Swaraj' was announced by the Indian National Congress on 19 December 1929 in its Lahore session under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru.

92. Who among the following founded the Indian National Congress?

A) Allan Octavian Hume
B) Womesh Chandra Banerji
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Rash Behari Bose

... Answer : A
Explanation : Allan Octavian Hume took the initiative to form an all-India organization. Thus, the Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885.

93. Who is rightly called as the 'Father of Local Self-Government in India'?

A) Lord Mayo
B) Lord Ripon
C) Lord Curzon
D) Lord Clive

... Answer : B
Explanation : Lord Ripon is known to have granted the Indians first taste of freedom by introducing the Local Self Government in 1882. Local government is called self government because it is the government of the local people of their own at grassroot level of democracy.

94. Who founded 'The Gadar Party' in San Francisco in the USA ?

A) Lala Hardayal
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Ajit Singh
D) Bipin Chandra Pal

... Answer : A
Explanation : In 1913, Lala Hardayal founded 'The Gadar Party' in San Francisco with Sohan Singh Bhakna as its president. The members of this party were the immigrant sikhs of US and Canada.

95. Mahatma Gandhi comment, "A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank" is regarding the proporsals of

A) Simon Commission
B) Cripps Mission
C) Cabinet Mission
D) Wavel Plan

... Answer : B
Explanation : Mahatma Gandhi commented crips proposals as 'post dated cheque on a failing bank'. Cripps Mission (headed by Sir Stafford Cripps) came to India in 1942 to secure full Indian co-operation for world war-II.

96. The 'Arya Samaj' was founded by-

A) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Keshav Chandra Sen
D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

... Answer : A
Explanation : Arya Samaj, (Sanskrit: "Society of Nobles") founded in 1875 by Swami Dayananda Saraswati, whose aim was to reestablish the Vedas, the earliest Hindu scriptures, as revealed truth.

97. Who is called as the 'prophet of New India'?

A) Dayananda Saraswati
B) Sri Ramakrishna
C) Raja Rammohan Roy
D) Swami Vivekananda

... Answer : D
Explanation : Swami Vivekananda is called as the 'prophet of New India.

98. Dharma Sabha was founded by-

A) Atmaram Panduranga
B) Radhakant Deb
C) Dayananda Saraswati
D) Keshab Chandra Sen

... Answer : B
Explanation : Dharma Sabha was founded in Calcutta in 1830 by Radhakant Deb, in opposition to the Brahma Samaj of Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

99. The Revolt of 1857 was started by-

A) The Sepoys
B) The Zamindars
C) The Peasants
D) The Plantation Workers

... Answer : A
Explanation : The revolt began on May 10, 1857, at Meerut as sepoy mutiny. It was initiated by sepoys in the Bengal Presidency against the British officers.

100. Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by-

A) Clive
B) Hastings
C) Wellesley
D) Cornwallis

... Answer : D
Explanation : Permanent settlement was introduced in 1793 by Lord Cornwallis. This was basically an agreement between the company and the Zamindars to fix the land revenue and auctioning of land came to at an end.

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