Challenge Prelims V1.0 – Day 53 – GS Paper (Modern History)

1. In the context of revolutionary activities during freedom struggle, consider the following statements regarding the Gopinatha Saha case of 1924:

1. Gopinath Saha was arrested for writing seditious article encouraging violence.
2. At Mahatma Gandhi’s instance, All India Congress Committee passed a resolution criticising his action.
3. Gopinath Saha was acquitted of all charges after the trial.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

2. Consider the following statements regarding the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908:

1. Most of the accused in this case were members of the revolutionary group Anushilan Samiti.
2. Motilal Nehru was the defense attorney of Aurobindo Ghosh.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

3. In the context of freedom struggle, consider the following statements regarding the Meerut Conspiracy case of 1929:

1. It was initiated as a response to the attempt to kill the Viceroy of India.
2. Muzaffar Ahmad, Shripad Amrit Dange, and Puran Chand Joshi were among the group of people tried in this case.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. In the context of revolutionary activities during the freedom struggle, arrange the following events in chronological order.

1. Kakori train robbery
2. Assassination of Saunders
3. Death of Jatindra Nath Das after hunger strike in prison

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5. In the context of revolutionary activities during the freedom struggle, who among the following was associated with the Berlin Committee for Indian Independence?

1. Virendranath Chattopadhyay
2. Bhupendranath Dutta
3. Lala Hardayal

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6. In the context of the growth of revolutionary nationalism during the British time, arrange the events in chronological order.

1. Unsuccessful attempt under the leadership of Rash Behari Bose and Sachin Sanyal to kill the Viceroy, Lord Hardinge.
2. Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose threw a bomb at a carriage of Kingsford.
3. Assassination of Curzon-Wylie in London by Madan Lal Dhingra.
4. Chapekar brothers, Damodar and Bal Krishna murdered the plague commissioner of Poona.

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7. Consider the following passage:

He is famous for his involvement in the Mainpuri conspiracy of 1918. He published a pamphlet titled ‘Deshwasiyon ke Naam’ and distributed it along with his poem ‘Mainpuri ki Pratigya’. He was also one of the chief founders of the revolutionary organization Hindustan Republican Association (HRA). At a very young age of 30, the British government executed him on 19 December 1927 in Gorakhpur Jail.

Who among the following is being described in the passage given above?

8. Consider the following statements regarding the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj party (Swaraj party) and Swarajists:

1. Swaraj party was formed after the defeat of the Council-entry proposals at the Gaya session of the Indian National Congress.
2. Motilal Nehru was elected as the President of the Swaraj Party.
3. R. Das was elected as the Mayor of Calcutta and Vithalbhai Patel was elected as President of the Central Legislative Assembly.
4. In 1923 elections, they got a clear majority in the Central Provinces and were the largest party in Bengal.

How many of the statements given above is/are not correct?

9. Consider the following statements regarding the Khilafat movement:

1. Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali were the leaders of the Khilafat agitation.
2. The purpose of the movement was to pressure the British government to preserve the authority of Khalifa over the Muslim sacred places in the erstwhile Ottoman empire.
3. Khilafat agitation became part of the Non-Cooperation movement.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

10. How many among the following were associated with the Chittagong Group, a revolutionary group that emerged in the Bengal region in 1920s?

1. Surya Sen
2. Pritilala Waddedar
3. Lokenath Baul
4. Kalpana Dutt

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11. Consider the following pairs:

Revolutionary Organisation: Founder

1. Free India Society: Lala Hardayal
2. United India House: Tarak Nath Das
3. Paris Indian Society: Madam Bhikaji Cama

How many pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

12. Consider the following leaders:

1. Aurobindo Ghosh
2. R. Das
3. Barindra Ghosh
4. Ullaskar Dutta

How many of the above personalities were associated with the “Maniktala Bomb Case Trial”?

13. Consider the following statements regarding the Ghadar movement:

1. The first issue of Ghadar was published in the Urdu language.
2. The outbreak of the Second World War influenced the course of the Ghadar movement.
3. Shore Committee was set up to inquire about the Komgata Maru incident.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

14. How many of the following personalities were tried and sentenced to imprisonment in the Kanpur Bolshevik Case, 1924?

1. A.Dange
2. Muzaffar Ahmed
3. Nalini Gupta
4. Shaukat Usmani

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15. Who among the following is associated with ‘The Philosophy of the Bomb’, a critique of non-violence that sought to explain the thinking behind revolutionary actions?