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1. Banga Darshan – a monthly magazine – was started in 1872 from Behrampur by:
A. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B. Umakant desai
C. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D. None of these
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : Bangadarshan was a Bengali literary magazine, founded by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1872, and resuscitated in 1901 under the editorship of Rabindranath Tagore. The magazine had a defining influence on the emergence of a Bengali identity and the genesis of nationalism in Bengal.
2. Who said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
A. Jawahar Lal Nehru
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Basant Kumar Biswas
D. Annie Besant
Answer
Answer: Option B
Explanation : Gopal Krishna Gokhale said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes”.
3. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year :
A. 1872
B. 1982
C. 1884
D. 1892
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : Aurobindo Ghose was born in India on 15th August 1872. At a young age, he was sent to England to be educated at St Paul’s. Sri Aurobindo was an excellent student and won a scholarship to read classics at King’s College Cambridge.
4. Doctrine of Passive Resistance was published in the daily Vande Mataram in:
A. April 1907
B. April 1906
C. April 1905
D. April 1904
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : Doctrine of Passive Resistance was published in the daily Vande Mataram in April 1907 by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh.
5. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
A. Bhojpuri
B. Magadhi
C. Pali
D. Sanskrit
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : The language discourses of Gautam Buddha was Pali.
6. There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
A. Santhals
B. Ahoms
C. Pagal Panthis
D. Ramosi
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Santhals did not revolt in the 1820s.
7. Which revolutionary said – “freedom is objective of our life and the Hindu religion would led us to the attainment of this objective?”
A. Vinoba Bhave
B. Narayan Guru
C. Dayanand Sarshwati
D. Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : Aurobindo Ghosh said – “freedom is objective of our life and the Hindu religion would led us to the attainment of this objective”.
8. Who was the commander of 1857 revolt in Rohilkhand?
A. Ahmadullah
B. Begum Hazrat Mahal
C. Jung Bahadur Rana
D. Tatya Tope
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : Ahmadullah Shah (1787 – 5 June 1858) famous as Maulavi of Faizabad, was a leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah was known as the Lighthouse of Rebellion in Awadh region.