Question 1

The first woman President of Indian National Congress was _______________.

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Annie Besant was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress. She was a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, educationalist, and philanthropist. In late 1917 she was elected as the President of INC.

Question 2

What was the immediate cause for the revolt of  1857 ?

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Immediate causes for the revolt: The greased cartridges supplied for the new Enfield, Rifles was the immediate cause for the mutiny. The cartridges had to be bitten off before loading. Believing that the fat of cow and pig had been used to grease these cartridges, both Hindus and Muslims refused to use them as the cow is sacred to the Hindus and pig is detestable to the Muslims.

Question 3

While opposing the Public Safety Bill, 1928 who among the following said that it was 'a direct attack on Indian nationalism, on the Indian National Congress' and as 'the Slavery of India, Bill No. 1' ?

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Motilal Nehru said that it was 'a direct attack on Indian nationalism, on the Indian National Congress' and as 'the Slavery of India, Bill No. 1'. The Public Safety bill, 1928 was passed to curb the activities of socialists and communists. It was mainly to stop Communist movement in India by cutting it off from British & foreign communist organizations.

Question 4

Name some of the important moderate leaders.

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Moderate Leaders: Surendranath Banarjee, Dadabai Naoroji, Pheroze sha Mehta, Gopalakrishna Gokhale and M. G. Ranade were some of the important moderate leaders.

Question 5

Why were socialists against private property?

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(i) Socialists were against private property. They saw it as the root of all social ills of the time.(ii) They argued that individuals owned the property that gave employment but the propertied were concerned only with personal gain and not with the welfare of those who made the property productive.(iii) So, if society as a whole rather than single individuals controlled property, more attention would be paid to collective social interests.(iv) Socialists wanted this change and campaigned for it.

Question 6

Who was the author of famous revolutionary song "Sarforishi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai"?

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Bismil Azimabadi was an Urdu poet from Patna, Bihar. In 1921 he wrote the patriotic poem 'Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna'.The poem was immortalised by Ram Prasad Bismil, an Indian freedom fighter, as a war cry during the British Raj period in India.The poem was written as an ode to young freedom fighters of the Indian independence movement. It has also been associated with the younger generation of inter-war freedom fighters such as Ashfaqullah Khan, Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad.

Question 7

Which of the following leader never became the president of Indian National Congress?

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Question 8

'Doctrine of Lapse' was the policy devised by the Governor General of the East India company in India. This doctrine was based on the idea that in case a ruler of dependent state died childless, the right of ruling over the state reverted or lapsed to the sovereign. Who among the following devised this 'Doctrine of Lapse'?

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The Doctrine of Lapse was implemented by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.As per the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’, if any ruler of a princely state died without a natural heir, the states’ authority will pass to the British East India Company.Under the terms of the doctrine of lapse, the Company annexed many princely states viz. Satara (1848), Jaipur and Sambalpur (Odisha) (1849), Nagpur and Jhansi (1854), Tanjore and Arcot (1855), Udaipur (Chhattisgarh) and Oudh (1856).

Question 9

Arrange the following events in correct chronological order and answer the questions on the basis of the codes given below:(1) Ilbert Bill Controversy(2) The First Delhi Darbar(3) The Queen's Proclamation(4) First Factory Act

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Question 10

Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Indian Struggle, 1920 -1934'?

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The Indian Struggle, 1920–1942 is a two-part book (First part from 1920 to 1934 and second part from 1935 to 1942) by the Indian nationalist leader Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose that covers the 1920–1942 history of the Indian independence movement to end British imperial rule over India. It was banned in India by the British colonial government and was published in the country only in 1948 after India became independent.