GENERAL KNOWLEDGE- Questions and Answers -63

1551. Madras Mahajana Sabha was established in:

(a) 1884 (b) 1887

Answer: (a)

1552. Pondicherry was the main base on the coromandel coast of the:

(a) English East India Company (b) French East India Company

Answer: (b)

1553. Revolutionary youth Madanlal Dhingra shot dead:

(a) Michael O’Dyer (b) General Dyer

Answer: (d)

1554. Sir William Sleeman was associated with the operation against the:

(a) Sikhs (b) Rajputs

Answer: (c)

1555. The ‘Voice of India’ published extracts from Indian Press. It was started by:

(a) S.N.Bannerjee (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: (c)

1556. The author of ‘1857 The Great Rebellion’:

(a) Vir Savarkar (b) Ashok Mehta

Answer: (b)

1557. The first Indian to be elected to the leadership of Communist International

was:

(a) M.N.Roy (b) P.C.Joshi

(c)Sohan Singh Josh (d) S.A.Dange

Answer: (a)

1558. The first Indian to preach the gospel of Swadeshi and India for Indians:

(a) WC Bannerjee (b) Dadabhai Naoroji

Answer: (d)

1559. The first war of Independence in India lasted for almost:
(a) Two weeks                                                   (b) Two years
(c) Two days                                                       (d) One year
Answer: (b)

1560. Who founded Dayanand Anglo Vedic School?
(a) Lala Hansraj                                 (b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Vivekananda                                 (d) Iswar Chandra Vidhyasagar
Answer: (a)

1561. Who introduced Ryotwari system in Madras?
(a) Elphinstone                                                (b) Alexander Reed
(c) Thomas Monroe                                       (d) Robert Clive
Answer: (c)

1562. Who is associated with Self Respect Movement?
(a) G.S.Iyer                                                           (b) Vanchi Iyer
(c) E.V.Ramaswami Naiker                             (d) V.O.Chidambaram Pillai
Answer: (c)

1563. Who was the president of Indian National Congress during Bengal
partition?
(a) Motilal Nehru                                          (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Pheroz Shah Mehta                                  (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: (d)

1564. ‘Hind Swaraj’ was written by Gandhiji while:
(a) Travelling from England to India by ship
(b) In Sabarmati Asharam
(c) Travelling from England to South Africa by ship
(d) Leading Champaran Satyagraha
Answer: (c)

1565. ‘Sudharak’ was a newspaper by:
(a) G.K.Gokhale                                       (b) Gandhiji
(c) M.G.Ranade                                       (d) B.G.Tilak
Answer: (a)

1566. “Christianity wins its prosperity by cutting throats of its fellow men”- Who
said this?
(a) Dayanand                                            (b) Vivekananda
(c) Ram Krishna Paramhansa               (d) Gandhiji
Answer: (b)

1567. “God is of no use to the hungry belly’Whose words are these?
(a) Vivekananda                                   (b) Dayanand
(c) Guru Nanak                                     (d) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
Answer: (d)

1568. A leading British Parliamentarian and politician admitted that the revolt of
1857 was a ‘National Revolt’ not a’ Military Mutiny’?
(a) Lord Dalhousie                                 (b) Lord Canning
(c) William Gladstone                           (d) Benjamin Disraeli
Answer: (d)

1569. After 1857, who among the following announced at a Durbar at Allahabad,
the assumption of the Government of India by the Sovereign of Great Britain?
(a) Lord Canning                                   (b) Sir John Lawrence
(c) Lord Mayo                                         (d) Lord Northbrook
Answer: (a)

1570. All India Hindu Maha Sabha was setup in 1915 under the presidentship of:
(a) Sahajanand                                          (b) Maharaja of Kasimbazar
(c) Lajpath Rai                                           (d) M.M.Malavya
Answer: (b)

1571. An Indian revolutionary who was a professor of Sanskrit in the Universities
of Berkeley and Stanford died in Philadelphia:
(a) Shyamji Krishna Varma                    (b) Lala Hardayal
(c)Taraka Nath Das                                   (d) Bhai Parmanand
Answer: (b)

1572. Baba Ram Chandra Das was a leader of:
(a) Taluqdars                                                (b) Liberals
(c) Congress                                                 (d) Peasants
Answer: (d)

1573. Domingo Paes was a visitor from:
(a) Iran                                                          (b) France
(c) Russia                                                      (d) Portugal
Answer: (d)

1574. During 1940s,Nanasaheb Ramchandra Patil founded parallel government
named Prati Sarkar in the 150 villages in:
(a) Bengal                                                      (b) Bihar
(c) Maharashtra                                          (d) Orissa
Answer: (c)

1575. During Quit India movement, Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar (Tamrlipta
National Government) was formed in:
(a) Maharashtra                                                   (b) Bengal
(c) Orissa                                                                (d) Bihar
Answer: (b)