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Important for all exams –Indian History
Presenter : Tulika
Who is the founder of Haryanka Dynasty?
A. Ajatashatru
B. Harshvardhan
C. Bimbisara
D. Ghananand
Answer: C • The Haryanka dynasty was founded by Bimbisara.

• He made Girivraj (Rajgir) his capital.
• Nagdasaka was the last ruler of 'Haryanka dynasty’
• Bimbisara greatly expanded his empire. Bimbisara was the greatest

patron of Gautam Buddha.
Mahatma Gandhi launched Kheda Satyagrah in Gujarat on 1918 to support the cause
of
A. Mill Owners
B. Land Lords
C. The peasants
D. Kol Rebellion
• The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, in the Kheda district of Gujarat, India

Answer : C
during the period of the British Raj, was a Satyagraha movement
organized by Gandhi. It was a major revolt in the Indian
independence movement.
• It was the third Satyagraha movement after Champaran Satyagraha

and Ahmedabad mill strike. Gandhi organised this movement to
support peasants of the Kheda district in Gujarat.
• Gandhi organised the movement to support peasants who were

unable to pay the revenue because of famine and plague epidemic.
Who called Subhash Chandra Bose as ‘Desh Nayak’?
A. Lala Lajpat Rai

B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: B • Rabindranath Tagore called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak for
the first time.
‘Indian War of Independence 1857’ was written by :
A. Lala Lajpat Rai

B. Jawahar Lal Nehru
C. Damodar Chapekar
D. V.D. Savarkar
Answer: D • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian politician, activist, and

writer.
• Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of

Hindutva while imprisoned at Ratnagiri in 1922. He was a leading
figure in the Hindu Mahasabha.
• The Indian War of Independence is an Indian nationalist history of

the 1857 revolt by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar that was first
published in 1909.
Who founded Tattwabodhini Sabha in 1839 ?
A. Dayanand Sarswati
B. Devendranath Tagore
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Jogesh Chandra Dutt
Answer: B • The Tattwabodhinī Sabhā was a group founded in Calcutta on 6

October 1839 as a splinter group of the Brahmo Samaj, reformers of
Hinduism and Indian Society.
• The founding member was Debendranath Tagore, previously of the

Brahmo Samaj, eldest son of influential entrepreneur Dwarkanath
Tagore, and eventually father to renowned polymath Rabindranath
Tagore. In 1859, the Tattwabodhinī Sabhā were dissolved back into
the Brāhmo Samāj by Debendranath Tagore.
Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his political guru?
A. Shri Bharat Kumar

B. Purushottam Das Tandon
C. Sir William Wedderburn
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer : D • Gopal Krishna Gokhale was an Indian political leader and a social
reformer during the Indian independence movement.
• Gandhi considered Gopal Krishna Gokhale to be his political guru.

Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as :
A. Sher-e-Bengal
B. Sher-e-Maharastra
C. Sher-e-Kashmir
D. Sher-e-Punjab
Answer : D • Lala Lajpat Rai, was a prominent leader of the Indian independence
movement during the British Raj. He was a political activist, lawyer,
and writer who fought for the rights of Indians and worked tirelessly
to end British rule in India.
• He was famously known as Punjab Kesari signifying 'The Lion of

Punjab' otherwise called Sher-E-Punjab in Punjabi.
Who established East India Association in London 1866?
A. Subhash Chandra Bose

B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
D. Hemu Kalani
• The East India Association was founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866,

in collaboration with Indians and retired British officials in London.
Answer : B
• It superseded the London Indian Society and was a platform for
discussing matters and ideas about India, and to provide
representation for Indians to the Government.
• Purpose of association
• The purpose of the association was to put across Indian viewpoints
across to the British public.
• The association gained support from many prominent Englishmen
and was able to wield some influence on the British Parliament.
• It was the first organisation with members from different Indian
provinces.
Who said - “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

B. Veer Kunwar
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Bhagat Singh
• In 1906, Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced two slogans ‘Swaraj is my

birth right and I shall have it ’ and ‘Our life and religion are useless
Answer : A without the attainment of Swaraj’.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an

independence activist. He was one third of the Lal Bal Pal
triumvirate.
• . The British colonial authorities called him "The father of the Indian
unrest". He was also conferred with the title of "Lokmanya", which
means "accepted by the people as their leader". Mahatma Gandhi
called him "The Maker of Modern India".
Who played an important role in the Gadar Movement in 1915?
A. Lala Hardayal
B. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. None of above
Answer : A • Original name of Ghadar Party was Pacific Coast Hindustan

Association.
• The founding president of Ghadar Party was Sohan Singh Bhakna and
Lala Hardayal was the co-founder of this party. Headquarters of the
movement were set up at Yugantar Ashram in San Francisco.
Who was the founder of a society known as ‘Abhinav Bharat’ ?
A. J K Hikki
B. B B Upadhyay
C. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
D. None of the above
Answer : C • Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was an Indian

Independence secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904.
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Important for all exams –Indian History

Answer: C • The Haryanka dynasty was founded by Bimbisara.

• Nagdasaka was the last ruler of 'Haryanka dynasty’

• Bimbisara greatly expanded his empire. Bimbisara was the greatest

• The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, in the Kheda district of Gujarat, India

• It was the third Satyagraha movement after Champaran Satyagraha

• Gandhi organised the movement to support peasants who were

A. Lala Lajpat Rai

A. Lala Lajpat Rai

Answer: D • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian politician, activist, and

• Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of

• The Indian War of Independence is an Indian nationalist history of

Answer: B • The Tattwabodhinī Sabhā was a group founded in Calcutta on 6

• The founding member was Debendranath Tagore, previously of the

A. Shri Bharat Kumar

• Gandhi considered Gopal Krishna Gokhale to be his political guru.

• He was famously known as Punjab Kesari signifying 'The Lion of

A. Subhash Chandra Bose

• The East India Association was founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866,

A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

• In 1906, Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced two slogans ‘Swaraj is my

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an

Answer : A • Original name of Ghadar Party was Pacific Coast Hindustan

Answer : C • Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was an Indian

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