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Who was in command or the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?

  1. C R Das

  2. Motilal Nehru

  3. Lala Lajpat Rai

  4. Lokmanya Tilak


Correct Option: D

Which of the following leader was not associated with extremist leadership of Indian National Congress?

  1. Lokmanya Tilak

  2. Aurobindo Ghosh

  3. Lala Lajpat Rai

  4. A. O. Hume


Correct Option: D

Which of the following trio leaders referred to as Lal, Bal and Pal during the freedom movement?

  1. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

  2. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

  3. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopala Krishna Gokhale

  4. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and C. Rajagopalachari


Correct Option: A

Which of the following leader was not a moderate leader ?

  1. Dada Bhai Naoroji

  2. Anand Charlu

  3. Bipin Chandra Pal

  4. Madan Mohan Malviya


Correct Option: C

Azad Hind Fauz (Indian National Army) was formed by ________________________ .

  1. Subhash Chandra Bose

  2. Bhagat Singh

  3. Rash Behari Bose and Captain Mohan Singh

  4. Lala Lajpat Rai


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Azad Hind Fauz was formed by  Rash Behari Bose and Captain Mohan Singh
  • Azad HInd Fauz means Indian National Army
  • It was formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 during World War II
  • The Correct option is C.

The revolutionary who led the foundation of Hindustan Socialist Revolutionary Army-

  1. Chandra Shekhar Ajad

  2. Rajguru

  3. Bhagat Singh

  4. J.L. Nehru


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Bhagat Singh founded HSRA in 1928  along with Sukhdev and Azad
  • HSRA is founded on the lines of Socialistic principles
  • It was a revolutionary organization
  • HSRA was active between 1928-1931.
  • It was previously HRA.

Who was the founder of Azad Hind Fauj?

  1. Ras Behari Bose

  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  3. Bhagat Singh

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Azad HInd Fauz means Indian National Army
  • Azad Hind Fauz was formed by  Rash Behari Bose, Subhash Chandra Bose, and Captain Mohan Singh
  • Formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 during World War II
  • It was formed through Japanese support.

The extremist leaders were _____________.

  1. Gokhale, Gandhiji and C.R. Das

  2. Lala Lajpat Rai, Balagangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

  3. Firoj Shah Mehta, Dada Bhai Nauroji and Umesh Chand Banerji

  4. Moti Lal Nehru, Teg Bahadur Sapru and Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The congress was divided into two camps-Extremist and Moderates at the Surat session of 1907. The Moderates believed in the constitutional methods of protests like petitions, prayers, meetings,etc. Extremists, on the other hand, believed in agitation, strikes and boycotts to force their demands. Some of the extremist leaders were Lala Lajpat Rai, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Bipin Chandra Pal, Aurobindo Ghosem Rajnarayan Bose and  Ashwini Kumar Dutt.

The British Indian Association was formed in _______ .

  1. 1851

  2. 1854

  3. 1862

  4. 1876


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The  British Indian Association was formed on 31 October 1851. The President of the first committee of this organization was Raja Radhakanta Deb, while Debendranath Tagore was its secretary. Its establishment meant Indians had come together and could no longer be ignored.

The Indian Association was formed in ________ .

  1. 1879

  2. 1874

  3. 1876

  4. 1875


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The  Indian Association was formed in Bengal in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose. It was a nationalist political group in India that favoured local self-government and tenant rights, and when the Bengal Tenancy Act was finally passed in 1885, it demanded representative government. The association gradually lost ground after the Indian National Congress was founded in 1885.