Q110. Who made Ganesh Chaturthi a prominent public celebration in Maharashtra?
[SSC MTS (12 September 2023, Shift 3)]
(A) Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Khudiram Bose
(C) V. D. Savarkar
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: (A) Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Explanation: Tilak promoted Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav from 1893 to develop social solidarity and political awareness. Its public meetings and cultural activities offered opportunities for nationalist communication. This innovation helped extend his influence beyond educated elites in western India.
Q109. What was the Swadeshi movement commonly called in the Andhra region?
[SSC MTS (12 September 2023, Shift 1)]
(A) Ghadar Movement
(B) Quit India Movement
(C) Khilafat Movement
(D) Vande Mataram Movement
Answer: (D) Vande Mataram Movement
Explanation: In Andhra, the wider Swadeshi upsurge was often called the Vande Mataram movement. It spread anti-colonial awareness, resistance to imported goods and commitment to indigenous production. The movement was part of the response to Bengal’s partition in 1905.
Q108. During a historical drama a character says “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.” Which freedom fighter originally uttered this?
[SSC MTS (16 May 2023, Shift 3)]
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Ambika Charan Majumdar
(D) Bhagat Singh
Answer: (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Explanation: The slogan is inseparable from Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s nationalist appeal for Swaraj. He opposed excessive dependence on petitions and advocated popular political action. Its widespread use illustrated the stronger ideological tone of nationalist agitation during the early twentieth century.
Q107. At which Congress session did Congress and the Muslim League agree on a joint front against British rule?
[SSC CGL Tier I (27 July 2023, Shift 3)]
(A) Bombay
(B) Allahabad
(C) Lucknow
(D) Delhi
Answer: (C) Lucknow
Explanation: The 1916 Lucknow session brought two significant developments: a Congress–Muslim League agreement and reunion of Congress Moderates and Extremists. It was presided over by Ambika Charan Majumdar. The agreement illustrated attempts to coordinate demands for constitutional reform.
Q106. In which year did the Indian National Congress split into two factions?
[SSC MTS (17 May 2023, Evening)]
(A) 1901
(B) 1905
(C) 1903
(D) 1907
Answer: (D) 1907
Explanation: The Congress split at Surat in December 1907 between Moderates and Extremists. Leadership disagreements and differences over the scope of boycott and Swaraj led to the confrontation. The factions finally reunited at the Lucknow session nine years later.
Q105. Who said that he knew, adored and worshipped his country as his mother?
[UGC NET History (16 June 2023, Shift 2)]
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Rash Behari Ghosh
Answer: (A) Aurobindo Ghosh
Explanation: The words are associated with Sri Aurobindo’s conception of India as a motherland worthy of devotion. His early nationalist writings linked the demand for freedom to cultural and spiritual ideas. He later concentrated on Integral Yoga and philosophy in Pondicherry.
Q104. Which freedom fighter was associated with the establishment of Punjab National Bank?
[MP Police Constable (17 August 2023, Shift 2)]
(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) B. R. Ambedkar
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: (D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai was associated with the foundation and early growth of Punjab National Bank in Lahore. Indian-controlled financial institutions reflected the wider objective of economic self-reliance. Rai also supported Arya Samaj activities, national education and anti-colonial political mobilization.
Q103. Who died following injuries sustained during a 1928 protest against the Simon Commission?
[SSC CHSL Tier I (11 August 2023, Shift 1)]
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Lala Har Dayal
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (A) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai led anti-Simon Commission demonstrators in Lahore in October 1928. The protest was met with a police lathi charge, and he died weeks afterward. His death provoked widespread outrage and influenced revolutionary resistance in Punjab.
Q102. Lala Lajpat Rai was injured during protests against which commission?
[Chandigarh Police Constable (23 July 2023)]
(A) Rowlatt Commission
(B) Simon Commission
(C) Bengal Regulation Commission
(D) Hunter Commission
Answer: (B) Simon Commission
Explanation: Lajpat Rai opposed the Simon Commission because its members were all British and it lacked Indian representation. He led a demonstration in Lahore in 1928, sustained injuries during police action and died in November. The incident became a nationalist rallying point.
Q101. Which leader was called Punjab Kesari or Lion of Punjab?
[CRPF Constable Tradesman (12 July 2023, Shift 1)]
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Lala Har Dayal
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Ajit Singh
Answer: (C) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai earned the title Punjab Kesari through influential nationalist leadership. A member of the Lal–Bal–Pal triumvirate, he worked in education, journalism and social reform. His death following the Simon Commission protest in 1928 intensified nationalist feeling.
