Q180. At which session of the Indian National Congress did the party formally split into Moderates and Extremists?
[RRB Technician Grade III (9 March 2026, Shift 2)]
(A) Surat session, 1907
(B) Bombay session, 1910
(C) Delhi session, 1912
(D) Calcutta session, 1906
Answer: (A) Surat session, 1907
Explanation: The Surat session of 1907 saw the Congress divide after disputes over its president and methods of agitation. Extremist leaders wanted vigorous use of Swadeshi and boycott, whereas Moderates advocated restraint. The two wings were later reunited at Lucknow in 1916.
Q179. Which slogan was popularised by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
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(A) Liberty is our dream
(B) Give me blood and I will give you freedom
(C) Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it
(D) Freedom is our goal
Answer: (C) Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it
Explanation: Tilak’s celebrated declaration asserted self-government as a right rather than a favour from the colonial authorities. It encapsulated the assertive outlook associated with the Extremist movement. Subhas Chandra Bose, by contrast, is associated with the distinct appeal about giving blood for freedom.
Q178. The Alipore Bomb Conspiracy Case happened in which year?
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(A) 1929
(B) 1921
(C) 1905
(D) 1908
Answer: (D) 1908
Explanation: The Alipore conspiracy prosecution originated in 1908 after the Muzaffarpur bomb attempt against Magistrate Kingsford. Investigators discovered bomb-making materials and revolutionary networks around Maniktala. The trial became a landmark episode in Bengal’s revolutionary nationalist phase and involved Aurobindo and Barindra Ghosh.
Q177. Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League in which year?
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(A) 1906
(B) 1916
(C) 1919
(D) 1917
Answer: (B) 1916
Explanation: Tilak launched his Home Rule organization in April 1916, seeking Indian self-government through sustained public campaigning. Annie Besant organized another league later that year. These initiatives revived nationalist politics after the earlier Congress split and wartime restrictions on political activity.
Q176. The Extremist phase in the Indian freedom struggle began around which year?
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(A) 1885
(B) 1857
(C) 1905
(D) 1942
Answer: (C) 1905
Explanation: Militant or assertive nationalist politics gained strength around 1905 when Bengal’s partition generated mass protest. Leaders such as Tilak, Pal and Lajpat Rai rejected exclusive dependence on petitions and sought boycott, Swadeshi and political mobilization to achieve Swaraj.
Q175. During his imprisonment at Mandalay after 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak authored which work?
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(A) Gita-Sar
(B) Gita-Darshan
(C) Gita-Rahasya
(D) Gita-Gyan
Answer: (C) Gita-Rahasya
Explanation: While serving the six-year sentence imposed in 1908, Tilak composed Gita Rahasya, an interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita highlighting the importance of action and duty. He wrote it in Marathi, and publication followed after his release, in 1915.
Q174. Who wrote Unhappy India as a reply to the views expressed in Katherine Mayo’s Mother India?
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(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Bipin Chandra Pal
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (A) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai wrote Unhappy India in response to Katherine Mayo’s controversial Mother India. The book challenged sweeping portrayals of India as inherently unfit for self-rule. His response combined political criticism of imperialism with concern about how colonial discourse represented Indian society.
Q173. Which freedom fighter was injured during a demonstration against the Simon Commission and later died?
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(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) C. Rajagopalachari
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lajpat Rai led opposition to the Simon Commission in Lahore in October 1928. Police used batons against demonstrators, and he subsequently died in November. The episode became a major rallying point for anti-colonial protest because the commission contained no Indian members.
Q172. Lala Lajpat Rai was popularly known by which title?
[RRB Group D (9 January 2026, Shift 2)]
(A) Netaji
(B) Lokmanya Tilak
(C) Punjab Kesari
(D) Deshbandhu
Answer: (C) Punjab Kesari
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai was celebrated as Punjab Kesari, or Lion of Punjab, for assertive nationalist leadership. He joined Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal in the famous Lal–Bal–Pal grouping. The title reflects his particular political prominence in Punjab and beyond.
Q171. Who declared “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it,” emphasizing assertive nationalism?
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(A) Bipin Chandra Pal
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Explanation: Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave the freedom movement one of its most famous political declarations. It expressed the conviction that Indians possessed an inherent right to govern themselves. Tilak’s approach contrasted with moderate reliance on appeals for incremental concessions from the British.
