Q190. Arrange chronologically:
(1) Royal Indian Navy revolt,
(2) Cabinet Mission announcement,
(3) Interim Government formation,
(4) British parliamentary delegation reaching Delhi.
[UPPSC PCS Prelims 2024 General Studies Paper I]
- A. 4, 1, 2, 3
- B. 4, 2, 1, 3
- C. 4, 3, 2, 1
- D. 2, 4, 1, 3
Answer: A. 4, 1, 2, 3
Explanation: The parliamentary delegation reached India in January 1946, followed by the naval revolt in February. The Cabinet Mission came in March, and the Interim Government headed by Nehru took office in September 1946.
Q189. Put these associations in chronological order: East India Association, National Indian Association, Indian Society and Indian Association.
[UPPSC PCS Prelims 2024 General Studies Paper I]
- A. East India, Indian Society, National Indian, Indian Association
- B. National Indian, East India, Indian Association, Indian Society
- C. East India, National Indian, Indian Association, Indian Society
- D. East India, National Indian, Indian Society, Indian Association
Answer: D. East India, National Indian, Indian Society, Indian Association
Explanation: Dadabhai Naoroji founded the East India Association in 1866. The National Indian Association followed in 1871, the Indian Society in 1872 and the Indian Association in 1876, reflecting growing networks of reform and political organization.
Q188. Against whom was the Indian National Army organized to fight?
[Bihar Civil Court Clerk (22 December 2024, Shift 2)]
- A. Germany and Japan
- B. British rule in India
- C. Japan
- D. Russia
Answer: B. British rule in India
Explanation: The INA aimed to overthrow British colonial power through armed operations coordinated with Japan during World War II. Its soldiers included Indian prisoners of war and civilian volunteers from Southeast Asian Indian communities.
Q187. Who displayed an early Indian nationalist tricolour at an international socialist meeting in Stuttgart?
[RPF SI CBT-I (13 December 2024, Shift 1)]
- A. Sucheta Kripalani
- B. Sarojini Naidu
- C. Bhikaji Cama
- D. Annie Besant
Answer: C. Bhikaji Cama
Explanation: Bhikaji Cama unfurled an Indian nationalist flag at Stuttgart in 1907, demonstrating the freedom movement’s international dimension. The banner preceded the design of independent India’s current national flag and symbolized opposition to colonial rule.
Q186. Who founded the Forward Bloc in 1939?
[RPF SI CBT-I (2 December 2024, Shift 2)]
- A. Subhas Chandra Bose
- B. Abul Kalam Azad
- C. Govind Ballabh Pant
- D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: A. Subhas Chandra Bose
Explanation: Bose founded the Forward Bloc after his resignation from the Congress presidency. Its aim was to gather radical nationalist and socialist supporters around stronger opposition to British rule and the demand for complete national independence.
Q185. Bhoodan–Gramdan, initiated by Vinoba Bhave, is also described as which movement?
[MPTET Varg 3 (16 November 2024, Shift 1)]
- A. Land reform through state seizure
- B. Land gift movement
- C. Brown Revolution
- D. Land-rights litigation movement
Answer: B. Land gift movement
Explanation: Bhoodan means land gift and Gramdan means village gift. Vinoba Bhave appealed for voluntary transfers of land and wider community cooperation as a peaceful response to rural inequality and landlessness.
Q184. Who established the Servants of India Society?
[SSC MTS (14 November 2024, Shift 1)]
- A. Mahatma Gandhi
- B. Motilal Nehru
- C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- D. Chittaranjan Das
Answer: C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Explanation: Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society at Pune in 1905. It trained dedicated workers for public service, education and social reform. The institution reflected Gokhale’s conviction that national progress required sustained civic work alongside politics.
Q183. Who led plans to disrupt railway communications and seize arms in Bengal during the revolutionary movement?
[SSC MTS (13 November 2024, Shift 3)]
- A. Aurobindo Ghose
- B. Surendranath Banerjee
- C. Chittaranjan Das
- D. Jatin Mukherjee
Answer: D. Jatin Mukherjee
Explanation: Jatindranath Mukherjee, popularly called Bagha Jatin, organized revolutionary networks and wartime schemes for armed resistance. His efforts reflected the militant strand of anti-colonial politics alongside constitutional and nonviolent nationalism.
Q182. Which approach was used by Dadabhai Naoroji in an early estimate of the poverty line?
[SSC MTS (11 November 2024, Shift 3)]
- A. Prisoner-menu method
- B. Export-import figures alone
- C. Factory output figures
- D. Agricultural production only
Answer: A. Prisoner-menu method
Explanation: Naoroji used estimates based on subsistence food needs, including reference to prison diets, to highlight widespread poverty. His method was a pioneering attempt to give economic substance to nationalist criticism of colonial living conditions.
Q181. Who established the Bhoodan Yajna land-donation campaign?
[SSC MTS (28 October 2024, Shift 1)]
- A. Subhas Chandra Bose
- B. Vinoba Bhave
- C. Vallabhbhai Patel
- D. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: B. Vinoba Bhave
Explanation: Vinoba Bhave initiated the voluntary land-gift campaign in 1951, beginning at Pochampally in present-day Telangana. Rather than compulsory redistribution, he encouraged landowners to donate land to poorer rural families through Gandhian moral persuasion.
