Q140. Who co-founded the Indian Association of 1876 alongside Surendranath Banerjee?
[Delhi Police Constable Executive (20 November 2023, Shift 1)]
- A. Benoy Krishna Bose
- B. Jatindranath Mukherjee
- C. Ananda Mohan Bose
- D. Chittaranjan Das
Answer: C. Ananda Mohan Bose
Explanation: Ananda Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee established the Indian Association in 1876. The organization promoted political education, sought representative reforms and brought nationalist concerns into wider public forums.
Q139. Who was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Service examination?
[Delhi Police Constable Executive (15 November 2023, Shift 1)]
- A. Surendranath Banerjee
- B. Subhas Chandra Bose
- C. Satyendranath Tagore
- D. C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: C. Satyendranath Tagore
Explanation: Satyendranath Tagore, an elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore, became the first Indian to enter the Indian Civil Service after passing the examination in 1863. The achievement highlighted barriers Indians faced in colonial administration.
Q138. Tagore surrendered his British knighthood in protest against which incident?
[Delhi Police Constable Executive (14 November 2023, Shift 1)]
- A. Partition of Bengal in 1905
- B. Pitt’s India Act
- C. Komagata Maru incident
- D. Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Answer: D. Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Explanation: Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in 1919 after troops fired on a crowd at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar. His public protest condemned the moral legitimacy of colonial honours amid state violence.
Q137. In which province was the Bardoli Satyagraha launched?
[SSC JE Civil Paper I (9 October 2023, Shift 1)]
- A. Bihar
- B. Gujarat
- C. Kerala
- D. Tamil Nadu
Answer: B. Gujarat
Explanation: Bardoli lies in Gujarat, formerly within the Bombay Presidency under British rule. In 1928, cultivators resisted an increase in land revenue under the leadership of Vallabhbhai Patel. Their campaign became a landmark of organized, nonviolent agrarian protest.
Q136. Vallabhbhai Patel and which leader helped Gandhi mobilize the peasants of Kheda?
[SSC CPO Paper I (3 October 2023, Shift 1)]
- A. Jamnalal Bajaj
- B. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- C. Motilal Nehru
- D. Indulal Yajnik
Answer: D. Indulal Yajnik
Explanation: Vallabhbhai Patel and Indulal Yajnik assisted Gandhi during the Kheda Satyagraha of 1918. They toured villages and encouraged cultivators to resist revenue collection when crop failure made payment extremely difficult, helping build a disciplined nonviolent movement.
Q135. Who first used the term Sarvodaya?
[CISF Constable Fireman (26 September 2023, Shift 3)]
- A. Mahatma Gandhi
- B. Rajendra Prasad
- C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- D. Vinoba Bhave
Answer: A. Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: Gandhi used Sarvodaya as the title of his Gujarati rendering of John Ruskin’s Unto This Last. The idea of welfare for everyone subsequently inspired Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan and Gramdan campaigns of nonviolent social change.
Q134. In which year was the first Indian National Army formed?
[CISF Constable Fireman (26 September 2023, Shift 2)]
- A. 1941
- B. 1942
- C. 1943
- D. 1940
Answer: B. 1942
Explanation: Mohan Singh organized the first INA in 1942 using Indian prisoners of war in Southeast Asia. Bose assumed command in 1943, after the original formation had experienced internal disagreements with Japanese authorities.
Q133. In which year was the Indian National Army initially formed?
[CISF Constable Fireman (26 September 2023, Shift 2)]
- A. 1941
- B. 1942
- C. 1943
- D. 1940
Answer: B. 1942
Explanation: The first INA was established in 1942 under Mohan Singh with Indian prisoners captured by Japanese forces in Southeast Asia. Subhas Chandra Bose took leadership in 1943 and revitalized the army’s organization and campaign for independence.
Q132. Who presided over the 1931 Karachi session of the Indian National Congress?
[DDA Junior Secretariat Assistant (20 September 2023, Shift 4)]
- A. Subhas Chandra Bose
- B. Rajendra Prasad
- C. Vallabhbhai Patel
- D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: C. Vallabhbhai Patel
Explanation: Vallabhbhai Patel chaired the Karachi session of 1931. It was especially important for resolutions on Fundamental Rights and the National Economic Programme. The meeting took place soon after the Gandhi–Irwin Pact and the executions of Bhagat Singh and his comrades.
Q131. On whose advice did Gandhi spend a year travelling around British India to understand its people?
[SSC MTS (14 September 2023, Shift 1)]
- A. Krishnashankar Pandya
- B. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- C. Shrimad Rajchandra
- D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Explanation: After Gandhi returned from South Africa in 1915, his political mentor Gopal Krishna Gokhale encouraged him to travel through India and learn about ordinary people’s circumstances. This experience preceded Gandhi’s major public interventions in Champaran, Ahmedabad and Kheda.
