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Q80. Who was known as the Grand Old Man of India?

[UPSSSC PET Exam (2022)]

1. A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2. B. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. C. Surendranath Banerjee
4. D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: B. Dadabhai Naoroji

Explanation: Dadabhai Naoroji was popularly called the Grand Old Man of India for his long leadership of early nationalism. His drain-of-wealth analysis and work in the British Parliament helped expose exploitative colonial economic policies.

Q79. Who was the first Indian woman to preside over the Indian National Congress?

[SSC MTS (11 July 2022, Shift 2)]

1. A. Sarojini Naidu
2. B. Aruna Asaf Ali
3. C. Sucheta Kripalani
4. D. Ashalata Sen

Answer: A. Sarojini Naidu

Explanation: Sarojini Naidu chaired the Kanpur session of the Congress in 1925. Annie Besant had been the first woman Congress president in 1917, but Naidu was the first Indian woman to hold the position.

Q78. In which year did the Azad Hind Radio service commence?

[RRB NTPC CBT-II Level 3 (17 June 2022, Shift 3)]

1. A. 1942
2. B. 1940
3. C. 1939
4. D. 1938

Answer: A. 1942

Explanation: Bose established Azad Hind Radio in Germany in 1942 as part of efforts to communicate nationalist messages during World War II. Its multilingual broadcasts addressed Indians abroad and at home, urging resistance to British rule.

Q77. What is the name of Surendranath Banerjee’s autobiography?

[SSC CHSL 2021 Exam (31 May 2022, Shift 2)]

1. A. Hind Swaraj
2. B. A Nation in the Making
3. C. Young India
4. D. Hints for Self Culture

Answer: B. A Nation in the Making

Explanation: A Nation in the Making is Banerjee’s autobiographical account of his involvement in early Indian political activism. The book records his development as a moderate nationalist and his work in public organizations and constitutional agitation.

Q76. Who founded the Servants of India Society in 1905?

[67th BPSC Prelims (8 May 2022)]

1. A. Surendranath Banerjee
2. B. Bipin Chandra Pal
3. C. Mahadev Govind Ranade
4. D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
5. E. None or more than one

Answer: D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Explanation: The Servants of India Society was founded in Poona in 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. It sought to train public-spirited workers and improve education, social conditions and civic life through peaceful reform.

Q75. Who established the Indian Association in 1876?

[67th BPSC Prelims (8 May 2022)]

1. A. Surendranath Banerjee
2. B. Chittaranjan Das
3. C. W. C. Bonnerjee
4. D. More than one
5. E. None of these

Answer: A. Surendranath Banerjee

Explanation: Surendranath Banerjee co-founded the Indian Association with Ananda Mohan Bose in Calcutta. It promoted political participation and became an influential precursor to the Indian National Congress, formed nine years later.

Q74. In which city did Bose proclaim the Provisional Government of Free India in October 1943?

[SSC CGL 2021 Tier-I (13 April 2022, Shift 3)]

1. A. Singapore
2. B. Russia
3. C. Japan
4. D. Germany

Answer: A. Singapore

Explanation: Bose announced the Azad Hind provisional government in Singapore on 21 October 1943. Supported by wartime Japanese allies, it sought international recognition while the INA campaigned to remove British rule from India.

Q73. Who wrote the book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India?

[SSC CGL Tier-I (11 April 2022, Shift 2)]

1. A. Shashi Tharoor
2. B. Jairam Ramesh
3. C. Annie Besant
4. D. Dadabhai Naoroji

Answer: D. Dadabhai Naoroji

Explanation: Dadabhai Naoroji published Poverty and Un-British Rule in India in 1901. The work provided a sustained economic critique of colonial exploitation and became central to the nationalist drain-of-wealth argument.

Q72. Who founded Banaras Hindu University?

[DSSSB Junior Secretariat Assistant (4 April 2022, Shift 1)]

1. A. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. B. Madan Mohan Malaviya
3. C. Rajendra Prasad
4. D. Motilal Nehru

Answer: B. Madan Mohan Malaviya

Explanation: Madan Mohan Malaviya was a principal founder of Banaras Hindu University, inaugurated in 1916 with support from other educational and social leaders. He envisioned an institution that combined modern scholarship with Indian cultural and intellectual traditions.

Q71. Who created the flag design on which India’s national tricolour was based?

[DSSSB Primary Teacher (27 March 2022, Shift 3)]

1. A. Pingali Venkayya
2. B. Subramania Siva
3. C. Mahatma Gandhi
4. D. B. R. Ambedkar

Answer: A. Pingali Venkayya

Explanation: Pingali Venkayya presented nationalist flag ideas to Gandhi in the early 1920s. His work influenced later tricolour designs, although the final official flag adopted in 1947 included the navy-blue Ashoka Chakra.