Q50. Where were Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu detained during part of the Quit India Movement, 1942–44?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I (1 March 2021, Shift 2)]
- A. Birla House
- B. Sabarmati Ashram
- C. Raigad Fort
- D. Aga Khan Palace
Answer: D. Aga Khan Palace
Explanation: The Aga Khan Palace at Pune was used to detain Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu and other nationalist figures after the 1942 Quit India call. It also became associated with the deaths of Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai during captivity.
Q49. Who composed Vande Mataram, the national song later popularized during the freedom struggle?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I (22 February 2021, Shift 2)]
- A. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
- B. Sri Aurobindo
- C. Rabindranath Tagore
- D. Sarojini Naidu
Answer: A. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Explanation: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Vande Mataram, which appears in his novel Anandamath. It became a stirring nationalist song, especially during the Swadeshi movement. Rabindranath Tagore helped popularize its performance but did not compose the original text.
Q48. In which year did Dadabhai Naoroji become the first Indian elected to the British House of Commons?
[RRB NTPC CBT I (15 February 2021, Shift 1)]
- A. 1893
- B. 1891
- C. 1892
- D. 1896
Answer: C. 1892
Explanation: Dadabhai Naoroji won election as a Liberal Party candidate for Central Finsbury in 1892. His position in the House of Commons gave him a platform to raise Indian political and economic grievances before British lawmakers.
Q47. Against whom was the Indian National Army organized?
[ACC 124 ACT Examination (February 2021)]
- A. Germany and Japan
- B. British in India
- C. Japan
- D. Russia
Answer: B. British in India
Explanation: The INA was created to end British rule in India. It took shape in Southeast Asia during World War II and, under Bose, campaigned alongside Japan against British-led Allied forces.
Q46. Where were the historic INA trials held?
[CG Vyapam Mandi Sub-Inspector Official Paper (2021)]
- A. Red Fort, Delhi
- B. Victoria Memorial, Calcutta
- C. Red Fort, Agra
- D. Victoria Terminus, Bombay
Answer: A. Red Fort, Delhi
Explanation: The trials of INA personnel took place at Delhi’s Red Fort after World War II. Their defendants became nationalist symbols, and public responses showed growing unwillingness to accept the British prosecution of anti-colonial soldiers.
Q45. Which leaders chiefly inspired Bose to join the Indian National Congress?
[UPPSC GIC Lecturer Economics 2021]
- A. Nehru and Jayaprakash Narayan
- B. Rajendra Prasad and Rajagopalachari
- C. Rajagopalachari and Gandhi
- D. Chittaranjan Das and Gandhi
Answer: D. Chittaranjan Das and Gandhi
Explanation: Bose was deeply influenced by Gandhi’s national movement and especially by Chittaranjan Das, his political mentor in Bengal. Das provided opportunities for organizational work that shaped Bose’s early career in the Congress.
Q44. Where did Madam Cama display an Indian tricolour of freedom on foreign soil?
[BPSC 66th CCE Prelims (27 December 2020)]
- A. Paris
- B. London
- C. Stuttgart
- D. Geneva
- E. None of the above
Answer: C. Stuttgart
Explanation: At Stuttgart in Germany in 1907, Bhikaji Cama raised an early nationalist flag before an international political gathering. The flag was not identical to the tricolour adopted in 1947, but became a notable symbol of overseas anti-colonial activism.
Q43. In which present-day state did the Bhoodan Movement begin?
[MH SET History (27 December 2020)]
- A. Maharashtra
- B. Bihar
- C. West Bengal
- D. Telangana
Answer: D. Telangana
Explanation: Vinoba Bhave launched the Bhoodan land-gift initiative in 1951 at Pochampally, situated in present-day Telangana. Landowners were encouraged to donate land voluntarily to those without holdings, making land redistribution a Gandhian moral campaign.
Q42. Who initiated the Bhoodan Movement?
[SSC Stenographer (23 December 2020, Shift 1)]
- A. Vinoba Bhave
- B. Mahatma Gandhi
- C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- D. Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: A. Vinoba Bhave
Explanation: Vinoba Bhave launched the voluntary land-donation campaign at Pochampally in April 1951. His appeal to wealthy landholders was grounded in Gandhian moral persuasion and aimed to make farmland available to rural families without land.
Q41. In which German city did Bhikaji Cama raise an early Indian nationalist flag in 1907?
[Delhi Police Constable (14 December 2020, Shift 3)]
- A. Stuttgart
- B. Munich
- C. Berlin
- D. Bonn
Answer: A. Stuttgart
Explanation: Bhikaji Cama unfurled a flag symbolizing Indian independence at Stuttgart’s international socialist meeting in August 1907. This notable overseas nationalist demonstration predated the adoption of India’s official tricolour by forty years.
