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Modern History: Miscellaneous (Part-I)

📆 October 25, 2024

Total Questions: 50

11. Rajani Palme Dutt said, "They both fought and collaborated with imperialism." Which political grouping was he referring to? [64th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018]

Correct Answer: (a) The Indian National Congress
Solution:Rajni Palme Dutt said the above lines in reference to the Indian National Congress. Rajani Palme Dutt (19 June 1896-20 December 1974), also known as R. P Dutt, was a Communist Party of Great Britain journalist and theorist. His classic book "India Today" pioneered the Marxist approach to Indian history. In 1921, he was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Born on June 19, 1896, to an Indian father and a Swedish mother. In 1914, while studying at Oxford, he joined the Independent Labour Party. In the same year, he founded the famous Marxist journal The Labour Monthly, which he edited for nearly five decades. He was also the editor of the CPGB newspaper Daily Worker. RPD (as he was affectionately known) was a brilliant scholar and a leading figure in the international communist movement. In 1936, he co-authored the Dutt-Bradley Theses. He had a strong connection to India, which he visited in 1946. Due to ill health, he retired from active politics in the mid-1960s

12. "New Lamps for Old" was a series of articles (1893-94) that criticized the Congress for being out of touch with the 'proletariat.' Who was the author of these articles? [56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (a) Aurobindo Ghose
Solution:Aurobindo Ghose (15 August, 1872 – 5 December, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, philosopher, yogi, and guru. "New Lamp for Old" is a title of a fiery series authored by Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo wrote the article series at the request of his Cambridge days' friend K.G. Deshpande. K.G. Deshpande was in charge of a weekly published from Bombay called Induprakash. This article was written on the political situation of India, especially criticizing the policies of Congress towards colonial rule in India.

13. Consider the following events and arrange them in chronological order: [U.P.R.O/A.R.O. (Pre.) 2021]

I. Establishment of 'Gadar Party' by Lala Hardayal
II. Establishment of 'Servants of India Society' by Gopal Krishna Gokhale
III. Publication of Hicky's 'Bengal Gazette'
IV. Establishment of 'Bengal Asiatic Society' by Sir William Jones

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (b) I, IV, III and II
Solution:
  • Publication of Hicky's 'The Bengal Gazette' – 1780
  • Establishment of 'Bengal Asiatic Society' by Sir William Jones – 1784
  • Establishment of 'Servants of India Society' by Gopal Krishna Gokhale – 1905
  • Establishment of 'Gadar Party' by Lala Hardayal – 1913

14. Who among the following leaders said, "I am an Indian Tom-Tom, whose work is waking up all the sleepers so that they may wake and work for their motherland"? [U.P.B.E.O. (Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (d) Annie Besant
Solution:Annie Besant said, "I am an Indian Tom-Tom, whose work is waking up all the sleepers so that they may wake for their motherland."

15. "So long as this third power, i.e., England is here, our communal differences would keep on troubling us." [66th B.P.S.C. Re-Exam (Pre) 2020]

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above/More than one of the above
Solution:Louis Fisher was an American journalist who, among his many works, also wrote the biography of Mahatma Gandhi, The Life of Mahatma Gandhi. During one of the interviews for this biography, the above statement was said by Mahatma Gandhi to him on the issue of communalism.

16. Who among the following Indians is known as Gurudev? [38th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1992-93]

Correct Answer: (a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Solution:Rabindranath Tagore was an icon of Indian culture. He was a poet, philosopher, musician, writer, and educationist. He was popularly called Gurudev. He also became the first Asian to become a Nobel laureate when he won the Nobel Prize for 'Song Offerings,' the English translation of his collection of poems, Gitanjali, in 1913; he was awarded knighthood by British King George V. He established Viswabharati University in 1921.

17. In which year, Rabindranath Tagore died? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

Correct Answer: (c) 1941
Solution:Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861, in a wealthy Brahmin family in Kolkata (West Bengal). He was the 14th child of Debendranath and Sarada Devi (They had 14 children, out of which 13 survived). He passed away on August 7, 1941, at his ancestral home in Calcutta (Kolkata).

18. Who amongst the following had called Rabindra Nath Tagore as 'The Great Sentinel'? [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (b) Mahatma Gandhi
Solution:Mahatma Gandhi called Rabindranath, "The Great Sentinel." Gandhi believed that he was providing moral support for India's freedom struggle.

19. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Rabindranath Tagore? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

Correct Answer: (d) He favored the economic aspects of the Swadeshi Movement.
Solution:Rabindranath Tagore did not favor the economic aspects of the Swadeshi Movement. He portrayed the side effects of the economic aspects of the Swadeshi Movement in his novel Ghare Baire, depicting the sourness of Muslim businessmen. Remaining statements are correct.

20. Which revolutionary made this statement: "Avenge the blood of Indian Martyrs. Use your sword to liberate your motherland. Stand up against the entire Anglo-American enemy"? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (a) Ras Behari Bose
Solution:"Avenge the blood of Indian Martyrs. Use your sword to Liberate your Motherland. Stand up against the entire Anglo-American enemy" was the statement of Ras Behari Bose. Ras Behari Bose was an Indian revolutionary leader against British Raj. He was one of the key organizers of the Indian National Army (INA).
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