Modern History: Miscellaneous (Part-II)

21. The real name of the ‘Frontier Gandhi’ is : [43rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1999]

(a) Purushottam Das Tandon
(b) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Correct Answer: (c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Solution:Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun independence activist and spiritual leader nicknamed as “Frontier Gandhi” due to his political activities and close association with the Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi. He was a lifelong pacifist who advocated non-violent opposition and founded the Khudai Khidmatgar to protest against the British-controlled army using peaceful protests and political activism. He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1987.

22. Who is known as ‘Frontier Gandhi’? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re. Exam) 2022]

(a) M.A. Jinnah
(b) Shaukat Ali
(c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer: (c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Solution:Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun independence activist and spiritual leader nicknamed as “Frontier Gandhi” due to his political activities and close association with the Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi. He was a lifelong pacifist who advocated non-violent opposition and founded the Khudai Khidmatgar to protest against the British-controlled army using peaceful protests and political activism. He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1987.

23. Who among the following is popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Jatin Das
(d) Maulana Muhammad Ali

Correct Answer: (b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Solution:Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun independence activist and spiritual leader nicknamed as “Frontier Gandhi” due to his political activities and close association with the Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi. He was a lifelong pacifist who advocated non-violent opposition and founded the Khudai Khidmatgar to protest against the British-controlled army using peaceful protests and political activism. He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1987.

24. Who among the following are known as 'Bombay Trimurti'? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

(a) Tilak, Gokhale, Naoroji
(b) Mehta, Tilak, Tyabji
(c) Mehta, Telang, Tyabji
(d) Naoroji, Telang, Deshmukh

Correct Answer: (c) Mehta, Telang, Tyabji

Solution:Firozshah Mehta, K.T. Telang and Badruddin Tyabji were known as the 'Bombay Trimurti'. Together, in 1885 A.D., they founded Bombay Presidency Association.

25. What was the name of the movement started by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan against British? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

(a) Red Shirt
(b) Quit India
(c) Khilafat
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer: (a) Red Shirt

Solution:Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (Frontier Gandhi) had organized a volunteer brigade 'Khudai Khidmatgars' popularly known as the 'Red Shirts' who were pledged to the freedom struggle and non-violence during civil Disobedience Movement.

26. Who of the following attacked on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar by saying: Ambedkar has had his leadership thrust upon him by a benign British Government because his services were necessary to embarrass the Nationalist leaders. [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Dr. B.S. Moonje
(d) Sir Mirza Ismail

Correct Answer: (c) Dr. B.S. Moonje

Solution:Dr. B.S. Moonje was a Hindu nationalist leader. He made the above-statement in 1932, due to the demand of separate electorate for Dalits raised by B.R. Ambedkar.

27. How did the study of history help in creating a feeling of nationalism in India towards the end of the 19th century? [68th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

(a) By urging people to struggle and change the miserable conditions of life under the British rule
(b) By reinterpreting history and refuting the British portrayal of Indians as backward, primitive and incapable of governing themselves
(c) By writing about India's glorious past and urging people to take pride in their achievements
(d) More than one of the above
(e) None of the above

Correct Answer: (d) More than one of the above

Solution:Study of history helped in creating a feeling of nationalism in India towards the end of 19th century by -

Urging people to struggle and change the miserable conditions of life under the British rule.
Reinterpreting history and refuting the British portrayal of Indians as backward, primitive and incapable of governing themselves.
Writing about India’s glorious past and urging people to take pride in their achievements.

28. The native State of Tripura became involved in the Freedom Movement early in the 20th century because: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2000]

(a) The kings of Tripura were always anti-British
(b) The Bengal revolutionaries took shelter in Tripura
(c) The tribes of the state were fiercely freedom loving
(d) There were already some groups fighting against the kingship and its protector, the British

Correct Answer: (b) The Bengal revolutionaries took shelter in Tripura

Solution:King of the princely State of Tripura involved educated Bengalis in his administration. Due to pressure from the Britishers in the early twentieth century, some of the Bengal revolutionaries had taken shelter in Tripura, which resulted in the expansion of Independence Movement in Tripura.

29. Rajendra Prasad belonged to : [44th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000]

(a) U.P.
(b) Bihar
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) None of these

Correct Answer: (b) Bihar

Solution:Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born on December 3, 1884 in Ziradei village in Siwan district of Bihar. He was the first President of Independent India. He was the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution.

30. Women Saint Daya Bai was a disciple of – [R.A.S/R.T.S (Pre) 2018]

(a) Saint Charandas
(b) Saint Nimbarkacharya
(c) Saint Raidas
(d) Saint Ramcharan

Correct Answer: (a) Saint Charandas

Solution:Women saint Daya Bai was a disciple of Saint Charandas. She wrote a book named 'Dayabodh'.

Modern History: Miscellaneous (Part-II)

21. The real name of the ‘Frontier Gandhi’ is : [43rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1999]

22. Who is known as ‘Frontier Gandhi’? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re. Exam) 2022]

23. Who among the following is popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

24. Who among the following are known as 'Bombay Trimurti'? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

25. What was the name of the movement started by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan against British? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

26. Who of the following attacked on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar by saying: Ambedkar has had his leadership thrust upon him by a benign British Government because his services were necessary to embarrass the Nationalist leaders. [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

27. How did the study of history help in creating a feeling of nationalism in India towards the end of the 19th century? [68th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

28. The native State of Tripura became involved in the Freedom Movement early in the 20th century because: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2000]

29. Rajendra Prasad belonged to : [44th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000]

30. Women Saint Daya Bai was a disciple of – [R.A.S/R.T.S (Pre) 2018]

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