MODERN HISTORY OF INDIA (Railway) – Part -3

Total Questions: 66

31. Who led the march to raid the Dharasana salt works after Gandhiji was arrested? [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 07.04.2021 (Shift-I)]

(1) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(2) Madan Mohan Malviya
(3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(4) Abbas Tyabji

Correct Answer: (4) Abbas Tyabji

Solution:Dharasana Satyagraha was a demonstration in colonial India in May 1930, against the British salt levy.

• Mahatma Gandhi had planned a raid on the Dharasana Salt Works, which was 40km south of Dandi, but was arrested before he could put that into action.

However, other leaders like Abbas Tyabji and Sarojini Naidu led the Dharasana Satyagraha.

32. Which of the following Viceroy of India did take initiative to elected local government bodies? [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 07.04.2021 (Shift-I)]

(1) Lord Reading
(2) Lord Wavell
(3) Lord Rippon
(4) Lord Irwin

Correct Answer: (4) Lord Irwin

Solution:Lord Rippon was known as the father of local selfgovern ment in India as he introduced local self governance in the year 1882.

• His efforts included the Bengal Tenancy Act 1885 to improve the condition of the peasants.

33. Who was the Governor General at the time of sepoy mutiny? [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 07.04.2021 (Shift-1)]

(1) Lord Canning
(2) Lord Cornwallis
(3) Lord Hastings
(4) Lord Dalhousie

Correct Answer: (1) Lord Canning

Solution:Lord Canning served as Governor General of India from 1856 to 1862.

• After the revolt of 1857, the company rule was abolished and India came under the direct control of the British crown.

• Government of India Act 1858 passed which changed the name of post Governor General of India by Viceroy of India. The first Viceroy of India was Lord Canning.

34. During first war of Independence, 1857, Kanpur region rose to oppose the British rule where Nana Saheb's Palace_______ at served as its headquarters. [RRB NTTC CBT-1 Exam, 07.04.2021 (Shift-1)]

(1) Pokhraya
(2) Bibighar
(3) Fatehgarh
(4) Bithoor

Correct Answer: (2) Bibighar

Solution:Nana Sahib (Original name Dhondu Pant) was the adopted son of last Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II.

Under Nana Sahib's leader ship, Kanpur rose to oppose British rule during the First War of Independence in 1857. Bithoor served as his head quarters.

Nana Sahib, Tatya Tope (Original name Ramchandra Pan duranga) and Rani Laxmi Bai (Also known as manu and Manikarnica) gathered at the ramparts of the Bithoor Fort to take on the British forces.

35. Who prepared the first estimates of the national income of India in 1876? [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 17.08.2022 (Shift-II)]

(1) Dadabhai Naoroji
(2) PC Mahalanobis
(3) VKRV Rao
(4) William Dagboi

Correct Answer: (1) Dadabhai Naoroji

Solution:Dadabhai Naoroji, fondly called the Grand Old Man of India, prepared the first estimates of National income in 1876.

He estimated the national income by first estimating the value of agricultural production and then adding a certain percentage as nonagri cultural production.

36. Sohan Singh Bhakna was the first president of the founded by Indians in the United States of America in 1913. [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 17.08.2022 (Shift-III)]

(1) India Revolutionary Party
(2) Ghadar Party
(3) Swaraj Party
(4) Swatantra Party

Correct Answer: (2) Ghadar Party

Solution:The Ghadar Party was formed on 15 July 1913 in the Sen Francison. United States under the leadership of Lala Har Dayal.

Some of its other founders included Sant Baba Wasakha Singh Dadehar, Baba Jawala Singh, Santokh Singh and Sohan Singh Bhakna as its president.

• Ghadar party was initially named the Pacific Coast Hindustan Association.

37. Which of the following estab lished by Raja Rammohan Roy was a precursor in socioreli glous reforms in Bengal? [RRB Group D' CBT Exam, 18.08.2022 (Shift-II)]

(1) Prarthana Samaj
(2) Arya Samaj
(3) Atmiya Sabha
(4) Dharma Sabha

Correct Answer: (3) Atmiya Sabha

Solution:Raja Rammohan Roy founded the Atmiya Sabha in Calcutta in 1815.

It served to conduct debate and discussion sessions on philosophical topics and promote free and collective thinking and social reform.

• The foundation of Atmiya Sabha is considered as the beginning of the modern age in Kolkata.

• Raja Rammohan Rai Founded the Brahamo Samaj in 1828 at calcutta. Rai also knoun as father of Indian renaissance. in India.

38. Ramakrishna Mission was founded in 1897 by_______. [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 18.08.2022 (Shift-III)]

(1) Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(2) Dayanand Saraswati
(3) Swami Vivekanand
(4) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Correct Answer: (3) Swami Vivekanand

Solution:Ramakrishna Mission is a philanthropic, volunteer or ganisation that was founded by Ramakrishna's chief disciple Vivekananda on 1 May 1897..

• It is headquartered near Kolkata at Belur Math in Howrah, West Bengal

• It subscribes to the ancient Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.

39. Who led the Brahmo Samaj immediately after Raja Ram Mohun Roy? [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam. 22.08.2022 (Shift-1)]

(1) Dwarka Nath Tagore
(2) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(3) Dr. Atma Ram
(4) Devendra Nath Tagore

Correct Answer: (4) Devendra Nath Tagore

Solution:After the death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1833, the Brahmo Samaj was gradually divided into several sects.

Maharshi Debendranath Tagore established the Adi Brahmo Samaj, Keshab Chandra Sen established the Bhartiya Brahmo Samaj.

40. Chauri Chaura incident occurred in which year? [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 22.08.2022 (Shift-III)]

(1) 1922
(2) 1921
(3) 1920
(4) 1919

Correct Answer: (1) 1922

Solution:The Chauri Chaura inci- dent occurred at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province on 5 February, 1922.

A large group of protesters participating in the Non cooperation movement turned violent, leading to police opening fire.

• It resulted in the deaths of three civilians and 23 police men.

• As a result of this incident, Gandhi called off the Non Cooperation Movement.

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