Revolutionary Movements in India (Part-I)

Total Questions: 46

31. Who among the following was Government advocate in Kakori Conspiracy Case? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Jagat Narain Mulla
Solution:The Kakori Conspiracy was a train robbery that took place in Kakori, near Lucknow, on 9 August 1925 during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Indian Government. The Court appointed Jagat Narayan Mulla as a public prosecutor.

32. Who among the following was not associated with the Kanpur Conspiracy Case of 1924? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Correct Answer: (d) M.A. Ansari
Solution:To repress the increasing power of communists in India, few communist leaders were tried on the basis of a conspiracy in Kanpur. This case became famous as 'Kanpur Conspiracy' case of 1924.
The list of 13 persons originally accused in the Kanpur case:
(1) MN Roy, (2) Muzaffar Ahmad, (3) Shaukat Usmani, (4) Ghulam Hussain, (5) SA Dange, (6) M. Singaravelu, (7) RL Sharma, (8) Nalini Gupta, (9) Shamuddin Hassan, (10) MRS Velayndhun, (11) Doctor Manilal, (12) Sampurnananda, (13) Satyabhakta.

33. "Daro-deewar pe hasrat ki nazar karte hain, khush raho ahle-vatan ham to safar karte hain." [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2003 U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2002]

Correct Answer: (d) Wazid Ali Shah
Solution:This utterance belonged to the last Nawab of Awadh, Wazid Ali Shah. Indian revolutionaries used to sing this poem in their imprisonment period and capital punishment.

34. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was formed by: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1996]

Correct Answer: (c) Chandra Shekhar Azad
Solution:In September 1928, the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was established at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, under the leadership of Chandra Shekhar Azad. This organization worked more dangerously from 1928 to 1931. In December 1928, Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad, and Rajguru killed the Assistant Police Superintendent John Saunders in retaliation to his orders of lathi charge during the procession in opposition to the Simon Commission. Two members of HSRA, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt, also threw a bomb in Central Legislative Assembly on 8 April 1929, when the proceedings were going on for trade dispute and safety bills.

35. Bhagat Singh threw a bomb in Central Assembly along with— [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (c) Batukeshwar Dutt
Solution:In September 1928, the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was established at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, under the leadership of Chandra Shekhar Azad. This organization worked more dangerously from 1928 to 1931. In December 1928, Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad, and Rajguru killed the Assistant Police Superintendent John Saunders in retaliation to his orders of lathi charge during the procession in opposition to the Simon Commission. Two members of HSRA, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt, also threw a bomb in Central Legislative Assembly on 8 April 1929, when the proceedings were going on for trade dispute and safety bills.

36. Who among the following was not the member of the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA)? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

Correct Answer: (d) Shiv Verma
Solution:Shiv Verma was not the member of the 'Hindustan Republican Association' (HRA). He associated himself with its renewed form of organization, Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, while others such as Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, and Ramprasad Bismil were the members of HRA previously. Shiv Verma was sentenced to life imprisonment for charges of Lahore Conspiracy.

37. Who amongst the following revolutionaries refused to drink the given milk on the eve of his execution and said "Now, I shall take my mother’s milk only."? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (c) Ramprasad Bismil
Solution:Ramprasad Bismil was sentenced to death for the Kakori Conspiracy (Kakori Train Action). He refused to take the milk given to him for drinking. Just before going to the gallows, he read a sher, as he was an excellent parnassian:

"Malik Teri Raja Rahe, Aur Tu He Tu Rahe
Baki Na Main Rahun, Na Meri Aarzu Rahe
Jab Tak Tan Mein Saans, Ragon Mein Lahu Rahe
Tera hi Jikrayar Aur Teri he Justju Rahe."

UPPSC accepted the initial answer option (c) but, later this question was removed from the answer sheet.

38. Who penned the following lines? [56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2015]

"Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai, Dekhna hai zor kitna baju-e-qatil me hai."

Correct Answer: (a) Bismil
Solution:"Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai / Dekhna hai zor kitna baju-e-quatil me hai" is a patriotic poem written by Bismil Azimabadi. His original name was Saiyad Shah Muhammad Hasan. He was born in 1901, Binaha village, Patna. This gazal was published in "Sabah" magazine of Qazi Abdul Ghaffar in 1922.

39. Who is the author of the popular song "Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamare Dil Mein Hai"? [66th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2020]

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above/More than one of the above
Solution:"Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai / Dekhna hai zor kitna baju-e-quatil me hai" is a patriotic poem written by Bismil Azimabadi. His original name was Saiyad Shah Muhammad Hasan. He was born in 1901, Binaha village, Patna. This gazal was published in "Sabah" magazine of Qazi Abdul Ghaffar in 1922.

40. Who among the following was hanged in the Kakori conspiracy case by the English Government? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1997]

Correct Answer: (b) Ram Prasad Bismil
Solution:Shachindra Nath Sanyal, Ram Prasad 'Bismil,' and Chandra Shekhar Azad established the revolutionary institution Hindustan Republican Association in October 1924. The treasury of the Government was looted by this organization at Kakori, a place in the Lucknow-Saharanpur section of the northern railway, on 9 August 1925. This incident is known as the Kakori Conspiracy (Kakori Train Action). 43 revolutionaries were arrested, in which Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah, Roshan Singh, and Rajendra Lahiri were hanged, while Azad escaped. Azad was the only member of HRA who was never arrested by the British Government.