Revolutionary Movements in India (Part-I)

Total Questions: 46

41. Kakori Conspiracy Case took place in the year: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008]

Correct Answer: (b) 1925
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.

42. Who among the following revolutionaries escaped from the Kakori case? [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2006]

Correct Answer: (c) Chandra Shekhar Azad
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.

43. Name the first recorded Muslim who was hanged for Indian freedom: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]

Correct Answer: (c) Ashfaq Ullah Khan
Solution:Ashfaqulla Khan was the first recorded Muslim who was sentenced to death in the Indian freedom struggle on 19th December, 1927 at the age of 27 years in Faizabad (Ayodhya) Jail. He was born on 22nd October, 1900 in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

If the reference of 1857 revolt is also taken into account, then the answer of this question will be Azizuddin because, in 1857 after suppressing the Delhi revolt, Britishers hung the Mughal prince Azizuddin and 6 other Mughal princes at the Delhi Gate.

44. Given below is a list of some cases. Select their correct chronological order by using the codes given at the end: [U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]

  1. Lahore case
  2. Kakori case
  3. Meerut case
  4. Kanpur case
Correct Answer: (c) 1, 4, 2 and 3
Solution:Judgement in the first and second Lahore conspiracy case came in 1916 and 1930 respectively.

Kanpur Conspiracy case in 1924, Kakori conspiracy (Kakori train action) in 1925, and Meerut conspiracy case happened in 1929. The desired answer will be option (c) in reference to Lahore conspiracy case.

45. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

Correct Answer: (d) Nasik Conspiracy Case - Ras Bihari Bose
Solution:Delhi Conspiracy Case - Amirchand
Kakori Conspiracy case (Kakori train action) - Ashfaqualla
Lahore Conspiracy Case - Jatin Das
Nasik Conspiracy Case - Anant Lakshman Kanhare.
Hence option (d) is not correctly matched. Ras Bihari Bose was associated with Delhi Conspiracy Case.
Abhinav Bharat society was launched in 1904 by V.D. Savarkar. One member of this organisation, Anant Lakshman Kanhare, shot dead the district Collector (Jackson) of Nasik on 21st December, 1909. This sensational murder is known as the Nasik Conspiracy Case. 27 members of the Abhinav Bharat society were convicted and punished.

46. Match list-I with list-II and choose the correct answer from the code given below— [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2021]

List-IList-II
A. Howrah Conspiracy case(i) Master Ami Chand (Amir Chand)
B. Lahore Conspiracy case(ii) Arvind Ghosh
C. Delhi Conspiracy case(iii) Jatindranath Mukherjee
D. Alipore Conspiracy case(iv) Rajguru

Code:

ABCD
(a)IVIIIIII
(b)IIIIIIIV
(c)IIIIVIII
(d)IIIIIIVI
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows:
  • Howrah Conspiracy case — Jatindranath Mukherjee
  • Lahore Conspiracy case — Rajguru
  • Delhi Conspiracy case — Master Ami Chand
  • Alipore Conspiracy case — Arvind Ghosh