Revolutionary Movements in India (Part-II)

Total Questions: 45

11. Match the following on the basis of the end of lives of the following revolutionaries: [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

Based on the image you provided, here is the content in table form:

List-I	List-II
A. Jatin Das	1. During life imprisonment
B. Chandrashekhar Azad	2. Hunger strike
C. Bhagat Singh	3. During encounter
D. Kalpana Datt	4. Hanged

Code:

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	3	2	4	1
(b)	2	3	4	4
(c)	2	3	1	2
(d)	3	4	1	3
(e)	1	2	4	3

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:

List-I	List-II
Jatin Das	Hunger Strike
Chandrashekhar Azad	During encounter
Bhagat Singh	Hanged
Kalpana Datt	During life imprisonment

12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2000]

List-I	List-II
A. Chittagong Armoury Raid	1. Kalpana Dutt
B. Abhinav Bharat	2. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
C. Anushilan Samiti	3. Aurobindo Ghosh
D. Kuka Movement	4. Guru Ram Singh

Code:

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	3	4	2
(b)	1	3	2	4
(c)	3	1	2	4
(d)	3	1	4	2

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:

List-I	List-II
Chittagong Armoury Raid	Kalpana Dutt arrested with Surya Sen and got life imprisonment.
Abhinav Bharat	Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Anushilan Samiti	Aurobindo Ghosh
Kuka Movement	Guru Ram Singh

13. Under whose chairmanship was a committee formed to defend the accused in the Kakori Case? [U.P.P.C.S.(Pre)2014]

(a) Acharya Narendra Dev
(b) Govind Ballabh Pant
(c) Chandrabhanu Gupta
(d) Motilal Nehru

Correct Answer: (b) Govind Ballabh Pant

Solution:Yogesh Chandra Chatterjee was one of the founder members of the Hindustan Republican Association. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Kakori Case (Kakori train action). In his book In Search of Freedom, he mentions that Pandit Motilal Nehru, under the leadership of Govind Ballabh Pant, formed the Kakori Case (Kakori train action day) Defence Committee. In an article by Shankar Narayan Rao at the PIB website, it is mentioned that the President of the Defence Committee was Pandit Motilal Nehru. Initially, UPPSC considered option (d) as correct, but in its revised answer sheet, it supports option (b) as the correct answer.

14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]

List-I (Associations)	List-II (Founders)
A. Revolt Group	1. Rama Prasad Bismil
B. Hindustan Republican Assoc.	2. Chandra Shekhar Azad
C. Hindustan Socialist Republic	3. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Punjab Naujawan Bharat Sabha	4. Bhagat Singh
	5. Surya Sen

code:

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	3	1	4	5
(b)	5	1	2	4
(c)	3	5	1	4
(d)	5	1	2	4

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:Correctly Matched List:

(Associations)	(Founders)
Revolt Group	Surya Sen
Hindustan Republican Association	Ram Prasad Bismil
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association	Chandra Shekhar Azad
Punjab Naujawan Bharat Sabha	Bhagat Singh

Credit goes to Surya Sen for his revolutionary movement in Chittagong, Bengal. He established the revolt group. Ram Prasad Bismil was the founder member of the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA). He had a special role in the Kakori conspiracy. Chandra Shekhar Azad founded the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). In 1925, Bhagat Singh joined the HRA. He also created the Naujawan Bharat Sabha.

15. Who among the following was not an early member of the 'Naujawan-Sabha' formed in 1926 A.D.? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Yashpal
(c) Chhabil Das
(d) Ambika Chakravarti

Correct Answer: (d) Ambika Chakravarti

Solution:Naujawan Bharat Sabha was a left-wing Indian association that sought to foment revolution against the British Raj by gathering together worker and peasant youths by disseminating Marxist ideas. It was founded by Bhagat Singh in March 1926 along with Chhabil Das, Yashpal, Ramchandra, and Bhagvati Charan Vohra. It was part of the Hindustan Republican Association. Ambika Chakravarti was a member of the Chittagong Jugantar Party. He took part in the Chittagong Armoury Raid led by Surya Sen. He joined the Naujawan Bharat Sabha at a later stage.

16. Given below is a list of organizations. Select those engaged in revolutionary activities, using the codes provided below the lists. [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2004]

Abhinav Bharat
Anushilan Samiti
New Nationalist Party
Indian Patriot Association

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4

Correct Answer: (b) 1 and 2

Solution:Abhinav Bharat Society and Anushilan Samiti were the revolutionary organizations. United Indian Patriot Association was founded by Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan and Raja Shiv Prasad in 1888, for Congress opposition.

17. Who propounded the doctrine of "Passive Resistance"? [47th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2005]

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh

Correct Answer: (d) Aurobindo Ghosh

Solution:The principle of "Passive Resistance" was propounded by Aurobindo Ghosh in his newspaper Vande Mataram. He was of the view that Britishers must immediately leave India. Indians must continue to protest until they leave India.

18. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2008]

Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Block
Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association

(a) Only 1 is correct
(b) Only 2 is correct
(c) Both 1 and 2 are correct
(d) None of these

Correct Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2 are correct

Solution:Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Presidency of Congress and founded "Forward Block" on 3rd May 1939.
In 1928, Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was established by Chandra Shekhar Azad at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi. Bhagat Singh was one of the founder members of the organization.

19. Which of the following revolutionary was hanged in the Gorakhpur Jail? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2006]

(a) Ram Prasad Bismil
(b) Rajendra Lahiri
(c) Roshan Singh
(d) Ashfaqullah Khan

Correct Answer: (a) Ram Prasad Bismil

Solution:Kakori event happened on 9th August 1925. In this event, 45 revolutionaries were arrested. Among these freedom fighters, Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Roshan Singh, and Rajendra Lahiri, etc., were maliciously prosecuted, and the death sentence was awarded to them. Ram Prasad Bismil was hanged in Gorakhpur Jail, Rajendra Lahiri was hanged in Gonda, and Roshan Singh in Allahabad (now Prayagraj), and Ashfaqullah was hanged in Faizabad (now Ayodhya).

20. In the Kakori Conspiracy Case, the main accused Pt. Ram Prasad Bismil was hanged in which city of Uttar Pradesh? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2021]

(a) Varanasi
(b) Gorakhpur
(c) Kanpur
(d) Lucknow

Correct Answer: (b) Gorakhpur

Solution:Pt. Ram Prasad Bismil was hanged in Gorakhpur Jail on 19 December, 1927 in Gorakhpur city of Uttar Pradesh.

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