Revolutionary Movements in India (Part-II)

21. In which of the following prisons Pt. Ram Prasad Bismil was hanged? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

(a) Gonda
(b) Faizabad
(c) Gorakhpur
(d) Varanasi

Correct Answer: (c) Gorakhpur

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

22. Who among the revolutionary leaders attempted to assassinate Charles Tegart, the hated Police Commissioner of Calcutta? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2016]

(a) Sachindranath Sanyal
(b) Rajendra Lahiri
(c) Chandrashekhar Azad
(d) Gopinath Saha

Correct Answer: (d) Gopinath Saha

Solution:Charles Tegart was the Police Commissioner of Calcutta. He was notoriously famous for his brutal activities of torture. On 12 January, 1924, Gopinath Saha attempted an assassination on him but erroneously shot down another white man, Mr. Ernest day. Saha was arrested and hanged in March 1924.

23. Who among the following female revolutionary fired at the English Governor (Chancellor) while receiving her degree at the convocation? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2010]

(a) Shanti Ghosh
(b) Suniti Chaudhary
(c) Bina Das
(d) Kalpana Dutta (Joshi)

Correct Answer: (c) Bina Das

Solution:Two Bengali school girls Shanti Ghosh and Suniti Chaudhary murdered a district magistrate by firing in December 1931. Bina Das fired at the English Governor while receiving her degree at the convocation in February 1932.

24. Who said, “criticism and independent thought are the two characteristics of a revolutionary”? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Ram Prasad Bismil
(c) Sachindranath Sanyal
(d) Bhagwati Charan Vohra

Correct Answer: (a) Bhagat Singh

Solution:Bhagat Singh’s words were not rigid or ideologically regimented and are very logical and scientific in its true sense. He reiterated his insistence on adopting a scientific and critical attitude towards all things. Once he said, “criticism and independent thinking are the two indispensable qualities of a revolutionary.”

25. Who among the following founded the "Lathi Club"? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2016]

(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Lal Lajpat Rai
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal

Correct Answer: (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Solution:Lathi club, Hindu Akhada, Ganapati Mahotsava, Shivaji Mahotsava, etc. were started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

26. Which of the following statements is true about the active revolutionary movement in India during the years of World War? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

(a) Chandrashekhar Azad founded the Anushilan Samiti
(b) Bhagat Singh was the founder of Naujawan Bharat Sabha
(c) Prafulla Chaki established the Hindustan Republican Association
(d) Surya Sen Organized the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
(e) Sachindranath Sanyal was the founder of Yungantar.

Correct Answer: (b) Bhagat Singh was the founder of Naujawan Bharat Sabha

Solution:Bhagat Singh founded Naujawan Bharat Sabha in March, 1926. Anushilan Samiti was founded by P. Mitra and Pulin Das. Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) was founded in 1924 by Sachindra Sanyal, Ram Prasad Bismil and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee etc. in Kanpur. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was founded under the leadership of Chandra Shekhar Azad at Firozshah Kotla maidan of Delhi in September, 1928.

27. ‘Hindustan Socialist Republican Army’ was founded in the year [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

(a) 1919
(b) 1927
(c) 1916
(d) 1928

Correct Answer: (d) 1928

Solution:September, 1928 Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) (a revolutionary organization) was established at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi under the leadership of Chandra Shekhar Azad. This organization worked more dangerously from 1928 to 1931. 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.

28. Who among the following threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on April 8, 1929, to make the deaf British Government hear? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013]

Bhagat Singh
Sukhdev
Rajguru
Batukeshwar Datta

Select the answer from the code given below:
Code:

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

Correct Answer: (c) 1 and 4

Solution:September, 1928 Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) (a revolutionary organization) was established at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi under the leadership of Chandra Shekhar Azad. This organization worked more dangerously from 1928 to 1931. 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.

29. One of the founder leaders of Hindustan Socialist Republican Army was [42nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1997]

(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Jai Prakash Narayan

Correct Answer: (b) Bhagat Singh

Solution:Vijay Kumar Singh, Shiv Verma, Jai Dev Kapoor, Bhagat Singh, Bhagwati Charan Vohra and Batukeshwar Dutt under the leadership of Chandra Shekhar Azad reorganized the HRA in September, 1928 at Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi. They changed the name of HRA and the new organization named HSRA (Hindustan Socialist Republican Association) came into existence.

30. Who among the following changed the name of Hindustan Republic Association established by Sachindra Nath Sanyal to Hindustan Socialist Republican Association – [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2006]

(a) Rashbihari Bose
(b) Batukeshwar Dutt
(c) Sardar Bhagat Singh
(d) Chandrashekhar Azad

Correct Answer: (d) Chandrashekhar Azad