1. In which year did the militant nationalist trend take a concrete shape as a school of political thought?
2. Which Act of 1892 was criticised by nationalists for failing to satisfy their demands?
3. In 1897, which brothers were deported without trial amid charges of sedition against nationalist leaders?
4. Under which IPC section were repressive sedition provisions amplified in 1898 with a new addition?
5. Which Act of 1904 curbed the freedom of the press?
6. The Indian Universities Act, which gave the government greater control over universities, was passed in which year?
7. Consider the following statements regarding factors behind the rise of militant nationalism:
(I) Severe famines killed about 90 lakh persons between 1896 and 1900.
(II) Bubonic plague affected large areas of the Deccan.
(III) The number of Indian members in the Calcutta Corporation was increased in 1899.
Which of the above is/are correct?
8. Which country's rise as an industrial power after 1868 inspired Indian nationalists that economic progress was possible in Asia without external help?
9. Japan's victory over which European power in 1905 helped demolish the myth of European invincibility?
10. Consider the following pairs of international events and the years associated with them:
(I) Ethiopian defeat of the Italian army – 1896
(II) Boer Wars – 1899-1902
(III) Japan's victory over Russia – 1905
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
11. Which term describes the methods of "prayer, petition and protest" used by the Moderates, which the younger nationalists criticised?
12. Whose political message was "India for the Indians"?
13. Who among the following was described as insulting Indian nationalists' activities as "letting off of gas"?
14. Consider the following statements about Curzon's administrative measures:
(I) The Official Secrets Act was passed during his rule.
(II) The Calcutta Corporation Act was passed during his rule.
(III) The partition of Bengal took place during his rule.
Which of the above is/are correct?
15. Who among the following was NOT part of the militant school of thought that emerged by the dawn of the twentieth century?
16. Who emerged as the most outstanding representative of the militant school of thought?
17. Which state's militant nationalist leadership included Lala Lajpat Rai?
18. The decision to partition Bengal was made public in which month and year?
19. As per the partition proposal, which city was to become the capital of Eastern Bengal and Assam?
20. What was the approximate total population of Bengal cited as the official reason for its partition?
21. Consider the following statements regarding the partition of Bengal:
(I) The western half was to be a Hindu-majority area.
(II) The eastern half was to be a Muslim-majority area.
(III) The partition aimed to reduce Bengalis to a minority within Bengal proper by dividing them on linguistic lines.
Which of the above is/are correct?
22. Who was the home secretary to the Government of India in 1904 who remarked "Bengal united is a power. Bengal divided will pull in several different ways"?
23. In which month and year did the partition of Bengal formally come into force?
24. On August 7, 1905, the formal proclamation of which movement was made through the Boycott Resolution passed at the Calcutta Townhall?
25. Who composed "Amar Sonar Bangla," later adopted as the national anthem of Bangladesh?
26. Which song became the almost spontaneous theme song of the Swadeshi Movement?
27. Consider the following pairs of regional Swadeshi Movement leaders and their areas:
(I) Tilak – Poona and Bombay
(II) Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh – Punjab
(III) Chidambaram Pillai – Madras
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
28. Under whose presidentship did the Indian National Congress in 1905 resolve to condemn the partition of Bengal and support the Swadeshi Movement?
29. At the Calcutta session of the Congress (1906), under whose presidentship was "swaraj like the United Kingdom or the colonies" declared as the Congress goal?
30. The Moderate-Extremist dispute over the pace of the movement reached a deadlock and caused a split at which Congress session?
31. What were the three reasons for the Extremists acquiring dominant influence over the Swadeshi Movement after 1905?
32. As per Aurobindo, the purpose of passive resistance was to make administration impossible through an "organised refusal to do anything which will help either British commerce or British" what?
33. Which samiti, founded by Ashwini Kumar Dutta, became a popular means of mass mobilisation in Barisal?
34. The Swadeshi Sangam, formed by V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, Subramania Siva and others, was based in which region?
35. Which festivals did Tilak use as a medium for swadeshi propaganda?
36. The National Council of Education, set up to organise education on national lines, was established on which date?
37. Who was appointed principal of the Bengal National College, which was inspired by Tagore's Shantiniketan?
38. V.O. Chidambaram Pillai's Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, which challenged a British shipping company, was based at which location?
39. Consider the following statements about self-reliance ('atma shakti') under the Swadeshi Movement:
(I) It implied social and economic regeneration of villages.
(II) It included campaigns against caste oppression and dowry system.
(III) It called for armed rebellion against the British government.
Which of the above is/are correct?
40. Who was the first recipient of the scholarship offered by the Indian Society of Oriental Art, founded in 1907?
41. Which painter broke the domination of Victorian naturalism over Indian art, drawing inspiration from Ajanta, Mughal and Rajput paintings?
42. Subramania Bharati wrote which patriotic composition in Tamil Nadu during the Swadeshi Movement?
43. In September 1905, workers of which company in Howrah walked out in protest against a derogatory work regulation?
44. A strike by workers of the East Indian Railway in July 1906 resulted in the formation of which union?
45. Consider the following statements about labour unrest during the Swadeshi Movement:
(I) Strikes in jute mills were frequent between 1906 and 1908.
(II) In Rawalpindi, arsenal and railway workers struck under Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh.
(III) Labour unrest continued unabated even after 1908 due to weak government action.
Which of the above is/are correct?
46. Which anti-Congress front was propped up by the government on December 30, 1905 to further its interests among Muslims?
47. Which Nawab supported the partition of Bengal, expecting it to give Muslims a majority in East Bengal?
48. Which future Congress leader, who participated in the Swadeshi Movement, joined one of the revolutionary terrorist groups?
49. The partition of Bengal was annulled in which year, mainly to curb the menace of revolutionary terrorism?
50. As part of the 1911 reorganisation, the capital of British India was shifted from Calcutta to which city?
51. Consider the following statements about the 1911 annulment of the partition of Bengal:
(I) Bihar and Orissa were separated from Bengal.
(II) Assam was made a separate province.
(III) The annulment pleased the Muslim political elite.
Which of the above is/are correct?
52. By which year had the open phase of the Swadeshi and Boycott Movement almost ended?
53. Which two prominent Extremist leaders retired from active politics after 1908?
54. Consider the following reasons for the decline of the Swadeshi Movement by 1908:
(I) Severe government repression.
(II) Failure to create an effective organisation or party structure.
(III) The movement largely remained confined to the upper and middle classes and zamindars.
Which of the above is/are correct?
55. The Swadeshi Movement is regarded as a "leap forward" mainly because it drew participation from which hitherto untouched sections?
56. As per the comparison of Moderates and Extremists, whose ideological inspiration was drawn from Indian history and Hindu traditional symbols?
57. According to the Moderates-Extremists comparison, which group's social base was primarily zamindars and upper middle classes in towns?
58. Consider the following statements comparing Moderates and Extremists:
(I) Moderates professed loyalty to the British Crown.
(II) Extremists believed the British Crown was unworthy of claiming Indian loyalty.
(III) Both groups insisted on the use of constitutional methods only.
Which of the above is/are correct?
59. Tilak's opposition to which bill, aimed at raising the marriageable age for girls, revealed the socially reactionary side of Extremist politics?
60. Which two prominent Extremist leaders, aside from Tilak, spoke of a "Hindu nation and Hindu interests," alienating Muslims from the movement?
61. At the Benaras session of Congress (December 1905), who presided over the meeting where Moderate-Extremist differences first came to the fore?
62. At the Calcutta session (1906), whom did the Extremists want as president, before Dadabhai Naoroji was finally chosen as a compromise?
63. For the 1907 Congress session, the Extremists wanted the venue to be Nagpur, while the Moderates insisted on which venue to exclude Tilak from the presidency?
64. Who did the Moderates propose as president for the 1907 session, in place of Tilak or Lajpat Rai?
65. Consider the following statements about the Surat split of 1907:
(I) The Moderates wanted to exclude resolutions on swadeshi, boycott and national education.
(II) Tilak could not be session president in Surat since he was from the host province, Bombay.
(III) The split resulted in the Congress being dominated by the Extremists thereafter.
Which of the above is/are correct?
66. Between 1907 and 1911, how many new laws were brought into force by the government to check anti-government activity?
67. Consider the following pairs of repressive laws and their years:
(I) Seditious Meetings Act – 1907
(II) Criminal Law Amendment Act – 1908
(III) Indian Press Act – 1910
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
68. Tilak was tried in 1909 for sedition for his writings in which publication about the Muzaffarpur bomb incident?
69. Tilak was sentenced to six years' transportation to which location following his 1909 sedition trial?
70. In which year was Tilak released, after which he picked up the threads of the national movement?
71. John Morley, the Secretary of State for India, described the government's approach to nationalists as a policy of "rallying them" or, more popularly, a policy of what?
72. In October 1906, which delegation, led by the Agha Khan, met Lord Minto demanding separate electorates for Muslims?
73. The Morley-Minto Reforms translated into which legislative act of 1909?
74. Consider the following statements about the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909:
(I) Separate electorates were introduced for Muslims for the central council for the first time.
(II) Non-official majority was introduced in provincial councils, giving full non-official control.
(III) One Indian was appointed to the viceroy's executive council.
Which of the above is/are correct?
75. Who was the first Indian appointed to the viceroy's executive council in 1909 under the Morley-Minto Reforms?
