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Indian National Movement5. With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following statements: 1. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were the Portuguese. 2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French. 3. The' English' never occupied Pondicherry. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 Answer: (a) Explanation: Joseph François Dupleix became the Governor of the French Territory in India on 15 January 1742 and brought Madras also under French control in September 1746; Madras continued under French rule for 30 years. An attack on Pondicherry by the British in 1748 failed. Dupleix's help to Chanda Sahib and Musafer Jung in 1750 added Villianur and Bahour, a group of 36 villages, to French control. This was the peak period of the French regime; thereafter there was a decline in their sovereignty. Internal disturbances in Pondicherry gave the British the opportunity, in August 1793, to gain control of Pondicherry; it was administered as part of Madras till 1815. However, after the Treaty of Paris in 1814, the British restored the settlements, which the French had possessed on 1 January 1792, back to the French in 1816. French rule continued till 31 October 1954. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry 6. By a regulation in 1793, the District Collector was deprived of his judicial powers and made the collecting agent only. What was the reason for such regulation ? (a) Lord Cornwallis felt that the District Collector's efficiency of revenue collection would enormously increase without the burden of other work (b) Lord Cornwallis felt that Judicial power should compulsorily be in the hands of Europeans while Indians can be given the job of revenue collection in the districts (c) Lord Cornwallis was alarmed at the extent of power concentrated in the District Collector and felt that such absolute power was undesirable in one person (d) The judicial work demanded a deep knowledge of India and a good training in law and Lord Cornwallis felt that District Collector should be only a revenue collector Answer: (c) Explanation: The office of collector had undergone considerable structural and functional changes during the period of British rule. Besides revenue collection, the district collector exercised civil, judicial and military powers in districts until 1792, when the judicial and magisterial powers were separated from him and transferred to the district judge. Source: The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2 edited by John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians (pages 444-445) 7. Who among the following Governor Generals created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service ? (a) Warren Hastings (b) Wellesley (c) Cornwallis (d) William Bentinck Answer: (c) Explanation: The Pitt's India Act of 1784 with regard to civil service laid down that the vacancies in the Governor General's Council were to be filled by the covenanted civil servants. The Crown was given the power of removing or recalling any servant of the company. The Act for the first time laid down age limits for new entrants in the service of the company. It fixed the minimum age for appointment to the post of writer at fifteen years and maximum at eighteen years. It can be said that the Charter Act of 1793 made a significant contribution to the development of civil services in India. It laid down that any vacancy accounting in any of the civil offices in India "shall be filled from amongst the civil servants of the company belonging to the Presidency in which such vacancies occurred". The Act excluded outsiders from entering the service even though they enjoyed patronage in England. The Act tried to improve the morale of the civil service by making it a closed and exclusive service. The maximum age limit for appointment to the post of writer was raised to 22 years. In 1800, Governor General Wellesley, established the college at Fort Williams with the objective of training civil servants. But this was not favoured by the Court of Directors. Finally, in 1806, the Court of Directors decided to set up a training institution at Haileybury in England which was accorded a statutory status by the Charter Act of 1813. It was under Viceroy Lord Dufferin (13 Dec 1884 -- 10 Dec 1888) that based on Report of Public Services Commission of 1886-87, Imperial Civil Service was created (later Indian Civil Service, and today Indian Administrative Service). Source: IGNOU Book: Development of Public Service in India 8. What was the immediate cause for the launch of the Swadeshi movement ? (a) The partition of Bengal done by Lord Curzon (b) A sentence of 18 months rigorous imprisonment imposed on Lokmanya Tilak (c) The arrest and deportation of Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh; and passing of the Punjab Colonization Bill (d) Death sentence pronounced on the Chapekar brothers Answer: (a) Explanation: Swadeshi Movement emanated from the partition of Bengal, 1905 and continued up to 1908. It was the most successful of the pre-Gandhian movements. Chief architects were Aurobindo Ghosh, Veer Savarkar, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Lala Lajpat Rai. Source: Indian History by V.K. Agnihotri 9. Four resolutions were passed at the famous Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in 1906. The question of either retention OR of rejection of these four resolutions became the cause of a split in Congress at the next Congress session held in Surat in 1907. Which one of the following was not one of those resolutions ? (a) Annulment of partition of Bengal (b) Boycott (c) National education (d) Swadeshi Answer: (?) Explanation: 22nd Session of INC held at Calcutta, 1906: Landmark session in the Congress’ history. 1905 had been a year of tremendous political activity and popular demonstrations the kind India had never seen before. Preceding the session, the rift between the Moderates and Extremists was threatening the very existence of the Congress. Dadabhai Naoroji was the only revered, universally acceptable figure who could preside over the session and prevent a split. In his presidential address he hit out at the British Government, ‘We do not ask for favours, we want only justice. We want self-government or Swaraj like that of U.K. or Dominions.’ A huge pavilion with a capacity of 20,000 was erected. The session began with the singing of Vande Mataram. The resolutions adopted demanded reversal of Partition of Bengal; upheld the Boycott movement in Bengal; supported the Swadeshi movement; protested the existing Education Policy of the Government; exhorting the people to take up national education and demanded Self-Government. Source: http://www.congresssandesh.com/february-2002/28.html 10. Consider the following statements : 1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come- to Champaran to investigate the problem of peasants. 2. Acharya J. B. Kriplani was one of Mahatma Gandhi's colleagues in his Champaran investigation. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both Land 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Answer: (b) Explanation: Bhumihar Brahmins in Champaran had earlier revolted against the conditions of indigo cultivation in 1914 (at Pipra) and 1916 (Turkaulia). Then Pandit Raj Kumar Shukla persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran and the "Champaran Satyagraha" began. Gandhi's historic visit to Champaran was opposed by the British rulers. An order asking him to leave Champaran was served upon him as soon as he arrived at Motihari. Gandhi defied the order. Of the several prominent persons who rallied round him, mention may be made of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Acharya Kriplani, Mahadeo Desai, C. F. Andrews, H. S. Pollock, Dr. Anugrah Narayan Singh, Raj Kishore Prasad, Ram Nawami Prasad and Dharnidhar Prasad. After considerable struggle the Government was compelled to lift the ban on Gandhi's stay here. For the first time on Indian soil Satyagraha (Non-Violence) was successfully put to the test. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champaran 11. With reference to Simon Commission's recommendations, which one of the following statements is correct ? (a) It recommended the replacement of diarchy with responsible government in the provinces (b) It proposed the setting up of inter-provincial council under the Home Department (c) It suggested the abolition of bicameral legislature at the Centre (d) It recommended the creation of Indian Police Service with a provision for increased pay and allowances for British recruits as compared to Indian recruits Answer: (a) Explanation: The Indian Statutory Commission was a group of seven British Members of Parliament that had been dispatched to India in 1927. It was commonly referred to as the Simon Commission after its chairman, Sir John Simon. One of its members was Clement Attlee, who subsequently became the British Prime Minister who would oversee the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947. The Commission published its 17-volume report in 1930. It proposed the abolition of dyarchy and the establishment of representative government in the provinces. It also recommended that separate communal electorates be retained, but only until tensions between Hindus and Muslims had died down. Noting that educated Indians opposed the Commission and also that communal tensions had increased instead of decreased, the British government opted for another method of dealing with the constitutional issues of India. Before the publication of the report, the British government stated that Indian opinion would henceforth be taken into account, and that the natural outcome of the constitutional process would be dominion status for India. Source: Indian History by V.K. Agnihotri 12. For the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931 presided over by Sardar Patel, who drafted the Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme ? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Answer: (b) Explanation: Two years after the Bombay resolution of May 1929, a resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme was adopted by the Karachi session of the Congress. Nehru recalls in the 'Autobiography': "During my early morning talks in Delhi with Gandhiji in February and March 1931, I had referred to this matter, and he had welcomed the idea of having a resolution on economic matters. He asked me to bring the matter up at Karachi, and to draft a resolution and show it to him there. I did so at Karachi, and he made various changes and suggestions..." Source: The making of modern India: Rammohun Roy to Gandhi and Nehru By G. N. S. Raghavan (pages 106-107) 13. Consider the following statements : 1. The "Bombay Manifesto" signed in 1936 openly opposed the preaching of socialist ideals. 2. It evoked support from a large section of business community from all across India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Answer: (c) Explanation: The Bombay Manifesto signed in 1936 by 21 Bombay businessmen, contained an open indictment of Nehru's preaching of socialist ideas. Source: Indian History by V.K. Agnihotri From Plassey to partition: a history of modern India By Śekhara Bandyopādhyāẏa (page 367)
15. Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission ? (a) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel (b) Acharya J. B. Kripalani and C. Rajagopalachari (c) Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad (d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Answer: (c) Explanation: Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission. The Cripps mission was an attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. Source: Indian History by V.K. Agnihotri Directory: uploads uploads -> 587 Return function, r i(X) r i(0) r i(1) r i(2) r i(3) 1 0 2 4 6 Thermal Station, I 2 0 1 5 6 3 0 3 5 6 10 uploads -> Department of science and humanities department of mathematics part-a questions and answers uploads -> The Case Against the nypd’s Quota-Driven ‘Broken Windows’ Policing What Is It? uploads -> For want of a nail uploads -> Ownership Models There are two different types of ownership models uploads -> Police Militarization uploads -> City of rising star regular meting thursday, july 14, 2016 uploads -> Township of winfield uploads -> Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act of 2014 uploads -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program What We Want Now! Download 156.06 Kb. Share with your friends:
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