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1. Consider the following statements with reference to some
Q.
brave women who inspired and helped in shaping
Independent India:
1) Tara Rani was known as Gandhi Burhi, and she
participated in Non-Cooperation Movement and the Quit
India Movement.
2) Kanaklata Barua was a freedom fighter from Assam who
sacrificed her life trying to hoist the flag at the Gohpur Police
Station.
3) Matangini Hazra participated in Quit India Movement
from Saran, Bihar and planned to raise the Indian flag on the
Siwan Police Station.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1 and 2 only B. 2 only
C. 3 only D. 1, 2 and 3
उन बहादुर महहलाओं, हिन्हंने स्वतं त्र भारत कह आकार दे ने में प्रेररत
Q.
और सहायता की, के संदभभ में हनम्नहलखित कथनहं पर हिचार करें :
1) तारा रानी कह गां धी बुढ़ी (Gandhi Burhi) के नाम से िाना िाता
था और उन्हंने असहयहग आं दहलन और भारत छहडह आं दहलन में
भाग हलया था।
2) कनकलता बरुआ असम की एक स्वतंत्रता सेनानी थी ं, हिन्हंने
गहहपुर पुहलस स्टे शन में ध्वि फहराने के हलए अपने प्राणहं की
आहुहत दे दी थी।
3) मातंहगनी हािरा ने हबहार के सारण से भारत छहडह आं दहलन में
भाग हलया और सीिान पुहलस स्टे शन पर भारतीय ध्वि फहराने की
यहिना बनाई थी।
ऊपर हदये गए कथन में से कौन-सा/से सही है /हैं ?
A. केिल 1 एिं 2
B. केिल 2
C. केिल 3
D. 1, 2 एिं 3
Ans. B Q.
Sol.
Matangini Hazra: She was known as Gandhi Burhi. She participated in Non-
Cooperation Movement and the Quit India Movement. During one procession,
even after being shot thrice, she continued to lead with the Indian flag and kept
shouting "Vande Mataram”. She was killed in Tamluk, where her statue stands.
Kanaklata Barua: She was a freedom fighter from Assam. She is also known as
Birbala. During the Quit India Movement, she stood at the head of the women
volunteers’ line with the National Flag in her hand at Barangabari. She tried to
hoist the flag at the British-dominated Gohpur Police Station but was shot and
sacrificed her life for the country at the age of 18.
Tara Rani: She was born in Saran, Bihar and got married to Phulendu Babu. Both
participated in the Quit India Movement and planned to raise the Indian flag on
the roof of the Siwan Police Station. They were fired upon by the police. Phulendu
was hit and he died. Despite that Tara continued to support the freedom struggle.
2. With reference to the Women’s struggle for Assertion of
Q.
Rights, consider the following statements.
I. Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddi became the first woman legislator.
II. Nellie Sengupta was the third woman President of Congress.
Choose the correct statement(s).
A. I only B. II only
C. Both I and II D. None of the above

अहधकारहं के अहतक्रमण के हलए महहलाओं के संघर्भ के सं दभभ में,

हनम्नहलखित कथनहं पर हिचार करें
I. डॉ। मुथुलक्ष्मी रे ड्डी पहली महहला हिधायक बनी।
II. नेल्ली सेनगुप्ता कांग्रेस की तीसरी महहला राष्ट्रपहत थी ं।
सही कथन (कथनहं) का चुनाि करें
A. केिल I B. केिल II
C. दहनहंI और II D. उपरहक्त में से कहई नही ं
Ans. C
Q.
Sol.
I. Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddi became the first woman
legislator when she was appointed to the Madras
Legislative Council in 1927.
II. Annie Besant was the first woman to become the
President of Congress in 1917 followed by Sarojini Naidu
in 1925 and Nellie Sengupta was the third in 1933.
3. With referenceQ. to Indian freedom struggle, Shanti Ghosh and Suniti
Chaudhary are well known for
A. Their contribution in Quit India Movement to the evening societies
B. Playing an important role by leading a contingent in 1857 mutiny
C. Assassinating District Magistrate in Bengal under Surya Sen's leadership
D. Playing an important role in picketing shops during civil Disobedience
Movement.
भारतीय स्वतंत्रता संग्राम के संदभभ में शांहत घहर् और सुनीहत चौधरी कह हकसके हलए िाना
िाता है
A. भारत छहडह आं दहलन में इिहनंग सहसाइटी के प्रहत उनका यहगदान था
B. 1857 के हिद्रहह में एक प्रमुि दल के नेतृत्‍ि की महत्‍िपूणभ भूहमका हनभाई थी
C. सूयभ सेन के नेतृत्व में बंगाल में हिला महिस्टरे ट की हत्या
D. सहिनय अिज्ञा आं दहलन के दौरान दुकानहं में धरना दे ने में महत्वपूणभ भूहमका हनभाई थी
Ans. C
Q.
Sol.
• Revolutionary phase in Bengal saw large scale
participation of young women under Surya Sen
leadership.In December 1931 two school girls Shanti
Ghosh and Suniti Chaudhary shot dead a British District
Magistrate,Charles Geoffrey Buckland Stevens.
• Suniti Chaudhary, aged 14 was the youngest Indian
female revolutionary.
• She was released, along with Santi Ghose in 1939, after
having served seven years of her sentence, because of
the amnesty negotiations between Gandhiji and the
British Indian government.
4. He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and
Q.
Shrikrishna; stayed in America for some time; and was
also elected to the Central Assembly. He was
A. Aurobindo Ghosh
B. Bipin Chandra Pal
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Motilal Nehru

उन्हंने मैिीनी, गारीबाल्दी, हशिािी और श्रीकृष्ण की िीिनी हलिी;

कुछ समय के हलए अमेररका में रहे ; और केंद्रीय हिधानसभा के हलए
भी चुने गए थे। िह कौन थे.....
A. अरहबंदह घहर्
B. हबपीन चंद्र पाल
C. लाला लािपत राय
D. महतीलाल नेहरू
5. With reference to " Sawai Jai Singh ", consider the following
Q.
statements :
1) He was conferred the title of Sawai by the Mughal ruler
Jahandar Shah.
2) He created a set of tables to help people study astronomy.
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

"सिाई िय हसंह" के संदभभ में, हनम्नहलखित कथनहं पर हिचार करें :

1) उन्ें मुगल शासक िहााँदार शाह द्वारा सिाई की उपाहध से सम्माहनत
हकया गया था।
2) उन्हंने िगहल हिज्ञान का अध्ययन करने में लहगहं की मदद करने के हलए
ताहलकाओं का एक सेट बनाया।
उपयुभक्त में से कौन-सा कथन सही है /हैं ?
A. केिल 1 B. केिल 2
C. 1 और 2 दहनहं D. न तह 1 और न ही 2
Ans. B
Q.
Sol.
Statement 1 is false. The greatest Rajput ruler of the
eighteenth century was Sawai Jai Singh of Ajmer. He was
conferred with the title of Sawai by the Mughal ruler
Farrukhsiyar. He founded the city of Jaipur.
Statement 2 is true. Jai Singh was also a great astronomer.
He built perfect and modern observatories in Delhi, Jaipur,
Ujjain, Varanasi and Mathura. He created a set of tables to
help people study astronomy. Its name was 'Jij
Muhammad Shahi'.
6. He was a disciple of Narayan Guru.
Q.
He became a member of Cochin Legislative Council.
He modified Narayan Guru slogan into" no religion no
caste and no god for mankind".
Who among the following is being described above:
A. Subramaniam Bharti B. P. Krishna Pillai
C. Sahodaran Ayyappan D. K. Kelappan

िे नारायण गु रू के हशष्य थे । िे कहचीन हिधान पररर्द के सदस्य बने

थे। उन्हंने नारायण गुरू के नारे कह "मानिता के हलए न कहई िाहत
न कहई धमभ और न ही कहई भगिान" के रूप में संशहहधत हकया था।
हनम्नहलखित में से हकसे ऊपर िहणभत हकया गया है :
A. सुब्रमण्यम भारती B. पी. कृष्णा हपल्लई
C. सहहदरन अयप्पन D. के. केलप्पन
Ans. C
Q.
Sol.
A social reformer, revolutionary, poet, rationalist, an
impeccable administrator and a legislator who brought in
several landmark legislations, Sahodaran Ayyappan is
considered one of the foremost figures who changed the face of
history in Kerala.
In 1928, Ayyappan was elected to Cochin Legislative Council of
which he continued to be a member for the next 21 years.
As a rejoinder to Sree Narayana Guru's famous slogan Oru Jati,
Oru Matham, Oru Daivam Manushyanu (One Caste, One
Religion, One God for Human-beings), Ayyappan proclaimed his
slogan of Jati Venda, Matham Venda, Daivam Venda
Manushyanu (No Caste, No Religion, No God for Human-
beings).
7.Consider the following statements:
1.He was one of the founders of the Bombay Presidency Association
as also the Indian National Congress
2. From about the middle of the 1890s till his death in 1915 he was a
dominant figure in the Indian National Congress and was often
accused of exercising autocratic authority over it.
To whom does above statements refer to ?
(a) Pherozeshah Mehta
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Madan Mohan Malaviya
हनम्नहलखित कथनहं पर हिचार कीहिएः
1. िह बॉम्बे प्रेसीडें सी एसहहसएशन के साथ-साथ भारतीय राष्ट्रीय
कांग्रेस के संस्थापकहं में से एक थे
2. 1890 के दशक के मध्य से 1915 में अपनी मृत्यु तक िे भारतीय राष्ट्रीय
कांग्रेस में एक प्रमुि व्यखक्त थे और अक्सर उन पर हनरं कुश अहधकार
का प्रयहग करने का आरहप लगाया िाता था।
उपरहक्त कथन हकससे संबंहधत हैं ?
(ए) हफरहिशाह मेहता
(बी) बाल गंगाधर हतलकी
(सी) गहपाल कृष्ण गहिले
(डी) मदन महहन मालिीय
8.Bahadur Shah is usually associated with the term “constitutional monarchical
milocracy” What does constitutional monarchical milocracy imply ?
A.None of the above
B.A rule by a monarch aided by his nobles but elected by people
C.A court with a council of soldiers headed by a king who was also their military
commander
D. A court where all administrators are elected but they work under a hereditary
monarch

बहादुर शाह आमतौर पर "संिैधाहनक राितंत्रीय लहकतंत्र" शब्द से िुडे हैं , संिैधाहनक
राितंत्रीय लहकतंत्र का क्या अथभ है ?
A.उपरहक्त में से कहई नही ं
B.एक रािा द्वारा शासन अपने रईसहं द्वारा सहायता प्राप्त लेहकन लहगहं द्वारा चुने गए
C.एक रािा की अध्यक्षता में सैहनकहं की एक पररर्द के साथ एक अदालत िह उनका सैन्य
कमांडर भी था
D. एक अदालत िहां सभी प्रशासक चुने िाते हैं लेहकन िे एक िंशानुगत रािशाही के
अधीन काम करते हैं
9.Which among the following statements are correct with reference
to Meera Bai?
1.She wrote in in Rajasthani ,Gujarati and Hindi languages
2. She played a very important role in improving the condition of the
women in the socio-religious awakening of the early eighteenth
century.

मीरा बाई के संदभभ में हनम्नहलखित में से कौन सा कथन सही है ?

1. उन्हंने रािस्थानी, गुिराती और हहं दी भार्ाओं में हलिा
2. उन्हंने अठारहिी ं शताब्दी की शुरुआत में सामाहिक-धाहमभक िागरण
में महहलाओं की खस्थहत कह सुधारने में बहुत महत्वपूणभ भूहमका हनभाई।

Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

(a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
10. Who among the following was the first Indian to
Q.
contest an election to the British House of Common?
A. Womesh Chandra Banarjee
B. Dada Bhai Naoroji
C. Badruddin Tayyab
D. Pheroz Shah Mehta

हनम्नहलखित में से कौन हब्रहटश हाउस ऑफ कॉमन का चुनाि लडने

िाला पहला भारतीय था?
A. िहमेश चंद्र बनिी
B. दादा भाई नौरहिी
C. बदरुद्दीन तैयबिी
D. ह़िरहज़ शाह मेहता
11.
Q. This person led a revolt against the money lenders and
the British in Ahmednagar and Nasik region. The British
had declared a Prize of Rs.5, 000 to capture him.
A. Fond Sawant
B. Narsappa
C. Shivkar Bapuji Talapade
D. Raghoji Bhangre

इस व्यखक्त ने अहमदनगर और नाहसक क्षेत्र में साहूकारहं और

अंग्रेिहं के खिलाफ हिद्रहह का नेतृत्व हकया। अंग्रेिहं ने उसे
पकडने के हलए 5,000 रुपये का पुरस्कार घहहर्त हकया था।
A. फहंड सािंत B. नरसप्पा
C. हशिकर बापूिी तलपडे D. राघहिी भांगरे
Solution:
Q.
• Raghojirao Ramjirao Bhangre also spells Bhangaria ( 1805 – 1848) was an Indian
revolutionary who challenged and defied the British power in Maharashtra. He
was the son of Ramji Bhangra, a Koli who also resisted the British rule and was
subsequently hanged in Cellular Jail. he was only ten years old when he took up
arms against British rule in Maharashtra.
• In 1818, the Maratha Empire was defeated by the British in the Battle of
Koregaon. After that, the tribals of Maharashtra took to slavery and Raghoji Rao
raised against British rule in the minor age. He captured the British treasure and
he was declared an Outlaw. After that, he resisted the government in Poona.
• In 1844, Raghoji Rao with his brother Bapuji Bhangre cut off the nose of an officer.
After that, Captain Giberne seized a party of rebels.
• On 20 September 1844, Raghuji killed an officer and ten constables in the hills. In
1845, his rebellion spread over Pune, Satara, and Purandar. A reward of five
thousand rupees was announced for the capture of Raghoji.
Thus, D is the correct answer.
12. "True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what
Q.
you are; it is what you become." this quote was given by
which of the following freedom fighter?
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Arvindo Ghose
C. Raja Ram Mohan Ray
D. Surendra Nath Banerjee

"सच्चा ज्ञान सहचने से प्राप्त नही ं हहता है । यह िही है िह आप हैं ; यह

िही है िह आप बन िाते हैं " यह उद्धरण हनम्नहलखित में से हकस
स्वतंत्रता सेनानी द्वारा हदया गया था?
A. बाल गंगाधर हतलक
B. अरहिंदह घहर्
C. रािा राम महहन राय
D. सुरेंद्र नाथ बनिी
Ans. B
Q.
Sol.
• In 1914, he started a monthly philosophical magazine “Arya”.
• He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature (1943) and
the Nobel Prize for Peace (1950) for his innumerable
contributions in the field of poetry, spiritualism, and
philosophical literature.
• "True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you
are; it is what you become." is a quote from Arvindo Ghose.
13. With reference to the role of women freedom fighters,
Q.
consider the following statements:
1) Durgabai Deshmukh led a group of salt lawbreakers in
Maharashtra.
2) Mridula Sarabhai prevented both Hindu and Muslim
refugees from being hurt or killed during the partition at
her own risk.
3) Basanti Das was a social and political activist who was
arrested during the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?
A. 2 only
B. 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1 and 2 only
महहला स्वतंत्रता सैनाहनयहं के संदभभ में, हनम्न कथनहं पर हिचार करें :
Q.
1) दुगाभ बाई दे शमुि ने महाराष्ट्र में नमक कानून तहडने िालहं के एक
समूह का नेतृत्व हकया।
2) मृदुला साराभाई ने अपने िहखिम पर हिभािन के दौरान हहं दू
और मुखिम दहनहं शरणाहथभयहं कह चहट या मारे िाने का प्रहतकार
हकया।
3) बसंती दास एक सामाहिक और रािनीहतक कायभकताभ थी ं हिन्ें
सहिनय अिज्ञा आं दहलन के दौरान हगरफ्तार हकया गया था।
ऊपर हदये गए कथन में से कौन-सा/से नही ं है /हैं ?
A. केिल 2
B. केिल 3
C. केिल 1 एिं 3
D. केिल 1 एिं 2
Ans. C Q.
Sol.
Durgabai Deshmukh: She was imprisoned for 3 years for participating in the Salt
Satyagraha. Durgabai Deshmukh led a group of salt lawbreakers to Marina Beach
at Madras at that time when the leaders like T. Prakasam and Rajaji in the South
were busy in organizing other facts of the movement. She was functional in
initiating ‘Hindi Balika Patasala’ and ‘Andhra Mahila Sabha’ at a very young age.

Mridula Sarabai: She fought at great personal risk to save girls abducted by mobs
and to prevent both Hindu and Muslim refugees from being hurt or killed during
the partition. She was elected to the AICC, i.e., All Indian Congress Committee in
1934 as a delegate from Gujarat.

Basanti Das: She took an active part in various social and political movements and
was arrested during the non-cooperation movement. She received Padma
Vibhushan in 1973.
14. With reference to the women’s association during the
Q.
freedom struggle, consider the following statements:
1) In 1907, during the swadeshi movement, a women’s
group- The Hitashini Sabha, organized an exhibition of
Swadeshi goods.
2) Rameshwari Nehru set up a women’s journal- The Stree
Darpan, which had an interesting mix of political coverage of
national and international issues.
3) Women’s journal- the Bharat Mahila related to women
issues was also becoming extremely popular.
4) Jyoti Sangh established in 1927, was an outstanding
women’s organization formed in Gujarat.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 2 and 3 only B. 1, 3 and 4 only
C. 2 and 4 only D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
स्वतंत्रता सं ग्राम के दौरान महहला सहमहत के संदभभ में , हनम्न कथनहं
Q.
पर हिचार करें :
1) 1907 में, स्वदे शी आं दहलन के दौरान एक महहला समूह -
हहताहशनी सभा ने स्वदे शी िस्तु ओ ं की एक प्रदशभनी का आयहिन
हकया।
2) रामेश्वरी ने हरू ने एक महहला पहत्रका - द स्त्री दपभण की स्थापना
की, हिसमें राष्ट्रीय और अं तराभष्ट्रीय मुद्दहं के रािनीहतक किरे ि का
एक हदलचस्प हमश्रण हहता था।
3) महहला पहत्रका - महहलाओं के मुद्दहं से संबंहधत भारत महहला भी
बहुत लहकहप्रय हह रही थी।
4) 1927 में स्थाहपत ज्यहहत संघ, गुिरात में गहठत एक उत्कृष्ट् महहला
संगठन था।
ऊपर हदये गए कथन में से कौन-सा/से सही है /हैं ?
A. केिल 2 एिं 3
B. केिल 1, 3 एिं 4
C. केिल 2 एिं 4
D. 1, 2, 3 एिं 4
Ans. D
Q.
Sol. Women’s Association (Mahila-samitis):
The early 20th century witnessed the emergence of many
cities and town-based women associations.
* During the Swadeshi agitation, nieces of Rabindranath
Tagore and Sarla Devi set up women’s association such as
the Mahila Shilpa Samiti and Lakshmir Bhandar.
* In 1907, a women’s group- The Hitashini Sabha,
organized an exhibition of Swadeshi goods.
* Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, in her autobiography
“Inner recesses, outer spaces”, described that in her
hometown Mangalore, her mother Girijabai set up a
Mahila sabha around 1911 to bring women together to
discuss their problems and seek ways of resolving them.
* Rameshwari Nehru set up a women’s journal- The Stree
Q.
Darpan, which had an interesting mix of political coverage
of both national and international issues.
* Women’s journals such as the Bharat Mahila related to
women issues were also becoming extremely popular.
* Jyoti Sangh was an outstanding women’s organization in
Gujarat, established in 1927.
15. Which of the following statements with reference to
Q.
the women freedom fighters of India is/are correct?
1) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit accompanied the women’s voting
rights delegation to London.
2) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay promoted handlooms,
handicrafts, and theatre and participated in Salt
Satyagraha in 1930.
3) Sarojini Naidu was jailed thrice for her nationalistic
activities in 1932, 1940 and 1942.
Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
A. 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
भारत की महहला स्वतंत्रता सेनाहनयहं के सं दभभ में हनम्नहलखित में से
Q.
कौन-सा/से कथन सही है /हैं ?
1) हििया लक्ष्मी पंहडत महहला मतदान अहधकार प्रहतहनहधमं डल के
साथ लंदन गई।ं
2) कमलादे िी चट्टहपाध्याय ने हथकरघा, हस्तहशल्प और रं गमं च कह
बढ़ािा हदया और 1930 में नमक सत्याग्रह में भाग हलया।
3) सरहहिनी नायडू कह उनकी राष्ट्रिादी गहतहिहधयहं के हलए 1932,
1940 और 1942 में तीन बार िेल भेिा गया था।
नीचे हदये गए कूट से सही उत्तर का चयन करें :
A. केिल 2
B. केिल 1 एिं 3
C. केिल 2 एिं 3
D. 1, 2 एिं 3
Ans. A
Q.
Sol.
Sarojini Naidu: She was the second woman to become the
president of INC in 1925 (and the first Indian woman to do
so). She joined the national movement during the protest
against the partition of Bengal in 1905. She was one of the
women protesters at the Dharsana salt depot during Salt
Satyagraha and played a prominent role during Civil
disobedience movement. She was arrested during the Quit
India movement. She traveled across India and delivered a
lecture on women’s empowerment. She accompanied the
women’s voting rights delegation to London was also
closely associated with the formation of the women’s
India Association.
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: She participated in Salt
Q.
Satyagraha in 1930. She promoted handlooms, handicrafts
and theatre. She was conferred by the Padma Bhushan in
1955 and Padma Vibhushan in 1987 by the Government of
India.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit: She was jailed thrice for her
nationalistic activities in 1932, 1940 and 1942. She led
processions during the Salt Satyagraha and picketed
foreign cloth selling shops and liquor shops along with her
sister and her daughters.
16. With reference to Begum Hazrat Mahal, consider the
Q.
following statements:
1) Begum Hazrat Mahal was the wife of Nawab Wajid Ali
Shah, the ruler of Lucknow.
2) Begum was a good strategist but she never actively
fought on the battlefield.
3) She accepted offers of amnesty and allowances by the
British.
4) She died in 1879 in Lucknow.
Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?
A. 1 and 3 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1, 2 and 4 only
D. 2, 3 and 4 only
बेगम हिरत महल के संदभभ में, हनम्न कथनहं पर हिचार करें :
Q.
1) बेगम हिरत महल लिनऊ के शासक निाब िाहिद अली शाह
की पत्नी थी ं।
2) बेगम एक अच्छी रणनीहतकार थी ं लेहकन उन्हंने कभी भी युद्ध के
मैदान में सहक्रय रूप से लडाई नही ं लडी।
3) उन्हंने अं ग्रेिहं द्वारा प्राणरक्षा और भत्तहं के प्रस्तािहं कह स्वीकार
कर हलया।
4) उनकी मृत्यु 1879 में लिनऊ में हह गई।
ऊपर हदये गए कथन में से कौन-सा/से सही नही ं हैं ?
A. केिल 1 एिं 3
B. केिल 2 एिं 3
C. केिल 1, 2 एिं 4
D. केिल 2, 3 एिं 4
Ans.
Q. D
Sol. * Begam Hazrat Mahal was also known as Begum of Awadh. She
was the wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Lucknow. She played a
major role in the Revolt of 1857 and was a great Indian freedom
fighter.
* She seized the control of Lucknow by leading a band of her
supporters against the British.
* She worked in a close association with Nana Sahib and other leaders
of India’s First War of Independence.
* Begum actively fought on the battlefield as well as made strategies.
* However, she was forced to retreat when the British forces re-
captured Lucknow and most part of Awadh.
* She fled Awadh to organize the soldiers again in other places after
her forces lost ground.
* She did not accept any offers of amnesty and allowances by the
British rulers.
* She died in 1879 in Nepal, where she took refuge in an asylum.
17. Which of the following statements regarding the
Q.
women’s organization is/are correct?
1) Rashtriya Stree Sangha was started as an auxiliary body
of Congress.
2) Bharat Stree Mahanandala was formed in 1910 by
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani.
3) Women’s Indian Association was started in Madras in
1917 by Margaret Cousins and Annie Besant.
Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
A. 2 and 3 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 2 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
महहला संगठनहं के संदभों में हनम्न में से कौन-सा/से कथन सही है /हैं ?
Q.
1) राष्ट्रीय स्त्री संघ की स्थापना कांग्रेस की सहायक संस्था के रूप में
की गई थी।
2) 1910 में, सरला दे िी चौधरानी ने भारत स्त्री महामं डल की स्थापना
की थी।
3) 1917 में मागभ रेट कहिन्स और एनी बेसेंट द्वारा मद्रास में हिमेंस
इं हडयन एसहहसएशन की शुरुआत की गई थी।
हनम्न हदये गए कूट से सही उत्तर का चयन करें :
A. केिल 2 एिं 3
B. केिल 1 एिं 3
C. केिल 2
D. 1, 2 एिं 3
Ans.
Q. D
Sol. The early twentieth century saw many women’s organizations
coming into the picture which focused on women’s legal and
political rights.
* Rashtriya Stree Sangha or Das Devika Sangha was started as an
auxiliary body of Congress.
* In 1910, Bharat Stree Mahanandala was formed by Sarala Devi
Chaudhurani which tried to spread education.
* In 1917, the Women’s Indian Association was started in Madras
by Margaret Cousins and Annie Besant.
* In 1925, The National Council of Women in India was formed as a
branch of the International Council of Women. Lady Mehribai Tata
was an active member of this society.
* All India Women Conference came into existence in 1927. It
championed women's rights and the rights of women laborers.
* In 1920, Bangiya Nari Samaj campaigned for women’s voting
rights in Bengal.
18. Who was the only Viceroy to be murdered in office by
Q.
a Pathan convict in the Andamans in 1872?
A. Lord Minto
B. Lord Elgin II
C. Lord Mayo
D. Lord Lawrence

1872 में अंडमान में एक पठान द्वारा कायाभलय में मारा िाने िाला
एकमात्र िायसराय कौन था?
A. लॉडभ हमंटह
B. लॉडभ एख‍‍गन हद्वतीय
C. लॉडभ मेयह
D. लॉडभ लॉरें स
19. Proud of his legislative achievement, who was
Q.
conferred the title of ‘the leader of the opposition’ in the
British Imperial Legislative Council?
A. Pherozeshah Mehta
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D. Madan Mohan Malaviya

हब्रहटश शाही हिधान पररर्द में अपनी हिधायी उपलखि के गिभ के

हलए हकसे 'हिपक्ष के नेता' का खिताब हदया गया था?
A. फेरहिशाह मेहता
B. दादाभाई नौरहिी
C. गहपाल कृष्ण गहिले
D. मदन महहन मालिीय
20. Which of the following is not related to the reign of
Q.
Lord Dalhousie?
A. Second Anglo-Burma War
B. Annexation of Awadh
C. Telegraph's debut in India
D. First Census

हनम्नहलखित में कौन लाडभ डलहौिी के शासन काल से सम्बंहधत नही ं

है ?
A. हद्वतीय आं ग्ल – बमाभ युद्ध
B. अिध का अहधग्रहण
C. टे लीग्राफ की भारत में शुरुआत
D. प्रथम िनगणना
Ans. D
Q.
Sol.
Lord Dalhousie (Real name James Andrew Ramsay) served
as Governor General of India from 1848 to 1856
Events related to the reign of Lord Dalhousie: -
- Second Anglo - Burma War (1852-53)
- Annexation of Awadh (1856)
- Second Anglo - Sikh War (1849)
- Principle of adopted son
- Beginning of Indian Railways (1853)
- Telegraph's debut in India (1854)
- Woods Dispatch (1854), etc.
The first census was conducted in 1872 during the reign of
Viceroy Lord Mayo.
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