Indian History - Study Mode
[#121] Who was the mastermind of bomb attack on Lord Hardinge at chandani chowk in Delhi in 1912?
Correct Answer
(C) Rasbihari Bose
Explanation
Solution: On the crisp morning of 23 December 1912, Delhi was decked up to welcome the then Viceroy Lord Hardinge on the occasion of the capital’s transfer from Calcutta to Delhi. At a building in Chandni Chowk, a petite woman could be seen waiting with the crowd to see the Viceroy, and then a bomb exploded.
Basant Biswas, a young boy of 16 years, had dressed up as a woman and thrown a crude bomb at the elephant carrying the Viceroy. Hardinge escaped with injuries. Rash Behari was the mastermind behind the attack and helped make the bomb. After the blast, Bose went back to his government job at the Forest Research Institute and even organised an honorary reception for Hardinge a few months later.
[#122] When did Mahatma Gandhi go on fast unto death for the first time?
Correct Answer
(C) 1918
Explanation
Solution: In 1918, Gandhiji fought for the rights of the textile mill workers of Ahmedabad. Here for the first time he introduced a method of arbitration - fasting.
[#123] What is called the magna carta of Western Education system in Indian?
Correct Answer
(A) Dispatch of Charles wood secretary of state 1854
Explanation
Solution: Wood's Dispatch / Despatch is known as Magna Carta (Magna Charta) of Indian Education. Wood's Dispatch was an act of 1854 implemented by the British rulers during pre-independent India. The despatch was presented by Sir Charles Wood to the directors of the British East India Company.
[#124] Who said “one religion one caste and one God for mankind?”
Correct Answer
(D) Narayan Guru
Explanation
Solution: Sri Narayana Guru preached the doctrine of 'One caste, One religion, One God.' Its worth note that one of his athiest disciples, Sahadaran Ayyapan, changed into 'no religion, no caste and no God for mankind.
[#125] On what ground did the second split in the congress take place in 1918?
Correct Answer
(B) Montague Chelmsford Declaration
Explanation
Solution: The Congress in a special session (August 1918) criticized the August Declaration as “disappointing and unsatisfactory” and suggested important modifications. The Moderates, led by Surendra Nath Banerjee, supported the Declaration in a separate conference (November 1918).