Growth of Political Ideas and Political Organisations upto 1885 MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Growth of Political Ideas and Political Organisations upto 1885 - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is Lala Hansraj.

Key Points

• Anglo Vedic college or schools are also known as Dayanand Anglo Vedic schools.
• Dayanand Anglo Vedic (DAV) Schools were founded in 1886 at Lahore by the efforts of Mahatma Hansraj.

Confusion Points

• It was not founded by Swamy Dayanand Saraswati
• In the name and memory of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Lala Hans Raj established it.
• The schools were run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust & Management Society, also known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society.
• DAV institutions are the best place to study and work together.
• Under the DAV family, there are 900 schools, 75 colleges, and a university.
• “DAV Movement” founded in 1886 by Lala Hansraj (Father of DAV Movement) picked up momentum due to the arduous efforts of Mahatma Hans Raj, Pandit Gurudutt Vidyarthi and may other dedicated as the Arya Samaj activist. 

The correct answer is option 2.

Key Points

• 'Neel Darpan' (The Mirror of Indigo) is a Bengali play written by Dinbandhu Mitra in 1858–59. Hence, option 2 is correct.
• It exposed the cruel exploitation of Indian peasants by British indigo planters in Bengal and Bihar.
• The play was based on the Indigo Revolt (Neel Bidroha) of 1859–60, a peasant uprising against oppressive indigo plantation practices.

The correct answer is option 3.

Key Points

• The Tatvabodhini Sabha was founded in 1839 by Debendranath Tagore, the father of Rabindranath Tagore. Hence, option 3 is correct.
• Its main objective was to revive and promote the ideas of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, especially those related to:
  • Rationalism
  • Social reform
  • Monotheism
  • Vedic learning
• The Sabha later merged with the Brahmo Samaj in 1843, strengthening the reform movement in Bengal.

The correct answer is Option 3.

Key Points

• Behramji Malabari, a Parsi social reformer and journalist, was instrumental in pushing for the Age of Consent Act (1891), which raised the minimum marriageable age for girls. Hence, option 3 is correct.
• He advocated for women’s rights and education, fighting against child marriage and social injustices.
• Seva Sadan, an institution for women’s welfare and education, was established due to his efforts.
• His writings and activism significantly contributed to social and educational reforms in British India.

The correct answer is Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi.

Key Points

• Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and Rashid Ahmad started Darul Uloom in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh in 1867.
• They started Jihad against the British.
• They started the Deobandi movement from Darul Uloom.
• They also established a Madarsa in Deoband.

Additional Information

• Maulvi Liaquat Ali was a Muslim religious leader from Allahabad (Prayagraj), in Uttar Pradesh.
  • He was one of the leaders in the revolt against the British in 1857, in what is now known as the Indian Mutiny, or the Sepoy Mutiny.
• Maulvi Ahmadullah was the leader of the revolt of 1857 from Faizabad.
  •  He declared the Revolt as Jihad against the English.
  • Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah was known as the Lighthouse of Rebellion in the Awadh region.
• Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
  • Syed Ahmad entered the service of East India Company ​​in 1838 and became a judge at a Small Causes Court in 1867.
  • He established Gulshan School at Muradabad in 1859, Victoria School at Ghazipur in 1863, and a scientific society for Muslims in 1864.
  • He founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875, the first Muslim university in Southern Asia.
  • He is credited as the father of the two-nation theory.

The correct answer is Lala Hansraj.

Key Points

• Anglo Vedic college or schools are also known as Dayanand Anglo Vedic schools.
• Dayanand Anglo Vedic (DAV) Schools were founded in 1886 at Lahore by the efforts of Mahatma Hansraj.

Confusion Points

• It was not founded by Swamy Dayanand Saraswati
• In the name and memory of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Lala Hans Raj established it.
• The schools were run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust & Management Society, also known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society.
• DAV institutions are the best place to study and work together.
• Under the DAV family, there are 900 schools, 75 colleges, and a university.
• “DAV Movement” founded in 1886 by Lala Hansraj (Father of DAV Movement) picked up momentum due to the arduous efforts of Mahatma Hans Raj, Pandit Gurudutt Vidyarthi and may other dedicated as the Arya Samaj activist. 

The correct answer is 1932.

• The All-India Harijan Sevak Sangh was founded in 1932.

Key Points

•  All-India Harijan Sevak Sangh:
  • It was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in the year 1932.
  • It was founded in Delhi.
  • It is an independent not for profit voluntary Organisation.
  • It is also known as the All India Anti-Untouchability League.
  • The main aim of the Sangh was to combat untouchability. 
  • Harijan Bandhua and Harijan Sevak were the two newspapers started by Mahatma Gandhi.

The correct answer is 1, 2, and 3.

Key Points

• Zamindari Association:
  • It was founded by Dwarakanath Tagore in 1838 in Bengal.
  • Some others who are also a part of this association are PrasanaKumar Tagore, Radhakanta Deb, Ramkamal Sen and Bhabani Charan Mitra.
  • This society evolved in order to protect the concerns of the landlords around Bengal.
  • This association is formed to safeguard the interest of landholders.
  • It is the only legal machinery to raise the issues of landholders.
  • Zamindari Association is also called a Landholder's society.
  • Hence, pair 1 is correct.
• Indian National Association:
  • It was founded by Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose in 1876 at Bengal.
  • It is also called as the Indian Association of Calcutta.
  • They promoted political education among the masses and they unified the opinions of people into key political issues.
  • Indian National Association is one of the leading political organization which later merged with the Indian National Congress.
  • Hence, pair 2 is correct.
• Madras Native Association:
  • It was founded by Gazulu Lakshmi Narasu Chetty in Madras in 1849.
  • Madras Native Association was the first political organization to be formed in the madras presidency.
  • It fought for the rights of Indians against British rule.
  • Hence, pair 3 is correct.

The correct answer is the Muslim festival of Mohurrum.

Key Points

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak, nationalist and 'The Father of Indian Unrest' as described by the British, was the man behind turning a private, household Ganesh Chaturthi celebration into a gala event.
• Hindus and Muslims clashed in Bombay in 1893, many Hindus in Poona routinely joined Muslims in their annual celebration of Moharram (when the grandsons of Prophet Muhammad were honoured, by constructing the replicas of their tombs and carrying them in a parade to the river).
• Tilak declared that Hindus would no longer take part in Moharram.
• He advocated for a separate festival of Ganapati with similar processions and passions.
• He was inspired by Moharram. Hence option 2 is correct.​

Mistake Points

• MPSC State Services Prelims Exam 2015- paper 1, Set A, Question No. 14, Final answer Key- Option 2 (The Muslim festival of Mohurrum)

The correct answer is M K Gandhi.

Key Points

• The All India Harijan Sevak Sangh is an independent national-level non-profit voluntary Organisation with Branches in 26 States.
• It was founded in September 1932 in the wake of Gandhiji's Epic Fast at Yervada Jail, Pune, resulting in the historic Poona Pact.
• The immediate historical background dates back to the Second Round Table Conference in London in 1931 when Gandhi Ji opposed the segregation of the depressed classes of the Hindu community into a separate electoral group.
• Gandhi Ji saw in it a sinister device of the British government to create a split in the Hindu community in furtherance of its policy of divide and rule.
• The Sangh was established to combat untouchability and a new weekly paper, the Harijan, was started.
• Harijan means children of God,  it was Gandhi Ji's name for the untouchables.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Anushilan Samiti.

Key Points

• In the year 1902, Anushilan Samiti was founded by Satish Chandra and the other three accomplices Pramatha Mitra, Aurobindo Ghose and Sarala Devi.
• Anushilan Samiti Indian organisation supported revolutionary violence as the means for ending British rule in India. ⁣

Additional Information

The Correct Answer is Satyashodhak Samaj.

Key Points

The correct answer is 21 October 1943.

Key Points

• The Temporary Administration of Free India, or Azad Hind, was an Indian provisional government founded during World War II in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
• It was founded in October 1943 and was heavily financed and dependent on the Empire of Japan.
• It was resurrected upon Subhas Chandra Bose's arrival in Southeast Asia in 1943.
• The army was declared to be Bose's Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind's army (the Provisional Government of Free India)

Additional Information

• Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist whose resistance of British rule in India .
•  He earned a national hero title, his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan left an authoritarian, anti-Semitic, and militaristic legacy.

The correct answer is Option 3, i.e 1873.

Key Points

• Britishers in 1849 annexed the Khalsa Raj.
• Khalsa Raj was an independent Sikh kingdom in Punjab founded by Ranjit Singh in 1799.
• Thereafter the Christian missionaries gradually started to increase their activity. 
• The last Sikh who was converted to Christianity in 1853 was Dalip Singh.
• The local religious traditions were under the threat and in response to this Sikhs initiated the Singh Sabha movement which sought to revive Sikh doctrine.
• The first unit of Singh Sabha  was formed in Amritsar in 1873.

The correct answer is option3 i.e 1925.

• Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh:
  • It was founded on 27th September 1925 at Nagpur.
  • It was founded by Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar.
  • It was found on the ideology of Hindutva. 
  • Mohan Madhukar Bhagwat is the current Sarsanghchalak (Chief) of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh.
• RSS Chief Dr. Mohan Bhagwat inaugurated the International Principal’s Education Conference (IPEC) at Nagpur on 19 November 2019.
• Super 30 founder and noted mathematician Anand Kumar was honoured with Nachiketa Sarvottama Award on the occasion.
• The theme of the 3-day conference for the year 2019 was-Scripting the Legends of Human Excellence through Schools.