Modern History of Andhra Pradesh MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Modern History of Andhra Pradesh - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is Durgabhai Deshmukh. 

Key Points

• Durgabhai Deshmukh was the founder of the Andhra Mahila Sabha.
• She was popularly known as “Iron Lady”.
• She organized Salt Satyagrah during the Civil disobedience movement in Madras and was imprisoned.
• She was the founder of AMS (Andhra Mahila Sabha) institutions and other important social welfare organizations. he, with the help of two other prominent nationalists (A. K. Prakasam and Desodharaka Nageswararao), started the movement in Madras.
• She was arrested and imprisoned for her involvement in a movement that had been banned.
• She also edited a journal known as Andhra Mahila and inspired women to rebel against meaning­less social constraints imposed on them.
• She was a member of the Constituent Assembly.
• She was awarded the Tamrapatra and Paul Hoffman Award after independence in recognition of her service to society.

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• Sarojini Naidu:
  • Popularly known as the “Nightingale of India”, was a nationalist and poetess.
  • She was married to Dr. Govindarajulu Naidu in 1898​.
  • Under the guidance of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, she became the first woman to participate in India's struggle for independence.
  • She participated in the Dandi March with Gandhiji and presided over the Kanpur Session of Congress in 1925.
  • She was the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh State.

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• The Bhakti movement was a socio-religious reform movement that emphasized devotion (Bhakti) to a single deity, particularly Lord Vishnu, Shiva, or Shakti.
• Saint Ramanuja, a 12th-century theologian and philosopher, played a pivotal role in propagating the Bhakti movement in southern India, including Andhra society.
• Ramanuja's teachings advocated for social equality, rejecting caste discrimination and promoting universal accessibility to spiritual practices.
• He emphasized the concept of Visishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism), which described the relationship between the soul, God, and the universe.
• The Bhakti movement profoundly influenced Andhra society by fostering devotional worship and encouraging harmonious social interactions beyond caste and class barriers.

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• Ramanuja:
  • He is regarded as one of the most influential proponents of the Bhakti movement and the Visishtadvaita school of Vedanta philosophy.
  • His teachings emphasized surrender (prapatti) to God and equality among devotees, irrespective of caste or social background.
  • He composed several works, including the Sri Bhashya, which commented on the Brahma Sutras.
• Visishtadvaita Philosophy:
  • A school of Vedanta that asserts qualified non-dualism, emphasizing the unity of the soul and God while maintaining their individuality.
  • It teaches that devotion and service to God can lead to liberation.
• Bhakti Movement's Impact:
  • It helped weaken the rigid caste system and fostered a sense of spiritual equality.
  • Promoted regional languages, such as Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil, through devotional poetry and songs.
  • Encouraged the construction of temples and public spaces for communal worship.
• Notable Saints of Bhakti Movement:
  • In addition to Ramanuja, other saints like Kabir, Mirabai, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and Tulsidas contributed to the movement across India.
  • They emphasized personal devotion to God rather than rituals and orthodox practices.

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• Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham was a prominent 19th-century social reformer, poet, and writer from Andhra Pradesh.
• He founded the Ram Mohan School in 1909, aiming to provide free education to children from oppressed and marginalized communities.
• He advocated for social equality and worked towards improving educational opportunities for the underprivileged.
• Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham was a strong proponent of women's empowerment and opposed societal evils like child marriage and caste discrimination.
• His contributions to literature include works that highlighted the need for reform and upliftment of the downtrodden sections of society.

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• The East India Company acquired the Nellore region from the Nawab of Arcot in the year 1781.
• This acquisition included the present-day Nellore and Prakasam districts and part of the Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.
• The acquisition was part of the larger strategy of the East India Company to expand its control over the southern regions of India during the late 18th century.
• This move was instrumental in strengthening the East India Company's foothold in the southern part of India, which later facilitated further territorial expansions.

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• East India Company
  • The East India Company was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India, incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600.
  • It became involved in politics and acted as an agent of British imperialism in India from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century.
  • The company controlled half of the world's trade, including basic commodities such as cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, saltpetre, tea, and opium.
  • It had its own army and administrative apparatus, which played a key role in the colonization of India.
• Nawab of Arcot
  • The Nawab of Arcot was the title of the ruler of the Carnatic region in India during the Mughal era.
  • The Nawabs were initially appointed by the Mughal emperor and later came under the control of the British East India Company.
  • In the 18th century, the region witnessed power struggles between the Nawabs, the Marathas, and the British, eventually leading to British dominance.

The correct answer is the Vandemataram movement.

• Swadeshi movement launched after the partition of Bengal, was known as in deltaic Andhra.

Key Points

• The Swadeshi Movement, now known as the 'Make in India' campaign was officially proclaimed on August 7, 1905, at the Calcutta Town Hall, in Bengal.
• The Boycott movement was also launched along with the Swadeshi movement.
• The movements included using goods produced in India and burning British-made goods.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak encouraged Swadeshi and Boycott movement after the British government decided on the partition of Bengal. 
• Timeline of Swadeshi movement:
  • ​In 1900, Bengal was the major province in British India.
  • The Indian national movement began in Bengal and thus, Britishers decided to part Bengal.
  • When Lord Curzon, then Viceroy of India, announced the partition of Bengal in July 1905.
  • Indian National Congress, initiated the Swadeshi movement in Bengal.
  • Swadeshi movement was launched as a protest movement which also gave a lead to the Boycott movement in the country.
  • In 1909, the movement had spread across the country and people had started anti-partition and anti-colonial movements.
  • In Andhra Pradesh, the Swadeshi movement was also known as the Vandemataram movement In 1910.
  • There were many secret associations that had been set up and there were many revolutionary movements, which were synonymous with the Swadeshi movement.
  • Later movements by Mahatma Gandhi from 1915, such as the Satyagraha movement, the Non-Cooperation movement were based on the Swadeshi movement.

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• The Central government started Vande Bharat Mission on May 7 to bring back the stranded Indians due to coronavirus pandemic from foreign countries.
  • Over 7.88 lakh Indians have returned under this mission till July 22, the ministry of external affairs.
• Satnami sect is any of several groups in India that have challenged political and religious authority by rallying around an understanding of God as Satnam (from Sanskrit satyanaman, “he whose name is truth”).

The correct answer is Durgabhai Deshmukh. 

Key Points

• Durgabhai Deshmukh was the founder of the Andhra Mahila Sabha.
• She was popularly known as “Iron Lady”.
• She organized Salt Satyagrah during the Civil disobedience movement in Madras and was imprisoned.
• She was the founder of AMS (Andhra Mahila Sabha) institutions and other important social welfare organizations. he, with the help of two other prominent nationalists (A. K. Prakasam and Desodharaka Nageswararao), started the movement in Madras.
• She was arrested and imprisoned for her involvement in a movement that had been banned.
• She also edited a journal known as Andhra Mahila and inspired women to rebel against meaning­less social constraints imposed on them.
• She was a member of the Constituent Assembly.
• She was awarded the Tamrapatra and Paul Hoffman Award after independence in recognition of her service to society.

Additional Information

• Sarojini Naidu:
  • Popularly known as the “Nightingale of India”, was a nationalist and poetess.
  • She was married to Dr. Govindarajulu Naidu in 1898​.
  • Under the guidance of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, she became the first woman to participate in India's struggle for independence.
  • She participated in the Dandi March with Gandhiji and presided over the Kanpur Session of Congress in 1925.
  • She was the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh State.

The correct answer is Visalandhra movement.

Key Points

• Vishalandhra Movement
  • The Vishalandhra, Vishal Andhra, or Visalandhra Movement was a movement in post-independence India for a united state for all Telugu speakers, a Greater Andhra.
  • This movement was led by the Communist Party of India under the banner of Andhra Mahasabha with a demand to merge all the Telugu-speaking areas into one state.
  • The movement succeeded and a separate state of Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State (Telangana) with Andhra State on 1 November 1956 as part of the States Reorganisation Act.
  • However, on 2 June 2014, Telangana State was separated back out of Andhra Pradesh and the Vishalandhra experiment came to an end.
  • The residual Andhra Pradesh now has approximately the same borders as the old Andhra State of 1956.

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• Andhra movement
  • The Andhra movement or Andhrodyamam was a campaign for recognition of the Telugu-speaking part of the Madras Presidency as a separate political unit in British India.
  • The Andhra movement leaders alleged that the Telugu people were being suppressed by the Tamils, who dominated politics and government jobs.
  • A similar movement was started by the Telugu people living in the Hyderabad State under Nizam's rule.
  • It achieved success by the formation of the Andhra state in 1953.
• 1972 Jai Andhra movement
  • Jai Andhra movement is a 1972 political movement in support of the creation of the Andhra state in the light of injustices felt by the people of the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema Regions.
  • This was after the HC and SC upheld the Mulki rules in existence at the time.
    • This disenfranchised a vast majority of the population of the state from obtaining jobs in their own state capital.

The correct answer is Option 3.

Key Points

• Madanapalle, a town in Andhra Pradesh, holds a special place in Indian history, particularly in the context of Rabindranath Tagore and the National Anthem.
• Rabindranath Tagore in Madanapalle:
  • In 1919, Tagore visited Madanapalle, where he stayed at the Besant Theosophical College.
  • It was during this stay that he translated "Jana Gana Mana" (the National Anthem of India) from Bengali to English. This translation is titled "The Morning Song of India."
  •  Hence, Option 3 is correct. 

The correct answer is Pingali Venkaiah.

Key Points

• Pingali Venkayya was a freedom fighter and the designer of the Indian National Tricolour who went on to become synonymous with the spirit of free and independent India.
• Venkayya served as a soldier in the British Army in South Africa during the Anglo Boer war in Africa.
• He met the Mahatma in Vijayawada and showed him his publication with the various designs of the flag.
• Acknowledging the need for a national flag, Gandhi then asked Venkayya to design a fresh one at the national congress meeting in 1921.
• The flag was officially adopted by the Indian National Congress in 1931.
• In 2009, a stamp was also issued to commemorate him, and the Andhra Pradesh government recommended his name for the Bharat Ratna in 2014.
• In 2015, the then Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu renamed the AIR Vijaywada after Venkayya and unveiled his statue on its premises.

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• Badal Gupta:
  • The Secretariat Building, also known as the Writers' Building, was attacked by Benoy Basu, Dinesh Gupta, and Badal Gupta at Dalhousie Square in Calcutta during the Indian Revolutionary War against British control in India.
• Tanguturi Prakasam:
  • He was the Madras Presidency's chief minister and an anti-colonialist, social reformer, and political figure from India.
  • After the division of Madras State along linguistic lines, Tanguturi was elected as the first chief minister of the former Andhra state.
  • Tanguturi was referred to as the "Lion of Andhra" or "Andhra Kesari."
• Tirot Sing:
  • He was one of the Khasi people's chiefs in the early 19th century and was also known as U Tirot Sing Syiem.
  • He was descended from the Syiemlieh family.
  • He was the Syiem (chief) of the Khasi Hills' Nongkhlaw.
  • In an effort to seize control of the Khasi Hills, Tirot Sing declared war against the British and engaged in combat.
  • He passed away on July 17, 1835. Meghalaya observes U Tirot Sing Day in honour of his passing.

The correct answer is Alluri Sitaram Raju.Key Points

• In the Gudem hills of Andhra Pradesh, a militant guerrilla movement spread.
  • Here the colonial government had closed large forest areas preventing people from entering the forest to give the cattle or to collect fuel, Woods.
  • This enraged the hill people.
  • Not only their livelihood was affected but they also felt their traditional rights were being denied.
  • When the government forced them to contribute begar for road building the hill people revolted.
  • Their leader was Alluri Sitaram Raju who claimed to have a variety of power he could survive even Bullet shoots the rebels proclaiming him as an incarnation of God Raju was highly inspired by the non-cooperation movement led by Mahatma Gandhi and persuaded people to wear Khadi and give up drinking but at the same time he asserted that India could be liberated only by the use of force.
  • Raju was captured for his guerrilla Warfare and was executed in 1924 he became a folk Hero.

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• Kalluri Chandramouli was an Indian politician and independence activist from the state of Andhra Pradesh, South India. 
  • He was then elected as a member of the Legislative Assemblies from Tenali of Madras province in 1937 and again in 1946.
  • He was elected for the same position in the Andhra province in 1955 and the Andhra Pradesh province in 1962.
• Sarojini Naidu was an Indian political activist, feminist, and poet.
  • In 1924 she travelled in eastern Africa and South Africa in the interest of Indians there and the following year became the first Indian woman president of the National Congress having been preceded eight years earlier by the English feminist Annie Besant. 
• Gottipati Brahmaiah or Gottipati Brahmayya was a freedom fighter, popularly known as Ryota Pedda (Leader of Farmers). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1982.
  • Brahmaiah was one of the pioneers of the Zamindari Ryot Movement.

The correct answer is option 1 i.e Bipin Chandrapal.

• Bipin Chandrapal:
  • Swadeshi movement which was launched in 1905 as a protest against the partition of Bengal had spread across the country.
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai are the key people in the Swadeshi movement.
  • In Andhra Pradesh, the Swadeshi movement was known as the Vandemataram movement.
  • Bipin Chandrapal propagated the  "Vandemataram Movement" in Andhra in 1907.
  • Bipin Chandrapal is known as the father of revolutionary thoughts.
• Surendranath Benarjee:
  • He was the founder of the Indian National Association in 1876.
  • Surendranath Banerjee was the president of INC session of Poona in 1895.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak:
  • He was popularly known as Lokmanya Tilak.
  • He published a series of articles in his Marathi newspaper Kesari, against the British.
  • On July 3rd, 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested by the British under the charge of sedition. 
  • Tilak started the Home Rule Movement in April 1916 at Belgaum.
• Aravinda Ghosh:
  • He is an Indian philosopher, poet, and nationalist, who joined the Indian movement for independence.
  • He was acquitted in the Alipore Bomb Case in 1909.

The correct answer is K. Veeresalingam.

Key Points

• Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu was known as the Father of the Telugu Renaissance Movement.
• He was born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, on April 16, 1848.
• During British rule in Madras, he was a social reformer and writer.
• He also stated that India began to fall into decline only when the status of women deteriorated.
• He established schools for girls and women's education.
• On December 11th, 1881, he also performed the first widow remarriage in Andhra Pradesh.
• The conservative society of the time condemned him.
  Despite society's scorn.
• He assisted in the marriage of about 40 widows during his lifetime.
• He published a number of magazines and journals in which he advocated for women's rights and education.

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Gidugu Rama murty

• Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy was a Telugu writer and one of the early Telugu linguists and social visionaries during the British rule.
• He advocated using a language that lay people can understand Vyavaharika Basha.
• He opposed to an academic language Grandhika Basha.

Gurajada Apparao 

• Mahakavi Gurjada Aparao was a Telugu poet and writer.
• He is affectionately called Gurazada.
• He was also an influential social reformer.
• His titles are Kavishekhara and Abudaya Kavita Pathamhudu.

• The Swadeshi movement was part of the Indian independence movement and contributed to the development of Indian nationalism. 
• The movement, begun in 1906 by Indian nationals opposed to the Partition of Bengal, was one of the most successful movements against British rule.
• Swadeshi was a focus of Mahatma Gandhi, who described it as the soul of swaraj (self-rule).
• It was the most significant movement in Bengal and was known as the Vande Mataram movement in Andhra Pradesh. Hence, 

  the correct answer is Vande Mataram Movement

• The movement ended in 1911.
• The government's decision to partition Bengal was made in December 1903.
• The official reason was that Bengal, with a population of 78 million, was too large to be administered; the real reason, however, was that it was the centre of the revolt, and company officials could not control the protests which they thought would spread throughout India.
• Bengal was divided by language and religion: the western half would be primarily Hindu, and the eastern half would be primarily Muslim.​

The correct answer is Veeresalingam.

Key Points

• Veeresalingam Pantulu was a British Indian social reformer and writer who lived in the Madras Presidency.
• He is often regarded as the father of the Telugu Renaissance.
• He encouraged Prarthana Samaj in south India.
• The earliest Prarthana Samaj in Andhra was established in 1878 by Veeresalingam.
• He was a pioneering social reformer who advocated for women's education and widow remarriage (which was not supported by society during his time).
• He was also an outspoken opponent of underage marriage and the dowry system. In 1874, he established a school in Dowlaiswaram.
• In 1887, he established the 'Brahmo Mandir' temple in Andhra Pradesh, as well as the 'Hithakarini School' in 1908.
• He is often considered the Raja Rammohan Roy of Andhra.

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• Atmaram Pandurang founded Prarthana Samaj on March 31, 1867.
• Prarthana Samaj was founded in Bombay and went on to have significant influence throughout western and southern India.
• Prarthana Samaj became very popular after M G Ranade joined the organisation.
• Mokkapati Subbarayu, the Diwan of Pithapuram Sansthan, rendered several favours for the people of Pithapuram.
  • His encouragement was the main reason for all the charitable deeds of the Peethikapuradhis at that time.

The correct answer is N.G. Ranga,

Key Points

• N. G. Ranga was an Indian parliamentarian and farmer leader.
• He was the Swatantra Party's first president.
• Kisan Movement in Andhra was pioneered by N.G. Ranga.
• As a Parliamentarian with fifty years of service, his name was inscribed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
• In 1952, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madras State, and in 1977, he was elected from Andhra Pradesh.
  • From 1930 to 1991, he was a member of the Indian Parliament for six decades.
• He was a recipient of the Nehru Award for Literacy Campaign, Rajaji Ratna Award, and Kushak Ratna Award.
• In 1991, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan.
  • He received the Padma Vibhushan for his contributions to the Peasant Movement.
• In 2001, the Indian government issued a commemorative postage stamp.

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• Madduri Annapurnaiah was a prominent freedom fighter in Andhra.
  • He ran a magazine called 'Congress for a while.'
  • Stories from the First Indian War of Independence were featured in the journal.
• Puchalapalli Sundarayya was a leader of the peasant revolt in the former Hyderabad State of India, called the Telangana Rebellion.
  • He was a founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).