Modern Indian History Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 33)

Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in Calcutta on 1 May 1897, dedicated to social service, education, and relief work.

Vivekananda opened his address at the 1893 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago with “Sisters and brothers of America,” drawing a spontaneous two-minute standing ovation.

Sarat Chandra posthumously won the 1978 Filmfare Award for Best Story, for Swami (1977), based on a story he had written decades earlier.

The University of Dacca (now Dhaka) awarded Sarat Chandra an honorary Doctor of Literature in 1936, though his own formal education had ended after Class XII.

The colonial government banned Pather Dabi (1926) on 4 January 1927 for its anti-colonial content; the ban stayed in force until 1939.

Sarat Chandra worked in Burma from 1903 to 1916, including at the Burma Public Works Accounts Office in Rangoon, before returning to Bengal to write full-time.

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Devdas (1917), one of the most-adapted stories in Indian cinema, with more than 20 screen versions.

B.R. Ambedkar considered Phule one of his three principal influences and dedicated ‘Who Were the Shudras?’ to him.

The home initially served Brahmin widows specifically, a notable detail given Phule’s broader criticism of Brahminical caste privilege.

The Satyashodhak Samaj drew leadership from backward-class communities, aiming to promote social equality for Shudras and other lower castes.

He personally founded 35 girls’ schools in Bengal, often funding them from his own salary.

He studied at Sanskrit College, Calcutta, from 1829 to 1841, and the college conferred the ‘Vidyasagar’ title on him there.

As principal, Vidyasagar opened Sanskrit College’s admissions to students from lower castes, alongside promoting English study.

‘Borno Porichoy’ reordered and simplified the Bengali script, and is still used to teach Bengali today.

On 9 August 1925, ten revolutionaries stopped a train near Kakori and looted government treasury bags worth about ₹4,600, to fund the HRA’s activities.

Rajendra Lahiri was hanged on 17 December 1927 at Gonda Jail, two days before Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, and Roshan Singh were hanged on 19 December 1927 at separate jails.

The poem was written in 1921 by Bismil Azimabadi of Patna, not by Ram Prasad Bismil. Bismil made the lines famous by reciting them before his own execution.

Bismil co-founded the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) in October 1924 at Kanpur, aiming for armed revolution and a federal Republic of India.

Surrounded by police, he covered a colleague’s escape, then fired his final bullet into himself — true to his vow never to be taken alive. Alfred Park was later renamed in his honour.

He signed HSRA’s internal documents under the pseudonym “Balraj,” while continuing to organise the group’s activities across northern India.

The Kakori Conspiracy was an armed train robbery by the Hindustan Republican Association, carried out to fund its revolutionary activities.

He gave his name as “Azad” (the Free), his father’s name as “Swatantrata” (Independence), and his residence as “Jail.” He was flogged, and the name Azad stuck for life.

He was hanged at Lahore Central Jail alongside Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru; 23 March is now observed as Shaheed Diwas.

He wrote “Why I Am an Atheist” in prison, rejecting prayer for personal comfort as a “degradation.”

Jatin Das died after a 63-day hunger strike during the same protest, sharply increasing public sympathy for the prisoners’ cause.