Practice questions on Revolutionary Movement & INA from Modern Indian History.
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Q1. Who was Rand’s military escort, killed on the spot in the Chapekar attack?
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Answer: A
Lieutenant Ayerst died on the spot. Rand was taken to Sassoon Hospital and died of his wounds on 3 July 1897.
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Q2. Which accomplice of the Chapekar brothers was spared the gallows and given ten years’ rigorous imprisonment because he was a juvenile?
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Answer: B
Khando Vishnu Sathe was a juvenile. He received ten years’ rigorous imprisonment instead of a death sentence.
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Q3. Where did Udham Singh hide the revolver he used to shoot Michael O’Dwyer in 1940?
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Answer: C
He hid the revolver in a book with its pages cut out. This let him carry it into Caxton Hall.
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Q4. At which London prison was Udham Singh hanged on 31 July 1940?
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Answer: B
He was held at Brixton Prison before the trial. He was hanged at Pentonville Prison.
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Q5. Durgawati Devi led the funeral procession of which revolutionary, who died after a 63-day jail hunger strike?
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Answer: B
Jatin Das died after a 63-day hunger strike in jail. She led his funeral procession from Lahore to Calcutta.
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Q6. Durgawati Devi became prominent in a youth body of the 1920s. Which one was it?
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Answer: A
She was an active member of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha. She rose to prominence when it marked Kartar Singh Sarabha’s martyrdom in 1926.
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Q7. During the Kakori train action of 9 August 1925, what did Rajendra Lahiri do to stop the train?
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Answer: C
Rajendra Lahiri pulled the emergency chain to stop the train. The other revolutionaries then overpowered the guard.
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Q8. On which date did the special court deliver its verdict in the Kakori case, sentencing Lahiri to death?
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Answer: B
The verdict was pronounced on 6 April 1927. Lahiri was hanged on 17 December 1927, two days earlier than planned.
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Q9. Hemu Kalani led the Swaraj Sena, a student body affiliated with which organisation?
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Answer: D
The Swaraj Sena was a student organisation affiliated with the All India Students Federation. Hemu Kalani was one of its leaders.
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Q10. What did Hemu Kalani and his colleagues use to loosen the railway fixings, since they lacked proper tools?
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Answer: B
They had no proper tools, so they used a rope to loosen the fishplates. British men saw them before the sabotage was finished.
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Q11. On what charge did the Japanese arrest Diwan Singh Kalepani on 23 October 1943?
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Answer: B
He was arrested on 23 October 1943 on a charge of spying. He died in custody on 14 January 1944.
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Q12. Which Indian Independence League role did Diwan Singh hold at Port Blair during the Japanese occupation?
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Answer: A
He was President of the Indian Independence League’s regional wing in Port Blair. He was never formally a soldier of the INA.
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Q13. Which revolutionary group did Suniti Choudhury and Santi Ghose join in Comilla?
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Answer: B
A fellow student, Prafullanalini Brahma, recruited them into the Jugantar Party. It was a militant group active in Bengal.
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Q14. Which memoir by Ullaskar Dutta describes his years in the Andamans, and was later translated as Twelve Years of Prison Life?
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Answer: C
Dvipantarer Katha means The Tale of Deportation. He also wrote Amar Karajiban, or My Prison Life.
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Q15. Which pair of brothers were Bapat’s associates at India House in London?
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Answer: A
India House was a hub for Indian revolutionaries in London. Bapat worked there with the Savarkar brothers.
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Q16. Which 1945-46 trials of Indian National Army officers at the Red Fort helped inspire the Royal Indian Navy sailors?
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Answer: A
News of the INA trials and the story of Subhas Chandra Bose reached the sailors by radio and press. It fed their anger before the 1946 strike.
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Q17. Which admiral, head of the Royal Indian Navy, threatened the 1946 mutineers over All India Radio?
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Answer: C
Admiral J. H. Godfrey warned that the strongest measures would be used, even the destruction of the Navy. Cunningham was First Sea Lord and Auchinleck led the army.
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Q18. On what date did the Naval Central Strike Committee ask the ships to fly black flags of surrender?
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Answer: A
The strike began on 18 February and ended on 23 February 1946 after talks with Sardar Patel. The black flags marked the surrender.
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Q19. Was Mohanlal Pandya ever convicted for the 1909 bomb attack on Viceroy Lord Minto?
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Answer: C
Pandya and his associates were suspects. No one was convicted. Police found bomb-making books that he had published, and Baroda later dismissed him from service.
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