1. Where was the headquarters of Anushilan Samiti?
[A] Lahore
[B] Calcutta
[C] Chandigarh
[D] Islamabad
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Correct Answer: B [Calcutta]
Notes:
A new trend arose in the Swadeshi phase of the struggle for India’s independence, the rise of revolutionary terrorism. The Anushilan Samiti of Calcutta was formed by Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Jatindranath Banerjee and Pramotha Mitter in 1902. The Anushilan Samiti of Dacca was founded by Pulin Das in 1902.
2. In which year Dhaka Anushilan Samiti was founded?
[A] October 1905
[B] July 1905
[C] November 1905
[D] August 1905
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Correct Answer: C [November 1905]
Notes:
Dhaka Anushilan Samiti was a branch of the Anushilan Samiti founded in the city of Dhaka in November 1905.
3. Who led Dhaka Anushilan Samiti?
[A] Gauri Sen
[B] Pulin Behari Das
[C] Atul Behari Neogi
[D] Jatin Mukherjee
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Correct Answer: B [Pulin Behari Das]
Notes:
Dhaka Anushilan Samiti was initially a group of eighty under the leadership of Pulin Behari Das, it “spread like wildfire” throughout the province of East Bengal. More than 500 branches were opened, linked by a “close and detailed organization” to Pulin’s headquarters at Dhaka.
4. Which of these places do not consist a branch of Dhaka Anushilan Samiti?
[A] Khulna
[B] Faridpur
[C] Matridhar
[D] Jessore
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Correct Answer: C [Matridhar]
Notes:
Branches of Dhaka Anushilan emerged in the towns of Jessore, Khulna, Faridpur, Rajnagar, Rajendrapur, Mohanpur, Barvali, Bakarganj, and other places. Estimates of Dhaka Anushilan Samiti’s reach show a membership of between 15,000 and 20,000 members.
5. Who established the branch of Anushilan Samiti in Bihar?
[A] Sachindranath Sanyal
[B] Bankimchandra Mitra
[C] Kedarnath Banerjee
[D] Khudiram Bose
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Correct Answer: A [Sachindranath Sanyal]
Notes:
The branch of Anushilan Samiti was established in Bihar by Sachindranath Sanyal. It was established in 1913. Bankimchandra Mitra of BN College was given responsibilities to lead the organisation.
Anushilan Samiti was an Indian organisation in the first quarter of the 20th century that supported revolutionary violence as the means for ending British rule in India. It was established in 1902. Satish Chandra Basu was the founder of the Anushilan Samiti. The main aim of Anushilan Samiti was Independence of India.
6. In which year, Anushilan Samiti was established?
[A] 1900
[B] 1901
[C] 1902
[D] 1905
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Correct Answer: C [1902]
Notes:
By 1900, Aurobindo Ghosh had started to think to launch a secret society for the growth of revolutionary cult in India. He sent Jatin Banerjee, a young Bengali soldier belonging to the army of Baroda to Bengal in 1900 and two year later (1902) Barinder Kumar Ghosh, his brother with the mission of setting up a revolutionary organization there. It was with their efforts that the first proper revolutionary secret society known as Anushilan Samiti (Calcutta) was founded on 24 March 1902 by Pramath Nath Mitra (P. Mitra). The name of Anushilan Samiti was taken from the Bankim Chandra’s one of writing of that name.
7. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
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List I |
List II |
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I. Chittagong Armoury Raid |
(A) Kalpana Dutt |
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II. Abhinav Bharat |
(B) Guru Ram Singh |
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III. Anushilan Samiti |
(C) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
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IV. Kuka Movement |
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh |
Codes:
[A] I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B
[B] I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D
[C] I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-D
[D] I-C, II-A, III-D, IV-B
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Correct Answer: A [I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B]
Notes:
• The Chittagong armoury raid was carried out on 18 April 1930. Kalpana joined the “Indian Republican Army, Chattagram branch”, the armed resistance group led by Surya Sen in May 1931.
• Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904.
• Anushilan Samiti was a Bengali Indian organisation that existed in the first quarter. It soon became an organ for the radical views of Aurobindo and Anushilan leaders, and lent the name “Jugantar party” to the Calcutta group.
• After Bhagat Jawarmal died, Balak Singh carried is legacy. However, it was not the real starting of the Kuka Movement as we know today. The real founder was Baba Ram Singh, who was born in 1815 as a son of a poor carpenter, in small village of Bhaini, around 7 kilometers away from Ludhiana.
8. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
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List I |
List II |
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I. Abhinav Bharat Society |
(A) Sri Aurobindo Ghosh |
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II. Anushilan Samiti |
(B) Lala Hardayal |
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III. Ghadar Party |
(C) C. R. Das |
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VI. Swaraj Party |
(D) V. D. Savarkar |
Codes:
[A] I – D, II – A, III – C, IV – B
[B] I – A, II – D, III – C, IV – B
[C] I – A, II – D, III – B, IV – C
[D] I – D, II – A, III – B, IV – C
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Correct Answer: D [I – D, II – A, III – B, IV – C]
Notes:
• Abhinav Bharat Society was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904.
• Anushilan Samiti was a Bengali Indian organisation that existed in the first quarter of the twentieth century, and propounded revolutionary violence as the means for ending British rule in India. It was founded by Satish Chandra Basu. By 1902, Calcutta had three societies working under the umbrella of Anushilan Samity. One was founded by Calcutta student Satish Chandra Basu with the patronage of Calcutta barrister Pramatha Mitra, another was led by Bengali woman Sarala Devi and the third was founded by Jatindranath Bannerjee and Aurobindo Ghosh.
• The Ghadar Party, initially the Pacific Coast Hindustan Association, was formed in 1913 in the United States but before a decision to create head quarter at yugantar ashram in San Francisco was taken at a meeting in Canada under the leadership of Har Dayal, Sant Baba Wasakha Singh Dadehar.
• Swaraj Party was formed by Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjandas and was named as Congress-Khilafat Swarajaya Partyin 1922.It also claimed to be an integral part of the Congress and professes its adherence to Non-Violence Non-Cooperation Movement and decided to boycott the legislatures.
9. Who founded the Anushilan Samiti in 1902?
[A] Pulin Das
[B] Barinder Kumar Ghosh
[C] Pramathanath Mitra
[D] Both 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: D [Both 2 & 3]
Notes:
Anushilan Samiti was launched on 24 March, 2002 by Barinder Kumar Ghosh, Jatindernath Banerji and Pramathanath Mitra.
10. The Dacca Anushilan Samiti was founded by whom in 1905?
[A] Pulin Behari Das
[B] Barinder Kumar Ghosh
[C] P. Mitra
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Pulin Behari Das]
Notes:
Under the leadership of Pulin Behari Das, Dacca Anushilan Samiti was founded in 1902. The organisation was one of the first revolutionary secret socities in Bengal.
