11. The Swadeshi Shipping Company was founded in–
[A] 1903
[B] 1904
[C] 1905
[D] 1906
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Correct Answer: D [1906]
Notes:
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai in Tuticorin, who took over British India Steam Navigation Company and converted it into Indian-owned shipping company and named it Swadeshi Shipping Company in October 1906.
12. In which day Swadeshi Movement started?
[A] 7 July, 1905
[B] 7 August, 1905
[C] 17 August, 1905
[D] 27 August, 1905
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Correct Answer: B [7 August, 1905]
Notes:
After Partition of Bengal Swadeshi movement was formally started from Town Hall Calcutta on 7 August 1905 to curb foreign goods by relying on domestic production.
13. Who was responsible for starting Swadeshi Movement?
[A] Lord Bartell
[B] Lord
Curzon
[C] Congress
[D] Aurobindo Ghosh
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Correct Answer: B [Lord
Curzon]
Notes:
The Swadeshi Movement had its genesis in the anti-partition movement which started with the partition of Bengal by the Viceroy of India, Lord
Curzon.
14. At which place, an organisation named “Golden league” was established in support of Boycott and Swadeshi Movement?
[A] Balia
[B] Patna
[C] Devghar
[D] Champaran
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Correct Answer: C [Devghar]
Notes:
“Golden league” was established at Devghar. It was established in support of Boycott and Swadeshi Movement. It was established in 1904. Its main objective was to boycott british rule and advance Swadeshi Movements.
15. Which of the following movements drew women out from the seclusion of home?
1. Swadeshi Movement
2. Home Rule Movement
3. Non-Cooperation Movement
4. Civil Disobedience Movement
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A] 1 and 3 only
[B] 2 and 4 only
[C] 3 and 4 only
[D] 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2, 3 and 4]
Notes:
Women participated quite actively in the Indian national movement. They participated in the boycott of foreign goods, picketing of liquor shops, non-payment of taxes, and so on. All of the above movements drew women out from the seclusion of home.
16. Which of the following statements is/are correct relating to the famous Muzaffarpur murders?
1. The bomb, which was hurled at their carriage of Mrs. Pringle and her daughter was actually intended for Mr. Kingsford, the District Judge of Muzaffarpur.
2. The revolutionaries wanted to kill Mr. Kingsford because he had inflicted severe punishments on Swadeshi activists.
3. Khudiram and Prafulla Chaki had to pay the penalty for their action by death.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Only 2 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2 & 3]
Notes:
On the evening of 30 April 1908, Khudiram threw a bomb on the carriage of Kingsford but it was occupied not by Kingsford but the wife and daughter of barrister Pringle Kennedy were killed instead of Kingsford. Khudiram and Prafulla Chaki had to pay the penalty for their action by death.
17. Which of the below scientists gave modern statistics and the swadeshi spirit to planning in India?
[A] P.C.Mahalonibis
[B] C.R.RAO
[C] P.C.RAY
[D] S.N.RAO
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Correct Answer: A [P.C.Mahalonibis]
Notes:
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was an Indian scientist and statistician. He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure, and for being one of the members of the first Planning Commission of free India.
18. Which among the following newspapers first called the Boycott of foreign goods during the time of Swadeshi movement?
[A] Sanjibani
[B] Samachar Darpan
[C] Bengal Gezette
[D] Bombay Times
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Correct Answer: A [Sanjibani]
Notes:
Krishna Kumar Mitra launched the journal Sanjibani (Bengali Language) in the year 1883. He took part in the Swadeshi movement. During that time through his journal Sanjibani, he first called the Boycott of foreign goods.
19. Who of the following was imprisoned for six years in Mandalay during the time of Swadeshi movement?
[A] Lala Lajapat Roy
[B] Aurobindo Ghosh
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Ajit Singh
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Correct Answer: C [Bal Gangadhar Tilak]
Notes:
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was imprisoned for six years in Mandalay during the time of the Swadeshi movement. He wrote against the British in his Magazine ‘Maratha’ and ‘Keshari’ and he was accused of the charge of sedition.
20. Which one of the following was the most immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi and Boycott agitation during the first decade of the present century?
[A] Curzon’s attempt to control the Universities
[B] Curzon’s design to curtail the sphere of local self-government
[C] Curzon’s partition of Bengal
[D] Curzon’s plan to curb the growing popularity of the Indian National Congress
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Correct Answer: C [Curzon’s partition of Bengal]
Notes:
Immediate factors for spread of Swadeshi and Boycott agitation:
• The arrest and deportation of Lala Lajput Rai and Ajit Singh, and passing of the Punjab Colonization Bill.
• A sentence of 18 months rigorous imprisonment imposed on Lokmanya Tilak
• The partition of Bengal done by Lord Curzon
