General Knowledge Pointers - 27






















● During the freedom struggle, who established The Deccan Educational Society?

Answer :- M. G. Ranade,




● Who said My boy no, you are an Indian first and then a Muslim?

Answer :- Mohammad Ali Jinnah,

● Which event was characterised by Montague as Preventive Murder?

Answer :- Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh,

● Who presided over the first session of the All India Kisan Sabha and which day is celebrated as the All India Kisan Day?

Answer :- Swami Sahajananda and 1st September,

● On which date was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?

Answer :- January 30, 1948,

● During the Indian freedom struggle, who started. the weekly Yugantar in April 1906 ?

Answer :- Barindra Kumar Ghosh and Bhupendranath Dutta,

● Who appointed a National Planning Committee in 1938?

Answer :- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose,

● In which case were Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged for their role?

Answer :- Lahore Conspiracy case,

● Which is the most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to modern India?

Answer :- His achievement of integration of princely states,

● Which revolutionary had participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement and was teacher in national school in Chittagong ?

Answer :- Surya Sen,

● Who is the author of the concept of Antyodaya?

Answer :- Vinoba Bhave,

● Who was the leader of the Indian revolutionary activities in America?

Answer :- Lala Hardayal,

● Paramdham Ashram was established by whom?

Answer :- Acharya Vinoba Bhave,

● By whom was the clarion call Dilli Chalo was given?

Answer :- Subhash Chandra Bose,

● When Subhash Chandra Bose resigned as the President of INC, who was appointed in his place?

Answer :- Rajendra Prasad,

● Which nationalist leader was involved in a libel suit against Sir Valentine Chirol, and left for England to fight his case in Sept, 1918 ?

Answer :- B. G. Tilak,

● Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of Indian Independence?

Answer :- J. B. Kriplani,

● On which basis Montague-Chelmsford Report formed?

Answer :- The Government of India Act, 1919,

● Under whose guidance was the Congress policy of pray and petition ultimately come to an end?

Answer :- Lala Lajpat Rai,

● Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I am an Indian, every Indian is my brother.” Who had said these words?

Answer :- Vivekananda,

● What was the first venture of Gandhiji in all-India politics?

Answer :- Rowlatt Satyagraha,

● During the reign of which Indian National Congress banned and over 1,20,000 persons were arrested?

Answer :- Lord Willingdon,

● Who com merited that Cripps Mission was a postdated cheque on a crashing bank?

Answer :- Mahatma Gandhi,

● Who was named as Mira Ben by Mahatma Gandhi?

Answer :- Madeline Slade,

● Mahatma Gandhi gave the call Do or Die during which movement?

Answer :- Quit India Movement,

● A series of articles by Aurobindo Ghosh known as Doctrine of-Passive Resistance are associated with which movements?

Answer :- Swadeshi and Boycott movement,

● Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born in which year?

Answer :- 1889,

● Who was the Chairman of Boundary Commission to define the boundaries of the dominions under the Indian Independence Act of 1947?

Answer :- Cyril Radcliffe,

● During the Indian Freedom struggle, who started a journal The Indian Sociologist?

Answer :- Shyamji Krishna Varma,

● To which age the Indus Valley Civilization belongs?

Answer :- Neolithic age,

● In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet?

Answer :- Jupiter,