Lesson 1

Question 1

Which political association was formed by the associates of Raja Ram Mohan Roy?

Answer 1

Bangabhasa Prakasika Sabha

Question 2

When was the Bangabhasa Prakasika Sabha formed?

Answer 2

1836

Question 3

Which political party is considered to be the first one to use methods of constitutional agitation for redressal of grievances?

Answer 3

Landholders’ Society

Question 4

Who was the founder of Landholders’ Society?

Answer 4

Dwarkanath Tagore

Question 5

What is the Landholders’ Society otherwise known as?

Answer 5

Zamindari Association

Question 6

When was the Landholders’ Society established?

Answer 6

1838

Question 7

Who was the president of Bangabhasa Prakasika Sabha?

Answer 7

Gouri Sankar Bhattacharya

Question 8

Who was the secretary of Bangabhasa Prakasika Sabha?

Answer 8

Durgaprasad Tarkapanchanan

Question 9

Who founded Bangabhasa Prakasika Sangha?

Answer 9

Raja Rammohan Roy

Question 10

When was the Bengal British India Association formed?

Answer 10

1843

Question 11

When was Bengal British India Society and Landholder’s Society merged? What was the resultant association?

Answer 11

1851
British India Association

Question 12

Who organised East India Association? When? Where?

Answer 12

Dadabhai Naoroji, 1866, London

Question 13

Who started Indian League? When?

Answer 13

Sisir Kumar Ghosh, 1875

Question 14

Who started Indian Association of Calcutta? When?

Answer 14

Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose in 1876

Question 15

Who founded the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha? When?

Answer 15

M.G. Ranade, 1867

Question 16

Who founded Bombay Presidency Association? When?

Answer 16

Badruddin Tyabji, KT Telang, Pehrozeshah Mehta

Question 17

Who founded Madras Mahajan Sabha? When?

Answer 17

Viraraghavachari, Subhramanya Aiyar, P. Anandacharlu