PYQ - Dadabhai Naoroji

Question 1

Rast Goftar was an Anglo Gujarati newspaper operating in Bombay that was started in A.D. 1854 by Dadabhai Naoroji. Rast Goftar Means:

Answer 1

a) Truth Teller

Question 2

1. The old leaders of the Congress were conscious of the ruinous economic policy of the British government.
2. Dadabhai Naoroji, Ramesh Chandra Dutt, D.E Wacha, and others had appreciated the anti Indian economic policies of the British government.

Answer 2

only 1 is true

Question 3

The book ‘Poverty and un-British rule in India’ was written by

Answer 3

a) Dadabhai Naoroji

Question 4

Assertion [A]: Dadabhai Naoroji organized the East India Association in London
Reason [R]: He wanted to influence the British Public opinion

a) [A] is true but [R] is false
b) Both [A] and [R] are true; but [R] is not correct explanation of [A]
c) [A] is false but [R] is true
d) Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] explains [A]

Answer 4

a) [A] is true but [R] is false

Question 5

Arrange the following events in chronological order
(i) British India society was founded by Dadabhai Naoroji
(ii) Dadabhai Naoroji was elected to the British House of commons
(iii) President of the 22nd Calcutta congress session
(iv) President of the 9th Lahore congress session

a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
b) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
c) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
d) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)

Answer 5

d) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)

Question 5

Who was elected as the first Indian Member to the British House of commons?

Answer 5

d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Question 6

The Drain theory about poverty in India is associated with

Answer 6

d) Naoroji

Question 7

_____ was the first Indian to go to jail for having discharged the duty of a journalist.

a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) W.C. Banerjee
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Surendranath Banerjee

Answer 7

d) Surendranath Banerjee