The National Movement 1905-18 Flashcards

1
Q

List the reactionary policies of Lord Curzon.

A

The Calcutta Corporation Act, 1899, The Official Secrets Act 1904, The Indian Universities Act 1904 and Partition of Bengal in 1905

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2
Q

The British idea to Partition Bengal became known in which year?

A

1903

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3
Q

The motive behind partition of Bengal was to?

A

weaken Bengal which was the nerve centre of Indian nationalist activity

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4
Q

the official reason given for the partition of Bengal was?

A

that Bengal had become too big to administer which was true but only to some extent

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5
Q

The moderate led anti partition movement was held in the years?

A

1903-05

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6
Q

Who were the leaders of the moderate led anti partition movement?

A

Surendranath Banerjee, KK Mitra and Pritwishchandra Ray

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7
Q

The anti partition movement under extremists was held in the years?

A

1905-08

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8
Q

The leaders of the anti partition movement under extremists were?

A

Tilak, BC Pal, Lajpat Rai and Aurobindo Ghosh

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9
Q

The partition of Bengal was annulled mainly because?

A

to curb the menace of revolutionary terrorism

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10
Q

The anti partition movement under extremists was called?

A

Swadeshi Movement

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11
Q

The Moderate Extremist split took place at ______ in _____.

A

Surat in 1907

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12
Q

Moderates wanted to restrict the boycott Movement to?

A

Bengal

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13
Q

Moderates wanted to restrict the boycott to a boycott of only?

A

foreign cloth and liquor

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14
Q

Extremists wanted to take the boycott movement to ______ and include within its ambit ______.

A
  1. all parts of the country 2. all forms of association with the Government
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15
Q

List the acts enacted for the repression of the Swadeshi Movement.

A

Seditious Meetings Act 1907, Criminal Law Amendment Act 1908, Indian Newspapers (Incitement to Offences) Act 1908, Explosive Substances Act 1908, Indian Press Act 1910

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16
Q

The first revolutionary group in Midnapore and Calcutta was?

A

The Anushilan Samiti 1902

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17
Q

The revolutionary weekly Yugantar was started in?

A

1906

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18
Q

In Bengal in 1907, an attempt on the life of whom was made?

A

Former Lieutenant Governor of East Bengal and Sikkim

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19
Q

Who attempted to murder Muzaffarpur Magistrate Kingsford?

A

Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose in 1908

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20
Q

Who were involved in the Alipore Conspiracy Case?

A

Aurobindo Ghosh and Barinda Kumar Ghosh

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21
Q

The Barrah Dacoity was organised by?

A

Dacca Anushilan in 1908

22
Q

In 1912, a bomb was thrown at Viceroy Ha Hardinge by?

A

Rashbehari Bose and Sachin Sanyal

23
Q

Ramosi Peasant Force was led by?

A

Vasudev Balwant Phadke

24
Q

List the journals of Tilak.

A

Kesari and Maharatta

25
Q

Tilak attempted to propagate militancy among youth through ______ festivals.

A

Shivaji and Ganapati

26
Q

Who killed Rand, The Plague Commissioner of Pune and Lieutenant Ayerst?

A

The Chapekar Brothers in 1897

27
Q

Name the secret society organised by Savarkar and his brother.

A

Mitra Mela in 1899

28
Q

In 1904, Mitra Mela was merged with?

A

Abhinav Bharath

29
Q

The District Magistrate of Nashik, Mr. Jackson was killed in which year?

A

1909

30
Q

List the revolutionary leaders in Punjab.

A

Lala Lajpat Rai, Ajit Singh, Ada Haider, Syed Haider Raza, Bhai Parmanand, Lalchand ‘Fakak’, Sufi Ambaprasad

31
Q

Who set up Indian Home Rule Society and India House and brought out the journal The Sociologist in London?

A

Shyamji Krishnavarma in 1905

32
Q

Who murdered Curzon-Wylie?

A

Madan Lal Dhingra in 1909

33
Q

Who brought out the journal Bande Mataram?

A

Madam Bhikaji Cama

34
Q

Madam. Bhikaji Cama operated from?

A

Paris and Geneva

35
Q

The Ghadr Party was organised in North America by?

A

Lala Hardayal, Ram Chandra, Bhawan Singh, Kartar Singh Saraba, Barkatullah and Bhai Parmanand

36
Q

Who attempted to bring it an armed revolt in India in February 1915?

A

The Ghadr Party

37
Q

Defence of India Act 1915 was passed primarily to deal with?

A

The Ghadrites

38
Q

Defence of India Act 1915 was passed primarily to deal with?

A

The Ghadrites

39
Q

Berlin Committee for Indian Independence was established by?

A

Virendranath Chattopadhyay

40
Q

Virendranath Chattopadhyay sent missions to?

A

Baghdad, Persia, Turkey and Kabul

41
Q

Bagha Jatin organised revolutionary activity in _____ and died in ____

A
  1. Bengal 2. an encounter in Balasore in 1915
42
Q

Home Rule League Movement was pioneered by?

A

Tilak and Annie Besant

43
Q

The Home Rule League Movement was on the lines of?

A

a similar Movement in Ireland

44
Q

The aim of the Home Rule League Movement was to?

A

convey to the common man the concept of home rule as self government

45
Q

Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement in?

A

April 1916

46
Q

Tilak’s Home Rule League Movement was operational in?

A

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Central Provinces and Berar and had 6 branches

47
Q

Annie Besant’s League was started in?

A

September 1916

48
Q

Besant’s League operated in?

A

Rest of India and had 200 branches

49
Q

The Extremists were readmitted into Congress in?

A

Lucknow Session of INC, 1916

50
Q

Muslim League and Congress put up joint demands under the?

A

Lucknow Pact

51
Q

In the Lucknow Session of INC, 1916, Congress accepted Muslim League’s position on?

A

separate electorates