Modern Indian History

Correct Answer: D, C, B, A

Correct Answer: CADB

The British proclaimed 'Now India is ours' after the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805). This war defeated the Maratha forces of Scindia and Bhonsle, giving the British control over large parts of India and marking a turning point in their dominance.

Amrit Lal Thakkar (also known as Thakkar Bapa) founded the Bhil Seva Mandal in 1922 to work for the upliftment of Bhil tribes and other aboriginal communities. He was a dedicated social worker associated with the Servants of India Society.

The Red Shirt Movement (Khudai Khidmatgar) led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan aimed at throwing out the British from India. It was a non-violent movement of the Pashtuns in the North-West Frontier Province, with members wearing red shirts as their uniform.

The Nehru Report (1928) drafted by a committee led by Motilal Nehru advocated for Dominion status, universal adult suffrage, and secularism (no state religion). It did NOT recommend reservations for minorities, which became a point of criticism from Muslim leaders like Jinnah.

Mahadev Desai fits all descriptions - he was associated with Champaran Satyagraha, edited Motilal Nehru's 'Independent', attended the 1931 Round Table Conference as Gandhi's secretary, and served as Gandhi's private secretary from 1917 until his death in 1942.

The correct chronological order is: Khilafat Movement launched in 1919, Chamber of Princes created in 1920, Bardoli 'no-tax' campaign led by Patel in 1928, and the split in trade union movement between Communists and moderate trade unionists occurred in 1929 (at the Cawnpore session). Option DCBA correctly places these events in sequence.

 Tilak,Annie Basant,Jinna and Gandhiji supported the Non-cooperation Movement

Vinoba Bhave observed the life of the average Indian living in a village and tried to find solutions for the problems he faced with a firm spiritual foundation. This formed the core of his Sarvodaya (awakening of all potentials) Movement.

The Sarabandi (no-tax) campaign of 1922 was led by Vallabhbhai Patel.  

Dadabhai Naoroji is known as the Grand Old Man of India, was a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader. His book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' brought attention to the drainage of India's wealth into Britain.

Winston Churchill described Mahatma Gandhi as a 'seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a half-naked fakir.' Churchill was provoked to describe Mahatma Gandhi as a 'seditious Middle Temple lawyer' because when Gandhi was in London, as a lawyer, he wore western attire. While on his return to India, a year after the launch of the non-cooperation movement, Gandhi adopted the dress of the poorest Indian-khadi dhoti made of coarse homespun cotton yarn. 

Satyagraha is fundamentally a way of life, which guides the modes of political activism undertaken by the followers of its principle (or satyagrahis). On a personal front it involves a life committed to truth, chastity, non-attachment and hard-work. On the political front, satyagraha involves utilisation of non-violent measures to curb the opponent, and ideally to convert him rather than to coerce him into submission. With satyagraha, Mahatma Gandhi ushered in a new era of civilian resistance on the political scenario of the world. The word was coined to aptly define the mode of non-violent resistance that the Indians at South Africa were building against the oppressive British colonialists.