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Multiple choice civics partition of bengal, swadeshi and boycott movements partition and anti-partition movement in bengal partition of bengal partition of bengal and anti-partition movement

When the Bengal Partition came into effect?

  1. 15 August 1905

  2. 16 October 1905

  3. 15 March 1905

  4. 12 July 1905
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Partition came into effect on October 16, 1905. The leaders of the protest movement declared it a day of national mourning throughout Bengal. It was observed as a day of fasting. There was hartal in Kolkata. People walked barefooted and bathed in the Ganga in the early morning hours.

Multiple choice civics partition of bengal, swadeshi and boycott movements partition and anti-partition movement in bengal partition of bengal partition of bengal and anti-partition movement

In which movement the Early Nationalists and the Assertive Nationalists cooperated with one another?

  1. Partition of Bengal

  2. Anti-Partition Movement

  3. Non - Cooperation Movement

  4. Civil Disobedience Movement
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Early Nationalists and the Assertive Nationalists cooperated with one another during the course of Anti Partition movement.

Multiple choice civics partition of bengal, swadeshi and boycott movements partition and anti-partition movement in bengal partition of bengal partition of bengal and anti-partition movement

Consider the statement: "He had fired very big gun but the recoil was tremendous". This statement is relevant for which of the following person?

  1. Lord Dalhousie

  2. Lord Curzon

  3. Lord Wellesley

  4. Lord Ripon
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Anti-Partition agitation backfired the plans of Lord Curzon. It gave added strength to the National Movement. The methods adopted by the Early Nationalists lost their appeal and gave an opportunity to the Assertive Nationalists to lead the National Movement.

Multiple choice civics partition of bengal, swadeshi and boycott movements partition and anti-partition movement in bengal partition of bengal partition of bengal and anti-partition movement

Who composed the patriotic song, 'Amar Sonar Bangla'?

  1. Surendranath Banerjee

  2. P. C. Roy

  3. Rabindranath Tagore

  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Rabindranath Tagore composed the patriotic song, Amar Sonar Bangla for the occasion of Partition of Bengal which was sung by huge crowds parading the streets against Partition of Bengal.

Multiple choice civics partition of bengal, swadeshi and boycott movements partition and anti-partition movement in bengal partition of bengal partition of bengal and anti-partition movement

Who laid the Foundation of a federation Hall to mark the indestructible unity of Bengal?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Ananda Mohan Bose

  3. B. C. Pal

  4. Krishna Kumar Mitra
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In the afternoon on 16 October 1905, there was a great demonstration when the veteran leader Ananda Mohan Bose laid the foundation of a Federation Hall to mark the indestructible unity of Bengal, All gathered there took the vow to follow Swadeshi.

Multiple choice civics partition of bengal, swadeshi and boycott movements partition and anti-partition movement in bengal partition of bengal partition of bengal and anti-partition movement

The streets of Kolkata were full of which cries during anti-partition movement?

  1. Amar Sonar Bangla

  2. Bande Mataram

  3. My Golden Bengal

  4. All above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Lord Curzon, the British Viceroy at the time ordered partition of Bengal. The decision met with wide opposition in the form of Swadeshi movement. People were on the streets tying rakhi signifing unity, shouting slogans and songs like Vande Mataram, Amar Sona Bangla (My Golden Bengal), etc. It was decided to annul the partition of Bengal in 1911 mainly to control the danger of revolutionary terrorism.

Multiple choice civics partition of bengal, swadeshi and boycott movements partition and anti-partition movement in bengal partition of bengal partition of bengal and anti-partition movement

In which states Patriotic Revolutionary Groups were activate after Partition of Bengal?

  1. Bengal

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. All above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In order to check the Swadeshi and the Boycott movement, the government used all forms of repression. Their repressive measures not only generated anger among the youth but also inflamed their patriotic fervor. As a result, a number of patriotic revolutionary groups began to operate. They were active in Bengal, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Punjab.

Multiple choice civics partition of bengal, swadeshi and boycott movements partition and anti-partition movement in bengal partition of bengal partition of bengal and anti-partition movement

According to whom "The Swadeshi movement ought to make us self-respecting, self-reliant, self-supporting"?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Krishna Kumar Mitra

  3. Lala Lajpat Rai

  4. P. C. Ray
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Swadeshi literally means of one's own country.' It aimed at the promotion of indigenous industries for strengthening the nation. According to Lala Lajpat Rai, "The Swadeshi movement ought to make us self-respecting, self-reliant, self-supporting."

Multiple choice civics partition of bengal, swadeshi and boycott movements partition and anti-partition movement in bengal partition of bengal partition of bengal and anti-partition movement

The scheme of the partition of Bengal was implemented on ______. 

  1. October 16, 1905.

  2. April 16, 1905.

  3. March 16, 1907.

  4. April 16, 1911.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

On July 20, 1905 Lord Curzon announced the division of the province of Bengal into following two provinces. The scheme of the partition of Bengal was implemented on October 16, 1905.

Multiple choice civics partition of bengal, swadeshi and boycott movements partition and anti-partition movement in bengal partition of bengal partition of bengal and anti-partition movement

Who said " Partition of Bengal is a Settled fact and what is settled cannot be unsettled"?

  1. Lord Dalhousie

  2. Lord Curzon

  3. Rabindranath Tigore

  4. Mahatma Gandhi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The people lost their faith in the fair play and justice of the British. Lord Curzon refused to concede to the demands of annulling the partition of Bengal. He said, “Partition of Bengal is a settled fact and what is settled cannot be unsettled.”