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After the freedom struggle of 1857 Tantya Bhil in West Nimad became a symbol of terror for the Britishers.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

The following was where Phan Boi Chau and Phan Chu Trinh differed initially

  1. Foreign enemy to be driven out

  2. Monarchy to be abolished

  3. Popular rights to be promoted

  4. Independence of the Vietnamese people


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Phan Boi Chau and Phan Chu Trinh both differed on the abolition of monarchy: the former wanted to retain it initially while the latter, to abolish it immediately.

There was a difference of vision about the Vietnamese independence between Phan Bao Chau and Phan Chu Trinh. The major difference was related to the following:

  1. The Vietnamese should launch the freedom struggle against the enemy

  2. Monarchy should be kept established as a symbol of respect

  3. Monarchy should be immediately overthrown

  4. The nationalist revolution should be launched immediately


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The difference was about the monarchy's place in the country. Phan Chu Trinh wanted to overthrow monarchy immediately while Phan Bio Chau wanted to make use of monarchy to help launch of struggle.

In $1940$, Vietnam was occupied by

  1. China

  2. France

  3. Japan

  4. Germany


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Japan had occupied Vietnam in September, $1940$ and retained this occupation till the end of World War II.

The European nation which colonised Vietnam was __________.

  1. England

  2. France

  3. Holland

  4. Portugal


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The colonisation of Vietnam by the French brought the people of the country into conflict with the colonisers in all areas of life. The most visible form of French control was military and economic domination but the French also built a system that tried to reshape the culture of the Vietnamese. 

The Vietnamese nationalists started a movement to drive out the French from Vietnam; it is popularly known as _________________.

  1. the 'Go West Movement'

  2. the 'Go French Movement'

  3. the 'Go Vietnam Movement'

  4. The 'Go East Movement'


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In the first decade of the twentieth century a ‘go east movement’ became popular.  In 1907-08 some 300 Vietnamese students went to Japan to acquire modern education. For many of them the primary objective was to drive out the French from Vietnam, overthrow the puppet emperor and re-establish the Nguyen dynasty that had been deposed by the French. 

Who among the following formed the Revolutionary society Duy Tan Hoi in Vietnam?

  1. Phan Boi Chau

  2. Huynh Phu So

  3. Phan Chu Trinh

  4. Liang Qichao


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • In the late nineteenth century, resistance to French domination was very often led by Confucian scholar-activists, who saw their world crumbling.
  •  Educated in the Confucian tradition, Phan Boi Chau (1867-1940) was one such nationalist.
  •  He became a major figure in the anti-colonial resistance from the time he formed the Revolutionary Society (Duy Tan Hoi) in 1903, with Prince Cuong  De as the head. 

By whom was the Vietnamese Communist Party set up?

  1. Ho Chin Minh

  2. Nago Dinh Diem

  3. Huynh Phu So

  4. Sun Yat Sen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In February 1930, Ho Chi Minh brought together competing nationalist groups to establish the Vietnamese Communist (Vietnam Cong San Dang) Party. It was later renamed as the Indo-Chinese Communist Party.

Which one of the following parties was established by Ho Chi Minh in 1930?

  1. Vietnamese Communist Party

  2. The League for the Independence of vietnam

  3. National Liberation Front.

  4. All of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In February 1930, Ho Chi Minh brought together competing nationalist groups to establish the Vietnamese Communist (Vietnam Cong San Dang) Party. It was later renamed as the Indo-Chinese Communist Party. He was inspired by the militant demonstrations of the European communist parties. 

"Go-east Movement" became popular in Vietnam during the first decade of 20th century because __________________________.

  1. Vietnamese students went to Japan to acquire education.

  2. they went to Japan to learn Japanese language.

  3. they went to get lucrative jobs.

  4. they looked for foreign arms and help to drive away the French from Vietnam.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In the first decade of the twentieth century, many Vietnamese students went to Japan for getting modern education. The primary motive for going to Japan was to drive out the French from Vietnam, overthrow the puppet emperor and re-establish the Nguyen dynasty that had been deposed by the French.