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The programme of Swadeshi and Boycott against the partition of Bengal was visualised by _______.

  1. Surendranath Banerjee

  2. Bipin Chandra Pal

  3. Aurobindo Ghosh

  4. Rash Behari Bose
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Swadeshi movement started as the response to the partition of Bengal in 1905 by Lord Curzon and continued till 1911. Its chief architect includes Aurobindo Ghosh, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Lala Lajpat Rai. The key strategy of this movement was Swaraj (self-rule). 

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After Tilak's deportation which of the following extremist leaders was not similarly deported to Mandalay prison in Burma?

  1. Lala Lajpat Rai

  2. Bipin Chandra Pal

  3. Aswini Kumar Datta

  4. CR Das
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Tilak was charged with the seditious writings and was deported to Mandalay prison in Burma. After Tilak's deportation, Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay, Burma (now Myanmar) without trial in May 1907. Along with him, Bipin Chandra Pal was also sent to Mandalay.

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Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?

  1. The famines of $1896-97$ and $1899-1900$

  2. The partition of Bengal

  3. The Surat Split

  4. The Jallianwala Bagh episode
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Aurobindo Ghose was an Indian Poet, Guru, Yogi, and Philosopher. In 1905 when VIceroy of India Lord Curzon partitioned the Bengal there was an outburst of public anger against British. At this time Aurobindo Ghosh also led a nationalist campaign by a group of revolutionaries and entered into the fold of Indian National Movement. He was also arrested in 1908 on charges of planning to kill the magistrate Kingsford but was released on May 6, 1909.

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The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year ______.

  1. $1911$
  2. $1912$
  3. $1920$
  4. $1925$
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A Correct answer
Explanation

In the year 1911 Calcutta became the former capital of British India and it was shifted to Delhi. The decision was taken during the reign of Lord Hardinge, the then Viceroy of India. Hardinge's explanation was that Calcutta was located in the extreme east so the capital should be centralized for betterment. Though historians stated that in Bengal the situation was gradually going beyond control and rigorous extremist movement was giving sleepless nights to the British Raj.

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When King George-V and Queen of India visited India, a magnificent Durbar was held at ______.

  1. Calcutta

  2. Delhi

  3. Bombay

  4. Madras
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Historically it is known as Delhi Darbar or Imperial Darbar. The Darbar in Delhi were held thrice in India, i.e in 1877, 1903 and 1911. George- V, and Queen of India visited the Darbar in 1911. It was held to mark the succession of an emperor or an empress. 

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In which year was the partition of Bengal scrapped?

  1. $1908$
  2. $1911$
  3. $1923$
  4. $1931$
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Lord Hardinge held a durbar in December, 1911 to celebrate the coronation of King George V. Here, the partition of Bengal was cancelled and the capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. The reason was the widespread oppoasition to the partition and in the face of growing Bengali nationalism, the partition was annulled.

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When did Congress split?

  1. At Surat session in 1907

  2. At Banaras session in 1905

  3. At Madras session in 1908

  4. At Lahore session in 1909
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The issue of Partition of Bengal and failure of National Congress as an active party gave birth of extremism in the Indian National Congress. The Congress followers then divided into two groups i.e extremist and moderates. In Surat (1907) Rash Bihari Ghosh became the president of INC who was a moderate. Whereas the extremists demanded Bal Gangadhar Tilak or Lala Lajpat Rai should become the president. In Surat meeting, the tug of war between these two groups became more prominent.