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Multiple choice civics programme and achievements of the early nationalists (moderates) demands, methods and achievement of the early nationalists early nationalists moderates

Who inspired the people with his fiery writings in Indu Prakash?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Aurobindo Ghosh

  3. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

  4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Aurobindo Ghosh inspired the people with his fiery writings in Indu Prakash entitled as "New Lamps for Old". In which he castigated the moderate leadership of the Congress. He said that their policy of prayer, petition and protest would lead nowhere. What was needed was a revolutionary movement against the British. A born revolutionary, Sri Aurobindo revolted against the British and the Congress leadership.
Multiple choice civics programme and achievements of the early nationalists (moderates) demands, methods and achievement of the early nationalists early nationalists moderates

The early political leaders of Indian National Congress who dominated the Congress from 1885-1905 were called ______.

  1. The Ultra Nationalist

  2. The Radicals

  3. The Economist

  4. The Moderates
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from 1885 to 1905, the Congress was led by a group of leaders known as the Early Nationalists. They were staunch believers in open minded and moderate politics. So they called the moderates.

Multiple choice civics programme and achievements of the early nationalists (moderates) demands, methods and achievement of the early nationalists early nationalists moderates

When the Indian Council Act was passed?

  1. 1892

  2. 1896

  3. 1891

  4. 1899
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Indian Council Act of 1892 laid the foundation of parliamentary system in India. It increased the number of additional (non-official) members in the Central and provincial legislative councils, but maintained official majority in them. It also gave them the power of discussing budget and addressing questions to the executive.

Multiple choice civics programme and achievements of the early nationalists (moderates) demands, methods and achievement of the early nationalists early nationalists moderates

What were the constitutional demands of early Nationalists?

  1. Demand for increase in membership of the Legislative Councils.

  2. Members of the Legislative councils to be directly elected by the people.

  3. Complete seperation between the executive and the judiciary.

  4. All above
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Their constitutional demands were:

  1. Abolition of the India Council Act.
  2. Expansion of the legislative council and Legislative Assemblies, both Central and Provincial.
  3. Increase in the membership of Indians by including some members elected by local bodies like chambers of commerce, universities, etc. in these councils and by giving greater powers to them. They demanded Indian control over the public purse and raised the slogan "No taxation without representation".
  4. By the beginning of the 20th century, they demanded for Swaraj (self-rule) within the British Empire similar to the self-governing colonies in Canada and Australia.
  5. Adequate representation of Indians in the executive council of the Viceroy and those of the governors.
Multiple choice civics programme and achievements of the early nationalists (moderates) demands, methods and achievement of the early nationalists early nationalists moderates

Who joined Hindu College as a teacher in 1826?

  1. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

  2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

  3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Hindu College was founded in 1899 by Krishan Dassji Gurwale in the backdrop of the nationalist struggle against the British Raj. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was appointed teacher in English literature and history at the new Hindu College in 1826. He was a radical thinker and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal.

Multiple choice civics programme and achievements of the early nationalists (moderates) demands, methods and achievement of the early nationalists early nationalists moderates

Who was dismissed from Indian Civil Services?

  1. Badruddin Tyabji

  2. Subramania Bharti

  3. Bankim Chandra Chatterji

  4. Surendranath Banerjee
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Surendranath Banerjee was born in Calcutta (Kolkata), in the province of Bengal to a Bengali Brahmins family. He was deeply influenced in liberal, progressive thinking by his father Durga Charan Banerjee, a doctor. Banerjee was educated at the Parental Academic Institution and at the Hindu College. After graduating from the University of Calcutta, he traveled to England in 1868, along with Romesh Chunder Dutt and Behari Lal Gupta, to compete in the Indian Civil Service examinations. He cleared the competitive examination in 1869, but was barred owing to a dispute over his exact age. After clearing the matter in the courts, Banerjee cleared the exam again in 1871 and was posted as assistant magistrate in Sylhet.Banerjee was soon dismissed for making a serious judicial error. He went to England to appeal his discharge, but was unsuccessful because, he felt, of racial discrimination.

 

Multiple choice civics programme and achievements of the early nationalists (moderates) demands, methods and achievement of the early nationalists early nationalists moderates

Who invited the congress delegates to a garden party at Calcutta (now Kolkata)?

  1. Lord Dufferin

  2. Sir William Jones

  3. Lord Wellesley

  4. Lord Irwin
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Lord Dufferin invited the congress delegates to a garden party at Calcutta(now Kolkata).
As the Congress began to ask for more and more reforms, the attitude of Government became hostile and Congress was branded a seditious organisation. Lord Dufferin expressed his disapproval of the educated community. He referred to it as a microscopic minority, which had no right to represent India. Gradually, the officials kept away from the meeting.
Multiple choice civics programme and achievements of the early nationalists (moderates) demands, methods and achievement of the early nationalists early nationalists moderates

Repeal of Arms Act and Licence Act comes under _______.

  1. Administrative demands

  2. Economic demands

  3. Constitutional demands

  4. All above
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Demands for the repeal of the Arms Act and the License Act were part of the administrative reforms sought by the early nationalists to reduce the repressive nature of British rule.

Multiple choice civics programme and achievements of the early nationalists (moderates) demands, methods and achievement of the early nationalists early nationalists moderates

Who wanted to place the true state of affairs in India?

  1. Dadabhai Naoroji

  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Bipin Chandra Pal
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Dadabhai Naroji the Grand Old Man of India, was of the opinion that the British were basically just and good. He wanted to place the true state of affairs in India before the people of England.

Multiple choice civics programme and achievements of the early nationalists (moderates) demands, methods and achievement of the early nationalists early nationalists moderates

Early Nationalist's demand for Indianisation of services comes under _____.

  1. Legislative demands

  2. Constitutional demands

  3. Economic demands

  4. Administrative demands
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Explanation
The administrative demands of early nationalists were as below:
1. Indianisation of services.
2. Improvement of the police system.
3. Increase in the powers of the municipal bodies
4. Demand for simultaneous Indian Civil Service examinations in England and India.