Resistance and Socioreligious Reforms MCQ Questions
Ques:
21
Which of the following was not a ‘nationalist’ newspaper?
Correct Answer:
(D)
The Times of India
‘The Times of India’ was not a nationalist newspaper. ‘The Hindu,’ Bengalee’ and ‘The Mahratta’ were nationalist newspapers as they promoted nationalism through their writings.
Ques:
22
Match the list of the Editors with that of the Papers/ Magazines, they were editing:
‘A’ (Editors) ‘B’ (Papers/Magazine)
S.A. Dange (i) Navyug
Muzaff ar Ahmad (ii) Inqilab
Ghulam Husain (iii) Labour Kisan Gazette
M. Singarvelu (iv) The Socialist
Code:
A B C D
Correct Answer:
(B)
(iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
The correctly matched list is as follows :
S.A. Dange - The Socialist
Muzaffar Ahmad - Navyug
Gulam Hussain - Inqilab
M. Singarvelu - Labour Kisan Gazette
Ques:
23
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
(Newspapers) Editors
Kal 1. Surendra Nath Banerjee
Bengalee 2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Sudharak 3. Dwarkanath
Somaprakash 4. Shivrama Madhav Paranjape
Codes :
A B C D
Correct Answer:
(A)
4 1 2 3
The correctly matched newspapers and their respective editors is as follows –
(Newspapers) (Editors)
Kal - Shivrama Mahadev Paranjape
Bengalee - Surendra Nath Banerjee
Sudharak - Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Somaprakash - Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan
Ques:
24
From the options given below, find the correct combination of the names of editors of the nationalist newspapers The Hindu, Kesari, Bengalee, Hindustani, Sudharak:
Correct Answer:
(D)
G. Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Ganga Prasad Verma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Newspaper Editor
The Hindu G. Subramaniyam Iyer
Kesari Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bengalee Surendranath Bannerjee
Hindustani Ganga Prasad Verma
Sudharak Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ques:
25
Which journal was not associated with revolutionary activities?
Correct Answer:
(D)
Young India
Young India was not associated with revolutionary activities. Young India was a weekly journal published by Mahatma Gandhi. He used young India to spread his unique ideology and thoughts regarding the use of non-violence. Ghadar was a weekly newspapers published by a revolutionary group (Ghadar Party) with its headquarters at San- Francisco. The newspapers and journals advocating revolutionary terrorism included Sandhya and Yugantar in Bengal, and Kal in Maharashtra.
Ques:
26
The ‘Swadesh Vahini’ was edited by –
Correct Answer:
(C)
K. Ram Krishna Pillai
Ramakrishna Pillai was the editor of ‘Swadesh Vahini’ or ‘Swadeshabhimani.’ He was born in 1878 in Nair family in Neyattinkara in then Travancore state.
Ques:
27
The English Newspaper ‘Independent’ was associated to-
Correct Answer:
(D)
Motilal Nehru
Motilal Nehru started the English journal, ‘Independent’ demanding self-rule for India.
Ques:
28
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using codes given below.
List-I List-II
(News Paper) (Language)
Bharat Mitra 1. Bengali
Rastra Mata 2. Gujarati
Prajamitra 3. Hindi
Nayak 4. Marathi
Code :
A B C D
Correct Answer:
(C)
3 4 2 1
The correctly matched newspapers and their respective languages is as follows :
Bharat Mitra - Hindi
Rastra Mata - Marathi
Prajamitra - Gujarati
Nayak - Bengali
Ques:
29
Through which newspaper published from Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bijoliya movement the subject of discussion in India.
Correct Answer:
(B)
Pratap
The first Peasant Movement in Rajasthan took place in a large estate of Bijoliya in the state of Mewar (Udaipur). Various types of Lagans imposed on farmers resulted in the movement. It was headed by Sadhu Sitaram Das in 1913 and Vijay Singh Pathik in 1915 AD. Vijay Singh Pathik propagated the movement through ‘Pratap’ published by Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi and made it a subject of discussion in India.
Ques:
30
‘Harijan’ was started by –
Correct Answer:
(C)
Gandhiji
Gandhiji started ‘Harijan’ in English, ‘Harijan Bandhu’ in Gujarati and ‘Harijan Sevak’ in Hindi as a weekly newspaper.