WEEKLY TEST-08 (28-11-2022) 

AFCAT-CDSE-CAPF (2023)

TEST QUESTION PAPER CODE : GKN43401

Total Questions : 80 | Marks : 100

1. Correct Answer D. None of the above

• Gadar movement was an revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters at San Francisco.
• It was an early 20th-century movement among Indians in North America to end British rule. 
• It originated with the organization of immigrants in California called the Hindustani workers of the Pacific coast with Sohan Singh Bhakna as its president after the outbreak of the first world war. 
• Many of the Gadarites return to India to carry out terrorist activities in Central Punjab. 
• Lala Hardayal delivered lectures to Americans in intellectual workers in radicals. 
• He became the leader of Indian immigrants on the West Coast.
• A weekly periodical called Gadar was also started for propaganda campaigns to spread awareness about British rule in India.
• Komagata Maru was a ship that was commissioned to transport Indian immigrants but the authorities did not allow immigrants to land and they were forced to return.

2. Correct Answer B. 2 and 3 only

• Raja Ram Mohan Roy along with Dwarka Nath Tagore and William Adam established Calcutta Unitarian committee and 1823. Keshubh Chandra was not associated with it.
• On 24th January 1868, Keshub laid the foundation stone of his new church, the Brahmo Samaj of India Tabernacle of New Dispensation and the newly constructed chapel was consecrated on 22nd August 1869.

3. Correct Answer B. Attainment of Poorna Swaraj was adopted as the goal of the Congress

1929 Congress Session

• Place - Lahore
• President - Jawahar Lal Nehru
• Indian National Congress, took the resolution of Poorna Swaraj or Complete Independence.
• Civil Disobedience movement for complete independence to be launched.
• Congress decided to observe 26th January as the total independence or Purna Swaraj Day. Hence, option 2 is correct.

1906 Congress Session

• Place- Calcutta
• President - Dadabhai Naoroji
• Congress adopted Swaraj (Self Government) as the Goal of the Indian people.
• Boycott Movement, Swadeshi & National Education Movement Adopted.

Non-Cooperation Movement In March 1920, Mahatma Gandhi starts the non-violent non cooperation movement.

The Round Table Conference In response to the inadequacy of the Simon Report, the British Government decided to hold a series of Round Table Conferences in London. The first Round Table Conference convened from 12 November 1930 to 19 January 1931.

4. Correct Answer A.  In December 1905, at the Benaras session of the Indian National Congress the Moderate- Extremist differences came to the fore. The Extremists wanted to extend the Boycott and Swadeshi Movement to regions outside Bengal and also to include all forms of associations (such as government service, law courts, legislative councils, etc.) within the boycott programme and thus start a nationwide mass movement. The Extremists wanted a strong resolution supporting their programme at the Benaras session. The Moderates, on the other hand, were not in favour of extending the movement beyond Bengal and were totally opposed to boycott of councils and similar associations. So there was a difference between moderates and extremists regarding the extent of swadeshi movement.

5. Correct Answer D.

Battle of Buxar

• October 1764
• Between EIC led by Hector Munro and a combined army of Mir Qasim, Shuja-Ud-Daula, and Shah Alam II
• It was fought in Bihar, near the banks of the Ganga river.
• The Treaty of Allahabad was signed in 1765 after the war.
• Governor/Governor-General: Hector Munro

Anglo-Nepal war

• November 1814 to March 1816
• Between EIC led by Lord Hastings and Bhakti Thapa leading Nepalese Army.
• The Treaty of Sugauli was signed in 1816.
• Governor-General: Lord Hastings.

Fourth Anglo-Mysore war

• 1798-99
• Fought between EIC led by Lord Wellesley and Tipu Sultan
• Tipu Sultan was killed in the battle.
• Mysore became a princely state under the subsidiary alliance.
• Wodeyar dynasty was restored.
• Governor-General: Lord Wellesley

Third Anglo-Marath war

• 1817-1818
• Marathas made a last attempt to rebuild their empire.
• Led by Governor-General Hastings from EIC and Peshwa Bajirao II, Malharrao Holkar, and Mudhoji Bhosle.
• The Treaty of Gwalior 1817 was signed. Daulat Rao Shinde had to give up Rajasthan.
• Treaty of Mandasor was signed with Holkar.
• Peshwa surrendered and he was sent to Bithur on pension.
• Governor-General: Lord Hasting

6. Correct Answer D. 1, 2 and 3

• Dadabhai Naoroji, R. C. Dutt, Ranade, Gokhale, G. Subramania Iyer, were among those who grounded Indian nationalism firmly on the foundation of anti-imperialism by highlighting economic critique of colonialism.
• Drain theory was established by Dadabhai Naoroji. Increased poverty and lower wages were among the indirect products of colonial rule according to Dutt

7. Correct Answer B. Statement 1 and 2 are correct.

• The events between May 1916 to January 1919 give us the background of the establishment of the Satyagraha Sabha in Bombay under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. The newly started Home League was the leading force in all these events, which prepared the ground for the April Satyagraha. The Satyagraha Sabha was organised with Mr. Gandhi as President, Mr. Horniman as Vice-President, and the leading Home Rulers on the Committee
• Simon Commission was dispatched to India in 1928 way after Rowlett Satyagraha.

8. Correct Answer C. Early nationalists fought for the rights of the common man also. The reason for narrow social base of the early Nationalist movement was, the organization in those starting days was weak and at any point the British could crush it. So, leaders confined to mere prayers and petitions.

9. Correct Answer C. Only three pairs 

• The system in which Land allotted to a big landlord was called Jagirdari System, (jagirdar = landlord).
• The system in which land allotted to revenue farmers of rent collectors (Zamindars) was Zamindari System.
• The land allotted to each peasant with the right to sublet, mortgage transfer, girt or sell was called as Ryotwari System, as individual farmer had the owning rights. (Mahal = Village) If revenue settlement was made at village level, then it was called as Mahalwari System.

10. Correct Answer C. Two statements are correct

• Arya Samaj was founded in the year 1875 by Swami Dayananda Saraswathi. Lala Lajpat Rai was one of the members of Arya Samaj and supported the appeal of Arya Samaj to the authority of Vedas in support of the social reform programmes.