Deck 1: Historical Figures and Concepts in Indian Politics and Philosophy

Question 1

Swami Vivekananda was the chief disciple of whom ?

A)Swami Dayanan
B)ramakrishna paramahsa
C)rajaram mohan ro
D)Lohia

Answer 1

ramakrishna paramahsa

Question 2

Who is regarded as the father of Indian Renaissance?

A)Dayananda Saraswathy
B)Tilak
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Gandhiji

Answer 2

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Question 3

Who is the founder of Atmiyasabha?

A)Dayananda Saraswathy
B)raja ram mohan rao
C)Tilak
D)Gandhiji

Answer 3

raja ram mohan rao

Question 4

In which year Swami Vivekananda Visited Chicago?

A)1863
B)177
C)1770
D)1893

Question 5

Who is regarded as the prophet of Indian Nationalism?

A)Tilak
B)Aurobindo Ghosh
C)Gandhiji
D)Ram Mohan Roy

Question 6

National youth day is celebrated in the memory of:

A)Tilak
B)Nehru
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Gandhiji

Question 7

'My Master' was written by

A)Tilak
B)Swami Vivekand
C)Tagore
D)Subash Chandra Bose

Question 8

Who is the author of 'The Life Divine'

A)Aurobindo Ghosh
B)M. N. Roy
C)Nehru
D)Ambedkar

Question 9

Name the congress leader who presided over the Banaras Congress session in 1905.

A)Gopakakrishna Gokhale
B)Gandhiji
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Nehru

Question 10

' Servants of India Society' was established in

A)1906
B)190
C)1915
D)1916

Question 11

Name the philosopher who believed that freedom is the keynote of spiritual life.?

A)Gopalakrishna Gokhale
B)Nehru
C)Ambedkar
D)Vivekananda

Question 12

The International day of Non-violence is observed on 2^nd October, the Birthday of -----

A)Vivekananda
B)Gokhal
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)M .K. Gandhi

Question 13

Who give the name 'Gurudev' to Tagore?

A)Gandhij
B)Tilak
C)Vivekanda
D)Nehru

Question 14

Who is the political Guru of Gandhiji?

A)Tagore
B)Vivekananda
C)Gokhale
D)Nehru

Question 15

Which decision of Gandhiji was opposed by Ambedkar?

A)partitioning india
B)calling the lower castes 'harijans?
C)quit india movement
D)satyagraha movement.

Question 16

Name the magazine published by Ambedkar?

A)young india
B)swara
C)news india
D)mooknayak

Question 17

Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a

A)justice
B)dharm
C)power
D)status

Question 18

SNDP Yogam was formed in the year

A)1903
B)189
C)1908
D)1914

Question 19

The doctrine of Ramarajya was expounded by

A)Tilak
B)Gokhale
C)Gandhiji
D)Nehru

Question 20

Who is the Champion of secularism?

A)Jinnah
B)Nehru
C)Savarkar
D)Tilak

Question 21

Who regarded the villages as the center of Indian economic organisation?

A)Gandhiji
B)Vivekananda
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Tilak

Question 22

Gandhism is not merely a political creed, it is

A)a programme of action
B)a messag
C)theory
D)working class movement

Question 23

'January 30 ' is commemorated as ------- in India

A)martyr's day
B)freedom day
C)republic day
D)slaves day

Question 24

Who is regarded as the pragmatic social reformer?

A)Nehru
B)Tilak
C)Sree Narayana Guru
D)Mahathma Gandhi

Question 25

B.R Ambedkar founded the All India Untouchables League in:

A)1929
B)1930
C)1932
D)1933

Question 26

Doctrine of Total Revolution was expounded by

A)Jayaprakash Narayanan
B)m.n ro
C)Gandhiji
D)Thilak

Question 27

Radical Democratic party was organised by

A)Lohia
B)M.N.Roy
C)Jayaprakash Narayanan
D)Thilak

Question 28

Who is the champion of the doctrine of 'social revolution through human Revolution'?

A)M.N.Roy
B)Lohi
C)Jayaprakash Narayanan
D)Nehru

Question 29

The famous work of Jyothi Rao Phule

A)life divine
B)arthashastra
C)gulamgiri
D)my experiments with truth

Question 30

The concept of four pillar state was advocated by

A)Lohia
B)M.N.Roy
C)Nehru
D)Ambedkar

Question 31

Who considered Jinnah as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?

A)Gandhiji
B)Tilak
C)Gokhale
D)Vivekananda

Question 32

Who is known as the spiritual father of Pakistan

A)Muhammed Ali Jinnah
B)Muhammed Iqbal
C)Syed Ahmed
D)Abdul Ghaffer Khan

Question 33

The important philosophic work of Muhammed Iqbal

A)the reconstruction of religious though ian islam
B)life divine
C)savitri

Question 34

Who started the self respect movement and DravidaKazhagam

A)Anna Durai
B)E. V. Ramasamy
C)C. Rajagopalchari
D)C. Kuppusami

Question 35

Who is the author of Discovery of India?

A)Gandhiji
B)Vivekananda
C)Nehru
D)Gokhale

Question 36

B.R. Ambedkar was born in

A)1891
B)189
C)1898
D)1901

Question 37

Who is regarded as one of the earliest scholars of comparative religion?

A)Gandhiji
B)Ambedkar
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Tilak

Question 38

Freedom of press was advocated by

A)Dayananda Saraswathy
B)Mussolin
C)Hitler
D)Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Question 39

Name the political thinker who appreciated British rule in India

A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B)Tilak
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Gandhiji

Question 40

Identity the Philosopher who advocated the doctrine of Humanism and Universalism

A)Syed Khan
B)Jinnah
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Tilak

Question 41

Name the political thinker who expounded liberal humanitarian nationalism.

A)Tilak
B)raja ram mohan ro
C)dr.Ambedkar
D)M.N.Roy

Question 42

Raja Ram Mohan Roy died in

A)1930
B)193
C)1932
D)1833

Question 43

Who recommended that religious toleration was crucial for the growth of democracy?

A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B)Tila
C)Vivekananda
D)Bose

Question 44

Identify the Philosopher who was living at a crucial time when liberalism was at the crossroad.

A)M.N.Roy
B)Nehru
C)kautilya
D)Gokhale

Question 45

Who made scathing attack on the oppressiveness and harshness of bureaucracy?

A)Tilak
B)raja ram mohan ro
C)Syed Khan
D)Gokhale

Question 46

Who described Gokhale as the "diamond of India, the Jewel of Maharashtra"?

A)Bose
B)Nehru
C)Lohi
D)Tilak

Question 47

Whose role in the Indian National Congress was that of an agitator?

A)Tilak
B)Gokhal
C)ranade
D)Nehru

Question 48

Who introduced extremist national sentiments in the Congress?

A)Nehru
B)Gandhij
C)Gokhale
D)Tilak

Question 49

Who was regarded as the Bismark of Indian Nationalism?

A)Gandhiji
B)Nehru
C)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D)Ambedkar

Question 50

Who was a believer in the Advaita Philosophy?

A)Ambedkar
B)Vivekand
C)Gandhiji
D)Nehru