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Quick Quiz
Which among the following was the First Trade Union Organisation of India in modern times?
(a) Printers Union of Kolkata
(b) Textile Labour Union
(c) Bombay Postal Union
(d) All India Trade Union Congress
Option a – Printers Union of Kolkata
Who was elected the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) on 31st October 1920?
(a) VV Giri
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) CR Das
Option c – Lala Lajpat Rai
Who among the following had presided over the All India Trade Union Congress held at Nagpur in 1929?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Acharya Narendra Dev
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Yusuf Meherally
Option a – Jawaharlal Nehru
Assertion (A) The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak. Reason (R) The labour leaders considered the ideology of the Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary. Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
Option a – Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Who among the following founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) JB Kripalani
(c) NM Joshi
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Option a – Mahatma Gandhi
Who is the founding member of Mazdoor Mahajan?
(a) BP Wadia
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) JL Nehru
(d) NM Lokhande
Option b – Mahatma Gandhi
Which principle was propounded by Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Principle of Trusteeship
(b) Principle of Capitalism
(c) Principle of Communism
(d) laissez faire
Option a – Principle of Trusteeship
Who of the following was sent as a representative of labourers by the Indian Government at the Washington summit of ILO in the year 1919?
(a) VP Wadia
(b) NM Joshi
(c) CF Andrews
(d) Joseph Baptista
Option a – VP Wadia
The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for
(a) the participation of workers in the management of industries.
(b) arbitrary powers to the management to quell industrial disputes.
(c) an intervention by the British Court in the event of a trade dispute.
(d) a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.
Option d – a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.
Consider the following statements. I. The factories Act, of 1881 was passed with a view to fixing the wages of industrial workers and allowing the workers to form trade unions. II. NM Lokhanda was a pioneer in organising the Labour movement in British India. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
Option b – Only II
Consider the following statements. I. In the first Factory Act, of 1881 there was a Prohibition of Child Labour below 11 years. II. In the second Factory Act, of 1891 the weekly holiday for women labour was decided. III. In the Trade Dispute Act, of 1929, special courts were constituted for settling disputes.
(a) I and III
(b) Only III
(c) I and II
(d) All of the above
Option c – I and II
During the Indian freedom struggle, a general strike was jointly called by the Girni Kamgar Union and the railway workers in March 1929 in Bombay. This was actually in protest against
(a) the Congress’s acceptance of Dominion Status to India as a desirable interim goal.
(b) the visit to India of the Whiteley Commission on labour.
(c) the government’s insistence on passing the Trade Disputes Bill through the Central Legislative Assembly.
(d) the dismissal of workers who had taken part in the 1928 strikes.
Option d – the dismissal of workers who had taken part in the 1928 strikes
Who among the following were the founders of the Hind Mazdoor Sabha established in 1948?
(a) B Krishna Pillai, EMS Namboodiripad and KC George
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and MN Roy
(c) CP Ramaswamy Iyer, K Kamaraj and Veeresalingam Pantulu
(d) Ashok Mehta, TS Ramanujam and GG Mehta
Option d – Ashok Mehta, TS Ramanujam and GG Mehta
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Tinkathia – A form of sharecropping in the tribal region of Eastern India during the Colonial period
(b) Diku – A term used for the outsiders by the Santhal tribals
(c) Abwab – Additional tax imposed on peasants by the zamindars
(d) Jenvi – A term used for Nair landlords in Kerala
Option a – Tinkathia – A form of sharecropping in the tribal region of Eastern India during the Colonial period
Which of the following Peasant movements is not properly matched with the state in which it was launched?
(a) Kisan Sabha and – Uttar Pradesh Eka Movements
(b) Moplah Rebellion – Kerala
(c) Bardoli – Gujarat Satyagraha
(d) Pabna Agrarian – Maharashtra League
Option d – Pabna Agrarian – Maharashtra League
Which of the pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Santhal – 1855
(b) Kol – 1831
(c) Khari – 1829
(d) Ahom – 1815
Option d – Ahom – 1815
Which of the following statements about the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) is not true? I. AITUC was affiliated with Pan-Pacific secretaries and the third international. II. The reformers group of AITUC wanted affiliation with the International Federation of Trade. III. The revolutionary group of AITUC wanted affiliation with Red Labour Union.
(a) I and II
(b) Only Ill
(c) All of these
(d) None of these
Option d – None of these
Consider the following statements. I. Lala Lajpat Rai was among the first in India to link capitalism with imperialism and emphasise the crucial role of the working class in fighting the combination. II. INC at its Gaya Session (1922) welcomed the form of AITUC and formed a committee consisting of prominent Congressmen to assist its work. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
Option c – Both I and II
Consider the following statements. I. Result of local grievances. II. the Leaderships of these uprisings were semi-feudal in character. III. Backwards-looking and traditional in outlook. IV. They were localised and isolated. Which of the above was the weakness of the civil rebellions, tribal revolts and peasant movements?
(a) I, II, III and IV
(b) I, II and IV
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, III and IV
Option c – II, III and IV
The following popular movements occurred after 1857. I. Santhal Rebellion II. Indigo Revolt III. Deccan agriculturalist riots IV. Birsa Munda Uprising Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
(a) I, II and III
(b) II, III and IV
(c) I, II and IV
(d) I, III and IV
Option b – II, III and IV
Who was the first Indian to be a member of Communist International?
(a) MN Roy
(b) Muzaffar Ahmad
(c) SS Dange
(d) None of the above
Option a – MN Roy
In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a communist party of India?
(a) HK Sarkar
(b) PC Joshi
(c) MC Chayla
(d) MN Roy
Option d – MN Roy
The militant phase of the trade union movement in India was
(a) 1939-45
(b) 1926-39
(c) 1918-26
(d) 1914-18
Option a – 1939-45
Consider the following statements. I. The All India Trade Union Congress was formed in 1920. II. Lokamanya Tilak played an important role in the formation of the AITUC. III. Lala Lajpat Rai was appointed as its first President. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) II and III
(c) I and II
(d) All of these
Option d – All of these
With reference to revolts in British India, people known as ‘kallar’ belonged to which of the following region?
(a) Kolhapur
(b) Midnapore
(c) Madurai
(d) Raughpur
Option c – Madurai
The active participation of the Bundela rebellion of 1842, Hirdeshah was Zamindar of which of the following place?
(a) Chanwarpatha
(b) Deori
(c) Suatala
(d) Hirapur
Option d – Hirapur
The unique contribution of the Rani Gaidinliu Naga’s movement was that
(a) she gave considerable support to the Indian National Army (INA).
(b) it was the only Nationalist Movement by the tribes of the Northeast.
(c) For the first time, the tribals of the Northeast demanded autonomy.
(d) she integrated the Tribal movement with the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Option d – she integrated the Tribal movement with the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy along with specific instructions to:
(a) balkanize the Indian sub-continent
(b) keep India united if possible
(c) accept Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan
(d) persuade the Congress to accept partition
Option a – balkanize the Indian sub-continent
Of the following, whose ideas had influenced Mahatma Gandhi’s thought?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Hitler
(c) Tolstoy
(d) Lenin
Option c – Tolstoy
During the Indian Freedom struggle, who among the following started a journal “The Indian Sociologist”?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Bhikaji Cama
(c) Shyamji Krishna Varma
(d) Jatindranath Mukherjee
Option c – Shyamji Krishna Varma
The untouchable ‘Mahars’ launched an autonomous movement in the 1920s under Dr. Ambedkar. Which of the following was not one of the demands?
(a) Separate representation
(b) Abolition of ‘Mahar Watan’
(c) The right to use tanks and enter temples
(d) To be allowed to take the sacred thread
Option d – To be allowed to take the sacred thread
The Ahmedabad mills dispute arose because the:
(a) mill owners retrenched many workers on the plea of modernization
(b) the mill owners wanted to withdraw the ‘plague bonus’ as the epidemic had passed away
(c) the workers wanted higher wages and fewer working hours
(d) The government took over some of the mills
Option b – the mill owners wanted to withdraw the ‘plague bonus’ as the epidemic had passed away
The importance of Gandhiji’s Non-Cooperation Movement was that:
(a) it was a great movement on a large scale
(b) it showed the ability and the willingness of the people in general to endure
(c) non-violence was employed for the first time as an effective weapon of mass movement
(d) None of the above
Option c – non-violence was employed for the first time as an effective weapon of mass movement
During the thick of the Revolt, they said “if the Sindhia joins the rebels, I will pack off tomorrow.”
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Benjamin Disraeli
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Major-General George Anson
Option c – Lord Canning
“It was the string that had hanged him ……..”. What was the 1857 rebel referring to?
(a) Electricity wires
(b) Telephone lines
(c) Television cable
(d) Telegraph
Option d – Telegraph
Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan, a poet of great repute during 1857, is known to posterity as
(a) Zauq
(b) Ghalib
(c) Benipuri
(d) Mir Taqi Mir
Option b – Ghalib
The stories of sepoy barbarity became very loud, and the Britishers started raising the clamour for punishment for them. Lord Canning tried to curb the hysteria for which he was derisively called
(a) Cruel Caning
(b) Clemency Canning
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Coward Canning
Option b – Clemency Canning
Just as in Delhi, the Lucknow insurgents set up a Court of Administration in Lucknow. A natural son of the ex-king of Oudh was crowned by them. Who was he?
(a) Birjis Qadr
(b) Saadat Khan
(c) Siraj-ud-daulah
(d) None of the above
Option a – Birjis Qadr
The Post Office Act of 1854 withdrew a very important privilege from the Sepoys. It was related to
(a) Sending unedited mail to the family members
(b) Getting free postage
(c) Courier services
(d) The privilege of monetary incentives from the British Government
Option b – Getting free postage
The British introduced modern weaponry of breech-loading Enfield rifles to use the Indian army more efficiently. From the early 1850s trial depots for the use of this new weapon existed at Dum Dum, Sialkot, and
(a) Ambala
(b) Meerut
(c) Lucknow
(d) Calcutta
Option a – Ambala
Choose the correct statement from the options given below:
(a) The colonial state disregarded Indian law altogether.
(b) Colonial law was based on Indian traditional practices
(c) Colonial law was a compromise between modern law and Indian practices
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Option c – Colonial law was a compromise between modern law and Indian practices
Which of the following was the most important factor leading to the gradual decline of the indigo industry in the 19th century?
(a) Withdrawal of British capital
(b) Insurrections and peasant uprisings
(c) Introduction of synthetic dye
(d) Slump in the world market due to general recession after the First World War
Option c – Introduction of synthetic dye
Of the following, which was not one of the important European-owned plantation industries of the nineteenth century?
(a) Indigo
(b) Tea
(c) Coffee
(d) Rubber
Option d – Rubber
The prime factor why the commercialization of agriculture led to an increase in rural poverty was
(a) fixation of prices of the produce
(b) non-remunerative prices for the produce
(c) exploitation by merchants and other middlemen
(d) lack of money for the purchase of food grains during famines and other natural calamities
Option c – exploitation by merchants and other middlemen
Amir Khusrau’s Khazain-ul Futuh gives an account of the military campaigns of:
(a) Malik Kafur in South India
(b) Sultan Balban in the Mewat region
(c) Muhammad Tughlaq in Gujarat
(d) Feroz Tughluq in Orissa
Option a – Malik Kafur in South India
The title Sultan-us Sharq was assumed by the rulers of:
(a) Assam
(b) Bengal
(c) Jaunpur
(d) Orissa
Option c – Jaunpur
According to a legend, whom did Sikandar Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi, try to kill by various means?
(a) Nanak
(b) Mira
(c) Kabir
(d) Chaitanya
Option c – Kabir
Which one of the following places was known as the Shiraz-i-Hind?
(a) Malwa
(b) Khandesh
(c) Sonargaon
(d) Jaunpur
Option d – Jaunpur
Who destroyed the Jagannath temple at Puri?
(a) Muhammad Tughluq
(b) Firuz Tughluq
(c) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Option b – Firuz Tughluq
Which of the following modern tools in the cotton textile industry was not introduced in India by the Turks?
(a) weaver’s treadles
(b) spinning wheel
(c) cotton-carder’s bow
(d) water frame
Option d – water frame
‘Every pearl in the royal crown is but the crystallized drop of blood fallen from the tearful eyes of the poor peasant.’ This remark about the poverty of the Indian peasants during the Delhi Sultanate was made by:
(a) Barani
(b) Ibn Battutah
(c) Minhajuddin Siraj
(d) Amir Khusrau
Option d – Amir Khusrau
The shashgani coin was introduced during the reign of:
(a) Allauddin Khalji
(b) Balban
(c) Firoz Shah Tughluq
(d) Sikandar Lodhi
Option c – Firoz Shah Tughluq
Which one of the following iqtas was held by Sultan Iltutmish as its muqta’i immediately before his accession?
(a) Kalpi
(b) Lakhnauti
(c) Kalinjar
(d) Budaun
Option d – Budaun
An area that was relatively neglected by the Hindus, but where Muslim writers showed their skill was:
(a) Logic
(b) Musicology
(c) Astronomy
(d) History
Option d – History
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