UPSC STATIC QUIZ – History : 21 May 2024

Solution: b)

Statement 3 is incorrect.

It was established by MG Ranade in 1870 along with Ganesh Vasudeo and others. So, statement 1 is correct.

Statement 3 is wrong. Its main aim was to mediate between the government and people.

It was a sociopolitical organisation in British India which started with the aim of working as a mediating body between the government and people of India. The organisation was a precursor to the Indian National Congress which started with its first session from Maharashtra itself. The Pune Sarvajanik Sabha provided many of the prominent leaders of

national stature to the Indian freedom struggle including Bal Gangadhar Tilak. It was formed in 1870 by S. H. Chiplunkar, Ganesh Vasudeo Joshi, Mahadev Govind Ranade, et al.

Solution: b)

Statement 1 and 2 is correct.

Surendranath Banerjee was called the Indian Burke. He firmly opposed the Partition of Bengal.

He founded the Indian Association (1876) to agitate for political reforms. He had convened the Indian National Conference (1883) which merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886.

Dadabhai Naoroji was known as the Grand Old Man of India. He is regarded as India’s unofficial Ambassador in England. He was the first Indian to become a Member of the British House of Commons.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale was regarded as the political guru of Gandhi. In 1905, he founded the Servants of India Society to train Indians to dedicate their lives to the cause of the country.

Solution: d)

Justification: Statement 1: The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, in 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

Statement 2: The Society organized many campaigns to promote education, sanitation, health care and fight the social evils of untouchability and discrimination, alcoholism, poverty, oppression of women and domestic abuse.

Statement 3: The publication of The Hitavada, the organ of the Society in English from Nagpur commenced in 1911.

Solution: c)

Gaidinliu (26 January 1915 – 17 February 1993) was a Naga spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against British rule in India.

At 13, she became associated with freedom fighter and religious leader, Haipou Jadonang, and became his lieutenant in his social, religious and political movement. Jadonang, who was also a Rongmei, started the ‘Heraka movement’, based on ancestral Naga religion, and envisioned an independent Naga kingdom (or Naga-Raja).

Rani Gandiliu’s association with Jadonang prepared her to fight the British. After the execution of Jadonang, she took up the leadership of the movement — which slowly turned political from religious. Rani started a serious revolt against the British and was eventually imprisoned for life. She was released after 14 years, in 1947.

Acknowledging her role in the struggle against the British, Jawaharlal Nehru called her the “Daughter of the Hills” and gave her the title “Rani” or queen.

Solution: b)

In 1814 Rammohun came and settled in Calcutta and in 1815 founded the Atmiya Sabha – an association for the dissemination of the religious truth and the promotion of free discussions of theological subjects. Here recital and expounding of

Hindu scriptures were done. So, option (b) is correct. Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Ranade are associated with Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.Swami Vivekanada was associated with Ramakrishna Mission.