Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Nana Sahib.

Important Points

• Nana Sahib led the revolt of 1857 in the city of Kanpur.
  • The original name of Nana Sahib was Dhondu Pant.
  • He was the adopted son of the late Peshwa Baji Rao.
  • He was the successor of Peshwa Baji Rao II.
  • Tantia Tope was the general of Nana Saheb in the 1857 revolt.
  • It is believed that Nana Sahib escaped to Nepal when the rebellion collapsed.

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Additional Information 

• Rani Lakshmi Bai led the revolt of 1857 in Jhansi and Gwalior.
• Begum Hazrat Mahal led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow, Agra, and Awadh.
• Kunwar Singh led the revolt of 1857 in Jagadishpur, Bihar.

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• About 1857 Revolt:
  • The Indian Mutiny of 1857-59 was a widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against the rule of the British East India Company in India which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British crown.
  • The reason for the Revolt of 1857 is the immediate factor was the introduction of the 'Enfield' rifle.
  • The cartridge had to be bitten off before loading it into the gun.
  • Indian sepoys believed that the cartridge was greased with either pig fat or made from cow fat.
  • 1857 revolt started firstly on 29th March 1857 from Barrackpur (West Bengal) by Mangal Pandey. 

🔑 Key Points

• The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885.
• The main objective of the Indian National Congress was to bring about political and social reforms in India.

The correct answer is Sarojini Naidu.

• Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman to become President of the Indian National Congress.
• She was born in a Bengali family in Hyderabad.
• She was appointed the President of the Indian National Congress in 1925.
• Sarojini Naidu became the Governor of the United Provinces in 1947.
• She became the first woman to hold the office of Governor in the Dominion of India.

Additional Information

• Aruna Asaf Ali is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay during a Quit India Movement in 1942.
• Kasturba Gandhi was an Indian political activist.
• She was married to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

The correct answer is C. R Das.

• Chittaranjan Das was born on 5 November 1870 at Telirbagh in the Bengal Presidency, currently in Bangladesh.
• He finished his law studies from England and returned to India in 1893.

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• He championed the cause of the Khadi and cottage industries and gave up his own western clothes and luxurious lifestyle.
• He was a prolific writer and poet. He published his collection of poems in two volumes titled ‘Malancha’ and ‘Mala’.
• Das died of a severe fever on 16 June 1925 in Darjeeling. His mortal remains were brought to Calcutta for the funeral. Hundreds of people turned up for his funeral. Gandhi led the funeral procession.
• Veer Savarkar was born on 28 May 1883 in the village Bhagalpur, Nashik, and died on 26 February 1966, Bombay (now Mumbai). His full name is Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. He was a freedom fighter, politician, lawyer, social reformer, and formulator of the philosophy of Hindutva. Let us read more about Veer Savarkar, why he is known as Veer Savarkar and his contributions to the National Freedom Struggle.
  • In 1911, Savarkar was sentenced to 50 years in the cellular jail of Andamans, also known as Kala Pani for revolting against the Morley-Minto reforms (Indian Councils Act 1909).
  • In his book 'The History of the War of Indian Independence', he analyzed the circumstances of the 1857 uprising. It was via this book that Savarkar became one of the first writers to call for India's first war for independence against the British.

The correct answer is Calcutta.

 Key Points

• The National Anthem of India, ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Kolkata Session of the Indian National Congress.

 Important Points

• The National Anthem of India Jana-Gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore.
• It was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24 January 1950.

 Additional Information

Lahore session

• The Lahore session was held in the year 1929.
• President: Jawahar Lal Nehru
• It passed the resolution on ‘Poorna Swaraj.’
• Civil Disobedience movement for complete independence to be launched.
• It was also decided that 26 January to be observed as ‘Independence Day’.

Belgaum Session (1924)

•  Belgaum Session was the only Session presided over by Mahatma Gandhi.

Tripuri Session (1939)

• Subhash Chandra Bose was re-elected the President of INC at the Tripuri Session in 1939 by defeating the Gandhi Ji's Candidate Pattabhai Sitaramaiyya.
• He resigned in April 1939, and announced, in May 1939, the formation of the Forward Bloc within the Congress.