Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Annihilation of Caste.

Key Points

• Annihilation of Caste (1936) was written by Dr. BR Ambedkar, also called Babasaheb Ambedkar.
• He was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly and played a crucial role in framing the Indian Constitution.
• The motive behind writing this book is to draw mass attention towards the depressed class and measures to remove untouchability.

Additional Information

• Few important books of Dr. Ambedkar:
  • Mook Nayak (weekly) 1920
  • Janta (weekly) 1930
  • The Untouchables 1948
  • Buddha Or Karl Marx 1956
• The New Economic Menace of India - Written by Bipin Chandra Pal, published in 1920.
• Satyarth Prakash - Written in Hindi by Dayananda Saraswati, published in 1875.
• Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol - Written by Sri Aurobindo, published in 1940.

Important Points

• Article 17 - Abolition of Untouchability.
• Article 32 - Right to constitutional remedies, termed as 'Heart and Soul' of Indian Constitution by Dr. BR Ambedkar.

The correct answer is Lucknow.

Key Points

• The organisation was based in Lucknow, India at Hathe Shaukat Ali, the compound of Landlord Shaukat Ali Siddiqui.
• They aimed to build political unity amongst Muslims and use their influence to protect the caliphate. 

Additional Information

Khilafat Movement:

• The movement was started as an agitation by the Indian Muslims against the treatment accorded to the Ottoman Empire after World War I 
• The Khilafat Movement begins in 1919 under the leadership of the Ali brothers; Maulana Muhammad Ali and Maulana Shaukat Ali. 
• By the mid-1920s, the Khilafat leaders joined hands with Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement. 
• The All India Khilafat Committee was formed at Lucknow in 1919 under the leadership of the Ali Brothers, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, Hasrat Mohani and other notable Muslim leaders.
• The primary objective was to tap into the resentment of Indian Muslims and rally them into a pan-Indian agitation against the British Empire.

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.

The correct answer is Lord Dalhousie.

Key Points

• The chief instrument through which Lord Dalhousie implemented his policy of annexation was the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’.
  • Under the Doctrine of Lapse, when the ruler of a protected state died without a natural heir, his/her state was not to pass to an adopted heir as sanctioned by the age-old tradition of the country.
• Lord Dalhousie came to India as the Governor-General in 1848.
• Lord Dalhousie was keen on annexing the kingdom of Avadh.

Important Points

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• The Jallianwala Bagh massacre was a brutal attack on unarmed civilians by British troops
• The massacre occurred on 13 April 1919
• It was a major turning point in the Indian independence movement