Question Discussion & Solution

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.

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• 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.

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• Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first President of the Indian National Congress.
• He was a Bengali lawyer and politician who played a significant role in the Indian independence movement.

The correct answer is Lord Ripon.

Key Points

•  Lord Ripon set up Local self-governments: Panchayats and Municipal Boards due to which he was known as Father of Self Government.
  • In 1882, Ripon proposed to establish local self-government.
  • In which it was emphasized that in the local people, many qualified people are far from the administration’s work, hence the establishment of local self-government is necessary for bringing them into administration.
• He was the most loved Governor-General of India.
• He is also known for repealed the controversial Arms and Vernacular press act.
• Two new universities opened by him: Punjab University 1884, Allahabad University 1887.
• Ripon, after experiencing the need for improvement in education, decided to set up an Education Commission and appointed Sir William Hunter as the Chairman of the Education Commission. 

Additional Information

• Lord Lytton
• Main incidents during his Viceroyship are:
  • Royal Titles Act of 1876.
  • Assumption of the title of empress of India by Queen Victoria.
  • Vernacular Press Act.
  • Arms Act of 1878.
• Lord Curzon
• Main incidents during his Viceroyship are:
  • Thomas Raleigh commission.
  • Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904.
  • Establishment of Agriculture research Institute at Pusa in Bihar.
  • Partition of Bengal in 1905.

The correct answer is 23^rd June 1757.

• Battle of Plassey:
  • On 23 June 1757, the Battle of Plassey was taken place, it was fought between the forces of Siraj Ud Daulah, and his French troops and the British East India Company, led by Robert Clive.

Additional Information

• • British marched out to the grove of Plassey, to the north of Calcutta.
  • This event was also a part of the Seven Years War.
  • In this battle, the forces of Nawab were defeated.
  • Nawab first went to Murshidabad and then to Patna, but was eventually pursued by Mir Jafar’s soldiers.
  •  Siraj-Ud-Daulah was executed on 2 July 1757, under orders from Mir Miran, son of Mir Jafar.

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.