Nov 16th, 2021 - Daily Quiz
1. The ‘Triplicane Six’ was well-known for
(a) Ezhava Movement
(b) Founding of The Hindu in Madras in 1878
(c) Self Respect Movement
(d) Egmore faction
2. Who among the following Muslim reformists proclaimed himself as incarnation of Lord Krishna?
(a)Karamat Ali Jaunpuri
(b)Mirza Ghulam Ahamed
(c)Sayed Ahamad Khan
(d)Sayed Ahamad Barelvi
3. Political monthly Pukhtoon was started by
(a) M.N.Roy
(b) S.C.Bose
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) S.A.Dhange
4. Operation Zero Hour was related to
(a) Jalian Walabagh Tragedy
(b) Black Hole Incident
(c) Calcutta Killings in 1939
(d) Quit India Movement
5. The Jaina work that talks about the conversion of C G Maurya to Jainism was
(a) Parisistaparvan
(b) Upangar
(c) Digamba
(d) Puruva
Answers
1. B - The Hindu was founded in Madras on 20 September 1878 as a weekly Newspaper, by what was known then as the Triplicane Six consisting of 4 law students and 2 teachers:- T. T. Rangacharya, P. V. Rangacharya, D. Kesava Rao Pantulu and N. Subba Rao Pantulu, led by G. Subramania Iyer (a school teacher from Tanjore district) and M. Veeraraghavacharyar (a lecturer at Pachaiyappa's College).
2. B - The Ahmadiya movement was launched by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadiyan (1839-1908) in 1889, who began his work as a defender of Islam against the polemics of the Arya Samaj and the Christian missionaries. In 1889 he claimed to be Masih (messiah) and Mahdi, and later also to be an incarnation of the Hindu god Krishna and Jesus returned to earth. Ghulam Ahmad though called himself a minor prophet, regarded Muhammad as the true and great Prophet whom he followed.
3. C - https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/frontier-gandhis-autobiography-released-in-english-7217873/
4. D - https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/quit-india-movement-the-august-revolution
5. A - Some important archaeological findings associated with Mauryan Empire were stone sculpture and literature including Arthashastra of Kautilya, Indica of Megasthenes, and the Junagarh Inscription of Rudradaman I. However, Hemachandra’s Parishishtaparvan establishes Chandragupta’s connections with Jainism.
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