April 06, 2021 - Daily Quiz
1. In 1939, the ministries resigned because
- Involvement in world war without Indian permission
- Governor’s Interference
- Opposition of Muslim League
- Not much power in their hands
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2. Which of the following phrases defines the nature of the 'Hundi' generally referred to in the sources of the post-Harsha period?
(a) An advisory issued by the king to his subordinates
(b) A diary to be maintained for daily accounts
(c) A bill of exchange
(d) An order from the feudal lord to his subordinates
3. With reference to the book "Desher Katha” written by Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar during the freedom struggle, consider the following statements:
(1) It warned against the Colonial State's hypnotic conquest of the mind.
(2) It inspired the performance of swadeshi street plays and folk songs.
(3) The use of 'desh' by Deuskar was in the specific context of the region of Bengal.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
4. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact included which of the following?
(1) Invitation to Congress to participate in the Round Table Conference
(2) Withdrawal of Ordinances promulgated in connection with the Civil Disobedience Movement
(3) Acceptance of Gandhiji's suggestion for enquiry into police excesses
(4) Release of only those prisoners who were not charged with violence
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 1, 2 and 4 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 2, 3 and 4 only
5. The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience was published by
(a) Gopal Baba Walangkar
(b) Jyotiba Phule
(c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(d) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
ANSWERS
1. (b)
2. (c) Hundis refer to financial instruments evolved on the Indian sub-continent used in trade and credit transactions. They were used
• as remittance instruments (to transfer funds from one place to another),
• as credit instruments (to borrow money),
• for trade transactions (as bills of exchange).
Technically, a Hundi is an unconditional order in writing made by a person directing another to pay a certain sum of money to a person named in the order.
3. (d) Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar (1869-1912) a close associate of Sri Aurobindo. He was a Marathi Brahmin who had settled in Bengal. He published a book entitled Desher Katha describing in exhaustive detail the British commercial and industrial exploitation of India. It summarized the work of M. G. Ranade and D. Naoroji in a popular idiom and warned in its concluding chapter against the colonial state's "hypnotic conquest of the mind."
4. (b)
5. (a) Gopal Baba Walangkar, (ca. 1840-1900) is an early example of an activist working to release the untouchable people of India from their historic socio-economic oppression and is generally considered to be the pioneer of that movement. He developed a racial theory to explain the oppression and also published the first journal targeted at the untouchable people.
In 1889, he published Vital Viduvansan (Annihilation of Ceremonial Pollution), which protested the position of untouchables in society and raised consciousness regarding what those people should expect. He addressed this pamphlet, which was crafted as a collection of 26 questions, to the elites of Maharashtrian society.
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