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Indian HistoryMediumAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2018, GS Paper I

In 1920, which of the following changed its name to "Swarajya Sabha"?

  1. A.All India Home Rule League
  2. B.Hindu Mahasabha
  3. C.South Indian Liberal Federation
  4. D.The Servants of India Society

Correct answer

A. All India Home Rule League

Explanation

The correct answer is A, All India Home Rule League. In 1920 Mahatma Gandhi became president of the All India Home Rule League, and under him it was renamed the Swarajya Sabha. The league had been founded in 1916 by Annie Besant, alongside Bal Gangadhar Tilak's separate Home Rule League, to demand self-government for India within the British Empire. By 1920 the movement was being absorbed into Gandhi's Non-Cooperation campaign, and several older members, unhappy with the new direction, left the organisation. Option B is wrong because the Hindu Mahasabha, formed in 1915, kept its name. Option C is wrong because the South Indian Liberal Federation, the political body known as the Justice Party, later became the Dravidar Kazhagam in 1944, not the Swarajya Sabha. Option D is wrong because the Servants of India Society, founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1905, has always kept its name. Do not confuse the Swarajya Sabha with the Swaraj Party formed by C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru in 1923. Exam tip: Home Rule Leagues 1916 (Tilak in April, Besant in September); Besant's league became the Swarajya Sabha in 1920 under Gandhi.

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Q1.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GKMedium

The call for 'renunciation of (all) voluntary associations with the (British) Government' was given during

  1. A.Non-Cooperation Movement.
  2. B.Civil Disobedience Movement.
  3. C.Quit India Movement.
  4. D.Protest against partition of Bengal.
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Correct answer: A. Non-Cooperation Movement.

The Congress resolution on non-cooperation, passed at the special Calcutta session of September 1920 and confirmed at Nagpur in December 1920, called for the renunciation of all voluntary association with the British Government.

Q2.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKMedium

Consider the following events leading to the Indian Independence : 1. Lucknow Pact 2. Return of Subhash Chandra Bose to India 3. Cripps Mission 4. Naval Mutiny in Bombay Select the chronological sequence of these events (earliest to latest) from the code given below:

  1. A.4, 3, 2, 1
  2. B.3, 4, 2, 1
  3. C.1, 2, 3, 4
  4. D.2, 1, 3, 4
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Correct answer: C. 1, 2, 3, 4

The events run from the Lucknow Pact of 1916, through Subhas Chandra Bose's return to India in the 1920s and 1930s, to the Cripps Mission of 1942 and the Naval Mutiny of 1946.

Q3.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKEasy

During the period 100 BCE - 200 CE, valuable evidence of India's maritime trade links has been identified from which of the following sites on the Coromandel Coast ?

  1. A.Arikamedu
  2. B.Tamralipti
  3. C.Bharukachcha
  4. D.Muchiri
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Correct answer: A. Arikamedu

Arikamedu, near Puducherry on the Coromandel Coast, has yielded clear evidence of trade with the Roman world between about the first century BCE and the second century CE.

Q4.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKHard

Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta?

  1. A.Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini
  2. B.Sister Nivedita
  3. C.Madame Blavatsky
  4. D.Sarojini Naidu
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Correct answer: A. Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini

Mataji Tapaswini founded the Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta in 1893 to give girls an education rooted in Indian tradition. Tapaswini was a woman ascetic from Maharashtra who settled in Calcutta and won the support of leading Bengali families for her school.