The slogan Give me blood and I shall give you freedom is associated with
- A.Bhagat Singh
- B.Subhas Chandra Bose
- C.Ram Prasad Bismil
- D.Chandra Shekhar Azad
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Subhas Chandra Bose, who used the line while addressing the soldiers of the Indian National Army, and whose other calls, Dilli Chalo and Jai Hind, come from the same years in the east. Option A, Bhagat Singh, is remembered for Inquilab Zindabad, a slogan coined by the poet Hasrat Mohani that Bhagat Singh and his comrades made the cry of a generation, and for throwing leaflets in the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929. Option C, Ram Prasad Bismil, wrote patriotic verse and led the Kakori action of 1925 with Ashfaqullah Khan. Option D, Chandra Shekhar Azad, reorganised the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association and died fighting the police at Alfred Park in Allahabad in 1931. Each of the four has his own slogan or deed, and the examiner mixes them deliberately.
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Practice Questions
View allWho started the newspaper Mook Nayak in the year 1920?
- A.Dadabhai Naoroji
- B.Jyotiba Phule
- C.B. R Ambedkar
- D.Mahadeo Govind Ranade
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He launched the Marathi fortnightly Mooknayak, meaning leader of the voiceless, in January 1920 with help from Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur, and used it to argue the case of the depressed classes; Bahishkrit Bharat, Janata and Prabuddha Bharat followed.
Read the full explanation →Who addressed Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation?
- A.Jawaharlal Nehru
- B.Subhas Chandra Bose
- C.Rabindranath Tagore
- D.Vallabhbhai Patel
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The correct answer is B, Subhas Chandra Bose, who called Gandhi the Father of the Nation in a radio broadcast in 1944, asking for his blessings for the fight the Indian National Army was carrying on from the east.
Read the full explanation →The title Father of Indian Unrest was given to Bal Gangadhar Tilak by
- A.Lord Curzon
- B.Valentine Chirol
- C.Annie Besant
- D.William Wedderburn
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The correct answer is B, Valentine Chirol, a British journalist of The Times who used the phrase for Tilak in his book on Indian unrest, holding his writings responsible for turning the people against the government; Tilak sued him for defamation and lost, and the title stuck as a mark…
Read the full explanation →Who among the following is known as Deshbandhu?
- A.Chittaranjan Das
- B.Rajendra Prasad
- C.Charles Freer Andrews
- D.Jayaprakash Narayan
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The correct answer is A, Chittaranjan Das, the Bengal leader who gave up a large legal practice for the non-cooperation movement, defended the Alipore bomb case accused, and founded the Swaraj Party with Motilal Nehru in 1923 to contest the legislatures from within.
Read the full explanation →Vallabhbhai Patel received the title Sardar after leading which movement?
- A.The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917
- B.The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918
- C.The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928
- D.The Dandi March of 1930
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