Thursday, November 26, 2015

History Quiz: Caste and Trade Union Movements

1. The first All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was founded in 1920 by___
(a) N.M. Joshi
(b) Purushottamdas Thakurdas 
(c) V.V. Giri
(d) Shyama Prasad Mukherji


2. Who wrote the famous drama ‘Neel Darpan’, which depicted the agony of the indigo cultivators and brutality of the planters?
(a) Harish Chandra Mukherji 
(b) Dinbandhu Mitra 
(c) Sisir Kumar Ghosh 
(d) Ram Gopal Ghosh

3. Kuka Movement was organised by____
(a) Guru Ram Das 
(b) Guru Nanak 
(c) Ruru Ram Singh 
(d) Guru Gobind Singh 

4. Who was the leader of Champaran Indigo Movement?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi 
(b) Birsa Munda  
(c) Baba Ramchandra 
(d) Ram Singh 

5. Who, among the following, was the founder of the Satya Shodhak Samaj?
(a) B.R. Ambedkar 
(b) Jyotiba phule 
(c) Narayan Guru  
(d) Rama Swami Naiker 

6. Who founded All India Harijan Sevak Sangh?
(a) B.R. Ambedkar  
(b) Mahatama Gandhi 
(c) Jay Prakash Narayan  
(d) Raj Narayan 

7. The first Indian Factory Act (1881) was passed by____
(a) Lord Curzon   
(b) Lord Wellesley  
(c) Lord Cornnwallis 
(d) Lord Ripon  

8.The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was____
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel  
(b) Mahatma Gandhi  
(c) Vitthalbhai Patel 
(d) Mahadev Desai 

9. Who of the following founded Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association? 
(a) Mahatma Gandhi   
(b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel  
(c) N.M. Joshi  
(d) J. B. Kriplani 

10. Consider the following statements:
1. Dr. Rajendra Prased persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come to Champaran to investigate the problem of peasants. 
2. Acharya J.B. Kripalani was one of the Mahatma Gandhi’s colleagues in his Champaran Satyagraha.
Which of the Statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only  
(b) 2 only  
(c) Both 1 and 2 
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 

Answers Key:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. A
9. A
10. B

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