Question 1

The Strachey Commission (1878-80) report served as a primary source for the formulation of:

Accepted Answer

Famine Code and Famine Relief Management — The Strachey Commission's 1878-80 report directly informed the creation of the Indian Famine Code, systematizing famine relief administration — a response to the severe and recurring famines of the 19th century, though its adequacy remained a matter of nationalist criticism.

Question 2

The official report on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre commissioned by the British government was compiled by the:

Accepted Answer

Hunter Committee — The Hunter Committee was the official British government inquiry into the Jallianwala Bagh massacre — its relatively lenient conclusions regarding General Dyer's conduct were widely criticized by Indian nationalists, prompting the Congress's own separate, non-official inquiry.

Question 3

The non-official enquiry committee set up by the Indian National Congress to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy was headed by:

Accepted Answer

Madan Mohan Malaviya — Madan Mohan Malaviya headed the Congress's own non-official inquiry into Jallianwala Bagh, providing an alternative, more critical account to the official Hunter Committee report — a good example of the value of comparing official and non-official sources on the same event.

Question 4

Which archival collection comprises private letters, personal diaries, and memoirs of British administrative officers in India?

Accepted Answer

Private Papers / Family Archives (such as India Office Records) — Private Papers and Family Archives (a significant portion held within the India Office Records collection) preserve the personal, often more candid, correspondence and diaries of colonial officials — a valuable complement to, and sometimes corrective of, official government proceedings.

Question 5

The Al-Hilal weekly newspaper launched in 1912 to arouse anti-imperialist consciousness among Muslims was edited by:

Accepted Answer

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad — Maulana Abul Kalam Azad founded Al-Hilal in 1912 to promote anti-imperialist, pan-Islamic, and nationalist consciousness among Indian Muslims — a markedly different political direction from Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's earlier, more pro-British Aligarh movement.

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