From the free UGC NET History Mock Test 9 — Unit 9: Rise of Indian Nationalism unit-wise mock test — real question, real answer, real explanation.
Who served as the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress during its formative years following its founding in 1885?
Allan Octavian Hume ✓
Dinshaw Wacha
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Surendranath Banerjea
Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British civil servant, was the key organiser behind the Congress's founding and served as its first General Secretary.
The political organization founded in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose to unite nationalist opinion was the:
Indian Association of Calcutta ✓
British Indian Association
East India Association
Bombay Presidency Association
The Indian Association of Calcutta (1876) was among the earliest organisations to campaign for civil service reform and represent Indian political opinion on an all-India scale.
The Vernacular Press Act of 1878, designed to suppress sedition in local language newspapers, was enacted under which Viceroy?
Lord Lytton ✓
Lord Ripon
Lord Dufferin
Lord Mayo
Lord Lytton's Vernacular Press Act empowered magistrates to censor vernacular newspapers without right of appeal, provoking widespread nationalist anger.
The Vernacular Press Act was repealed in 1882 by which liberal Viceroy?
Lord Ripon ✓
Lord Lytton
Lord Curzon
Lord Hardinge
Lord Ripon, known for liberal reforms, repealed the unpopular Vernacular Press Act in 1882.
The controversy surrounding the Ilbert Bill (1883) centered on which issue?
Granting Indian magistrates jurisdiction to try European British subjects in criminal cases ✓
Imposing taxes on Indian cotton goods
Restricting the age of entry into Civil Services
Banning political meetings in public parks
The Ilbert Bill sought to let Indian judges try European offenders, triggering fierce European settler opposition (the "White Mutiny") and was eventually diluted.
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Itihaaskar — UGC NET/JRF & UPSC History Optional notes by Parveen Malik (B.Tech. (CSE), M.A. (History), History JRF). Also spelt Itihaskar.
