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Political Thought- Indian Traditions | Set 1
1. Swami Vivekananda was the chief disciple of whom ?
A. swami dayanan
B. ramakrishna paramahsa
C. rajaram mohan ro
D. lohia
Correct : B. ramakrishna paramahsa
2. Who is regarded as the father of Indian Renaissance?
A. dayananda saraswathy
B. tilak
C. raja ram mohan roy
D. gandhiji
Correct : C. raja ram mohan roy
3. Who is the founder of Atmiyasabha?
A. dayananda saraswathy
B. raja ram mohan rao
C. tilak
D. gandhiji
Correct : B. raja ram mohan rao
4. In which year Swami Vivekananda Visited Chicago?
A. 1863
B. 177
C. 1770
D. 1893
Correct : D. 1893
5. Who is regarded as the prophet of Indian Nationalism?
A. tilak
B. aurobindo ghos
C. gandhiji
D. ram mohan roy
Correct : D. ram mohan roy
6. National youth day is celebrated in the memory of:
A. tilak
B. nehr
C. swami vivekananda
D. gandhiji
Correct : C. swami vivekananda
7. ‘My Master’ was written by
A. tila
B. swami vivekand
C. tagore
D. subashchandrabose
Correct : B. swami vivekand
8. Who is the author of ‘The Life Divine’
A. aurobindo ghosh
B. m.n roy
C. nehru
D. ambedkar
Correct : A. aurobindo ghosh
9. Name the congress leader who presided over the Banaras Congress session in 1905.
A. gopakakrishnagokhale
B. gandhiji
C. subhash chandra bose
D. nehru
Correct : A. gopakakrishnagokhale
10. ‘ Servants of India Society’ was established in
A. 1906
B. 190
C. 1915
D. 1916
Correct : B. 190
11. Name the philosopher who believed that freedom is the keynote of spiritual life.?
A. gopalakrishnagokhale
B. nehr
C. ambedkar
D. vivekananda
Correct : D. vivekananda
12. The International day of Non-violence is observed on 2nd October, the Birthday of -----
A. vivekananda
B. gokhal
C. jawaharlal lal nehru
D. m .k. gandhi
Correct : D. m .k. gandhi
13. Who give the name ‘Gurudev’ to Tagore?
A. gandhij
B. tila
C. vivekanda
D. nehru
Correct : A. gandhij
14. Who is the political Guru of Gandhiji?
A. tagore
B. vivekanand
C. gokhale
D. nehru
Correct : C. gokhale
15. Which decision of Gandhiji was opposed by Ambedkar?
A. partitioning india
B. calling the lower castes ‘harijans?
C. quit india movement
D. satyagraha movement.
Correct : B. calling the lower castes ‘harijans?
16. Name the magazine published by Ambedkar?
A. young india
B. swara
C. news india
D. mooknayak
Correct : D. mooknayak
17. Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a
A. justice
B. dharm
C. power
D. status
Correct : B. dharm
18. SNDP Yogam was formed in the year
A. 1903
B. 189
C. 1908
D. 1914
Correct : A. 1903
19. The doctrine of Ramarajya was expounded by
A. tilak
B. gokhale
C. gandhiji
D. nehru
Correct : C. gandhiji
20. Who is the Champion of secularism?
A. jinnah
B. nehr
C. savarkar
D. tilak
Correct : B. nehr
21. Who regarded the villages as the center of Indian economic organisation?
A. gandhiji
B. vivekananda
C. raja ram mohan roy
D. tilak
Correct : A. gandhiji
22. Gandhism is not merely a political creed, it is
A. a programme of action
B. a messag
C. theory
D. working class movement
Correct : B. a messag
23. ‘January 30 ‘ is commemorated as ------- in India
A. martyr’s day
B. freedom day
C. republic day
D. slaves day
Correct : A. martyr’s day
24. Who is regarded as the pragmatic social reformer?
A. nehru
B. tila
C. sree narayana guru
D. mahathma gandhi
Correct : C. sree narayana guru
25. B.R Ambedkar founded the All India Untouchables League in:
A. 1929
B. 1930
C. 1932
D. 1933
Correct : C. 1932
26. Doctrine of Total Revolution was expounded by
A. jayaprakash narayanan
B. m.n ro
C. gandhiji
D. thilak
Correct : A. jayaprakash narayanan
27. Radical Democratic party was organised by
A. lohia
B. m.n.ro
C. jayaprakash narayanan
D. thilak
Correct : B. m.n.ro
28. Who is the champion of the doctrine of ‘social revolution through human Revolution’?
A. m.n.roy
B. lohi
C. jayaprakash narayanan
D. nehru
Correct : C. jayaprakash narayanan
29. The famous work of Jyothi Rao Phule
A. life divine
B. arthashastra
C. gulamgiri
D. my experiments with truth
Correct : C. gulamgiri
30. The concept of four pillar state was advocated by
A. lohia
B. m.n.ro
C. nehru
D. ambedkar
Correct : A. lohia
31. Who considered Jinnah as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?
A. gandhiji
B. tila
C. gokhale
D. vivekananda
Correct : C. gokhale
32. Who is known as the spiritual father of Pakistan
A. muhammed ali jinnah
B. muhammed iqbal
C. syed ahmed
D. abdul ghaffer khan
Correct : B. muhammed iqbal
33. The important philosophic work of Muhammed Iqbal
A. the reconstruction of religious though ian islam
B. life divine
C. savitri
D. the
Correct : A. the reconstruction of religious though ian islam
34. Who started the self respect movement and DravidaKazhagam
A. anna durai
B. e.v. ramasamy
C. c rajagopalchari
D. c. kuppusami
Correct : B. e.v. ramasamy
35. Who is the author of Discovery of India?
A. gandhiji
B. vivekanand
C. nehru
D. gokhale
Correct : C. nehru
36. B.R. Ambedkar was born in
A. 1891
B. 189
C. 1898
D. 1901
Correct : A. 1891
37. Who is regarded as one of the earliest scholars of comparative religion?
A. gandhiji
B. ambedka
C. raja ram mohan roy
D. tilak
Correct : C. raja ram mohan roy
38. Freedom of press was advocated by
A. dayananda saraswathy
B. mussolin
C. hitler
D. raja ram mohan roy
Correct : D. raja ram mohan roy
39. Name the political thinker who appreciated British rule in India
A. raja ram mohan roy
B. tila
C. subhash chandra bose
D. gandhiji
Correct : A. raja ram mohan roy
40. Identity the Philosopher who advocated the doctrine of Humanism and Universalism
A. syed khan
B. jinna
C. raja ram mohan roy
D. tilak
Correct : C. raja ram mohan roy
41. Name the political thinker who expounded liberal humanitarian nationalism.
A. tilak
B. raja ram mohan ro
C. dr.ambedkar
D. m.n.roy
Correct : B. raja ram mohan ro
42. Raja Ram Mohan Roy died in
A. 1930
B. 193
C. 1932
D. 1833
Correct : D. 1833
43. Who recommended that religious toleration was crucial for the growth of democracy?
A. raja ram mohan roy
B. tila
C. vivekananda
D. bose
Correct : C. vivekananda
44. Identify the Philosopher who was living at a crucial time when liberalism was at the crossroad.
A. m.n.roy
B. nehr
C. kautilya
D. gokhale
Correct : D. gokhale
45. Who made scathing attack on the oppressiveness and harshness of bureaucracy?
A. tilak
B. raja ram mohan ro
C. syed khan
D. gokhale
Correct : D. gokhale
46. Who described Gokhale as the “diamond of India, the Jewel of Maharashtra”?
A. bose
B. nehr
C. lohi
D. tilak
Correct : D. tilak
47. Whose role in the Indian National Congress was that of an agitator?
A. tilak
B. gokhal
C. ranade
D. nehru
Correct : A. tilak
48. Who introduced extremist national sentiments in the Congress?
A. nehru
B. gandhij
C. gokhale
D. tilak
Correct : D. tilak
49. Who was regarded as the Bismark of Indian Nationalism?
A. gandhiji
B. nehr
C. sardarvallabhbhai patel
D. ambedkar
Correct : C. sardarvallabhbhai patel
50. Who was a believer in the Advaita Philosophy?
A. ambedkar
B. vivekand
C. gandhiji
D. nehru
Correct : B. vivekand
51. Name the leader who insisted on immediate Swaraj or self-rule.
A. tilak
B. nehr
C. gandhiji
D. gokhale
Correct : A. tilak
52. Name the thinker who defined Swaraj as people’s rule instead of that of bureaucracy.
A. gandhiji
B. tila
C. nehru
D. m.n.roy
Correct : B. tila
53. Who is the founder of SatyashodhakSamaj
A. Pandita Ramabai
B. Savarkar
C. Jyothirao phule
D. E.V. ramasamy
Correct : C. Jyothirao phule
54. Name the thinker who considered temples to be center for purity and development.
A. lohia
B. m.n.ro
C. sree narayan guru
D. nehru
Correct : C. sree narayan guru
55. Message of Sree Narayana Guru became the cardinal principal of modernism.
A. socialism
B. secularis
C. democracy
D. pluralism
Correct : B. secularis
56. The method of Sree Narayana Guru for the emancipation of untouchables was
A. sanskritization
B. westernzatio
C. coercion
D. revolution
Correct : A. sanskritization
57. Who believed that Non-violence is the heart of all religions?
A. nehru
B. gandhij
C. tilak
D. bose
Correct : B. gandhij
58. Name the philosopher who wrote that “party politics has given rise to power politics”
A. gandhij
B. nehr
C. m.n.roy
D. tilak
Correct : C. m.n.roy
59. Who was regarded as an exponent of Religious toleration?
A. nehru
B. savarka
C. m.n.roy
D. lohia
Correct : A. nehru
60. Who is known as the Humanistic critique of Marxism?
A. subhash chandra bose
B. m.n.roy
C. lohia
D. e.m.s
Correct : B. m.n.roy
61. “Reason, Romanticism and Revolution” is a major work of
A. tilak
B. gandhiji
C. bos
D. m.n.roy
Correct : D. m.n.roy
62. Wheel of History is written by
A. lohia
B. m.n.roy
C. gandhiji
D. nehru
Correct : A. lohia
63. Who expounded the doctrine of Decentralised Socialism?
A. m.n.roy
B. e.m.s
C. lohia
D. nehru
Correct : C. lohia
64. Name the scholar who believed that “Corruption is eating into the vitals of our political life”
A. nehru
B. jayaprakash narayanan
C. m.n.roy
D. gandhiji
Correct : D. gandhiji
65. Ambedkar was born in
A. gujarat
B. bihar
C. maharashtra
D. west bengal
Correct : C. maharashtra
66. “Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India” was the title of the PhD Thesis awarded to
A. dr.k.n.raj
B. jinnah
C. nehru
D. dr.b.r. ambedkar
Correct : D. dr.b.r. ambedkar
67. Who considered Social Democracy as a way of life?
A. lohia
B. ambedkar
C. gandhiji
D. nehru
Correct : B. ambedkar
68. All India Anti-Untouchability League was established by
A. gandhiji
B. nehru
C. ambedkar
D. lohia
Correct : A. gandhiji
69. HarijanSevakSangam was formed by
A. nehru
B. ambedkar
C. gandhij
D. m.n.roy
Correct : C. gandhij
70. Who is known as the social prophet of untouchables?
A. gandhiji
B. nehru
C. lohia
D. ambedkar
Correct : D. ambedkar
71. ‘The high caste Hindu Woman ‘ was written by
A. panditaramabai
B. ev ramasamy
C. gokhale
D. tilak
Correct : A. panditaramabai
72. Who is known as the father of Indian Constitution?
A. b r ambedkar
B. nehru
C. drrajendra prasad
D. m n roy
Correct : A. b r ambedkar
73. Sree Narayana Guru’s doctrines became the catalyst of
A. fundamentalism
B. liberalism
C. social reform
D. terrorism
Correct : C. social reform
74. Name the Philosopher who recommended federal type of Government under Swaraj.
A. nehru
B. tilak
C. lohia
D. m.n.roy
Correct : C. lohia
75. Who believed that man’s ultimate goal in life was self realization
A. nehru
B. lohia
C. gandhiji
D. gokhale
Correct : C. gandhiji
76. Identify the Philosopher who visualized that self realization is “seeing God face to face”
A. nehru
B. lohia
C. m.n.roy
D. gandhiji
Correct : D. gandhiji
77. Who wrote that Truth and Non-violence are as old as Hills?
A. gandhiji
B. sree narayana guru
C. lohi
D. nehru
Correct : A. gandhiji
78. Who was highly critical of both western civilization and western democracies?
A. m.n.roy
B. gandhiji
C. vivekananda
D. lohia
Correct : B. gandhiji
79. Who believed that Swaraj was nor merely political liberation but human emancipation as well?
A. nehru
B. lohia
C. gandhiji
D. m.n.roy
Correct : C. gandhiji
80. Name the scholar who wrote that self-rule is a unique feature of Swaraj?
A. nehru
B. gandhiji
C. lohi
D. m.n.roy
Correct : B. gandhiji
81. Whose doctrine of Swaraj was rooted in Indian metaphysics and spirituality.
A. lohia
B. m.n.roy
C. gandhiji
D. nehru
Correct : C. gandhiji
82. Ram Manohar Lohia was born in
A. west bengal
B. bihar
C. punjab
D. uttar pradesh
Correct : D. uttar pradesh
83. Identify the Political thinker who was in favour of abolishing the post of collector.
A. nehru
B. m.n.roy
C. b.r.ambedkar
D. lohia
Correct : D. lohia
84. Who was in favour of incorporation of Gandhian ideas in socialist thought?
A. nehru
B. m.n.roy
C. lohia
D. gandhiji
Correct : C. lohia
85. Jayaprakash Narayanan was born in
A. west bengal
B. bihar
C. assam
D. tripura
Correct : B. bihar
86. Jayaprakash Narayanan’s doctrine of Total revolution is a combination of
A. seven revolutions
B. six revolutions
C. eight revolutions
D. four revolutions
Correct : A. seven revolutions
87. The doctrine of JP’s Total Revolution was popular in
A. 1970
B. 1971
C. 1974
D. 1973
Correct : C. 1974
88. Jayaprakash Narayanan was the greatest mass leader in Indian History after
A. tilak
B. gandhiji
C. gokhale
D. m.n.roy
Correct : B. gandhiji
89. With Gandhiji’s blessings, Nehru became the President of the Indian National Congress at
A. bombay
B. calcutta
C. madras
D. lahore
Correct : D. lahore
90. Name the Philosopher who believed that the state in a soulless machine
A. nehru
B. gandhiji
C. lohia
D. ambedkar
Correct : B. gandhiji
91. Who expounded the thesis that the religious basis of politics does not help social progress?
A. lohia
B. gandhiji
C. nehru
D. m.n.roy
Correct : C. nehru
92. Who considered the State as an organization of violence and force?
A. gandhiji
B. nehru
C. lohia
D. m.n.roy
Correct : A. gandhiji
93. Who believed that decentralization of power was a key concept in his theory of democracy?
A. lohia
B. gandhiji
C. nehru
D. ambedkar
Correct : B. gandhiji
94. The doctrine of spiritual socialism in closely associated with.
A. nehru
B. lohia
C. gandhiji
D. ambedkar
Correct : C. gandhiji
95. Gandhian socialism puts enormous emphasis on
A. society
B. state
C. community
D. individuals
Correct : D. individuals
96. Who made Indian freedom struggle into a mass movement?
A. anne besant
B. gandhiji
C. tilak
D. nehru
Correct : B. gandhiji
97. Name the thinker who was highly critical of declaration of emergency.
A. lohia
B. gandhiji
C. jayaprakash narayanan
D. m.n.roy
Correct : C. jayaprakash narayanan
98. Who was highly critical of Gandhian notion of caste system?
A. ambedkar
B. lohia
C. nehru
D. m.n.roy
Correct : A. ambedkar
99. ‘Young India’ was associated with writings of
A. raja ram mohan roy
B. tilak
C. gandhiji
D. m.n.roy
Correct : C. gandhiji
100. SamataSainik Dal formed by
A. ambedkar
B. gandhiji
C. nehru
D. lohia
Correct : A. ambedkar