Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Abdul Gaffar Khan.

Key Points

• George Yule became the president of INC in 1888 (Allahabad).
• He was the founder of George Yule and Co.
• Alfred Webb became the president of INC in 1894 at the Madras session.
• Nawab Syed Mohammed became the president of INC in 1913 (Karachi).

Additional Information

• In 1885, WC Bannerjee became the first president of INC at the Bombay session.
• In 1886, Dadabhai Naroji became the second president of INC at the Calcutta session.
• In 1887, Badruddin Taiyabji became the third president of INC and also became the first Muslim president of INC at Madras Session.

The correct answer is cotton and wool.

Key Points

• The Indus Valley people wore clothes made of cotton and wool.
• John Marshall was the first scholar to use the term ‘Indus Valley Civilisation.
• Dayaram Sahni first discovered Harappa Civilisation in 1921.
• R.D. Banerjee discovered Mohenjodaro or Mound of the Dead in 1922.

The correct answer is Premier Zhou Enlai.

Key Points

•  The Panchsheel, or Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, was first formally signed on April 28, 1954, between India and the Tibet region of China.
• The agreement was signed between then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and China's first Premier (Prime Minister) Chou En-Lai.
• The Panchsheel agreement was about mutual relations and trade between India and Tibet the territory of China.
• In April 1954, India, considering Tibet as part of China, entered into an agreement with China on the principle of 'Panchsheel'.
• The main points of the Panchsheel agreement were;
  • Peaceful co-existence
  • Mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty
  • Mutual non-interference
  • Mutual non-aggression
  • Equality and mutual benefit
• The Panchsheel Pact had removed the tension between India and China up to a great extent.
• After these treaties, trade, and confidence-building between India and China had gained a lot of strength. 

The correct answer is Indian Struggle - Subhas Chandra Bose.

Key Points

• The Indian Struggle, 1920–1942 is a two-part book by the Indian nationalist leader Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose that covers the 1920–1942 history of the Indian independence movement to end British imperial rule over India. 
  • In 1927 Katherine Mayo, a foreign journalist, visited India.
  • She wrote a book called 'Mother India'.
  • It was about Indian civilization, culture, and life. She saw only sheer ignorance and filth in India and nothing good or decent.
  • People who were opposed to the freedom of India had given money for the publication of Miss Mayo's book.

Additional Information

• The India Divided book was written by Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
  • Rajendra Prasad was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, scholar, and subsequently, the first president of India, in office from 1950 to 1962.
  • He joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian Independence Movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar and Maharashtra. 
• India Wins Freedom is an enlightening account of the partition from the author, Maulana Azad’s perspective.
  • It includes his personal experiences when India became independent and his ideas on freedom and liberty.
  • The book takes the form of an autobiographical narrative and goes over the happenings of the Indian Independence movement.
• In response to that book, Lala Lajpat Rai wrote the book unhappy India book.
  •  In this book, Lala Lajpat Rai gave a fitting reply to the false propaganda of Miss Mayo.
  • In this book, Lala Lajpat Rai compared Indian society with the contemporary USA and Britain. 

The correct answer is AD 1773.

Key Points

• Regulating Act 1773:
  • The regulating Act of 1773 was passed by the British Parliament to control the territories of the East India Company majorly in Bengal.
  • This act was passed due to the misgovernment by the British East India government that introduced a situation of bankruptcy and the government had to interfere with the affairs of the Company.
  • This act permitted the company to retain its territorial possessions in India but sought to regulate the activities and functioning of the company.
  • It did not take over power completely, hence called ‘regulating’.
  • The act provided for the appointment of a Governor-General along with four Councillors in the Presidency of Fort William (Calcutta), jointly called the Governor-General in Council.
  • As per this, Warren Hastings was appointed as the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William.
  • A Supreme Court was established at Fort William, Calcutta. Sir Elijah Impey was the first Chief Justice.