Partition of Bengal & Swadeshi — Set 1

Correct Answer: A. A. Boycott of foreign goods and promotion of indigenous products

The correct answer is A. Boycott of foreign goods and promotion of indigenous products. The Swadeshi Movement emphasized the use of indigenous products, boycott of British goods, and the promotion of native industries to achieve economic self-reliance. This topic is frequently tested in competitive examinations such as RRB NTPC, SSC, and UPSC.

Correct Answer: A. A. Boycott of foreign goods and promotion of indigenous products

The correct answer is A. Boycott of foreign goods and promotion of indigenous products. The Swadeshi Movement emphasized the use of indigenous products, boycott of British goods, and the promotion of native industries to achieve economic self-reliance. This topic is frequently tested in competitive examinations such as RRB NTPC, SSC, and UPSC.

Correct Answer: A. A. Boycott of foreign goods and promotion of indigenous products

The correct answer is A. Boycott of foreign goods and promotion of indigenous products. The Swadeshi Movement emphasized the use of indigenous products, boycott of British goods, and the promotion of native industries to achieve economic self-reliance. This topic is frequently tested in competitive examinations such as RRB NTPC, SSC, and UPSC.

Correct Answer: B. 1905

Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, partitioned Bengal on October 16, 1905. The partition divided Bengal into two provinces: East Bengal and Assam (with Muslim majority) and West Bengal (with Hindu majority). Curzon claimed administrative convenience but nationalists saw it as a deliberate attempt to weaken the nationalist movement by creating Hindu-Muslim divide. The partition sparked the Swadeshi Movement.

Correct Answer: C. 1911

The Partition of Bengal was annulled on December 12, 1911 by King George V at the Delhi Durbar. The announcement came as a major victory for the nationalist movement, which had been demanding the reunification of Bengal since 1905. However, as a compromise, the capital of British India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi, and Assam was separated as a distinct province.

Correct Answer: B. Boycott of British goods and promotion of Indian-made goods

The Swadeshi Movement primarily meant boycotting British manufactured goods and promoting Indian-made goods. It began as a reaction to the Partition of Bengal in 1905. Bonfires of British cloth were lit in public. Indian manufacturers received patronage. The movement strengthened Indian textile, steel, and other industries. Rabindranath Tagore composed songs for the movement and later criticized its militant aspects.

Correct Answer: A. Day of Mourning with fast and Rakhi tying

October 16, 1905, the day Bengal was partitioned, was observed as a day of mourning across Bengal. People tied Rakhi (thread of brotherhood) on each other's wrists to symbolize Hindu-Muslim unity against the partition. Shops were closed, people fasted, and there were processions singing 'Vande Mataram.' Rabindranath Tagore participated in these Rakhi-tying ceremonies to emphasize communal harmony.

Correct Answer: B. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Vande Mataram was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and appeared in his novel Anandamath (1882). The song became the anthem of the Swadeshi Movement and the broader nationalist movement. Rabindranath Tagore set it to music and Aruna Asaf Ali is associated with singing it during the Quit India Movement. The first two stanzas of Vande Mataram have the status of national song.

Correct Answer: B. Moderate/Constitutional tradition

Surendranath Banerjee (known as 'Rashtraguru' or 'Surrendered Not Banerjee' by critics) was a leading figure in the Moderate/Constitutional tradition of the Indian National Congress. He founded the Indian Association in Calcutta in 1876, one of the earliest nationalist organizations. He participated in the Swadeshi Movement and was a founder of the Bengalee newspaper. He served as a minister in Bengal under Montagu-Chelmsford reforms.

Correct Answer: B. Train revolutionaries through physical education and nationalism

Anushilan Samiti was a secret revolutionary society founded in Bengal in 1902 by Satish Chandra Bose and others. The society combined physical training with revolutionary nationalist ideology. It trained young men for armed resistance against British rule. Several members like Aurobindo Ghosh were associated with it. The society conducted assassinations of British officials and collaborators.