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Quiz about India History and Culture 3
Quiz about India History and Culture 3

India: History and Culture 3 Trivia Quiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
33,204
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
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Question 1 of 10
1. What was the name of the old Hindu custom wherein a widow would immolate herself upon her husband's funeral pyre? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who created the Hindu sect called 'Brahmo Samaj', a form of neo-Hinduism, and is sometimes called the 'father of modern India'? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Members of which religious group helped the British put down the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In 1835, who envisaged the essentially racist view that Indians could become 'a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinion, in morals, and in intellect'? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What is the degrading term for an 'English-styled Indian' during the period of British rule? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who, in 1885, suggested founding the Indian National Congress? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. He was the friend and mentor of Gandhi and, as the leader of the moderate native Indian politicians, became president of the Indian National Congress in 1905. Who was he? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What did the term 'swaraj' mean to Indians during the period of British rule? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who was the first Indian Nobel Prize winner? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What was the name of the Indian politician of the early 20th century who was deemed 'Lokamanya' (Honored by the People) in honor of his acts of extreme Indian nationalism? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What was the name of the old Hindu custom wherein a widow would immolate herself upon her husband's funeral pyre?

Answer: sati

This unfortunate practice is no longer in vogue!
2. Who created the Hindu sect called 'Brahmo Samaj', a form of neo-Hinduism, and is sometimes called the 'father of modern India'?

Answer: Ram Mohan Roy

Brahmo Samaj called for a new form of Hinduism in which ideas would be drawn from western philosophy and religion.
3. Members of which religious group helped the British put down the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857?

Answer: Sikh

4. In 1835, who envisaged the essentially racist view that Indians could become 'a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinion, in morals, and in intellect'?

Answer: Lord Macaulay

5. What is the degrading term for an 'English-styled Indian' during the period of British rule?

Answer: Babu

6. Who, in 1885, suggested founding the Indian National Congress?

Answer: Hume

A British civil servant, Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912), made this suggestion. (He had resigned from the British civil service in 1883). He was also an ornithologist of note and has been called the 'Father of Indian Ornithology'.
7. He was the friend and mentor of Gandhi and, as the leader of the moderate native Indian politicians, became president of the Indian National Congress in 1905. Who was he?

Answer: Gokhale

8. What did the term 'swaraj' mean to Indians during the period of British rule?

Answer: Self-rule

9. Who was the first Indian Nobel Prize winner?

Answer: Tagore

Poet Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel prize for literature in 1913.
10. What was the name of the Indian politician of the early 20th century who was deemed 'Lokamanya' (Honored by the People) in honor of his acts of extreme Indian nationalism?

Answer: Tilak

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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