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Detailed Answer Key

1. Voices Against INC

 “INC is a begging Institute”→ Aurobindo Ghosh  “INC playing with bubbles” →  “Croak once a year like a frog” →  “INC is very much an English knowing upper class affair” →  “A Three day Tamasha” (1897 Amaravathy Session) →A.K. Datta  “The Congress is tottering to its fall, and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise”→ Lord Curzon.  “INC is a microscopic minority” →Lord Dufferin

2. Important Days and Events

20th July 1905 The decision on the partition of was announced 16th October 1905  The partition of Bengal took effect  Celebrated as Raksha Banndhan Day – put forward by Rabindranath Tagore.  October 16 was also observed as the day of mourning 7th August 1905  The formal proclamation of the was made (Calcutta Town hall)  August 7 declared as National Handloom day (2015 onwards) 30th December 1906 Muslim League was formed 16th August 1946 was celebrated by Muslim League. 31 July 1940 Udham Singh was hanged 29th & 30th Dec 1907 First Annual Session of the Muslim League was held at . 23rd & 24th Nov 1919 All India Khilafat conference was held 17 October All India Khilafath day 6 February 1919 was Passed 10 March 1919 Rowlatt Act came into effect

www.kasmentor.com 9061474766 6 April 1919 In response to Rowlatt Act, A nation-wide was called by Gandhiji 13th April 1919 Jalian Walabagh Tragady took place 10th April 1919 Dr. Satyapal & Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew were arrested 12th April 1919 A proclamation was issued by General Dyer that no meeting of the people was to be held 19th April 1919 Crawling order started 11th February 1922 The Non Co-operation movement was called off due to 5th February 1922 Chauri Chaura Incident 1st January 1923 Party was formed 3 February 1928 arrived in India 10th August 1928 submitted by Motilal Nehru 12th March 1930 Civil Disobedience Movement started 5th April 1930 Gandhi and his volunteers arrived at Dandhi 6th April 1930 Gandhiji broke the salt law 31st Dec 1929 Poorna Swaraj resolution was passed Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled the ’s Independence on the banks of River Ravi. Jan.26,1930 Declared as First 5th March 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact 16th Aug, 1932 Communal Award was Announced 24th Sept,1932 Poona Pact was Signed 8th August, 1940 August Offer was announced 22nd March, 1942 Cripp’s Mission Arrives 12th April 1942 Starts for England from India 8th August 1942 Quit India Resolution was Passed by Congress at the Bombay Session 9th August 1942 began (Quit India Day) 18th August 1945 Subash Chandra Bose was reportedly Killed in an Air Crash over Taipei, Taiwan 14th June, 1945 Wavell Plan was announced 23rd March 1946 Cabinet Mission arrived in India 16th May 1946 Cabinet Mission submitted its Final Report 2nd September 1946 Interim Government was Formed 6th December 1946 Constituent Assembly was formed 18th February 1946 Royal Stared 22nd March 1947 Lord Mountbatten arrived in India

www.kasmentor.com 9061474766 3rd June 1947 Balken Plan was announced in the House of Commons 14th August 1947 Pakistan was declared an Independent Nation 15th August 1947 India became an Independent Nation July 4, 1947 Indian Independence bill introduced in the British House of Commons 26th October 1947 of Kashmir, Harisingh signed the Instrument of Accession

3. Important Events

Allipore conspiracy April 30, 1908 Thirunelveli Conspiracy Related to the district Collector’s assassination on 11 June 1917 at Maniyachi Railway Junction Conspiracy & Sachin Sanya attempted an assassination on the Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge; on 23rd December 1912 Kakori Train Robbery 9th August 1925 conspiracy Bagat Singh ,Rajguru, Sukhdev assassinated J.P. Saunders on 17th December 1928 Led by Took place on 18th April 1930 Surya sen was arrested in 1933 and was hanged on 12th January 1934 April 8,1929 and Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb in the Central Legislative assembly

4. Important Organization’s

Atmiya Sabha 1815 Raja

Brahmo Samaj 1828 Raja Ram Mohan Roy Sabha 1830 Raja Radhakant Deb Tattvabodhini Sabha 1839 Manav Dharma Sabha 1844 Durgaram Manchharam Paramahansa Mandali 1849 Dadoba Pandurung

www.kasmentor.com 9061474766 Vedasamaj 1864 Sridharu Naidu & Keshab Chandra Sen of India 1867 Dr. Atmaram Pandurang Poona Sarvajanik Sabha 1870 1875 Dayand Saraswati Theosophical Society 1875 Madam H.P. Blavatsky & Col. H.S.Olcott Society 1875 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Sadarana Brahmo samaj 1878 Ananda Mohan Bose & Sivanarayanan Sastri 1884 G.G. Agarkar & Bal Gangadhar Tilak Indian National Social 1887 M.G.Ranade conference Deva Samaj 1887 Sivanarayanan Agnihotri Mission 1897 Swami Vivekanda Servants of India Society 1905 Gopalakrishna Gokhale Poona Seva sadan 1909 Mrs. Remabai Ranade Shodak Samaj 1873 Jyothirao Phule Social Service League 1911 N.M. Joshi Seva Samiti 1914 H.N. Hunzru Seva Samiti Boy Scouts 1914 Sri Ram Bajpai Association Women's Indian 1917 Annie Basant, Margarat Cousins, Sarojini Association Naidu Rehnuma Mazdayasnan 1851 Naoroi Furdunji, , S S Sabha Bangalee Nirankari 1840 Dayal Das Namdharis 1857 Ramsingh All India Muhammadan 1886 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Educational Conference 1884 M.Veeeraghavachariar. G.Subrammania Iyer & P. Ananda Charlu Tattavabodini Sabha 1839 Devendranath Tagore Hitakarini Samaj 1906 Veerasalingam Pantalu Young Bengal Movement Hentry Louis Vivan Derozio

5. Personalities and their Titles

 Father of Indian Renaissance Raja Ram Mohan Roy  Grand Father of India Dayananda Saraswathy  Socrates Gopalakrishna Gokhale  Daya R Sagar or Karunasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar

www.kasmentor.com 9061474766  Iron Man of India & Man of Steel - Sardar Vallabhai Patel

 Known as Father of Indian National Movement, Lokmamnya & Father of Indian unrest - Bal Gangadhar Tilak  The Doctrine of Passive Resistance - Aurobindo Ghosh  Netaji - Subash Chandra Bose  Gurudev & the Great Sentinel - Rabindranatha Tagore  Mahamana - Madan Mohan Malaviya

 Cyclonic Hindu, Monk & warrior prophet – Swami Vivekanda  Moulana Azad, Show boy of the Congress (Jinna called him) - Moulana  The Nightingale of India, Bharat Kokila -  The Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity(Jinnah called ) - Sarojini Naidu  Shaheed -e-Azam - Bhagat Singh

 "Lok-Nayak" Hero of Quit India Movement - Jayaprakash Narayanan  Grand Old man of India, Father of Indian Politics & Economics - Dadabhai Naoroji  Babasaheb Ambedkar, the Architect of Indian Constitution - Dr. B R. Ambedkar  Rashtra - or the Lion of the Punjab -  Sage of Paunar -  Father of Renaissance of Western India - Mahadev Govind Ranade  Saint of Dakshineswar - Ramakrishna Paramahamsa  The Lion of Bombay - Pherozeshah Mehta  Mother of Indian Revolution, Daughter of India - Madam Bhikaji Cama

6. Name of Rivers in ancient period

Jhelum - Vitasta Ravi - Parushni, Iravati Chenab - Chandrabhaga, Ashkini Beas - Vipasa/Argikiyas Sutlej - Shatadru Brahmaputra - Lauhitya Luni - Sagarmati Gomati - Goyal

www.kasmentor.com 9061474766 Ghaggar - Saraswati Indus - Sindu Narmada - Rewa

7. Famous Bird Sanctuaries in India

Bharatpur/Keoladeo Rajasthan Sultanpur Haryana Salim Ali Goa Kumarakam Kerala Ranganthittu Vedanthangal Tamil Nadu Mayani Maharashtra Nalsarovar Kolleru Andhra Pradesh

8. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) established on 1st April 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934

 In 1926, Hilton young commission recommends the establishment of a Central Bank to be called the RBI  Start-up capital of RBI was Rupees Five Crore  Head Quarters -  First Head Quarters - (till 1937)  Bankers Bank, Represents India at the IMF  Nationalized on 1st January 1949  The animal embossed on the Emblem of RBI is Tiger  The Tree embossed on the Emblem of RBI is Palm Tree  First Governor - Osborne Smith  First Indian Governor - C.D. Deshmukh  Longest Serving Governor of RBI - B. Rama Rau  Second Governor - James Taylor  First Governor of RBI to sign on Currency notes - James Taylor  The Indian Prime Minister who has held the post of RBI Governor -Man  First Woman RBI Deputy Governor - K.J. Udeshi  Present Governor (25th ) - Sakthi Kanth Das

www.kasmentor.com 9061474766 9. Institute’s and their Location

 Institute of Maritime studies - Goa  Centre Marine Fisheries Research Institute -  Centre Institute of Fisheries Technology - Kochi  Marine Engineering and Research Institute - Kolkata  Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Ltd - Kolkata  Indian Maritime University -  Fisheries survey of India - Mumbai  National Ship Design and Research Centre -  Hindustan shipyard Limited - Visakhapatnam

10. Important Locations

 India’s Rocket Experiment Station – Thumba – Thiruvananthapuram  India’s Missile Experiment Station – Chandipur – Odisha  India’s Atomic Experiment Station – Pokhran – Rajastan  India’s Rocket Launching Station – Sadish Dawan Space Centre, Sreehari Kotta

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