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The Correct Answer is Dadabhai Naoroji.

Key Points

• The wealth drain was the amount of India's wealth and economy that was not accessible to Indians.
• Dadabhai Naoroji proposed the 'drain of wealth' hypothesis in 1867, claiming that Britain was draining India of all its wealth. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India, a book that he wrote, stated this theory.
• The external drain was caused by six factors, according to Naoroji. Firstly, India was ruled by a foreign power. Second, India did not draw immigrants who would have brought labor and capital to help the country develop economically.
• Third, India footed the bill for Britain's civil administration and army in India. Fourth, India was responsible for the expansion of empires both within and outside of its borders.
• Fifth, by allowing free trade, foreigners were able to take high-paying jobs away from Indians who were equally skilled. Finally, since they were mainly foreign personnel, the main income earners would spend their money outside of India or leave with the money.

Important Points

• Dadabhai Naoroji, also known as the "Grand Old Man of India" and the "Unofficial Ambassador of India," was an Indian scholar, trader, and politician who served as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1892 to 1895.
• He was the first Asian to be a British MP other than Anglo-Indian MP David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre, who was disenfranchised for corruption.
• Naoroji is best known for his work with the Indian National Congress, of which he was a founding member and was elected president three times — in 1886, 1893, and 1906. 

The correct answer is An Echo from Andamans.

Key Points 

• "An Echo from Andamans" book was Written by VD Savarkar(Vinayak Damodar Savarkar).
• He wrote to His Brother GD Savarkar in Andaman jail.
• Some of the other Books written by Savarkar are "My transportation of life", "My life term", "Hindutva", "India war of independence 1857"," Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History".
• In 2002, the airport was renamed Veer Savarkar International Airport at Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar.

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The correct answer is Acharya Vinoba Bhave.

Key Points

•  Bhudan Movement
  • It is a Non-Violent land distribution movement in which landlords donate one-sixth of the land to the poor or landless.
  • Acharya Vinoba Bhave initiated the Bhudan movement in Pochampalli, Nalgonda Telangana in the 1950s, because communism was at its peak.
  • It brought social transformation and developed equality and unity among people. 
  • It promoted the capitalistic and democratic principle among people.
  • This movement was to take away land from wealthy landowners and give land to landless people. However, this land cannot be sold by landless people.
  • The initial year of this movement was achieved success in northern India, especially in UP and Bihar.
  • It promoted the Gandhian philosophy of trusteeship that all land belongs to God.
• Acharya Vinoba Bhave
  • ​The famous Bhudan Movement was initiated by him.
  • He is considered as the spiritual successor of Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi.
  • He was chosen by Gandhi to be the first individual Satyagrahi in 1940.
  • He was the first Indian to win the international Ramon Magsaysay Award, for Community Leadership.

• Manabendra Nath Roy is an Indian revolutionary, radical activist, as well as a prominent philosopher.
• His real name was Narendra Nath Bhattacharya.
• He was also called "The pioneer of Communism".
• He was the founder of the Communist Party of India.
• He joined an underground organization, Anushalin Samiti at the age of 14 and became a militant activist.
• He also helped in organizing the Jugantar Group under the leadership of Jatin Mukherji whom he admired throughout his life.

 The Correct Answer is Banda

Important Points

• Kalinjar is a fortress city in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.
• Kalinjar is located in the Banda District of Uttar Pradesh state.
• It is located near the temple-city and World Heritage Site of Khajuraho.
• This fort is built by the Chandelas.
• The Neelkanth Temple is located near Kalinjar was built by Chandela ruler Paramaditya Dev.

The correct answer is Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

Key Points

The Correct answer is 1906, Calcutta.

• The word swaraj was first used by Dadabhai Naoroji in the congress session held at Calcutta in 1906.

Key Points

• Swarāj means self-governance or "self-rule".
• Swaraj warrants a stateless society.
• Word 'swaraj' was used synonymously with "home-rule" by Dayanand Saraswati.
• Dadabhai Navroji said that he had learnt the word swaraj from the Satyarth Prakash of Dayanand Saraswati.

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Important INC Sessions

The correct answer is Mahatma Gandhi.

Key Points

Hind Swaraj

•   It was written by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi expressing his views on Swaraj and Modern civilisation in 1909.
• It is written in a dialogic form i.e., as a discussion between the Reader and the Editor of a journal/newspaper.
• Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule comprises 20 short chapters.
• Primarily Hind Swaraj deals with two issues: 
  • a critique of modern civilization, 
  • the nature and structure of Indian Swaraj and the means and methods to achieve it.
• This book was primarily written in the Gujarati language which was the native language of Mahatma Gandhi.
• It was written during the traveling phase of Gandhiji from London to  South Africa.

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The correct answer is 1925, Kanpur.

Key Points

• Sarojini Naidu:
  • She became the president of the Indian National Congress in the Kanpur session in 1925.
  • She was given the title of "Nightingale of India" for her contributions in the field of poetry writing.
  • She was called 'Bharat Kokila'.
  • She is the first woman to hold the office of governor in the dominion of India.
  • She became the governor of the United Provinces in 1947.

Important Points

• Notable works of Sarojini Naidu are:
  • The golden threshold
  • The bird of time: Songs of life, death & spring
  • Muhammad Jinnah: An ambassador of unity
  • Palanquin bearers
  • The village song
  • In the bazaars of Hyderabad

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• Chittaranjan Das​ became the president of the Indian National Congress in the Gaya session in 1922.
• Motilal Nehru became the president of the Indian National Congress in the Calcutta session in 1928.
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel became the president of the Indian National Congress in the Karachi session in 1931.

The correct answer is 1938.

Key Points

• Subhash Chandra Bose became the President of the Congress Party in 1938.
• In 1919, Bose headed to London to give the Indian Civil Services (ICS) examination and he was selected. Bose, however, resigned from Civil Services as he believed he could not side with the British.
• In 1923, Bose was elected the President of the All India Youth Congress and also the Secretary of Bengal State Congress.
• He was succeeded by Rajendra Prasad in 1939 as the President of the Indian National Congress.

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Some important sessions and their President of Indian National Congress:

The correct answer is Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

Key Points

• The quote If any government director ignores the elements, then it will surely have to be liable to the public for this was said by Dr B. R. Ambedkar.
• Other quotes by him:
  • Life should be great rather than long.
  • Cultivation of the mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
  • I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress that women have achieved.
  • A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of society.
  • Religion and slavery are incompatible.
  • Equality may be fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.

Additional Information

• Dr B. R. Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in Mhow (now officially known as Dr. Ambedkar Nagar) in the Central Provinces i.e present Madhya Pradesh.
• Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was a great jurist, economist & social reformer.
• He was the leader of the depressed class and worked for the promotion of education among the depressed classes.
• He fought for the upliftment of Dalits & their rights in society along with equal rights for women.
• He founded the Scheduled Castes Federation in July 1942 & The Indian Labour Party.
• He stressed the reservations of Dalits in the civil services, government jobs.
• He was appointed as:
  • The chairman of the Drafting Committee.
  • India’s first Law Minister in the Interim government in 1947.
    • Opposed Article 370 which proposed special status to Jammu & Kashmir.
    • He supported the uniform civil code.
  • Served in the Governor-General's Executive Council from 1942-1946.

The correct answer is Allahabad.

Key Points

• George Yule became the President of INC in 1888 in the fourth session held at Allahabad.
• He was the first non - Indian to be the President of INC.
• He belonged to the business community. He was the chief of the well-known Andrew Yule and Co. in Calcutta.
• He had also been Sheriff of Calcutta and President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
• Yule was widely known in Indian circles for his breadth of outlook, liberal views, and marked sympathy for Indian aspirations.
• Surendranath Banerjee described him as "a hard-headed Scotsman who saw straight into the heart of things, and never hesitated to express himself with the bluntness in which a Scotsman never fails if he wants to show it."​

Important Points

• Important sessions of congress.
• First Session: 
  • Held at Bombay in 1885. President: W.C. Bannerjee.
  • Formation of Indian National Congress.
• Second Session:
  • ​Held at Calcutta in 1886. President: Dadabhai Naoroji.
• Third Session: 
  • Held at Madras in 1887. 
  • President: Syed Badruddin Tyabji, the first Muslim President.
• Fourth Session: 
  • Held at Allahabad in 1888.
  • President: George Yule, first English President.
• 1896: Calcutta Session.
  • ​President: Rahimtullah Sayani.
  • National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ was sung for the first time by Rabindranath Tagore.
• 1905: Benaras.
  • President: Gopal Krishan Gokhale.
  • The formal proclamation of the Swadeshi movement against the government.
• 1906: Calcutta.
  • President: Dadabhai Naoroji.
  • Adopted four resolutions: Swaraj (Self Government), Boycott Movement, Swadeshi & National Education.
• 1907: Surat.
  • ​President: Rash Bihari Ghosh.
  • Split in Congress- Moderates & Extremist.
• 1916: Lucknow.
  • President: A.C. Majumdar.
  • Unity between two factions-Moderates and Extremists of Congress.
  • Lucknow Pact was signed between Congress and Muslim League to build political consensus.
• 1917: Calcutta.
  • President: Annie Besant, First Woman President of Congress.
• 1924: Belgaum. 
  • President: M.K. Gandhi.
  • Only Session was presided over by Mahatma Gandhi.
• 1925: Kanpur. 
  • President: Sarojini Naidu, First Indian Woman President.
• 1938: Haripura. 
  • President: Subhas Chandra Bose.
  • National Planning Committee set up under Jawahar Lal Nehru.

The correct answer is Dadabhai Naoroji.

Key Points

• Dadabhai Naoroji: 
  • He wrote the book 'Poverty and Un British Rule in India'. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
  • Dadabhai Naoroji was popularly known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'.
  • He is the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament.
  • He helped found the London Indian Society and East India Association.
  • In 1885, Naoroji became a vice-president of the Bombay Presidency Association.
  • He was Congress president thrice, in 1886, 1893, and 1906.

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• Major writings of Dada Bhai Naroji were as follows:
  • Poverty in India
  • The manners and customs of the Parsees
  • Condition of India
  • Admission of educated natives into the ICS
  • The wants and means of India 

The correct answer is J.B. Kripalani.

Key Points

• J.B. Kripalani was the president of the Indian National Congress in 1947.
• Before Kripalani, the President of INC was Jawaharlal Nehru in 1946.
• After Kripalani, Pattabhi Sitaraimayya was the president of INC in 1948 & 1949.
• In 1950, Purushottam Das Tandon was the president of INC and after that in 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru was the president of INC.

Important Points

• The Indian National Congress was founded in Bombay in December 1885.
• A.O. Hume was the founder of the Indian National Congress.

• Wyomesh Chandra Banerjee was the first President of INC in 1885.​
• Badruddin Tyabji was the First Muslim president of INC and overall third president of INC in 1887.
• Annie Besant became the first female president of INC.

The correct answer is 1916.

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birthright in 1916.

Key Points

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak:
  • He launched two newspapers that are the Kesari in Marathi and the Maratha in English.
  • He also organised Ganpati Festival in 1893 AD and Shivaji Festival in 1895 AD.
  • He asserted ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it in the year 1916.
  • He was awarded the title of Lokmanya.
  • He was a part of the trio of ‘Lal-Bal- Pal’ and the extremist group.
• He authored books The Arctic Home of Vedas and Gita Rahasya.