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Fill in the blanks with proper alternatives:

(a) The Viceroy Lord ……………… announced the partition of the Bengal province in 1905.


(Hastings, Curzon, Cornwallis)


(b) Annie Besant and …………….started the Home Rule movement.


(Gopal Krishna Gokhle, Lokmanya Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai)


(c) The 1907 session of the Indian National Congress was held at……………


(Lucknow, Surat, Kolkata)

(a) Lord Curzon


Lord Curzon announced the partition stating for administrative convenience but in reality it is to divide Hindus and Muslims resulting in weakening of Freedom movement.


(b) Lokmanya Tilak.


Lokmanya Tilak and Annie Besant started home rule movement in 1915-16. Tilak and Annie travelled across the length and breadth of the country to spread the message of Self rule and this movement added vigour to freedom movement.


(c) Surat.


The 1907 Indian national congress annual session was held at Surat. This session witnessed split in the Congress as moderates and extremists.


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Answer the following question in one sentence each.

(a) What message did Dadabhai Naroji give in the 1906 session of the Congress?


(b) What is the meaning of Home Rule?


(c) What words did Tilak use to criticise the Montagu-Chelmsford Act?

 3

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.

(a) What was Lokmanya Tilak’s objective in organizing national festivals?


(b) Why did Curzon partition the province of Bengal?


(c) What is the meaning of responsive co-operation?

 4

Give Reason.

(a) The Muslim League was formed in 1906?


(b) The National Congress split in its Surat session in1907?

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Read a biography of Lokmanya Tilak.