UPSC Modern Indian History – Chapter 28: Contributions from Different Regions – Tamil Nadu and South India (21 MCQs)

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UPSC Modern Indian History – Chapter 28: Contributions from Different Regions – Tamil Nadu and South India (21 MCQs) – 21 questions, subject: History. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

The Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company (1906) was founded by:

Correct Answer: B [V.O. Chidambaram Pillai]

Explanation:

V.O. Chidambaram Pillai floated the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company at Tuticorin in 1906 to challenge the British India Steam Navigation Company.

2.  

Robert Ashe, Collector of Tirunelveli, was shot in 1911 by:

Correct Answer: C [Vanchinathan]

Explanation:

Vanchinathan shot Collector Robert Ashe at Maniyachi railway junction on 17 June 1911 and then shot himself.

3.  

The Coral Mill strike of 1908 took place at:

Correct Answer: C [Tuticorin]

Explanation:

The Coral Mill was at Tuticorin, where V.O.C. led its workers' strike in February–March 1908.

4.  

In 1908 Subramania Bharati took refuge in:

Correct Answer: A [Pondicherry]

Explanation:

Facing arrest in 1908, Bharati escaped to French Pondicherry and continued his nationalist writing there till 1918.

5.  

The Madras Mahajana Sabha was founded in:

Correct Answer: A [1884]

Explanation:

M. Veeraraghavachariar, G. Subramania Aiyer and P. Anandacharlu founded the Madras Mahajana Sabha in May 1884.

6.  

The newspapers New India and Commonweal were run by:

Correct Answer: C [Annie Besant]

Explanation:

Annie Besant started the weekly Commonweal and bought the Madras Standard, renaming it New India, in 1914.

7.  

The Rampa rebellion (1922–1924) was led by:

Correct Answer: C [Alluri Sitarama Raju]

Explanation:

Alluri Sitarama Raju led the Koya and other hill tribes of the Godavari Agency in the Rampa rising of 1922–24.

8.  

The Hindu (1878) was started by a group that included:

Correct Answer: B [G. Subramania Aiyer]

Explanation:

G. Subramania Aiyer, with M. Veeraraghavachariar and four friends, started The Hindu at Madras in 1878.

9.  

Swadesamitran (1882) was:

Correct Answer: D [a Tamil newspaper started by G. Subramania Aiyer]

Explanation:

G. Subramania Aiyer started Swadesamitran as a Tamil weekly in 1882; it became a daily in 1899.

10.  

Consider the following about Subramania Bharati:

1. He edited the weekly India.
2. He took refuge in Pondicherry.
3. He founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

Bharati edited the weekly India and fled to Pondicherry in 1908; the shipping company was V.O.C.'s.

11.  

Assertion (A): Riots broke out at Tirunelveli and Tuticorin in March 1908.

Reason (R): V.O. Chidambaram Pillai and Subramania Siva had been arrested.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

The arrest of V.O.C. and Siva on 12 March 1908 sparked riots and police firing at Tirunelveli and Tuticorin.

12.  

Kittur, whose queen Chennamma resisted the British in 1824, lies in present-day:

Correct Answer: D [Karnataka]

Explanation:

Kittur lies in Belagavi district of present-day Karnataka, where Rani Chennamma fought the Company in 1824.

13.  

The Chirala–Perala movement (1921) was led by:

Correct Answer: D [Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya]

Explanation:

Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya led the residents of Chirala–Perala to leave the town in 1921 against its municipal taxes.

14.  

The anti-Hindi agitation of 1937–1940 opposed an order of the:

Correct Answer: B [Rajagopalachari ministry]

Explanation:

Rajagopalachari's Congress ministry ordered compulsory Hindi in some Madras schools in 1938, provoking the agitation.

15.  

The Pedanandipadu no-tax campaign (1921–1922) took place in:

Correct Answer: D [Guntur]

Explanation:

Pedanandipadu, in Guntur district of Andhra, saw a no-tax campaign during Non-Cooperation in 1921–22.

16.  

The salt march to Payyanur in 1930 was led by:

Correct Answer: D [K. Kelappan]

Explanation:

K. Kelappan led a band of volunteers from Kozhikode to Payyanur to break the salt law in 1930.

17.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Collector Ashe shot at Maniyachi
2. Founding of the Madras Mahajana Sabha
3. Vedaranyam salt march
4. Founding of the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company

Select the correct answer:

Correct Answer: C [2-4-1-3]

Explanation:

Order: Founding of the Madras Mahajana Sabha (1884) → Founding of the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company (1906) → Collector Ashe shot at Maniyachi (1911) → Vedaranyam salt march (1930).

18.  

Alluri Sitarama Raju's rebellion took place in the hill tracts of the:

Correct Answer: B [Godavari Agency]

Explanation:

The Rampa rebellion was fought in the hill tracts of the Godavari Agency in the Eastern Ghats.

19.  

Who is remembered as "Kappalottiya Thamizhan"?

Correct Answer: A [V.O. Chidambaram Pillai]

Explanation:

V.O.C. is called Kappalottiya Thamizhan, 'the Tamil who sailed ships', for his Swadeshi shipping company.

20.  

The Vaikom Satyagraha (1924–1925) took place in:

Correct Answer: A [Travancore]

Explanation:

Vaikom, a temple town in the princely state of Travancore, saw the satyagraha for access to temple roads.

21.  
UPSC Prelims 2015

Who of the following organized a march on the Tanjore coast to break the Salt Law in April 1930?

Correct Answer: B [C. Rajagopalachari]

Explanation:

Rajagopalachari marched from Tiruchirappalli to Vedaranyam on the Tanjore coast and broke the salt law in April 1930.

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