INC & Freedom Struggle — BPSC Previous Year Questions

5 questions from past BPSC papers, each with the correct answer and an explanation of why. This is a Bihar-specific topic, which BPSC returns to more often than a general UPSC-style syllabus would suggest. Free to read — no signup.

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INC & Freedom Struggle002002

Questions

63rd Pre · 2018
INC was founded in:
  1. 1875
  2. 1885
  3. 1905
  4. 1919
64th Pre · 2018
First president of INC was:
  1. A.O. Hume
  2. W.C. Bonnerjee
  3. Dadabhai Naoroji
  4. Surendranath Banerjee
67th Pre · 2022
Champaran Satyagraha (1917) was Gandhi's first satyagraha in India against:
  1. Salt tax
  2. Indigo planters
  3. British education
  4. Land tax
Why: Tinkathia system — peasants forced to grow indigo on 3/20th of holding.
69th Pre · 2023
Quit India Movement was launched on:
  1. 8 Aug 1942
  2. 15 Aug 1947
  3. 26 Jan 1930
  4. 13 Apr 1919
Why: "Do or Die" — Bombay (Gowalia Tank).
65th Pre · 2019
Dandi March covered a distance of approximately:
  1. 100 km
  2. 240 miles
  3. 500 miles
  4. 1000 miles
Why: 12 March – 6 April 1930; Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi (Gujarat).

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67th Mains GS-1 · 2022
Discuss the Champaran Satyagraha as a turning point in the Indian freedom struggle.

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