Lala Lajpat Rai Quiz Questions and Answers, MCQs, PYQs

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Lala Lajpat Rai Quiz Questions and Answers, Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Previous Years’ Questions (PYQs). Lala Lajpat Rai was the nationalist leader of the Indian National Movement.

For more Lala Lajpat Rai Quiz Questions and Answers, it is suggested that aspirants read the article on Lala Lajpat Rai, ‘Punjab Kesari’ (January 28, 1865 – November 17, 1928) as most of the questions are asked from this article.

For modern Indian history and the Indian National Movement, also read the book ‘Comprehensive Modern Indian History : From 1707 to The Modern Times’ by Brijesh Singh and published by S Chand.

Lala Lajpat Rai Quiz Questions and Answers

Question 1: With reference to Lala Lajpat Rai, consider the following statements:
1. He was associated with the formation of a bank and an insurance company.
2, He founded the Indian Home Rule League of America in the USA.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

[UPSC CSE 2018]
Question 2: He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna; stayed in America for some time; and was also elected to the Central Assembly. He was
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Motilal Nehru

Question 3: By what name was Lala Lajpat Rai, a prominent leader of the Indian national movement, famous?

(a) Sher-e-Hind
(b) Deshbandhu
(c) Punjab Kesari
(d) Deenbandhu

Question 4: Lala Lajpat Rai was deeply influenced by the ideas of which Indian leader and reformer?
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Question 5: Who among the following wrote ‘England’s Debt to India’?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Question 6: Who among the following declared that “I declare that the blows struck at me today will be the last nails in the coffin of British rule in India”?
(a) Chandrashekhar Azad
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

Question 7: Who among the following was elected as the first president of the All-India Trade Union Congress in October 1920?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Question 8: Consider the following statements:
1. Lala Lajpat Rai was elected as President of the Special Session of Congress held in Calcutta in September 1920.
2. Lala Lajpat Rai was elected as President of the All-India Trade Union Congress held in Bombay in October 1920.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question 9: Who among the following founded the Indian Home Rule League of America?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Sohan Singh Bhakna
(d) Rashbehari Bose

Question 10: Who among the following started to publish the periodical ‘Young India’?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Question 11: Who among the following are considered the Trinity of Indian Politics?
(a) Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose, Ras Behari Bose, Mohan Singh
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel, Abul Kalam Azad

Question 12: Consider the following statements:
1. Lala Lajpat Rai was a member of the Swaraj Party.
2. Lala Lajpat Rai was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question 13: Who among the following founded the Servants of the People Society?
(a) Bipin Chandra Pal
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

UPSC, CSE Mains, 2019, GS Paper 1
Question 14: Despite being sensitive to Hindu interests, Lala Lajpat Rai actually championed diversity in unity. Comment. (150 words)

Lala Lajpat Rai Quiz Questions and Answers with Explanations

Answer 1: (c) Both 1 and 2
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai was a successful lawyer who practiced Law from 1884 to 1914. He was associated with the management of Punjab National Bank and Lakshmi Insurance Company in their early stages in 1894.

After quitting the Law practice in 1914, Lala Lajpat Rai travelled to Britain and the USA. Owing to the First World War, he was compelled to stay in the USA from 1917 to 1920.

While in the USA, Lala Lajpat Rai founded the Indian Home Rule League of America (IHRLA) in New York City, USA in October 1917. The Indian Home Rule League of America was inspired by the Home Rule Movement in India by Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The objective of IHRLA was to raise awareness and espouse the cause of self-rule in India.

Answer 2: (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna. He travelled to USA in 1917 and stayed there until February 1920. In October-November 1926, general elections were held for the Central Legislative Assembly. Lala Lajpat Rai was elected from the Jullunder, Punjab seat.

Answer 3: (c) Punjab Kesari
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai hailed from Punjab and was famously known as Punjab Kesari.

Answer 4: (b) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai was greatly influenced by the Arya Samaj and its founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati. He wrote his biography (1899) and a book on the history of Arya Samaj (1915)

Answer 5: (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: ‘England’s Debt to India’, was written by Lala Lajpat Rai and was published in 1917. The book is a critique and historical narrative of Britain’s fiscal policy in India particularly during the First World War.

Dadabhai Naoroji wrote, Condition of India (Madras, 1882); Poverty of India (Bombay, Ranima Union Press, 1876); and Poverty and Un-British Rule in India (London, 1901).

Answer 6: (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: On October 30, 1928, in Lahore, Punjab, Lala Lajpat Rai led a protest against the Simon Commission with slogans and a banner of ‘Simon Go Back’. The police superintendent in Lahore, James A. Scott, ordered the police to lathi-charge the protesters and personally assaulted Rai, who suffered serious head injuries. Subsequently, despite being injured he addressed fellow protestors and said,
“I declare that the blows struck at me today will be the last nails in the coffin of British rule in India”.
This became one of the famous words and inspired many to revenge and act against the police forces.

Lala Lajpat Rai could not recover from the injuries he suffered during the ant-Simon Commission protests in Lahore. At Lahore, on November 17, 1928, he succumbed to the injuries. With his death, India lost a nationalist leader.

Answer 7: (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: The All-India Trade Union Congress was founded on 31 October 1920 in Bombay with 101 delegates from 64 unions. Lala Lajpat Rai was elected as the first president of the All-India Trade Union Congress.

Answer 8: (c) Both 1 and 2
Explanation: On September 4, 1920, a Special Session of Congress was convened at Calcutta to pass the resolution on the Non-Cooperation Movement. Lala Lajpat Rai was elected as President of this Special Session of Congress. In the session, he opined that, “There is no life without freedom and there is no Freedom without ‘Swarajya’ or self–government”.

The All-India Trade Union Congress was founded on October 31, 1920, in Bombay with 101 delegates from 64 unions. Lala Lajpat Rai was elected as the first president of the All-India Trade Union Congress.

Answer 9: (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai founded the Indian Home Rule League of America (IHRLA) in New York City, USA in October 1917. The Indian Home Rule League of America was inspired by the Home Rule Movement in India by Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The objective of IHRLA was to raise awareness and espouse the cause of self-rule in India.

Answer 10: (a) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: In January 1918, Lala Lajpat Rai published ‘Young India’ which was the official magazine of the Indian Home Rule League of America.

Later, from 1919 to 1931, Mahatma Gandhi published ‘Young India’ weekly from India.

Answer 11: (c) Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal were famous as the ‘Lal-Bal-Pal’ or the triumvirate or referred to as the Trinity of Indian Politics.

Answer 12: (c) Both 1 and 2
Explanation: Checkout article on Lala Lajpat Rai.

Answer 13: (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: In 1921, Lala Lajpat Rai founded the Servants of the People Society in Lahore. It was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi. The object of the Society was to enlist and train national missionaries for the service of the motherland for the educational, cultural, social, economic, and political advancement of the country under the supervision of the Society. It is to be noted that earlier a society with similar name Servants of the India Society (note the difference People and India) was founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1905.

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