Revolutionary Nationalism and the INA– NDA History PYQs

NDA 2022-II

Q. 1. Where did Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose announce the formation of the Government of Free India in 1943?

(a) Singapore

(b) Shanghai

(c) Berlin

(d) Mandalay

Answer: (a) Singapore

Explanation: Bose announced the Provisional Government of Free India in Singapore. This declaration came in October 1943, during the Second World War. Shanghai, Berlin, and Mandalay were not the site of this announcement. So option (a) Singapore is the correct answer. Concept Tested: Site of Bose’s 1943 Government of Free India announcement

NDA 2020 I&II

Q. 2. Who among the following had organised, in 1904, a secret society of revolutionaries named Abhinav Bharat?

(a) Khudiram Bose

(b) Shyamji Krishna Verma

(c) Har Dayal

(d) V. D. Savarkar

Answer: (d) V. D. Savarkar

Explanation: V. D. Savarkar organised the secret society Abhinav Bharat in 1904. It aimed to inspire armed revolutionary action against British rule. Khudiram Bose, Shyamji Krishna Verma, and Har Dayal led separate efforts. So option (d) V. D. Savarkar is the correct answer. Concept Tested: Founder of the Abhinav Bharat secret society

NDA 2017-II

Q. 3. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Indian Struggle, 1920-1934’?

(a) Maulana Abul Kalam

(b) Jayprakash Narayan

(c) Subhash Chandra Bose

(d) Manabendra Nath Roy

Answer: (c) Subhash Chandra Bose

Explanation: Subhas Chandra Bose wrote The Indian Struggle, 1920-1934. It traced his own account of the freedom movement’s recent history. Azad, Jayaprakash Narayan, and M.N. Roy wrote separate works instead. So option (c) Subhash Chandra Bose is the correct answer. Concept Tested: Author of ‘The Indian Struggle, 1920-1934’

NDA 2017-I

Q. 4. Who among the following is one of the authors of the book “Philosophy of the Bomb”?

(a) Bhagat Singh

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Surya Sen

(d) Yashpal

Answer: (d) Yashpal

Explanation: Yashpal contributed to drafting this HSRA manifesto alongside Bhagwati Charan Vohra. The pamphlet answered Gandhi’s criticism of revolutionary violence. Bhagat Singh, Nehru, and Surya Sen are not credited as its authors. So option (d) Yashpal is the correct answer. Concept Tested: Contributor to the HSRA pamphlet ‘Philosophy of the Bomb’

NDA 2017-I

Q. 5. Which of the following statements about the Chittagong group is NOT correct?

(a) Its membership included a large number of youth including Ganesh Ghosh, Lokenath Baul and Anant Singh

(b) Its leader Surya Sen had been a lawyer in Dhaka before joining the group

(c) Surya Sen and his group were closely associated with Congress work in Chittagong

(d) This group had prepared an action plan to occupy the armouries in Chittagong

Answer: (b) Its leader Surya Sen had been a lawyer in Dhaka before joining the group

Explanation: Surya Sen actually worked as a schoolteacher in Chittagong, earning him ‘Master Da’. So statement (b) wrongly casts him as a Dhaka-based lawyer. The group did include youth like Ganesh Ghosh, Lokenath Baul, and Anant Singh. Surya Sen genuinely led Congress work in Chittagong before turning to arms. The group did plan to seize the local armouries there. These other statements about the Chittagong group are accurate. Concept Tested: Surya Sen’s actual profession before revolutionary activity

★ JOVIK Exam Insight: NDA often swaps a real detail (schoolteacher in Chittagong) for a plausible but wrong one (lawyer in Dhaka). Check professions and locations carefully.

NDA 2015-I

Q. 6. What is the common element among Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri?

(a) They threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on 8 April, 1929

(b) They were the founder members of Swaraj Party

(c) They were the founders of Hindustan Republican Association

(d) They were associated with Kakori Conspiracy case

Answer: (d) They were associated with Kakori Conspiracy case

Explanation: All three men were tried and hanged in the Kakori Conspiracy case. Their case followed the 1925 Kakori train robbery aimed at funding revolution. The 1929 Assembly bombing instead involved Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. So option (d) is the correct answer. Concept Tested: Shared link among the Kakori Conspiracy defendants

NDA 2014-I

Q. 7. Who among the following was associated with the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association?

(a) Subhash Chandra Bose

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Bhagat Singh

(d) Laxmi Sehgal

Answer: (c) Bhagat Singh

Explanation: Bhagat Singh was a leading figure in the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. The organisation grew out of the earlier Hindustan Republican Association. Bose, Gandhi, and Laxmi Sehgal are linked to separate movements instead. So option (c) Bhagat Singh is the correct answer. Concept Tested: Leading figure of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

NDA 2014-I

Q. 8. The Indian National Army was organized to fight against

(a) Germany and Japan

(b) the British in India

(c) Japan

(d) Russia

Answer: (b) the British in India

Explanation: The Indian National Army was formed to fight British rule in India. It operated alongside Japanese forces during the Second World War for this goal. Germany, Japan itself, and Russia were not its intended targets. So option (b) is the correct answer. Concept Tested: The INA’s intended military target

NDA 2009-I

Q. 9. Which one of the following slogans is attributed to Subhash Chandra Bose?

(a) Jai Jawan Jai Kisan

(b) Bande Mataram

(c) Jai Hind

(d) Inqilab Zindabad

Answer: (c) Jai Hind

Explanation: Subhas Chandra Bose popularised the slogan Jai Hind. It became a rallying cry for the INA and Azad Hind movement. The other slogans belong to Shastri, Bankim Chandra, and Bhagat Singh respectively. So option (c) Jai Hind is the correct answer. Concept Tested: Slogan attributed to Subhas Chandra Bose

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