1. Bengal was partitioned in 1905, but due to opposition it was again divided in
Question Asked : 46th BPSC (Pre) 2003
(A) 1906
(B) 1916
(C) 1911
(D) 1909
2. What was the immediate cause for the launch of the Swadeshi Movement?
Question Asked : IAS (Pre) 2010
(A) The partition of Bengal done by Lord Curzon
(B) A sentence of 18 months rigorous imprisonment imposed on Lokmanya Tilak
(C) The arrest and deportation of Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh; and passing of the Punjab Colonization Bill
(D) Death sentence pronounced on the Chapekar brothers
3. The ‘Swadeshi’ and Boycott’ were adopted as methods of struggle for the first times during the
Question Asked : IAS (Pre) 2016
(A) agitation against the Partition of Bengal
(B) Home Rule Movement
(C) Non-Cooperation Movement
(D) Visit of the Simon Commission to India
4. Partition of Bengal was done mainly for
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998
(A) To divide the Hindu and Muslims
(B) For administrative convenience
(C) To weaken the growth of Nationalism in Bengal
(D) For the development of Bengal
5. Boycott of British goods was adopted as a national policy in
Question Asked : UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014
(A) 1899
(B) 1901
(C) 1903
(D) 1905
6. Who was the first to suggest the boycott of British goods in Bengal?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2011, UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004
(A) Aurobindo Ghose
(B) Krishna Kumar Mitra
(C) Motilal Ghosh
(D) Satish Chandra Mukherji
7. Who among of the following led the agitation against the partition of Bengal (1905)?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 2011
(A) Surendranath Bannerjee
(B) C.R. Das
(C) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
8. The Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at the time of Partition of Bengal was
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 2014
(A) Sir Andrew Fraser
(B) H.H. Risley
(C) Brodrick
(D) A. T. Arundel
9. The Governor-General who partitioned Bengal?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2011
(A) Curzon
(B) Canning
(C) Minto
(D) Mayo
10. Name the Viceroy of India concerned with Bengal partition
Question Asked : 42nd BPSC (Pre) 1997, Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2003
(A) Lord Harding
(C) Lord Lytton
(B) Lord Curzon
(D) Lord Minto
