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Indian political philosophy is the branch of philosophical thought in India that addresses questions related to polity, statecraft, justice, law, and the legitimacy of forms of governance.

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List of Indian Political Thought 1 MCQs

1. Who was the founder of Brahma Samaj?

1. Tilak
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. None of these

Answer: B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Explanation:

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of Brahma samaj.

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2. Who is regarded as the prophet of Indian Nationalism?

1. Ravindra Nath Tagore
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Tilak

Answer: C) Swami Vivekananda

Explanation:

Swami Vivekanand was regarded as the prophet of Indian Nationalism.

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3. Who is known as the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi?

1. Gopala Krishna Gokhale
2. Subhash Chandra Bose
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. None of these

Answer: A) Gopala Krishna Gokhale

Explanation:

Gopala Krishna Gokhale was known as the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi.

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4. Who is considered as the apostle of self-government?

1. Subhash Chandra Bose
2. Lord Ripon
3. Tagore
4. Tilak

Answer: B) Lord Ripon

Explanation:

Lord Ripon is regarded as the father of local self-government in India. He was considered to have given the Indians the first taste of independence by establishing the Local Self Government in 1882.

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5. Servants of India Society was established in which year?

1. 1900
2. 1902
3. 1905
4. 1910

Answer: C) 1905

Explanation:

Servants of India Society, society founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1905 to unite and train Indians of different ethnicities and religions in welfare work.

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6. Who is the chief exponent of Two nation theory?

1. Swami Vivekananda
2. Gokhale
3. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
4. None of these

Answer: C) Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Explanation:

The ideology that religion is the determining factor in defining the nationality of Indian Muslims was undertaken by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who termed it as the awakening of Muslims for the creation of Pakistan.

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7. The doctrine of Hindutva was expounded by?

1. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
2. Nehru
3. Gandhi ji
4. Tilak

Answer: A) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Explanation:

Hindutva is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India. As a political ideology, the term Hindutva was articulated by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923

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8. In Which year Mohammed Ali- Jinnah was elected to the Imperial LegislativeCouncil from Bombay?

1. 1900
2. 1910
3. 1915
4. 1923

Answer: D) 1923

Explanation:

In September 1923, Jinnah was elected as Muslim member for Bombay in the new Central Legislative Assembly. He showed much skill as a parliamentarian, organising many Indian members to work with the Swaraj Party, and continued to press demands for full responsible government.

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9. Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a ____?

1. Justice
2. Dharma
3. Power
4. Status

Answer: B) Dharma

Explanation:

Dharma

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10. Who is the Father of polity?

1. Aristotle
2. Cleisthenes
3. Plato
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: A) Aristotle

Explanation:

Aristotle is regarded as the father of political science. He was a great Greek philosopher.

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