TOPIC: FREEDOM STRUGGLE Q4.

In which session, Congress party were

Q1. Which person is associated with the splitted into Moderates and Extremists?
Aligarh Movement? A. Surat, 1907
A. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru B. Lahore, 1909
B. Mahatma Gandhi C. Madras, 1908
C. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan D. Banaras, 1905
D. Rajendra Prasad Answer: A
Answer: C The Indian National Congress, which was
• Sir Syed Ahmed Khan is associated with established in 1885.
the Aligarh Movement. He organised and It was divided into two groups in 1907 mainly
founded the Aligarh Movement. by extremists and moderates at the Surat
• It was based in Mohammedan Anglo- session of Congress.
Oriental College, Aligarh. Moderates were people who wanted to resolve
• Major objectives of the Aligarh Movement: issues with the government through
➢ To provide modern education among deliberations whereas Extremists believed in
Indian Muslims without weakening their strikes, agitation, and boycott to force their
allegiance to Islam. demands.
➢ To initiate social reforms among The session was held on the bank of the Tapti
Muslims relating to purdah, polygamy, River in Surat in 1907.
widow remarriage, women’s education, Q5. In 1757, which battle took place between
slavery, divorce, etc. siraj-ud-daulah and the east India
Q2. Who designed Indian National flag? Company?
A. Pingali Venkayya A. Battle of Buxar
B. Jawaharlal Nehru B. Battle of Plassey
C. Mahatma Gandhi C. Battle of Chausa
D. Rajendra Prasad D. Battle of Wandiwash
Answer: A Answer: B
The design of the flag of India that was first The Battle of Plassey was fought in north-
presented in 1921 to Mahatma Gandhi, leader eastern India on 23 June 1757. Troops of the
of the All-India Congress, was created by British East India Company, led by Robert
Pingali (or Pinglay) Venkayya. It consisted of Clive, came up against the forces of Siraj-ud-
the colours associated with the two principal Daulah, the last Nawab of Bengal, and his
religions, red for Hindus and green for French allies.
Muslims. Q6. Who was the viceroy of India during the
Q3. Who was known as 'Frontier Gandhi'? first-round table conference?
A. Maulana Azad A. Lord Irwin
B. Mohd Ali Jinnah B. Lord Willingdon
C. Khan Abdul Gaffar C. Lord Hardinge
D. Mahatma Gandhi D. Lord Curzon
Answer: C Answer: A
Khan Abdul Ghaffar is known as Frontier Lord Irwin was the Viceroy during the First
Gandhi/sarhadi Gandhi. He participated in round Table conference. The first-round table
India's freedom struggle. He is also known as conference was held in the year 1930. The
Bacha Khan, Badshah Khan, Sarhadi Gandhi Round Tables were held to discuss the reports
etc. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan established an of the Simon Commission.
organization called Khudai Khidmatgar in Lord Willingdon was the viceroy during the 3rd
1929. Round table conference.
Lord Hardinge was the viceroy when the capital
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Bengal was held during the Viceroy Lord A. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Curzon's tenure in 1905. B. Rajagopalachari
Q7. Who gave the slogan"Swaraj is my C. Mahatma Gandhi
birthright and I shall have it"? D. Periyar E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker
A. M. K. Gandhi Answer: D
B. G. Tilak Dravida Kazhagam was a social movement
C. G. K. Gokhale founded on 27th August 1944 by E. V.
D. B. R. Ambedkar Ramaswamy Naicker, commonly known as
Answer: B Periyar, its main goal was to eradicate the caste
“With his electrifying slogan, “Swaraj is my system and remove the demeaning status
birth-right and I shall have it” Lokmanya Bal imposed on the Dravidians.
Gangadhar Tilak stirred the Indian people and Q11. Who was the Governor General of
breathed new life into our struggle of freedom. India during the Revolt of 1857?
Q8. Who was the founding or first president A. Lord Dalhousie
of Ghadar party? B. Lord Canning
A. Sohan Singh Bhakna C. Lord Mayo
B. Kartar Singh Sarabha D. Lord Rippon
C. Lala Hardayal Answer: B
D. Baba Prithvi Singh Azad Charles Canning was the Governor-General of
Answer: A India during the rebellion of 1857. Lord
The founding president of the Ghadar Party was Dalhousie, the Governor-General of India from
Sohan Singh Bhakna. The party was established 1848 to 1856, was the one who devised the
as the Hindi Association of Pacific Coast under Doctrine of Lapse.
the leadership of Lala Har Dayal with Baba Q12. In which year Wood's Dispatch or
Sohan Singh Bhakna as its president. Magna Carta of western education system
Q9. Which among the following Acts were was passed in India?
also known as the Black Act? A. 1851
A. Rowlatt Act B. 1853
B. Pitt's Act C. 1854
C. Indian Councils Act D. 1857
D. Vernacular Press Act Answer: C
Answer: A Wood's Dispatch on Education, 1854. The
➢ Rowlatt Act was also known as the Black Wood's Despatch is considered as 'Magna-
Act. It is the anarchical and revolutionary Carta' of English Education in India. Charles
crimes act. It was introduced by the British Wood was the President of the Board of Control
Government in 1919. It was named after its of East India Company.
president, British judge Sir Sidney Rowlatt. Q13. Who was the Viceroy of India, when
Pitt’s Act (1784) - to bring the East India Meteorological department was established
Company's rule in India under the control in India, 1875?
of the British Government and thus address A. Lord John Lawrence
the shortcomings of the Regulating Act B. Lord Mayo
(1773). C. Lord Northbrook
➢ Indian Councils Acts were passed in 1861, D. Lord Lytton
1892 and 1909 to bring reform in the Answer: C
administration of India. It was established in 1875.
➢ Vernacular Press Act was proposed by IMD is headquartered in New Delhi
Lord Lytton (1876 - 80) to impose Q14. In which year first factory Act was
restrictions on the Indian press. passed in India?
Q10. Who was the founder of Dravida A. 1880
Kazhagam (social movement)? B. 1881

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C. 1882 General of India at that time was Lord Canning.
D. 1883 After the recommendation of wood's dispatch,
Answer: B these universities were formed. The
This Act may be called "The Indian Factories Universities of Calcutta and Bombay (now
Act, 1881." It applies to the whole of British Mumbai) were formed in July 1857 and Madras
India, and shall come into force on the first day (now Chennai) in September 1857, followed by
of July, 1881. Punjab in 1882, and Allahabad University in
Q15. Who founded Tattavabodhini Sabha? 1887.
A. Debendranath Tagore in 1839 Q18. At which place, the British East India
B. Keshab Chandra sen in 1857 Company established its first temporary
C. Akshay Kumar Datta in 1850 factory?
D. Dwarakanath Tagore in 1840 A. Masulipatnam
Answer: A B. Surat
Debendranath Tagore founded 'Tattavabodhini C. Bengal
Sabha'. On 6 October 1839, Debendranath D. Ahmedabad
Tagore established Tattvaranjini Sabha which Answer: A
was shortly thereafter renamed the The British thus established their first
Tattwabodhini ('Truth-seekers') Sabha. (temporary) factory at Masulipatnam in 1611.
Debendranath Tagore was a Hindu philosopher But, the first permanent British factory was
and religious reformer. Brahmo Samaj was established at Surat in 1613.
founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Q19. Who was the founder of Satyashodhak
Debendranath Tagore In 1859, the Samaj?
Tattwabodhini Sabha was dissolved back into A. Lala Lajpat Rai
the Brahmo Samaj by Debendranath Tagore. B. Mahatma Gandhi
Raja Ram Mohan Roy is regarded as the Father C. Jyotirao Phule
of Modern India. D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q16. In which year battle of Buxar was Answer: C
fought? Jyotibha Phule, the founder of Satyashodhak
A. 1757 samaj Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-seekers'
B. 1764 Society) was a social reform society founded by
C. 1769 Jyotirao Phule in Pune, Maharashtra, on 24
D. 1857 September 1873.
Answer: B Q20. Begum Hazrat Mahal was associated to
The battle of Buxar was fought on 22nd which of the following revolts of India?
October 1764. This battle was crucial for A. Moplah Revolt 1921
Britishers since it provided them full control of B. Paika Revolt 1817
Bengal and Bihar. It was fought between C. Gond Revolt 1941
Hector Munro and the combined forces of Mir D. Sepoy Mutiny 1857
Qasim which included Shuja-ud-daula, Shah Answer: D
Alam II, etc. Begum Hazrat Mahal was the second wife of
Q17. In which year, University of Calcutta, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah.
University of Bombay & University of Begum Hazrat Mahal is associated with Sepoy
Madras were established? Mutiny 1857. She led the revolt against the
A. 1857 British East India Company during the Indian
B. 1858 Rebellion of 1857.
C. 1859 Hazrat Mahal worked in association with Nana
D. 1860 Saheb and Maulavi of Faizabad. She was the
Answer: A leader of the 1857 revolt in Lucknow, Agra, and
The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay, and Awadh. Begum Hazrat Mahal's tomb is located
Madras were set up in 1857. The Governor- in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Q21. In which congress session, the demand Answer: B
of purna swaraj was passed? The Poona Pact refers to an agreement between
A. Surat Session Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi
B. Lahore Session signed on September 24, 1932.
C. Kanpur Session Q24. In which of the following Indian state
D. Karachi Session did the Moplah Rebellion, 1921 take place?
Answer: B A. Gujarat
Lahore Session- The Indian National Congress, B. Kerala
on 19 December 1929, passed ‘Purna Swaraj’ C. Andhra Pradesh
means total independence resolution at its D. Maharashtra
Lahore session. In the same session, Jawaharlal Answer: B
Nehru was elected as president of Congress. It Moplah rebellion refers to the revolt of the
was announced publically on 26 January 1930. peasants against the local landlords controlled
Nehru marched to the banks of Ravi with the by the British government. This took place in
Congress members and they took an oath not to the Malabar region of the erstwhile Madras
rest until Purna Swaraj was achieved. On Presidency which is now the Malappuram area
December 21, 1929, the Tiranga (tricolour) flag of Kerala, in 1921. The Moplahs are Muslim
was unfurled. tenants in the area who practiced agriculture.
Q22. Which of the following dates is The feudal system and its shortcomings are the
associated with the Jallianwala Bagh main reason behind the rebellion. The
Massacre? prominent leaders of the rebellion were Ali
A. 13 April 1919 Musaliyar and Variyankunnath Kunjahammed
B. 24 April 1919 Haji.
C. 17 April 1911 Q25. Who started Home Rule Movement in
D. 13 April 1929 India, 1916?
Answer: A A. Mahatma Gandhi
Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 B. Lala Lajpat Rai
April 1919. Jallianwala Bagh and its main C. G.K. Gokhle
Cause: Rowlatt act was enacted in early 1919 D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
that gave power to the British to arrest any Answer: D
person without any trial. The arrest of The Indian Home Rule movement was a
Saifudeen Kitchlew and Satya Pal sparked movement in British India along the lines of the
protests and the mob killed several foreign Irish Home Rule movement and other home
nationals and severely beat a Christian rule movements. Between 1916-1918, the
missionary. Several people were gathered in the movement lasted around two years and the
Jallianwala Bagh for the celebration of educated English-speaking upper-class Indians
Baisakhi, and for peaceful protest. Due to the are believed to have set the stage for the
unrest in Amritsar after protests against the independence movement under the leadership
Rowlatt Act. General Dyer took a strike force of Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. In
and without warning, he ordered fire to be 1921, its name was changed to Swarajya Sabha
opened on the crowd. The firing resulted in by the All India Home Rule League.
death of several people of Punjab on the Q26. Which of the following Inidan leaders
auspicious day of Baisakhi. was fatally injured by a british sergeant
Q23. In which year Poona pact (between Dr. while protesting against the Simon
B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi) was Commisssion?
signed? A. Lala Lajpat Rai
A. 1931 B. Bhaghat Singh
B. 1932 C. Sukhdev Thapar
C. 1933 D. Khudiram Bose
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Q27. Which of the following options is 33. Under which one of the following systems
CORRECTLY matched? of assessment, the British Government
A. Battle of Buxar-1769 collected revenue directly from the farmers?
B. Pitt’s India Act-1784 A. Zamindari
C. Battle of Plassey-1754 B. Ryotwari
D. The permanent settlement of Bengal-1798 C. Annawari
Answer: B D. Desaiwari
Q28. The Civil Disobedience Movement in Answer: B
India was in the year… 34. Who was associated with Ryotwari
A. 1920 settlement of Madras?
B. 1930 A. Malcom
C. 1922 B. Metcalfe
D. 1942 C. Munro
Answer: B D. Elphinstone
Q29. Which one of the following historical Answer: C
icons inaugurated the newspaper; “The 35. The first to come and last to leave India
Hindustan Times” in the year 1924? were…
A. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru A. The Portuguese
B. Dr. Rajendra Prasad B. The French
C. Mahatma Gandhi C. The English
D. Subhash Chandra Bose D. The Dutch
Answer: C Answer: A
Hindustan Times was inaugurated by Mahatma 36. The State Jhansi was made a part of the
Gandhi on September 15, 1924. The first British Empire in India through…
edition of the newspaper was published on A. Doctrine of Lapse
September 23 in the same year. B. Policy of Subsidiary Alliance
Q30. Mangal Pandey attacked and fired at C. War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
his senior at Barrackpore in Bengal on… D. None of the above
A. June 12th 1856 Answer: A
B. April 22nd 1856 37. Which Governor General is associated
C. May 10th 1857 with Doctrine of Lapse?
D. March 29th 1857 A. Lord Ripon
Answer: D B. Lord Dalhousie
Q31. Who among the following conferred the C. Lord Bentick
title of Father of the Nation on Mahatma D. Lord Curzon
Gandhi? Answer: B
A. C. Rajagopalachari 38. In which of the following years, the Battle
B. Vallabhbhai Patel of Buxar was fought?
C. Jawaharlal Nehru A. 1764
D. Subhash Chandra Bose B. 1766
Answer: D C. 1767
Q32. The ruler of which one of the following D. 1761
States was removed from power by the Answer: A
British on the pretext of misgovernance? 39. Who among the following was the first
A. Awadh Governor General of Bengal?
B. Jhansi A. Robert Clive
C. Nagpur B. William Bentick
D. Satara C. Marquess Wellesley
Answer: A D. Waren Hastings
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40. The first Governor General of India was- B. Surat
A. Lord Clive C. Sutanati
B. Lord Canning D. Madras
C. Lord William Bentick Answer: B
D. Lord Lytton 47. Name of the journalist who whole
Answer: C heartedly championed the cause of Indigo
41. Permanent settlement was a feature of- Movement was…
A. Zamindari System A. Sisri Kumar Ghosh
B. Ryotwari System B. Barindra Ghosh
C. Mahalwari System C. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
D. None of these D. Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: A Answer: C
42. Who among the following used the 48. Place chronologically the following
phrase 'Un-British' to criticize the English treaties and select the correct answer…
Colonial control of India? 1. Treaty of Amritsar
A. Anand Mohan Bose 2. Treaty of Bassein
B. BadruddinTyabji 3. Treaty of Seringapatnam
C. Dadabhai Naoroji 4. Treaty of Salbai
D. Pherozeshah Mehta A. 1,2,3,4
Answer: C B. 3,4,2,1
43. When did the British Government start C. 4,3,2,1,
ruling India directly? D. 3,2,4,1
A. After the Battle of Plassey Answer: C
B. After the Battle of Panipat 49. By which Charter Act, the East India
C. After the War of Mysore Company's monopoly of trade with China
D. After Sepoy Mutiny come to an end?
Answer: D A. Charter Act of 1793
44. With reference to the colonial rule of B. Charter Act of 1813
India, which one of the following was NOT C. Charter Act of 1833
the feature of subsidiary Alliance System? D. Charter Act of 1853
A. A subsidiary British army was to be Answer: C
maintained in the Indian State 50. Who among the following started Bengal
B. The determination of expenses incurred on weekly newspaper 'Samvad Kaumudi' in
the subsidiary British army was the duty of year 1821?
Indian State A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. The Indian State had to keep a British B. Aurobindo Ghosh
resident in her capital C. Ramkrishna Paramhans
D. Indian soldiers could be used by the D. Debendranath Tagore
company commanders Answer: A
Answer: D 51. Consider the following statements:
45. Who was the first Indian native ruler to A. Robert Clive was the first Governor
accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance? General of Bengal.
A. Scindia of Gwalior B. William Bentick was the first Governor
B. Nizam of Hyderabad General of India.
C. Dalip Singh of Punjab Which of the statements given above is/are
D. Gaikwad of Baroda correct?
Answer: B A. 1 only
46. The English established their first factory B. 2 only
in India at… C. Both 1 and 2
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Answer: B The most effiective contribution made by
52. Gandhi's intervention in the Ahmedabad Dadabhai Naoroji to the cause of Indian
Mill Strike in 1918 resulted in the National Movement was that he
enhancement of wages for the workers by- 1. exposed the economic exploitation of
A. 10% India by the British
B. 15% 2. Interpreted the ancient Indian texts and
C. 25% restored the self confidence of Indians
D. 35% 3. Stressed the need for eradication of all the
Answer: D social evils before the anything else
53. The main grievance of the peasants in the Which of the statements given above is/are
Champaran Satyagraha (1917) was correct?
regarding the A. 1 only
A. Abwabs on illegal taxes B. 2 and 3 only
B. Oppression of the landlords C. 1 and 3 only
C. Land revenue demands D. 1, 2 and 3
D. Tinkathiya systems Answer: A
Answer: D 58. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an
54. Indian Factory Act was promulgated in- A. White Paper
A. 1861 B. Regulating Act
B. 1881 C. Ordinance
C. 1887 D. Resolution
D. 1898 Answer: B
Answer: B 59. Set events in chornological order in
55. Under the Permanent Settlement, 1793 which they happened.
the Zamindars were required to issue Pattas 1. Sepoy mutiny
to farmers which were not issued by many of 2. Vasco da Gama reached India
Zamindars. The reason was… 3. Babur started mughal dynasty
A. The Zamindars were trusted by the farmers A. 1, 3, 2
B. There was no official check upon the B. 3, 1, 2
Zamindars C. 2, 3, 1
C. It was the responsibility of the British D. 3, 2, 1
Government Answer: C
D. The farmers were not interested in getting 60. 'In this instance we could not play off the
pattas Mohammedans against the Hindus'. To
Answer: B which one of the following events did this
56. Wiht reference to Ryatwari settlement, remark of Aitchison relate?
consider the following statements: A. Revolt of 1857
1. The rent was paid directly by the peasants B. Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
to the Govenment C. Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement
2. The Govrnment gave pattas to Ryats. D. August Movement of 1942
3. The lands were surveyed and assessed Answer: A
before being taxed. 61. Which one of the following territories
A. 1 only was NOT affected by the Revolt of 1857?
B. 1 and 2 only A. Jhansi
C. 1, 2 and 3 B. Chittor
D. none C. Jagdishpur
Answer: B D. Lucknow
57. Consider the following statements: Answer: B
62. The first Indian selected for Indian Civil
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A. Satyendra Nath Tagore B. William Dalrymple
B. Sarojini Naidu C. Thomas Wilson
C. Lala Lajpat Rai D. Simon Digby
D. C.R. Das Answer: B
Answer: A 69. Who among the following analysed the
63. The birth place of Maharani Laxmi Bai, causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a
the heroine of the 1857 freedom struggle is… reconciliation between the British and the
A. Agra Muslims?
B. Jhansi A. Sayyed Ahmad Brelvi
C. Varanasi B. Shah Waliullah
D. Vrindaban C. Sayyed Ahmad Khan
Answer: C D. Sayyed Amri Ali
64. The modern historian who called the Answer: C
revolt of 1857 as the 'first was of 70. Who of the following was the bitterest
independence' was enemy of the British during the Revolt of
A. R.C. Majumdar 1857?
B. S.N. Sen A. Maulavi Ahmdullah Shah
C. V.D. Savarkar B. Maulavi Imadulah
D. Ashok Mehta C. Maulana Fazi-i-Haq Khairabadi
Answer: C D. Nawab Liaquat Ali
65. Consider the following native rulers- Answer: A
1. Kunwar 71. When did Queen Victoria declared the
2. Nana Sahib taking over of Indian Administration under
3. Scindhia of Gwalior British Crown?
4. Nizam of Hyderadab A. 1 November, 1858
Who among these native rulers did NOT B. 31 December, 1857
participate in the Revolt of 1857? C. 6 January, 1958
A. 1, 2 and 4 D. 17 November, 1859
B. 2 and 3 Answer: A
C. 3 and 4 72.The first Governor General and Viceroy
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of British India was…
Answer: C A. Lord Dalhousie
66. The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the B. John Lawrence
poet C. Warren Hastings
A. Mir Taqi Mir D. Lord Canning
B. Zauq Answer: D
C. Ghalib 73. With reference to the 'revolt of the year
D. Iqbal 1857', who of the following was betrayed by
Answer: C a friend captured and put to death by the
67. During India'a freedom struggle, the British?
Sepoy Mutiny started from which one of the A. Nana Sahib
following places? B. Kunwar Singh
A. Agra C. Khan Bahadur Khan
B. Gwailor D. Tantiya Tope
C. Jhansi Answer: D
D. Meerut 74.'India was of Independence 1857' is
Answer: D written by…
68. Who is the author of the book 'The Last A. S.N. Sen
Mughal: The fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857'? B. R.C. Majumdar
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D. S.B. Chaudhari c. 1862
Answer: C d. 1861
75. Which of the following statements best Answer: C
explains the nature of revolt of 1857? 81. Who wanted Indian National Congress to
A. The last effort of the old political order to be a 'Safety Value'?
regain power A. A.O. Hume
B. Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British B. Lord Lytton
Army C. W.C. bannerjee
C. A struggle of the common people of D. Surendranath Bannerjee
overthrow common rule Answer: A
D. An effort to establish a limited Indian 82. Who among the following was NOT a
Nation moderate?
Answer: B A. Bipin Chandra Pal
76. Who among the following British persons B. Feroz Shah Mehta
admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national C. Surendranath Bannerjee
revolt? D. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
A. Lord Dalhousie Answer: A
B. Lord Canning 83. Who said, 'The Congress is tottering to
C. Lord Ellenborough its fall and one of my greatest ambitions
D. Disraeli while in India is to assist it to a peaceful
Answer: D demise'?
77. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the A. George Hamilton
Revolt of 1857 at- B. Lord Curzon
A. Barrackpore C. Lord Dufferin
B. Meerut D. Lord Minto
C. Kanpur Answer: B
D. Jhansi 84. Who of the following was the first
Answer: A Muslim President of Indian National
78. The National Anthem was first sung in Congress?
year 1911 at the Annual session of the India A. Badaruddin Tayabji
National Congress held at: B. Abdul Kalam Azad
A. Pune C. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
B. Mumbai D. M.A. Ansari
C. Calcutta Answer: A
D. Lucknow 85. Who was the founder of the Indian
Answer: Association?
It was first sung on December 27, 1911 at the A. Dadabhai Naoroji
Calcutta Session of the Indian National B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Congress. C. A.O. Hume
79. There are no politics deviod of religion is D. Surendranath Banerjee
stated by… Answer: D
A. Nehru 86. The method of moderate leaders of the
B. Gandhi Congress was?
C. Vinoba Bhave A. Non-Cooperation
D. Jaya Prakash Narayan B. Constitutional Legitations
Answer: B C. Passive Resistance
80. High courts were established in Calcutta, D. Civil Disobedience
Bombay and Madras in… Answer: B
a. 1935 87. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the
b. 1919 epithiet of Lokamanya during…

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A. His imprisonment in 1908 93. Who, among the following, was NOT
B. Home Rule Movement present in the founding session of Indian
C. Revolutionary Movement National Congress?
D. Swadeshi Movement A. Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: B B. G. Subramaniya Iyer
88. Who was in favour of a partyless C. Justice Ranade
democracy? D. Surendranath Bannerjee
A. Jai Prakash Narayan Answer: D
B. Bhupendra Nath Dutta 94. Which of the following papers was
C. M.N. Roy essentially the mouth piece of the policies of
D. Jawaharlal Nehru liberals?
Answer: A A. New India
89. Who was the first Governor General of B. Leader
Bengal? C. Young India
A. Robert Clive D. Free Press Journal
B. William Bentick Answer: B
C. Warren Hasting 95. The second session of Indian Natioal
D. Col. Sanders Congess was presided over by…
Answer: C A. Ganesh Agarkar
90. Who was the founder of Swatantra B. Surendranath Banerjee
Party? C. Dadabhai Naoroji
A. B.G. Tilak D. Pheroz Shah Mehta
B. Dadabhai Naoroji Answer: C
C. Gopal KrishnaGokhale 96. The first Indian to contest an election to
D. Rajagopalchari the British House of Commons was…
Answer: D A. Dadabhai Naoroji
91. Who of the following founded the East B. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
India Association? C. Pheroz Shah Mehta
A. C.R. Das D. W.C. Bannerjee
B. Dadabhai Naoroji Answer: D
C. Debendranath Tagore 97.Accordings to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj
D. V.D. Savarkar meant…
Answer: B A. Complete Independence
92. The first session of the Indian National B. Self Government
Congress was shifted from Poona to Bombay C. Economic independence
almost at the eleventh hour because… D. Political independence
A. The leaders of the Bombay Presidency Answer: B
Association were against holding the first 98. Who among the following, rejected the
meeting of the Congress at Poona. title of 'Knight hood' and refused to accept a
B. The Bombay Governor agreed the A.O. position in the council of the Secretary of
Hume's proposal to act as First President of State for India?
the Congress. A. Motilal Nehru
C. Bombay as the capital of the presidency B. M.G. Ranade
would help the conference attract more C. G.K. Gokhle
attention if it was held there. D. B.G. Tilak
D. An outbreak of cholera in Poona forced the Answer: C
organizers of the Congress to shift its venue 99. Who was the first woman President of
from poona to Bombay Congress?
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C. Mrs.Nelline Sengupta B. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Aruna Asaf Ali C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: A D. Swami Vivekananda
100. Who was the Chairman of the Partition Answer: B
Council? 107. Who attended the Imperial Durbar of
a. M.A. Jinnah 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi?
b. Lord Mountbatten A. M.K. Gandhi
c. Jawaharlal Nehru B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d. V.P. Menon C. Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: B D. Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
101. "India Wins Freedom" is the Answer: D
autobiography of… 108. The song 'jana-Gana-Mana' composedd
A. Abul Kalam Azad by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first
B. Muhammad Ali published in January 1912 under the title
C. Zakir Hussain of…
D. Sayyed Ahmad Khan A. Jay Ho
Answer: A B. Rashtra Jagriti
102. The Province of Bengal was partitioned C. Bharat Vidhata
into two parts in 1905 by… D. Matribhoomi
A. Lord Lytton Answer: C
B. Lord Ripon 109. The communal electorate was
C. Lord Dufferin introduced for the first time in India in…
D. Lord Curzon A. 1919
Answer: D B. 1935
103. With reference to Indian freedom C. 1906
struggle, who among the following was D. 1909
labelled as 'Moderate' leader in the Answer: D
Congress? 110. The All-Indian Muslim league was
A. Gopal Krishna Gokhle founded by…
B. Bipin Chandra Pal A. Nawab Khwaja Salimullah
C. Lala Lajpat Rai B. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
D. Aurobindo Ghosh C. Agha Khan
Answer: A D. Hakim Ajmal Khan
104. Who was the Viceroy when Delhi Answer: A
became the capital of British India? All India Muslim League:
A. Load Curzon ➢ It was established on 30 December 1906,
B. Lord Minto by Nawab Salimullah Khan at Dacca,
C. Lord Hardinge British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh).
D. Lord Wavli ➢ Aga Khan was the First President.
Answer: C ➢ A resolution to form the All-India Muslim
105. For which community were seats League was passed by Nawab Salimullah
reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms? Khan and was seconded by Hakim Ajmal
A. Jews Khan, Maulana Muhammad Ali, and
B. Muslims Moulana Zafar Ali.
C. Christians ➢ The resolution was passed by the All-India
D. Sikhs Educational Conference on 30th December
Answer: B 1906.
106. Who said thet 'the real seat of taste is ➢ The first session of the All-India Muslim
not the tongue but the mind'? League was held at Karachi on 29th
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 December 1907 and was presided over by 1. The Indian National Congress was
Adamji Peer Bhai. founded during the viceroyalty of Lord
➢ Muslim League opposed the Swadeshi Dufferin.
Movement of 1905. 2. The first President of Indian National
111. 'Lucknow pact' was a deal between- Congress was W.C. Banerji.
A. Indians and the British about legislative 3. The first session of the Indian National
seats Congress was held in Calcutta.
B. Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing 4. In the first session of the Indian National
in legislatures Congress some government officials
C. Depressed castes and Brahmins about job were also present.
reservations Which of the statements given above are
D. Hindus and Sikhs about job reservations correct?
Answer: B A. 1, 2 and 3 only
112. Who was the only Indian to be elected B. 1, 2 and 4 only
as President of the United Nations General C. 3 and 4 only
Assembly? D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
A. Vijayalakshmi Pandit Answer: B
B. V.K. Krishna Menon 118. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Started an
C. Jawaharlal Nehru Urdu Weekly, The Al Hilal in 1912 but on its
D. Rajeswar Dayal being banned by the Government he
Answer: A founded at Al-Balagh in…
113. Hardayal, an intellectual gaint, was A. 1913
associated with… B. 1914
A. Home Rule Movement C. 1915
B. Ghadar Movement D. 1916
C. Swadeshi Movement Answer: A
D. Non-Cooperation Movement In 1913 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started Al-
Answer: B Balagh. He was an Indian scholar and the senior
114. On imprisonment in 1908 by the British, Muslim leader of the Indian National Congress
Bal Ganga Dhar Tilak was… during Indian Independence Movement. He
A. Andaman and Nicobar became the first minister of Education in the
B. Rangoon Indian Government.
C. Singapore 119. The most important organisation of the
D. Mandalay pre congress nationalist organisations was
Answer: D the-
115. The Partition of Bengal (1905) was A. Bengal British India Society
annulled by the… B. East India Association
A. Indian Councils Act of 1909 C. Young Bengal Association
B. Chelmsford-Montague Report, 1919 D. Indian Association of Calcutta
C. Proclamation of Dehli Durbar in 1911 Answer: D
D. Government of India Act, 1935 120. Arrange the establishment of the
Answer: C following in a chronological order (starting
116. Who is known as 'Nightingle of India'? with the earliest):
A. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit 1. The East India Association
B. Lata Mangeshkar 2. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
C. Sarojini Naidu 3. The Madras Mahajan Sabha
D. Noor Jahan 4. The Bombay Presidency Asociation
Answer: C Select the correct answer using the code given
117. Consider the following statements: below:
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C. 3-4-2-1 struggle, which one of the following is the
D. 1-4-3-2 correct chronological order of the given
Answer: A events?
Organization Year Founders A. Partition of Bengal – Surat Split of
The East India 1866 Dadabhai Naoroji Congress – Lucknow Pact
Association and some Indian B. Partition of Bengal – Lucknow Pact – Surat
students Split of Congress
The Poona 1870 S.H.Chiplunkar, C. Surat Split of Congress – Partition of
Sarvajanik Mahadev Govind Bengal – Lucknow Pact
Sabha Ranade, Ganesh D. Surat Split of Congress – Lucknow Pact –
Vasudeo Joshi
Partition of Bengal
The Madras 1884 S.Ramaswami
Answer: A
Mahajan Mudaliar,
125. Who was the first editor of the
Sabha P.Rangaiah Naidu
and P. Yogantar?
Anandacharlu A. Barindra Ghosh
The Bombay 1885 Pherozshah Mehta B. Bipin Chandra Pal
Presidency C. Jatindra Nath Mukherjee
Association D. Ullaskar Dutt
Answer: A
121. Who said, 'Swaraj is my brithright and 126. Which one of the following pairs is not
I will have it'? correctly matched?
A. Mahatma Gandhi A. Partition of Bengal-----1905
B. Bipin Chandra Pal B. Foundation of Muslime League----- 1906
C. Gopal Krishna Gokhle C. Surat Split----- 1907
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak D. Transfer of India's Capital from Calcutta to
Answer: D Delhi-----1909
122. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer Answer: D
to as his Political Guru? 127. Barindra Kumar Ghosh was member of
A. Swami Vivekananda which revolutionary organisation of Bengal?
B. Ram Mohan Roy A. Anushilan Samiti
C. Sisir Kumar B. Swadesh Bandhav Samiti
D. Dadabhai Naoroji C. Varti Samiti
Answer: A D. Shadhana Samaj
123. Consider the following statements Answer: A
regarding Freedom Movement: 128. Who called Bal Gangadhar Tilak the
I. The Congress was split into two 'Father of Indian Unrest'?
factions as its Surat Session in 1907. A. Lord Curzon
II. Bal Gangadhar Tilak revived the B. Vincent Smith
festivals of Ganpati and Shivaji in C. Valentile Chirol
Maharashtra to arouse a new split D. Henry Cotton
among the youth of the country. Answer: C
III. Aurobindo Ghosh was arrested in Valentine Chirol called him “Father of Indian
connection with Alipore bomb case. Unrest”, who first of all demanded complete
Whcih of these statements is/are correct? “Swarajya”.
A. III only 129. Who among the following leaders
B. I and II dominated the Lucknow Pact in December,
C. II and II 1916?
D. I, IIand III A. Jawahar Lal Nehru
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C. Moti Lal Nehru allying with Ottoman Turkey, Imperial
D. Madan Mohan Malviya Germany, and Afghanistan.
Answer: B 134. When did the attempt of murder of
130. Who among the following was the chief kingsford was made at Muzaffarpur?
architect of reconciliation between the A. 1908
Extremists and the Moderates? B. 1909
A. Annie Besant C. 1907
B. M.A. Jinnah D. 1911
C. Madam Cama Answer: A
D. Pheroz Shah Mehta 135. In which of the following movements
Answer: B Bande Mataram was adopted slogan for
131. What was the immediate cause for the agitation?
launch of the Swadeshi Movement? A. Revolt of 1857
A. The Partition of Bengal done by Lord B. Partition of Bengal in 1905
Curzon C. Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922
B. A sentence of 18 months rigorous D. Quit India Movement in 1942
imprisonment imposed on Lokmanya Answer: B
Tilak. 136. Sri Aurobind Ashram is situated in-
C. The arrest and deportation on Lala Lajpat A. Tamil Nadu
Rai and Ajit Singh; and passing of the B. Karnataka
Punjab Colonization Bill. C. Rameshwaram
D. Death sentence 14ronounced on the D. Pondicherry
Chapkar brothers Answer: D
Answer: A 137. Who was the first president of All India
132. Consider the following nationalists… Muslim League?
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak A. Syed Ahmed Khan
2. Gopalkrishna Gokhle B. Mohammad Iqbal
3. Bipin Chandra Pal C. Agha Khan
4. Lala Lajpat Rai D. Nawab Salimullah Khan
Who among these were referred to as militant Answer: C
nationalist of the freedom movements? All India Muslim League:
A. 1, 2 and 3 ➢ It was established on 30 December 1906,
B. 2 and 4 by Nawab Salimullah Khan at Dacca,
C. 1, 3 and 4 British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh).
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 ➢ Aga Khan was the First President.
Answer: C ➢ A resolution to form the All-India Muslim
133. The Silk letter conspiracy (1916) was League was passed by Nawab Salimullah
organised by Khan and was seconded by Hakim Ajmal
A. Maulana Obeidullah Sindhi and Maulana Khan, Maulana Muhammad Ali, and
Barakatullah Moulana Zafar Ali.
B. Maulana Abdul Bari and Maulana ➢ The resolution was passed by the All-India
Muhammad Ali Educational Conference on 30th December
C. Maulana Abul Kalam and Maulana 1906.
Mahmud Hasan ➢ The first session of the All-India Muslim
D. Raja Mahendra Pratap and Jon Henting League was held at Karachi on 29th
Answer: A December 1907 and was presided over by
The silk movement was organised by Deobandi Adamji Peer Bhai.
leaders Maulana Obeidullah Sindhi and ➢ Muslim League opposed the Swadeshi
Maulana Barkatullah between 1913 and 1920, Movement of 1905.
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138. Who among the following established a A. Lord Dufferin
Republican Government in abroad? B. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
A. Raja Mahendra Pratap C. Lord Curzon
B. Subhash Chandra Bose D. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Ras Behari Bose Answer: D
D. None of these 145. Consider the following paragraph:
Answer: A
139. The newspaper brought out by Bal He was seriously injured in police lathi
Gangadhar Tilak to promote nationalism charge in Lahore during demonstrations
was… against Simon Commission for which he
A. Yugantar subsequently died in November 1928. Later
B. Deshbhakti on, the British Officer, who was responsible
C. Kesari for the Lathi chare on him, was shot deat by
D. Kranti Bhagat Singh and Rajguru.
Answer: C The revolutionary referred to in the above
Kesari is a Marathi newspaper which was paragraph is…
founded on 4 January 1881 by Lokmanya Bal A. Pandit Gobind Ballabh Pant
Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader of the B. Mangal Singh
Indian Independence movement. C. Moti Lal Nehru
140. The father of extremist movement in D. Lala Lajpat Rai
India is: Answer: D
A. Motilal Nehru 146. Which one of the following was not an
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale extremist?
C. Vallabh Bhai Patel A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak B. Madan Lal Dhingra
Answer: D C. Udham Singh
141. The Ghadar Movement was founded D. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
by- Answer: D
A. Ajit Singh 147. 'I and giving you a Muslim province' –
B. Lala Hansraj Who said?
C. Lala Hardayal A. Fazl-ul-Haque
D. Sohan Singh Bhakhna B. Lord Curzon
Answer: C C. Stafford Cripps
142. Who founded Swadedh Bandhav D. Lord Mountbatten
Samiti? Answer: B
A. Ashwin Kumar Dutt 148. Who defended Aurobindo Ghosh in the
B. Pulin Das Alipore Bomb Case?
C. Surya Sen A. W.C. Bannerjee
D. Barindra Gosh B. Surendra Nath Bannerjee
Answer: A C. Bipin Chandra Pal
143. What was Kamagata Maru? D. ChittaRanjan Das
A. A political party based in Taiwan Answer: D
B. Peasant Communist leader of China 149. Where was the Ghadar revolutionaries,
C. A naval ship on voyage to Canada who become during the outbreake of the
D. A Chinese village where MaoTse Tung world was I based?
began his long march A. North America
Answer: C B. South America
144. Who said that 'Congress Movement was C. Central America
neither inspired by the people nor devised or D. West America
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Ghadar revolutionaries were based in San A. Binoy Bose, Badal Gupta
Francisco and branches along the US Coast and B. Surya Sen, Loknath Bal
in the far East. C. Damodar and Balkrishna Chapekar
150. The split between the Extermists and D. Prafull Chaki, Khadinam Bose
Moderates came up in the open at the Surat Answer: D
Congress session in the year… 157. Gandhiji Champaran Movement was
A. 1905 for…
B. 1906 A. The security of rights of Harijans
C. 1907 B. Civil Disobedience Movement
D. 1910 C. Maintaining the unity of Hindu Society
Answer: C D. Solving the problem of Indigo Workers
151. Who was the first propounder of the Answer: D
doctrine of Passive Resistance? 158. Who was the Nationalist Leader to be
A. B.G. Tilak elected as Speaker of Central Legislative
B. Aurobindo Ghosh Assembly in 1925?
C. Lajpat Rai A. Motilal Nehru
D. G.K. Gokhale B. Vitthalbhai Patel
Answer: B C. Vallabhbhai Patel
152. Who had founded the Anushilan D. C.R. Das
Samiti? Answer: B
A. Pramath Nath Mitra 159. Which one of the following was a
B. Varindra Ghosh journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?
C. V.D. Savarkar A. Al-Hilal
D. Narendra Gosain B. Comarde
Answer: A C. The Indian Sociologist
153. Which one of the following nationalist D. Zamindar
leaders has been described as being radical Answer: A
in Politics but conservative in social issues? 160. Who was known as the Frontier Gandhi
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Simanta Gandhi)?
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhle A. Abdul Gaffar Khan
C. Lala Lajpat Rai B. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Madan Mohan Malviya C. Shaukat Ali
Answer: A D. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
154. Who was the founder of Bharat Answer: A
Naujawan Sabha in 1926? 161. Which among the following movements
A. Lala Lajpat Rai was not led by Mahatma Gandhi?
B. Sardar Bhagat Singh A. Quit India Movement
C. Lala Hardayal B. Swadeshi Movement
D. Sohan Singh Bhakhna C. Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: B D. Civil Disobedience Movement
155. Shyamji Krishna Verma established Answer: B
Indian Home Rule Society in… 162. Who was the Commander-in-Chief of
A. London INA before Subhash Chandra Bose?
B. Paris A. Giani Pritam Singh
C. Berlin B. Capt. Mohan Singh
D. San Francisco C. Major Fuzihara
Answer: A D. Capt. Suraj Mal
156. Which two revolutionaries were Answer: B
involved in the Muzaffarpur Murder In the Bangkok conference, a Council of Action
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formed and Rashbehari Bose was elected as the 168. Who had founded the Independent
president of the council. Mohan Singh was League?
appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the A. Moti Lal Nehru
Indian National Army at this conference. B. Mahatma Gandhi
Subhash Chandra Bose reached Japanese- C. Ras Behari Bose
controlled Singapore from Germany in July D. Lala Lajpat Rai
1943, issued from there his famous call, ‘Delhi Answer: C
Chalo’, and announced the formation of the 169. During the Indian freedom struggle,
Azad Hind Government and the Indian who among the following proposed that
National Army on 21st October 1943. Swaraj shoul be defined as complete
163. At the time of partition of India, which independence free from all foreign control?
one of the following provinces of British A. Mazharul Haque
India came forward with a plan for a united B. Maulana Hasarat Mohani
and independent existence? C. Hakim Ajmal Khan
A. Punjab D. Abul Kalam Azad
B. Assam Answer: B
C. Bengal 170. The real intention of the British to
D. Bihar include the Princely States in the Federal
Answer: A Union proposed by the Indian Act of 1935
164. Who was called the 'Iron Man of India'? was to…
A. Sardar vallabhbhai Patel A. exercise more and direct political and
B. Surendranath Bannerjee administrative control over the Princely
C. Bipin Chandra Pal States
D. Lala Lajpat Rai B. involve the princes actively in the
Answer: A administration of the colony
165. When did Cabinet Mission arrive in C. finally effect the complete political and
India? administrative take-over of all the Princely
A. 1942 States by the British
B. 1945 D. use the princes to counter-balance the anti-
C. 1946 imperialist doctrines of the nationlist
D. 1947 leaders
Answer: C Answer: D
166. Which one of the following aroused a 171. The last opportunity to avoid the
wave of popular indignation that led to the partition of India was lost with the rejection
massacre by the British at JallianWala of…
Bagh? A. Cripps Mission
A. The Arms Act B. Rajagopalachari Formula
B. The Public Safety Act C. Cabinet Mission Plan
C. The Rowlatt Act D. Wavel Plan
D. The Vernacular Press Act Answer: C
Answer: C 172. Which movement got the support from
167. Who among the following drafted the both Hindus and Muslims?
resolution on Fundamental Rights and A. Non-Cooperation Movement
Economic Programmes for the karachi B. Quit India Movement
Session of Congress in 1931? C. Champaran Stayagraha
A. B.R. Ambedkar D. Anti-Partition Movement
B. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Answer: A
C. Rajendra Prasad 173. Which Satyagraha was held at Nagpur
D. Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel in 1923?
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C. Ryots Satyagraha 179. When was Non-co-operation Movement
D. Flag Satyagraha called off
Answer: D A. 12th February, 1922
174. What was Lala Lajpat Rai B. 20th February, 1922
demonstration against when he succmbed to C. 19th February, 1922
police brutality? D. 28th February, 1922
A. Rowlatta Act Answer: A
B. Minto-Morley Reforms 180. "Long years ago we made a tryst with
C. Simon Commission desting and now the time comes when we
D. Pitts India Act shall redeem our pledge............" This was
Answer: C stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by…
175.The theory of economic drain of India A. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
during British imperialism was propounded B. Rajagopalachari
by C. Jawaharlal Nehru
A. Jawaharlal Nehru D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B. Dadabhai Naoroji Answer: C
C. R.C. Dutt 181. In Gandhian Socialism
D. Motilal Nehru A. State is required
Answer: B B. State is not required
Dadabhai Naoroji's mentioned the concept of C. State is sometimes required and sometimes
drain of wealth from India during British rule in not required
his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India. D. State is neither required
176. Who among the following Pakistani Answer: B
National was awarded 'Bharat Ratna' by the 182. Who is the author of the autobiography
Indian Government? 'The Indian Struggle'?
A. Liaquat Ali Khan A. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
B. M.A. Jinnah B. Jawahar Lal Nehru
C. Khad Abdul Ghaffar Khan C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Muhammad Iqbal D. Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: C Answer: D
177. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was 183. Who was the first Indian to be made a
elected as President of the Congress Party fellow of the Royal Society of London?
defeating A. Srinivas Ramanujam
A. Pattabhi Sitharamayy B. A.C. Wadia
B. Jawaharlal Nehru C. C.V. Raman
C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad D. P.C. Mahalanobis
D. VB Patel Answer: B
Answer: A The honour of being the first Indian Fellow of
178. Which of the following parties were the Royal Society goes to Ardaseer Cursetjee
established by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar? Wadia (1808-77), marine engineer at Bombay,
1. The Peasants and Workers Party of India who was elected on 27 May 1841.
2. All the Indian Scheduled Castes Federation 184. Who is called the 'Father of the Indian
3. The Independent Labour Party National Congress'?
Select the correct answer using the codes given A. Mahatma Gandhi
below: B. A.O. Hume
A. 1 and 2 only C. Lokmanya Tilak
B. 2 and 3 only D. Surendra Nath Banerjee
C. 1 and 3 only Answer: B
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185. Who said "The Simmon Commission B. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Report should be thrown on a heap of C. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
rubbish"? D. Acharya J.B. Kriplani
A. Mahatma Gandhi Answer: C
B. Shivaswami Iyer 192. The Muslim League advocated a
C. Mohammad Ali Jinnah separate Muslim State…
D. Jawaharlal Nehru A. At its birth in 1906
Answer: B B. During the Khilafat Movement
186. Sarvodaya stands for… C. In 1930, when it opposed the Civil
A. Total revolution Disobedience Movement
B. Non-cooperation D. At the Lahore Session of 1940
C. Upliftment of all Answer: D
D. Non-violence 193. In which city of South Africa was
Answer: C Gandhi beaten up and thrown off the
187. When Mahatma Gandhi was pavement by the white people?
assassinated who said, "None will believe A. Cape town
that a man like this in body and soul ever B. Durban
walked on this earth"? C. Johannesburg
A. Bertrand russell D. Pretoria
B. Leo Tolstoy Answer: B
C. Albert Einstein 194.Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement
D. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan with Mahatma Gandhi?
Answer: C A. Annie Besant
188. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma B. Mridula Sarabhai
Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada C. Muthu Lakshmi
Jail against: D. Sarojni Naidu
A. British repression of the Satyagrahis. Answer: D
B. Violation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. 195. Which one of the following writings is
C. Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald. NOT related to Mahatma Gandhi?
D. Communal Roits in Calcutta. A. My Experiments with Truth
Answer: C B. Harijan
189. Through which principle or device did C. The Holy Family
Ghandhiji strive to bridge economics D. Hind Swaraj
inequalities? Answer: C
A. Abolition of machinery 196. Gandhi considered Khadi as a symbol
B. Establishment of village industries of…
C. Trustrieeship theory A. Industrialisation
D. None of the above B. Economic Independence
Answer: C C. Economic Growth
190. When Mahatma Gandhi was arrected D. Moral Purity
who among the following took over the Answer: B
leadership of Salt Satyagraha? 197. Who attend the Congress of Oppressed
A. Vinoba Bhave Nationalist at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of
B. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel the National Congress?
C. Abbas Tayyabji A. Jawahar Lal Nehru
D. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad B. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: C C. Dr. Ansari
191. Who was the leader of the Bardoli D. Moti Lal Nehru
Satyagraha? Answer: A
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198. The Swarajya Party was formed D. Quit India movement
following the failure of Answer: D
A. Non-Co-operation Movement 204. Who among the following was
B. Civil Disobedience Movement associated with Kakori Conspiracy Case?
C. Quit India Movement A. Abul Kalam Azad
D. Champaran Satyagraha B. Shahnawaz Khan
Answer: A C. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
199. Provincial Autonomy was one of the D. Asfaqulla
important features of the Act of… Answer: D
A. 1935 205. With reference to Indian freedom
B. 1919 struggle, consider the following
C. 1909 statements…
D. 1858 1. C.R. Das and Moti Lal Nehru formed the
Answer: A Congress Khilafat Swaraj Party.
200. Bhaulabhai Desai's most memorable 2. In 1919, Gandhiji was elected President of
achievement ws his defence of the Indian the Khilafat Conference.
National Army (INA) personnel at the Red 3. The Communist Party of India was banned
Fort Trial towards the ends of… by the Government in 1934.
A. 1943 Which of the statements is/are correct?
B. 1944 A. 1 and 2
C. 1945 B. 2 only
D. 1946 C. 1 and 3
Answer: C D. 1,2 and 3
201. Consider the following events with Answer: D
reference to India's Freedom Movement: 206. Who among the following was regarded
I. First Round Table Conference by Mahatma Gandhi as his 'Political Guru'?
II. Poona Pact A. Dadabhai Naoroji
III. Simon Commission B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
IV. Gandhi-Irwin Pact C. Pheroz Shah Mehta
The correct chronological sequence of these D. Gopal Krishan Gokhle
events is… Answer: D
A. I-III-II-IV 207. For which one of the following
B. III-I-II-IV movements did Mahatma Gandhi give the
C. I-III-IV-II slogan 'Do or Die'?
D. III-I-IV-II A. Kheda Satyagraha
Answer: D B. Non-Co-operation Movement
202. With which of the following newspapers C. Civil Disobedience Movement
was Jawahar Lal Nehru associated? D. Quit India Movement
A. The Leader Answer: D
B. Amrit Bazar Patrika 208. Who was the Govenor General of India
C. The Tribune during the launch of Civil Disobedience
D. National Herald Movement?
Answer: D A. Lord Chelmsford
203. During which one of the following B. Lord Reading
movements did Mahatma Gandji write; C. Lord Irwin
Personally, I am sick of slavery that I am D. Lord Wavell
even prepared to take the rise of anarchy'? Answer: C
A. Home Rule movement 209. Which one of the following with regard
B. Non-Co-operation movement to the Poona Pact, 1932 is NOT correct?
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sections in Government jobs 215. When Lord Mountbatten became the
B. Reservation of seats for the depressed first Govenor General of free India, who
classes in the provincial legislature among the following became the Govenor
C. Acceptance of joint electorate system General for Pakistan?
D. Reservation of seats for the depressed A. Lord Mountbatten
classes in the central legislature B. M.A. Jinnah
Answer: A C. Liaquat Ali khan
210. The Haripura Congress (1938) remains D. Shaukat Ali
a milestone in Indian freedom struggle, Answer: B
because… When Lord Mountbatten became the first
A. it declared war on the British Empire Governor-General of India, Mohammed Ali
B. it anointed Jawahar Lal Nehru as the future Jinnah who is considered the founder and the
Prime Minister of India first governor-general of Pakistan from 1947 to
C. of the introduction of the Idea of a planning 1948.
commission 216. October 26, 1947 is an important date in
D. of the acceptance of the Government of the Indian History because of…
India Act, 1935 by the Congress A. Maharaja Hari Singh's signing of
Answer: C Instrument of Accession
211. The lady Congress leader who went B. Ceasefire with Pakistan
underground duting the Quit India C. Merger of Sind
Movement was… D. Declaration of War over India by Pakistan
A. Sucheta Kripalani Answer: A
B. Vijay Laxmi Pandit 217. Jai Prakash Narayan belonged to which
C. Aruna Asaf Ali Party?
D. Sarojini Naidu A. Congress
Answer: C B. Kisan Sabha
212. In the year 1946, who among the C. Socialist
following joined the Vicerot's Executive D. Raivadi
Council with finance portfolio? Answer: C
A. Mohammad Ali Jinnah 218. Where did Subhas Chandra Bose
B. Liaqat Ali Khan establish the Provisional Government of
C. Nawab Salimullah Free India?
D. Shaukat Ali A. Tokyo
Answer: B B. Singapore
213. Who among the following was elected as C. Bangkok
the President of All-India Khilafat D. Berlin
Conference met at Delhi in November, 1919? Answer: B
A. Motilal Nehru On 21-October-1943, Subhash Chandra Bose
B. Mahatma Gandhi proclaimed the formation of the Provisional
C. M.A. Jinnah Government of Free India in Singapore. It was
D. Shaukat Ali also called Azad Hind or Free India. It was
Answer: B established with financial, political and military
214. Who among the following Urdu poets support from Imperial Japan. The Indian
was invited to the Second and Third Round National Army (INA) was the army of the Azad
Table Conference? Hind government.
A. Faiz Ahmeh Faiz The Azad Hind Fauj or the India National Army
B. Josh Malihabadi (INA) was formed in Singapore by Mohan
C. Muhammad Iqbal Singh in 1942. It was revived by Netaji Subhas
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Second World War to secure India’s complete A. Gandhiji wanted to win the support the
independence from British Raj. Khilafat Muslims against the British
219. The object of Butler Committee of 1927 B. The Khalifa had given shelter to Indian
was to… revolutionaries
A. modernise the Indian army C. The Khalifa support Indian struggle for
B. modernise the Indian agriculture freedom
C. impose censorship on National Press D. The Khalifa was a personal friend of
D. Improve the relationship between Gandhiji
Government of India and Indian Princely Answer: A
States 226. When was Rowlatt Act passed?
Answer: D A. 1919
220. The Second Round Table Conference at B. 1920
London was held in the backdrop of the- C. 1921
A. Emerson – Gandhi Pact D. 1922
B. Hailey – Gandhi Pact Answer: A
C. Gandhi – Irwin Pact 227. Who of the following took the burning
D. Gandhi – Simon Pact of the foreign clothes during the Non-
Answer: C Cooperation Movement as 'insensate waste'?
221. The first and last Indian to hold office A. Rabindra Nath Tagore
as Governor General of Independent India B. Mohammad Ali
was… C. Lord Reading
A. Jamanalal Bajaj D. Moti Lal Nehru
B. Rajagopalachari Answer: A
C. Rajendra Prasad 228. A large crwon gathered in the
D. M.A. Ansari Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar on April 13,
Answer: B 1919 to protest against the arrest of…
222. The Prime Minister of England at the A. Swami Shradhanand and Mazharul Haq
time of Quit India Movement was- B. Madan Mohan Malviya and Mohammad
A. Chamberlain Ali
B. Churchill C. Mahatma Gandhi and Abul Kalam Azad
C. Clement Attlee D. Dr. Saifuddin kitchhu and Dr. Satyapal
D. Mac Donald Answer: D
Answer: B 229. The date April 6, 1930 in known in
223. How many seats were given to Indian Histroy for…
depressed classes under Communal Awarde A. Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi
and Poona Pact? B. First Round Table Conference
A. 74 and 79 respectively C. Gandhi – Irwin Pact
B. 71 and 147 respectively D. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
C. 78 and 80 respectively Answer: A
D. 78 and 69 respectively 230. The main reason for the boycott of
Answer: B Simon Commission in India was…
224. At which place in Bihar was the session A. Appointment before time
of Indian National Congress of 1922 held? B. All the members were Englishmen
A. Haripura C. Chairman was a member of the British
B. Patna Liberal party
C. Gaya D. Gandhiji's Non-Co-operation Movement
D. Ramgarh Answer: B
Answer: C 231. Find the correct chronological order of
225. Why did Mahatma Gandhi support the the following events from the code given
Khilafat Movement? beow…

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1. Civil Disobedience Movement 237. The freedom fighter who died in jail due
2. Individual Satyagraha to hunger strike was…
3. Quit India Movement A. Bhagat Singh
4. Cripps Movement B. Bipin Chandra Pal
Codes: C. Jatin Das
A. 1-2-4-3 D. Subhash Chandra Bose
B. 1-2-3-4 Answer: C
C. 2-1-3-4 238. Who was the last British Viceroy of
D. 2-3-1-4 India?
Answer: A A. Lord Lintithgow
232. Who of the following said, 'Mahatma B. Lord Wavell
Gandhi, like fleeting phantom raises dust C. Clement Atlee
but not the level'? D. Lord Mountbatten
A. B.R. Ambedkar Answer: D
B. M.A. Jinnah 239. Who developed the idea that 'means
C. V.D. Savarkar justify the ends'?
D. None of these A. Kautilya
Answer: A B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
233. The name of the periodical among the C. Dayanand Saraswati
following published by Mahatma Gandhi D. Mahatma Gandhi
during his stay in South Africa… Answer: D
A. Navjivan 240. In ends and means relationship,
B. India Gazette Gandhiji believed…
C. Africaner A. Means determine the ends
D. Indian Opinion B. Means become good if they serve the ends
Answer: D C. Ends is everything no matter what or how
234. In which of the following movements the means are
did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of D. Ends and means are watertight
Hunger Strike as a weapon? compartments
A. Ahmedabad Strike, 1918 Answer: A
B. Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919 241. Mahatma Gandhi's remark, 'A post-
C. Non-Co-operation Movement, 1920-22 dated cheque on a crumbling bank' is
D. Bardoli Satyagraha, 1928 regarding the proposals of
Answer: A A. Simon Commission
235. Which of the following struggles of B. Cripps Mission
Mahatma Gandhi was related to industrial C. Cabinet Mission
workers? D. Wavel Plan
A. Champaran Satyagraha Answer: B
B. Ahmedabad Satyagraha 242. Who called Gandhiji 'half naked
C. Kheda Struggle beggar'?
D. None of these A. Mountbatten
Answer: B B. Hastings
236. The book 'Unto this Last' which C. Winston Churchill
influenced Gandhi was authored by… D. Jinnah
A. Boris Yeltsin Answer: C
B. John Ruskin 243. Match List-I and List-II and select the
C. Pushkin correct answer from the given codes:
D. Ruskin Bond List-I (Event) List-II
Answer: B (Year)
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C.Champaran Movement 3. 1920 C. Jai Hind
D.First Round Table 4. 1922 D. Inqilab Zindabad
Conference Answer: C
ABCD 250. After the elections in 1937, the Congress
a. 2 3 4 1 ministers tendered their resignations
b. 4 1 2 3 because
c. 2 1 4 3 A. The British Government declared India a
d. 3 4 2 1 party to World War II without consulting
Answer: d them
244. Which of the following days we declared B. Of undue interference in their working by
as the 'International Day of Non-violence' by the Government
the UNO? C. Of paucity of financial resources which
A. August, 15 hampered all developmental works
B. October, 2 D. of their inexperience to run the
C. November, 12 administration
D. October, 26 Answer: A
Answer: B 251. Consider the following statements:
245. During India's freedom struggle, whcih 1. Both Congress and Muslium League
one of the following led to the first 'All India refused the offer of the Cripps Mission.
Hartal'? 2. The interim govenment formed in 1946 had
A. Protest against Rowlatt Act nominees of the Congress only and not
B. Protest against Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre those of the Muslim League.
C. Trial of Mahatma Gandhi Which of the statements is/are correct?
D. Arrival of Simon Commission A. 1 only
Answer: A B. 2 only
246. The famous INA trials took place in the C. Both 1 and 2
Red Fort, Delhi in… D. Neither 1 nor 2
A. 1945 Answer: A
B. 1946 252. Which one of the following
C. 1944 Commissions/ Committees was appointed by
D. 1947 the British Government to investigate into
Answer: A the massacre in Jallianwala Bagh?
247. Who among the following wrote the A. Welby Commission
book 'A nation in the making'? B. Hunter Commission
A. Dinbandhu Mitra C. Simon Commission
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak D. Butler Committee
C. Surendra Nath Banerjee Answer: B
D. Subhash Chandra Bose 253. The Chairman of Joint Parliamentary
Answer: C Committee of the 1935 Bill that led to the
248. Which one of the following pairs is not framing of the Government of India Act of
correctly matched? 1935 was…
A. Purna Swaraj Resolution: 1929 A. Lord Linlithgow
B. Martyrdom of Sardar Bhagat Singh: 1931 B. James Mac Donald
C. Formation of Congress Socialist Party: C. Winston Churchill
1938 D. Clement Attlee
D. SimlaConference: 1945 Answer: A
Answer: C 254. Which among the following capitalists
249. Which one of the following slogans is served as AICC Treasurer for a long time
attributed to Subhash Chandra Bose? and went to jail in 1930?
A. Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
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B. Jamanalal Bajaj C. 15th August, 1950
C. J.R.D. Tata D. 15th October, 1947
D. Balchand Hirachand Answer: B
Answer: B 261. Gandhiji movement of boycotting the
255. From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave foreign goods aimed at…
start the individual Satyagraha in 1940? A. promotion of welfare state
A. Nadiad in Gujarat B. creating anti-British sentiment
B. Paunar in Maharashtra C. promotion of cottage industry
C. Adyar in Tamil Nadu D. full independence
D. Guntur in Andhra Pradesh Answer: C
Answer: B Gandhiji always believed that attaining swaraj
256. Match List-I and List-II and select the is only possible if the villages of India are
correct answer from the given codes: economically strengthened. And, to strengthen
List-I List-II villages, it was necessary to strengthen the
A. August Declaration 1. Lord Linglithgow cottage industry. Hence, Gandhiji called to
B. August Offer 2. Montague boycott foreign goods so the small-scale
C.August Resolution 3. M.A. Jinnah industries could prosper.
D.Direct Action 4. Gandhi 262. Where was the first Peasant Movement
ABCD launched by Mahatma Gandhi?
a. 2 1 4 3 A. Bardoli
b. 1 2 4 3 B. Dandi
c. 1 2 3 4 C. Champaran
d. 4 1 2 3 D. Wardha
Answer: a Answer: C
257. Who was the President of Indian 263. Two independent states of India and
National Congress when the Mountbatten Pakistan were created by…
Plan was accepted? A. The Simla Conference
A. Jawahar Lal Nehru B. The Cripps Proposal
B. Sardar Patel C. The Cabinet Mission Plan
C. Maulana Azad D. The Indian Independence Act
D. J.B. Kripalani Answer: D
Answer: D 264. Who of the following was known as
258. Who declared as his ultimate aim the Deshbandhu?
'wiping of every tear from every eye'? A. Aurobindi Ghosh
A. Jawahar Lal Nehru B. Chitta Ranjan (C.R.) Das
B. Gandhiji C. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak D. Jyotiba Phule
D. Sardar Patel Answer: B
Answer: B 265. During whose tenure as the Viceroy of
259. The issue on which the Civil India were the great martyrs Bhagat Singh,
Disobedience Movement of 1930 was Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged?
launched was… A. Lord Curzon
A. Equal employment opportunites for Indians B. Lord Irwin
B. The proposed execution of Bhagat Singh C. Lord Minto
C. Salt monopoly exercised by the British D. Lord Chelmsford
Government Answer: B
D. Complete Freedom 266. The Rani Jhansi Regiment, the women's
Answer: C regiment of Azad Hind Fauj, was under
260. Indian attained 'Dominion States' on- whose command?
A. 15th January, 1947
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B. Anne Marcarence 2. Wavell Plan
C. Annie Besant 3. Mountbatten Plan
D. Lakshmi Sehgal 4. Cabinet Mission Plan
Answer: D
267. What is the correct sequence of the A. 1-2-3-4
following events? B. 2-3-4-1
1. Bardoli Satyagraha C. 1-2-4-3
2. Rajkot Satyagraha D. 2-1-3-4
3. Champaran Satyagraha Answer: C
4. Nagpur Satyagraha 273. Which of the following statements are
Select the correct answer used the codes given true about the Simon Commission?
below: Select the correct answer from the codes given
A. 1-2-4-3 below the statements:
B. 4-3-1-2 1. 1.It was appointed to enquire into the
C. 3-1-4-2 working of the1919 Act.
D. 3-4-1-2 2. It was headed by Sir John Simon.
Answer: D 3. It recommended a Federal form of
268. Which one of the following slogans is Government.
attributed to Subhash Chandra Bose? 4. It was opposed by the Indian leaders.
A. Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Coded:
B. Bande Mataram A. 1 and 2 only
C. Jai Hind B. 1, 2 and 3 only
D. Inqilab Zindabad C. 2, 3 and 4 only
Answer: C D. All the above
269. The Congress in Travencore launched a Answer: D
Civil Disobedience Movement against the 274. Which one of the following was
autocratic Government of the Dewan of favoured by Nehru but not favoured by
Travancore State, who was… Gandhiji?
A. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyer A. Truth
B. J. Krishna Swamy B. Non-violence
C. P.K. Warrier C. Untouchability
D. Bhaskaran Nair D. Heavy industrialisation
Answer: A Answer: D
270. Which Congress President negotiated 275. In Delhi congress Session on 14th June,
with both Cripps Mission and Lord Wavell? 1947, the resolution for India's partition was
A. Abul Kalam Azad passed. The session was presided over by:
B. Jawahar Lal Nehru A. Rajendra Prasad
C. J.B. Kripalani B. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D. C.Rajagopalchari C. Acharya J.B. Kriplani
Answer: A D. Jawahar Lal Nehru
271. Who played an important role in Answer: A
signing of Gandhi Irwin Pact? 276. Who was nominated President of the
A. Motilal Nehru Indian National Congress after the
B. Madan Mohan Malviya resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose?
C. Tej Bahadur Sapru A. Abul Kalam Azad
D. Chintamani B. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: C C. Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
272. What is the correct sequence of the D. Vallabhbhai Patel
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277. Who of the following suggested the of rent to one-third as per the recommendation
winding up of the Indian National Congress of the 'Floud Commission'. The 'Tebhaga
after Indian attained freedom? Movement' of Bengal was to provide two-thirds
A. Rajagopalachari of the crop to the oppressed sharecroppers.
B. Acharya J.B. Kripalani 283. When was the Azad Hind Fauj revived
C. Mahatma Gandhi by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose?
D. Jai Prakash Narayan A. October 21, 1943
Answer: C B. 10th August, 1940
278. Who wrote 'Unhappy India'? C. 11th May, 1941
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak D. 1st September, 1942
B. Lala Lajpat Rai Answer: A
C. Surendranath Banerjee The Azad Hind Fauj or the India National Army
D. Dadabhai Naoroji (INA) was formed in Singapore by Mohan
Answer: B Singh in 1942. It was revived by Netaji Subhas
279. Arrange the following events in Chandra Bose on October 21, 1943, during the
Chronological order: Second World War to secure India’s complete
1. Dandi March independence from British Raj.
2. Simla Pact 284. Which one of the following is NOT a
3. Death of Tilak feature of the Government of India Act of
4. Champaran Satyagraha 1935?
Select the answer from following codes A. Diarchy at the centre as well as in the
A. 1-3-4-2 provinces
B. 2-4-1-3 B. A bicameral legislature
C. 3-4-2-1 C. Provincial autonomy
D. 4-3-1-2 D. An All-India Federation
Answer: D Answer: A
280. Montague-Chelmsford reforms 285. After returning from South Africa
provided for… Gandhiji launched his first successful
A. diarchy Satyagraha in…
B. provincial autonomy A. Chauri-Chaura
C. partial independence B. Dandi
D. separate communal electorate C. Champaran
Answer: A D. Bardoli
281. Who was the first person to establish an Answer: C
independent Indian Army outside India? 286. Who among the following organized the
A. M.N. Roy famous Chittgong armoury raid?
B. Lala Hardayal A. Laxmi Sehgal
C. Ras Bihiri Bose B. Surya Sen
D. Subhash Chandra Bose C. Batukeshwar Datta
Answer: C D. J.M. Sengupta
282. Where did the Tebhaga Movement Answer: B
occur in 1946? 287. When Congress leaders condemned the
A. Bihar Montague-Chelmsford Report, many
B. Punjab moderates left the party to form the…
C. Gujarat A. Indian Liberal Federation
D. Bengal B. Swaraj Party
Answer: D C. Indian Freedom Party
The Tebhaga Movement of Bengal in 1946 was D. Independence Federation of India
the most powerful in the peasant movement. Answer: A
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288. Who headed the Interim Cabinet Answer: D
formed in the year 1946? 293. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for
A. Rajendra Prasad Civil Disobedience from…
B. Jawahar Lal Nehru A. Thoureau
C. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel B. Ruskin
D. Rajagopalachari C. Confucius
Answer: B D. Tolstoy
289. In October, 1920, who of the following Answer: A
headed a group of Indians gathered a 294. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN
Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd
India? February, 1946?
A. H.K. Sarkar A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. P.C. Joshi B. Jawaharlal Nehru and MaulanaAbdul
C. M.C. Chagla Kalam Azad
D. M.N. Roy C. Vallabh Bhai Patel and M.A. Jinnah
Answer: D D. Morarji Desaia and J.B. Kripalani
290. Consider the following statements: Answer: C
1. In the first Round Table Conference, Dr. 295. One time associated of Mahatma
Ambedkar demended separate electorates Gandhi, broke off from him and launched a
for the depressed classes. radical movement called 'self-respect
2. In the Poona Pact, special provisions for movement'. Who was he?
representation of the depressed people in A. P. Thyagaraja Shetti
the local bodies and civil services were B. Chhatrapati Maharaj
made. C. E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
3. The Indian National Congress did not take D. Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
part in the third Round Table Conference. Answer: C
Which of the statements given above is/are 296. Who designed the national flag of
correct? Independent India?
A. 1 and 2 A. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B. 2 and 3 B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. 1 and 3 C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. 1, 2 and 3 D. Pingali Venkaiya
Answer: C Answer: D
291. Who among the following Gandhian 297. M.A. Jinnah, in his early political life-
followers was a teacher by profession? A. Supported two nation theory
A. A.N. Sinha B. Initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
B. Braj Kishore Prasad C. Imagined Pakistan as an independent State
C. J.B. Kriplani D. Was a communalist
D. Rajendra Prasad Answer: B
Answer: C 298. Which of the following freedom fighters
292. What was the basis of transfer of power wrote the epic 'Kamala' on the prison walls?
to India on 15th August? A. Nandalal Bose
A. On this day the Indian national Congress B. Ambedkar
had demanded "Poorna Swaraj". C. Vir Savarkar
B. On this day Mahatma Gandhi started 'Quit D. Jyotibha Phule
India Movement'. Answer: C
C. Anniversary of formation of Interim Savarkar composed the epics 'Kamala' and
Government. 'Gomantak' while living in the Cellular Jail
D. Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese during the sentence of Kalapani in Andaman.
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was a great revolutionary. VD Savarkar had D. Firaq Gorakhpuri
established a revolutionary organization called Answer: B
'Abhinav Bharat'. Savarkar wrote the famous 305. Who from the following leaders was not
book 'History of the War of Indian assassinated?
Independence' based on the revolution of 1857. A. Mahatma Gandhi
Under the "Nashik Conspiracy Case", he was B. Liaqat Ali Khan
sent to 'Cellular Jail' on 8 April 1911 on the C. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
sentence of 'Kala Pani'. D. Lord Louis Mountbatten
299. One of the following was not involved in Answer: C
the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. who 306. Who among the following visited
was he? Gandhiji in South Africa?
A. Kalpana Dutt a. B.G. Tilak
B. Surya Sen b. Vallabhbhai Patel
C. Pritialata Woddekar c. G.K. Gokhale
D. Dinesh Gupta d. J.L. Nehru
Answer: D Answer: C
300. Satyagraha finds expression in… 307. Which year did Bankim Chandra
A. Sudden outbrusts of violence Chatopadhyay wrote Anand Math?
B. Armed conflicts A. 1858
C. Non-Cooperation B. 1892
D. Communal riots C. 1882
Answer: C D. none of these
301. Apart from the Quit India Movement Answer: C
which started on 9th August 1942, what 308. From which of the following
other sensational activity of the freedom Upanishads the words 'Satyameva Jayate'
fighters was doen on 9th August? inscaribed in Devanagari Script below the
A. Salt Satyagraha abacus of the state Emblem are?
B. Boycott of Simon Commission A. Prashna
C. Champaran Satyagraha B. Yajurveda
D. Kakori Mail train"robbery" C. Mundaka
Answer: D D. Ishavasya
302. Who scripted Gandhiji's favorite song Answer: C
'Vaishnav Jan to ............'? 309. Gandhiji considered khadi as a symbol
A. Narsi Mehta of
B. Premanand A. Industrialisation
C. Chunilal B. Economic independence
D. Dharmiklal C. Economic growth
Answer: A D. Moral purity
303. Who started the first English newspaper Answer: B
in India? 310. Gandhi wanted to realise 'truth'
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak through:
B. Raja Rammohan Roy A. Ahimsa (Non-violence)
C. J.A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey) B. Dharma (Religion)
D. Lord William Bentick C. Karma (Service)
Answer: C D. Dhyana (Meditation)
304. Who wrote "Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Answer: A
Hamaare Dil Mein Hai"? 311. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated
A. Mohammad Iqbal with…
B. Ramprasad Bismil A. Mazzini
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C. Garibaldi at Amristar in Jallianwalla Bagh, to protest
D. Bismarck against the arrest of their popular leaders Dr.
Answer: D Saif-ud-din Kichlu and Dr.Satyapal. On the
312. Which day was declared as the 'Direct afternoon of April 13, a crowd of at least 10,000
Action Day' by the Muslim League? men, women, and children gathered in the
A. 3rd September, 1946 Jallianwala Bagh, which was nearly completely
B. 16th August, 1946 enclosed by walls and had only one exit. Brig.
C. 16th May, 1946 Gen. Reginald Edward Harry Dyer the military
D. 4th December, 1946 command of Amritsar wants to terrorize the
Answer: B people of Amritsar into complete submission.
313. When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested Dyer and his soldiers arrived and sealed off the
during the 'Quit India Movement' of 1942? exit. Without warning, the troops opened fire on
A. 7th August, 1942 the crowd, reportedly shooting hundreds of
B. 30th April, 1942 rounds until they ran out of ammunition.
C. 9th August,1942 According to one official report, an estimated
D. 5th July, 1942 379 people were killed, and about 1,200 more
Answer: C were wounded. The government of India
314. The correct Chronological order in ordered an investigation of the incident (the
which the British established their trading Hunter Commission), which in 1920 censured
centre in the places mentioned below is: Dyer for his actions and ordered him to resign
A. Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat from the military.
B. Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta 316. Who wrote the book 'The Story of the
C. Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta Integration of the Indian States'?
D. Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay A. B.N. Rao
Answer: C B. Rajagopalachari
315. The Indian National Congress had C. Krishna Menon
passed the famous resolution on "Non- D. V.P. Menon
Cooperation" in 1920 at its session held at… Answer: D
A. Lucknow 317. Who was the Chairman of the Union
B. Delhi Powers Committee of the Constituent
C. Bombay Assemby of India?
D. Nagpur A. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: D B. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
In December 1920 at the Nagpur Session of C. Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
Indian National Congress was held and the D. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
president of this session was C. Answer: D
Vijayaraghavachariar. The aim of the program 318. Who founded All India Harijan Sangh?
was endorsement of the Non-Cooperation A. B.R. Ambedkar
Movement. Gandhiji declared through Non- B. Mahatma Gandhi
Corporation Movement, Swaraj could be C. Jai Prakash Narayan
attained. D. Raj Narayan
Surendra Nath Banerjee founded Indian Answer: B
National Liberal Federation in 1919. 319. Who among the following leaders
The Jallianwalla bagh incident is also known as proposed to adopt complete independence as
the Massacre of Amritsar. The incident took the goal of the congress in the Ahmedabad
place on April 13, 1919, on Baisakhi day. There Session of 1920?
was dissatisfaction against Rowalatt Act that A. Abul Kalam Azad
led to mass agitation. The government was B. Hasarat Mohani
determined to suppress the mass. A large crowd C. Jawahar Lal Nehru
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320. Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
during 'Satyagrah' in the year .............. C. Rabindra Nath Tagore
A. 1906 D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. 1908 Answer: C
C. 1913 327. During the Indian Freedom strugle,
D. 1917 why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular
Answer: B indignation?
321. Which party was founded by Subhash A. It curtailed the freedom of religion
Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he B. It suppressed the Indian traditional
broke away from the Congress? education
A. Indian Freedom Party C. It authorized the government to imprison
B. Azad Hind Fauj people without trial.
C. Revolutionary Front D. It curbed the Trade Union activities
D. Forward Bloc Answer: C
Answer: D ➢ It was passed in March 1919 even though
322. During the Indian freedomstruggle, every single Indian member of the Central
who of the following raised an army called legislative council opposed it. It became a
'Free Indian Region'? reason for Jallianwala Bagh tragedy of
A. Lala Hardayal Amritsar on 13 April 1919.
B. Ras Behari Bose ➢ The Rowlatt Act curtailed the civil liberties
C. Subhash Chandra Bose and fundamental rights of Indians. It
D. V.D. Savarkar authorized the government to arrest and
Answer: C imprison individuals without trial for an
323. Which Directive Principal bears the indefinite period. This provision was seen
direct impact of Gandhi's moral philosophy? as a gross violation of personal freedom
A. Equal pay for equal work and a threat to the rule of law.
B. Provision of free legal aid and advice 328. Who declared, 'Every Blow that is
C. Prohibition of the slaughter of cows hurled on my back will be a nail in the coffin
D. Protection of the monuments of historical of the British Empire'?
importance A. Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: C B. Bhagat Singh
324. Who founded the Naujawan Bharat C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Sabha? D. Chandra Sekhar Azad
A. B.C. Pal/ B.C. Answer: A
B. G. Subramania Iyer 329. Consider the following statements:
C. Sardar Baghat Singh 1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when
D. Rukmani Lakshmipth Simla conference took place.
Answer: C 2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when
325. In 1937, an educational conference the Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy
endorsing Gandhi’s proposal for 'basic at Bombay and Karachi rose against the
education' through the vernacular medium Government.
was held at Which of the statement given above is/are
A. Surat correct?
B. Bombay A. 1 only
C. Ahmedabad B. 2 only
D. Wardha C. Both 1 and 2
Answer: D D. neither 1 nor 2
326. Who gave the title of "Mahamana" to Answer: B
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Lord Wavell was the Viceroy when Shimla C. Lenin
Conference took place in June, 1945. D. Leo Tolstoy
330. At which Congress Session was the Answer: D
Congress Working Committee authorising 336. Which of the following according to
the launch a programme of Civil Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in
Disobedience? the world?
A. Bombay A. Non-violence of the brave
B. Lahore B. Non-violence of the weak
C. Lucknow C. Non-violence of the coward
D. Tripuri D. Non-violence of the down-trodden
Answer: B Answer: A
331. 'There is going to be a revolution here 337. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was
(in India) and we must get out quick' who deported to Mandalay for organising the
said it? agrarian movement in Punjab?
A. Stafford Cripps A. 1905
B. Lord Pethwic Lawrence B. 1907
C. Lord Wavell C. 1909
D. A.V. Alexander D. 1911
Answer: C Answer: B
332. Consider the followin events during 338. In violation of the Salt laws, Gandhiji
India's freedom struggle: started a movement called…
1. Chauri-Charua Outrage A. Non-Cooperation movement
2. Morley-Mintio Reforms B. Swadeshi Movement
3. Dandi March C. Civil Disobedience movement
4.Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms D. None of the above
Which one of the following is the correct Answer: C
chronological order of the events above? 339. Under whose leadership was the
A. 1-3-2-4 Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934?
B. 2-4-1-3 A. Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi
C. 1-4-2-3 B. Acharya Narendra Bose and P.C. Joshi
D. 2-3-1-4 C. Subhas Chandra Bose and P.C. Joshi
Answer: B D. Saifuddin Kitchlwe and Rajendra Prasad
333. Who were directly related to the Poona Answer: B
Pact of 1932? 340. Match List-I with List-II and select the
A. Indian Women correct answer using the code given below:
B. Indian Labour Class List-I List-II
C. Indian Farmers A. Sarojini Naidu 1. Muslim League
D. Indian Depressed Classes B. M.A. Jinnah 2. Indian National
Answer: D Congress
334. Who said that "India's Soul live in C. Tej Bahadur 3. Hindu Mahasabha
villages"? Shah
A. Vinoba Bhave D. V.D. Savarkar 4. Liberal party
B. Jayaprakash Narayan ABCD
C. Jawahar Lal Nehru A. 2 1 4 3
D. Mahatma Gandhi B. 2 1 3 4
Answer: D C. 2 4 1 3
335. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly D. 4 1 3 2
influence by the writtings of… Answer: A
A. Bernard Shaw 341. Which scripture was called his 'mother'
B. Karl Marx by Gandhiji?
A. Ramayana
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C. Bhagwat Gita NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
D. The Holy Quran A. Champaran Satyagraha
Answer: C B. Wahabi Movement
342. What is Gandhi's definition of Rama C. Non-Cooperation Movement
Raj? D. Civil Disobedience Movement
A. The rule as it was during the time of Rama Answer: B
B. Sovereignty of the people based on pure 348. On April 12, 1944 Subhash Chandra
moral authority Bose hoisted the INA Flag in a town. In
C. The greatest good of all which State/Union Territory is that town
D. The absolute power concentrated in the now?
hands of a King A. Tripura
Answer: B B. Andaman Nikobar
343. According to Gandhiji, which of the C. Manipur
following are the major means of D. Mizoram
Satyagraha? Answer: C
a. Non-cooperation 349. Who among the following
b. strike revolutionaries was executed by the
c. Demonstration British…
d. Civil disobedince A. Jitin Das
A. a and b are correct B. Chandrashekhar Azad
B. a and d are correct C. Rajguru
C. b and d are correct D. Kalpana Dutt
D. c and d are correct Answer: C
Answer: B 350. During Quit India Movement, 'Parallel
344. Through which prinicple/device did Government' was constituted at…
Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic A. Varanasi
inequalities? B. Allahabad
A. Abolition of machinery C. Lucknow
B. Establishment of village industries D. Ballia
C. Adoption of non-violence Answer: D
D. Trusteeship theory 351. Who established the Indian Civil
Answer: D Liberties Union in 1936?
345. The Indian National Army (Azad Hind A. Subhash Chandra Bose
Fauj) fought in the Second World War B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
against… C. Jawahar Lal Nehru
A. Germany D. Rajendra Prasad
B. Japan Answer: C
C. Italy 352. The Idea of federation was first
D. Great Britain proposed in…
Answer: D A. Indian Councils Act of 1892
346. Who, among the following founded the B. Morley-Minto Reforms
'All India Depressed Classes Federation' in C. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
1920? D. Nehru Report of 1928
A. M.K. Gandhi Answer: D
B. Jyotiba Phule 353. Match the following and choose the
C. G.K. Gokhale correct answer:
D. B.R. Ambedkar A. Hunter's Commission 1. 1948
Answer: D B. Wardha Scheme 2. 1904
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 D. RadhaKrishnan Commission 4. 1882 Answer: A
ABCD 359. The India Independence Bill was first
a. 3 2 4 1 presented in the House of Commons in
b. 4 2 3 1 London on:
c. 3 4 1 2 A. August 10, 1947
d. 4 3 2 1 B. August 1, 1947
Answer: d C. July 14, 1947
The correct match is: D. July 4, 1947
➢ Hunter's Commission: 1882 Answer: D
➢ Wardha Scheme: 1937 360. When is the Independence Day of
➢ University's Act: 1904 and Pakistan celebrated?
➢ Radhakrishnan Commission: 1948. A. 15 August
354. Which one of the following novels was a B. 4 July
source of inspiration for the freedom figthers C. 16 August
in India? D. 14 August
A. Pariksha Guru Answer: D
B. Anandmath 361. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India
C. Rangbhoomi from ................. in January, 1915.
D. Padmarag A. South Africa
Answer: B B. England
355. Mahatma Gandhi began his political C. USA
activities in India first from… D. Russia
A. Dandi Answer: A
B. Kheda 362. Who among the following from the first
C. Sabarmati cabinet of independent India was
D. Champaran responsible of mass resligious conversion?
Answer: D A. Dr. S. P. Mukherjee
356. Arrange in chronological order: B. Dr. John Mathai
1. Cabinet Mission C. Sardar Baldeve Singh
2. Cripps Mission D. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
3. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms Answer: D
4. Minto-Morley Reforms 363. Match List-I and List-II and select the
A. 3, 2, 4, 1 correct answer from the given codes:
B. 1, 2, 3, 4 List-I (Acts) List-II (Purpose)
C. 4, 3, 2, 1 A. Government of 1. Provincial Autonomy
India Act, 1919
D. 2, 3, 4, 1
B. Governement of 2. Separate Electorate
Answer: D India Act, 1935
357. Which Brigadier was associated with C. Morley-Minto 3. Dyarchy
Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy? Reforms
A. General Dyer D. Cabinet Mission 4. Constituent Assembly
B. Arthur Wellesley Plan
C. General Harris
D. Colonel Wellesley ABCD
Answer: A a. 2 1 4 3
358. The quintessence of Gandhian thought b. 4 3 2 1
is: c. 2 3 4 1
A. Satyagraha d. 3 1 2 4
B. Metaphysics Answer: d
C. Spiritualism 364. What is the correct sequence of the
D. Moksha following events?
A. Rowlatt Act
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C. Morley – Minto Reforms C. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
D. Ilbert Bill D. Lala Lajpat Rai
Select the correct answer using the codes given Answer: C
below Codes: 369. Match List-I and List-II and select the
A. 1-2-4-3 correct answer from the given codes:
B. 4-3-1-2 List-I (Movement) List-II (Personality)
C. 4-1-3-2 A. Satya Shodhaka 1. Bal Shastri Javekar
D. 3-4-1-2 Mandal
Answer: B B. Manav Dharma 2. Jyotiba Phule
365. Who among, the following were official Sabha
Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission? C.Darpan 3. Henry Vivian
A. Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar patel Derozio
B. Acharya J. B. Kripalani and C. D.Young Bengal 4. Mehtaji
Movement DurgaramMancharam
Rajagopalachari
ABCD
C. Pandit Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam
a. 1 2 3 4
Azad
b. 2 4 1 3
D. Dr. Rajendra prasad and Rafi Ahmed
c. 4 2 1 3
Kidwai
d. 2 1 3 4
Answer: C
Answer: b
366. Mahatma Gandhi underlook fast unto
370. After the death of Raja Ram Mohan
death in 1932, mainly because
Roy, the Brahmo Samaj split into two
A. Round Table Conference failed to satisfy
sections, the Brahmo Samaj of India and the
Indian Political aspirations
Adi Brahmo Samaj. Who were the leaders of
B. Congress and Muslim league ahd
the two sections respectively?
differences of opinion
A. Keshab Chandra Sen and Debendranath
C. Ramsay Mac Donald announced the
Tagore
Communal Award
B. Radhakant Deb and Debendranath Tagore
D. None of the statements 'a', 'b' and 'c' given
C. Keshab Chandra Sen and Radhakant Deb
above is correct in this context
D. Debendranath Tagore and Radhakant Deb
Answer: C
Answer: A
367. The Lahore Session of the Indian
371. Raja Ram Mohan Roy established
National Congress (1929) is very important
Brahmo Samaj in…
in history, because
A. 1816 AD
1. the Congress passed a resolution
B. 1820 AD
demanding, complete independence
C. 1828 AD
2. the rift between the extremists and
D. 1830 AD
moderates were resolved in that session
Answer: C
3. a resolution was passed rejecting the two-
372. Who among the following was the
nation theory in that session
founder of Dev Samaj?
Which of the statements given above is/are
A. Vallabhbhai Patel
correct?
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
A. 1 only
C. Siva Narayan Agnihotri
B. 2 and 3
D. Ram Krishna Paramahansa
C. 1 and 3
Answer: C
D. none of these
373.Who one of the following had vigorously
Answer: A
advocated for religious education in the
368. Who among the following was the
Indian Universities?
founder of the Servants of India Society?
A. Bal GangadharTilak
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Swami Vivekanand
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D. Madan Mohan Malviya was confined to the…
Answer: B A. Priestly class
374. Lord Macaulay is associated with… B. Upper middle class
A. Reforms in Army C. Rich peasantry
B. Abolition of Sati System D. Urban Landlords
C. English Education Answer: B
D. Permanent Settlement 381. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a
Answer: C historic agitation against the
375. Who among the following pioneered the A. Caste system
social and religious movement of the 19th B. Evil custom of sati
Century in India? C. Degrading position of women in society
A. Ram Mohan Roy D. Practice of superfluous religious rituals
B. Dayanand Saraswati Answer: B
C. Vivekanand 382. The Kuka movement started in mid-
D. Aurobindo Ghosh Nineteeth century in…
Answer: A A. Western Punjab
376. The Scientific Society was founded by… B. Maharashtra
A. Wilton Company C. Bengal
B. Lord Cornwallis D. Madhya Bharat
C. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Answer: A
D. None of these 383. Who was the founder of Aligarh
Answer: C Movement?
377. Which was common among Brahmo A. Sir Agha Khan
Samaj, Ram Krishna Mission and Arya B. Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali
Samaj? C. Maulana Shibli Numani
A. None of these three had a political mission, D. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
but they helped to develop a spirit of Answer: D
patriotism 384. Who founded the Bethune College in
B. All the three originated from Bengal Calcutta?
C. Founders of all the three were educated in A. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
England B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Founders of all the three took active part in C. Rabindranath Tagore
politics D. Surendranath Banerji
Answer: A Answer: A
378. Who was the inspirator behind the 385. Who among the following set up the
Young Bengal Movement? Atmiya Sabha in Calcutta in the first half of
A. Madhusudan Dutt the nineteenth century?
B. Henry Vivivan Derozio A. Radhakant Dev
C. Krishna Mohan Banerjee B. Ram Mohan Roy
D. Ram Gopal Ghosh C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer: B D. Debendranath Tagore
379. "Go back to Vedas". This call given Answer: B
by… 386. Select the correct chronological
A. Ramakrishna Paramhansa sequence of the formation of the given
B. Vivekananda organisations:
C. Jyotiba Phule A. Brahma Sabha – Arya Samaj – Madras
D. Dayanand Saraswati Mahajan Sabha
Answer: D B. Brahma Sabha – Madras Mahajan Sabha –
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Arya Samaj B. Shah Alam II
D. Madras Mahajan Sabha – Arya Samaj – C. Akbar II
Brahma Sabha D. Bahadur Shah II
Answer: A Answer: C
387. Who founded the Fort William College Akbar II had sent Raja Ram Mohan Roy as his
at Calcutta? envoy to London. During his regime, in 1835,
A. Lord Cornwallis the East India Company (EIC) discontinued
B. Lord Ellenborough calling itself subject of the Mughal Emperor
C. Lord Macalay and issuing coins in his name. The Persian lines
D. Lord Wellesely in the company's coins to this effect were
Answer: D deleted. Ram Mohan Roy then visited England,
388. During the period of the Indian freedom to the Court of St. James.
struggle, who among the following started 394. Who was the founder of Prarthana
the Central Hindu School? Samaj?
A. Annie Besant A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B. Bhikaji Cama B. Debendranath Tagore
C. M.G. Ranade C. Atmaram Pandurang
D. Madan Mohan Malviya D. Dayanand Saraswati
Answer: A Answer: C
389. 'Satyartha Prakash' was written by… 395. What did Jyotiba Phule's Satyashodhak
A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Samaj attempt in the last century?
B. Mahatma Gandhi A. Saving the lower castes from hypocritical
C. Swami Vivekananda Brahmans and their opportunistic
D. Swami Dyanand Saraswati scriptures
Answer: D B. Attacking the caste system
390. Who among the following is known as C. Led an anti-landlord and antimahajan
'Martin Luther of India'? upsurge in Satara
A. Swami Dayanand Saraswati D. Seperate representation for untouchables
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Answer: A
C. Swami Vivekanand 396. Match the following:
D. Swami Sraddhanand A. Brahmo Samaj 1. Bombay
Answer: A B. Veda Samaj 2. Bengal
391. Which Governor General had abolished C. Arya Samaj 3. Madras
slavery? D. Prarthana Samaj 4. North India
A. Sir John Shore ABCD
B. Lord William Bentick a. 1 3 2 4
C. Lord Ellenborough b. 3 2 4 1
D. Lord Cornwallis c. 2 4 1 3
Answer: C d. 2 3 4 1
392. From which area the social and Answer: d
religious reform movements started? 397. Which religious reformer of Western
A. Bihar India was known as 'Lokhitwadi"?
B. Bengal A. Gopal hari Deshmukh
C. Orissa B. R.G. Bhandarkar
D. Madras C. Mahadev Govind Ranade
Answer: B D. B.G Tilak
393. Who among the following Mughal Answer: A
Kings had sent Raja Ram Mohan Roy as his 398. Who said "Patriotism is religion and
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a. Raj Narain Bose A. Madam Blavatsky and H.S. Olcott
b. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee B. Madam Blavatsky and Annie Besant
c. Swami Vivekanand C. H.S. Olcott and Annie Besant
d. Acharya Vinoba Bhave D. A.O. Hume and Annie Besant
Answer: B Answer: A
399.The Mohemmadan Anglo-Oriental 405. Amongst the following, who co-
College of Aligarh was founded by… operated with Raja Ram Mohan Roy in the
A. Md. Ali Jinnah implementation of his edicational
B. Mohammad Ali programmes?
C. Shaukat Ali A. Dwarkanath Tagore
D. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan B. David Hare
Answer: D C. Henri Vivian Derozio
400. When was the All-India Women's D. William Jones
Conference founded? Answer: B
A. 1924 406. Who was Shardamani?
B. 1925 A. Wife of Raja Rammohan Roy
C. 1926 B. Wife of Ramakrishna Paramahansa
D. 1927 C. Mother of Vivekanand
Answer: D D. Daughter of Keshab Chandra Sen
401. Consider the following statements Answer: B
related to Raja Ram Mohan Roy: 407. Who was the founder of the Radha
1. He advocated widow remarriage Swami Satsang?
2. He strongly advocated for the abolition of A. Haridas Swami
Sati system B. Siva Dayal Saheb
3. He advocated for the promotion of English C. Siva Narayan Agnihotri
Education D. Swami Sraddhananda
A. only 1 Answer: B
B. 1 and 2 408. The leading light of the renaissance
C. 2 and 3 movement in India was:
D. 1, 2 and 3 A. Debendranath Tagore
Answer: C B. Keshav Chandra Sen
402. During the colonial period of India, C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded… D. Ram Mohan Roy
A. For carrying on researchers into the past Answer: D
history and antiquities of India 409. Where was first Madarasa set up by the
B. To examine the policy of colonial British in India?
discrimination against the Indians A. Madras
C. For developing English education in India B. Bombay
D. For carrying out social reforms C. Aligarh
Answer: A D. Calcutta
403. Sati was declared illegal and punishable Answer: D
by the Regulation XVII during the Governor 410. Who of the following said 'Good
Generalship of… Government is no substitute for self-
A. Lord Willaim Bentick Government'?
B. Lord Canning A. Lokmanya Tilak
C. Lord Ripon B. Swami Vivekanand
D. Lord Dalhousie C. Swami Dayanand
Answer: A D. Rabindra Nath Tagore
404. Who among the following founded the Answer: C
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1. Brahmo Samaj supported Monotheism A. Dayanand Saraswati
2. Arya Samaj contributed for the B. Sri Ramkrishna
development of education. C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Swami Vivekanand founded Ram Krishna D. Swami Vivekananda
Mission. Answer: B
Answers on the basis of the following codes: Swami Vivekananda called Sri Ramkrishna as
A. 1, 2 and 3 are true the “Prophet of New India’. Ramakrishna, born
B. 1 and 2 are true Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, was a famous mystic
C. 1 and 3 are true of 19th century India. His religious school of
D. 2 and 3 are true thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishna
Answer: A Mission by his chief disciple Swami
412. When did the Akali Movement start? Vivekananda.
A. 1901 417. The Arya Samaj is against…
B. 1911 A. Existence of God
C. 1921 B. Rituals and idol-worship
D. 1931 C. Hinduism
Answer: C D. Islam
413. The Academic Association was founded Answer: B
by… 418. Match List-I and List-II and select the
A. Ram Mohan Roy correct answer from the given codes:
B. Henry Vivian Derozio List-I (Institution) List-II (Associated
C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Person)
D. Ishwar Chandra Gupta A. Atmiya 1. Ishwar Chandra
Answer: B Vidyasagar
414.Which of the following reform B. Sanskrit College 2. Aurobindo
Ghosh
movements was the first to be started in the
C.National Council of 3. Raja Ram
19th Century?
Education Mohan Roy
A. Prathana Samaj
D.Adi Brahmo Samaj 4. Devendra Nath
B. Brahmo Samaj Tagore
C. Arya Samaj ABCD
D. Rama Krishna Mission a. 2 4 3 1
Answer: B b. 3 1 2 4
415. Match the following and select the c. 2 1 3 4
correct answer: d. 3 4 2 1
List-I List-II Answer: b
A. Keshab Sen 1. Prarthana Samaj 419. Match List-I and List-II and select the
B. Dayanand 2. Brahmo Samaj correct answer from the given codes:
Saraswati
List-I (Society) List-II (Founder)
C. Atmaram 3. Aligarh Movement
A. Theosophical Society 1. Dadabhai
Panduranga
Naoroji
D. Sayyed 4. Arya Samaj
B. London Indian 2. Lala Lajpat
Ahmad Khan
Society Rai
C.Servants of India 3. Annie Besant
ABCD Society
a. 4 1 3 2 D.Servants of People 4. Gopal Krishna
b. 1 4 2 3 Society Gokhle
c. 2 4 1 3 ABCD
d. 3 2 4 1 A. 1 3 4 2
Answer: c B. 3 1 2 4
416. Who is called as the 'Prophet of New C. 3 1 4 2
India'?
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D. 1 3 2 4 European planters instead of food crops that
Answer: C were necessary for their survival. Indigo
420. Indian Factory Act was promulgated in- plantation was destroying the productivity of
A. 1861 the land which was the main reason for the
B. 1881 peasant’s protest. Gandhiji chose to represent
C. 1887 the peasants' cause and initiated the Champaran
D. 1898 movement. Raj Kumar Shukla persuaded
Answer: B Gandhi to look into the peasant's problem.
421. The first President of All India Trade Champaran Satyagraha was Mahatma Gandhi’s
Union Congress (AITUC) was… first experiment of Satyagraha. Rajendra
A. V.V. Giri Prasad, J.B Kripalni, Mahadeo Desai and
B. S.A. Dange Narhari Parekh joined Gandhi in the movement.
C. Pt. Nehru It was undertaken in the erstwhile undivided
D. Lala Lajpat Rai Champaran district in northern Bihar in April
Answer: D 1917.
422. Bhil revolts against the British in… 426. Which one of the following revolts was
A. M.P. and Maharashtra made famous by Bankim Chandra
B. M.P. and Bihar Chatterjee in his novel 'Anand Math'?
C. Bihar and Bengal A. Bhil uprising
D. Bengal and Maharashtra B. Rangpur and Dinajpur uprising
Answer: A C. Bishnupur and Birbhum rebellion
423. Which one of the following may be D. Sanyasi rebellion
regarded as the first labour association in Answer: D
India? 427. In which of the following system of land
A. The Bombay Millhand's Association settlement adopted by the English did
B. The Bombay Worker's Association provide more protection to the interest of
C. The Indian Worker's Association farmers?
D. The Printer's Union, Calcutta A. Permanent Settlement of Bengal
Answer: A B. Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
424. Who among the following was the C. Zamindari Settlement of Central States
founder of the Satya Shodhak Samaj? D. Malgujari (land revenue) Settlement of
A. B.R. Ambedkar United State
B. Jyotiba Phule Answer: B
C. Narayan Guru 428. Who among the following controlled
D. Rama Swami Naiker maximum trade in the western coastal
Answer: B region during 17th century?
425. Gandhiji's Champaran Movement was A. Portuguese
for… B. Dutch
A. the security of rights of Harijans C. The house of Jagat Seth
B. Civil Disobedience Movement D. Mulla Abdul Gaffar
C. Maintaining the unity of Hindu Society Answer: A
D. Solving the problem of Indigo workers 429. During British rule, who in strumental
Answer: D for the introduction of the Ryotwari system
Champaran Satyagraha was started by in the then Madras Presidency?
Mahatma Gandhi in 1917 to look into the A. Macaulay
problem of the Tinkathia system in which B. Elphinstone
peasants of Champaran were forced to grow C. Thomas Munro
Indigo on 3/20th of the total land. The farmers D. John Lawrence
of Champaran, a North-Western village in Answer: C
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B. Munda Rebellion C. Balia
C. Kol Rebellion D. Alipur
D. Sanyasi Rebellion Answer: B
Answer: A 438. Which British Commander was
431. Who among the following, was not defeated by the Santhals in 1855?
associated with the formation U.P. Kisan A. Captain Nek Feville
Sabha in February, 1918? B. Lt. Bastain
A. Indra Narayan Dwivedi C. Major Burrough
B. Gauri Shankar Mishra D. Colonel White
C. Jawahar Lal Nehru Answer: C
D. Madan Mohan Malviya 439. Consider the following statements:
Answer: C 1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma
432. Who founded All India Harijan Sevak Gandhi to come to Champaran to
Sangh? investigate the problem of peasants.
A. B.R. Ambedkar 2. Acharya J.B. Kripalani was one of the
B. Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi's colleadues in his
C. Jay Prakash Narayan Champaran Satyagraha.
D. Raj Narayan Which of the statements given above is/are
Answer: B correct?
433. In which of the following places was the A. 1 only
Ryotwari settlement introduced? B. 2 only
A. Uttar Pradesh and Punjab C. Both 1 and 2
B. North-West Provinces and Punjab D. Neithe 1 nor 2
C. Madras and Bombay Answer: B
D. Bengal and Bihar 440. Where did the Tebhaga Movement
Answer: C occur in 1946?
434. Kuka Movement was organised by A. Bihar
A. Guru Ram Das B. Punjab
B. Guru Nanak C. Gujarat
C. Guru Ram Singh D. Bengal
D. Guru Gobind Singh Answer: D
Answer: C 441. Who of the following founded
435. Who were the leaders Associated with Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
the Santhal Rebellion of 1855-56? A. Mahatma Gandhi
A. Siddhu and Kanhu B. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
B. Siddhu and Chakara C. N.M. Joshi
C. Chakara and Bogra D. J.B. Kriplani
D. Dora and Gaya Munda Answer: A
Answer: A 442. Who introduced the permanent
436. Who was the leader of Champaran settlement in Bengal?
Indigo Movement? A. Lord Cornwallis
A. Mahatma Gandhi B. Lord Dalhousie
B. Birsa Munda C. William Bentick
C. Baba Ramchandra D. Lord Curzon
D. Ram Singh Answer: A
Answer: A 443. The first All India Trade Union
437. Which was the working area of Birsa Congress (AITUC) was founded in 1920 by
Munda? A. N.M. Joshi
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D. Shyama Prasad Mukherji C. Agriculture
Answer: A D. Services
444. Mundas rose revolt in… Answer: C
A. 1885 451. Who among the following were the
B. 1888 leaders of the Indigo Revolt?
C. 1880 A. Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Biswas
D. 1899 B. Budhu Bhagat and Jhindari Manki
Answer: D C. Dinbandhu Mitra and Madhusudan Dutt
445. Moplah Revolt of 1921 took place in… D. Birsa Munda and Gaya Munda
A. Kashmir Answer: A
B. N.W.F.P/ N.W.F.P 452. Which of the following tribes is
C. Kerala associated with the "Tana Bhagat"
D. Assam movement?
Answer: C A. Uraon
446. Who presided over the first session of B. Munda
All India Kisan Sabha? C. Santhal
A. Swami Sahajanand D. Konadora
B. Indulal Yajnik Answer: A
C. N.N. Ranga 453. During their rule the British persuaded
D. P.C. Joshi or forced cultivators in Bengal to
Answer: A grow................
447. Kol Revolt of 1831-32 was led by… A. Jute
A. Buddhu Bhagat B. Tea
B. Surga C. Sugarcane
C. Singrai D. Wheat
D. Jatra Bhagat Answer: A
Answer: A 454. The Battle of Plassy was fought in
448. Where had Baba Ramchandra A. 1757
organised the farmers? B. 1782
A. Awadh C. 1748
B. Bihar D. 1764
C. Bengal Answer: A
D. Andhra The Battle of Plassey was fought in north-
Answer: A eastern India on 23 June 1757. Troops of the
449. Which of the following pairs are British East India Company, led by Robert
correctly matched? Clive, came up against the forces of Siraj-ud-
Movement/Satyagraha Person Actively Daulah, the last Nawab of Bengal, and his
Associated with French allies.
1. Champaran Rajendra Prasad 455. Arrange the following events in
2. Ahmedabad Mill Moraji Desai chronological order.
Workers 1. Non-Cooperation Movement
3. Kheda Vallabhbhai Patel 2. Quit India Movement
A. 1 and 2 3. Dandi March
B. 2 and 3 4. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
C. 1 and 3 Which of the following is correct order.
D. 1, 2 and 3 A. 4132
Answer: C B. 4123
450. During colonial period, British capital C. 1243
was mainly invested in… D. 3214
A. Infra structure
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456. Arrange the following in chronological 24th January 1950. Jadhunath Bhattacharya
order and select the correct answer from the composed the music of Vande Mataram.
code given below: The 1896 session of the Indian National
1. Dandi March Congress was held in Calcutta. The
2. Simon Commission Calcutta session of the INC in 1896 was
3. Poona Pact presided by M. Rahmathulla Sayani.
4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact ➢ The song Jana-gana-mana, composed
Which of the following is correct order. originally in Bengali by Rabindranath
A. 4132 Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by
B. 2143 the Constituent Assembly as the national
C. 1243 anthem of India on 24 January 1950. It was
D. 3214 first sung on 27 December 1911 at the
Answer: B Calcutta Session of the Indian National
457. Arrange the following in chronological Congress.
order and select the correct answer from the 460. Which one of the following is not correct
codes given below: about the Indian Independence Act, 1947?
1. Dandi March A. The Bill for the Indian Independence Act
2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was introduced in Parliament on July 4 and
3. Quit India Movement received the Royal Assent on July 18, 1947.
4. Swadeshi Movement B. Act of 1947 laid down the basic framework
Which of the following is correct order. of the Indian Constitution.
A. 4132 C. The Act provided for the establishment of
B. 2143 two independent Dominions to be known as
C. 1243 India and Pakistan.
D. 4213 D. The Act empowered the Constituent
Answer: D Assembly of each Dominion to have
458. Annie Besant was associated with? unlimited power to frame and adopt any
A. Khilafat Movement constitution.
B. Non-Cooperation Movement Answer: B
C. Civil Disobedience Movement Indian Independence Act, 1947: The Indian
D. Home Rule League Independence Act, of 1947 received royal
Answer: D assent and entered into force on 18th July 1947.
459. Who composed the famous song “Sare It was primarily concerned with the transfer of
Jahan Se Achha”? legislative authority to the two new Dominions,
A. Jaidev India and Pakistan, and the delimitation of their
B. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee territories. It gave the constituent assemblies of
C. Mohammad Iqbal the two dominions unlimited power to make
D. Rabindranath Tagore and adopt any constitution and to repeal any
Answer: C Act of the British Parliament which was
➢ Mohammad Iqbal is remembered for his prejudicial to their interests, including the Act
famous poem Sare Jahan se Accha that of Independence.
remains one of the most prominent patriotic 461. Who among the following conferred the
poems in Urdu which is used as a marching title of Father of the Nation on Mahatma
composition at several national events. Gandhi?
➢ Vande Mataram is a Sanskrit poem written A. C.Rajagopalachari
by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. It was B. Vallabhbhai Patel
taken from Anand Math published in 1882. C. Jawaharlal Nehru
Vande Mataram was first sung by D. Subhash Chandra Bose
Rabindranath Tagore in 1896. It was Answer: D

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