Indian National Movement
1. Lala Hardyal of the Ghadar movement cannot be said to have
a. imparted to the movement an egalitarian ideology
b. created a truly international outlook among Ghadar revolutionaries
c. estblished that the large Sikh presence in the British army was a proof of the so-called martial traditions of Sikhs
d. been a propagandist, an inspirer and an ideologist
2. The Khilafat movement subsided following the
a. withdrawal of support by Congress
b. abandonment of the policy of discrimination against the Muslims by the British
c. reservation of seats for Muslims in Central and Provincial legislatures under the Act of 1919
d. assumption of power
3. Match the following:
| A. Mahatma Gandhi | 1. Dandi March |
| B. Jawaharlal Nehru | 2. Red Shirts Movement |
| C. Abdul Ghaffar Khan | 3. Bardoli Andolan |
| D. Sardar Patel | 4. Poorna Swaraj at Lahore Session of Congress |
a. A4, B1, C3, D2
b. A1, B4, C2, D3
c. A4, B3, C1, D2
d. A2, B1, C4, D3
4. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada Jail against
a. British repression of the satyagraha
b. Violation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact
c. Communal Award of Ramsay MacDonald
d. Communal riots in Calcutta
5. At the Tripuri session of the Indian National Congress (March 1939), Subhash Chandra Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi's official candidate for the Presidentship. Who was Gandhi's nominee?
a. Abul Kalam Azad
b. C Rajagopalachari
c. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
d. Vallabhbhai Patel
6. On the Direct Action Day unprecedented blood-shed took place as a result of Hindu-Muslim riots in
a. Bombay
b. Dhaka
c. Calcutta
d. Delhi
7. Which one of the following songs was so dear to Gandhi that he wrote, "That one song is enough to sustain me even if I were to forget the Bhagwad Gita"?
a. Jana Gana Mana Adhinayak...
b. Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram..
c. Vaishnava Jana to Tene Kahiye...
d. Ishwar Allah Tero Naam....
8. On February 20, 1947, Prime Minister Attlee announced the British Government's decision to withdraw from India latest by
a. August 1947
b. January 1948
c. June 1948
d. August 1948
9. The "August Offer" of 1940 sought to conciliate the Congress by guaranteeing
a. the setting up of a representative Indian body to frame a new constitution
b. the Government's assurance to protect the political rights of minorities
c. that there would be no partition of India
d. that separated electorates would not be provided for the deprived classes
10. The Indians decided to boycott the Simon Commission appointed to look into the working of the reforms introduced under the Act of 1919 because
a. it intended to provide communal representation to the untouchables
b. it denied the Congress the right to nominate a Muslim a representative of the commission
c. it did not include any Indian as its member
d. it accorded greater representation to the Muslims than their numerical strength warranted i9n Muslim minority areas
11. During the First World War, assistance was organised through few centres abroad. Which one of the following was not such a centre?
a. Kabul
b. New York
c. London
d. Berlin
12. Which of the following demands was not central to the Khilafat movement?
a. that the Turkish Sultan or Khalifa must remain in control over the Muslim's sacred places
b. the Khalifa must be left with sufficient territory to enable him to defend the Islamic faith
c. Arab, Syria, Iraq and Palestine (Jazirat-ul-Arab) must remain under muslim sovereignty
d. that Mustafa Kamal Pasha should modernise Turkey
13. The Congress took a stand over the Montford Reforms at Delhi in 1918, which led to a break away by the old moderate remnants (Sapru, Jayakar and Chintamani), who formed the
a. Servants of Indian Society
b. Swaraj Party
c. National Liberal Association
d. Liberal Union
14. In which of the following movement did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of hunger strike as a weapon?
a. Non-cooperation movement, 1920-22
b. Rowlatt satyagraha, 1918
c. Ahmedabad strike, 1918
d. Bardoli satyagraha
15. The organisational change to turn the Congress Party into a real mass political party was made for the first time in
a. 1916
b. 1918
c. 1920
d. 1930
16. "To sound the order of retreat just when public enthusiasm was reaching the boiling point was nothing short of a national calamity". Who said it regarding the unilateral withdrawal of the Non-cooperation movement by Gandhi on February, 1922?
a. Subhash Chandra Bose
b. Nehru
c. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
d. C R Das
17. Which of the following statements regarding Mohammad Ali Jinnah is not true?
a. He was Dadabhai Naoroji's secretary at the Calcutta session of Congress in 1906
b. He became a communal nationalist in 1913 when he joined the Muslim League
c. He and Tilak were the joint authors of Lucknow Pact
d. In 1919-20, he whole heartedly supported Gandhi's call for a non-violent non-cooperation movement
18. The first definitely communist journal to be published in India was
a. Vanguard of Indian Independence
b. Socialist
c. Atmashakti
d. Dhumketu
19. Match the following:
| A. Sachin Sanyal | 1. Why am I an atheist |
| B. Sharat Chandra Chatterji | 2. Pather Dabi |
| C. Bhagat Singh | 3. Bandi Jivan |
| D. Jyotiba Phule | 4. Ghulam Giri |
a. A2, B3, C1, D4
b. A3, B2, C1, D4
c. A3, B2, C4, D1
d. A2, B3, C4, D1
20. Match the following:
| A. Jatin Das | 1. Life sentence |
| B. Chandrashekhar Azad | 2. Died on a hunger strike |
| C. Bhagat Singh | 3. Killed in an encounter |
| D. Kalpana Dutt | 4. Hanged |
a. A2, B3, C1, D4
b. A3, B2, C4, D1
c. A2, B3, C4, D1
d. A3, B4, C1, D2
21. "A Sanyasi who came to that district after a spell as an indentured labourer in Fiji carrying a copy of Tulsidas's Ramayana on his back from which he would recite verses to rural audience". The peasant leader referred to here is
a. Jhinguri Singh
b. Jadunandan Sharma
c. Baba Ram Chandra
d. Sahajananda Saraswati
22. Who strongly objected to British government's negotiating on terms of equality with the "Seditious Fakir", i.e., Mahatma Gandhi in February - March, 1931?
a. Ramsay MacDonald
b. Lord Linlithgow
c. Winston Chuchill
d. Lord Wavell
23. In 1939, Gandhi for the first time tried out his specific techniques of controlled mass struggle in a native state. He allowed a close adjutant of his to lead a satyagraha. Who was he?
a. Mysore, KT Bhashyam
b. Jaipur, Jamnalal Bajaj
c. Rajkot, Vallabh Bhai Patel
d. Dhenkanal, Nebakrishna Chaudhri
24. Regarding the Quit India movement, which of the following statements is not true?
a. The Communists opposed the Quit India movement
b. Golwalkar's RSS kept strictly aloof from the movement
c. Rajagopalachari, the leading Gandhian, opposed Quit India campaign and pleaded for negotiations on the demand of Pakistan
d. The movement was relatively strong in the Punjab, NWFP, Madras Presidency and Kerala
25. Which of the following factors did not directly contribute towards the grant of independence by the British in 1945-47?
a. Disaffection in the British Indian Army (1945-46) and the great Bombay Naval Strike (1946)
b. Change in the total objective situation world wide
c. Victory of the Labour Party in England
d. The Tebhaga upsurge in Bengal (1946-47) and Telangana Peasant armed revolt in Hyderabad
26. The Governor-General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was
a. Lord Curzon
b. Lord Macaulay
c. Lord Bentick
d. Lord Hastings
27. Quit India movement was adopted by the INC at
a. Bombay
b. Ahmedabad
c. Pune
d. Calcutta
28. King George V visited India during the viceroyalty of
a. Lord Ripon
b. Lord Curzon
c. Lord Harding
d. Lord Hastings
29. Which of the following Acts gave representation to Indians for the first time in the legislature?
a. Indian Council Act, 1909
b. Indian Council Act, 1919
c. Govt. of India Act, 1935
d. None of the above
30. The first Satyagraha campaign of Gandhiji was started in
a. Champaran
b. Bardoli
c. Dandi
d. Baroda
31. The first Muslim president of INC was
a. Ajmal Khan
b. M A Jinnah
c. Abul Kalam Azad
d. Badruddin Tayabji
32. Who among the following communists of India played a notable role in World Communist movement?
a. A K Gopalan
b. S A Dange
c. M N Roy
d. E M S Namboodripad
33. Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Sabha in 1919 to protest against the
a. Salt law
b. Rowlatt Act
c. Government of India Act, 1919
d. Jalianwala Bagh Massacre
34. A public meeting was held on 13th April, 1919 in Jalianwala Bagh to
a. protest against the arrest of popular leaders
b. oraganise a hartal
c. protest against the Rowlatt act
d. demand Swaraj
35. A systematic critique of moderate politics was emerging in the 1890s in
a. Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra
b. Maharashtra, Bengal, Punjab
c. Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra
d. Maharashtra, Bengal, Tamil Nadu
36. Who set up the famous Bengal Chemical Swadeshi Stores during the Swadeshi Movement?
a. P C Ray
b. Rabindra Nath Tagore
c. Ashwini Kumar Dutt
d. Anandamohan Bose
37. Which pair threw a bomb at a carriage that they believed was occupied by Kingsford, the unpopular judge at Muzzafarpur?
a. Ramprasad Bismil, Surya Sen (1906)
b. Khudiram Bose, Prafulla Chaki (1908)
c. Jatindra Nath Das, Ashfaqullah Khan (1910)
d. None
38. Who committed the most daring murder in 1907 of Sir Curzon Wyllie at a public meeting in London?
a. B N Datta
b. M L Dhingra
c. Sardar Ajit Singh
d. S C Chatterjee
39. While referring to the Morley-Minto Reforms, who remarked "If it could said that this chapter of reforms led directly or necessarily to the establishment of a parliamentary system in India, I would have nothing at all to do with it"?
a. Morley
b. Minto
c. Crewe
d. Curzon
40. Which was the only province where muslims had taken to commerce and education quite early?
a. Calcutta
b. Punjab
c. Madras
d. Bombay
41. Match the following:
| A. New India Commonwealth | 1. Maulana Mohammad Ali |
| B. Comrade | 2. K K Mitra |
| C. Sanjeevani | 3. M N Roy |
| D. Vanguard of Indian Independence | 4. Annie Besant |
a. A4, B2, C3, D1
b. A2, B3, C4, D1
c. A4, B1, C2, D3
d. A1, B2, C4, D3
42. Under whose presidentship did the Indian National Congress meet in August 1918 at Bombay to consider the proposals of Montague Chelmsford?
a. Hassan Imam
b. Annie Besant
c. Badruddin Tayyabji
d. B G Tilak
43. An All Parties Conference appointed a sub-committee (1928) whose members included Ali Imam, T B Sapru and S C Bose. Who headed this sub-committee?
a. Motilal Nehru
b. Maulan Azad
c. Vallabh Bhai Patel
d. Madan Mohan Malviya
44. Match the following:
| A. Hardinge II | 1. Coronation Durbar at Delhi |
| B. Chelmsford | 2. Visit of the Prince of Wales |
| C. Reading | 3. The Rowlatt Act |
| D. Willingdon | 4. Second Round Table Conference |
a. A1, B3, C2, D4
b. A2, B3, C1, D4
c. A1, B3, C4, D2
d. A3, B1, C2, D4
45. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Quit India movement started in 1942?
a. Linthingow
b. Willingdon
c. Wavell
d. None
46. Match the following:
| A. Dinabandhu Mitra | 1. Widow Remarriages Association |
| B. Keshab Chandra Sen | 2. Neel Darpan |
| C. Aurobindo Ghosh | 3. Native (Civil) Marriage Act, 1872 |
| D. Justice Ranade | 4. Bomb attack at Muzaffarpur |
a. A2, B3, C4, D1
b. A2, B4, C3, D1
c. A1, B3, C4, D2
d. A2, B3, C1, D4
47. Point out the odd one out.
a. Max Muellar
b. Fergusson
c. Todd
d. Cunningham
48. "Cooperation in any shape or form with this satanic government is sinful", Gandhiji declared after
a. the passing of Rowlatt Act
b. the Punjab Tragedy
c. failure of the Round Table Conference
d. none of the above
49. Match the following:
| A. Rowlatt Act | 1. Indian magistrates could also judge cases involving British subjects |
| B. Mont-Ford Reforms | 2. Gave judges the power to try political cases without juries |
| C. Ilbert Bill | 3. Made a clear division between functions of central and provincial governments |
| D. India Councils Act, 1892 | 4. The principle of election, though indirect was granted in practice |
a. A2, B3, C1, D4
b. A1, B4, C3, D2
c. A1, B3, C2, D4
d. A2, B4, C1, D3
50. Kesari was
a. an organisation for social reform started by Tilak
b. an English language paper owned by Surendranath Bannerjee
c. a Marathi newspaper
d. none of the above
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