1000 MCQ Indian National Movement

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Indian National Movement

1. Revolution of 1857
1. The immediate cause of India’s first war of independence was
(A) Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie
(B) Suspicion about British interference in religion
(C) Military discontent
(D) Economic exploitation of India
Ans: (B)
2. Mangal Pandey incident took place at
(A) Meerut (B) Barrackpore
(C) Ambala (D) Lucknow
Ans: (B)
3. With which uprising is Mangal Pandey associated?
(A) Barrackpore (B) Meerut
(C) Delhi (D) None of these
Ans: (A)
4. When was the new Enfield Rifle with greased cartridges introduced in the British Indian Army?
(A) November, 1856
(B) December, 1856
(C) January, 1857
(D) February, 1857
Ans: (B)
5. Who among the following was bestowed with the title of Sahebe- Alam Bahadur by Bahadur
Shah during the uprising of 1857?
(A) Azimullah (B) Birjis Qadir
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(C) Bakht Khan (D) Hasan Khan
Ans: (C)
6. Which one of the following conceptions is true about the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Indian historians have described it as an Indian mutiny
(B) British historians have described it as a war of independence
(C) It gave a death blow to the system of East India Company’s rule in India
(D) It was for the improvement of the administrative machinery in India
Ans: (C)
7. The first war of Independence
(1857) started from
(A) Lucknow (B) Jhansi
(C) Meerut (D) Kanpur
Ans: (C)
8. What was the main cause of 1857 revolt?
(A) Public Outrage
(B) Military discontent
(C) Management of Christian Missionaries
(D) Policy of British Empire
Ans: (D)
9. Symbol of 1857 independence struggle was
(A) Lotus and Chapatis
(B) Eagle
(C) Scarf
(D) Two swords
Ans: (A)
10. The first event relating to the war of Independence of 1857 was
(A) Kanpur’s Revolt and taking over the leadership by Nana Saheb
(B) Begum Hazrat Mahal’s leadership of Oudh
(C) Marching of Sepoys to Delhi’s Red Fort
(D) Revolt by Rani of Jhansi
Ans: (C)
11. The birthplace of Maharani Lakshmi Bai, the heroine of the 1857 freedom struggle, is
(A) Agra (B) Jhansi
(C) Varanasi (D) Vrindaban
Ans: (C)
12. Which one of the following centres of the uprising of 1857 was recaptured by the English?
(A) Jhansi (B) Meerut
(C) Delhi (D) Kanpur
Ans: (C)
13. Where is the Samadhi of Maharani Lakshmi Bai situated?
(A) Mandla (B) Mandu
(C) Jabalpur (D) Gwalior
Ans: (D)
14. Who among the following was the leader of the revolt during 1857 at Barielly?
(A) Khan Bahadur
(B) Kunwar Singh
(C) Maulvi Ahmad Shah
(D) Virzis Qadir
Ans: (A)
15. The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by
(A) Begum of Awadh
(B) Tatya Tope
(C) Rani Lakshmi Bai
(D) Nana Saheb
Ans: (A)
16. Maharani Lakshmi Bai had combated in last battle against
(A) Hugh Rose (B) Guff
(C) Niel (D) Havlock
Ans: (A)
17. The largest number of soldiers participated in the struggle of 1857 came from
(A) Bengal (B) Awadh
(C) Bihar (D) Rajasthan
Ans: (B)
18. The revolutionary woman who led the revolution of 1857 in Oudh was
(A) Lakshmi Bai
(B) Ahilya Bai
(C) Aruna Asaf Ali
(D) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Ans: (D)
19. Who was the leader of 1857 struggle for freedom in Lucknow?
(A) Zeenat Mahal
(B) Nana Saheb
(C) Hazrat Mahal
(D) Tatya Tope
Ans: (C)
20. Who amongst the following was the leader of the 1857 uprising at Allahabad?
(A) Nana Saheb
(B) Azimullah
(C) Tatya Tope
(D) Maulvi Liyaqat Ali
Ans: (D)
21. Azimullah Khan was an advisor to
(A) Nana Saheb
(B) Tatya Tope
(C) Rani Lakshmi Bai
(D) Kunwar Singh
Ans: (A)
22. Who was ‘commander-in-chief’ of Nana Saheb?
(A) Azimullah (B) Birjis Qadir
(C) Tatya Tope (D) None of these
Ans: (C)
23. The real name of which one of the following leaders of 1857 was ‘Ram Chandra Pandurang’?
(A) Kunwar Singh
(B) Tatya Tope
(C) Nana Saheb
(D) Mangal Pandey
Ans: (B)
24. With reference to the ‘revolt of 1857’ who of the following was betrayed by ‘friend’ captured
and put to death by the British?
(A) Nana Saheb
(B) Kunwar Singh
(C) Khan Bahadur Khan
(D) Tatya Tope
Ans: (D)
25. Who was the leader of revolutionaries in Bihar during the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Namdar Khan
(B) Babu Kunwar Singh
(C) Birsa Munda
(D) Shankar Shah
Ans: (B)
26. Indians were assured of many things in the declaration by Queen Victoria in 1858. Which
among the following assurances was fulfilled by the British Government?
(A) Policy of annexation will be abandoned
(B) ‘Status quo’ of the native rulers would be maintained
(C) Equal treatment would be given to all subjets, Indians and Europeans
(D) There would be no interference in the social and religious beliefs of the Indians
Ans: (A)
27. After the revolt of 1857, the British recruited the Soldiers from the
(A) Brahmins of U.P. and Bihar
(B) Bengalis and Orria’s from the East
(C) Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the North
(D) Madras presidency and Marathas
Ans: (C)
28. Which one of the following commissions is associated with the Army Reorganization after the
suppression of the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Public Service Commission
(B) Peel Commission
(C) Hunter Commission
(D) Simon Commission
Ans: (B)
29. Who among the following was the leader of the revolution of 1857 in Assam?
(A) Diwan Maniram Dutta
(B) Kandarpeshwar Singh
(C) Purandar Singh
(D) Piali Barua
Ans: (A)
30. When did Queen Victoria declare the taking over of Indian Administration under British crown?
(A) 1 November, 1858
(B) 31 December, 1857
(C) 6 January, 1958
(D) 17 November, 1859
Ans: (A)
31. Which person of Jagdishpur took the lead of revolutionaries during the revolt of 1857 A.D.?
(A) Kunwar Singh
(B) Chandra Shekhar
(C) Tirath Singh
(D) Ram Singh
Ans: (A)
32. The centre of 1857 revolt in Bihar from 15th July, 1857 to 20th January, 1858 was
(A) Rampur (B) Hamirpur
(C) Dheerpur (D) Jagdishpur
Ans: (D)
33. Who defeated the joint army of British and Jodhpur during the revolt of 1857?
(A) Tatya Tope
(B) Nawab Vazeer Khan of Tonk
(C) Maharaja Ram Singh
(D) Thakur Kushal Singh of Auwa
Ans: (D)
34. The King of Jagdishpur was
(A) Nana Saheb
(B) Tatya Tope
(C) Lakshmi Bai
(D) Kunwar Singh
Ans: (D)
35. Who of the following had struggled against Britishers in 1857?
(A) Chandrashekhar Azad
(B) Ramprasad Bilsmil
(C) Shahdat Khan
(D) Makhan Lal Chaturvedi
Ans: (C)
36. Which amongst the following place was not a centre of the revolution of 1857?
(A) Ajmer (B) Jaipur
(C) Neemuch (D) Auwa
Ans: (B)
37. The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet
(A) Mir Taqi Mir (B) Zauq
(C) Ghalib (D) Iqbal
Ans: (C)
38. Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
(B) Maulvi Imadadullah
(C) Maulana Fazi-i-Haq Khairabadi
(D) Nawab Liaquat Ali
Ans: (A)
39. Who among the following was not associated with the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Tatya Tope
(B) Rani Lakshmi Bai
(C) Bahadur Shah Jafar
(D) Bhagat Singh
Ans: (D)
40. Original residence of Eminent Urdu Poet Mirza Ghalib was
(A) Agra (B) Delhi
(C) Lahore (D) Lucknow
Ans: (A)
41. Which dynasty supported British maximum during the 1857 Freedom Movement?
(A) Scindias of Gwalior
(B) Holkers of Indore
(C) Bhonsles of Nagpur
(D) Lodhis of Ramgarh
Ans: (A)
42. Who among the following was not related with the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(B) Kunwar Singh
(C) Uddham Singh
(D) Maulvi Shemadullah
Ans: (C)
43. Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Jhansi (B) Chittor
(C) Jagdishpur (D) Lucknow
Ans: (B)
44. The educated middle class in India
(A) Opposed the revolt of 1857
(B) Supported the revolt of 1857
(C) Remained neutral to the revolt of 1857
(D) Fought against native rulers
Ans: (C)
45. Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?
(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Hardinge
(D) Lord Lytton
Ans: (A)
46. Who was the Governor-General of India during the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Minto
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Lord Bentinck
Ans: (C)
47. Who has made Allahabad the emergency headquarters in 1857?
(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord Cornwallis
(C) Lord Wellesley
(D) Lord William Bentinck
Ans: (A)
48. At the time of 1857-Revolt who was the British Commanding Officer at Barrackpore?
(A) Henry Lawrence
(B) Colonel Finnis
(C) Hearsey
(D) Sir Hugh Wheeler
Ans: (C)
49. What was the main cause of the failure of the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Lack of Hindu-Muslim unity
(B) Lack of common strategy and central organization
(C) Its effect was within limited area
(D) Non-participations of Landlords
Ans: (B)
50. Who was the British Prime Minister during the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Churchill (B) Palmerston
(C) Attlee (D) Gladstone
Ans: (B)
51. The British were able to suppress the uprising of 1857 in Rajput state because
(A) The local Rajput rulers did not support revolutionary
(B) The educated middle class supported the British
(C) The soldiers in cantonments were not prepared to accept leadership of revolution from outside
Rajasthan
(D) The newspaper could not project the true aim of revolution
Ans: (A)
52. First freedom struggle of 1857 failed because
(A) There was lackness of the unity of purpose in Indian sepoys
(B) Generally, Native Kings supported British
(C) British Soldiers were better equipped and organised rather than Indians
(D) All of the above
Ans: (D)
53. Modern Historian, who called the Revolt of 1857 as the first Independence War was
(A) Dr. R.C. Mazumdar
(B) Dr. S.N. Sen
(C) V.D. Savarkar
(D) Ashok Mehta
Ans: (C)
54. Who called the Revolt of 1857 a conspiracy?
(A) Sir James Outram and W. Taylor
(B) Sir John K.
(C) Sir John Lawrence
(D) T.R. Homes
Ans: (A)
55. The statement ‘the so-called first national war of independence was neither first, nor national,
nor a war of independence’ is associated with
(A) R.C. Majumdar
(B) S.N. Sen
(C) Tarachand
(D) V.D. Savarkar
Ans: (A)
56. The first Indian to write in Indian language on the causes of the uprising of 1857 was
(A) Syed Ahmed Khan
(B) V.D. Savarkar
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(D) None of the above
Ans: (A)
57. Match List-I (leaders of the revolt of 1857) with List-II (their areas of operation). List-I
(a) Bakht Khan
(b) Maulvi Ahmadullah
(c) Kunwar Singh
(d) Nana Sahab List-II
1. Awadh 2. Kanpur
3. Arrah 4. Delhi Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 1 2 4 (B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 4 1 3 2 (D) 4 3 1 2
Ans: (C)
58. Who was the prominent Indian Historian who did not accepted 1857 Revolution as a
Revolution?
(A) Tarachand
(B) Dr. S.N. Sen
(C) Savarkar
(D) Dr. R.C. Majumdar
Ans: (D)
59. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I
(Name of the Revolutionaries)
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) Nawab Hamid Ali Khan
(c) Maulvi Ahmad Ullah
(d) Mani Ram Diwan List-II (Place)
1. Delhi
2. Kanpur
3. Lucknow
4. Assam Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3 (B) 1 2 3 4
(C) 2 1 4 3 (D) 2 1 3 4
Ans: (D)
60. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below. List-I
(a) Jhansi (b) Lucknow
(c) Kanpur (d) Faizabad List-II
1. Maulvi Ahmad Shah
2. Azimullah Khan
3. Begum Hazrat Mahal
4. Rani Lakshmi Bai Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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(A) 4 3 2 1 (B) 4 2 3 1
(C) 3 4 2 1 (D) 1 2 3 4
Ans: (A)
61. Which of the following groups did not participate in the revolt of 1857?
1. Agricultural Labour
2. Sahukar
3. Farmers
4. Landlords Select your answer of the following code.
(A) Only 1 (B) Only 1 and 2
(C) Only 2 (D) 2 and 4
Ans: (D)
62. Consider the following. Assertion (A): The first war of Independence in 1857 failed to secure
freedom from the British Government. Reason (R): The leadership of Bahadur Shah Zafar did not
have popular support and most of the Indian rulers of important States shied away from the
struggle. Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation of
(A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Ans: (A)
63. Which among the following British officers lost their lives at Lucknow?
1. General John Nicholson
2. General Neil
3. Major Havlock
4. Sir Henry Lawrence Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1, 3 and 4
(C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) All of these
Ans: (C)
64. Which part of Bihar was unaffected with the Revolt of 1857?
1. Danapur 2. Patna
3. Ara 4. Muzaffarpur
5. Munger Choose the correct answer from code given below. Code
(A) Only 4 and 5 (B) Only 5
(C) Only 4 (D) 3, 4 and 5
Ans: (B)
65. What was/were the object/objects of Queen Victoria’s Proclamation
(1958)?
1. To disclaim any intention to annex the Indian States
2. To place the Indian administration under the British Crown
3. To regulate East India Company’s trade with India Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
(A) Only 1 and 2 (B) Only 2
(C) Only 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (A)
2. Other Movements
66. Who was the composer of the song ‘Vande Mataram’?
(A) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(B) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Ans: (D)
67. Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after Revolt of 1857?
(A) Sanyasi
(B) Santhal Rebellion
(C) Indigo revolt
(D) Pabna Disturbances
Ans: (C)
68. The theme of the novel Anandamath is based on
(A) Chuar Revolt
(B) Sanyasi Revolt
(C) Poligar Revolt
(D) Talukdar’s Revolt
Ans: (B)
69. What was the purpose of Barhiyataal resistance in Munger?
(A) Demand of Bakast land restoration
(B) Muslim peasants may not be exploited
(C) Abolishment of Zamindari custom
(D) Beginning of class struggle
Ans: (A)
70. Who is the author of ‘Neel Darpan’ a book written on the miserable condition of indigo
farmers?
(A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(B) Dinbandhu Mitra
(C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: (B)
71. Kuka Movement was organized by
(A) Guru Ram Das
(B) Guru Nanak
(C) Guru Ram Singh
(D) Guru Gobind Singh
Ans: (C)
72. Chief centre of Wahabi Movement during 19th century was
(A) Lahore (B) Patna
(C) Amritsar (D) Pune
Ans: (B)
73. Who founded the ‘Pagal Panth’?
(A) Bulleh Shah
(B) Karam Shah
(C) Yaduvendra Singh
(D) Swami Shajananda
Ans: (B)
74. The Pagalpanthi rebellion was indeed a rebellion of
(A) Bhils (B) Garos
(C) Gonds (D) Koliyas
Ans: (B)
75. Who were the Faraizis?
(A) Followers of Haji Shariatullah
(B) Followers of Dadu
(C) Followers of Arya Samaj
(D) Followers of the Muslim League
Ans: (A)
76. Who among the following was the leader of the Farazi rebellion?
(A) Aga Muhammad Raza
(B) Dadu Miyan

(C) Shamsher Gazi
(D) Wazir Ali
Ans: (B)
77. Who founded Ramosi Krishak Jatha in Maharashtra?
(A) Justice Ranade
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
(D) Jyotiba Phule
Ans: (C)
78. Velu Thampi led a rebellion against the British in
(A) Kerala (B) Maharashtra
(C) Mysore (D) Telangana
Ans: (A)
79. Which of the following places was the centre of the Garhakari rebellion?
(A) Bihar Sharif (B) Kolhapur
(C) Surat (D) Sylhet
Ans: (B)
80. The correct geographical location for the Ramosi Uprising was
(A) Western India
(B) Eastern Ghats
(C) Eastern India
(D) Western Ghats
Ans: (D)
81. Which one of the following was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel
‘Anandamath’?
(A) Bhil uprising
(B) Rangpur and Dinajpur uprising
(C) Bishnupur and Birbhum rebellion
(D) Sanyasi rebellion
Ans: (D)
82. Trace the tribe that rebelled against Britishers because human sacrifice system was banned
(A) Kuki (B) Khond
(C) Oraon (D) Nackda
Ans: (B)
83. The Waghera Uprising happened in
(A) Surat (B) Poona
(C) Calicut (D) Baroda
Ans: (D)
84. Who had led Kol Revolt?
(A) Budhu Bhagat
(B) Surga
(C) Bhagat
(D) Jatra Bhagat
Ans: (A)
85. When did Chhotanagpur Tribal Revolt occur?
(A) 1807-1808 (B) 1820
(C) 1858-1859 (D) 1889
Ans: (B)
86. Which among the following year ‘Santhal revolt’ was occurred?
(A) 1831-32 A.D.
(B) 1844-46 A.D.
(C) 1851-52 A.D.
(D) 1855-56 A.D.
Ans: (D)
87. The first tribal leader who was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and his ideology was
(A) Alluri Sitaram Raju
(B) Jodanang
(C) Jhabkar Bapa
(D) Rani Gaidinliu
Ans: (B)
88. Who led the revolt of Santhals?
(A) Siddhu-Kanhu
(B) Bhairav Chand
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of (A) and (B)
Ans: (C)
89. Which British Commander was defeated by the Santhals in 1855?
(A) Captain Nek Fevile
(B) Lt. Bastain
(C) Major Burrough
(D) Colonel White
Ans: (C)
90. What was the Santhal Pargana region called in ancient times?
(A) Narikhand (B) Man-Varjikah
(C) Kartasina (D) None of these
Ans: (A)
91. Who launched the ‘Lasodia Movement’ for social reforms amongst the Bhils of Mewar, Bagar
and nearby regions?
(A) Mavji
(B) Govind Giri
(C) Surmal Das
(D) Moti Lal Tejawat
Ans: (B)
92. Which one of the following uprising occurred in Maharashtra?
(A) Bhil uprising
(B) Kol uprising
(C) Rampa uprising
(D) Santhal uprising
Ans: (A)
93. Ulgulan Revolt was related to

(A) Santhal (B) Kachha Nagh
(C) Kol (D) Birsa Munda
Ans: (D)
94. Mundas rose revolt in
(A) 1885 (B) 1888
(C) 1890 (D) 1895
Ans: (D)
95. Which tribal leader known as ‘Dharti Aaba’ (Father of World)?
(A) Jiriya Bhagat (B) Kanu Sanyal
(C) Roop Nayak (D) Birsa Munda
Ans: (D)
96. Who was the leader of Munda rebellion?
(A) Birsa (B) Kanhu
(C) Tilak Manjhi (D) Siddhu
Ans: (A)
97. Which was the working area of Birsa Munda?
(A) Champaran (B) Ranchi
(C) Balia (D) Alipur
Ans: (B)
98. Birsa Munda was in favour of
(A) Jharkhand (B) Uttaranchal
(C) Chhattisgarh (D) None of these
Ans: (D)
99. Which amongst the following provided a common factor for tribal insurrection in India in the
19th century?
(A) Introduction of a new system of land revenue and taxation of tribal products
(B) Influence of foreign religious missionaries in tribal areas
(C) Rise of a large number of money lenders, traders and revenue farmers as middlemen in tribal
areas
(D) The complete disruption of the old agrarian order of the tribal communities
Ans: (D)
100. The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Thakkar Bappa
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: (B)
101. When did Khairwar Tribal movement occur?
(A) 1874 (B) 1960
(C) 1865 (D) 1870
Ans: (A)
102. The Hoz revolt took place during
(A) 1620-21 (B) 1720-21
(C) 1820-21 (D) 1920-21
Ans: (C)
103. Moplah revolt of 1921 took place in
(A) Kashmir (B) B.N.W.F.P.
(C) Kerala (D) Assam
Ans: (C)
104. Who among the following was the leader of some anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
(A) Utirat Singh
(B) Surendra Sai
(C) Kattabomman
(D) Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
Ans: (B)
105. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Moplah revolt – Kerala
(B) Kuka revolt – Punjab
(C) Koli revolt – Maharashtra
(D) Chuar revolt – Madhya Pradesh
Ans: (D)
106. The Moplah Rebellion of 1921 took place in
(A) Telangana (B) Malabar
(C) Marathwada (D) Vidarbha
Ans: (B)
107. Bhils revolted against the British in
(A) M.P. and Maharashtra
(B) M.P. and Bihar
(C) Bihar and Bengal
(D) Bengal and Maharashtra
Ans: (A)
108. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Revolt Year
(A) Pabna revolt – 1873
(B) Deccan Kisan revolt – 1875
(C) Sanyasi revolt – 1894
(D) Kol uprising – 1831
Ans: (C)
109. In which year Jatra Oraon started Tanna Bhagat Movement?
(A) 1919 (B) 1917
(C) 1914 (D) 1922
Ans: (C)
110. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Munda – Birsa
(B) Santhal – Kanhu
(C) Ahom – Gomdhar Kunwar
(D) Nayak – Tanna Bhagat
Ans: (D)
111. Arrange the following uprisings against the British colonial power in India prior to 1857 in the
various parts of the country in correct order.
1. Sepoy mutiny in Bengal
2. Kutch Rebellion
3. Sepoy mutiny at Vellore
4. Santhal uprising
5. Kol uprising
(A) 1, 3, 2, 5, 4 (B) 2, 3, 1, 5, 4
(C) 4, 1, 3, 2, 5 (D) 3, 1, 2, 4, 5
Ans: (A)
112. Match these former revolts in 19th century with these related areas. List-I
(a) Kuki revolt
(b) Kuka revolt
(c) Pabna revolt
(d) Birsa Munda revolt List-II
1. Punjab 2. Bengal
3. Bihar 4. Tripura Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 2 1 3 (B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 1 3 2 (D) 4 1 2 3
Ans: (D)
113. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Moplah revolt
(b) Pabna revolt
(c) Eka Movement
(d) Birsa Munda revolt List-II
1. Kerala 2. Bihar
3. Bengal 4. Awadh Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 2 (B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 1 2 3 4 (D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: (A)
114. Consider the following events.
1. Indigo Revolt
2. Santhal Rebellion
3. Deccan Riot
4. Mutiny of the Sepoys The correct chronological sequence of these events is
(A) 4, 2, 1, 3 (B) 4, 2, 3, 1
(C) 2, 4, 3, 1 (D) 2, 4, 1, 3
Ans: (D)
List-I (Events)
(a) Barrackpur Mutiny
(b) Berhampur Revolt
(c) Santhal Revolt
(d) Vellore Mutiny List-II (Dates)
1. July, 1806
2. November, 1824
3. 1855-56
4. February, 1857 Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 4 3 1 (B) 2 1 4 3
(C) 3 4 2 1 (D) 1 2 3 4
Ans: (A)
3. Educational Development in Modern India

116. Who founded First Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya at Varanasi?
(A) Jonathan Duncan
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) Lorel Macaulay
(D) Bankim Chandra
Ans: (A)
117. Where was the first Madarsa set up by British in India?
(A) Madras (B) Bombay
(C) Aligarh (D) Calcutta
Ans: (D)
118. Who among the following was offered membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Vivekanand
Ans: (B)
119. Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated Bhagavad- Gita into English?
(A) William Jones
(B) Charles Wilkins
(C) Alexander Cunningham
(D) John Marshall
Ans: (B)
120. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
(A) Sir William Jones
(B) Wilkins
(C) Maz Muller
(D) James Prinsep
Ans: (A)
121. The main reason for the British Government to spread modern education in India during
preindependence period was
(A) The need for educated Indians in minor administrative posts
(B) To promote Indian culture
(C) To modernize the Indian people so that they could share their political responsibilities
Ans: (A)
122. Who among the following was the first to translate Kalidasa’s famous work ‘Shakuntala’ into
English?
(A) Charles Wilkins
(B) Henry Colebrooke
(C) Johana Wolfgang von Goethe
(D) Sir William Jones
Ans: (D)
123. Charles Wood’s Despatch was related with which of the following?
(A) Education
(B) Trade
(C) Administrative Reforms
(D) Military Reforms
Ans: (A)
124. Which Act of British Government granted rupees One lakh for education in India for the first
time?
(A) Wood’s Dispatch, 1854
(B) Charter Act, 1813
(C) Charter Act, 1853
(D) Indian Council Act, 1892
Ans: (B)
125. When was the National Council of Education established?
(A) 15th August, 1903
(B) 15th August, 1904
(C) 15th August, 1905
(D) 15th August, 1906
Ans: (D)
126. In the Hunter Commission report, special emphasis was laid on the development of
(A) Girls education
(B) Higher education
(C) Primary education
(D) Technical education
Ans: (C)
127. When did the British Government appoint Sadler University Commission for reforms in
education?
(A) 1919 (B) 1917
(C) 1921 (D) 1896
Ans: (B)
128. Sadler Commission was related to
(A) Judiciary
(B) Revenue Administration

(C) Education
(D) Police Administration
Ans: (C)
129. During India’s colonial period, the theory of downward filtration was related to
(A) Railways
(B) Education
(C) Irrigation
(D) Poverty alleviation
Ans: (B)
130. Lord Macaulay was related to
(A) Military reforms
(B) Abolishment of Sati
(C) English education
(D) Permanent settlement
Ans: (C)
131. The foundation of modern educational system in India was laid by
(A) The Charter Act of 1813
(B) Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835
(C) The Hunter Commission of 1882
(D) Woods Dispatch of 1854
Ans: (B)
132. The propounder of ‘Filtration Theory’ in India’s education policy was
(A) Charles Wood
(B) Macaulay
(C) J.S. Mill
(D) Cornwallis
Ans: (B)
133. The first three universities in India
(Calcutta, Madras and Bombay) were established in which year?
(A) 1857 (B) 1881
(C) 1885 (D) 1905
Ans: (A)
134. In whose reign was English Education introduced in India?
(A) Lord William Cavendish Bentinck
(B) Lord Hardinge
(C) Lord Minto
(D) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: (A)
135. Who was associated with the formation of the Deccan Educational Society?
(A) Justice Ranade
(B) Firoz Shah Mehta
(C) B.G. Tilak
(D) Dayananda Saraswati
Ans: (C)
136. The establishment of the first Women’s University in Mumbai was the result of the effort of
(A) Dayaram Gindumal
(B) D.K. Karve
(C) M.G. Ranade
(D) Ramabai
Ans: (B)
137. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu
College at Calcutta?
(A) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Keshab Chandra Sen
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (D)
138. Which of the following was established first?
(A) Hindu College, Calcutta
(B) Delhi College
(C) Mayo College
(D) Muslim-Anglo Oriented College
Ans: (A)
139. Who was the following laid the foundation stone of Banaras Hindu University?
(A) Madan Mohan Malviya
(B) Maharaja Vibhuti Narain Singh
(C) Lord Hardinge
(D) Annie Besant
Ans: (C)
140. Who one of the following had vigorously advocated for religious education in the Indian
Universities?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Swami Vivekanand
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Madan Mohan Malviya
Ans: (D)
141. Which one of the following was the first to be declared as Central University?
(A) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
(B) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow
(C) Banaras Hindu University of Varanasi
(D) University of Allahabad
Ans: (C)
4. Development of Press in Modern India

142. Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
(A) Lord Ripon (B) Lord Lytton
(C) Lord Curzon (D) Lord Minto
Ans: (A)
143. The first newspaper in India was
(A) Bengal Gazette
(B) Hindustan Times
(C) Pioneer
(D) Sambad Kaumadi
Ans: (A)
144. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act?
(A) Lord Lytton
(B) Lord Ripon
(C) Lord Curzon
(D) Lord Hastings
Ans: (A)
145. Under whose Governor-General ship was the Vernacular Act repealed?
(C) Lord Curzon (D) Lord Dufferin
Ans: (A)
146. Who among the following had primarily implemented the Press Censorship?
(A) Wellesley (B) Hastings
(C) John Adams (D) Dalhousie
Ans: (A)
147. Who in America started to issue newspaper ‘Free India’?
(A) Ram Nath Puri
(B) G.D. Kumar
(C) Lala Hardayal
(D) Tarak Nath Das
Ans: (D)
148. Who was the first Indian to go to jail in performance of his duty as a journalist?
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Motilal Ghosh
(D) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Ans: (A)
149. The first Hindi Newspaper ‘Udatt Martand’ (30th May, 1826) was published from
(A) Kolkata (B) Patna
(C) Allahabad (D) Lucknow
Ans: (A)
150. Persian Weekly ‘Miratul Akhbar’ was published by
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(D) Maulana Shibli Nomani
Ans: (B)
151. In which one of the following languages was the first issue of the Journal Ghadar published?
(A) Urdu (B) Hindi
(C) English (D) Marathi
Ans: (A)
152. From where the ‘Indian Mirror’ newspaper was published in 1880?
(A) Bombay (B) Calcutta
(C) Madras (D) Pondicherry
Ans: (B)
153. Who founded the ‘Amrit Bazar Patrika’?
(A) Girish Chandra Ghosh
(B) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
(C) S.N. Banerjee
(D) Sisir Kumar Ghose
Ans: (D)
154. The journal ‘Ghadar’ of Ghadar Party was a
(A) Monthly Journal
(B) Fortnightly Journal
(C) Weekly Journal
(D) Daily Journal
Ans: (C)
155. Which one of the popular magazines of the revolutionary period criticized the Congress for
various reasons?
(A) Bangawasi (B) Kaal
(C) Kesari (D) All of these
Ans: (D)
156. Which newspaper was started by Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak to serve the cause of India’s
freedom struggle?
(A) Gadar
(B) Kesari
(C) Free Hindustan
(D) Swadesh Mitra
Ans: (B)
157. Which of the following papers was essentially the mouthpiece of the policies of liberals?
(A) New India
(B) Leader
(C) Young India
(D) Free Press Journal
Ans: (B)
158. Who among the following started the newspaper’s ‘Som Prakash’?
(A) Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Surendranath Banerjee
Ans: (B)
159. The first editor of the journal ‘Indian Opinion’ was
(A) M.K. Gandhi
(B) Albert West
(C) Mahadev Desai
(D) Mansukhal Nazar
Ans: (D)
160. Which one of the following was not the language in which ‘Indian Opinion’ paper was
published?
(A) English (B) Gujarati
(C) Tamil (D) Urdu
Ans: (D)
161. Which journal was not associated with revolutionary activities?
(A) Sandhya (B) Yugantar
(C) Ghadar (D) Young India
Ans: (D)
162. The ‘Young India’ was started as a weekly by
(A) The Home Rule Party
(B) The Extremist Party
(C) Ghadar Party
(D) Swaraj Party
Ans: (A)
163. The editor of the ‘Hindu Patriot’ who strongly supported the Indigo Movement was
(A) Hem Chandrakar
(B) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
(C) Dinbandhu Mitra
(D) Digambar Biswas
Ans: (B)
164. The first Newspaper published by the Indians in the English language was
(A) Hindu Patriot
(B) The Hindu
(C) Young India
(D) Native Opinion
Ans: (A)
165. Which of the following newspapers used to be published from Patna?
(A) Indian Nation
(B) Punjab Kesari
(C) Prabhakar
(D) Dawn
Ans: (A)
166. Who affiliated himself with the English Journal ‘Vande Matram’?
(A) Arbind Ghosh
(B) M.G. Ranade
(C) S.C. Bose
(D) Lokmanya Tilak
Ans: (A)
167. The English Newspaper ‘Independent’ was associated to
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) C.R. Das
(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(D) Motilal Nehru
Ans: (D)
168. The ‘Swadesh Vahini’ was edited by
(A) C.V. Raman Pillai
(B) C.N. Mudaliar
(C) K. Ram Krishna Pillai
(D) C.R. Reddy
Ans: (C)
169. ‘Harijan’ was started by
(A) Tilak (B) Gokhale
(C) Gandhiji (D) Naoroji
Ans: (C)
170. Through which newspaper published from Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bizaliya
movement the subject of discussion in India?
(A) Kesai (B) Pratap
(C) Maratha (D) Majusha
Ans: (B)
171. The Marathi fortnightly ‘Bahiskrit Bharat’ was started by
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) V.D. Savarkar
(D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans: (B)
172. The first issue of a weekly paper ‘Harijan’ started by Gandhiji was published on February 11,
1933 from which of the following cities?
(A) Bombay (now Mumbai)
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Poona (now Pune)
(D) Nasik
Ans: (C)
173. Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?
(A) Al-Hilal
(B) Comrade
(C) The Indian Sociologist
(D) Zamindar
Ans: (A)
174. …… was related to Bahiskrit Bharat.
(A) Atmaram Pandurang
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: (D)
175. Given below are the names of freedom fighters and the newspapers started by them among
these which combination is incorrect?
(A) Maulana Azad – Al-Hilal
(B) Lokmanya Tilak – Kesari
(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru – National Herald
(D) Mahatma Gandhi – The Pioneer
Ans: (D)
176. Which Urdu newspaper was started by Lajpat Rai from Lahore in 1920?
(A) Vande Mataram
(B) People
(C) Tribune
(D) Vir Arjun
Ans: (A)
177. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Navjiwan – M.K. Gandhi
(B) Swarajya – T. Prakasham
(C) Prabhat – N.C. Kelkar
(D) Qaumi Awaz – Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (D)
178. Who among the following had launched the paper ‘Qaumi Awaz’?
(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) Shaukat Ali
(D) Khaliquzzaman
Ans: (B)
179. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar – Independent
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari
(C) Annie Besant – New India
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji – Rast Goftar
Ans: (A)
180. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi – Mook Nayak
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Young India
(C) Annie Besant – Commonweal
(D) B.R. Ambedkar – Kesari
Ans: (C)
181. To whom Commonweal is related?
(A) B.G. Tilak
(B) Annie Besant
(C) G.K. Gokhale
Ans: (B)
182. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Annie Besant – Young India
(B) Mahatma Gandhi – New India
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari
(D) Surendranath Banerjee – Maratha
Ans: (C)
183. Which of the following newspapers advocated revolutionary terrorism during the period of
Indian freedom struggle?
1. Sandhya 2. Yugantar
3. Kaal Choose the correct answer from the code given below. Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3
(C) 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (D)
184. Who was the editor of the revolutionary paper ‘Vande Mataram’?
(A) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) V.D. Savarkar
(D) G.D. Savarkar
Ans: (B)
185. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using code given below. List-I
(Newspaper)
(a) Bharat Mitra
(b) Rastra Mitra
(c) Praja Mitra
(d) Nayak List-II (Language)
1. Bengali
2. Gujarati
3. Hindi
4. Marathi Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3 (B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 3 4 2 1 (D) 4 1 3 2
Ans: (C)
186. Which of the following were the two Newspapers published by Annie Besant?
1. Commonweal 2. New India

3. New Hindu 4. The Aryans Select the correct answer using the code given below. Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3
(C) 2 and 4 (D) 3 and 4
Ans: (A)
List-I (Newspapers)
(a) Hindu (b) Sudharak
(c) Voice of India (d) Bengali List-II (Editors)

1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. G. Subramaniya Iyer
4. Surendra Nath Banerjee Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 2 3 1 4 (D) 3 2 1 4
Ans: (D)
188. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists.
List-I (Newspaper)
(a) Dainik Aaj (b) The Leader
(c) The National (d) The Pioneer List-II (Founder)
1. George Allen
2. Jawahar Lal Nehru
3. Madan Mohan Malviya
4. Shiv Prasad Gupta Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1 (B) 4 1 3 2
(C) 2 3 4 1 (D) 1 4 2 3
Ans: (A)
List-I (Newspapers)
(a) Leader
(b) Bombay Chronicle
(c) Independent
(d) Justice List-II (Launcher/Publisher)
2. Firoz Shah Mehta
3. T.M. Nair
4. Motilal Nehru Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3 (B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 2 1 4 (D) 4 1 2 3
Ans: (A)
List-I (Newspapers)
(a) Bombay
(b) Commonweal
(c) Leader
(d) Search Light List-II (Person who started it)
1. Annie Besant
3. Pheroz Shah Mehta
4. Sachindanand Singh Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 4 3 2 (B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 3 1 2 4 (D) 4 2 1 3
Ans: (C)
191. Match the following and select the correct answer from the code given below. List-I
(a) Bipin Chandra Pal
(b) Arvind Ghosh
(c) Brahmobandhab Upadhyay
(d) Mohammad Ali List-II
1. New India
2. Comrade
3. Vande Mataram
4. Sandhya Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 2 (B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 2 1 4 3 (D) 1 3 2 4
Ans: (A)
List-I
(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Feroz Shah Mehta
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Mahatma Gandhi List-II
1. Bombay Chronicle
2. Al-Hilal
3. Young India
4. New India Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 1 4 3 (B) 1 2 3 4
(C) 2 1 3 4 (D) 3 2 1 4
Ans: (A)
193. Match the list of the Editors with that of the Papers/Magazines, they were editing. List ‘A’
(Editors)
(a) S.A. Dange
(b) Muzaffar Ahmad
(c) Ghulam Husain
(d) M. Singarvelu List ‘B’ (Papers/Magazine)
1. Navayug
2. Inqilab
3. Labour Kisan Gazette
4. The Socialist Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 4 1 2 3
(C) 2 3 1 4 (D) 3 4 2 1
Ans: (B)
5. Social and Religious Movement

194. Who was the leading envoy of renaissance movement in India?
(A) Devendranath Tagore

(B) Keshav Chandra Sen
(C) Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
(D) Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (D)
195. Which of the following class has been influenced by Western civilization firstly?
(A) Noble landlords
(B) New rich merchants
(C) Educated Hindu middle class
(D) Educated Muslims
Ans: (C)
196. Who is considered as the Prophet of Nationalism?
(A) M.K. Gandhi
(B) Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Dayanand Saraswati
Ans: (B)
197. Who is considered as the first ‘Modern Man’ of India?
(A) Nana Saheb
(B) A.O. Hume
(D) Swami Vivekanand
Ans: (C)
198. Who among the following greatmen is called the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’?
(A) Vivekananda
(D) Dayanand Saraswati
Ans: (B)
199. Who among the following was the founder of Atmiya Sabha?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Swami Vivekanand
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: (A)
200. The First Society founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy was
(A) Brahmo Samaj
(B) Atmiya Sabha
(C) Brahma Sabha
(D) Tatvabodhini Sabha
Ans: (B)
201. Raja Ram Mohan Roy established Brahma Samaj in
(A) 1816 A.D. (B) 1820 A.D.
(C) 1828 A.D. (D) 1830 A.D.
Ans: (C)
202. Brahmo Samaj was founded in the year of
(A) 1827 (B) 1829
(C) 1831 (D) 1828
Ans: (D)
203. Who gave Ram Mohan Roy the title of ‘Raja’?
(A) Lord William Bentinck
(B) Akbar II
(C) The followers of Brahmo Samaj
(D) Intellectuals who opposed Sati Practice
Ans: (B)
204. Brahmo Samaj was founded by

(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Keshav Chandra Sen
Ans: (D)
205. Who is regarded as the father of Indian Nationalism?
(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Surendranath Banerjee
Ans: (D)
206. The Samadhi of Raja Ram Mohan Roy is in
(A) Kolkata
(B) Patna
(C) Bristol, England
(D) Canada
Ans: (C)
207. Which of the following were not protested by Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
(A) Child marriage
(B) Sati system
(C) Western education
(D) Idolatry
Ans: (C)
208. The Brahmo Samaj is based on the principle of
(A) Monetheism (B) Polytheism
(C) Atheism (D) Monism
Ans: (A)
209. The best representative of Neo- Hindustan in second half of the nineteenth century was
(A) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(B) Swami Vivekanand
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Ans: (B)
210. Which one of the following social reformers strongly opposed Jury Act of 1826?
(A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) Rajnarayan Basu
Ans: (B)
211. When did Swami Vivekananda deliver his speech in ‘World Religious Conference’ in Chicago?
(A) 1863 (B) 1892
(C) 1893 (D) 1894
Ans: (C)
212. Vivekananda attended the ‘Parliament of World’s Religious’ held at Chicago in
(A) 1872 (B) 1890
(C) 1893 (D) 1901
Ans: (C)
213. Who among the following famous reformers wrote the books Jnyana Yoga, Karma Yoga and
Raja Yoga?
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Ranade
(D) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
Ans: (A)
214. Who among the following represented India at the world Parliament of Religious at Chicago
in 1893?
(A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(C) Swami Vivekananda
Ans: (C)
215. Who founded ‘Ram Krishna Mission’ in 1897 A.D.?
(A) Vivekananda
(B) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Shyamji Krishna Verma
Ans: (A)
216. Who was the founder of Ram Krishna Mission?
(B) M.N. Das Gupta
(D) Swami Rangnath Nanda
Ans: (C)
217. The Ram Krishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda in the year
(A) 1886 (B) 1892
(C) 1898 (D) 1897
Ans: (D)
218. Swami Vivekananda established Ram Krishna Mission in the year
(A) 1861 (B) 1891
(C) 1893 (D) 1897
Ans: (D)
219. Dayanand Saraswati founded
(A) Brahmo Samaj
(B) Arya Samaj
(C) Prathana Samaj
(D) Bahujan Samaj
Ans: (B)
220. Who was Sharadamani?
(A) Wife of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Wife of Ram Krishna Paramahansa
(C) Mother of Vivekananda
(D) Daughter of Keshab Chandra Sen
Ans: (B)
221. Who of the following is responsible for the revival of Vedas?
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Vivekananda
Ans: (C)
222. The year Arya Samaj founded
(A) 1865 (B) 1870
(C) 1875 (D) 1880
Ans: (C)
223. Who among the following is known as ‘Martin Luther of India’?
(A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Shraddhanand
Ans: (A)
224. Who had said, ‘Let’s go back to the Vedas’?
(B) Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Vivekananda
Ans: (B)
225. The writer of ‘Satyartha Prakasha’ is
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Swami Nishchalananda
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Haridas
Ans: (C)
226. ‘Satyarth Prakash’ was written by
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Ans: (D)
227. Which among the following organizations supported Shuddhi movement?
(A) Arya Samaj
(B) Brahmo Samaj
(C) Dev Samaj
(D) Prarthana Samaj
Ans: (A)
228. ‘Satyarth Prakash’ is a sacred book of
(A) Arya Samaj
(B) Brahmo Samaj
(C) Theosophical Society
(D) Prarthana Samaj
Ans: (A)
229. Who amongst the following first used the word ‘Swaraj’ and accepted Hindi as the national
language?
(B) Swami Dayanand
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (B)
230. Who of the following said, ‘good Government is no substitute for self-Government’?
(A) Lokmanya Tilak
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Swami Dayananda
(D) Ravindranath Tagore
Ans: (C)
231. Who was the chief director of Prarthana Samaj in Maharashtra?
(A) R.G. Bhandarkar
(B) M.G. Ranade
(C) Pandit Ramabai
(D) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

Ans: (B)
232. Who was the founder of ‘Prarthana Samaj’?
(A) Atmaram Pandurang
(B) Tilak
(C) M.G. Chandrakar
(D) M.G. Ranade
Ans: (A)
233. In 1873 who founded Satya Shodhak Samaj?
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Shiv Nath Shastri
Ans: (B)
234. Who among the following was the founder of ‘Dev Samaj’?
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
Ans: (C)
235. Satya Shodhak Movement was launched by
(A) Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) T.N. Nair
Ans: (C)
236. Which one of the following was the author of ‘Gulamgiri’?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Periyar
Ans: (B)
237. Whose main aim was to uplift the backward classes?
(A) Prarthana Samaj
(B) Satya Shodhak Samaj
(C) Arya Samaj
(D) Ram Krishna Mission
Ans: (B)
238. Which of the following organizations was established by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule?
(A) Gopal Mandal
(B) Sir Narayan Sabha
(C) Satya Shodhak Samaj
(D) Mahajan Sabha
Ans: (C)
239. The Bengali leader who opposed socio-religious reforms and supported orthodoxy was
(A) Radhakant Deb
(B) Nemisadhan Bose
(C) Hemchandra Biswas
(D) Hemchandra De
Ans: (A)
240. Satya Shodhak Samaj organized
(A) A movement for upliftment of tribals in Bihar
(B) A temple-entry movement in Gujarat
(C) An anti-caste movement in Maharashtra
(D) A peasant movement in Punjab
Ans: (C)
241. Which reformer of Maharashtra is also known ‘Lokhitvadi’?
(A) M.G. Ranade
(C) Pandit Ramabai
(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Ans: (D)
242. Who was the founder of Radha Swami Satsang?
(A) Haridas Swami
(B) Shivdayal Sahab
(C) Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
(D) Swami Shraddhananda
Ans: (B)
243. The Greatest Parsi Social reformer of the 19th century was
(A) Sir Jamshedji
(B) Sir Rustom Behramji
(C) Navalji Tata
(D) Behramji M. Mallabari
Ans: (D)
244. The campaign for widow remarriage in Maharashtra was led by
(A) Vishnu Parashuram Pandit
(B) B.M. Malabari
(C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: (A)
245. His principle forte was social and religious reform. He relied upon legislation to do away with
social ills and worked unceasingly for the eradication of child marriage, the purdah system. To
encourage consideration of social problems on a national scale, he inaugurated the Indian
National Social Conference, which for many years met for its annual sessions alongside the Indian
National Congress? Their reference in this passage is to
(B) Behramji Merwanji Malabari
(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: (C)
246. In which year ‘The Age of Consent Act’ was passed?
(A) 1856 (B) 1891
(C) 1881 (D) 1905
Ans: (B)
247. The name of D.K. Karve of Western India figures in the context of which of the following?
(A) Sati Pratha
(B) Infanticide
(C) Women Education
(D) Widow Remarriage
Ans: (C)
248. During Indian Freedom Struggle, the National Social Conference was formed. What was the
reason for its formation?
(A) Different social reform groups or organizations of Bengal region united to form a single body
to discuss the issues of larger interest and to prepare appropriate petitions/representation to the
Government
(B) Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and
decided to form a separate body for such a purpose
(C) Behramji Malabari and M.G. Ranade decided to bring together all the social reform groups of
the country under one organization
(D) None of statement (A), (B) and
(C) given above is correct in this context
Ans: (B)
249. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(A) In 1829, William Bentinck declared Sati System an offence by law
(B) The Government had passed an Act in 1856 under which Hindu widows could remarry
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded Arya Samaj in 1875
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the supporter of Sati System
Ans: (D)
250. Who among the following prominently fought for and got widow remarriage legalized?
(A) Annie Besant
(C) M.G. Ranade
Ans: (B)
251. Who among the following had played an important role in passing the Native Marriage Act of
1872?
(A) Devendra Nath Tagore
(C) Keshav Chandra Sen
(D) Shyam Chandra Das
Ans: (C)
252. What did the Act V of 1843 make illegal?
(A) Child marriage
(B) Infanticide
(C) Sati
(D) Slavery
Ans: (D)
253. Consider the following passage. Born in 1853 he was a Parsi from Western India. He was the
editor of ‘Indian Spectator’ and ‘Voice of India’. He was a social reformer and was the chief
crusader for the Age of Consent Act 1891. Who is being described in the above paragraph?
(B) B.M. Malabari
(C) B.P. Wadia
(D) Naoroji Furdon Ji
Ans: (B)
254. The Civil Marriage Act of 1872 had sought to curb the practice of child marriage by placing
the minimum age of girls at
(A) 14 years (B) 18 years
(C) 16 years (D) None of these
Ans: (A)
255. Sharda Act related to
(A) Prevention of child marriage
(B) Prevention of intercaste marriage
(C) Prevention of widow marriage
(D) Prevention of tribal marriage
Ans: (A)
256. What was the minimum marriageable age fixed under Sharda Act for boys and girls?
(A) 12 and 16 (B) 14 and 18
(C) 15 and 21 (D) 16 and 22
Ans: (B)
257. The success of the Theosophical Society in India was mainly due to
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Colonel H.S. Alcott
(C) Sir William Crook
(D) M.M. Malviya
Ans: (A)
258. Who founded the ‘Theosophical Society’?
(A) Madame H.P. Blavatsky
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (A)
(A) Theosophical Society – Annie Besant
(B) Ram Krishna Mission – Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(C) Brahmo Samaj – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Arya Samaj – Dayanand Saraswati
Ans: (B)
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy – Brahma Samaj
(B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati – Arya Samaj
(C) Swami Vivekananda – Ram Krishna Mission
(D) Mahadev Govind Ranade – Theosophical Society
Ans: (D)
261. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Brahmo Samaj of India – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Tattvabodhini Sabha – Keshav Chandra Sen
(C) The Satya Shodhak Samaj – Devendra Nath Tagore
(D) The Servants of India Society – Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans: (D)
(A) Prarthana Samaj – Dr. Atmaram Pandurang
(B) Atmiya Sabha – Debendra Nath Tagore
(C) Brahmo Samaj of India – Keshab Chandra Sen
(D) Radhaswami Satsang – Tulsi Ram
Ans: (B)
263. ‘Servants of India Society’ was founded by
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (B)
264. M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the
(A) Swaraj Party
(B) All India National Liberal Federation
(C) Madras Labour Union
(D) Servants of India Society
Ans: (D)
265. Who put the demand of right to enter into the temples that caused a terrible riot in Tirunevali
in 1899?
(A) Okalinga (B) Nadars
(C) Mahar (D) Pali
Ans: (B)
266. Who was the founder of Bahujan Samaj?
(A) Sri Narayan Guru
(B) Mukund Rao Patil
(C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(D) B.R. Shinde
Ans: (B)
(A) A. Pandurang – Prarthana Samaj
(B) Dayanand Saraswati – Arya Samaj
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy – Adi Brahma Samaj
(D) Vivekananda – Ram Krishna Mission
Ans: (C)
268. Who said that ‘If God were to tolerate untouchability, I would not recognize him as God at
all’?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (B)
269. The women’s movement in India started largely under inspiration of
(A) Padmabai Ranaday
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Jyotiba Phule
Ans: (D)
270. Who among the following social reformers was known for proficiency in the Sanskrit
language?
(B) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ans: (D)
271. Which of the following statement is not correct?
(A) Dr. Annie Besant was a Theosophist
(B) The International headquarter of Theosophical society is in Madras
(C) Swami Dayanand founded Arya Samaj
(D) Mahatma Gandhi was born in Gandhinagar
Ans: (D)
272. Which was common among Brahmo Samaj, Ram Krishna Mission and Arya Samaj?
(A) None of these three had a political mission, but they helped to develop a spirit of patriotism
(B) All the three originated from Bengal
(C) Founder of all the three was educated in England
(D) Founder of all the three took active part in politics
Ans: (A)
273. The Deoband Movement in U.P.
(United Province) started in the year
(A) 1900 A.D. (B) 1888 A.D.
(C) 1885 A.D. (D) 1866 A.D.
Ans: (D)
274. ‘Dar-ul-Ulum’ was established by

(A) Maulana Shibli Numani
(B) Maulavi Hussain Ahmad
(C) Maulavi Abdullah Chakralavi
(D) Maulana Ahmad Riza Khan
Ans: (B)
275. ‘Hali System’ concerned
(A) Bonded labour
(B) Exploitation of peasants
(C) Untouchability
(D) Illiteracy
Ans: (A)
276. The Tarkeshwar Movement of 1924 in Bengal was against
(A) Corruption in temples
(B) Violence
(C) Arrest of political leaders
(D) Communalism
Ans: (A)
277. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Brahmo Samaj?
1. It opposed idolatry.
2. It denied the need for a priestly class for interpreting the religious texts.
3. It popularized the doctrine that the Vedas are infallible. Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
(A) Only 1 (B) 1 and 2
(C) Only 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (B)
278. Which category of population were primarily attracted by Religious reform movements of the
nineteenth century?
1. Intellectuals
2. Urban upper castes
3. Poor ordinariness class
4. Liberal princes Choose your answer from given code.
(C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: (D)
279. Which of the following Act was passed in 1856?
1. Religious Disabilities Act
2. Sati Prohibition Act
3. Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
4. Principle to grab state Choose the correct option from the code given below.
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: (B)
280. Consider the following statements.
1. Arya Samaj was founded in 1835.
2. Lala Lajpat Rai opposed the appeal of Arya Samaj to the authority of Vedas in support of its
social reform programme.
3. Under Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj campaigned for women’s education.
4. Vinoba Bhave founded the Sarvodaya Samaj to work among refugees. Which of these
statements are correct?
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 3 and 4
Ans: (D)
281. Consider the following statements. Assertion (A): Socio-religious movements of the 19th
century resulted in the modernization of India. Reason (R): Rationalism, scientific temper and other
such ideas which are the basis of modernization were at the core of the socio-religious
movements. Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code
(A) (R) is true, but (A) is false
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(A)
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Ans: (B)
282. Read the following statements carefully.
1. Brahmo Samaj supported monotheism.
2. Arya Samaj contributed for the development of education.
3. Swami Vivekananda founded Ram Krishna Mission. Answer on the basis of following code.
(A) 1, 2 and 3 are true
(B) 1 and 2 are true
(C) 1 and 3 are true
(D) 2 and 3 are true
Ans: (A)
283. Find the correct matches in List I and II in the alternatives given thereunder. List-I
(a) Prarthana Samaj
(b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) Ram Krishna Mission List-II
1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. Vivekananda
3. Dayanand Saraswati
4. Ranade
5. Ram Krishna Paramhansa Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 2 5 1 3
(C) 4 1 3 5 (D) 4 1 3 2
Ans: (D)
284. Arrange the following in a chronological order.
1. Tulsidas
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Dayanand Saraswati Code
(A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 1 2 4 3
(C) 2 1 3 4 (D) 2 3 4 1
Ans: (B)
285. Match the following. List-I
(a) Prarthana Samaj
(b) Ram Krishna Mission
(c) Satya Shodhak Samaj
(d) Muhammad-Anglo Oriental College Aligarh List-II
1. Swami Vivekananda
2. Mahadev Govind Ranade
3. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
4. Jyotiba Phule Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 4 3 2 (B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 2 1 4 3 (D) 4 2 3 1
Ans: (C)
286. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Brahmo Samaj
(b) Manav Dharm Sabha
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) Nadwah-ul-Ulama List-II
1. Mumbai 2. Surat
3. Kolkata 4. Lucknow Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 1 3 2 (B) 1 4 3 2
(C) 3 1 4 2 (D) 3 2 1 4
Ans: (D)
List-I
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Keshav Chandra Sen
(c) Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Ram Krishna Paramhansa List-II
1. Said that Brahmovad should be made the religion of the world.
2. Identified Hinduism with religion instituted in Vedas.
3. Emphasized that there are several ways to reach the God.
4. Purest form of Hinduism is contained in Upanishads. Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 4 2 3 (B) 1 4 3 2
(C) 4 1 3 2 (D) 4 1 2 3
Ans: (D)
6. Political Institution Established before Congress

288. Who was the founder of the Indian Association?
(C) A.O. Hume
Ans: (D)
289. The first Political Organization established in India in 1838 was known as
(A) British India Society
(B) Bengal British India Society
(C) Settlers Association
(D) Zamindari Association
Ans: (D)
290. Who amongst the following was the founder of ‘Indian Association’?
(A) Bipin Chandra Pal
(D) S.N. Banerjee
Ans: (D)
291. The most important of the pre- Congress Nationalist Organisation was the
(A) Bengal British India Society
(B) East India Association
(C) Young Bengal Association
(D) Indian Association of Calcutta
Ans: (D)
292. Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons
demanding India’s direct representation in the British Parliament?
(A) The Deccan Association
(B) The Indian Association
(C) The Madras Mahajan Sabha
(D) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
Ans: (D)
293. Which among the following year Surendra Nath Banerjee was eliminated from Indian Civil
Services?
(A) 1874 A.D. (B) 1877 A.D.
(C) 1885 A.D. (D) 1892 A.D.
Ans: (A)
294. Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil
Service?
(A) Satyendra Nath Tagore
(B) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(C) R.C. Dutt
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: (B)
295. Who was the first Indian to resist the political reforms?
(B) Surendra Nath
(C) Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (B)
296. Name the organization formed by Surendra Nath Banerjee which merged with the Indian
National Congress in 1886.
(A) East India Association
(B) London India Society
(C) Indian Association
(D) Indian National Conference
Ans: (D)
297. Who amongst the following was one of the founders of the Bombay Presidency Association
in 1885?
(A) Firoz Shah Mehta
(B) P. Anand Charlu
(C) M.V. Raghav Cheriyar
(D) S.N. Banerjee
Ans: (A)
298. The Madras Mahajan Sabha was established in the year.
(A) 1884 (B) 1881
(C) 1882 (D) 1883
Ans: (A)
299. Which of the following pairs do not match? Find your answer with the help of given code.
1. British India Society – London
2. East India Association – Calcutta
3. National India Association – London
4. Indian Association – Bombay Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 3 and 4
(C) 1 and 3 (D) 2 and 4
Ans: (D)
300. Arrange the following organization on the basis of their correct order.
1. Bombay Association
2. Madras Mahajan Sabha
3. Indian Association
4. Indian League Code
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 2, 3, 1, 4
(C) 3, 4, 2, 1 (D) 1, 4, 3, 2
Ans: (D)
List-I (Organizations)
(a) Landholders’ Society
(b) British India Society
(c) Indian Society
(d) Indian Association List-II (Founders)
1. S.N. Banerjee
2. Anand Mohan Bose
3. William Adams
4. Dwarkanath Tagore Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1 (B) 4 2 3 1
(C) 3 2 4 1 (D) 4 1 2 3
Ans: (A)
302. Consider the following organizations.
1. Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha
2. Landholders Society
3. Bengal British India Society
4. Indian League Select the correct chronological order of founding of these organizations from
the code given below
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 1, 3, 2, 4
(C) 2, 1, 3, 4 (D) 2, 3, 4, 1
Ans: (A)
303. Match the List-I with List-II. List-I
(a) Indian League
(b) Indian Association
(c) Indian National Liberal Federation
(d) United Indian Patriotic Association List-II
1. Shishir Kumar Ghosh
2. Anand Mohan Bose
3. Syed Ahmad Khan
4. Surendra Nath Banerjee Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 2 (B) 2 1 4 3
(C) 3 2 4 1 (D) 1 2 4 3
Ans: (D)
304. Consider the following pairs.
1. Radhakanta Deb – First President of the British Indian Association
2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty – Founder of the Madras Mahajan Sabha
3. Surendra Nath Banerjee – Founder of the Indian Association Which of the above pairs is/are
correctly matched?
(C) Only 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (B)
List-I (Association)
(a) British Indian Association
(b) Bombay Presidency Association
(c) Central Mohammadan National Association
(d) Servants of India Society List-II (Founders)
1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2. K.T. Telang
3. Radha Kant Dev
4. Syed Ameer Ali Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3 (B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 3 1 2 4 (D) 4 3 2 1
Ans: (B)
(A) Asiatic Society of Bengal – 1784 A.D.
(B) Asiatic Society of Bombay – 1804 A.D.
(C) Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain – 1823 A.D.
(D) Landholders Society of Bengal – 1844 A.D.
Ans: (D)
7. Indian National Congress

307. When was Indian National Congress set up?
(A) 1885 (B) 1886
(C) 1887 (D) 1888
Ans: (A)
308. The founder of the Indian National Congress was a
(A) Civil Servant
(B) Scientist
(C) Social Worker
(D) Commander
Ans: (A)
309. The precursor of Indian National Congress was
(A) British Indian Association
(B) Indian Association
(C) Indian National Union
(D) Indian League
Ans: (B)
310. Indian National Congress was established by
(A) A.O. Hume
(C) W.C. Banerjee
(D) Annie Besant
Ans: (A)
311. The first conference of Indian National Congress held at
(A) Kolkata (B) Lahore
(C) Mumbai (D) Pune
Ans: (C)
312. How many representatives took part in the First Session of the Indian National Congress?
(A) 52 (B) 62
(C) 72 (D) 82
Ans: (C)
313. Who among the following presided over the first annual meeting of the Indian National
Congress?
(A) A.O. Hume
(C) S.N. Banerjee
(D) W.C. Banerjee
Ans: (D)
314. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
(A) A.O. Hume
(B) W.C. Banerjee
Ans: (B)
315. The General Secretary of the Indian National Congress in the year 1885 was
(A) A.O. Hume
(C) W.C. Banerjee
(D) Firoz Shah Mehta
Ans: (A)
316. First Muslim President of Indian National Congress was
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
(C) M.A. Ansari
(D) Badruddin Tyyabji
Ans: (D)
317. Who had ridiculed Congress as representing only a short-sighted minority of the people?
(A) Lord Ripon
(B) Lord Dufferin
(C) Lord Curzon
(D) Lord Wellesley
Ans: (B)
318. The Indian National Congress was established during the viceroyalty of
(C) Lord Elgin II (D) Lord Dufferin
Ans: (D)
319. The second session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by
(A) Ganesh Agarkar
(D) Feroz Shah Mehta
Ans: (C)
320. Who among the following was not present at the founding session of the Indian National
Congress?
(B) G. Subramaniya Iyer
(C) Justice Ranade
Ans: (D)
321. The first European to be elected as President of the Indian National Congress was
(A) A.O. Hume (B) George Yule
(C) Alfred Webb (D) Annie Besant
Ans: (B)
322. In 1889, a committee was set up in Britain to gain support for the Congress, who amongst the
following was its President?
(A) Sir W. Wadderburn
(B) Mr. Digby
(D) W.C. Banerjee
Ans: (B)
323. Who among the following was never elected as a President of the ‘Indian National Congress’?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Motilal Nehru
Ans: (D)
324. Who among the following was never concerned with Indian National Congress?
(A) Firoz Shah Mehta
(B) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(D) Sir Syed Ahmad
Ans: (D)
325. Who among the following became President of Indian National Congress?
(A) Sucheta Kriplani
(B) Aruna Asaf Ali
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Ans: (C)
326. Who among the trio-Lal, Bal and Pal became President of the Indian National Congress?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans: (A)
327. Who was the first lady President of the Indian National Congress?
(A) N. Sen Gupta
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Kadambini Bose
Ans: (C)
328. For which of the following sessions the Congress elected its first women President?
(A) Calcutta Session, 1917
(B) Gaya Session, 1922
(C) Allahabad Session, 1921
(D) Lucknow Session, 1916
Ans: (A)
329. Who among the following was the youngest person to become the President of the Indian
National Congress?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Anand Mohan Bose
(D) Bhupendra Nath Bose
Ans: (B)
330. Who was the first Indian Woman President of the Congress?
(A) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(B) Pandita Rama Bai
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
Ans: (C)
331. In which of the following Sessions of the Indian National Congress Bal Gangadhar Tilak had
expressed, ‘Swaraj is my birthright, I shall have it’?
(A) Banaras Session, 1905
(B) Calcutta Session, 1906
(C) Surat Session, 1907
Ans: (D)
332. At which place was the 27th Session of the Indian National Congress held?
(A) Bhagalpur (B) Patna
(C) Ranchi (D) Bankipur
Ans: (D)
333. Who said that ‘Congress Movement was neither inspired by the people, nor devised or
planned by them’?
(A) Lord Dufferin
(B) Sir Syed Ahmad
(C) Lord Curzon
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (B)
334. ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it’. This statement is concerned with
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (C)
335. While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the
introduction of Roman script for the Hindi language was
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (D)
336. “The Congress is faltering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it
to a peaceful demise”. This declaration was made by
(A) George Hamilton
(B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord Dufferin
(D) Lord Minto
Ans: (B)
337. One Governor-General took part in one of the Congress Sessions. Identify the Governor-
General and place where the Session was held
(A) Lord Irwin-Karachi – 1931
(B) Lord Wellington-Bombay – 1915
(C) Lord Dufferin-Bombay – 1885
(D) Lord Hardinge-Lucknow – 1916
Ans: (B)
338. Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after
India attained independence?
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(B) Acharya Kriplani
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Jayaprakash Narain
Ans: (C)
339. Who was the President of Gaya Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1922?
(A) Chittaranjan Das
(B) S.N. Banerjee
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) Hakim Ajmal Khan
Ans: (A)
340. Which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress was presided over by C. Vijay
Raghav Chariar?
(A) Lucknow Session (1916)
(B) Nagpur Session (1920)
(C) Gaya Session (1922)
Ans: (B)
341. The only session of the Indian National Congress presided over by Mahatma Gandhi was
(A) Allahabad Session – 1921
(B) Gaya Session – 1922
(C) Belgaon Session – 1924
(D) Karachi Session – 1930
Ans: (C)
342. Mahatma Gandhi presided over only in one session of the Indian National Congress in 1924.
Where was the session held?
(A) Gaya
(B) Amritsar
(C) Belgoan
(D) Kanpur
Ans: (C)
343. The Haripura Session of Indian National Congress, 1938 was presided over by
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) J.B. Kriplani
(C) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (D)
344. In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru spoke of
socialism as the key to the solution of India’s problems?
(A) Lahore (B) Lucknow
(C) Allahabad (D) Ramgarh
Ans: (B)
345. President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence was
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) J.B. Kriplani
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (C)
346. Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress continuously for six
years?
(B) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) G.K. Gokhale
Ans: (B)
347. The last session of Indian National Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was
(A) Calcutta Session, 1906
(B) Surat Session, 1907
(C) Calcutta Session, 1917
(D) Amritsar Session, 1919
Ans: (D)
348. On which occasion was ‘Jana-Gana Mana’ first sung?
(A) 1896 Session of INC
(B) 1905 Session of INC
(C) 1911 Session of INC

(D) 1919 Session of INC
Ans: (C)
1. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta.
2. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidentship of
Dadabhai Naoroji.
3. Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916 and
concluded the Lucknow Pact. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(A) 1 and 2 (B) Only 2
(C) 2 and 3 (D) Only 3
Ans: (C)
1. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Sarojini Naidu.
2. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji. Which of the
statement given above is/are correct?
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (B)
351. Who of the following were elected to collaborate with Mahatma Gandhi who was to author
the new Constitution of the Congress as per resolution of Indian National Congress at Amritsar
Session, 1919?
1. B.G. Tilak 2. N.C. Kelkar
3. C.R. Das 4. I.B. Sen Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code
(A) 2 and 4 (B) 1 and 2
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 3
Ans: (A)
352. Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress.
1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress.
2. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress.
3. The first Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume.
4. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894. Which of these statements are correct?
(A) 1 and 3 (B) 2 and 4
(C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans: (B)
List-I (President)
(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad List-II (Places where Meetings of Indian National Congress was held)
1. Amritsar, 1919
2. Bombay, 1934
3. Kanpur, 1925
4. Ramgarh, 1940 Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 2 4 (B) 2 4 3 1
(C) 3 2 4 1 (D) 4 3 1 2
Ans: (D)
354. Given below is a list of persons who became Presidents of Indian National Congress. Arrange
them in chronological order.
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Vallabhbhai Patel
4. Smt. Sarojini Naidu Select your answer using the code given below the list. Code
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 1, 3, 4 and 2
(C) 1, 4, 2 and 3 (D) 4, 3, 1 and 2
Ans: (C)
List-I
(a) Dr. M.A. Ansari
(b) Purushottam Das Tandon
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose List-II
1. Haripura 2. Kanpur
3. Madras 4. Nasik Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3 (B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 3 4 2 1 (D) 4 1 3 2
Ans: (C)
8. Moderate Groups and Extremist Groups in Congress

356. Most of the moderate leader hailed from
(A) Rural areas
(B) Urban areas
(C) Both rural and urban area
(D) Punjab
Ans: (B)
357. The method to protest of moderate leaders of the Congress was
(A) Non-Co-operation
(B) Constitutional agitation
(C) Passive resistance
(D) Civil disobedience
Ans: (B)
358. Who of the following continuously from 1904 onwards emphasized on the grant of ‘self-rule’
to India?
(A) S.N. Banerjee
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Firoz Shah Mehta
Ans: (D)
359. Which one of the following was not an extremist?
(B) Madan Lal
(C) Udham Singh
(D) G.K. Gokhale
Ans: (D)
360. Which one of the following movements has contributed to a split in the Indian National
Congress resulting in the emergence of ‘moderates’ and ‘extremists’?
(A) Swadeshi Movement
(B) Quit India Movement
(C) Non-co-operation Movement
(D) Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans: (A)
361. Who accused Indian National Congress of practising ‘politics of pray, petition and protest’?
(A) Lala Hardayal
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) Sardar Bhagat Singh
Ans: (B)
362. Who among the following was not an outstanding leader of Militant Nationalism?
(C) Lokmanya Tilak
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (A)
363. Indian National Movement came to be dominated by the extremists after
(A) 1906 (B) 1909
(C) 1914 (D) 1919
Ans: (A)
364. Who called the Indian National Congress as a ‘Begging Institute’?
(A) B.C. Pal
(B) Tilak
(C) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: (B)
365. Who among the following was not known as a moderate in the National Movement?
(C) M.G. Ranade
Ans: (A)
366. Which one of the following leaders belonged to the Extremist wing of the Congress?
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) G.K. Gokhale
(D) S.N. Banerjee
Ans: (A)
367. Who among of the following was considered by Lala Lajpat Rai as his political guru?
(A) Garibaldi
(B) Vivekananda
(D) Mazzini
Ans: (D)
368. Who is popularly known as ‘Sher-e- Punjab’?
(A) Rajguru
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Udham Singh
Ans: (C)
369. Who among the following leaders was a supporter of ‘Swadeshi’?
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Feroz Shah Mehta
Ans: (A)
370. Who of the following was not a moderate?
(C) A.O. Hume
Ans: (B)
371. Who called Bal Gangadhar Tilak the ‘Father of Indian Unrest’?
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Vincent Smith
(C) Valentine Chirol
(D) Henry Cotton
Ans: (C)
372. Who among the following is known as father of ‘Indian Unrest’?
(A) A.O. Hume
(C) Lokmanya Tilak
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (C)
373. Which extremist leader of the freedom movement was given 6 years jail punishment in 1908?
(A) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: (B)
374. After the sentence of B.G. Tilak, who among the following had pleaded for mercy and said
‘My interest in Tilak is that of a Sanskrit scholar’?
(B) Max Muller
(D) William Jones
Ans: (B)
375. The Indian Muslims, in general, were not attracted to the extremist movement because of the
(A) influence of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(B) anti-Muslim attitude of extremist leaders
(C) the indifference is shown to Muslim aspirations
(D) extremists policy of harping on Hindu part
Ans: (D)
376. Which one of the following defines extremist ideology during the early phase of Indian
freedom movement?
(A) Stimulating the production of indigenous articles by giving them preference over imported
commodities
(B) Obtaining self-Government by aggressive means in place of petitions and constitutional ways
(C) Providing national educational according to the requirements of the country
(D) Organizing coups against the British empire through military revolt
Ans: (B)
377. Alongwith Mahatma Gandhi who amongst the following Muslims did lift the bier of Bal
Gangadhar Tilak?
(A) Shaukat Ali
(B) Mohammad Ali
(C) Maulana A.K. Azad
(D) M.A. Ansari
Ans: (A)
378. Ganpati festival in Maharashtra was started by
(A) B.G. Tilak
(B) M.G. Ranade
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: (A)
379. Assertion (A): Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a communalist. Reason (R): He used the religion as a
political weapon. Select your answer by using the codes given below.
(A)
Ans: (D)
9. Revolutionary Movement in India

380. The Secret Society founded by V.D. Savarkar was
(A) Yugantar Samiti
(B) Anushilan Committee
(C) Hindustan Republican Association
(D) Abhinav Bharat
Ans: (D)
381. ‘Abhinava Bharat’ a secret society of revolutionaries was organised by
(A) Khudiram Bose
(B) V.D. Savarkar
(C) Prafulla Chaki
(D) Bhagat Singh
Ans: (B)
382. An anti-British outfit ‘Abhinav Bharat’ was founded by
(A) R.G. Bhandarkar
(B) V.D. Savarkar
(C) S.R. Das
Ans: (B)
383. Who among the following started the ‘Mitra Mela’ union?
(A) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(B) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(C) Lala Hardayal
(D) Sohan Singh Bhakana
Ans: (B)
384. The revolutionary association ‘Abhinav Bharat’ was set up in 1905 in
(A) Odisha
(B) Bengal
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Maharashtra
Ans: (D)
385. Yugantar Party was led by
(A) Jatindra Nath Mukherjee
(B) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
(C) Rasbehari Bose
Ans: (A)
386. In which year the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh was founded by Hedgewar?
(A) 1927 (B) 1929
(C) 1924 (D) 1925
Ans: (D)
387. Activities of Barindra Ghosh had given birth of secret revolutionary organization named as
(A) Anushilan Samiti
(B) Swadeshi Bandhav Samiti
(C) Brati Samiti
(D) Sadhawa Samaj
Ans: (A)
388. Who had founded the ‘Anushilan Samiti’?
(A) P. Mitra
(B) Varindra Ghosh
(C) V.D. Savarkar
(D) Narendra Gosain
Ans: (A)
389. The ‘Anushilan Samiti’ was
(A) dedicated to the upliftment of women
(B) promoting widow remarriage

(C) interested in labour welfare
(D) a revolutionary organization
Ans: (D)
390. Barindra Ghosh was associated
(A) Anushilan Samiti
(B) Sadhawa Samaj
(C) Abhinav Bharat
(D) Swadeshi Bandhav Samiti
Ans: (A)
391. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya during
(B) Revolutionary Movement
(C) Home Rule Movement
(D) Quit India Movement
Ans: (B)
392. Barindra Ghosh was associated with which of the following?
(A) Sadhana Samaj
(B) Anushilan Samiti
(C) Abhinav Bharat
(D) Swadesh Bandhav Samiti
Ans: (B)
393. When did the attempt of murder of Kingsford was made at Muzaffarpur?
(A) 1908
(B) 1909
(C) 1907
(D) 1911
Ans: (A)
394. The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom
movement in
(A) Bombay-Karnataka
(B) Punjab
(C) East Bengal
(D) The Madras Presidency
Ans: (C)
395. Aurobindo Ghosh was brilliantly defended in the Alipore Conspiracy Case by
(A) Chittaranjan Das
(B) W.C. Banerjee
(C) Motilal Nehru
(D) Tej Bahadur Sapru
Ans: (A)
396. Muzaffarpur Bombing Case (1908) is associated with
(A) Savarkar
(B) Ajit Singh
(C) Prafulla Chaki
(D) Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans: (C)
397. Which year ‘Hindustan Republican Association’ was set up?
(A) 1920 (B) 1924
(C) 1928 (D) 1930
Ans: (B)
398. Which of the following statement is true about the active revolutionary movement in India
during the years of World War?
(A) Chandra Shekhar Azad founded the Anushilan Samiti
(B) Bhagat Singh was the founder of Naujawan Bharat Sabha
(C) Prafulla Chaki established the Hindustan Republican Association
(D) Shachindra Nath Sanyal was the founder of Yugantar
Ans: (B)
399. Who among the following was not the member of the Hindustan Republican Association
(HRA)?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(C) Ram Prasad Bismil
(D) Shiv Verma
Ans: (D)
400. The Hindustan Republican Association was founded at
(A) Allahabad (B) Kanpur
(C) Lucknow (D) New Delhi
Ans: (B)
401. Who penned the following lines? ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai dekna hai zor
kitna baju-e-qatil me hai’.
(A) Bismil
(B) Rajguru
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Azad
Ans: (A)
402. Who amongst the following revolutionaries refused to drink the given milk on the eve of his
execution and said “Now, I shall take my mother’s milk only”?
(A) Rajguru
(B) Ashfaquallah
(D) Bhagat Singh
Ans: (C)
403. Kakori Conspiracy Case took place in the year
(A) 1920 (B) 1925
(C) 1930 (D) 1935
Ans: (B)
404. Who among the following hanged in Kakori conspiracy case by English Government?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Ram Prasad Bismil
(C) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(D) Batukeshwar Dutt
Ans: (B)
405. Who among the following was not associated with the Kakori incident?
(A) Ram Prasad Bismil
(B) Surya Sen
(C) Rajendra Lahiri
(D) Ashfaqullah
Ans: (B)
406. Among the following revolutionaries not associated with Kakori Conspiracy.
(B) Roshan Singh
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Ashfaqullah Khan
Ans: (C)
407. Who among the following was Government advocate in Kakori Conspiracy Case?
(A) Mohal Lal Saxena
(B) Jagat Narain Mulla
(C) Krishna Bahadur
(D) Prabhat Chandra
Ans: (B)
408. Who among the following revolutionaries escaped from the Kakori case?
(A) Schindra Nath Bakshi
(B) Mukundi Lal
(D) Mamathnath Gupta
Ans: (C)
409. Hindustan Socialist Republican Army was formed by
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(B) Ras Bihari Bose
Ans: (C)
410. “Daro-deewar pe hasrat ki nazar karte hain, khush raho ahle-vatan ham to safar karte hain”
was said by
(A) Ashfaqullah Khan
(B) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(D) Wazid Ali Shah
Ans: (D)
411. One of the founder leaders of Hindustan Socialist Republican Army was
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Bhagat Singh
(D) Jai Prakash Narayan
Ans: (B)
412. ‘Hindustan Socialist Republican Army’ was founded in the year
(A) 1919 (B) 1927
(C) 1916 (D) 1928
Ans: (D)
413. In the year 1928, where Hindustan Socialist Republic Association was established.
(A) In Kanpur
(B) In Delhi
(C) In Allahabad
(D) In Lahore
Ans: (B)
414. Who among the following changed the name of Hindustan Republic Association established
by Sachindra Nath Sanyal to Hindustan Socialist Republican Association?
(A) Rasbihari Bose
(B) Batukeshwar Dutt
(C) Sardar Bhagat Singh
(D) Chandra Shekhar Azad
Ans: (D)
415. Who gave the ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ slogan?
(A) Iqbal
(B) M.K. Gandhi
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) S.C. Bose
Ans: (C)
416. How revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad was killed by the Britishers?
(A) By Hanging
(B) By Stabbing
(C) By bullets in the encounter
(D) By putting down Army Jeep
Ans: (C)
417. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were executed on
(A) 23 March, 1931

(B) 23 March, 1932
(C) 23 March, 1933
(D) 23 March, 1934
Ans: (A)
418. The slogan ‘Long Live Revolution’ is associated with
(A) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(D) Lala Hardayal
Ans: (C)
419. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were sentenced to death in

(A) Alipur conspiracy case
(B) Lahore conspiracy case
(C) Kakori conspiracy case

(D) Kanpur conspiracy case
Ans: (B)
420. Bhagat Singh threw a bomb in Central Assembly alongwith
(A) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(B) Sukhdev
(C) Batukeshwar Dutt
(D) Rajguru
Ans: (C)
421. Bhagat Singh’s memorial is situated at
(A) Ferozpur (B) Amritsar
(C) Ludhiana (D) Gurudaspur
Ans: (A)
422. Bhagat Singh was executed alongwith two of his comrades, on 23rd March of 1931. Who
were those two?
(A) Rajguru and Sukhdev
(B) Sukhdev and B.K. Dutt
(C) Rajguru and B.K. Dutt
(D) Chandra Shekhar Azad and Sukhdev
Ans: (A)
423. Name the first recorded Muslim who was hanged for Indian freedom.
(A) Mohammad Ali
(B) Shaukat Ali
(C) Ashfaqullah Khan
(D) Azizuddin
Ans: (C)
424. Which of the following revolutionary was not hanged for Lahore conspiracy?
(A) Batukeshwar Dutt
(B) Sukhdev
(D) Rajguru
Ans: (A)
(A) Howrah Conspiracy Case – 1910
(B) Victoria Conspiracy Case – 1914
(C) Lahore Conspiracy Case – 1916 and 1930
(D) Kakori Conspiracy Case – 1924
Ans: (D)
426. Which of the following trials attracted world-wide publicity and drew sympathetic comments
from Albert Einstein, H.G. Wells, Harold Laski and Roosevelt in favour of the convicts?
(A) INA trial
(B) Lahore conspiracy case
(C) Meerut conspiracy case
Ans: (C)
427. Who among the following organized the famous Chattagaon armoury raid?
(A) Laxmi Sehgal
(B) Surya Sen
(C) Batukeshwar Dutt
(D) J.M. Sengupta
Ans: (B)
428. Muzaffar Ahmad, S.A. Dange, Shaukat Usmani and Nalini Gupta were jailed for which
conspiracy?
(A) Kakori train heist
(B) Chattagaon Armoury raid
(C) Meerut conspiracy case
(D) Kanpur Bolshevik conspiracy case
Ans: (D)
429. On what charge was Jatin Das arrested?
(A) Meerut Conspiracy
(B) Peshawar Conspiracy
(C) Lahore Conspiracy
(D) Chattagaon Armed Dacoity
Ans: (C)
430. Martyr of least age in the war of Independence was
(A) Sukhdev
(B) Ashfaqullah Khan
(C) Khudiram Bose
(D) Hemu Kalani
Ans: (C)
431. Under whose chairmanship a committee was formed to defend the accused in Kakori Case?
(A) Acharya Narendra Dev
(B) Govind Ballabh Pant
(C) Chandrabhanu Gupta
(D) Motilal Nehru
Ans: (B)
432. The freedom fighter who died in jail due to hunger strike was
(A) Bhagat Singh
(C) Jatin Das
(D) S.C. Bose
Ans: (C)
433. Which of the following revolutionary was hanged at the Gorakhpur Jail?
(B) Rajendra Lahiri
(C) Roshan Singh
(D) Ashfaqullah Khan
Ans: (A)
434. Who propounded the doctrine of ‘Passive Resistance’?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: (D)
435. Who among the following female revolutionary fired at the English Governor (Chancellor)
while receiving her degree at the convocation?
(A) Shanti Ghosh
(B) Suniti Chaudhary
(C) Bina Das
(D) Kalpana Dutta (Joshi)
Ans: (C)
436. Which one of the following was an extremist?
(A) Feroz Shah Mehta
Ans: (C)
437. Which amongst the following statements is/are true about V.D. Savarkar?
1. He founded Abhinav Bharat – A revolutionary organization.
2. In order to inspire Indian nationalist, he wrote the biography of Mazzini.
3. He also authored ‘The Indian War of Independence-1857’ which provides a nationalist view of
revolt of 1857.
4. He jumped into the sea from the sailing ship in order to escape British captivity. Choose the
correct answer.
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) Only 3 and 4
(C) Only 1, 3 and 4
(D) Only 1 and 4
Ans: (A)
438. Who said, “criticism and independent thought are the two characteristics of a revolutionary”?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(C) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
(D) Bhagwati Charan Vohra
Ans: (A)
439. Lahore conspiracy case resulted in the hanging of
1. Ram Prasad Bismil
2. Roshan Singh
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Sukhdev
5. Rajguru Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 3, 4 and 5
Ans: (D)
440. Who among the following threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on April 8, 1929
to make the deaf British Government hear?
1. Bhagat Singh
2. Sukhdev
3. Rajguru
4. Batukeshwar Dutt Select the answer from the code given below. Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3 (D) 1 and 4
Ans: (D)
441. Given below is a list of organizations. Select those engaged in revolutionary activities, using
the codes given below the lists.
1. Abhinav Bharat
2. Anushilan Samiti
3. New Nationalist Party
4. Indian Patriot Association Code
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2
(C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: (B)
442. Given below is a list of some cases. Select their correct chronological order by using the
codes given at the end.
1. Lahore case 2. Kakori case
3. Meerut case 4. Kanpur case Code
(A) 1, 3, 2 and 4 (B) 2, 4, 3 and 1
(C) 1, 4, 2 and 3 (D) 1, 4, 3 and 2
Ans: (C)
List-I
(a) Abhinav Bharat Society
(b) Anushilan Samiti
(c) Gadar Party
(d) Swaraj Party List-II
1. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
2. Lala Hardayal
3. C.R. Das
4. V.D. Savarkar Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 1 3 2 (B) 1 4 3 2
(C) 1 4 2 3 (D) 4 1 2 3
Ans: (D)
444. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given below.
1. Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Block.
2. Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association. Code
(A) Only 1 is correct
(B) Only 2 is correct
(C) Both 1 and 2 are correct
Ans: (C)
List-I
(a) Chattagoan Armoury Raid
(b) Kakori Conspiracy
(c) Lahore Conspiracy
(d) Ghadar Party List-II
1. Lala Hardayal
2. Jatin Das
3. Surya Sen
5. Vasudeo Phadke Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 1 5 (B) 4 3 2 5
(C) 3 4 2 1 (D) 2 4 3 1
Ans: (C)
List-I (Organizations)
(a) Abhinav Bharat
(b) Mitra Mela
(c) Indian Republican Army
(d) Hindustan Republic Association List-II (Founders)
1. V.D. Savarkar
2. G.D. Savarkar
3. S.N. Sanyal
4. S. Sen Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 2 3 1 (D) 2 1 4 3
Ans: (D)
List-I
(a) Chattagaon Armoury Raid
(b) Abhinav Bharat
(c) Anushilan Samiti
(d) Kuka Movement List-II
1. Kalpana Dutt
2. Guru Ram Singh
3. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
4. Aurobindo Ghosh Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 2 (B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 3 1 2 4 (D) 3 1 4 2
Ans: (A)
448. Match the following on the basis of the end of lives of the following revolutionaries. List-I
(a) Jatin Das
(b) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Kalpana Dutt List-II
1. During life imprisonment
2. Hunger strike
3. During encounter
4. Hanged Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 2 4 1 (B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 2 3 1 4 (D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: (B)
List-I (Associations)
(a) Revolt group
(b) Hindustan Republican Association
(c) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
(d) Punjab Naujawan Bharat Sabha List-II (Founders)
2. Chandra Shekhar Azad
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Bhagat Singh
5. Surya Sen Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 5 (B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 4 5 2 3 (D) 5 1 2 4
Ans: (D)
10. Revolutionary Activities Outside India

450. Who among the following founded the ‘Gadar Party’?
(A) Lala Hardayal
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Barkatullah
Ans: (A)
451. The Indian Home Rule Society in London was started by
(A) Annie Besant
(B) B.G. Tilak
(C) M.K. Gandhi
(D) Shyamji Krishna Verma
Ans: (D)
452. The ‘Indian Home Rule Society’ was founded in
(A) 1900 A.D. (B) 1901 A.D.
(C) 1902 A.D. (D) 1905 A.D.
Ans: (D)
453. Gadar Party was established in the year
(A) 1907 (B) 1913
(C) 1917 (D) 1920
Ans: (B)
454. Shyamji Krishna Verma established Indian Home Rule Society in
(A) London (B) Paris
(C) Berlin (D) San Fancisco
Ans: (A)
455. The Gadar Movement was founded by
(A) Ajit Singh
(B) Lala Hansraj
(C) Lala Hardayal
(D) Sohan Singh Bhakna
Ans: (D)
456. Who was the leader of the Gadar Party?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Lala Hardayal
(D) V.D. Savarkar
Ans: (B)
457. Where were the Gadar revolutionaries, who became active during the outbreak of the World
War I based?
(A) Central America
(B) North America
(C) West America
(D) South America
Ans: (C)
458. Who amongst the following was the first Chairman of the Gadar Party?
(A) Lala Hardayal
(B) Sohan Singh Bhakna
(C) Pandit Kashi Ram
(D) Keshar Singh
Ans: (B)
459. In which of the following countries ‘Gadar Party’ was founded?
(A) U.S.A. (B) Germany
(C) Spain (D) France
Ans: (A)
460. Gadar Party was founded in
(A) Afghanistan
(B) Myanmar
(C) England
(D) United States of America
Ans: (D)
461. What was the cause of outbreak of Gadar Revolution?
(A) Arresting of Lala Hardayal
(B) Kamagatamaru incident
(C) Beginning of first World War
(D) Hanging of Kartar Singh Sarabha
Ans: (C)
462. The Gadar (Ghadar) was a
(A) Revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters at San Francisco
(B) Nationalist organization operating from Singapore
(C) Militant organization with headquarters at Berlin
(D) Communist movement for India’s freedom with headquarters at Tashkent
Ans: (A)
463. A provisional Government of India with Raja Mahendra Pratap as its President was established
during the first World War in
(A) Afghanistan (B) Germany
(C) Singapore (D) Turkey
Ans: (A)
464. Who among the following established a Republican Government abroad?
(A) Mahendra Pratap
(B) Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Ras Behari Bose
Ans: (A)
465. Where did Madam Cama hoist the first tricolour flag in 1907?
(A) London (B) Paris
(C) Moscow (D) Stuttgart
Ans: (D)
466. Who is regarded as the ‘Mother of Indian Revolution’?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Rama Bai
(D) Bhikaji Rustam Cama
Ans: (D)
467. What was common among Madam Bhikaji Cama, M. Barkatullah, V.V.S. Iyer and M.N. Roy?
(A) All of them were leading members of the International Communist Movement
(B) M. Barkatullah was the Prime Minister and the rest were ministers in the Provisional
Government of free India established by a group of revolutionaries at Kabul
(C) All of them were among the prominent revolutionaries outside India operating in different
countries during the freedom movement
(D) All of them were accused in the case relating to the throwing of a bomb on Lord Hardinge
Ans: (C)
468. Which of the following pair got sentence to be hanged for assassination of the British officers
in England?
(A) Rajguru and Sukhdev
(B) Khudiram Bose and Surya Sen
(C) Madal Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh
(D) Kartar Singh Sarabha and Ashfaqullah Khan
Ans: (C)
469. Who one of the following was associated with ‘Kamagatamaru episode’?
(A) Sardar Ajit Singh
(B) Baba Gurdip Singh
(C) V.D. Savarkar
Ans: (B)
470. What was Kamagatamaru?
(A) A political party based in Taiwan
(B) Peasant Communist leader of China
(C) A naval ship of Voyage to Canada
(D) A Chinese village where Mao Tse lung began his long march
Ans: (C)
471. Who had established ‘India Independence League’?
(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Rasbihari Bose
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (C)
472. ‘Kamagatamaru’ is famous for
(A) Being 10,000 feet high place in North-East India
(B) Being a Ship
(C) Due to a Festival of Hill area
(D) Being a tribal cast
Ans: (B)
473. Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama.
1. Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in Paris in the
year 1907.
2. Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji.
3. Madam Cama was born to Parsi. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) Only 2 and 3
(C) Only 1 and 2
(D) Only 3
Ans: (B)
11. Partition of Bengal (1905) and the Indigenous Movement

474. In the context of the Indian Freedom Struggle, 16th October, 1905 is well known for which
one of the following reasons?
(A) The formal proclamation of Swadeshi Movement was made in Calcutta town hall
(B) Partition of Bengal came into effect
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji declared that the goal of Indian National Congress was Swaraj
(D) Lokmanya Tilak started Swadeshi Movement in Poona
Ans: (B)
475. Which of the following occurred last?
(A) Annexation Policy
(B) Partition of Bengal
(C) Permanent Settlement
(D) Subsidiary Alliance
Ans: (B)
476. Which movement started after the Partition of Bengal?
(A) Civil Disobedience
(B) Swadeshi Movement

(C) Quit India Movement
(D) Non-co-operation Movement
Ans: (B)
477. Name the Viceroy of India concerned with Bengal partition.
(A) Lord Hardinge
(B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord Lytton
(D) Lord Minto
Ans: (B)
478. Anti-partition movement of Bengal was initiated on
(A) 20th July, 1905
(C) 16th October, 1905
(D) 7th November, 1905
Ans: (B)
479. Who among of the following led the agitation against the partition of Bengal (1905)?
(A) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(B) C.R. Das
(C) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(D) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Ans: (A)
480. The Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at the time of Partition of Bengal was
(A) Sir Andrew Fraser
(B) H.H. Risley
(C) Brodrick
(D) A.T. Arundel
Ans: (A)
481. Who was the first to suggest the boycott of British goods in Bengal?
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Krishna Kumar Mitra
(C) Motilal Ghosh
(D) Satish Chandra Mukherjee
Ans: (B)
482. Who among the following were the critics of Swadeshi movement and pleaded for a better
understanding between the East and the West?
(A) W.C. Banerjee
(B) S.N. Banerjee
(C) R.N. Tagore
(D) B.G. Tilak
Ans: (C)
483. Partition of Bengal was done mainly for
(A) To divide the Hindu and Muslims
(B) For administrative convenience
(C) To weaken the growth of Nationalism in Bengal
(D) For the development of Bengal
Ans: (C)
484. Boycott of British goods was adopted as a national policy in
(A) 1899 (B) 1901
(C) 1903 (D) 1905
Ans: (D)
485. What was the immediate cause for the launch of the Swadeshi Movement?
(A) The partition of Bengal done by Lord Curzon
(B) A sentence of 18 months rigorous imprisonment imposed on Lokmanya Tilak
(C) The arrest and deportation of Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh; and passing of the Punjab
Colonization Bill
(D) Death sentence pronounced on the Chapekar brothers
Ans: (A)
486. The ‘Swadeshi’ and ‘Boycott’ were adopted as methods of struggle for the first times during
the
(A) agitation against the Partition of Bengal
(B) Home Rule Movement
(C) Non-co-operation Movement
(D) visit of the Simon Commission to India
Ans: (A)
487. In which year partition of Bengal made by Lord Curzon was cancelled?
(A) 1911
(B) 1904
(C) 1906
(D) 1907
Ans: (A)
488. Bengal was partitioned in 1905, but due to opposition it was again divided in
(A) 1906 (B) 1916
(C) 1911 (D) 1909
Ans: (C)
489. The Partition of Bengal made by Lord Curzon in 1905 lasted untill
(A) The First World War, when Indian troops were needed by the British and the partition, was
ended
(B) King George V abrogated Curzon’s Act at the Royal Durbar in Delhi in 1911
(C) Gandhi launched his Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) The Partition of India in 1947 when East Bengal became East Pakistan
Ans: (B)
490. When was Bengal reunited due to the protests by Indians?
(A) 1905
(B) 1911
(C) 1947
(D) 1971
Ans: (B)
491. Who among the following led the Swadeshi Movement at Delhi?
(B) Ajit Singh
(C) Lajpat Rai
(D) Syed Haidar Raja
Ans: (D)
492. Who was the leader of the Swadeshi Movement in Madras?
(A) Srinivas Shastri
(B) Rajagopalachari
(C) Chidambaram Pillai
(D) Chintamani
Ans: (C)
493. With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of
Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is not correct?
(A) Liyakat Hussain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitations
(B) In 1889, the scheme of national education was formulated by Satish Chandra Mukherjee
(C) The Bengal National College was founded in 1906 with Aurobindo as the Principle
(D) Tagore preached the cult of Atmasakti, the main plank of which was social and economic
regeneration of the villages
Ans: (A)
494. Vande Mataram became the theme song of the Indian National Movement during
(B) Champaran Movement
(C) Anti-movement of Rowlett Act
(D) Non-Coperation Movement
Ans: (A)
495. The British journalist H.W. Nevinson was associated with
(A) Non-Co-operation Movement
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Swadeshi Movement
Ans: (C)
496. Which of the statement is not correct regarding ‘Swadeshi Movement’?
(A) Some specific Muslims were joined in it
(B) Women’s actively participated in this movement
(C) Neither this movement affected Bengal farmers and nor they were joined
(D) It was limited to Bengal
Ans: (D)
497. The following programmes were launched by the nationalist against the partition of Bengal.
1. Boycott
2. Swadeshi
3. Non-Co-operation
4. National education Select the correct answer
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: (D)
498. Who among the following had founded the ‘Indian Society of Oriental Art’ to revive ancient
art traditions of India?
(A) Abanindranath Tagore
(B) Nand Lal Bose
(C) Asit Kumar Haldar
(D) Amrita Shergill
Ans: (A)
499. Which of the following classes was mainly unaffected of Swadeshi Movement of 1905?
1. Women 2. Farmers
3. Muslim 4. Intellectuals Select your answer of the following codes.
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 3
Ans: (C)
12. Congress : Banaras, Calcutta and Surat Session

500. Who presided over the Banaras Session of the Indian National Congress in 1905?
(A) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(B) Feroz Shah Mehta
(D) Dinshaw Wacha
Ans: (C)
501. “A graduate at 18, professor and associate editor of the Sudharak at 20, Secretary of the
Sarvajanik Sabha and of the Provincial Conference at 25, Secretary of the National Congress at 29,
leading witness before an important Royal Commission at 31, Provincial legislator at 34, Imperial
legislator at 36, President of the Indian National Congress at 39, a patriot whom Mahatma Gandhi
himself regarded as his master”. This is how a biographer describes
(A) Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
(B) Mahadev Govind Ranade
Ans: (C)
502. In which year Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded ‘Servants of India Society’?
(A) 1902 (B) 1903
(C) 1904 (D) 1905
Ans: (D)
503. Which of the following leaders presided over the Congress Session at Calcutta in 1906?
(A) B.G. Tilak
(B) G.K. Gokhale
(C) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: (D)
504. Gopal Krishna Gokhale presided over the session of Congress in
(A) 1902 (B) 1905
(C) 1906 (D) 1909
Ans: (B)
505. Swaraj as a national demand was first made by
(A) B.G. Tilak
(B) C.R. Das
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (C)
506. Congress passed the ‘Swaraj’ resolution in the year 1905. The purpose of the resolution was
(A) right to make a constitution for themselves but it was not done
(B) to secure self-rule
(C) responsible Government
(D) self-Government
Ans: (B)
507. The first leader to use the word ‘Swaraj’ was
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (C)
508. In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, the word ‘Swaraj’ was uttered
for the first time?
Ans: (B)
509. First Indian elected to the British House of Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji who contested
on the ticket of
(A) Liberal Party
(B) Labour Party

(C) Conservative Party
(D) Communist Party
Ans: (A)
510. Dadabhai Naoroji was formally known as
(A) Punjab Kesari
(B) Gujarat Ratna
(C) Guru Dev
(D) Grand Old Man of India

Ans: (D)
511. Who among the following is known by the title of ‘The Grand Old Man’?
(A) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(B) W.C. Banerjee
(D) Motilal Nehru
Ans: (C)
512. Who was called the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(C) Ramesh Chandra Banerjee
(D) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Ans: (A)
513. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Dadabhai Naoroji?
(A) He was the first Indian to be appointed as Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Elphinstone
College, Bombay
(B) He was elected as the member of British Parliament in 1892
(C) He started a Gujarati Journal, ‘Rast Goftar’
(D) For four times he had presided over the Indian National Congress
Ans: (D)
514. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Dadabhai Naoroji?
(A) He wrote a book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’
(B) He worked as a Professor of Gujarati in the University College, London
(C) He laid the foundation of woman’s education in Bombay
(D) He was elected as a member of British Parliament on the ticket of the Conservative Party
Ans: (D)
515. At which session was the Indian National Congress (INC) divided into two groups – ‘Naram
Dal’ and ‘Garam Dal’?
(A) Bombay (B) Surat
(C) Allahabad (D) Lahore
Ans: (B)
516. Who was first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
(A) Ras Bihari Bose
(D) Vithalbhai Patel
Ans: (C)
517. The President of the Surat Session of Indian National Congress (1907) was
(D) R.B. Ghosh
Ans: (D)
518. Where did the Indian Congress got divided into two wings moderates and extremists?
(A) Surat Session, 1907
(B) Lahore Session, 1909
(C) Calcutta Session, 1911
(D) Karachi Session, 1913
Ans: (A)
519. The process of split in the Congress in the early years of the twentieth century began over
(A) Strategies of the Congress Movement
(B) Objectives of the Congress
(C) Participation of the people in the Congress Movement
Ans: (D)
520. Four resolutions were passed at the famous Calcutta Session of Indian National Congress in
1906. The question of either retention or rejection of these four resolutions became the cause of a
split in Congress at the next Congress Session held in Surat in 1907. Which one of the following
was not one of those resolutions?
(A) Annulment of partition of Bengal
(B) Boycott
(C) National education
(D) Swadeshi
Ans: (A)
521. When was the first partition of Indian National Congress was held?
(A) 1907 (B) 1906
(C) 1969 (D) 1911
Ans: (A)
522. ‘Split of Surat’ in Indian National Congress was held in
(A) 1905 (B) 1906
(C) 1907 (D) 1908
Ans: (C)
523. What was the main reason for the split in the Indian National Congress at Surat in 1907?
(A) Introduction of communalism into Indian politics by Lord Minto
(B) Extremists’ lack of faith in the capacity of the moderates to negotiate with the British
Government
(C) Foundation of Muslim League
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh’s inability to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress
Ans: (B)
524. Surat split was led by
(A) Hume (B) Dufferin
(C) Tilak (D) Gandhiji
Ans: (C)
13. Formation of Muslim League (1906)
525. All India Muslim League was founded in the year
(A) 1905 (B) 1904
(C) 1907 (D) 1906
Ans: (D)
526. In 1906 Muslim League was founded at
(A) Lahore (B) Delhi
(C) Calcutta (D) Dhaka
Ans: (D)
527. The founder of Muslim League was
(A) Liaquat Ali
(B) Shaukat Ali
(C) Nawab Salimullah
(D) M.A. Jinnah
Ans: (C)
528. Who among the following was the founder of All India Muslim League?
(A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(B) Sir Mohammad Iqbal
(C) Agha Khan
(D) Nawab Salimullah Khan
Ans: (D)
529. The annual session of Muslim League in the year 1907 was held at
(A) Dhaka (B) Karachi
(C) Aligarh (D) Lucknow
Ans: (B)
530. Who was the first President of the Muslim League?
(A) Agha Khan (B) Hamid Khan
(C) Hasan Khan (D) M.A. Jinnah
Ans: (A)
531. The Muslim deputation met Minto in 1906 at Shimla and pleaded for
(A) Separate electorate for Muslims
(B) A composite electorate
(C) Higher representation to the Hindus
(D) Special representation to Muslim by nomination
Ans: (A)
532. With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is not
correct?
(A) Hakim Ajmal Khan was one of the leaders to start a nationalist and militant Ahrar movement
(B) When the Indian National Congress was formed, Syed Ahmad Khan opposed it
(C) The All India Muslim League which was formed in 1906 vehemently opposed the partition of
Bengal and separate electorates
(D) Maulana Barkat Ullah and Maulana Obeidullah Sindhi were among those who formed a
Provisional Government of India in Kabul
Ans: (C)
533. Consider the following statements. Statement (A): League refused to accept the Congress
Muslim people rights together with the aim being to archieve. Reason (R): Only the Muslim League
has the right of such type.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong
(D) (A) is wrong, but (R) is right
Ans: (C)
534. A London branch of the All India Muslim League was published in 1908 under the presidency
of
(A) Agha Khan
(B) Ameer Ali
(C) Liaquat Ali Khan
(D) M.A. Jinnah
Ans: (B)
14. Morley-Minto Reforms

535. Morley-Minto Reform Bill was passed in
(A) 1905 (B) 1909
(C) 1911 (D) 1920
Ans: (B)
536. Seeds of discard were in which event during National Movement and which eventually
divided the country, was
(A) Establishment of Muslim League in 1906
(B) Division of Bengal in 1905
(C) Khilafat Movement Supported by Gandhiji
(D) Reservation of seats and separate electorates for Muslims in legislative assemblies
Ans: (D)
537. The Indian Council Act of 1909 was provided for
(A) Dyarchy
(B) Communal representation
(C) Federation
(D) Provincial autonomy
Ans: (B)
15. Delhi Durbar and Change of Capital

538. Delhi became the capital of India in
(A) 1910 (B) 1911
(C) 1916 (D) 1923
Ans: (B)
539. Where was the capital of India before Delhi under British period?
(A) Calcutta (B) Bombay
(C) Patna (D) Lucknow
Ans: (A)
540. In which year the capital of India has been transferred from Calcutta to Delhi?
(A) 1901 (B) 1905
(C) 1911 (D) 1915
Ans: (C)
541. A bomb was thrown on the occassion of his State entry into Delhi at
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Mayo
(C) Lord Minto
(D) Lord Hardinge
Ans: (D)
542. The transfer of capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi was affected during the period of
(A) Lord Mayo
(B) Lord Lawrence
(C) Lord Minto
(D) Lord Hardinge
Ans: (D)
543. Bihar became a separate State during the British rule in the year
(A) 1905 (B) 1912
(C) 1936 (D) 1946
Ans: (B)
16. Lucknow Session of Congress (The Lucknow Pact)

544. The famous ‘Lucknow Pact’ was signed between the Congress and Muslim League in
(A) 1913 (B) 1914
(C) 1915 (D) 1916
Ans: (D)
545. In December, 1916 both Indian National Congress and Indian Muslim League held their
session at
(A) Aligarh (B) Allahabad
(C) Lucknow (D) Lahore
Ans: (C)
546. Who among the following was the chief architect or reconciliation between the Extremists
and the Moderates?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) M.A. Jinnah
(C) Madam Cama
(D) Firoz Shah Mehta
Ans: (A)
547. Who made the agreement between Muslim League and Congress in 1916?
(A) B.G. Tilak (B) Gokhale
(C) Annie Besant (D) J.L. Nehru
Ans: (A)
548. The Lucknow Session of Indian National Congress that took place in 1916 was presided over
by
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Motilal Nehru
(D) A.C. Majumdar
Ans: (D)
549. The Congress for the first time accepted the system of separate electorate for Muslims in the
year
(A) 1909 (B) 1916
(C) 1931 (D) 1932
Ans: (B)
550. Which implication was taken in Lucknow session of Congress in 1916?
(A) Separate electorate demand of Muslim League was accepted
(B) Temporary merger of Muslim League and Congress occurred
(C) A Muslim person was elected as President of Congress
Ans: (A)
551. Which one of the following is not correct about the Congress Session of Lucknow, 1916?
(A) Ambika Charan Majumdar was not the President of this session
(B) In this session, the reunion between the liberal and the extremist was established
(C) Mahatma Gandhi was apprised of the problems of the peasants of Champaran for the first time
Ans: (A)
552. Which one of the following presents period of unanimity between Indian National Congress
and Muslim League?
(A) 1906-1911
(B) 1916-1922
(C) 1917-1921
(D) 1940-1946
Ans: (B)
553. Which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, Mahatma Gandhi was apprised
of the problems of Champaran peasants?
Ans: (D)
17. Home Rule League Movement

554. Annie Besant is mostly associated with
(A) Civl Disobedience Movement
(C) Khilafat Movement
(D) Non-Co-operation Movement
Ans: (B)
555. Who launched the first Home Rule League Movement?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(D) Tilak
Ans: (A)
556. The movement in India which became popular during the first World War was the
(A) Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
(C) Separatist Movement
(D) Swaraj Party Movement
Ans: (B)
557. Who among the following did not contribute to Home Rule League?
(B) Annie Besant
(C) S. Subramaniam Iyer
(D) T.S. Alcott
Ans: (D)
558. Two Home Rule Leagues were started in 1915-16 under the leadership of
(A) Tilak and Annie Besant
(B) Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal
Ans: (A)
559. In which conference could the Home Rule supporters demonstrate their political power
successfully?
(A) Lucknow Conference of Congress in 1916
(B) All India Trade Union Conference held at Bombay in 1920
(C) First U.P. Farmers Association held in 1918
(D) Joint A.I.T.U.C and N.T.U. Sabha at Nagpur in 1938
Ans: (A)
560. Which of the following is not associated with Home Rule Movement?
(A) C.R. Das
(B) S. Subramaniam Iyer
(C) Annie Besant
(D) B.G. Tilak
Ans: (A)
561. The Home Rule Leagues of Tilak and Annie Besant were merged into one in
(A) 1916 (B) 1918
(C) 1920 (D) 1923
Ans: (B)
562. Home Rule Movement was symbol of starting a new phase of freedom movement in India
because
(A) It put a perfect project for the self-Government before the nation
(B) Leadership of the movement came in the hands of Gandhiji
(C) Hindus and Muslims started to struggle jointly
(D) It established co-ordination between extremists and moderates
Ans: (A)
563. Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) A.O. Hume
(C) Michael Madhusudan Dutt

(D) D.R. Palme Dot
Ans: (A)
564. Which of the following is not correct about the Home Rule League?
(A) The plan was first presented in 1914-15 by Annie Besant
(B) The Home Rule League of Tilak was confined to Maharashtra, Karnataka, Central Provinces and
Berar
(C) The Home Rule League founded by Tilak was much stronger
(D) Despite the differences between Tilak and Besant, both the Leagues continued to exist
Ans: (D)
565. Annie Besant was
1. responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement.
2. the founder of the Theosophical Society.
3. once the President of the Indian National Congress. Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
(A) Only 1
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3
Ans: (C)
18. Gandhi and His Early Movements

566. M.K. Gandhi was a supporter of
(A) Marxist socialism
(B) Category socialism
(C) Idealism
(D) Philosophical anarchism
Ans: (D)
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567. Karamchand Gandhi was Diwan of
(A) Porbandar (B) Rajkot
(C) Bikaner (D) All of these
Ans: (D)
568. Where is Phoenix Farm?
(A) Suratgarh
(B) Essex England
(C) Durban (South Africa)
(D) Kampala
Ans: (C)
569. The twin principles of Mahatma Gandhi’s Ram Rajya were

(A) Abolishment of untouchability and temperance
(B) Truth and non-violence
(C) Khadi and Spinning-wheel
(D) Right means and right ends
Ans: (B)
570. Name of the magazine published by Mahatma Gandhi during his stay in South Africa, was
(A) Navjeevan
(B) India Gazette
(C) Africaner
(D) Indian opinion
Ans: (D)
571. Which of the following may be true regarding Gandhi?
(A) A Marxist without Marxism
(B) A Socialist without Socialism
(C) An Individualist without Individualism
(D) An Individualist among Socialist and a Marxist among Socialist
Ans: (D)
572. According to Gandhiji Non- Violence is
(A) A way to attain truth
(B) A way to win political freedom
(C) The only way to realize God
(D) An end in itself
Ans: (A)
573. Which of the following statements is not true as per Gandhian Principle?
(A) The aim of Satyagrahi is to defeat the enemy
(B) The weapon of Satyagraha is Ahimsa
(C) Satyagrahi should be firm in his belief
(D) Satyagrahi should have no ill feeling towards his enemies
Ans: (A)
574. Which one of the following was the last step in the Gandhian strategy of Satyagraha?
(A) Boycott (B) Picket
(C) Fast (D) Strike
Ans: (D)
575. What idea is given by Gandhiji for family planning?
(A) Self-control (B) Sterilization
(C) Restrain (D) Loop
Ans: (A)
576. According to Gandhiji, the Cruelest form of violence is

(A) Persistence of poverty
(B) Killing of cows
(C) Killing of human beings
(D) Torture of women and children
Ans: (A)
577. How many years did Gandhiji live in South Africa?
(A) 20 years (B) 21 years
(C) 16 years (D) 15 years
Ans: (B)
578. In which year Gandhi returned from South Africa?
(A) 1915 (B) 1917
(C) 1916 (D) 1918
Ans: (A)
579. Which one of the following sessions of Indian National Congress was for the first time
attended by M.K. Gandhi?
(A) Lucknow Session, 1916
(C) Amritsar Session, 1919
(D) Nagpur Session, 1920
Ans: (B)
580. In which of the following railway stations of South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of
the train?
(A) Johannesburg
(B) Pietermaritzburg
(C) Durban
(D) Pretoria
Ans: (B)
581. Mahatma Gandhi set up an Ashram on the banks of Sabarmati near Ahmedabad is known as
(A) Sarbarmati Ashram
(B) Harijan Ashram
(C) Satyagraha Ashram
(D) Swaraj Ashram
Ans: (C)
582. Sabarmati Ashram established by Mahatma Gandhi during India’s independence movement,
is located on the outskirts of
(A) Gandhinagar
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Rajkot
(D) Wardha
Ans: (B)
583. Where did Gandhiji adopt ‘Seva Dharma’?

(A) Mumbai
(B) Shantiniketan
(C) South Africa
(D) Pune
Ans: (C)
584. Which one of the following Ashrams related to Mahatma Gandhi, is the oldest?
(A) Sabarmati (B) Phoenix
(C) Wardha (D) Sadaqat
Ans: (B)
585. As per Mahatma Gandhi politics meant
(A) Religionless politics
(B) Activity for public welfare
(C) Truthless politics
Ans: (B)
586. Who among the following was the ‘Political Guru’ of Mahatma Gandhi?
(A) C.R. Das
(C) Tilak
(D) G.K. Gokhale
Ans: (D)
587. Who amongst the following coined the word ‘Satyagraha’?
(A) Harilal Gandhi
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Ramdas Gandhi
(D) Manilal Gandhi
Ans: (B)
588. Which of the following is not a feature of politics of the Gandhian model?
(A) Ethics (B) Religion
(C) Humanity (D) Authority
Ans: (D)
589. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is best known for which of the following?
(A) Use of passive resistance to achieve Indian independence
(B) Desire to establish an Islamic nation
(C) Opposition to Hindus holding political office
(D) Encouragement of violence to end British rule
Ans: (A)
590. During India’s struggle for independence which was the first to start ‘Satyagraha’?
(A) Sardar Patel
(C) Vinoba Bhave
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (D)
591. Gandhi’s boycott of British made products was effective because British considered India, a
major
(A) Shipping centre
(B) Industrial centre
(C) Market for manufactured goods
(D) Source of mineral resources
Ans: (C)
592. Who among of the following had told ‘destruction is the best method of dealing with the
foreign clothes’?
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Chitranjan Das
Ans: (B)
593. Whose work have influenced Gandhian concept?
(A) Ruskin (B) Thoreau
(C) Tolstoy (D) All of these
Ans: (D)
594. Mahatma Gandhi said that some of his deepest convictions were reflected in a book titled,
‘Unto This Last’ and the book transformed his life. What was the message from the book that
transformed Mahatma Gandhi?
(A) Uplifting the oppressed and poor is the moral responsibility of an educated man
(B) The good of individual is contained in the good of all
(C) The life of celibacy and spiritual pursuit are essential for a noble life
(D) All the statements (A), (B) and
(C) are correct in this context
Ans: (B)
595. Which one of the following Satyagrahas was not lead by Mahatma Gandhi?
(A) Quit India Movement
(B) Civil Disobedience
(C) Bardoli
(D) Kheda
Ans: (C)
596. Which of the following Movement is not related with Gandhiji?
(B) Khilafat Movement
(C) Individual Satyagraha
Ans: (A)
597. Who was the first person to call Mahatma Gandhi, ‘Father of Nation’?
(B) Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) C. Rajagopalachari
Ans: (D)
598. Which of the following statement is/are correct regarding Gandhi?
(A) Fought hard to improve the status of casteless untouchables
(B) Launched the Non-Cooperation Movement
(C) Began the Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans: (D)
599. Who of the following called Gandhiji ‘Mahatma’ for the first time?
(B) Madan Mohan Malviya
Ans: (C)
600. The prefix ‘Mahatma’ was added with the name of Gandhi
(A) During Champaran Satyagraha
(B) During the Satyagraha against Rowlatt Act
(C) In the Amritsar Session of the Indian National Congress, 1919
(D) At the beginning of the Khilafat Movement
Ans: (A)
601. In which of the following Satyagraha movements, did Gandhiji not participate directly?
(A) Rajkot Satyagraha
(B) Khera Satyagraha
(C) Vaikom Satyagraha
Ans: (C)
602. Who was the secretary of Mahatma Gandhi during Noakhali?
(A) Nirmal Kumar Bose
(B) Mahadeo Desai

(C) Pyare Lal
(D) Ballabhbhai Patel
Ans: (C)
603. Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?
(A) A.N. Sinha
(B) Braj Kishore Prasad
(C) J.B. Kriplani
(D) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (D)
604. When did Mahatma Gandhi come to Chhattisgarh first?
(A) 2 October, 1906
(B) 20 December, 1920
(C) 1 July, 1937
(D) 9 September, 1942
Ans: (B)
605. “Indian cotton merchant, banker; Congress man and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi”.
The description fits with
(A) G.D. Birla
(B) M.R. Jayakar
(C) Jamnalal Bajaj
(D) V.S. Shrinivas Shastri
Ans: (C)
606. Who among the following capitalists served as an AICC treasurer for many years and went to
jail in 1930?
(A) G.D. Birla
(B) Jamnalal Bajaj
(C) J.R.D. Tata
(D) Balchand Hirachand
Ans: (B)
607. Which one of the following Jails was named as ‘Mandir’ by Gandhiji?
(A) Naini
(B) Yarvada
(C) Cellular (Port Blair)
(D) Aghakhan Palace
Ans: (B)
608. Mahatma Gandhi’s close English compatriot during the freedom movement was
(A) Thomas Moore
(B) A.O. Hume
(C) Charles Andrews
(D) William Wavell
Ans: (C)
609. On the death of Mahatma Gandhi who said, ‘the light has gone out of our lives’?
(A) Lord Mountbatten
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (D)
610. At the time of India’s Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was
(A) A member of Congress Working Committee
(B) Not a member of the Congress
(C) The President of the Congress
(D) The General Secretary of the Congress
Ans: (B)
611. Who one of the following had commanded Mahatma Gandhi to spend the first year in India
‘with his ears open but his mouth shut’?
(C) Feroz Shah Mehta
Ans: (D)
612. Who addressed Gandhiji as ‘oneman boundary force’?
(A) Churchill
(B) Attlee
(C) Mountbatten
(D) Simon
Ans: (C)
613. Who among the following used to say ‘Wrong means never take us to right ends’?
(A) Sardar Patel
(B) M.K. Gandhi
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (B)
614. Who had advised Gandhiji to be as an observer and student in the country for one year
before entering in Indian Politics?
(A) Annie Besant
(D) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Ans: (C)
615. Gandhiji started his first Satyagraha against
(A) British attack on Turkey
(B) Government of India Act, 1935
(C) Payment of low wages to workers
(D) Rowlatt Act
Ans: (C)
616. Who among the following was the strong supporter of the principle that ‘Which is morally
wrong, can never be politically right’?
(B) Sardar Patel
(C) M.K. Gandhi
(D) C. Rajagopalachari
Ans: (C)
617. Mahatma Gandhi delivered his first public speech in India at
(A) Bombay (B) Lucknow
(C) Champaran (D) Varanasi
Ans: (D)
618. In which of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of hunger strike
as a weapon?
(B) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(C) Ahmedabad Srike
(D) Bardoli Satyagraha
Ans: (C)
619. Who participated in ‘Satyagraha’ started by Gandhiji at Ahmedabad in 1917-18?
(A) Cultivators class
(B) Industrial workers
(C) Public
(D) Labourers
Ans: (D)
620. From where did Gandhiji launch his mission of freeing bonded labour?
(A) Champaran (B) Calcutta
(C) Bombay (D) Gorakhpur
Ans: (A)
621. For whom among the following was Ahmedabad Satyagraha launched?
(A) Farmers
(B) Cotton Mill Workers
(C) Jewellery artisans
(D) Press Freedom
Ans: (B)
622. Which of the following struggles of Mahatma Gandhi was related to industrial workers?
(A) Champaran Satyagraha
(B) Ahmedabad Satyagraha
(C) Kheda Satyagraha
Ans: (B)
623. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Gandhian economy?
(A) He laid emphasis on the economy based on non-violence
(B) Centralisation lead to exploitation and inequality, hence centralisation is opponent of

formation of non-violent society
(C) He was not in favour of mechanisation in India
(D) He did not favour mechanisation in U.S.A.
Ans: (D)
624. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched regarding propounding the principle of
Trusteeship of Mahatma Gandhi?
(A) South Africa – 1903
(B) London – 1904
(C) Delhi – 1905
(D) Ahmedabad – 1906
Ans: (A)
625. What does ‘Gandhian Innovation’ mean?
(A) To produce more
(B) To produce in domestic economy
(C) To produce for consumption

(D) To produce more from less input for more people
Ans: (D)
626. According to M.K. Gandhi socioeconomic improvement of untouchables can be brought

about
(A) By their temple entry
(B) By providing grant-in-aid
(C) By earmarking funds for their socio-economic development
(D) By establishing cottage industry for them
Ans: (D)
627. Tinkathia System in Champaran meant
(A) Cultivation of Indigo on the 3/20 area of land
(B) Cultivation of Indigo on 3/19 area of land
(C) Cultivation of Indigo on 3/18 area of land
Ans: (A)
628. Which event occurred first?
(A) Kheda Satyagraha

(C) Non-Co-operation Movement
(D) Champaran Satyagraha

Ans: (D)
629. Gandhiji’s Champaran Movement was for
(A) The Security of the rights of Harijans
(C) Maintaining of unity of Hindu Society
(D) Solving the problems of Indigo worker
Ans: (D)
630. At which place of Bihar, Gandhiji started Satyagraha movement for the first time in India?
(A) Patna (B) Gaya
(C) Madhubani (D) Champaran
Ans: (D)
631. With which place and cultivation ‘Tinkathia’ Kanoon is related?
(A) Gorakhpur – Opium
(B) Begusarai – Paddy
(C) Champaran – Indigo (Neel)
(D) Burdwan – Paddy
Ans: (C)
632. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
(A) Ezaredari (B) Tinkathia
(C) Jenmis (D) None of these
Ans: (B)
633. Those who joined Mahatma Gandhi during the Champaran Satyagraha included
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel and Vinoba Bhave
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
(C) Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narain Sinha
(D) Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel
Ans: (C)
634. Who drew Mahatma Gandhi’s attention towards the exploitation of the peasants by the
European Indigo planters?
(A) Baba Ram Chandra
(B) Raj Kumar Shukla
(C) Swami Sahajananda Saraswati
(D) Sri Krishna Singa
Ans: (B)
635. The person not connected with Champaran movement was
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) Anugrah Narayan Sinha
(C) J.B. Kriplani
Ans: (D)
636. Which one of the following is associated with the Champaran Satyagraha of Mahatma
Gandhi?
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) Shaukat Ali
(D) Raj Kumar Shukla
Ans: (D)
637. At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
(A) Ahmedabad (B) Bardoli
(C) Champaran (D) Kheda
Ans: (C)
638. In which Farmers’ movement did Mahatma Gandhi participate first of all?
(A) Kheda (B) Champaran
(C) Bardoli (D) Baroda
Ans: (B)
639. Who was the National Leader of Champaran Indigo movement?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Birsa Munda
(C) Baba Ramchandra
(D) Ram Singh
Ans: (A)
640. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Champaran Satyagraha?
(A) It was connected with the peasants
(B) It was launched against ‘Tinkathia’ system
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and J.B. Kriplani co-operated with M.K. Gandhi in it
(D) It was the first movement launched by M.K. Gandhi on All India level
Ans: (D)
641. Which of the following international events influenced the course of the national movement
in India before the advent of Mahatma Gandhi?
1. Italian-Abyssinian War, 1898
2. Boxer Movement in China
3. Revolutionary Movement in Ireland
4. Victory of Japan in the Russo- Japanese War Code
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans: (D)
642. Who had opposed the Champaran Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi?
(B) N.G. Ranga
(C) Raj Kumar Shukla
(D) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (B)
643. Arrange the following events in correct chronological sequence using the code given below.
1. Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act
2. Champaran Satyagraha
3. Kheda Peasant struggle
4. Ahmedabad Mill Strike Code
(A) 2, 4, 3, 1 (B) 1, 2, 3, 4
(C) 2, 1, 4, 3 (D) 3, 2, 4, 1
Ans: (A)
644. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following events in the political life of
Mahatma Gandhi?
1. Champaran Satyagrah
2. Ahmedabad Mill Strike
3. Kheda Satyagraha
4. Non-Co-operation Movement Code
(A) 2, 4, 3, 1 (B) 1, 2, 3, 4
(C) 4, 3, 2, 1 (D) 3, 4, 2, 1
Ans: (B)
1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come to Champaran to investigate the
problem of peasants.
2. Acharya J.B. Kriplani was one of the Mahatma Gandhi’s colleagues in his Champaran
investigation. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (B)
646. Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi are true?
1. He received his early education in Rajkot.
2. He married Kasturba at the age of 13.
3. He studied law at the Inner Temple, London.
4. He was most influenced by Ruskin’s book ‘Unto This Last’. Select the correct answer from the
code given below. Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 1, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans: (D)
647. What was the reason for Mahatma Gandhi to organize a Satyagraha on behalf of the peasants
of Kheda?
1. The Administration did not suspend the land revenue collection inspite of a drought.
2. The Administration proposed to introduce Permanent Settlement in Gujarat. Which of the

statements given above is/are correct?
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (A)
19. Peasant Movement and Kisan Sabha

648. ‘Nai-Dhobi Band’ was form of Social boycott in 1919 which
(A) was started by the farmers of Pratapgarh district
(B) was a movement started by saints for the emancipation of the people lower classes
(C) was a step against contractors of lower castes by landlords
(D) was a movement against contractors by lower castes
Ans: (A)
649. The first peasant movement of India was
(A) Champaran (B) Bardoli
(C) Begu (D) Bijolia
Ans: (D)
650. Where had Baba Ramchandra organized the farmers?
(A) Awadh (B) Bihar
(C) Bengal (D) Andhra
Ans: (A)
651. Who among the following was linked closely with Kisan Sabha Movement in the 1930s?
(A) Swami Vidyananda
(B) Swami Sahajananda
(C) Baba Ramananda
(D) Sardar Patel
Ans: (B)
652. Who among the following was not associated with the formation of U.P. Kisan Sabha in
February, 1918?
(A) Indra Narain Dwivedi
(B) Gauri Shankar Misra
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (C)
653. Who presided over the first session of All India Kisan Sabha?
(A) Swami Sahajananda
(B) Indulal Yagnik
(C) N.N. Ranga
(D) P.C. Joshi
Ans: (A)
654. What was the aim of Eka Movement in Awadh?
(A) To stop to give rent to the Government

(B) To protect the rights of landlords
(C) End of Satyagraha
(D) Transformation of rent into cash
Ans: (D)
655. Who was elected the first President of All India Kisan Sabha at Lucknow in 1936?
(A) N.G. Ranga
(B) E.M.S. Namboodripad
(C) Swami Sahajananda Saraswati
(D) Acharya Narendra Dev
Ans: (C)
656. Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Congress was founded in
(A) 1936 A.D. (B) 1939 A.D.
(C) 1942 A.D. (D) 1945 A.D.
Ans: (A)
657. The founder President of All India Kisan Sabha was
(B) Swami Sahajananda Saraswati
(C) Bamkim Mukherjee

Ans: (B)
658. Where was the first All India Kisan Maha Sabha formed?
(A) Allahabad (B) Kolkata
(C) Lucknow (D) Patna
Ans: (C)
659. Swami Sahajananda Saraswati formed the All India United Kisan Sabha with the demand for
the ‘nationalization of land and waterways’
(A) Just before his death
(B) At a very young age
(C) In the 1930s
(D) In the 1920s
Ans: (A)
660. Swami Sahajananda was related with
(A) Tribal Movement in Bihar
(B) Caste Movement in Bihar
(C) Farmers Movement in Bihar
(D) Labour Movement in Bihar
Ans: (C)
661. The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for
(A) The reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third
(B) The grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land
(C) The uprooting of Zamindari System and the end of serfdom
(D) Writing off all peasant debts
Ans: (A)
662. Who was associated with Kisan Movement in Bihar?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) C.R. Das
(C) Motilal Nehru
(D) Bhagat Singh
Ans: (A)
663. In which of the following movement Sardar Patel played an important role?
(A) Bijolia Movement
(B) Dandi March
(C) Strike of textile mill workers in Ahmedabad
(D) Bardoli Satyagraha
Ans: (D)
664. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was
(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Vithalbhai Patel
(D) Mahadev Desai
Ans: (A)
665. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organizational
skills in
(A) The Kheda Satyagraha
(B) The Bardoli Satyagraha
(C) The Salt Satyagraha
(D) The Individual Satyagraha
Ans: (B)
666. Who gave Vallabhbhai Patel the title of ‘Sardar’?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Pandit Nehru
(C) Maulana Azad
(D) Kasturba
Ans: (A)
667. Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan
Movement at the beginning of the movement?
(A) Udaygiri
(B) Raipur
(C) Pochampalli
(D) Venkatagiri
Ans: (C)
668. Who started Bhoodan movement?
(A) Jai Prakash Narayan
(B) J.B. Kriplani
(C) Vinoba Bhave
(D) Sri Guruji
Ans: (C)
669. In the 1930s, peasant movements were started in different parts of the country at the instance
of various leaders. Match them with their respective areas of influence. List-I
(a) Sahajananda Saraswati
(b) Khudai Khidmatgars
(c) Swami Ramananda
(d) Abdul Hamid Khan List-II
1. Hyderabad
2. Southern Assam
3. Bihar
4. NWFP Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 4 3 2 1 (D) 2 4 1 3
Ans: (B)
670. The ‘Bhoodan Movement’ made its beginning in the State of
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Himachal Pradesh
Ans: (C)
List-I
(a) Bardoli Satyagraha
(b) Bhartiya Kisan Vidyalaya
(c) Bengal Praja Party
(d) Bakashat Agitation List-II
1. Swami Shraddhananda Saraswati
2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3. Fazhul Haq
4. N.G. Ranga Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 4 1 (B) 2 4 3 1
(C) 1 4 2 3 (D) 4 1 3 2
Ans: (B)
20. Trade Union and Communist Party

672. Who among the following was the first leader to organize labour movement in India?
(A) B.P. Wadia
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) N.M. Lokhande
(D) N.G. Ranga
Ans: (C)
673. The first Trade Union was founded in India in the year 1918 by
(A) N.M. Joshi (B) B.P. Wadia
(C) V.V. Giri (D) S.A. Dange
Ans: (B)
674. Who was the first President of All India Trade Union Congress?
(A) B.T. Ranade
(B) Satya Bhakta
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) N.M. Joshi
Ans: (C)
675. When was All India Trade Union Congress established in Bombay?
(A) 1920 (B) 1925
(C) 1929 (D) 1935
Ans: (A)
676. Who of the following founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) N.M. Joshi
(D) J.B. Kriplani
Ans: (A)
677. Who among the following had presided over the All India Trade Union Congress held at
Nagpur in 1929?
(B) Acharya Narendra Dev
(D) Yusuf Meherally
Ans: (A)
678. The first session of All India Trade Union Congress held at Bombay in 1920 was presided over
by
(A) Feroz Shah Mehta
(B) V.V. Giri
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) N.M. Joshi
Ans: (C)
679. Who was the first Indian to be the member of Communist International?
(A) M.N. Roy
(B) Muzaffar Ahmad
(C) S.S. Dange
Ans: (A)
680. The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for
(A) the participation of workers in the management of industries
(B) arbitrary powers to the management to quell industrial disputes
(C) an intervention by the British Court in the event of a trade dispute
(D) a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes
Ans: (D)
681. Kanpur conspiracy case was against the leaders of
(A) Khilafat Movement
(B) Non-Co-operation Movement
(C) Communist Movement
(D) Revolutionary Movement
Ans: (C)
682. The militant phase of the trade union movement in India was
(A) 1939-45 (B) 1926-39
(C) 1918-26 (D) 1914-18
Ans: (B)
683. Who formed the Radical Democratic Party in 1940?
(A) Indrasen
(B) M.N. Roy
(C) Somendra Nath Tagore
(D) Shachindra Nath Sanyal
Ans: (B)
684. In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set
up a Communist Party of India?
(A) H.K. Sarkar (B) P.C. Joshi
(C) M.C. Chagla (D) M.N. Roy
Ans: (D)
685. What is the name of the party founded by Saumyendra Nath Tagore?
(A) Indian Bolshevik Party
(B) Revolutionary Communist Party
(C) Bolshevik Leninist Party
(D) Radical Democratic Party
Ans: (B)
21. Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh Massacres (1919)

686. When was the Rowlatt Act passed?
(A) 1909 (B) 1919
(C) 1930 (D) 1942
Ans: (B)
687. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular Indignation?
(A) It curtailed the freedom of religion
(B) It suppressed the traditional Indian education
(C) It authorized the Government to imprison people without trial

(D) It curbed the trade union activities
Ans: (C)
688. The Rowlatt Act aimed at
(A) Compulsory economic support to war efforts
(B) Imprisonment without trial and summary procedures for trial
(C) Suppression of the Khilafat Movement
(D) Imposition of restrictions on freedom of the press
Ans: (B)
689. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?
(A) Lord Irwin
(B) Lord Reading

(C) Lord Chelmsford
(D) Lord Wavell
Ans: (C)
690. The Rowlatt Act was passed to
(A) Bring about Agrarian Reforms
(B) Curtail the National and Revolutionary Activities
(C) Have a favourable ‘Balance of Trade’
(D) Put Second World War criminals on trial
Ans: (B)
691. The first venture of Gandhi in all India politics was the
(B) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(C) Champaran Movement
(D) Dandi March
Ans: (B)
692. Indian National Congress opposed the Rowlatt Act because it aimed
(A) To limit the individual liberty
(B) To ban on Indian National Congress
(C) To enlarge the communal delegations
(D) To imprison national leaders charging the traitors to the nation
Ans: (A)
693. The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act (1919) was popularly known as the
(A) Rowlatt Act
(B) Pitt’s India Act
(C) Indian Arms Act
(D) Ilbert Bill
Ans: (A)
694. Who suggested launching of no tax campaign as a protest against Rowlatt Act?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Gandhiji
Ans: (D)
695. The massacre of the crowd at Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar took place on
(A) 5 May, 1918
(B) 1 April, 1919
(C) 13 April, 1919
(D) 29 July, 1919
Ans: (C)
696. Which important even immediately preceded Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
(B) Enactment of Rowlatt Act
(C) Communal Award

(D) Arrival of Simon Commission
Ans: (B)
697. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the city
(A) Meerut (B) Agra
(C) Amritsar (D) Lahore
Ans: (C)
698. The year 1919 in Indian history is related to
(A) for the transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi
(B) for the tragedy of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(C) Partition of Bengal
(D) Khilafat Movement
Ans: (B)
699. Why did people gather to demonstrate at Jallianwala Bagh?
(A) To protest against the arrest of Gandhi and Lajpat Rai
(B) To protest against the arrest of Kitchlu and Satyapal
(C) To offer prayers on the Baisakhi Day
(D) To protest against the arbitrarily of inhuman acts of the Punjab Government
Ans: (B)
700. During the Indian freedom struggle, a large unarmed crowd gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh
at Amritsar on 13 April, 1919 to protest against the arrest of
(A) Swami Shraddhananda and Mazharul Haq
(B) Madan Mohan Malviya and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(C) Mahatma Gandhi and Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr. Satyapal
Ans: (D)
701. Rabindra Nath Tagore gave up his ‘Knighthood’ in protest to which one of the following?
(A) Rowlatt Act
(B) Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
(C) Simon Commission
(D) Cripps Mission
Ans: (B)
702. The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by
the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was
(A) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(B) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(D) Syed Ahmed Khan
Ans: (C)
703. The Hunter Committee was appointed after the
(A) Black-hole incident
(B) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(C) Uprising of 1857
(D) Partition of Bengal

Ans: (B)
704. Who among the following had resigned from the Viceroy’s Executive Council protesting
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
(C) Sir Shankar Nair
(D) All three above
Ans: (C)
705. Who from the following killed O’ Dwyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
(A) Prithvi Singh Azad
(B) Sardar Kishan Singh
(C) Udham Singh
(D) Sohan Singh Josh
Ans: (C)
706. General Dyer O’ Dwyer name is associated with which of the following event?
(A) Black Hole of Calcutta
(B) Battle of Rani Durgavati
(C) Battle of 1857
(D) Jallianwala Bagh
Ans: (D)
707. Sir Michael O’ Dwyer was shot dead on 13th March, 1940 in London by
(A) Madan Lal Dhingra
(B) M.P.T. Acharya

(C) V.D. Savarkar
(D) Udham Singh
Ans: (D)
708. Udham Singh killed in London
(A) Lord Hardinge
(B) General Dyer
(C) Sir Michael O’ Dwyer
(D) Lord Willingdon
Ans: (C)
709. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919?
(A) Lord Chelmsford
(B) Lord Minto
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Lord Canning
Ans: (A)
710. The task of drafting Congress Inquiry Committee report on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was
entrusted to
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) C.R. Das
(D) Fazlul Haq
Ans: (B)
711. Which one of the following events, was characterized by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’?
(A) Killing of INA activities
(B) Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh
(C) Shooting of the Mahatma
(D) Shooting of Curzon-Wythe
Ans: (B)
712. Who was the Prime Minister of England when the Montague- Chelmsford Act was passed in
1919?
(A) Lloyd George
(B) George Hamilton
(C) Sir Samuel Hoare
(D) Lord Salisbury
Ans: (A)
713. With reference to Rowlatt Satyagraha, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Rowlatt Act was based on the recommendations of the ‘Sedition Committee’.
2. In Rowlatt Satyagraha, Gandhiji tried to utilize the Home Rule League.
3. Demonstration against the arrival of Simon Commission coincided with Rowlatt Satyagraha.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(C) Only 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (B)
714. Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre
by the British a Jallianwala Bagh?
(A) The Arms Act
(B) The Public Safety Act
(C) The Rowlatt Act
(D) The Vernacular Press Act
Ans: (C)
715. Select the correct sequence of the following events by using the codes given below.
1. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
2. Dr. Satyapal’s incarceration
3. Amritsar Congress Session, 1919 Code
(A) 2, 1, 3 (B) 1, 2, 3
(C) 2, 3, 1 (D) 3, 2, 1
Ans: (A)
22. Khilafat Movement

716. Who was elected as President of the All India Khilafat Conference in 1919?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(C) Maulana Shaukat Ali
(D) Motilal Nehru
Ans: (A)
717. Khilafat Movement was supported by
(A) Hume
(B) Sir Syed
(C) Curzon
(D) Gandhiji
Ans: (D)
718. Why did Mahatma Gandhi support the Khilafat Movement?
(A) The Khalifa had given shelter to Indian revolutionaries
(B) Gandhiji wanted to win the support of the Indian Muslims against the British
(C) The Khalifa supported Indian struggle for freedom
(D) The Khalifa was a friend of Gandhiji
Ans: (B)
719. Who viewed the Khilafat Movement as an opportunity for integrating Hindus and Muslims
which will not appear again within coming hundred years?
(A) Ali Brothers
(B) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Ans: (C)
720. Who among the following were prominent leaders of the ‘Khilafat Movement’?
(A) Maulana Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
(B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Shaukat Ali
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
(D) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai and Shaukat Ali
Ans: (A)
721. Who warned Gandhiji not to encourage fanaticism of Muslim religious leaders and their
followers?
(A) Agha Khan
(B) Ajmal Khan
(C) Hasan Khan
(D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Ans: (D)
722. Who one of the following had renounced the title of Haziq-ul- Mulk during Khilafat agitation?
(B) Mohammad Ali
(C) Shaukat Ali
(D) Hakim Ajmal Khan
Ans: (D)
723. Which one of the following was the result of Khilafat Movement?
(A) Hindu-Muslim differences were narrowed down
(B) Language problem became acute
(C) Hindu-Muslim riots increased
(D) Hindus were suppressed
Ans: (A)
724. Who among the following had denounced the participation of Mahatma Gandhi in the
Khilafat Movement?
(A) Mohammad Ali
(B) Shaukat Ali
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) M.A. Jinnah
Ans: (D)
725. Which of the following Indian leaders did not support the Khilafat Movement?
(C) Mohammad Ali
Ans: (B)
726. The person who on 4 April, 1919 delivered a speech on Hindu- Muslim unity from the pulpit
of Jama Masjid in Delhi was
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Mahamana Malviya
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (D)
727. “In this instance, we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus”. To which one
of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?
(A) Revolt of 1857
(B) Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
(C) Khilafat and Non-Co-operation Movement (1919-22)
(D) August Movement of 1942
Ans: (C)
728. In which city was the conference of Khilafat Committee in 1920 held that requested Gandhiji
to assume the leadership of Non-Co-operation Movement?
(A) Lucknow (B) Lahore
(C) Allahabad (D) Karachi
Ans: (C)
729. Who of the following had started the Khilafat Movement?
1. Shaukat Ali
2. Mohammad Ali
3. Shariatullah
4. Abul Kalam Azad Choose the answer from the code given below. Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 1, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans: (A)
730. Moplah Rebellion in 1921 was an offshoot of
(B) Mutiny of 1857
(C) Swadeshi Movement
Ans: (A)
731. The Congress supported the Khilafat Movement mainly for
1. Reinstatement of Caliph
2. Removal of Caliph
3. Getting the sympathy of the Muslims
4. Marginalising Jinnah in the Congress Code
(A) 1 and 3 (B) 2 and 4
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 4
Ans: (A)
732. Which of the following were the main objectives of the Khilafat Movement?
1. To rouse anti-British feelings among the Muslim of India.
2. To reform the Muslim society.
3. To demand separate electorates and preserve the Khilafat.
4. To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khilafat. Choose the correct answer from the
codes given below. Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 4
Ans: (D)
23. Non-Co-operation Movement

733. When did Non-Co-operation Movement start on the question of the caliphate?
(A) 1918 (B) 1920
(C) 1922 (D) 1924
Ans: (B)
734. The first Mass Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Salt Movement
(D) Neel Movement
Ans: (A)
735. In which year the first Non-Co-operation Movement was launched by Indian National
Congress?
(A) 1917 (B) 1918
(C) 1920 (D) 1928
Ans: (C)
736. Who among the following had moved the Non-Co-operation resolution in the Nagpur
session of the Indian National Congress in 1920?
(A) C.R. Das
(B) Annie Besant
(C) B.C. Pal
Ans: (A)
737. When did Gandhiji give the slogan of ‘Swaraj in a year’?
(A) During Dandi March
(B) During Non-Co-operation Movement
(C) During Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) During Round Table Conference
Ans: (B)
738. Gandhiji launched the Non-Cooperation Movement in
(A) 1920 (B) 1919
(C) 1921 (D) 1922
Ans: (A)
739. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Non-Co-operation Movement?
(A) The period of the Movement was from 1920 to 1922
(B) Attainment of Swaraj within a year was its motto
(C) It comprised the programme of the boycott
(D) M.A. Jinnah had supported this movement
Ans: (D)
740. “To attain Swaraj in a year” was the aim of
(A) Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Khilafat Movement
Ans: (D)
741. Who among the following gave up his legal practice during the Non- Co-operation
Movement?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) M.M. Malviya
(C) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(D) Chittaranjan Das
Ans: (D)
742. The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during
the Non-Co-operation Movement was
(A) Hind Kesari
(B) Kaiser-i-Hind
(C) Rai Bahadur
(D) Rt. Honorable
Ans: (B)
743. Who of the following supported Non-Co-operation Movement, but could not see it’s result?
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Motilal Nehru
(D) Chittaranjan Das
Ans: (A)
744. A pleader of Bihar who left his lucrative practice during Non-Cooperation Movement was
(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) Sahajananda Saraswati
(D) Raj Kumar Shukla
Ans: (B)
745. The Chauri-Chaura episode took place on
(A) 5th February, 1922
(B) 4th February, 1922
(C) 2nd February, 1922
(D) 6th February, 1922
Ans: (A)
746. In which area was Rahul Sankrityayan active in the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920?
(A) Chhapra (B) Delhi
(C) Lucknow (D) Patna
Ans: (A)
747. Due to which of the event, Mahatma Gandhi halted the Non- Co-operation Movement?
(A) Kakori Case
(B) Chauri-Chaura incident
(C) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(D) Muzaffarpur case
Ans: (B)
748. In which district is Chauri-Chaura situated?
(A) Deoria (B) Gorakhpur

(C) Kushinagar (D) Maharajganj
Ans: (B)
749. Why did Mahatma Gandhi withdraw the Non-Co-operation Movement in 1922?
(A) Most of the leaders were arrested and they were in prison
(B) Britishers were ready to accept the demands partly
(C) Because of the violence in Chauri-Chaura
(D) There was not any chance of success of the movement
Ans: (C)
750. Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Non-Co-operation Movement because
(A) The support of public was not satisfactory
(B) Muslims set himself apart from the movement
(C) Repressive measures adopted by the British Government
(D) The violent incident at Chauri- Chaura
Ans: (D)
751. Where was Mahatma Gandhi when Chauri-Chaura episode took place?
(A) At Delhi
(B) At Calcutta
(C) At Chauri-Chaura
(D) At Bardoli
Ans: (D)
752. After which incident, Mahatma Gandhi had called Non-Cooperation Movement as his
‘Himalayan Blunder’?
(A) Chauri-Chaura
(B) Kheda Satyagraha
(C) Nagpur Satyagraha
(D) Rajkot Satyagraha
Ans: (A)
753. Who tabled a vote of censure against Gandhiji for calling off the Non-Co-operation
Movement at the meeting of All India Congress Committee held on 24 February, 1922, at Delhi?
(A) K.T. Shah
(D) Dr. Moonje
Ans: (D)
754. Non-Co-operation Movement was launched in 1920. When it was ended?
(A) 1920 (B) 1921
(C) 1922 (D) 1924
Ans: (C)
755. Which one of the following had taken burning of the foreign clothes as an insensate waste
during the Non-Co-operation Movement?
(B) Motilal Nehru
Ans: (B)
756. During 1923-28, the repetition of revolutionary activities in Indian politics was due to
(A) Rising influence of leaders like Hardayal and Lajpat Rai
(B) Postponement of Non-Co-operation Movement by Gandhiji
(C) Influences of foreign events
(D) Refusal of Indian demand by Britishers
Ans: (B)
757. The main outcome of 1921-22 Non-Co-operation Movement was
(A) Hindu-Muslim unity
(B) More powers to provinces
(C) Increase in elected members to the Central Legislative Assembly
(D) Division in the Indian National Congress
Ans: (A)
758. Who among the following had opposed the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-
Cooperation Movement?
(C) Shaukat Ali
(D) C.R. Das
Ans: (A)
759. Which one of the following is correct matched?
(A) 1940-Lahore Session of Indian National Congress
(B) 1931-Execution of Rajguru
(C) 1921-Commencement of Non- Co-operation Movement

(D) 1920-Rowlatt Satyagraha
Ans: (B)
(A) 1885-Foundation of Indian National Congress
(B) 1905-The Partition of Bengal
(C) 1909-Morley-Minto Reforms
(D) 1930-Non-Co-operation Movement
Ans: (D)
761. Indicate true sequence of events concerning the postponement of Non-Co-operation

Movement.
1. Police firing in Chauri-Chaura.
2. Police station set fired by violent crowd.
3. Postponement of Movement by Gandhiji.
4. Arresting of Gandhiji. Select your answer of the following code.
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 2, 1, 3 and 4
(C) 4, 1, 2 and 3 (D) 2, 1, 4 and 3
Ans: (A)
762. Consider the following statements. The Non-Co-operation Movement led to the
1. Congress becoming a mass Movement for the first time.
2. Growth of Hindu-Muslims unity.
3. Removal of fear of the British might come from the minds of the people.
4. British Government’s willingness to grant political concessions to Indians. Of these statements.
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(B) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(C) 1 and 3 are correct
(D) 3 and 4 are correct
Ans: (B)
763. Which of the following institutions were founded during the Non-Cooperation Movement
(1919-20)?
1. Kashi Vidyapeeth
2. Gujarat Vidyapeeth
3. Jamia Milia
4. Kashi Hindu Vishwa Vidyalaya Select the correct answer from the codes given below. Code
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 2 and 3
(C) Only 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (C)
764. Choose the correct sequence of the events with the help of codes given below.
1. Chauri-Chaura incident
2. Suspension of Non-Cooperation Movement
3. Bardoli Resolution Code
(A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 2, 3, 1
(C) 1, 3, 2 (D) 2, 1, 3
Ans: (C)
765. Consider the following statements. Assertion (A): Mahatma Gandhi postponed the Non-Co-
operation Movement in 1922. Reason (R): The postponement was opposed by C.R. Das and Motilal
Nehru. Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code
(A)
Ans: (B)
24. Formation of Swaraj Party (1923)

766. Swaraj Party was formed after the failure of the
(C) Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) Swadeshi Movement
Ans: (A)
767. Who among the following resigned from the presidency of the Congress for making Swaraj
Party?
(A) C.R. Das
(B) Motilal Nehru
(D) Feroz Shah Mehta
Ans: (A)
768. Swaraj Party was formed by
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
(D) Sardar Patel and Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (C)
769. Motilal Nehru was the leader of Swaraj Party. Who of the following was not in the Party?
(A) Srinivas Iyer
(B) Chittaranjan Das
Ans: (D)
770. What was the name of the party formed by Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das in 1923 A.D.?
(A) Independence Party
(B) Ghadar Party
(C) Swaraj Party
(D) Indian National Party
Ans: (C)
771. Who among the following supported Swaraj Party in Central Legislative Assembly in
preindepedent India?
(A) M.A. Jinnah
(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (A)
772. Who one of the following was not associated with Swaraj Party?
(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) C.R. Das
(C) N.C. Kelkar
(D) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (D)
773. The famous slogan ‘Swaraj should be for common people not only for classes’ was given by
(A) C.R. Das
(B) C. Rajagopalachari
(C) Motilal Nehru
(D) Gopi Nath Saha
Ans: (A)
774. Who of the following is known as ‘Deshbandhu’?
(A) Chandra Shekhar
(B) Chittaranjan Das
(C) A.O. Hume
(D) Annie Besant
Ans: (B)
775. The National Leader who was elected President (Speaker) of the Central Legislative Assembly
in 1925 was
(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) C.R. Das
(C) Vallabhbhai Patel
Ans: (D)
776. When Congress leaders condemned the Montagu-Chelmsford Report, many moderates left
the party to form the
(A) Swarajya Party
(B) Indian Freedom Party
(C) Independence Federation of India
(D) Indian Liberal Federation
Ans: (D)
777. Who among the following were associated with the formation of ‘Swaraj Party’?
1. Subhash Chandra Bose
2. C.R. Das
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Motilal Nehru Select the correct answer from the codes given below. Code
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 3 (D) 2 and 4
Ans: (D)
778. For which of the following reason/ reasons, Swaraj party founded in India.
1. Withdraw of Non-Co-operation Movement by Mahatma Gandhi.
2. Entering in the council and resection the Government of India’s Act of 1919 by don’t let them
work.
3. Repression by the British Government.
4. It is believed by the Indian’s that they should feel the experience of administration. Code
(C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 1, 3 and 4
Ans: (B)
779. Who among the following decided to launch the Independent Party on 16th December,
1922?
1. Lala Hardayal
3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
4. Motilal Nehru Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 2 and 4
Ans: (D)
25. Simon Commission (1927)

780. Simon Commission in 1928 came to India with the purpose
(A) To consider Administrative reform
(B) To improve Education
(C) To improve Agricultural sector
(D) To evaluate Military capacity
Ans: (A)
781. When did Simon Commission visit India?
(A) 1927 (B) 1928
(C) 1929 (D) 1931
Ans: (B)
782. Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because
(A) Congress felt that the people of India are entitled to Swaraj
(B) There was no Indian member in the Commission
(C) It supported the Muslim League
(D) There were differences among the members
Ans: (B)
783. Who among the following members of Simon Commission belonged to liberal party?
(A) Sir John Simon
(B) Major Attlee
(C) Stephen Walsh
(D) Viscount Burnham
Ans: (A)
784. Simon Commission was appointed in
(A) 1925 (B) 1927
(C) 1928 (D) 1930
Ans: (B)
785. With reference to Simon Commission’s recommendations, which one of the following
statements is correct?
(A) It recommended the replacement of diarchy with responsible Government in the provinces
(B) It proposed the setting up of inter-provincial council under the Home Department
(C) It suggested the abolition of bicameral legislature at the centre
(D) It recommended the creation of Indian Police Service with a provision for increased pay and
allowances for British recruits as compared to Indian recruits
Ans: (A)
786. On whose suggestions were the Indians kept out of the Simon Commission?
(A) Lord Reading
(B) Lord Chelmsford
(C) Sir John Simon
(D) Lord Irwin
Ans: (D)
787. To whom was the title of ‘Punjab Kesari’ conferred?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Ranjeet Singh
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Lala Hardayal
Ans: (C)
788. Lala Lajpat Rai was injured
(A) In lathi charge in protest to Simon Commission
(B) In lathi charge in protest to Rowlatt Act
(C) In lathi charge in protest to Quit India Movement
(D) In lathi charge in protest to Government of India Act
Ans: (A)
789. Who among the following had demanded first the dominion status for India?
(A) Rajagopalachari and Sardar Patel
(B) Pt. Motilal Nehru and Govind Ballabh Pant
(C) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Jaykar
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru and Jagjeevanram
Ans: (C)
790. ‘Nehru Report’ was prepared by
(A) M.L. Nehru
(B) J.L. Nehru
(C) R.K. Nehru
(D) B.L. Nehru
Ans: (A)
791. The radical wing of the Congress Party with Jawaharlal Nehru as one of its main leaders
founded the independence for India. League in opposition to
(A) The Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(B) The Home Rule Movement
(C) The Nehru Report
(D) The Montford reforms
Ans: (C)
792. In which of the following sessions of Muslim League, M.A. Jinnah put forth his 14 point
proposal?
(A) 1927 (B) 1928
(C) 1929 (D) 1930
Ans: (C)
793. The Nehru Report was drafted by a Committee headed by….. and the subject was……
(A) Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru; India’s relationship with the British Empire
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru; Local Self- Government in India
(C) Motilal Nehru; Constitutional arrangements in India
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru; Constitutional arrangements in India
Ans: (C)
794. Who of the following was the President of ‘All Parties’ Conference held in February 1928?
(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) Dr. M.A. Ansari
(D) M.K. Gandhi
Ans: (B)
795. With reference to the period of Indian freedom struggle, which of the following was/were
recommended by the ‘Nehru Report’?
1. Complete Independence of India.
2. Joint electorates for reservation of seats for minorities.
3. Provision of fundamental rights for the people of India in the Constitution. Select the correct
answer using the codes given below.
(C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (B)
796. Which of the following statements are true about the Simon Commission? Select the correct
answer from the codes given below the statements.
1. It was appointed to enquire into the working of the 1919 Act.
2. It was headed by Sir John Simon.
3. It recommended a Federal Form of Government.
4. It was opposed by the Indian leaders. Code
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 1, 2 and 3
(C) Only 2, 3 and 4
Ans: (D)
797. Assertion (A): The Congress boycotted the Simon Commission. Reason (R): The Simon
Commission did not have a single Indian member. Select the correct answer by using the code
given below.
(A)
Ans: (A)
798. Who amongst the following was responsible for the formation of the Independence of India
League in 1928?
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Acharya Narendra Dev
4. Jai Prakash Narayan Choose your answer from the given code.
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1 and 2
(D) 3 and 4
Ans: (C)
799. Assertion (A): Protest led by Lala Lajpat Rai, was organized in Lahore in 1928 against Simon
Commission. Reason (R): Simon Commission did not have a single Indian member in it.
(A)
Ans: (A)
26. Lahore Session of Congress, Proposal of Complete Independence

(1929)
800. When did the Congress pass the proposal of independence of India for the first time?
(A) 1929 (B) 1915
(C) 1942 (D) 1935
Ans: (A)
801. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should
be defined as Complete Independence free from all foreign control?
(A) Mazharul Haque
(B) Maulana Hasrat Mohani
(C) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(D) Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (B)
802. The proposal of Purna-Swaraj was passed in Lahore Congress in the year.
(A) 1919
(B) 1929
(C) 1939
(D) 1942
Ans: (B)
803. Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress when the
resolution of ‘Purna Swaraj’ was passed?
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (B)
804. Who among the following leaders proposed to adopt Complete Independence as the goal of
the Congress in the Ahmedabad session of 1921?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Hasrat Mohani
(D) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Ans: (B)
805. Who hoisted the Indian flag at midnight of December 31, 1929?
(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (D)
806. Who declared the aim of Congress as ‘Purna Swaraj’ in the Lahore Session of Congress 1929?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Motilal Nehru
Ans: (C)
807. Which one of the following sessions of Indian National Congress was presided over by
Jawaharlal Nehru for the first time?
(A) Lahore Session, 1929
(C) Lucknow Session, 1936
(D) Ramgarh Session, 1940
Ans: (A)
808. When was the newly adopted tri-colour flag of freedom first hoisted?
(A) 31st December, 1928
(B) 31st December, 1929
(C) 31st December, 1930
(D) 31st December, 1931
Ans: (B)
809. In which one of the following Sessions of the Indian National Congress ‘Purna Swaraj’ was
declared the goal of Congress?
(A) Lahore, 1929
(B) Karachi
(C) Delhi
(D) Bombay
Ans: (A)
810. The 1929 Session of Indian National Congress is of significance in the history of the Freedom
Movement because the
(A) Attainment of Self-Government was declared as the objective of the Congress
(B) Attainment of Purna Swaraj was adopted as the goal of the Congress
(C) Non-Co-operation Movement was launched
(D) Decision to participate in the Round Table Conference in London was taken
Ans: (B)
811. Which of the following was not included in the resolutions of Lahore Session of Congress in
1929?
(A) Declaration of India’s foreign policy
(B) Declaration of complete independence
(C) Preparing to launch Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) Abolition of untouchability
Ans: (D)
812. The Purna Swaraj Resolution adopted at the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress
was moved by
(A) B.G. Tilak (B) J.L. Nehru
(C) M.K. Gandhi (D) Sardar Patel
Ans: (B)
813. The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress (1929) is very important in history,
because
1. The Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence.
2. The rift between the extremists and moderates was resolved in that Session.
3. A resolution was passed rejecting the two-nation theory in that session. Which of the
statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(A) Only 1
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3
Ans: (A)
27. Civil Disobedience Movement

814. Dandi March was undertaken in
(A) 1932 (B) 1931
(C) 1929 (D) 1930
Ans: (D)
815. At which Congress Session was the working committee authorized to launch a programme of
Civil Disobedience?
(A) Bombay (B) Lahore
(C) Lucknow (D) Tripura
Ans: (B)
816. When did the ‘Dandi March’ begin?
(A) 31st December, 1929
(B) 26th January, 1930
(C) 12th March, 1930
(D) 6th April, 1930
Ans: (C)
817. Gandhiji started Dandi March from
(A) Champaran (B) Sabarmati
(C) Bardoli (D) Dandi
Ans: (B)
818. Which one of the following began with the Dandi March?
(A) Home Rule Movement

Ans: (C)
819. In which of the following movements women’s participation is considered to be the

maximum?
(B) Salt Satyagraha
(C) Bardoli March
Ans: (B)
820. Which one of the following provinces had the highest number Satyagrahis in Mahatma
Gandhi’s Dandi March?
(A) Bihar (B) Gujarat
(C) Maharashtra (D) Bengal
Ans: (B)
821. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from
(A) Sevagram (B) Dandi
(C) Sabarmati (D) Wardha
Ans: (B)
822. Who among the following participated in the Salt Satyagraha of Gandhi?
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(C) Kamladevi Chattopadhyaya
Ans: (D)
823. Dandi March was started to
(A) Support the salt law
(B) Break the salt law
(C) Support the Rowlatt Act
(D) Oppose the Rowlatt Act
Ans: (B)
824. The Civil Disobedience Movement started with
(A) Declaration of Home Rule
(B) Partition of Bengal
(C) Dandi March
(D) Declaration of Purna Swaraj by the Congress
Ans: (C)
825. Which event occurred first?
(A) Dandi March
(C) Arrival of Simon Commission
(D) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Ans: (C)
826. The historic ‘Dandi March’ is associated with
(A) Boycott of elections
(B) Violation of ‘Salt Law’
(C) Hindu-Muslim Unity
(D) Abolition of untouchability
Ans: (B)
827. The statement “I want world sympathy in this battle of Right against Might”, is associated
with
(B) Gandhi’s Dandi March
Ans: (B)
828. The date 6 April, 1930 is known in Indian History for
(A) Dandi March of M. Gandhi
(B) First Round Table Conference in London

(C) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(D) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Ans: (A)
829. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March?
(A) It was an altogether a pedestrian march
(B) It started from Sabarmati Ashram and ended at Dandi
(C) The entire march from Sabarmati was covered in 24 days
(D) The march was started on 15 March, 1930
Ans: (D)
830. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March?
(A) It was started from Sabarmati Ashram
(B) The march terminated at Dandi, a village beside the sea
(C) Mahatma Gandhi prepared salt at the seashore
(D) It was altogether a pedestrian march
Ans: (C)
831. Where was Mahatma Gandhi when a raid was made by Congress volunteers on Dharsana Salt
Depot?
(A) In Yervada Jail
(B) In Sabarmati Jail
(C) Agha Khan Palace, Poona
(D) In Ahmadnagar Fort Jail
Ans: (A)
832. After, the arrest of Gandhiji during Salt Satyagraha, who took his place as the leader of the
movement?
(A) Abbas Tyabji
(B) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Sardar Patel
Ans: (A)
833. Gandhiji stayed the foreign journalist in his Sabarmati Ashram during Dandi March. He was
(A) Richard Greg (B) Webb Miller
(C) Kirby Page (D) Louie Fischer
Ans: (B)
834. Acharya Vinoba Bhave was arrested for the first time for taking part in
(A) Bardoli Movement
(B) Champaran Satyagraha
Ans: (C)
835. During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts called
for
(A) The Union of Pakhtun tribal areas in North-West with the Afghanistan
(B) The adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorizing and finally ousting the colonial
rulers
(C) The adoption of communist revolutionist ideology for political and social reform
(D) The Pathan regional nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism
Ans: (D)
836. Who of the following organized a march on the Tanjore coast to break the Salt law in April in
1930?
(A) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
(C) K. Kamaraj
(D) Annie Besant
Ans: (B)
837. The soldiers of Garhwal Regiment refused to fire on the revolutionaries in
Ans: (C)
838. ‘Red Shirt’ organization was founded to
(A) Make independent Pakhtunistan
(B) Fix the construction of Pakistan
(C) Throw out the Britishers
(D) Make India a communist country after the independence
Ans: (C)
839. Whose name is associated with the ‘Peshawar Incident’ of 1930?
(A) General B.C. Joshi
(B) Major Dhansingh Thapa
(C) Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali
(D) Premsingh Negi
Ans: (C)
840. The leader of ‘Lal Kurti’ Movement was
(A) Maulana Azad
(B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(C) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(D) Iqbal
Ans: (B)
841. Agitation against Chaukidari Tax in Begusarai was a part of
Ans: (B)
842. Jiatrang Movement started in
(A) Nagaland (B) Tripura
(C) Manipur (D) Mizoram
Ans: (C)
843. Prabhavati Devi was the freedom fighter of which field?
(A) Champaran (B) Patna
(C) Bhagalpur (D) Shahabad
Ans: (B)
844. After the failure of Civil Disobedience movement, Gandhiji gave importance to
(A) Constructive programmes
(B) Limited use of violence
(C) Negotiation with British
Ans: (A)
845. Assertion (A): The salt agitation was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930. Reason (R):
Mahatma Gandhi’s object was to make salt available free to the poor. In the context of the above
statements which of the following is correct?
(A)
Ans: (C)
28. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

846. The Second Round Table Conference in London was held in the backdrop of the
(A) Emerson-Gandhi Pact
(B) Hailey-Gandhi Pact
(C) Irwin-Gandhi Pact
(D) Gandhi-Simon Pact
Ans: (C)
847. The main purpose of Gandhi-Irwin Pact was
(A) To make the participation of Congress easier in round table conference
(B) To end the Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) To break the death strike of Gandhiji
(D) To end the tax on salt
Ans: (A)
848. Gandhi-Irwin Pact took place in
(A) 1930 (B) 1931
(C) 1932 (D) 1933
Ans: (B)
849. Among the following whose adjournment was proposed in Gandhi- Irwin Pact?
(B) Khilafat Movement
(C) Round Table Conference
(D) Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans: (D)
850. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in
(A) 1931 (B) 1935
(C) 1942 (D) 1919
Ans: (A)
851. Who of the following persons called Irwin and Gandhi ‘The Two Mahatmas’?
(A) Mira Bahan
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Madan Mohan Malviya
Ans: (B)
852. Who played an important role in the signing of Gandhi-Irwin Pact?
(A) Motilal Nehru
(C) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(D) Chintamani
Ans: (C)
853. Who among the following took Mahatma Gandhi’s gain in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact as
‘Consolation Prizes’?
(A) S.C. Bose
(B) Alan Campbell Johnson
(C) B.G. Horniman
(D) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (B)
29. Karachi Session of Congress (1931)
854. Who of the following had regarded the Karachi Session of Indian National Congress (1931) as
the ‘pinnacle of Mahatma Gandhi’s popularity and prestige’?
(A) S.C. Bose
(B) Sitaramaiya
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) Sardar Kishan Singh
Ans: (A)
855. Who among the following drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the Karachi
session of Congress in 1931?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: (B)
856. Who among the following presided over the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress?
(B) J.M. Sengupta
(C) S.C. Bose
(D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Ans: (D)
857. Read the following events connected with the Indian National Movement.
1. Karachi Session of Indian National Congress
2. Execution of Rajguru
3. Gandhi-Irwin Pact Find the correct chronological order of the events from the codes given
below. Code
(A) 3, 2, 1 (B) 1, 2, 3
(C) 2, 3, 1 (D) 1, 3, 2
Ans: (A)
858. Select the correct chronological order of the following events connected with India’s struggle
for independence from the code given below.
1. Second Round Table Conference
2. Karachi Session of Indian National Congress
3. Execution of Bhagat Singh
4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact Code
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 2, 3, 1, 4
(C) 4, 3, 2, 1 (D) 3, 4, 2, 1
Ans: (C)
859. Consider the following events connected with India’s struggle for independence.
1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
2. Karachi Session of Indian National Congress (1931)
3. Execution of Bhagat Singh
4. Poona Pact Select the correct sequence of the events from the code given.
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 2, 1, 3, 4
(C) 4, 3, 2, 1 (D) 1, 3, 2, 4
Ans: (D)
30. Round Table Conference

860. Who represented Indian Christians in first Round Table Conference held in London?
(A) Rao Bahadur Srinivas
(B) Sir Akbar Haidari
(C) Sir A.P. Patro
(D) K.T. Paul
Ans: (D)
861. Which of the following Indian leaders attended the First Round Table Conference in London?
(A) Maulana Mohammad Ali
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (A)
862. When was the First Round Table Conference of Indian leaders summoned in London by
British Government?
(A) 1931 (B) 1929
(C) 1930 (D) 1932
Ans: (C)
863. Who among the following had not participated in the Second Round Table Conference?
(A) Mahadev Desai
(B) Pyarelal Nayyar
(C) Madan Mohan Malviya
Ans: (D)
864. Which one of the following is not true about the First Round Table Conference?
(A) It was held in 1930
(B) It was to discuss the Report of the Simon Commission
(C) It was held in London
(D) It was attended by the Congress delegation
Ans: (D)
865. At which one of the following Round Table Conferences held in London was Mahatma Gandhi
present?
(A) First (B) Second
(C) Third (D) None of these
Ans: (B)
866. Who represented Congress in Second Round Table Conference?
(B) Motilal Nehru
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (D)
867. Mahatma Gandhi, when visited London to participate in the Second Round Table Conference,
stayed at
(A) St. James Palace
(B) Kingsley Hall
(C) India House
Ans: (B)
868. Which of the following Round Table Conference was attended by Gandhiji?
(A) Only First
(B) Only Second
(C) Only Third
(D) First and Third both
Ans: (B)
869. In which of the following Round Table Conference, the representative of the Indian National
Congress participated for the first time?
(A) First Round Table Conference
(B) Second Round Table Conference
(C) Third Round Table Conference
Ans: (B)
870. Mahatma Gandhi left Bombay for London to participate in the Second Round Table
Conference as a Congress representative in the Ship known as
(A) S.S. Rajputana
(B) S.S. Viceroy of India
(C) S.S. Mooltan
(D) S.S. Conte Rosso
Ans: (A)
871. On which issue did the Second Round Table Conference fail?
(A) Communal Delegations
(B) Granting Dominion Status
(C) The date of transfer of ruling power
(D) Postponement of Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans: (A)
872. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in December, 1931 empty-handed from
(A) London (B) Moscow
(C) Washington (D) Tokyo
Ans: (A)
873. Which one of the following Round Table Conferences was represented by Indian National
Congress?
(A) First Round Table Conference
(B) Second Round Table Conference
(C) Third Round Table Conference
Ans: (B)
874. What was the name of Indian who participated in all three Round Table Conferences?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Tej Bahadur Sapru
Ans: (A)
875. The meeting of Indian and British political leaders during 1930-32 in London has often been
referred to as the First, Second and Third Round Table Conferences. It would be incorrect to refer
to them as such because
(A) The Indian National Congress did not take part in two of them
(B) Indian parties other than the Indian National Congress participating in the Conference
represented sectional interests and not the whole of India
(C) The British Labour Party had withdrawn from the Conference there making the proceeding of
the Conference partisan
(D) It was an instance of a Conference held in three sessions and not that of three separate,
conference
Ans: (D)
876. Which Round Table Conference held in 1932?
(A) First (B) Second
(C) Third (D) Fourth
Ans: (C)
1. In the First Round Table Conference, Dr. Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for the
depressed classes.
2. In the Poona Pact, special provisions for representation of the depressed people in the local
bodies and civil services were made.
3. The Indian National Congress did not take part in the Third Round Table Conference. Which of
the statements given above is/are correct?
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (D)
878. Which of the following leaders participated in 2nd Round Table Conference?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Sarojini Naidu
4. Maulana Azad Select correct answer using code given below. Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3
(C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 1, 3 and 4
Ans: (C)
879. Consider the following statements. Assertion (A): Jawaharlal Nehru represented the Indian
National Congress in the Second Round Table Conference (1932). Reason (R): It was implicit in the
Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931) that the Indian National Congress will participate in the Second Round
Table Conference (1931). Choose the correct answer from the code given below.
(A)
Ans: (D)
31. Communal Arbitration and Poona Pact

880. Which were not allocated separate electorate and reserved seats by Communal Award of
MacDonald?
(A) Muslims
(B) Sikhs
(C) Depressed Castes
(D) Buddhists
Ans: (D)
881. Who among the following issued the ‘Communal Award’?
(A) Ramsay MacDonald

(B) Stanley Baldwin
(C) Neville Chamberlain
(D) Winston Churchill
Ans: (A)
882. When did Mahatma Gandhi start first fast unto death?
(A) At the time of Communal Award
(B) At the time of Calcutta Riots
(C) At the time of Jallianwala Bagh Mishap
(D) At the time of Delhi Riots
Ans: (A)
883. Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932, mainly because
(A) Round Table Conference failed to satisfy Indian political aspirations
(B) Congress and Muslim League had difference of opinion
(C) Ramsay MacDonald announced the Communal Award
(D) None of the statements (A), (B) and (C) given above is correct in this context
Ans: (C)
884. A separate electoral group was made by the communal Tribunal of Ramsay MacDonald first
time in August, 1932
(A) for Muslims
(B) for Indian Christians
(C) for Anglo-Indians
(D) for Untouchables
Ans: (D)
885. The Poona Pact was concerned with
(A) Depressed classes
(B) Hindu-Muslim unity
(C) Constitutional progress
(D) Educational reforms
Ans: (A)
886. How many seats were given to depressed classes under Communal Award and Poona Pact?
(A) 74 and 79, respectively
(B) 71 and 147, respectively
(C) 78 and 80, respectively
(D) 78 and 69, respectively
Ans: (B)
887. Dr. Ambedkar and Gandhiji had a Pact called
(A) Calcutta Pact (B) London Pact
(C) Poona Pact (D) Lahore Pact
Ans: (C)
888. The purpose of Poona Pact was
(A) Hindu-Muslims unity
(B) To provide representation of untouchables
(C) To privileged the Kings
(D) Reconsideration of Dyarchy
Ans: (B)
889. Which of the following did not sign on historical Poona Pact of 1932?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) M.K. Gandhi
Ans: (D)
890. Which among of following implemented after announcement of ‘Communal Award’?
(A) Lucknow Pact
(B) Karachi Agreement
(C) Lahore Agreement
(D) Poona Pact
Ans: (D)
891. Who among the following was the first President of all India Anti-Untouchability League (later
changed to Harijan Sewak Samaj)?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) G.D. Birla
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) M.K. Gandhi
Ans: (B)
892. After Poona Pact of 1932, Harijan Sewak Sangh was established. Its President was
(A) Jagjiwan Ram
(B) Ghanshyam Das Birla
(C) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) Amrit Lal Thakkar
Ans: (B)
893. ‘Harijan Sewak Sangh’ was organized by
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(C) G.D. Birla
Ans: (A)
894. The first President of the All India Anti-Untouchability League formed in 1932, was
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Amrit Lal Thakkar
(C) G.D. Birla
(D) M.K. Gandhi
Ans: (C)
895. ‘Depressed Classes League’ was established by
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Babu Jagjiwan Ram
(C) N.S. Kajrolkar
(D) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
Ans: (A)
896. The former name of Harijan Sevak Sangh was
(A) All India Anti-Untouchability League
(B) All India Depressed Classes Association
(C) Depressed Classes Association for Social Reforms
(D) Association of Untouchables
Ans: (A)
897. Assertion (A): The Poona Pact defeated the purpose of Communal Award. Reason (R): It paved
the way for reservation of seats in the Parliament and the State Assemblies for the SC and ST
people. Select the correct answer from the code given below.
(A)
Ans: (A)
898. Who of the following said, “Mahatma Gandhi like fleeting phantom raises dust but not the
level”?
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) M.A. Jinnah
(C) V.D. Savarkar
Ans: (A)
32. Congress Socialist Party (1934)

899. Who was the Convenor of All India Congress Socialist Party at Patna in 1934?
(B) Achyuta Patvardhan
(C) Jai Prakash Narayan
(D) Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia
Ans: (C)
900. Who among the following was a prominent leader of the Congress Socialist Party?
(A) M.N. Roy
(B) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
(C) Pattam Thanu Pillai
(D) Acharya Narendra Dev
Ans: (D)
901. The first session of Congress Socialist Party was held in year
(A) 1921 (B) 1934
(C) 1937 (D) 1939
Ans: (B)
902. The first meeting of the Congress Socialist Party was held in
(A) Delhi
(B) Nasik
(C) Patna
(D) Lahore
Ans: (C)
903. Jai Prakash Narayan was associated with the Party
(A) Congress Party
(B) Communist Party
(C) Congress Socialist Party
(D) Kisan Sabha
Ans: (C)
904. Congress Socialist Party was organized in 1934 by
(A) Jai Prakash Narayan and Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Jai Prakash Narayan and Acharya Narendra Dev
(C) Jai Prakash Narayan and Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (B)
905. Who is known as ‘Loknayak’?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Jai Prakash Narayan
Ans: (C)
906. Bihar Socialist Party was founded by
(A) J.P. Narayan
(B) Satyabhakta
(C) M.N. Roy
Ans: (A)
907. Jai Prakash diwas was celebrated in
(A) Jan., 1946 (B) Feb., 1946
(C) Mar., 1946 (D) April, 1946
Ans: (D)
908. By which name is Jai Prakash Narayan known?
(A) Lokmanya (B) Loknayak
(C) Lokhitvadi (D) Lokneta
Ans: (B)
909. Who became champion of socialism and wanted to overthrow of British rule, Princely states,
Landlordism and Capitalism in 1933?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Bhulabhai Desai
(D) Sardar Patel
Ans: (B)
910. Shri Narsingh Narayan was
(A) Socialist
(B) Nationalist
(C) Internationalist
(D) Communist
Ans: (A)
1. The ‘Bombay Manifesto’ signed in 1936 openly opposed the preaching of socialist ideals.
2. It evoked support from a large section of the business community from all across India. Which
of the statements given above is/are correct?
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (C)
912. With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements.
1. It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes.
2. It wanted to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat.
3. It advocated separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes. Which of the statements
given above is/are correct?
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 3
(C) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (D)
33. Provincial Election and Formation of Cabinet (1937)

913. The province where the Indian National Congress could not get absolute majority during the
general election of 1937 was
(A) Bombay (B) Assam
(C) Orissa (D) Bihar
Ans: (B)
914. In which of the following States Congress did not won an absolute majority in the elections
for the Legislative Assemblies which were held under the 1935 Act?
(A) Madras (B) Bihar
(C) Orissa (D) Bengal
Ans: (D)
915. The Provincial Governments were constituted under the Act of
(A) 1935 (B) 1932
(C) 1936 (D) 1947
Ans: (A)
916. In which of the following province Indian National Congress had not obtained a full majority
in provincial legislature elections held in 1937?
(A) Central Province
(B) Bihar
(C) Punjab
(D) Madras
Ans: (C)
917. The province where Indian National Congress did not form its ministry after general elections
of 1937 was
(A) Bengal (B) Bihar
(C) Madras (D) Orissa
Ans: (A)
918. In 1937 elections, Congress secured a clear majority in the State numbering.
(A) Three (B) Four
(C) Five (D) Six
Ans: (D)
919. In how many provinces was the Congress ministry formed in the election of the year 1937?
(A) 11 (B) 9
(C) 6 (D) 3
Ans: (C)
920. In which one of the following provinces was the Congress ministry not formed under the Act
of 1935?
(A) Bihar
(B) Madras
(C) Orissa
(D) Punjab
Ans: (D)
921. After the formation of ministries in the province in 1937, Congress rule lasted for
(A) 28 months (B) 29 months
(C) 30 months (D) 31 months
Ans: (A)
922. The Tenure of the Congress ministries formed in the elections of 1937 after the Act of 1935
was
(A) 20 months
(B) 22 months
(C) 24 months
(D) 28 months
Ans: (D)
923. In which Working Committee did the Congress adopted the policy of abolishing land
ownership?
(A) Working Committee, 1937
(B) Working Committee, 1942
(C) Working Committee, 1945
(D) Working Committee, 1946
Ans: (A)
924. Muslim League celebrated the day of Deliverance in
(A) 1939 (B) 1942
(C) 1946 (D) 1947
Ans: (A)
925. Consider the following provinces of British India and identify those where the Indian National
Congress did not form a ministry in 1937?
1. Central 2. Orissa
3. Bengal 4. Punjab Select the correct answer from the code given below.
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 3 and 4
(C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 4
Ans: (B)
926. Who of the following was entrusted with finance portfolio in the ministry formed in U.P. after
the election of 1937?
(A) Govind Ballabh Pant
(B) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
(C) Kailash Nath Katju
(D) Mohammad Ibrahim
Ans: (B)
927. Consider the following reports connected with Muslim grievances in the Congress
administered provinces.
1. Pirpur Report
2. Shareef Report
3. Muslim sufferings under Congress rule Select the correct chronological order of the reports
from the code given below. Code
(A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 2, 1, 3
(C) 3, 1, 2 (D) 1, 3, 2
Ans: (A)
34. Tripuri Crisis of Congress (1939)

928. Who of the following presided over the Haripura Session of the Indian National Congress?
(A) C.R. Das
(B) J.B. Kriplani
(C) S.C. Bose
(D) J.L. Nehru
Ans: (C)
929. The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to
(A) Define the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial Governments
(B) Define the powers of the Secretary of State for India
(C) Impose censorship on national press
(D) Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States
Ans: (D)
930. ‘Haripura’ where annual session of Indian National Congress was held under the
Presidentship of Subhash Chandra Bose in 1938 is situated in the State of
(A) Gujarat
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Rajasthan
Ans: (A)
931. Subhash Chandra Bose was chosen President of Congress in Tripuri Session of Indian National
Congress in the year 1939. Where is Tripuri?
(A) Calcutta
(B) Pune
(C) Jabalpur
(D) Ahmedabad
Ans: (C)
932. Who was elected the President of Indian National Congress in 1938?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Pattabhi Sitaramaiya
(D) J.B. Kriplani
Ans: (B)
933. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose became the President of Indian National Congress by defeating
which leader?
(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) J.L. Nehru
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) P. Sitaramaiya
Ans: (D)
934. In which of the following session of Indian National Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose was
elected as President for the second time?
(A) Haripura Session
(B) Madras Session
(C) Tripuri Session
(D) Calcutta Session
Ans: (C)
935. Who became the President of the Indian National Congress after the resignation of Subhash
Chandra Bose?
(B) Pattabhi Sitaramaiya
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Sardar Patel
Ans: (C)
936. Subhash Chandra Bose defeated Pattabhi Sitaramaiya and became President of Indian
National Congress at
(A) Haripura Session, 1938
(B) Tripuri Session, 1939
(C) Lahore Session, 1929
(D) Madras Session, 1927
Ans: (B)
937. Which Indian nationalist leader looked upon a war between Germany and Britain as a
godsent opportunity which would enable Indians to exploit the situation to their advantage?
(B) M.A. Jinnah
Ans: (C)
938. The whole dispute between Subhash Chandra Bose and right wing, after the Tripuri Session of
Congress, centred round to the question of
(A) Formation of Congress Working Committee
(B) Policy towards princely States

(C) Attitude towards Central Government
(D) Double membership of Congress Socialist Party members
Ans: (A)
35. Indian Princely States

939. Most of the integration of princely states in the Union of India had taken place in which year?
(A) 1948 (B) 1947
(C) 1950 (D) 1961
Ans: (B)
940. Who among the following was the President of the All India States Peoples Conference in
1939?
(C) Sheikh Abdullah
(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Ans: (B)
941. All India State Peoples Conference was set up
(A) in 1924 (B) in 1926
(C) in 1927 (D) in 1929
Ans: (C)
942. The purpose of Butler Committee, 1927
(A) Modernization of Indian Army
(B) Innovative modernization of Indian Agriculture
(C) Implementation of Sensor over National Newspapers
(D) Improvement of relationships between Indian Provinces and the Crown
Ans: (D)
943. Which three Indian States delayed accession to India even after other princely states had
joined India?
(A) Junagarh, Mysore, Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Junagarh, Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Udaipur, Kapurthala, Jammu and Kashmir
(D) Hyderabad, Udaipur, Travancore
Ans: (B)
944. Integration of States was done under the leadership of
(A) Maulana Azad
(B) Govind Ballabh Pant
(C) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) Sardar Patel
Ans: (D)
945. At the time of Partition of India, which one of the following provinces of British India came
forward with a plan for a United and Independent existence?
(A) Punjab (B) Assam
(C) Bengal (D) Bihar
Ans: (A)
946. Jammu and Kashmir became an integral part of India on
(A) 26th October, 1948
(B) 26th November, 1948
(C) 26th October, 1947
Ans: (C)
947. Which one of the following native States was a party to the ‘Stand- Still’ Agreement?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Junagarh
(D) Mysore
Ans: (A)
36. Second World War

948. The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939, because
(A) Congress was unable to made a cabinet in other four provinces

(B) The rise of the left wing of Congress made impossible to work for the cabinet
(C) There was too much communal turbulence in the provinces
(D) None of the above is true from the given statement (A), (B) and (C)
Ans: (D)
949. Who was the British Prime Minister of Britain during second World War?
(A) Clement Attlee
(B) Anthony Eden
(C) Winston Churchill
(D) Herald Wilson
Ans: (C)
950. When did the IInd World War end?
(A) 1937 (B) 1918
(C) 1946 (D) 1945
Ans: (D)
951. Statement (S): Indian National Congress had collaborated/ assisted British in IInd World War.
Reason (R): Because they were expecting to complete independence. Code
(A) (S) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (S)
(B) Both (S) and (R) are false
(C) (S) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (R) is true, but (S) is false
Ans: (B)
952. What was the policy of Indian National Congress during IInd World War?
(A) Co-operation of Britain in the case of assurance of Complete Independence
(B) Active collaboration of British
(Britain)
(C) Neutrality
Ans: (A)
953. Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939. Reason
(R): The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war against Germany in the
context of the Second World War.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false
(D) (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Ans: (A)
37. Demand for Pakistan

954. Who among the following first put forward the proposal for a separate Muslim state in India?
(A) Agha Khan
(B) M.A. Jinnah
(C) Liaqat Ali Khan
(D) Mohammad Iqbal
Ans: (D)
955. Who among the following had primarily used the word ‘Pakistan’ for separate State for Indian
Muslims?
(A) Sir Mohammad Iqbal
(B) Sir Aaga Khan
(C) M.A. Jinnah
(D) Chaudhary Rehmat Ali and his friends
Ans: (D)
956. The ‘Pakistan Resolution’ was drafted by
(A) Rehmat Ali
(B) Sikandar Hayat Khan
(D) Fazlul Haq
Ans: (B)
957. Who among the following led the movement for the separate State Pakistan?
(A) Agha Khan
(B) Nawab Salim Ullah
(C) Liaqat Ali Khan
(D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Ans: (D)
958. The idea of a separate Nation for Muslims was given by
(A) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(C) Sir Mohammad Iqbal
(D) Liaqat Ali Khan
Ans: (C)
959. The remark ‘Nehru is a patriot, while Jinnah is a politician’ was made by
(A) M.K. Gandhi
(B) Maulana Azad
(C) Sir Mohammad Iqbal
(D) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Ans: (C)
960. Who of the following called Mohammad Ali Jinnah as ‘Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity’?
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(D) Aruna Asaf Ali
Ans: (A)
961. A separate homeland for Muslims found for the first time a definite expression
(A) In the Presidential Speech of Iqbal at the Allahabad Session of Muslim League (1930)
(B) In the Cambridge Pamphlet
(C) In the Lahore Session of Muslim League in 1940
Ans: (A)
962. Which of the following statements is not true about Mohammad Ali Jinnah?
(A) He was the supporter of two nation theory
(B) He presided the Lahore session of Hindu-Muslim League in 1940
(C) He had not participated in the Non-Co-operation Movement
(D) He always had dairy
Ans: (D)
963. The Pakistan Resolution was adopted by the Muslim League in
(A) February, 1922
(B) December, 1928
(C) March, 1940
(D) September, 1944
Ans: (C)
964. The resolution demanding the formation of Pakistan was passed by Muslim League in the
year of
(A) 1939 (B) 1940
(C) 1941 (D) 1942
Ans: (B)
965. The Muslim League Annual Session which gave effect to Jinnah’s Two Nation Theory was held
in
(A) Lahore (B) Karachi
(C) Bombay (D) Lucknow
Ans: (A)
966. Who has moved a resolution for the creation of Pakistan in the Muslim League Session of
1940?
(A) M.A. Jinnah
(B) Mohammad Iqbal
(C) Rahmat Ali
(D) Khaliq-uz-Zaman
Ans: (D)
967. When did the Muslim League celebrate the ‘Pakistan Day’?
(A) 25th April, 1920
(B) 5th February, 1922
(C) 14th July, 1942
(D) 23rd March, 1943
Ans: (D)
968. Muslim League had put their proposal of division of India in the session of
(A) Lahore (B) Karachi
(C) Allahabad (D) Dhaka
Ans: (A)
969. Who did the Chairmanship of Lahore Session (1940) of Muslim League?
(A) Liyaquat Ali Khan
(B) Chaudhary Khaliq-uz-Zaman
(C) Mohd. Ali Jinnah
(D) Fatimah Jinnah
Ans: (C)
38. Individual Satyagraha (1940)

970. In the ‘Individual Satyagraha’, Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was the
second?
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (B)
971. Who was selected as first Satyagrahi in Individual Satyagraha Movement by Mahatma
Gandhi?
(B) Sardar Patel
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Vinoba Bhave
Ans: (D)
39. Cripps Mission (1942)

972. The word ‘Sarvodaya’ was primarily used by
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Pandit Nehru
(C) Vinoba Bhave
Ans: (A)
973. An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of 1942 was
(A) that all Indian States should join the Indian Union as a condition to consider any degree of
autonomy for India
(B) the creation of an Indian Union with Dominion status will be soon after the Second World War
(C) the active participation and co-operation of the Indian People, communities and political
parties in the British war efforts as a condition for granting Independence with full Sovereign
status to India after the war
(D) the framing of a Constitution for the entire Indian Union, with no separate constitution for any
province and a Union Constitution to be accepted by all provinces
Ans: (B)
974. Who started the Individual Civil Disobedience?
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) Shaukat Ali
Ans: (A)
975. In which year did the Cripps Mission come to India?
(A) 1940 (B) 1942
(C) 1944 (D) 1946
Ans: (B)
976. Which one of the following is not true about the Cripps Mission?
(A) Dominion status at the end of the war
(B) Acceptance of the Constitution framed by Constituent Assembly
(C) The formation of new executive Council with equal representation for both Hindus & Muslims
(D) Any province could remain outside the Indian Union
Ans: (C)
977. Who viewed the Cripps proposal as a post-dated cheque upon a crashing bank?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) J.B. Kriplani
Ans: (A)
978. The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War
(A) India should be granted complete independence
(B) India should be partitioned into two before granting independence
(C) India should be made a republic with the condition that she will join the Commonwealth
(D) India should be given Dominion status
Ans: (D)
979. Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
(B) Acharya J.B. Kriplani and C. Rajagopalachari
(C) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad
(D) Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
Ans: (C)
980. Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India?
(A) James Ramsay MacDonald
(B) Stanley Baldwin
(C) Neville Chamberlain
(D) Winston Churchill
Ans: (D)
981. Sir Stafford Cripps came to India with a draft declaration of proposals of British Government
included that
1. India should be given a dominion status.
2. All provinces and States must be merged to make the Indian Union.
3. Any province or the State can take the decision to live outside of the Indian Union.
4. Indian Constitution must be constituted by the people of India Choose the correct answer from
the code given below.
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: (D)
982. Who among the following called the Movements of Gandhiji as ‘Political Blackmail’?
(A) Lord Chelmsford
(B) Lord Wavell
(C) Lord Linlithgow
(D) Lord Montague
Ans: (C)
983. Consider the following statements. The ‘Cripps’ proposals include the provision for
1. Full independence for India.
2. Creation of Constitutionmaking body. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (B)
40. Quit India Movement

984. On 6th July, 1942, at the Working Committee of the Congress, Mahatma Gandhi discussed for
the first time his ‘Quit India Policy’. The President of the Committee was
(A) Rajagopalachari
(C) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Dr. Annie Besant
Ans: (B)
985. The Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army during Quit India Movement was
(A) Lord Wavell
(B) Lord Linlithgow
(C) Lord Mountbatten
Ans: (A)
986. Where did the Congress Working Committee meet to pass the ‘Quit India Resolution’ of 14th
July, 1942?
(A) Bombay (B) Wardha
(C) Lucknow (D) Tripura
Ans: (B)
987. In which ground of Bombay the proposal was passed for ‘Quit India Movement’?
(A) Marine drive ground
(B) Kala Ghoda ground
(C) Chamboor ground
(D) Gwaliya Tank
Ans: (D)
988. Quit India movement began on
Ans: (A)
989. Where did the Congress launch the Quit India Movement on 8 August, 1942?
(A) Bombay (B) Madras
(C) Calcutta (D) Poona
Ans: (A)
990. Why is the year 1942 important?
(A) Salt Satyagraha
(D) Independence of India
Ans: (C)
991. Consider the following statements. On the eve of launch of Quit India Movement, Mahatma
Gandhi
1. Asked Government servants to resign.
2. Asked the soldiers to leave their posts.
3. Asked the Princess of the Princely states to accept the sovereignty of their people. Which of the
statements is/are correct?
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) Only 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (C)
992. The Quit India Movement started in
(A) July, 1942

(B) August, 1942
(C) September, 1942
(D) October, 1942
Ans: (B)
993. The slogan ‘Do or Die’ was given by
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (D)
994. The statement, ‘We shall either free India or die in the attempt’ is associated with
Ans: (D)
995. ‘Do or Die’ call was given by Gandhiji during
(C) Non-Co-operation Movement
Ans: (A)
996. With which one of the following movements is the slogan ‘Do or Die’ associated?
Ans: (D)
997. Quit India Movement was launched in response to
(A) Cabinet Mission Plan
(B) Cripps Proposals
(C) Simon Commission Report
(D) Wavell Plan
Ans: (B)
998. When did Baldev Sahai resigned from the post of Advocate General?
(A) 1942 (B) 1943
(C) 1913 (D) 1911
Ans: (A)
999. Quit India Movement was led by
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (C)
1000. Which one of the following observation is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942?
(A) It was a Violent Movement
(B) It was led by Mahatma Gandhi
(C) It was a spontaneous Movement
(D) It did not attract the labour class in general
Ans: (B)
1001. Which one of the following had supported the ‘Quit India Resolution’ of 1942?
(A) A.K. Azad
(B) Rajendra Prasad

Ans: (C)
1002. Which of the following parties did not support ‘Quit India Movement’?
(A) The Hindu Mahasabha
(B) The Communist Party of India
(C) The Unionist Party of Punjab
Ans: (D)
1003. The draft of the ‘Quit India’ Resolution was prepared by
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (B)
1004. By whom the ‘Quit India’ Resolution was moved in the Bombay Session of the Congress in
the year 1942?
(B) Narendra Deo
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) J.B. Kriplani
Ans: (A)
1005. Who of the following was the President of Indian National Congress for consecutive six
years?
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (C)
1006. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when it passed the ‘Quit India’
resolution?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (B)
1007. Who among the following ran ‘Congress Radio’ during the ‘Quit India’ Movement?
(A) Aruna Asaf Ali
(B) Jai Prakash Narayan
(C) Usha Mehta
Ans: (C)
1008. ‘Quit India Movement’ was reaction of
1. The disappointment of Indians against Cripps Mission.
2. The threat of Japanese attack on India.
3. To provoke countrymen to adopt violent means by Gandhiji’s articles.
4. Due to passing the proposal of August, 1942 by AICC. Choose the answer using the given
options.
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: (B)
1009. Who amongst the following made regular broadcasted on Congress Radio operated during
Quit India Movement?
(C) Ram Manohar Lohia
(D) Sucheta Kriplani
Ans: (C)
1010. With reference to Indian freedom struggle, Usha Mehta is well known for
(A) Running the Secret Congress Radio in the wake of Quit India Movement
(B) Participating in the Second Round Table Conference
(C) Leading a contingent of Indian National Army
(D) Assisting in the formation of Interim Government under Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (A)
1011. The American publicist who was with Mahatma Gandhi during his ‘Quit India’ Movement
was
(A) Louis Fischer
(B) William L. Shiver
(C) Web Miller
(D) Negley Farson
Ans: (A)
1012. The Prime Minister of England during Quit India Movement was
(A) Chamberlain
(B) Churchill
(C) Clement Attlee
(D) MacDonald
Ans: (B)
1013. Louis Fischer, the biographer of Mahatma Gandhi, was associated with the movement of
(A) Civil Disobedience
(B) Individual Satyagraha
(C) Non-Co-operation
Ans: (D)
1014. Louis Fischer was the biographer of Mahatma Gandhi, he was
(A) An American journalist
(B) A British journalist
(C) A France journalist
(D) A German journalist
Ans: (A)
1015. Which area was affected widest with the communal riots due to ‘Quit India’ Movement?
1. Bihar
2. Bengal
3. Gujarat
4. United Province Select your answer of the following code.
(A) 1 and 2 (B) Only 1
(C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 4
Ans: (D)
1016. Who among the following journalist is the biographer of Mahatma Gandhi?
(A) Louis Fischer
(B) Richard Gregg
(C) Web Miller
Ans: (A)
1017. Where was Mahatma Gandhi arrested in connection with Quit India Movement?
(A) Bombay (B) Madras
(C) Calcutta (D) New Delhi
Ans: (A)
1018. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was arrested on 9th August, 1942 and was sent to
(A) Camp Jail
(B) Hazaribag Jail
(C) Bhagalpur Jail
(D) Bankipur Jail

Ans: (D)
1019. On 9th August, 1942 the two arrested leaders of Hazaribag were
(A) Ramlal and Devilal
(B) Narayan Singh and Sukhla Singh
(C) Ramnath and Devnath
(D) Shiv Kumar and Ramanand
Ans: (D)
1020. After passing the resolution of ‘Quit India Movement’ Gandhiji was arrested
(A) in Yarvada Jail
(B) in Naini Jail
(C) in the fort of Ahmadnagar
(D) in Agha Khan Palace
Ans: (D)
1021. In which context did Jai Prakash Narayan get the recognition of national leader?
(B) Establishment of Congress Socialist Party
(C) Bhoodan Movement
(D) Making the member of Congress Executive Committee
Ans: (A)
1022. With the news of Gandhi and other Congress leaders arrest in 1942, a riot in Bihar took
place, leading to a total breakdown in the rail services. The most affected area was
(A) Munger
(B) Gaya
(C) Patna
(D) Shahabad
Ans: (A)
1023. Where was Shri Yogendra Shukla brought on the 7th December, 1942?
(A) Ranchi
(B) Munger
(C) Patna
(D) Bhagalpur
Ans: (C)
1024. Who among the following leaders had secretly escaped from the jail and organized
underground activities during Quit India Movement?
(A) J.B. Kriplani
(B) Ram Manohar Lohia
(C) Achyut Patwardhan
Ans: (D)
1025. During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground
activities in
(A) Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) Swadeshi Movement
Ans: (C)
1026. Who was the wife of Mr. Jagat Narayan Lal?
(A) Mrs. Rampyari
(B) Mrs. Sundari Devi
(C) Mrs. Bhagawati Devi
(D) Mrs. Mangala Devi
Ans: (A)
1027. Given below is a list of places. Name those where parallel Governments were established
during ‘Quit India Movement’. Select your answer from the code given below the list.
1. Balia 2. Satara
3. Hazaribagh 4. Meerut
5. Agra Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2, 3 and 5 (D) 1, 3 and 4
Ans: (A)
1028. With which one of the following Movements is Aruna Asaf Ali associated?
Ans: (D)
1029. In which of the following district of Uttar Pradesh, parallel Government was established
during Quit India Movement?
(A) Allahabad (B) Lucknow

(C) Ballia (D) Faizabad
Ans: (C)
1030. In which of the following years the Jatiya Sarkar was formed in the Midnapur district of
Bengal?
(A) 1939 (B) 1940
(C) 1941 (D) 1942
Ans: (D)
1031. Assertion (A): Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as the most serious
rebellion since Sepoy Mutiny. Reason (R): There was a massive upsurge of the peasantry in certain
areas.
(A)
Ans: (A)
1032. After Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled ‘The Way Out’.
Which one of the following was a proposal in this pamphlet?
(A) The establishment of a ‘War Advisory Council’ composed of representatives of British India and
the Indian States
(B) Reconstitution of the Central Executive Council in such a way that all its members, except the
Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief, should be Indian leaders
(C) Fresh elections to the Central and Provincial Legislatures to be held at the end of 1945 and the
Constitution making body be convened as soon as possible
(D) A solution to the Constitutional deadlock
Ans: (D)
1033. Two statements are given below; the one is Assertion (A) and other is the Reason (R), read
them carefully. Assertion (A): Rashtriya Swayam-sevak Sangh (RSS) was separate from Quit India
Movement, 1942. Reason (R): It thought that the freedom of India will be delayed due to this
Movement. Which of them correct from the given statements?
(A) (A) and (R) are individually true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Ans: (C)
1034. Assertion (A): Quit India Movement succeeded in awakening and courraging people. Reason
(R): People have assimilated the slogan of ‘Do or Die’. In above context, which of the following is
right?
Ans: (A)
1035. Assertion (A): The Quit India Movement marked the culmination of Indian National
Movement. Reason (R): After the Quit India Movement it was a need of time to find a suitable
mechanism for transfer of power. Select the correct answer from the code given below.
(A)
Ans: (A)
1036. Consider the statements given below and select the correct answer from the code given
below. Assertion (A): As a result of Quit India Movement, British and Muslims came closer to each
other due to similar hatred against congress. Reason (R): Jinnah had worked as staunch ally of the
British Government and asked the Muslims to stay away from Congress’s Movement of 1942.
Ans: (A)
41. Subhash Chandra Bose and Azad Hind Fauj

1037. Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away
from the Congress?
(A) Indian Freedom Party
(B) Azad Hind Fauj
(C) Revolutionay Front
(D) Forward Bloc
Ans: (D)
1038. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born in the city of
(A) Cuttack (B) Calcutta
(C) Midnapore (D) Murshidabad
Ans: (A)
1039. Who formed the Forward Bloc?
(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: (A)
1040. Subhash Chandra Bose had founded ‘Forward Bloc’ in the year
(A) 1936 A.D. (B) 1937 A.D.
(C) 1938 A.D. (D) 1939 A.D.
Ans: (D)
1041. The result of whose brain is I.N.A. and who founded it?
(B) Mohan Singh
(D) Bhagat Singh
Ans: (B)
1042. Who joined Subhash Chandra Bose to found All India Forward Bloc and actively associated
with the I.N.A. movement?
(B) Baikunth Shukla
(C) Sheel Bhadra Yajee
(D) Ram Narain Prasad
Ans: (C)
1043. Who suggested the idea of the Indian National Army?
(A) Mohan Singh
(B) Niranjan Singh Gill
(C) Shahnawaz
Ans: (A)
1044. I.N.A. was brain child of
1. Gyani Pritam Singh
2. Mohan Singh
4. Major Iwaichi Fujiwara Select correct answer by using code given below.
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3 (D) 1 and 4
Ans: (D)
1045. The first commander of ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ was
(A) Mohan Singh
(B) Pritam Singh
(D) Shahnawaz Khan
Ans: (A)
1046. In which year was the Indian National Army founded?
(A) 1940 (B) 1941
(C) 1942 (D) 1943
Ans: (C)
1047. Subhash Chandra Bose announced the establishment of Provisional Government of Free
India on
(A) 21st October, 1943
(B) 22nd October, 1943
(C) 23rd October, 1943
(D) 24th October, 1943
Ans: (A)
1048. Organisation of Azad Hind Fauj was declared on
(A) 26th January, 1930
(C) 21st October, 1943
(D) 18th February, 1946
Ans: (C)
1049. Which Indian revolutionary helped Subhash Chandra Bose in the establishment of Azad Hind
Fauj?
(A) Batukeshwar Dutt
(B) Ras Behari Bose
(D) Suryasen
Ans: (B)
1050. Where was Azad Hind Fauj set up in 1943?
(A) Japan (B) Burma
(C) Singapore (D) Malaya
Ans: (D)
1051. Who said, ‘Tum Mujhe Khoon Do, Mai Tumhe Azadi Dunga’?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Bhagat Singh
Ans: (C)
1052. The head office of ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ is situated at
(A) Tokyo (B) Rangoon
(C) Berlin (D) Delhi
Ans: (B)
1053. Who among the following established Rani Laxmibai Regiment?
(A) Rash Behari Bose
(C) Lakshmi Swaminathan
Ans: (D)
1054. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called ‘Free Indian
Legion’?
(A) Lala Hardayal
(B) Rash Behari Bose
(D) V.D. Savarkar
Ans: (C)
1055. Who gave the slogan ‘Jai Hind’?

(A) J.L. Nehru
(B) S.C. Bose
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) B.G. Tilak
Ans: (B)
1056. Who among the following called Subhash Chandra Bose as ‘Desh Nayak’?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Ram Manohar Lohia
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: (C)
1057. Which soldier of Azad Hind Fauj was sentenced to seven years imprisonment?
(A) Aruna Asaf Ali
(B) Shahnawaz
(C) Rashid Ali
(D) Rash Behari Bose
Ans: (C)
1058. The ‘Azad Hind Fauj Day’ was observed on
(A) 12th November, 1945
(B) 11th November, 1945
(C) 5th November, 1945
Ans: (A)
1059. Who among the following had headed the group of advocates to argue the case on behalf
of The Indian National Army in 1945 in the Red Fort trials?
(A) Bhulabhai Desai
(B) Kailash Nath Katju
(C) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
Ans: (A)
1060. Who among the following officers of Azad Hind Fauj did not face famous Red Fort trials?
(A) Gurdayal Singh
(B) Prem Sehgal
(C) Mohan Singh
(D) Shahnawaz
Ans: (C)
1061. Who among the following has pleaded on the side of the Indian National Army officers in
their Red Fort trial?
(A) C.R. Das
(B) Motilal Nehru
(C) M.A. Jinnah
(D) Sir T.B. Sapru
Ans: (D)
1062. The famous I.N.A. trials took place in the Red Fort, Delhi in
(A) 1945 (B) 1946
(C) 1944 (D) 1947
Ans: (A)
1063. At the Congress Working Committee meeting at Allahabad
(April-May, 1947), who of the following members was able to secure a majority for his plan of a
Guerilla War against the Japanese due to India’s unequivocal stand against Nazism, Fascism and
imperialism?
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Maulana Azad
Ans: (D)
1064. Who among the following had not advocated in INA Red Fort Trial in 1945?
(A) Bhulabhai Desai
(D) Dr. Kailash Nath Katju
Ans: (C)
42. Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)

1065. The Cabinet Mission came to India in
(A) February 1942
(B) March 1942
(C) April 1946
(D) May 1942
Ans: (C)
1066. Cabinet Mission was presided over by
(A) Lord Attlee
(B) Strafford Cripps
(C) Clement Attlee
(D) Sir P. Lawrence
Ans: (D)
1067. Who arrived India, in 1946 after Second World War?
(A) Cripps Mission
(B) Cabinet Mission
(C) Wavell Mission
(D) Simon Commission
Ans: (B)
1068. Who amongst the following headed the 1946 Cabinet Mission?
(A) Hugh Gaitskell
(B) Sir John Simon
(C) Sir Pethick-Lawrence
Ans: (C)
1069. Cabinet Mission, 1946 comprised of three cabinet ministers. Who among the following was
not its member?
(A) Lord Pathic Lawrence
(B) A.V. Alexander
(C) Sir Stafford Cripps
(D) Lord Emery
Ans: (D)
1070. Which one of the following had proposed a three-tire polity for India?
(A) Nehru Committee
(B) Simon Commission
(C) Cripps Mission
(D) Cabinet Mission
Ans: (D)
1071. Which of the following was not a member of Cabinet Mission?
(A) William Wood
(B) Pethick Lawrence
(C) Sir Stafford Cripps
(D) A.V. Alexander
Ans: (A)
1072. Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?
(A) Pethick Lawrence
(B) John Simon
(C) Stafford Cripps
(D) A.V. Alexander
Ans: (B)
1073. Which one of the following is not correct about the Cabinet Mission Plan?
(A) Provincial Grouping
(B) Interim Cabinet of Indians
(C) Acceptance of Pakistan
(D) Constitution Framing Right
Ans: (C)
1074. ‘It made its proposals in May. It still wanted a united India. There was to be the Federal
Union composed of British provinces’. The above quotation is related to
(A) Simon Commission
(B) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(C) Cripps Mission
(D) Cabinet Mission
Ans: (D)
1075. With reference to the Cabinet Mission, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. It recommended a federal Government.
2. It enlarged the powers of the Indian Courts.
3. It provided for more Indians in the ICS. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(C) 1 and 3 (D) None of these
Ans: (A)
1076. Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy’s Executive Council
in which all the portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by the Indian leaders?
(A) Simon Commission, 1927
(B) Shimla Conference, 1945
(C) Cripps Mission, 1940
(D) Cabinet Mission, 1946
Ans: (D)
1077. Which Congress President negotiated with both Cripps Mission and Lord Wavell?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) J.B. Kripalani
Ans: (A)
43. Constituent Assembly (1946)

1078. Which one of the following leaders of the Congress was totally in favour of Cabinet Mission
Plan?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (A)
1079. Which one of the following gave the idea of Constituent Assembly for India?
(A) Simon Commission
(B) Rajaji Formula
(C) Cabinet Mission Plan
(D) Wavell Plan
Ans: (C)
1080. Who was the President of Indian National Congress during the visit of Cabinet Mission to
India?
(B) J.B. Kripalani
(D) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (C)
1081. Which one of the following first mooted the idea of a Constituent Assembly to frame a
Constitution for India?
(A) Swaraj Party in 1935
(B) Congress Party in 1936
(C) Muslim League in 1942
(D) All Parties Conference in 1946
Ans: (B)
1082. Under the Cabinet Mission Plan, the total number of seats allotted to each province in the
Constituent Assembly was roughly in the ratio of one representative to the population of
(A) 8 lakh persons
(B) 10 lakh persons
(C) 11 lakh persons
(D) 12 lakh persons
Ans: (B)
1083. The first session of the Constituent Assembly was held on
(B) 26th January, 1948
(C) 9th December, 1946
Ans: (C)
1084. The Constituent Assembly that framed India’s constitution was set up
(A) Under the Indian Independence Act
(B) Under the Government of India Act, 1935
(C) By the Queen’s Proclamation
(D) Under the Cabinet Mission Plan
Ans: (D)
1085. The first President of the Sovereign Constituent Assembly for the Dominion of India was
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Sachchidananda Sinha
Ans: (C)
1086. Who among the following was the President of the Indian Constituent Assembly?
(B) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Sardar Patel
Ans: (A)
1087. Sachchidananda Sinha was associated with
(B) Dandi March
Ans: (A)
1088. Which one of the following statements is correct?

(A) The Constituent Assembly of India was elected by the Provincial Assemblies in the year 1946
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru, M.A. Jinnah and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were members of the Constituent
Assembly of India
(C) The first session of the Constituent Assembly of India was held in January, 1947
(D) The Constitution of India was adopted on 26th January, 1950
Ans: (A)
1089. Who among the following held the Office of Speaker in Central Legislative Assembly of
British era and the Parliament of free India?
(A) Sir Abdur Rahim
(B) G.V. Mavlankar
(C) Ananat Shayanam Ayanger
Ans: (B)
44. Formation of Interim Government (1946)

1090. Which Portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the interim Government formed in the
year 1946?
(A) Defence
(B) External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations
(C) Food and Agriculture
Ans: (C)
1091. Who headed the Interim Cabinet formed in the year 1946?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Rajagopalachari
Ans: (B)
1092. In the interim Government (1946) who held the Railways Portfolio?
(A) Baldev Singh
(B) T.T. Chundrigar
(C) Asaf Ali
(D) Abdul Rab Nishtar
Ans: (C)
1093. When the Indian Muslim League was inducted into the Interim Government in 1946, Liaquat
Ali Khan was assigned the Portfolio of
(A) Foreign Affairs
(B) Home
(C) Finance
(D) Defence
Ans: (C)
1094. In the leadership of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru interim Government formed in
(A) July, 1946

(B) August, 1946
(C) September, 1946
(D) October, 1946
Ans: (C)
1095. Who among of the following was not member of interim Cabinet?
(B) Baldev Singh
(C) Ali Zaher
(D) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: (D)
1096. Who among the following was the Finance Minister in Nehru’s interim Government in 1946?
(A) Fazlul Haq
(B) Khizr Hayat Khan
(C) Liaquat Ali Khan
(D) Ghaznafar Ali Khan
Ans: (C)
1097. In which province Muslim League formed their Government after 1946 elections?
(A) Bengal
(B) North-East province
(C) Punjab
(D) Bihar
Ans: (A)
1098. Who among the following was not minister in interim Government formed on 2nd
September, 1946?
(B) Liaquat Ali Khan
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (C)
1099. Muslim League observed the ‘Direct Action Day’ on
Ans: (D)
45. Partition of India and Independence

1100. The British Government decided and declared to leave India by June, 1948 in
(A) 1946
(B) February, 1947
(C) April, 1947
(D) June, 1947
Ans: (B)
1101. Which one of the following parties was in power in U.K. when India got independence?
(A) Conservative Party
(B) Labour Party

(C) Liberal Party
(D) Socialist Party
Ans: (B)
1102. The British Monarch at the time of Indian Independence was
(A) George V
(B) George VI
(C) King Edward VII
Ans: (B)
1103. Lord Mountbatten came to India as a Viceroy alongwith specific instruction to
(A) Balkanize the Indian sub-continent
(B) Keep India United if possible
(C) Accept Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan
(D) Persuade the Congress to accept partition
Ans: (B)
1104. Who was the Prime Minister of England when India attained independence?
(A) Winston Churchill
(B) Clement Attlee
(C) Harold Mc Millan
Ans: (B)
1105. The Mountbatten Plan became the basis for
(A) Continuity of British Rule
(B) Transfer of power
(C) Partition of the country
(D) Solution of communal problems
Ans: (C)
1106. Which plan became the platform of Indian Independence?
(A) Cripps Plan
(B) Wavell Plan
(C) Mountbatten Plan
Ans: (C)
1107. The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act in
(A) January, 1947
(B) July, 1947
(C) August, 1947
(D) August, 1946
Ans: (B)
1108. Mountbatten Plan (June 1947) provided for a referendum in which of the following
province(s)?
(A) Sindh
(B) Baluchistan
(C) North-West Frontier Province
Ans: (D)
1109. The formula for transfer of sovereignty to India in 1947 was known as
(A) Durand Plan
(B) Morely-Minto Reforms
(C) Mountbatten Plan
(D) Wavell Plan
Ans: (C)
1110. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 came into force on
(A) 4 July, 1947
(B) 10 July, 1947
(C) 18 July, 1947
(D) 14 August, 1947
Ans: (C)
1111. The Indian Independence Bill received the Royal Assent on
(A) 18th July, 1947
(B) 19th July, 1947
(C) 20th July, 1947
(D) 21st July, 1947
Ans: (A)
1112. ‘Mountbatten Plan’ regarding the partition of India was officially declared on
(A) 04 June, 1947
(B) 10 June, 1947
(C) 03 July, 1947
(D) 03 June, 1947
Ans: (D)
1113. The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because
(A) The principal of Two-nation Theory was then acceptable to them
(B) It was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard
(C) They wanted to avoid largescale communal riots
(D) India would have otherwise lost the opportunity to attain freedom
Ans: (C)
1114. The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain child of
(A) W. Churchill
(B) M.A. Jinnah
(D) V.P. Menon
Ans: (C)
1115. The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to

(A) Solve the problem of minorities in India
(B) Give effect to the Independence Bill
(C) Demarcate the boundaries between India and Pakistan
(D) Enquire into the riots in East Bengal
Ans: (C)
1116. As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he
(A) Postpone granting of independence
(B) Invite Jinnah to form the Government
(C) Invite Nehru and Jinnah to form the Government together
(D) Invite the army to take over for sometime
Ans: (B)
1117. The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of
(A) Cripps Mission
(B) Rajagopalachari Formula
(C) Cabinet Mission
(D) Wavell Plan
Ans: (C)
1118. Who headed the Boundary Commission appointed in 1947 in the context of India’s
partition?
(A) Mountbatten
(B) Radcliffe
(C) James Bolt
(D) Richardson
Ans: (B)
1119. Who among the following had seconded the resolution on the partition in the meeting of
All India Congress Committee held in New Delhi in 1947?
(A) Govind Ballabh Pant
(B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) J.B. Kripalani
(D) Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (D)
1120. Who among the following was the Chairman of the Congress Session of Delhi wherein
resolution of divided India was passed on 14 June, 1947?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Acharya J.B. Kripalani
Ans: (C)
1121. Who presided over the Delhi Session of Indian National Congress in 1947?
(A) J.B. Kripalani
(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (A)
1122. Who of the following took the passing of a resolution on the partition in the meeting of the
Congress Committee (1947) as a ‘Surrender of Nationalism in favour of Communalism’?
(A) Dr. Kitchlew
(B) Purushottam Das Tandon
(D) G.B. Pant
Ans: (A)
1123. Which of the following assumed sovereign power at midnight of 14/15 August, 1947
provisionally?
(A) Central Legislative Assembly
(B) Constituent Assembly
(C) Interim Government
(D) Chamber of Princes
Ans: (B)
1124. In the meeting of All India Committee on 14 June, 1947; who among voted against the
partition of India?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) Govind Ballabh Pant
Ans: (B)
1125. Who appointed the first Prime Minister of India?
(A) Governor General
(B) British Emperor
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Viceroy
Ans: (A)
1126. Who sang ‘Hindustan Hamara’ of Iqbal and ‘Jan-gan-man’ in the Central Assembly at
midnight of 14/15 August, 1947?
(A) Rameshwari Nehru
(B) Meera Ben
(C) Sucheta Kriplani
(D) M.S. Subbulakshmi
Ans: (D)
1127. Who was the last Governor-General of Independent India?
(B) Rajendra Prasad

(D) Lord Canning
Ans: (A)
1128. Who was the first Governor General of Independent India?
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Lord Mountbatten
Ans: (D)
1129. The first and last Indian Governor- General of India was
(A) R.M. Gopala
(B) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(D) Ramanuja Acharya
Ans: (C)
1130. The first Indian to hold office as Governor-General of independent India was
(A) Rajagopalachari
(B) Surinder Nath
(D) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: (A)
1131. Who among the following was the first Law Minister of India?
(A) M.C. Sitalwad
(B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Kailash Nath Katju
(D) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
Ans: (B)
1132. Last Viceroy of India was
(A) Lord Wavell
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) Lord Linlithgow
(D) Achinlake
Ans: (B)
1133. Who represented the Indian National Congress in the Partition Council headed by Lord
Mountbatten?
1. Abul Kalam Azad
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Sardar Patel
4. Rajendra Prasad Select the correct answer from the code given below.
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 4
Ans: (B)
1134. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of persons who occupied the office of
the President of India right from beginning?
(A) C. Rajagopalachari, Rajendra Prasad, Zakir Hussain, V.V. Giri
(B) Rajendra Prasad, S. Radhakrishnan, V.V. Giri, Zakir Hussain
(C) C. Rajagopalachari, Rajendra Prasad, S. Radhakrishnan, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad
(D) Rajendra Prasad, S. Radhakrishnan, Zakir Hussain, V.V. Giri
Ans: (D)
1135. Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress on 15th
August, 1947?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(C) J.B. Kripalani
(D) Sardar Patel
Ans: (C)
1136. The President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was
(B) J.B. Kripalani
Ans: (B)
1137. Who was the Congress President at the time of transfer of power in 1947 to India by the
British?
(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) J.B. Kripalani
Ans: (D)
1138. Who presided over the 1946 Session of the Indian National Congress held at Meerut?
(A) J.B. Kripalani
(D) B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Ans: (A)
1139. 26 January, 1950 had chosen for the enforcement of the Constitution because
(A) This was an auspicious day
(B) ‘Quit India Movement’ was begun on this date in 1942
(C) Congress had celebrated 26 January, 1930 as the first Independence Day
Ans: (C)
1140. In August 1947, who of the following leaders did not participate anywhere in Independence
Day celebrations?
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (B)
1141. Who among the following said that ‘the most notable achievement of the British Rule was
the unification of India’?
(A) K.M. Panikkar
(B) M.N. Srinivas
(C) Rajni Kothari
(D) Yogendra Singh
Ans: (A)
1142. ‘Indian Nationalism was the child of the British Rule’. Who made this statement?
(A) Bipin Chandra
(B) R. Coupland
(C) R.C. Majumdar
(D) P.E. Roberts
Ans: (B)
1143. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as
Reason (R). Assertion (A): The British sovereignty continued to exist in free India. Reason (R): The
British sovereign appointment the last Governor General of free India. In the context of the above
two statements, which one of the following is correct? Code
(A)
Ans: (D)
1144. Assertion (A): Britain made India free in 1947. Reason (R): Britain had become weak during
the second World War. In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is/are
correct?
(A)
Ans: (B)
1145. Assertion (A): The Indian National Congress accepted the Mountbatten plan. Reason (R): It
believed in twonation theory. Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code
(A)
Ans: (C)
46. Constitution Development of India

1146. In which year Regulating Act was passed?
(A) 1753 (B) 1757
(C) 1764 (D) 1773
Ans: (D)
1147. The Regulating Act was passed in
(A) 1773 (B) 1774
(C) 1785 (D) 1793
Ans: (A)
1148. In which of the following Acts for the first time provision was made for the post of
Governor-General of Bengal?
(A) Regulating Act, 1773
(B) Pitt’s Indian Act, 1784
(C) Charter Act of 1813
(D) Act of 1833
Ans: (A)
1149. Under the provision of Regulating Act, a Provincial Assembly for Bihar was set up in
(A) 1772 (B) 1774
(C) 1776 (D) 1778
Ans: (B)
1150. In which year was the Regulation Act passed?
(A) 1757 A.D. (B) 1765 A.D.
(C) 1773 A.D. (D) 1793 A.D.
Ans: (C)
1151. Supreme Court of Kolkata started in India was introduced by the Act of
(A) 1773 Act (B) 1909 Act
(C) 1919 Act (D) 1858 Act
Ans: (A)
1152. The Supreme Court was set up for the first time in India under the
(C) Government of India Act, 1935
(D) Indian Constitution Act, 1950
Ans: (A)
1153. Which Act gave the right to reject the decision of the committee to Governor-General?
(A) Regulating Act of 1773
(B) Pitt’s India Act of 1784
(C) Act of 1786
(D) Act of 1813
Ans: (C)
1154. The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court established by the East India Company was
(A) Elijah Impey
(B) Courtney Ilbert
(C) Phillip Francis
Ans: (A)
1155. By a Regulation in 1793, the District Collector was deprived of his judicial powers and made
the collecting agent only. What was the reason for such regulation?
(A) Lord Cornwallis felt that the District Collector’s efficiency of revenue collection would
enormously increase without the burden of other work
(B) Lord Cornwallis felt that judicial power should compulsorily be in the hands of Europeans.
While Indians can be given the job of revenue collection in the districts
(C) Lord Cornwallis was alarmed at the extent of power concentrated in the District Collector and
felt that such absolute power was undesirable in one person
(D) The judicial work demanded a deep knowledge of India and a good training in law and Lord
Cornwallis felt that District Collector should be only a revenue collector
Ans: (C)
1156. Which of the following Acts empowered Lord Cornwallis to overrule the decision of his
Council?
(A) Regulating Act
(B) Act of 1786
(D) Charter Act of 1813
Ans: (B)
1157. Which of the following is one of the reasons for considering Charter Act of 1813 important
for India?
(A) It banned propaganda by Christian Missionaries in India
(B) It emphasised industrialisation in India
(C) It made a financial allocation for the education of Indian people
(D) It approved the development of a railway system in India
Ans: (C)
1158. The monopoly of the East India Company in India’s trade was abolished in
(A) 1793 (B) 1803
(C) 1813 (D) 1833
Ans: (C)
1159. Which of among following had recommended to hold the Indian Civil Service Examination
simultaneously in India and England?
(A) Aitchison Commission
(B) Hobhouse Commission
(C) Montagu-Chelmsford Report
(D) Lord Cornwallis
Ans: (C)
1160. Which one of the following provisions was not made in the Charter Act of 1833?
(A) The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished
(B) The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor General of
Indiain- Council
(C) All law-making powers to be conferred on Governor- General-in-council
(D) An Indian was to be appointed as a Law Member of the Governor-General’s Council
Ans: (D)
1161. Which of the following Acts for the first time created a functioning Legislature Council in
India?
(A) Charter Act of 1793
(B) Charter Act of 1813
(D) Charter Act of 1833
Ans: (C)
1162. Which Act provisioned competitive exam system for Civil Services?
(A) 1833 (B) 1853
(C) 1858 (D) 1882
Ans: (B)
1163. Under which Act, Board of control was established?
(B) Settlement Act, 1781
(D) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
Ans: (D)
1164. In which of the following years British Government finally agreed to hold the Indian Civil
Services
(I.C.S.) examination simultaneously in India and England?
(A) 1922 (B) 1923
(C) 1924 (D) 1925
Ans: (A)
1165. British East India Company lost the monopoly of Tea trade by
(A) The Charter Act of 1793
(B) The Charter Act of 1813
(C) The Charter Act of 1833
(D) The Charter Act of 1853
Ans: (C)
1166. By which Act British Govt. abolished the monopoly of East India Company on trading of
sugar and China?
(B) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
(D) Charter Act, 1833
Ans: (D)
1. The Charter Act, 1853 abolished East India Company monopoly of Indian trade.
2. Under the Government of India Act, 1858 the British Parliament abolished the East India
Company altogether and undertook the responsibility of ruling India directly. Which of the
statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (B)
1168. Which of the following Acts transferred the Government of India from East India Company
to the Crown?
(A) Charter Act, 1833
(C) The Government of India Act, 1858
Ans: (C)
1169. Which one of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy’s authority over his
executive council by substituting ‘portfolio’ or departmental system for corporate functioning?
(A) Indian Council Act, 1861
(B) Government of India Act, 1858
(C) Indian Council Act, 1892
Ans: (A)
1170. Which one of the following Acts empowered the Governor General of India to issue
Ordinances?
(A) Charter Act of 1833
(B) Indian Council Act of 1861
(C) Indian Council Act of 1892
(D) Indian Council Act of 1909
Ans: (B)
1171. By which of the following Acts, the British for the first time introduced the system of indirect
elections in India?
(A) 1909 (B) 1861
(C) 1867 (D) 1892
Ans: (D)
1172. Which of the following act empowered Indian legislative assembly to make discussions on a
budget?
(A) Indian Council Act, 1861
(B) Indian Council Act, 1892
(C) Indian Council Act, 1909
(D) Indian Administration Act, 1919

Ans: (B)
1173. When were High Courts established in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta?
(A) 1861 (B) 1851
(C) 1871 (D) 1881
Ans: (A)
1174. To control the media in India, ‘Acts’ were passed in
(A) 1835, 1867, 1878, 1908
(B) 1854, 1864, 1872, 1910
(C) 1854, 1872, 1908, 1910
(D) 1867, 1908, 1910, 1919
Ans: (A)
1175. The declaration of reforms on 20 August, 1917 is known as
(A) Montagu Declaration
(B) Morely Declaration
(C) Minto Declaration
(D) Chelmsford Declaration
Ans: (A)
1176. The most short-lived of all of Britain’s constitutional experiments in India was
(A) The Indian Council Act of 1861
(B) Indian Council Act of 1892
(C) Indian Council Act of 1909
(D) Government of India Act of 1919
Ans: (C)
1177. In which Constitutional document Dyarchy System was introduced in Indian provinces?
(A) 1892 (B) 1909
(C) 1919 (D) 1935
Ans: (C)
1178. The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of
(A) the Indian Council Act, 1909
(B) the Government of India Act, 1919
(C) the Government of India Act, 1935
(D) the Indian Independence Act, 1947
Ans: (B)
1179. The Government of India Act of 1919 is clearly defined
(A) the separation of power between the Judiciary and the Legislature
(B) the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial Governments
(C) the powers of the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy
Ans: (B)
1180. The Montagu-Chelmsford Proposals were related to
(A) Social reforms
(B) Educational reforms

(C) Reforms in police administration
(D) Constitutional reforms
Ans: (D)
1181. Identify the incorrect statement about Government of India Act 1919
(A) This Act is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms Act.
(B) This Act separated the Central and Provincial subjects.
(C) The Government of India Act 1919 came into force in 1921.
(D) Montague was the Secretary of State for India and Lord Chelmsford was the Viceroy of India
Ans: (A)
1182. The principle of Dyarchy was introduced by the Act of
(A) 1861 (B) 1892
(C) 1909 (D) 1919
Ans: (D)
1183. Consider the following statements: Some of the main features of the Government of India
Act, 1935 were the
1. Abolition of diarchy in the Governor’s provinces.
2. The power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own.
3. Abolition of the principle of communal representation. Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?
(C) 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (B)
1184. Which of the following report was baseline of the Government of India Act, 1935?
(A) The Cabinet Mission
(B) The Cripps Mission
(C) The Rowlatt Commission
(D) The Simon Commission
Ans: (D)
1185. Why Government of India Act, 1935 is important?
(A) It is a main source of the Indian Constitution
(B) By this India got freedom
(C) Division of India is described in it
(D) End of the princely States by this
Ans: (A)
1186. Government of India Act, 1935 abolished
(A) Provincial autonomy
(B) Provincial diarchy
(C) Federal structure of India
(D) Responsible Central Government
Ans: (B)
1187. The real intention of the British to include the Princely States in the Federal Union proposed
by the India Act of 1935 was to
(A) Exercise more and direct political and administrative
(B) Involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony
(C) Finally effect the complete political and administrative take over of all the princely States by
the British
(D) Use the princes to counterbalance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders
Ans: (D)
1188. Which one of the following is not a feature of the Government of India Act of 1935?
(A) Diarchy at the Centre as well as in the Provinces
(B) A bicameral Legislature
(C) Provincial Autonomy
(D) An All India Federation
Ans: (A)
1189. In which session, Indian National Congress had rejected Government of India Act, 1935?
(A) Ramgarh Session, 1940
(B) Lucknow Session, 1936
(C) Faizpur Session
Ans: (B)
1190. Who among the following said about the Act of 1935 ‘a car which has a brake but no
engine’?
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) S.C. Bose
Ans: (A)
1191. The ‘Instrumentation of Instructions’ contained in the Government of India Act, 1935 have
been incorporated in the Constitution of India in the year 1950 as
(A) Fundamental Rights
(B) Directive Principles of State Policy
(C) Extent of Executive Power of State
(D) Conduct of Business of the Government of India
Ans: (B)
1192. Who amongst the following had called the Government of India Act, 1935 as the ‘Charter of
Slavery’?
(B) M.A. Jinnah
Ans: (A)
1193. Consider the following statements. In Government of India Act, 1935 provided for
1. The provincial autonomy.
2. The establishment of Federal Court.
3. All India Federation at the Centre. Which of the following statement given above are correct?
Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (D)
1194. Who has said it, “I have not to beg pardon in connection with the allegation that in the draft
of the Constitution, a major part of the Government of India Act, 1935, has again been
reproduced”?
(B) Sardar Patel
Ans: (D)
1195. Match List-I (Acts of colonial Government of India) with List-II
(Provisions) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (Acts of
Colonial Government of India)
(a) Charter Act, 1813
(b) Regulating Act, 1773
(c) Act of 1858
(d) Pitt’s India Act, 1784 List-II (Provisions)
1. Set up a Board of Control in Britain to fully regulate the East India.
2. Company’s trade monopoly in India was ended.
3. The power to govern was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown.
4. The Company’s directors were asked to present to the British Government all correspondence
and documents pertaining to the administration of the company. Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 4 3 1 (B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 2 3 4 1 (D) 1 4 3 2
Ans: (A)
List-I
(a) Establishment of Board of Control
(b) Establishment of Supreme Court
(c) Permission of appointment of Christian Missionaries in India
(d) Law Member in Governor General Council List-II
1. Regulating Act, 1773
2. Pitt’s India Act, 1784
3. Charter Act, 1813
4. Charter Act, 1833 Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 1 2 4 3 (D) 2 4 1 3
Ans: (B)
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Indian National Movement

(A) Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie

(B) Suspicion about British interference in religion

(C) Military discontent

(D) Economic exploitation of India

2. Mangal Pandey incident took place at

(A) Meerut (B) Barrackpore

(C) Ambala (D) Lucknow

3. With which uprising is Mangal Pandey associated?

(A) Barrackpore (B) Meerut

(C) Delhi (D) None of these

(A) November, 1856

(B) December, 1856

(C) January, 1857

(D) February, 1857

(A) Azimullah (B) Birjis Qadir

(C) Bakht Khan (D) Hasan Khan

(A) Indian historians have described it as an Indian mutiny

(B) British historians have described it as a war of independence

(D) It was for the improvement of the administrative machinery in India

7. The first war of Independence

(1857) started from

(A) Lucknow (B) Jhansi

(C) Meerut (D) Kanpur

8. What was the main cause of 1857 revolt?

(A) Public Outrage

(B) Military discontent

(C) Management of Christian Missionaries

(D) Policy of British Empire

9. Symbol of 1857 independence struggle was

(A) Lotus and Chapatis

(D) Two swords

(B) Begum Hazrat Mahal’s leadership of Oudh

(C) Marching of Sepoys to Delhi’s Red Fort

(D) Revolt by Rani of Jhansi

(A) Agra (B) Jhansi

(C) Varanasi (D) Vrindaban

(A) Jhansi (B) Meerut

(C) Delhi (D) Kanpur

13. Where is the Samadhi of Maharani Lakshmi Bai situated?

(A) Mandla (B) Mandu

(C) Jabalpur (D) Gwalior

(A) Khan Bahadur

(B) Kunwar Singh

(C) Maulvi Ahmad Shah

(D) Virzis Qadir

15. The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by

(A) Begum of Awadh

(B) Tatya Tope

(C) Rani Lakshmi Bai

(D) Nana Saheb

16. Maharani Lakshmi Bai had combated in last battle against

(A) Hugh Rose (B) Guff

(C) Niel (D) Havlock

(A) Bengal (B) Awadh

(C) Bihar (D) Rajasthan

(A) Lakshmi Bai

(B) Ahilya Bai

(C) Aruna Asaf Ali

(D) Begum Hazrat Mahal

(A) Zeenat Mahal