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Struggle for Independence of India History Multiple Choice Questions SET 1

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1. The roots of the 1857 revolt lay in




2. The Revolt of 1857 was started by




3. The revolt of 1857 had its beginning in




4. An effect of the 1857 revolt was that




5. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because




6. The Indian National Congress had adopted the famous Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) resolution at its session held at




7. Which of the following leader was not associated with extremist leadership of Indian National Congress?




8. Who said that Indian National Congress is a ‘begging institute’?




9. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Indian National Congress? ,I. The Poorna Swarajya resolution was passed in Lahore session of the Congress held in December ,II. The Congress Working Committee which met on January 2, 1930, decided that January 26,1930, should be observed as the Poorna Swarajya Day




10. In the absence of Gandhi, the Quit India Movement had been led by




11. . For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi’s volunteers of the Salt satyagraha walk?




12. Two great socio-religious reformers of the 19th century who provided inspiration to the Indian National Movement were




13. The Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended in February 1922 on account of




14. Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi’s views on Satyagraha is not correct?




15. The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave popular indignation and led to the JalianwallaBagh Massacre




16. Which of the following was the main part of Aurobindo’s programme to achieve independence?




17. Who was the author of the Book, the Indian War of Independence, 1857?




18. One of the earliest and the best known mutinies before the Revolt of 1857 was




19. Which among the following place, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857 ?




20. The rebels lacked effective leadership.,II. They did not get the support of the civilian people anywhere in the country.,III. There was no central organisation to guide them.,IV. Their military equipment was inferior to that of the English.,Which of these statements is/are correct related the causes for the failure of the Great Revolt of 1857?




21. Who are among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 managed to escape to Nepal? ,I. Kunwar Singh,II. Nana Sahab,III. Begum of Awadh,IV. Bakht Khan




22. The Ghadar Party was founded (November 1913) at San Francisco USA by




23. Which of the following pair leader associated with the Revolt of 1857 is not correctly matched?




24. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transfered to power from




25. British Crown to the Board of Directors




26. Govind Dhondu Pant, popularly known was Nanasaheb, and one of the principal leaders of the Revolt of 1857, was the adopted heir and successor of




27. . As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries of East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be determined by




28. The spark for the Swadeshi Movement was the __________ decision to partition Bengal




29. Arrange the following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence., I. Champaran Satyagraha, II. Partition of Bengal, III. Jallianwala Bagh




30. The swadeshi movement in Bengal started on ______




31. The Revolt of 1857 in Awadh and Lucknow was led by




32. The 1857 revolt did not acquire much intensity in




33. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857?




34. Name the Mughal emperor occupying the throne of Delhi when the revolt of 1857 took place




35. Name the Mughal emperor occupying the throne of Delhi when the revolt of 1857 took place




36. Which of the following upheavals took place In Bengal immediately after the revolt of 1857?




37. Arrange the following events in a correct sequence of Indian National Movement , I. Foundation of Indian National Congress, II. Simon Commission, III. Home Rule Movement,IV. Cabinet Mission




38. Eminent Tamil Poet C Subramania Bharati was associated with which of the following movements of the Indian National Congress?




39. During the freedom struggle a parallel movement launched in the Indian states (in the states ruled by the Indian rulers such as Kashmir, Nizam’s Hyderabad, Travancore, etc.) was/were




40. Khilafat Movement was organised by




41. Khilafat Movement was organised to protest against the injustice done to




42. After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Mahatma Gandhi laid emphasis on




43. The peasant movements, revolts, riots, struggles, etc. in 19th century, India remained mainly localised because




44. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from




45. When was the ‘Quit India Movement’ launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?




46. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had started a reform movement among the Muslim, called the __________ Movement




47. The Namdhari, or Kuka, movement had its origin in the __________ corner of the Sikh kingdom, away from the places of royal pomp and grandeur




48. ___ was the Founder Father of Aligarh movement




49. The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as A.




50. Gandhi gave the call to reject all foreign goods during the __________ Movement




51. Gandhi had given out the stirring call of ‘Do or Die’ during the __________ Movement




52. Vivian Derozio had been associated with the __________ movement




53. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab?




54. Who was in command of the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?




55. The Kuka movement started in mid-nineteenth century in




56. The issue on which the Civil disobedience movement of 1930 was launched was




57. Assertion (A): The introduction of ‘Western Education’ and English language as medium of instruction led the foundation for the rise and growth of nationalism in India. ,Reason (R): The Indian National Movement would not have been possible without the English language as the medium




58. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of




59. Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th Century?




60. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called




61. Which of the following was not one of the points stressed by Mahatma Gandhi while exhorting the people to join the Quit India Movement?




62. In which years did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement?




63. The Non-Cooperation movement had been launched by Gandhi in the year




64. Two socio-religious reform movements founded in India in 1875 were




65. Which movement got the support from both Hindus and Muslims?




66. Apart from the Quit India Movement which started on 9th August 1942, what other sensational activity of the freedom fighters was done on 9th August?




67. During Quit India Movement,’Parallel Government’ was constituted at




68. All India State’s Peoples Conference formed in 1927 launched popular movements in




69. Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant’s idea of launching Home Rule Movement?




70. In India, the Wahabi movement was started by _______




71. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct related to the Non-cooperation Movement?,I. It aimed to resist British rule in India through non violent means. Protestors would refuse to buy British goods, adopt the use of local handicrafts and picket liquor shops. ,II. The ideas of Ahimsa and nonviolence, and Gandhi’s ability to rally hundreds of thousands of common citizens towards the cause of Indian independence, were first seen on a large scale in this movement through the summer 1920, they feared that the movement might lead to popular violence




72. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement on March 12, 1930 by




73. The non cooperation movement was called off due to




74. Socialism is essentially a movement of




75. What was the another name of ‘Quit India movement’?




76. Which one is the correct chronological order of the following vents?,Which one is the correct chronological order of the following vents?,




77. The main objectives of the Non-Cooperation Movement were




78. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to__________ to organise a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers




79. In which of the following movement did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger Strike as a weapon?




80. The Home Rule Movement was aimed at




81. . Who among the following had pioneered the Khilafat Movement?




82. The Non-Cooperation Movement started in




83. The objective(s) of the Kuka Movement in the Punjab was/were




84. When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the ‘Quit India Movement’ of 1942?




85. Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942 ?