Wednesday, October 26, 2011

INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT MCQs


Indian National Movement

1. The Lucknow Session of 1916 of the Indian National Congress was held, especially:
A. to bring about closer cooperation between Congress and Muslim League
B. to select a Muslim Leader as the Congress President
C. to merge Muslim League into Congress
D. All the above


2. Which of the following is not correct regarding the Lucknow pact of 1916?
A. It marked an important step forward in Hindu-Muslim unity
B. It left the way open for the future resurgence of communalism
C. An important role in bringing the Congress and League together was played by Lokmanya Tilak
D. The two organisations passed the same resolutions for political reforms on joint electorates


3. Who among the following dreamt of Ram Rajya?
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Indira Gandhi
D. Dayananda Saraswati


4. Gandhiji believed in :
A. violence
B. untouchability
C. political gimmicks
D. decentralization of powers


5. What was the name of the periodical published by Mahatma Gandhi during his stay in South Africa?
A. Navjivan
B. India Gazette
C. Afrikaner
D. Indian Opinion


6. The weekly journal started by Gandhiji was :
A. Young India
B. Kesri
C. Comrade
D. Al Hilal


7. Which of the following books would you consult to get acquainted with the Gandhian Thought?
A. Discovery of India
B. India Divided
C. Hind Swaraj
D. India Wins Freedom


8. The political guru of Gandhiji was:
A. Dada Bhai Naoroji
B. Gokhale
C. S N Bannerjee
D. Tagore


9. Who gave the title of ‘Mahatma’ to Gandhiji?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. G D Birla
C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale


10. The technique which was evolved by Gandhiji during his long struggle in South Africa and which later became the chief weapon for the attainment of Swaraj was:
A. non-violence
B. fasting un to death
C. satyagraha
D. hartal


11. Which one of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhiji’s views on Satyagraha is not correct?
A. It denotes assertion of the purest soul against social, political and economic dominance
B. It is the exercise of the purest soul force against all types of injustice
C. It is the best weapon of the weak against strong
D. Accepts the concept of self-suffering to wean away the evil doer by love and suffering


12. Satyagraha Ashram was established by who among the following?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan
C. Acharya Kriplani
D. Acharya Vinoba Bhave


13. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the weapon of Satyagraha?
A. South Africa
B. Champaran
C. Bardoli
D. Dandi


14. The first satyagraha in India by MahatmaGandhi in 1917 was at:
A. Ahmedabad
B. Champaran
C. Sabarmati
D. Bardoli


15. Gandhiji experimented with Satyagraha at Champaran in Bihar in order to:
A. unite the peasants, Landlords and businesmen against the British Indian government
B. launch a Civil Disobedience Movement
C. remove untouchability
D. help the Indigo workers


16. Gandhiji’s ‘Champaran Movement’ was for :
A. securing the rights of Harijans
B. Civil Disobedience Movement
C. maintaining the unity of Hindu Society
D. solving the problems of theIndigo workers


17. Mahatma Gandhi’s first experience in mass movement in India was at:
A. Champaran
B. Chauri-Chaura
C. Dandi
D. Sabarmati


18. In 1918, Gandhiji intervened in a dispute between:
A. peasants and planters
B. workers and mill owners
C. moderates and extremists
D. rightists and socialists


19. The scheme of constitutional reforms of Edwin Montague and Lord Chelmsford led to the enactment of the Government of India Act of:
A. 1935
B. 1919
C. 1909
D. 1892


20. The central idea of the provisions of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms was:
A. provincial autonomy
B. dyarchy
C. separate communal electorate
D. veto powers to the Governors


21. The term dyarchy meant:
A. the introduction of transferred and reserved subjects in the provinces
B. that the central government remained under the Governer-General but full responsible government was introduced in the provinces
C. creation of separate governments for provinces and the Centre
D. None of the above


22. ‘Rowlatt Act’ was passed by the British Government in:
A. 1919
B. 1921
C. 1915
D. 1929


23. The Rowlatt Act (1919) enabled the government to suspend the right of:
A. free speech
B. occupation
C. movement
D. habeas corpus


24. What is the correct chronological order of the following?
1. Pitts Act
2. Queen’s Proclamation
3. Regulating Act
4. Rowlatt Act

Choose the answer from the codes given below :
A. 3, 1,2, 4
B. 2,1, 3, 4
C. 3,4,2,1
D. 4,2,1,3


25. Gandhiji started Satyagraha in 1919 in protest against the:
A. Salt Law
B. Rowlatt Act
C. Act of 1909
D. Jalianwala Bagh Massacre


26. Arrange in chronological order the following events associated with Mahatma Gandhi’s advent in India:
I. Champaran movement
II. Foundation of Satyagraha Sabha
III. Agitation against Rowlatt Bills
IV. Kheda Satyagraha


A. II, I, IV, III
B. I, II, III, IV
C. III, II, I, IV
D. IV, III, II, I


27. Rabindra Nath Tagore renounced Knighthood in 1919 as a mark of protest against the:
A. Chauri Chaura Violence
B. Jalianwala Bagh Massacre
C. Hindu-Muslim Riot
D. Bhagat Singh’s Murder


28. A public meeting was held on April 13, 1919 in Jalianwala Bagh to:
A. organize a hartal
B. protest against the arrest of popular leaders
C. protest against the Rowlatt Act
D. demand Swaraj


29. Consider the following events of 1919 AD:
I. Rowlatt Act
II. Hunter Report
III. Jalianwala Bagh Masacre
IV. Return of Knighthood by Rabindra Nath Tagore

Their correct chronological sequence is:
A. I, II, III,IV
B. I, III,IV, II
C. II, I, III, IV
D. III, I, II, IV


30. The nationalist movement in India turned into an organised mass movement from:
A. 1857
B. 1919
C. 1937
D. 1905


31. The “Khilafat Movement” was started by:
A. Ali Brothers
B. M A Jinnah
C. Bhagat Singh
D. Chandrashekhar


32. The All India Khilafat Conference was held in1919 at:
A. Aligarh
B. Deoband
C. Lucknow
D. Delhi


33. The aim of Khilafat Movement was:
A. to preserve the Turkish empire and Khalifah as temporal head of the Indian Muslims
B. to obtain reservation of seats for Muslim community in government services
C. to secure a separate homeland for the Indian Muslims
D. India’s independence


34. Give the correct chronological order:
I. Jalianwala Bagh Massacre
II. Rowlatt Act
III. Khilafat Movement

A. II, I, III
B. I, II, III
C. II, III, I
D. I, III, II


35. ‘Khilafat’ Movement declined due to:
A. concession given to the Muslims by the British
B. amity achieved between Congress and Muslim League
C. accession of Kamal Pasha on the throne of Turkey
D. None of the above


36. The Khilafat Movement resulted in:
A. partition of India
B. Hindu-Muslim unity
C. Hindu-Muslim riots
D. split in the Indian National Congress


37. “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”. Whom is this saying attributed to?
A. M K Gandhi
B. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Sardar Patel
D. B G Tilak


38. At which session of the Congress the goal of complete independence (Purna Swaraj) for India was declared?
A. Delhi, 1932
B. Lahore, 1929
C. Mumbai, 1934
D. Nagpur, 1920


39. The Congress Session which passed the Purna Swaraj resolution was presided over by:
A. Motilal Nehru
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak


40. Consider the following sessions of the Indian National Congress:
The session in which
1.the Muslim League and Indian National Congress met jointly
2.the Indian National Congress divided into two groups
3.the resolution for ‘Complete Independence’ was passed
4.the Non-coperation resolution was passed


The correct chronological sequence of these sessions is :
A. 3,4, 1, 2
B. 2,1,4,3
C. 1,2,4,3
D. 1,2,3,4


41. The Congress supported Mahatma Gandhi’s plan for non-cooperation with the government (Sept 1920) till the Punjab and Khilafat wrongs were removed and:
A. poorna swaraj established
B. the Rowlatt Act annulled
C. parliamentary democracy introduced
D. swaraj established


42. The non-cooperation movement was formally launched on August 1, 1920,which is also memorable for:
A. publication of Al Hilal by Abul Kalam Azad
B. annulment of the partition of Bengal
C. death of Lala Lajpat Rai
D. death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak


43. Jawaharlal Nehru helped to start the newspaper :
A. Kesri
B. National Herald
C. Patriot
D. Pioneer


44. Who among the following worked for the amelioration of the depressed classes during the pre-independence era?
A. B R Ambedkar
B. J L Nehru
C. Ram ManoharLohia
D. Jagjivan Ram


45. Which of the following political parties/organisations were established by Dr B R Ambedkar?
1. Swaraj Party
2. Samaj Samata Sangh
3. All India Scheduled Castes Federation
4. The Independent Labour Party


A. 1, 2 and 4
B. 1, 3 and 4
C. 2, 3 and 4
D. 1, 2 and 3


46. In 1921the Session of the Indian National Congress was held when its President was in prison and with some other leader acting as president. Who was the Congress President in prison?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Mohammad Ali
C. C R Das
D. Abul Kalam Azad


47. In November 1921, huge demonstrations greeted:
A. the Prince of Wales
B. the Simon Commission
C. King George V
D. the cabinet mission


48. The Moplahs created a powerful movement in Malabar against the:
A. Zamindars
B. Rowlatt Act
C. Police
D. corrupt Mahants


49. The Non-Coperation movement was withdrawn in:
A. 1920
B. 1942
C. 1922
D. 1930


50. The non-cooperation movement was abruptly suspended by Gandhiji. Why ?
A. It turned out to be violent as against his principles of ahimsa
B. There was no good response from British
C. Certain individuals did not participate in it
D. There was no specific reason

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