History: National Movement

History: National Movement 

Mahatma Gandhi gave the call to reject foreign goods during the
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Non Cooperation Movement
(c) Khilafat Movement
(d) Swadeshi Movements


Answer: Swadeshi Movements


Who among the following opposed Mahatma Gandhi's association with the Khilafat movement ?
(a) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
(b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) Fazlul Haquer


Answer: Mohammed Ali Jinnah


 The integration of Indians States is the achievement of
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel


Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose


Jawaharlal Nehru helped to start the newspaper
(a) Pioneer
(b) Patriot
(c) Kesri
(d) National Herald


Answer: National Herald


Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the Second Round Table Conference ?
(a) Clement Attlee
(b) None of these
(c) Neville Chamberlain
(d) Ramsay Macdonald


Answer: Ramsay Macdonald


Who was the Viceroy during the time Mr. Attlee of England declared the British intention to transfer power to Indians ?
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Wavell


Answer: Lord Wavell


The Wavell Plan aimed at
(a) Complete Indianisation of the Executive Council
(b) None of these
(c) Complete Europeanisation of the Executive Council.
(d) Giving equal representation to the Indians and the European in the Executive Council


Answer: Complete Indianisation of the Executive Council


The leader who left politics, retired to Pondicherry and set up an ashram there, was
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Bhikaji Cama
(c) Lokmanya Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal


Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh


The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of indigo farmers was observed at
(a) Champaran
(b) Sabarmati
(c) Chauri Chaura
(d) Bardoli


Answer: Champaran


 Which of the following was East India Company's most significant parliamentary Act ?
(a) Regulation Act
(b) Rowlatt Act
(c) Charter Act of 1813
(d) Pitts Act


Answer: Regulation Act


 The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by
(a) Jyotiba Phule
(b) Thakkar Bappa
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Mahatma Gandhi


Answer: Thakkar Bappa


 Except Jammu and Kashmir and Hyderabad, the integrationof Indian states was completed in
(a) 18598
(b) 18203
(c) 17380
(d) 17807
Answer: 18203


 Indian National Congress held its first sessum at
(a) Lahore
(b) Madras
(c) Bombay
(d) Lucknow


Answer: Bombay


Who was the founder of Muslim League in India ?
(a) None of these
(b) Aga Khan
(c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) M.A. Jinnah


Answer: Aga Khan


When was Purna Swaraj day first decided tobe celebrated ?
(a) 17394
(b) 18289
(c) 10984
(d) 11185


Answer: 10984


The trial of INA heroes was held at
(a) Delhi
(b) Simla
(c) Bombay
(d) Calcutta


Answer: Delhi


Who among the following was the follower of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy?
(a) Bertrand Russel
(b) Martin Luther
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) Marshal Tito


Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan


 Montague -Chelmsford reforms were
(a) Educational reforms
(b) Constitutional reforms
(c) Political reforms
(d) Social reforms


Answer: Constitutional reforms


 First Governor - General of India, after independence was
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru


Answer: Lord Mountbatten


In the history of the freedom movement of India, the year 1930 is associated with
(a) Chauri Chaura incident
(b) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
(c) Partition of Bengal
(d) Dandi March


Answer: Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy


 Which of the following revolutionary groups was involved in Kakori Conspiracy Case ?
(a) Ghadar Party
(b) Abhinav Bharat Group
(c) Anushilan Samiti
(d) Hindustan Republican Association


Answer: Hindustan Republican Association


 The Second International was attended by
(a) Pherozeshah Mehta
(b) Dinshaw Edalji Wacha
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji


Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji


The Buddha, the Ramayana and the Mahabharat are three treasures of India. Who said this?
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru


Answer: Swami Vivekananda


Who among the following was not the member of the Cabinet Mission which visited India in 1946?
(a) Lord Pethick Lawrence
(b) A.V. Alexander
(c) Sir Stafford Cripps
(d) Lord Mountbatten


Answer: A.V. Alexander


Who, amongst the following is associated with the Local Self-Government Act ?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) William Bentick
(d) Lord Ripon


Answer: William Bentick


 When Mahatma Gandhi set out on the Dandi march, he was accompanied, among others, by
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru and Sarojini Naidu
(b) Rajendra Prasad and Sarojini Naidu
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel and Sarojini Naidu
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad


Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru and Sarojini Naidu


 Raja Rammohan Roy's Brahmo Samaj rejected
(a) Casteism
(b) Ritualism
(c) Idolism
(d) All of the above


Answer: All of the above


In the early stages, the moderates in IndianNational Congress sought political progress through
(a) Renonucing the titles conferred on them by Britishers
(b) None of these
(c) Boycotting the legislature and judiciary
(d) Instigating violence


Answer: Boycotting the legislature and judiciary


Who said:Cowa rdice and ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Acharya Narendra Dev
(d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave


Answer: Mahatma Gandhi




Who was the political guru of Gandhiji?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale


Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale


In 1921, Chamber of Prince was established to
(a) Al of these 
(b) Organize the princes of India provinces
(c) Demand self rule
(d) Support Gandhiji in Satyagraha


Answer: Organize the princes of India provinces


The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom movement in
(a) The Madras Presidency
(b) Bombay- Karnataka
(c) Punjab
(d) East Bengal


Answer: East Bengal


Legislature of widow remarriage in India was first secured by
(a) K. Natarajan
(b) Maharshi Karve
(c) Pandita Ramabai
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar


Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar


 Who led Quit India Movement in the absence of Mahatma Gandhi ?
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Aruna Asaf Ali
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru


Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali


 A.O. Hume belongs to
(a) Germany
(b) Britain
(c) Indian Councils Act, 1892
(d) U.S.A.


Answer: Britain


The aim of the Swarajya party was to
(a) Boycott the Congress moves
(b) Agitate for total freedom
(c) Resort to extremism
(d) Enter the legislature and wreck the government from within


Answer: Enter the legislature and wreck the government from within


On the death of Gandhiji, who said that The light has gone out of our lives?.?
(a) Dr. S. Radhakrishna
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad


Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru


 Give me blood, I will give you freedom. These words are attributed to
(a) Subhash Bose
(b) Veer Savarkar
(c) Khudi Ram Bose
(d) Bhagat Singh


Answer: Subhash Bose