Q.1) The Nehru Report was finalized in ——-
a) May 1928
b) June 1928
c) August 1928
d) October 1928
Q.2) Who brought out a daily called new India
a) G.B.Tilak
b) Gandhi
c) Annie Besant
d) Bahadur Sapru
Q.3) Which was the shortest session of the congress?
a) Belgam
b) Bankipore
c) Haripura
d) Belur
Q.4) Congress leaders attended the last session of the congress
a) 1915
b) 1919
c) 1913
d) 1912
Q.5) Who presided over the Banaras session of the congress?
a) C.R.Das
b) Gokhale
c) Ras Behari Bose
d) Pheroze Shah Mehta
Q.6) Chandra Shekhar Azad was killed at the ——- Park in Allahabad
a) Alfred
b) Corbett
c) Nobel
d) Shalimar
Q.7) Where did Bhagat Singh first attended the congress session at Calcutta
a) Bombay
b) Lucknow
c) Calcutta
d) Madras
Q.8) The —– laws were broken at Dandi
a) Salt
b) Sugar
c) Forest
d) Chowkidari
Q.9) In —– 1931, the Congress started a no rent no tax campaign
a) December
b) March
c) June
d) May
Q.10) The congress condemned the —— Act as totally Disappointing
a) 1935
b) 1947
c) 1919
d) 1909
Q.11) Under whose presidency was the Lahore session of the Indian Congress held in the year 1929, wherein a resolution was adopted to gain complete independence from the British?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Motilal Nehru
Q.12) 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 a Parsi.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 3 only
Q.13) 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
(d) None of the above
Q.14) Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?
(a) Udaygiri
(b) Rapur
(c) Pochampalli
(d) Venkatagiri
Q.15) Assertion (A) : According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal.
Reason (R) : Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.
(a) Both A are R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Q.16) Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh?
(a) The Arms Act
(b) The Public Safety Act
(c) The Rowlatt Act
(d) The Vernacular Press Act
Q.17) At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Bardoli
(c) Champaran
(d) Kheda
Q.18) The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ written during the Swadeshi Movement of India inspired the liberation struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. Who wrote this song?
(a) Rajni Kanta Sen
(b) Dwijendralal Ray
(c) Mukunda Das
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Q.19) The First Factory Act restricting the working hours of women and children and authorizing local government to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?
(a) Lord Lytton
(b) Lord Bentinck
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Canning
Q.20) Who among the following rejected the title of Knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India? [2008]
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) M G Ranade
(c) G K Gokhale
(d) B G Tilak
Q.21) During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called ‘Free Indian Legion’?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Rashbehari Bose
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) V D Savarkar
Q.22) Who suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy Executive Council in which all the Portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by the Indian leaders?
(a) Simon Commission
(b) Simla Conference
(c) Cripps Proposal
(d) Cabinet Mission
Q.23) Who gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) R C Dutt
(c) Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) Viraraghavachari
Q.24) Who among the following used the phrase ‘UNBritish’ to criticize the English colonial control of India?
(a) Anandmohan Bose
(b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Pherozeshah Mehta
Q.25) Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Chelmsford
(d) Lord Wavell
Q.26) Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?
(a) AN Sinha
(b) Braj Kishore Prasad
(c) J B Kriplani
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Q.27) 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
Q.28) Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Bombay
(c) Calcutta
(d) Delhi
Q.29) Who among the following wrote the poem, Subh-e Azadi?
(a) Sahir Ludhiyanvi
(b) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
(c) Muhammad Iqbal
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q.30) 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 are R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Q.31) In the ‘Individual Satyagraha’, Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was the second?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q.32) Consider the following statements:
The Cripps Proposals include the provision for
1. Full independence for India.
2. Creation of constitution-making body.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q.33) During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in:
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Swadeshi Movement
Q.34) Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India?
(a) James Ramsay MacDonald
(b) Stanley Baldwin
(c) Neville Chamberlain
(d) Winston Churchill
Q.35) During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular indignation?
(a) It curtailed the freedom of religion
(b) It suppressed the Indian traditional education
(c) It authorized the government to imprison people without trial
(d) It curbed the trade union activities
Q.36) Which one of the following began with the Dandi March?
(a) Home Rule Movement
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
Q.37) With which one of the following movements is the slogan “Do or die” associated?
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
Q.38) Who founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) N.M. Joshi
(d) J.B. Kripalani
Q.39) In the context of the Indian freedom struggle, 16th October 1905 is well known for ……………. ?
(a) The formal proclamation of Swadeshi Movement was made in Calcutta town hall
(b) Partition of Bengal took effect
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji declared that the goal of Indian National Congress was Swaraj
(d) Lokmanya Tilak started Swadeshi Movement in Poona
Q.40) 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 interprovincial 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
Q.41) Four resolutions were passed at the famous Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in 1906. The question of either retention OR of 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
Q.42) After Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled “The Way Out”. Which one of the following was proposed 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 a Constitution making body to be convened as soon as possible.
(d) A solution for the constitutional deadlock.
Q.43) 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.
Q.44) Consider the following statements :
1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come to Champaran to investigate the problem of the peasants.
2. Acharya J.B. Kriplani was one of Mahatma Gandhi’s colleagues in his Champaran investigation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q.45) For the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931 presided over by Sardar Patel, who drafted the Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Q.46) Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
(b) Acharya J.B. Kripalani and C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Q.47) Consider the following statements:
1. The “Bombay Manifesto” signed in 1936 openly opposed the preaching of socialist ideals.
2. It evoked support from a large section of business community from all across India.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q.48) Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942?
(a) It was a non-violent movement
(b) It was led by Mahatma Gandhi
(c) It was a spontaneous movements
(d) It did not attract the labour class in general
Q.49) What was the reason for Mahatma Gandhi to organize a satyagraha on behalf of the peasants off Kheda?
1. The administration did not suspend the land revenue collection in spite of a drought
2. The administration proposed to introduce permanent settlement in Gujarat
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q.50) 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