History MCQ Question

Indian National Movement (1900–1947 A.D.)

1. Who of the following organized a much on the Tanjore cost to break the Salt
Law in April 1930?
a. V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
b. C. Rajagopalachari
c. K. Kamaraj
d. Annie Besant
2. Which one of the following movements has contributed to a spilt in the
Indian National Congress resulting in the ‘emermists’?
a. Swadeshi Movement
b. Quit India Movement
c. Non-Cooperation Movement
d. Civil Disoperation Movement
3. By which Act the Board of Control came into existence?
a. Regulating Act, 1773
b. Act of Settement, 1781
c. Chart Act, 1813
d. Pitt’s India Act, 1784
4. Who amongst the following was the first Chairman of the Ghadar Party?
a. Lala Herdayal
b. Sohan Singh Bhakna
c. Keshar Singh
d. Pandit Kashi Ram
5. Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress
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a. Rajendra Prasad
b. Jwaharlal Nehru
c. J.B. Kripalani
d. Sardar Patel
6. Who amongst the following American was with Mahatma Gandhi during his
‘Dandi March’?
a. H.N. Brailsford
b. Webb Miller
c. G. Slocomba
d. James Patterson
7. In which of the following sessions of Muslim League, M.A. Jinnah putforth
his 14 point proposal?
a. 1927
b. 1928
c. 1929
d. 1930
8. While opposing the Public Safety Bill, 1928, who among the following said
that it was ‘a direct attack on Indian nationalism, on the Indian national
congress’ and as ‘the Slavery of India, Bill No. 1’?
a. Motilal Nehru
b. Lala Lajpat Rai
c. T Prakasam
d. Diwan Chaman Lal
9. The first editor of the journal ‘Indian opinion’ was
a. M.K. Gandhi
b. Albert West
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c. Mahadev Desai
d. Mansukhlal Nazar
10. In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, the word
‘Swaraj’ was uttered from the Congress platform for the first time?
a. Banaras Session, 1905
b. Calcutta Session, 1906
c. Surat Session, 1907
d. None of the above
11. The Indian Independence Bill received the royal Assent on
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a. 18 July, 1947
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b. 19 July, 1947
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c. 20 July, 1947
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d. 21 July, 1947
12. The Gandhi’s ‘Dandi March’ was a part of
a. Non-Cooperation Movement
b. Home rule league
c. Civil Disobedience Movement
d. Quit India Movement
13. Who of the following had pleaded from the side of 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
14. Lahore Session of Muslim League (1940) was presided over by
a. Liaqat Ali Khan
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b. Chaudhary Khaliquzzaman
c. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
d. Fatima Jinnah
15. Who was the first President of All India trade union Congress (AITUC)?
a. C.R. Das
b. V.V. Giri
c. Lala Lajput Rai
d. Sarojini Naidu
16. Separate electorates for representation of Indian Christians and Anglo-
Indians were created under the
a. Indian Councils Act, 1861
b. Government of India Act, 1909
c. Government of India Act, 1919
d. Government of India Act, 1935
17. Who gave the title ‘Sardar’ to Vallabh Bhai Patel?
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Vinoba Bhave
c. Women of Bardoli
d. Peasants of Gujarat
18. What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
a. Salt Satyagraha
b. Individual Satyagraha
c. Rvots Satyagraha
d. Flag Satyagraha
19. Who established the India Civil Liberties Union in 1936?
a. Subhash Chandra Bose
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b. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c. Jawahar Lal Nehru
d. Rajendra Prasad
20. Who among the following was the President of India National Congress
when India attained independence?
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Vallabhbhai Patel
c. Maulana Azad
d. Acharya Kripalani
21. The first Prime Minister of India in 1947 was appointed by
a. The Governor General
b. The President of India
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. A committee headed by Dr. Rajendra Prasad
22. Allure Sitarama Raju’s rebellion (1922–1924) took place in
a. Chhota Nagpur
b. Gudem-Rampa Tract
c. Bastar
d. Nellore
23. What is the correct sequence of the following events?
i. Rowlatt Act
ii. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
iii. Morley-Minto Reforms
iv. Iibert Bill

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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a. 1-2-4-3
b. 4-3-1-2
c. 4-1-3-2
d. 3-4-1-2
24. With reference to Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following was the
lady representative of India at the Second Round Table Conference?
a. Aruna Asaf Ali
b. Sarojini Naidu
c. Sucheta kriplani
d. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
25. Swaraj as a national demand was first made by:
a. Chittaranjan Das
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Dadabhai Naoroji
d. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
26. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
a. Lord Curzon
b. Lord Hardinge
c. Lord Chelmsford
d. Lord Irwin
27. The Indian Independence League was set up by:
a. Ras Behari Bose
b. S.M. Joshi
c. Jayaprakash Naryan
d. Aruna Asaf Ali
28. The first women’s university in India was founded by:
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a. Gandhiji
b. J.C. Kumarappa
c. Dhondo Keshave Karve
d. Rani ahilya Devi
29. Who among the following led Vaikom Satyagraha in 1924?
a. Shri Narayana Guru
b. N. Kumaran Asan
c. K.P. Kesava Menon
d. E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
30. The first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment in 1882 was:
a. B.G. Tilak
b. C. Vijaraghavachari
c. Ashwani Kumar Datta
d. Bipin Chandra Pal
31. At which congress session did Dadabhai Naroji announce that Swaraj was
the goal of India’s political efforts?
a. 1886 Calcutta session
b. 1893 Lahore session
c. 1905 Banaras session
d. 1906 Calcutta session
32. Who among the following was elected as the President of All-India Khilafat
Conference when it met at Delhi in 1919?
a. Motilal Nehru
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. M.A. Jinnah
d. Shaukat Ali
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33. The tricolor flag of Indian independence was first unfurled:

a. At midnight on 31 December, 1929b on the banks of River Ravi
b. All over the country on 26 January, 1930
c. On August 15, 1930 at Red Fort
d. At midnight on January 26, 1929 on the banks of the Ravi
34. Who was called by the British rulers as ‘the leader of Indian unrest’?
a. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b. Subhash Chandra Bose
c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d. M.K. Gandhi
35. In which of the following years was the All-India Trade union Congress
formed in Bombay?
a. 1910
b. 1919
c. 1920
d. 1921
36. Gandhiji’s first fast in India was in connection with:
a. Champaran Satyagraha
b. Chauri Chaura incident
c. Communal riots in eastern India
d. The strike of mill workers at Ahmedabad
37. Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?
a. Madam Mohan Malviya
b. Annie Besant
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. B.R Ambedkar
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38. Who founded the Banaras Hindu University?

a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Madan Mohan Malviya
c. Jawaharlal Nehru
d. None of the above
39. The most important feature of the Government of India Act of 1919 was the
introduction of:
a. Diarchy
b. Provincial autonomy
c. Separate electorate
d. Adult franchise
40. The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of:
a. Lord Wavell
b. Lord Mountbatten
c. Lord Linlithgow
d. Lord Wellington
41. Burma was separated from India in:
a. 1935
b. 1937
c. 1939
d. 1941
42. The secret society of revolutionaries which was organized by V.D. Savarkar
in 1904 was:
a. Yugantar
b. Ghadar
c. Sandhya
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d. Abhinav Bharat
43. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army
called ‘Free Indian Legion’?
a. Lala Hardayal
b. Rashbehari Bose
c. Subhash Chandra Bose
d. V.D. Savarkar
44. When gandhji was arrested during Salt Satyagraha who took his place as the
leader of movement?
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Sardar Patel
c. Abul Kalam Azad
d. Abbas Tyyabji
45. The Royal Indian navy ratings revolted in February 1946 to protest against:
a. The treatment meted out to them
b. The punishment meted out to the INA officials
c. The firing o some ratings of the HMS Talwar
d. The Government’s suppression of Congress activities
46. The INA trials took place in the:
a. Old Secretariat, Delhi
b. Red Fort, Delhi
c. Ahmednagar Fort
d. Parliament House, Delhi
47. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, the Simon Commission was appointed
to:
a. Examine the working of the reforms of 1919
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b. Determine the relations of the British Government with the Indian states
c. Review the provisions of the Rowlatt Act.
d. Explore the possibility of granting dominion status to India
48. The failure of the Wavell Plan was mainly because
a. Of lack of support from the British Government
b. The Congress and Muslims could not reach an agreement
c. The League was adamant over getting Pakistan
d. Of all the above
49. Moplah rebellion of 1921 took place in:
a. Assam
b. Kashmir
c. Kerala
d. North-West Frontier Province
50. In 1943, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose provisional Government of
Independent India (Azad Hind) in:
a. Rangoon
b. Tokyo
c. Singapore
d. Vienna
51. 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
52. Gandhji started Satyagraha movement in 1919 in protest against the:
a. Simon Commission
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b. Champaran wrongs
c. Enactment of Rowalatt Act
d. Colonial exploitation of India
53. Who conceived the idea of Pakistan?
a. Asaf Ali
b. Chowdhary Rahmat Ali
c. Mohd. Ali Jinnah
d. H.S. Suharwardhy
54. The Prime Minister of British at the time of India’s independence was:
a. Lord Mountbatten
b. Winston Churchill
c. Ramsay Macdonald
d. Clement Attlee

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