1- Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Mahatma Gandhi?

 A.Annie Besant
 B.Mridula Sarabhai
 C.Nuthu Lakshmi
 D.Sarojini Naidu
 E.None of these
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2- In which of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of
Hunger Strike as a weapon?
 A.Ahmedabad Strike, 1918
 B.Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
 C.Non-Co-Opearation Movement, 1920-22
 D.Baroli Satyagraha, 1928
 E.None of these
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3- From where did Archarya Vinoba Bhave start the individual Satyagraha in 1940?
 A.Nadiad in Gujarat
 B.Paunar in Maharashtra
 C.Adyar in Tamil Nadu
 D.Guntur in Andhra Pradesh
 E.None of these
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4- Which one of the following writings is NOT related to Mahatma Gandhi?
 A.My Experiments with Truth
 B.Harijan
 C.The Holy Family
 D.Hind Swaraj
 E.None of these
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5- The book “Unto this Last” which influenced Gandhi was authorized by?
 A.Boris Yeltsin
 B.John Ruskin
 C.Pushkin
 D.Ruskin Bond
 E.None of these
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6- Moti Lal Nehru and Chitta Ranjan (C.R.) Das were the founder members of the?
 A.Communist Party in India
 B.Forward Bloe
 C.Socialist Swarajist Party
 D.Swarajya Party
 E.None of these
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7- Gandhi considered Khadi as a symbol of?
 A.Industialisation
 B.Economic Independence
 C.Economic Growth
 D.Moral Purity
 E.None of these
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8- India wins Freedom is the autobiography of?
 A.Abul Kalam Azad
 B.Muhammad Ali
 C.Zakir Hussain
 D.Syed Ahmed Khan
 E.None of these
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9- The Round Table Conference at London met for the decision of?
 A.A future constitution of India
 B.Provision of Provincial Autonomy
 C.Gandhi’s demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement
 D.Congress Claim to be sole representative of Indians
 E.None of these
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10- Sarvodaya stands for?
 A.Total revolution
 B.Non-Co-Operation
 C.Upliftment of all
 D.Non-Violence
 E.None of these

11- In which city of South Africa was Mahatma Gandhi beaten up and thrown off the
pavement by the white people?
 A.Cape Town
 B.Durban
 C.Johannesburg
 D.Pretoria
 E.None of these
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12- Who attend the Congress of Oppressed Nationalist at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of
the National Congress?
 A.Jawaharlal Nehru
 B.Mahatma Gandhi
 C.Dr. Ansari
 D.Moti Lal Nehru
 E.None of these
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13- Gandhiji was the staunch supporter of?
 A.big industries
 B.cottage industries
 C.both a and b
 D.only b
 E.None of these
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14- Who was the last British Viceroy of India?
 A.Lord Lintithgrow
 B.Lord Wavell
 C.Clement Atlee
 D.Lord Mountbatten
 E.None of these
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15- The Swarajya Party was formed following the failure of?
 A.Non Co operation Movement
 B.Civil Disobedience Movement
 C.Quit India Movement
 D.Champaran Satyagraha
 E.None of these
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16- Who was the President of Indian National Congress when the Mountbatten Plan
was accepted?
 A.Jawaharlal Nehru
 B.Sardar Patel
 C.Maulana Azad
 D.J.B. Kripalani
 E.None of these
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17- Provincial Authonomy was one of the important features of the Act of?
 A.1935
 B.1919
 C.1909
 D.1858
 E.None of these
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18- Who declared as his ultimate aim the "wiping of every tear from every eye"?
 A.Jawaharlal Nehru
 B.M.K. Gandhi
 C.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 D.Sardar Patel
 E.None of these
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19- In ends and means relationship, Gandhiji believed?
 A.Means determine the ends
 B.Means become good if they serve the ends
 C.Ends is everything no matter what or how the means are
 D.Ends and means are watertight compartments
 E.None of these
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20- Bhulabhai Desai’s most memorable achievement was his defence of the Indian
National Army (INA) personnel at the Red Fort Trial towards the ends of?
 A.1943
 B.1944
 C.1945
 D.1946
 E.None of these
21- Mahatma Gandhi’s remark “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank’s is regarding
the proposals of"?
 A.Simon Commission
 B.Cripps Mission
 C.Cabinet Mission
 D.Wavel Plan
 E.None of these
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22- Under whose leadership was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934?
 A.Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi
 B.Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narayan
 C.Subhas Chandra Bose and P.C. Joshi
 D.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Rajendra Prasad
 E.None of these
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23- The issue on which the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 was launched was?
 A.Equal employment opportunities for Indians
 B.The proposed execution of Bhagat Singh
 C.Salt monopoly exercised by the British Government
 D.Complete freedom
 E.None of these
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24- Who was the author of the book “My Experiments with truth”?
 A.Aurobindo Ghosh
 B.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 C.M.K. Gandhi
 D.Vinoba Bhave
 E.None of these
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25- Gandhiji movement of boycotting the foreign goods aimed at?
 A.Full independence
 B.Creating anti-British sentiment
 C.Promotion of cottage industry
 D.Promotion of welfare state
 E.None of these
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26- After the Chauri-Chaura incident, Gandhi suspended the?
 A.Civil Disobedience Movement
 B.Khilafat Movement
 C.Non-Co-Operation Movement
 D.Quit India Movement
 E.None of these
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27- India attained “Dominion States” on?
 A.15th Jan, 1947
 B.15th Aug, 1947
 C.15th Aug, 1950
 D.15th Oct, 1947
 E.None of these
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28- Who called Gandhi “Half Naked Beggar”?
 A.Mountbatten
 B.Hastings
 C.Winston Churchill
 D.Jinnah
 E.None of these
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29- The final arrangements for the India’s independence were worked out by the?
 A.Cabinet Mission
 B.Simon Commission
 C.Gandhi-Irwin Pact
 D.Cripps Mission
 E.None of these
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30- With which of the following newspaper was Jawaharlal Nehru associated?
 A.The leader
 B.Amrit Bazar Patrika
 C.The Tribune
 D.National Herald
 E.None of these

31- Which of the following days was declaraed as the “International Day of Non-
voilence” by the UNO?
 A.Aug, 15
 B.Oct, 2
 C.Nov, 12
 D.Oct, 26
 E.Jan, 30
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32- Dyarchy in the provincial Government was established by the?
 A.Act of 1892
 B.Act of 1909
 C.Act of 1919
 D.Act of 1935
 E.None of these
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33- During India’s freedom struggle, which one of fthe following led to the first “All India
Hartal”?
 A.Protest against Rowlatt Act
 B.Protest against Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre
 C.Trail of Mahatma Gandhi
 D.Arrival of Simon Commission
 E.None of these
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34- On which one of the following dates Jawaharlal Nehru unfurl the tri-colour national
flag on the banks of the Ravi as the clock struck the midnight?
 A.31st Dec, 1929
 B.26th Jan, 1930
 C.31st Dec, 1931
 D.26th Jan, 1933
 E.None of these
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35- The famous INA trials took place in the Red Fort, Delhi in?
 A.1945
 B.1946
 C.1944
 D.1947
 E.None of these
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36- Who among the following had headed the group of advocates to argue the case on
behalf of the Indian National Army in 1946 in the Red Fort trails?
 A.Bhulabhai Desai
 B.Kailash Nath Katju
 C.Tej Bahadur Sapru
 D.Jawaharlal Nehru
 E.None of these
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37- Who among the following was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his Political Guru?
 A.Dadabhai Naoroji
 B.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 C.Pheroz Shah Mehta
 D.Gopal Krishn Gokhle
 E.None of these
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38- Where was the first Peasant Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi?
 A.Bardoli
 B.Dandi
 C.Champaran
 D.Wardha
 E.None of these
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39- Who among the following was a founder of the Swaraj Party?
 A.Vallabh Bhai Patel
 B.Rajendra Prasad
 C.C.R. Das
 D.Narendra Dev
 E.None of these
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40- During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of the
underground activities in?
 A.Bardoli Satyagraha
 B.Quit India Movement
 C.Civil Disobedience Movement
 D.Khilafat Movement
 E.None of these
41- Who was the Governor General of India during the launch of Civil Disobedience
Movement?
 A.Lord Chelmsford
 B.Lord Reading
 C.Lord Irwin
 D.Lord Wavell
 E.None of these
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42- Which one of the following movement started from Dandi March?
 A.Swadeshi Movement
 B.Non-Co-Operation Movement
 C.Civil Disobedience Movement
 D.Quit India Movement
 E.None of these
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43- Who prescribed the separate electorates for India on the basis of the Communal
Award in August 1932?
 A.Lord Irwin
 B.Ramsay Mac Donald
 C.Lord Linlithgrow
 D.Winston Churchill
 E.None of these
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44- Which one of the following slogans is attributed to Subhash Chandra Bose?
 A.Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
 B.Bande Mataram
 C.Jai Hind
 D.Inquilab Zindabad
 E.None of these
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45- Who among the following has authored the book “Hind Swaraj”?
 A.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 B.Mahatma Gandhi
 C.Gopal Krishna Gokhle
 D.M.G. Ranade
 E.None of these
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46- Who was the first woman President of India National Congress?
 A.Annie Besant
 B.Aruna Asaf Ali
 C.Saroijini Naidu
 D.Vijayalaxmi Pandit
 E.None of these
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47- In the year 1946, who among the following joined the Viceroy’s Executive Council
with finance portfolio?
 A.Mohammad Ali Jinnah
 B.Liaqat Ali Khan
 C.Nawab Salimullah
 D.Shaukat Ali
 E.None of these
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48- During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India were the great martyrs Bhagat Singh,
Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged?
 A.Lord Curzon
 B.Lord Irwin
 C.Lord Minto
 D.Lord Chelmsford
 E.None of these
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49- During Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following happened earliest?
 A.Simon Commission
 B.Gaya Session of Congress
 C.Tripura Session of Congress
 D.Gandhi-Irwin Pact
 E.None of these
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50- The Rani Jhansi Regiment, the women’s regiment of Azad Hind Fauj, was under
whose command?
 A.Usha Mehta
 B.Anne Marcarence
 C.Annie Besant
 D.Lakshmi Sehgal
 E.None of these
51- Who among the following was elected as the President of All India Khilafat
Conference met at Delhi in November, 1919?
 A.Motilal Nehru
 B.Mahatma Gandhi
 C.M.A. Jinnah
 D.Shaukat Ali
 E.None of these
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52- Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?
 A.Sir Stafford Cripps
 B.A.V. Alexander
 C.Redcliff
 D.Pethwick Lawrence
 E.None of these
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53- Who among the following Urdu poets was invited to the Second and Third Round
Table Commission?
 A.Faiz Ahmad Faiz
 B.Josh Malihabadi
 C.Muhammad Iqbal
 D.Firaq Gorakhpuri
 E.None of these
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54- When Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor General of free India, who
among the following became the Governor General for Pakistan?
 A.Lord Mountbatten
 B.M.A. Jinah
 C.Liaquat Ali khan
 D.Shaukat Ali
 E.None of these
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55- Which one of the following Commissions/Committees was appointed by the British
Government to investigate in to the massacre in Jallianwala Bagh?
 A.Welby Commission
 B.Hunter Commission
 C.Simon Commission
 D.Butler Commission
 E.None of these
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56- Cabinet Mission was presided over by?
 A.Lord Atlee
 B.Stafford Cripps
 C.Clement Atlee
 D.Pathic Lawrence
 E.None of these
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57- Jai Prakash Narayan belonged to which party?
 A.Congress
 B.Kisan Sabha
 C.Socialist
 D.Raivadi
 E.None of these
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58- Who of the following shot dead General Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh
Massacre?
 A.Khudiram
 B.Bhagat Singh
 C.Madan Lal Dhingra
 D.Udham Singh
 E.None of these
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59- Quit India Movement was led by?
 A.B.R. Ambedkar
 B.Jawaharlal Nehru
 C.Mahatma Gandhi
 D.Sardar Patel
 E.None of these
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60- The mantra “Do or Die” given by?
 A.P.C. Roy
 B.J.C. Bose
 C.C.V. Raman
 D.Mahatma Gandhi
 E.None of these
61- Bhagat Singh, Rajgurua and Sukhdev were hanged on?
 A.March 23, 1931
 B.March 23, 1932
 C.March 23, 1933
 D.March 23, 1934
 E.None of these
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62- Where was Azad Hind Fauj set up?
 A.Japan
 B.Burma
 C.Singapore
 D.England
 E.None of these
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63- Who is known as Lok Nayak?
 A.Mahatma Gandhi
 B.Subhash Chandra Bose
 C.Jai Prakash Narayan
 D.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 E.None of these
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64- Which incident led Gandhiji to withdraw Non-Co-Operation Movement?
 A.Kakori Episode
 B.Chauri-Chaura episode
 C.Jallianwala Bagh episode
 D.Muzaffarpur episode
 E.None of these
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65- The Poona Pact aimed?
 A.at Hindu-Muslim Unity
 B.to represent to lower cast
 C.at privileges to princes
 D.to review the Dyarchy
 E.None of these
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66- The massacre of the crowd at Jallianwala Bagh at Amristar took place on?
 A.1st June, 1918
 B.13th April, 1919
 C.14th April, 1920
 D.6th July, 1921
 E.None of these
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67- The Second Round Table Conference at London was held at the backdrop of the?
 A.Emerson-Gandhi Pact
 B.Hailey-Gandhi Pact
 C.Gandhi-Irwin Pact
 D.Gandhi-Simon Pact
 E.None of these
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68- Mahatma Gandhi’s close English compatriot during the freedom movement was?
 A.Thomas Moore
 B.A.O.Hume
 C.Charlie Freer (C.F) Andrews
 D.William Wavell
 E.None of these
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69- The first and last Indian to hold office as Government General of Independence
India was?
 A.Jamanalal Bajaj
 B.C. Rajagopalachari
 C.Rajendra Prasad
 D.M.A. Ansari
 E.None of these
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70- The Prime Minister of England at the time of Quit India Movement was?
 A.Chamberlain
 B.Churchill
 C.Clement Attlee
 D.Mac Donald
 E.None of these

71- Which Congress President negotiated with both Cripps Mission and Lord Wavell?
 A.Abul Kalam Azad
 B.Jawaharlal Nehru
 C.J.B. Kripalani
 D.C. Rajagopalachari
 E.None of these
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72- Which among the following capitalist served as AICC Treasurer for a long time and
went to jail in 1930?
 A.G. D. Birla
 B.Jamanalal Bajaj
 C.J. R. D. Tata
 D.Balchand Hirachand
 E.None of these
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73- At which place in Bihar was the session of Indin National Congress of 1922 held?
 A.Haripura
 B.Patna
 C.Gaya
 D.Ramgarh
 E.None of these
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74- At which place of Bihar, Gandhi Ji started Satyagarh movement for the first time in
India?
 A.Patna
 B.Gaya
 C.Madhubani
 D.Champaran
 E.None of these
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75- When was Rowlatt Act passed?
 A.1919
 B.1920
 C.1921
 D.1922
 E.None of these
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76- Gandhi launched the Non-Co-Operation movement in:
 A.1920
 B.1919
 C.1921
 D.1922
 E.None of these
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77- Quit India Movement began on:
 A.9th Aug, 1942
 B.10th Aug, 1942
 C.15th Aug, 1942
 D.16th Aug, 1942
 E.None of these
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78- The name of the periodical among the following published by Mahatma Gandhi
during his stay in South Africa?
 A.Navijivan
 B.India Gazette
 C.Africaner
 D.Indian Opinion
 E.None of these
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79- The main reason for the boycott of Simon Commission in India was?
 A.Appointment before time
 B.All the members were Englishmen
 C.Chairman was a member of the British Liberal Party
 D.Gandhiji’s Non-Co-Operation
 E.None of these
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80- Dyarchy was first introduced in India under?
 A.Government of India Act, 1935
 B.Morley-Minto Reforms
 C.Mont-Ford Reforms
 D.Simon Commission Plan
 E.None of these
81- Poona Pact was signed between?
 A.Gandhiji and Lord Irwin
 B.Gandhiji and Jinnah
 C.Gandhiji and S.C. Bose
 D.Gandhiji and Ambedkar
 E.None of these
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82- The freedom fighter who died in jail due to the hunger strike was?
 A.Bhagat Singh
 B.Bipin Chandra Pal
 C.Jatin Das
 D.Subash Chandra Bose
 E.None of these
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83- Who among the following said “Mahatma Gandhi, like fleeting Phantom raises dust
but not the level?
 A.Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
 B.M.A. Jinnah
 C.V.D. Srvarkar
 D.Subash Chandra Bose
 E.None of these
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84- The province where the Indian Congress could not get absolute majority during the
general election of 1937 was?
 A.Bombay
 B.Assam
 C.Orissa
 D.Bihar
 E.None of these
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85- Who among the following Pakistani National was awarded “Bharat Ratna” by the
Indian Government?
 A.Liaquat Ali khan
 B.M.A. Jinnah
 C.Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
 D.Muhammad Iqbal
 E.None of these
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86- Who were directly related to the Poona Pact of 1932?
 A.Indian Women
 B.Indian Labour Class
 C.Indian Farmmers
 D.Indian Depressed Classes
 E.None of these
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87- Who is the author of the autobiography “The Indian Struggle”?
 A.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
 B.Jawahar Lal
 C.Lala Lajpat Rai
 D.Subhash Chandra Bose
 E.None of these
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88- "There is going to be a revolution here (in India) and we must get out quick"; who
said this?
 A.Stafford Cripps
 B.Lord Pathoric Lawarence
 C.Lord Wavell
 D.A.V. Alexander
 E.None of these
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89- Who was nominated President of the Indian National Congress after the resignation
of Subhash Chandra Bose?
 A.Abul Kalam Azad
 B.Rajendra Prasad
 C.Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
 D.Vallabhbhai Patel
 E.None of these
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90- The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was?
 A.Non Co-Operation Movement
 B.Salt Movement
 C.Quit Indian Movement
 D.Indigo Movement
 E.None of these

91- Who had founded the Independent League?

 A.Motilal Nehru
 B.Mahatma Gandhi
 C.Ras Behari Bose
 D.Lala Lajpat Rai
 E.None of these
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92- During India’s struggle for independence who was the first to start “Satyagraha”?
 A.Sardaer Patel
 B.Jawaharlal Nehru
 C.Vinoba Bhave
 D.Mahatma Gandhi
 E.None of these
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93- Sabarmati Ashram, established by Mahatma Gandhi during the course of India’s
Independence movement is located on the outskirt of?
 A.Gandhinagar
 B.Ahmedabad
 C.Rajkot
 D.Wardha
 E.None of these
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94- Who of the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after
India attended freedom?
 A.C. Rajagopalachari
 B.Acharya B. Kripalani
 C.Mahatma Gandhi
 D.Jai Prakash Narayan
 E.None of these
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95- Gandhiji took up Dandi March as the Civil Disobedience Movement on?
 A.31st Dec, 1929
 B.26th Jan, 1930
 C.12th Mar, 1930
 D.6th April, 1930
 E.None of these
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96- Who was the first person to observe individual Satyagraha?
 A.Vinoba Bhave
 B.Mahatma Gandhi
 C.Vallabh Bhai Patel
 D.Govind Ballabh Pant
 E.None of these
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97- Who wrote "Unhappy India"?
 A.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 B.Lala Lajpat Rai
 C.Surrendranath Banerjee
 D.Dadabhai Naoroji
 E.None of these
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98- The Indian National Congress observed Independence Day for the first time on 26th
January in?
 A.1920
 B.1925
 C.1930
 D.1947
 E.None of these
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99- When did Cabinet Mission arrive in India?
 A.1942
 B.1945
 C.1946
 D.1947
 E.None of these
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100- Who among the following was NOT a signatory to the historic Poona Pact of 1932?
 A.B.R. Ambedkar
 B.Madan Mohan Malviya
 C.C. Rajagopalachari
 D.M.K. Gandhi
 E.None of these

01- Who was the first Governor General of Independent India?

 A.C. Rajagopalachari
 B.Warren Hastings
 C.Lord Dalhousie
 D.Lord Mountbatten
 E.None of these
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102- When was the Non-Co-operation Movement suspended?
 A.1940
 B.1932
 C.1922
 D.1920
 E.None of these
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103- Jammu & Kashmir became the integral part of Indian on?
 A.26th Oct, 1947
 B.26th Oct, 1948
 C.26th Nov, 1948
 D.26th Nov, 1949
 E.None of these
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104- Who was the Commander-in-chief of INA before Subhash Chandra Bose?
 A.Giani Pritam Singh
 B.Capt. Mohan Singh
 C.Major Fuzihara
 D.Capt. Suraj Mal
 E.None of these
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105- Gandhiji Chanparan Movement was for?
 A.The security of rights of Harijans
 B.Civil Disobedience Movement
 C.Maintaianing the unity of Hindu Society
 D.Solving the problem of Indigo Workers
 E.None of these
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106- The goal of the Lahore Congress (1929) was?
 A.Self government
 B.Federal government for India
 C.Complete Independence for India
 D.Local Self government for India
 E.None of these
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107- The Muslim League was first gave the call for a separate state of Pakistan in?
 A.1939
 B.1940
 C.1941
 D.1942
 E.None of these
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108- Who was the first Indian Woman to presided over the Indian National Congress?
 A.Sarojini Naidu
 B.Padmaja Naidu
 C.Annie Besant
 D.Pritilata Waddekar
 E.None of these
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109- Montague-Chelsford reforms provided for?
 A.Diarchy
 B.Provincial autonomy
 C.Partial independence
 D.Separate communal electorate
 E.None of these
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110- Who founded All India Harijan Sangh?
 A.Ambedkar
 B.Mahatma Gandhi
 C.Jai Prakash Narayan
 D.Raj Narayan
 E.None of these
111- Aim of the Swarajya Party was to?
 A.Agitate for total freedom
 B.Boycott the Congress moves
 C.Enter the legislature and wreck the Government from within
 D.Resort to extremism
 E.None of these
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112- Who gave the slogan Jai Hind?
 A.M.K. Gandhi
 B.J.L. Nehru
 C.S.C. Bose
 D.B.G. Tilak
 E.None of these
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113- When was Non-Co-Operation Movement called off?
 A.12th Feb, 1922
 B.20th Feb, 1922
 C.19th Feb, 1922
 D.28th Feb, 1922
 E.None of these
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114- Who was the first person to establish an independent Indian Army outside India?
 A.M N Roy
 B.Lala Hardayal
 C.Ras Bihari Bose
 D.S.C. Bose
 E.None of these
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115- Who accompanied Bhagat Singh to bomb at the Centre Legislature Assembly in
Delhi?
 A.Chandra Sekhar Azad
 B.Bagha Jatin
 C.Batukeshwar Dutta
 D.Paramanand
 E.None of these
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116- The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year?
 A.1916
 B.1918
 C.1919
 D.1921
 E.None of these
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117- Who handed over the charge of Indian National Army to Netaji Subhash Chandra
Bose?
 A.Ras Bihari Bose
 B.Mohan Singh
 C.Hardayal
 D.Mahendra Patap
 E.None of these
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118- Who was known as the Frontier Gandhi (Simanta Gandhi)?
 A.Abdul Gaffar Khan
 B.Mahatma Gandhi
 C.Shaukat Ali
 D.Mohammad Ali Jinnah
 E.None of these
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119- When was the Azad Hind Fauj formed?
 A.1st Oct, 1939
 B.10th Aug, 1940
 C.11th May, 1941
 D.1st, Sep, 1942
 E.None of these
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120- Who was called the Iron Man of India?
 A.Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel
 B.Surrendranath Bannerjee
 C.Bipin Chandra Pal
 D.Lala Lajpat Rai
 E.None of these

121- Which one of the following is not a feature of the Government of India Act of 1935?
 A.Diarchy at the centre as well as in the provinces
 B.A bicameral legislature
 C.Provincial autonomy
 D.An all India Federation
 E.None of these
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122- The Indian National Army (INA) came into existence in 1943 in?
 A.Japan
 B.Burma
 C.Singapore
 D.Then Malaya
 E.None of these
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123- The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brainchild of?
 A.W. Churchill
 B.M.A. Jinnah
 C.Lord Mounbatten
 D.V.P. Menon
 E.None of these
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124- Who among the following leaders proposed to adopt complete Independence as
the goal of the congress in the Ahmedabad Session in 1920?
 A.Abul Kalam Azad
 B.Hasrat Mohani
 C.Jawaharlal Nehru
 D.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
 E.None of these
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125- Who among the following organized the famous Chittgong armoury raid?
 A.Laxmi Sehgal
 B.Suya Sen
 C.Batukeshwar Datta
 D.J.M. Sengupta
 E.None of these
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126- The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of?
 A.Cripps Mission
 B.Rajagopalchari
 C.Cabinet Mission Plan
 D.Wavel Plan
 E.None of these
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127- The President of India National Congress at the time of partition of India was?
 A.Rajagopalchari
 B.J.B. Kripalani
 C.Jawaharlal Nehru
 D.Maulana Abul KalamAzad
 E.None of these
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128- Who headed the Interim Cabinet formed in the year 1946?
 A.Rajendra Prasad
 B.Jawaharlal Nehru
 C.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
 D.Rajagopalchari
 E.None of these
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129- The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was:
 A.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
 B.Mahatma Gandhi
 C.Vitthalbhai Patel
 D.Mahadev Desai
 E.None of these
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130- In which one of the following provinces was a congress ministry not formed under
the Act of 1935?
 A.Bihar
  B.Madras
 C.Orissa
 D.Punjab
 E.None of these
131- Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?
 A.Lord Irwin
 B.Lord Reading
 C.Lord Chelmsford
 D.Lord Wavel
 E.None of these
1. Who was the Governor General of India when the first war of
India’s independence broke out in 1857?
Lord Canning

2.The first session of the Indian National Congress was

presided over by:
Womesh Chander Banerjee

3. Who set up the Indian Independence League?

Rash Bihari Bose

4. Who once remarked“ Nehru is patriot while Jinnah is a

Politician”
Mohammed Iqbal

5. Where was the Civil disobedience movement launched

in1922?
Bardoli

6. When was the Non-Cooperation movement suspended?

1922

7. Which movement marked Gandhiji’s entry into national

politics?
Champaran Movement

8. The first weekly paper published by the Indian National

Congress in 1889?
Voice of India

9. Who is the founder of Ghadar party?

Lala Hardayal
10. Name of the commission which was appointed by the
British Government to probe the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
The Hunter Commission.

11. Who was the first to describe the mutiny of 1857 as the
first war of independence?
Vinayak Samodar Savarkar

12. Who was elected as the President of All India Khilafat

Conference held in Delhi in 1919?
Mahatma Gandhi

13.Which renowned musician sung the famous song

“Raghupathi Raghav Rajaram” during the Dandi march?
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar

14.Who founded the “All India Harijan Samaj” in 1932?

Mahatma Gandhi

15. Who gave the slogan “Dilli Chalo” or “Marchto Delhi”?

Subhash Chandra Bose

16. Who presided over the Cabinet Mission?

Sir. P.Lawrence

17. In which session of Indian National Congress, the

moderates and extremists sections of congress reunited?
1916 Lucknow

18. When was the English East India Company established?

1600 A.D

19. Which incident provoked Gandhiji to suspend the Civil

Disobedience Movement?
Chauri Chaura incident

20. Who wrote the book “India’s First War of Independence”?

Vinayak Samodar Savarkar

21. What was the agenda of the Round Table Conference

(1930-1932)?
Discuss the Simon Commission Report
22. At which session of the Indian National Congress was
“Vande Mataram” sung for the firsttime?
1896 Session

23. Who gave the slogan” Give me blood and I promise you
freedom”?
Subhash Chandra Bose

24. When did the Government of the English East India

Company come to anend?
1858 A.D

25. Where did the Congress Working committee first accept the
idea of the Quit India Movement?
Wardha

26.When did Indian National Congress adopt the resolution of

“self Government” for the first time?
1906

27. Which leader died on the day the Non cooperation

movement was launched in1920?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak

28. In 1938, Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as the

president of Indian National Congress defeating Gandhiji’s
candidate. Who was this candidate?
Pattabhi Sita Ramayya

29. Who is the only Keralite to become the President of Indian

National Congress?
Chettur Sankaran Nair

30.Which year onwards Gandhi Jayanthi is celebrated as

international nonviolence day?
2007

31. The only national leader who was infavour of the Cripp’s
plan and the acceptance of the principle of Pakistan?
C.Rajagopalachari

32. Which session of Indian National Congress passed

resolution on national economic programme and on
fundamental rights and duties?
Karachi session of 1931

33.Who was proclaimed as the emperor of India during the

great Indian Mutiny of 1857?
Bahadur Shah II

34. When did Indian National Congress adopt a resolution

demanding complete independence for the first time?
1929

35. Who was the viceroy of India when Montague- Chelmsford

reforms were introduced?
Lord Chelmsford

36. What is the nick name of the English East India Company?
John Company

37. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain during the Revolt of
1857?
Lord Palmerstone

38.Where was the Provisional Government of Independent

India (Azad Hind)formed?
Singapore

39. In which act, the rule of East India Company ended in

India?
Govt. of India Act, 1858

40. The Kakinada session of the Indian National Congress,

which inspired the launch of the Vaikom Satyagraha , was held
in :
1923

41.The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of :

Lord Linlithgow

42. Who founded the Indian League?

Shishir Kumar Ghose

43. The famous INA trials took place at the Red Fort,Delhi in?
1945

44. Who wrote the book “The origin of the Indian National
 Congress”?
Pattabhi Sita Ramayya

45. Who was the leader of the Revolt of 1857 at Jagadishpur?

Kunwar Singh

46. “The congress is in reality a civil war without arms” Who

said this?
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

47. The second visit of Simon Commission was in?

1929

48. Name the viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was
repealed?
Lord Reeding

49. Who was the president of the Indian National Congress in

the Gaya Session of 1922?
C.R.Das

50. When did Gandhiji start the Sabarmati Ashram?

1916
 1.
When India Get Freedom?

1. A.

15 August 1947

2. B.

14 August 1947

3. C.

26 January 1930

4. D.

26 January 1950

 2.
 Before Independence there were approximately 568 Princely states in India. Which was the largest Prince

1. A.

Jammu and Kashmir

2. B.

Junagarh

3. C.

Hyderabad

4. D.

Mysore

 3.
A gifted scholar who was selected to the prestigious ICS, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose later founded his
India from British rule. Pick the name of this party.
 Discuss
1. A.

Gadr Party

2. B.

All India Forward Bloc

3. C.

INA

4. D.

Swaraj Party

 4.
On April 8, 1929 Bhagat Singh and an accomplice threw bombs in the Central Assembly Hall while the A
Bhagat Singh and the second revolutionary, deliberately courted arrest by refusing to run away from the s

1. A.
 Sukhdev

2. B.

Batukeshwar Dutt

3. C.

Rajguru

4. D.

Chandrashekhar Azad

 5.
Who wrote the Lyrics of the Indian National Anthem?

1. A.

Annie Besant

2. B.

Ram Prasad Bismil

3. C.

Rabindranath Tagore

4. D.

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

 6.
Which Indian academician, activist and social reformer was Mahatma Gandhi’s mentor?

1. A.

Ram Manohar Lohia

2. B.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

 3. C.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

4. D.

Gopal Krishan Gokhale

 7.
Who gave the title "Mahatma" to Gandhi and referred to him as "Maharaj"?

1. A.

Gopal Krishna Gokhle

2. B.

Lala Lajpat Rai

3. C.

Rabindranath Tagore

4. D.

Jawahar Lal Nehru

 8.
In his teens Gandhi had a friend who often told him if he ate meat, he would
grow stronger. Gandhi also picked up smoking from him for a while. Later
Gandhi wrote a letter to his father and apologized. Who was this friend?

1. A.

Ali Zafaria

2. B.

Shiekh Mehtab

3. C.

Kushal Bhai Patel

 4. D.

Sakib Gadafi

 9.
To represent which company's case did Gandhi go to Durban, South Africa in
1893?

1. A.

Oscars, Wilder and Stones Co.

2. B.

Bombay Oil Company

3. C.

Dada, Abdulla & Co.

4. D.

TATA Birla Group

 10.
At which railway station was Gandhi thrown out of the train on his way to
Pretoria?

1. A.

Durban

2. B.

Pieter Maritzburg

3. C.

Natal

4. D.

Johanesburg
 11.
After winning the law suit he was representing in South Africa, Gandhi decided
to return to India. But some one placed a copy of a journal in his luggage at his
farewell party. Reading it, Gandhi dropped the idea and stayed back to work
for the Indian community in South Africa. Name the journal.
Discuss

1. A.

The Indian Star

2. B.

Natal Mercury

3. C.

The Natal & Durban Times

 12.
On Gandhi's suggestion, which organization was formed in 1894 by the Indian
community in South Africa?

1. A.

Transvaal British Indian Association

2. B.

Natal Indian Congress

3. C.

Hindu Association

 13.
In 1910, Hermann Kallenbach, a white farmer donated his farm near
Johannesburg to Gandhi where he established an 'ashram'. What was the
name of this 'ashram'?

1. A.

Phoenix Settlement
 2. B.

Tolstoy Farm

3. C.

Indian Commune & Association

4. D.

Sabarmati Ashram

 14.
Who advised Gandhi to be on a 'probation' period of one year and travel
throughout India before leading India's political movement?

1. A.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

2. B.

Gopal Krishna Gokhle

3. C.

Sir Pherozeshah Mehta

4. D.

Abul Kalam Azad

 15.
When did Gandhi take the vow of 'brahmacharya' or celibacy for life?

1. A.

1899

2. B.

1906

3. C.
 1921

4. D.

1905

 16.
In 1915, Gandhi was awarded a medal which he returned to the Government
in 1920 as a gesture of non cooperation towards the British Government.
Name the medal.

1. A.

King George Cross

2. B.

Viceroy's Medal

3. C.

Kaiser-i-Hind

 17.
In May 1916, Gandhi was invited to speak at laying of the foundation stone of
which university?

1. A.

Banaras Hindu University

2. B.

Jamia Milia Islamia

3. C.

Calicut University

4. D.

Ram Krishna Mission

 18.
 The book "Unto This Last" greatly captivated and transformed Gandhi. He later
translated it into Gujarati. Who was its author?
Discuss

1. A.

John Ruskin

2. B.

Ruskin Short

3. C.

Lev Tolstoy

4. D.

Rudyard Kipling

 19.
Subhas Chandra Bose was elected president of the Congress in 1938 with
Gandhi's goodwill. He wanted a second term, but Gandhi did not approve of it.
Despite this disapproval, Bose fought the election and won, defeating the
official candidate by over 200 votes. Gandhi took it as a personal defeat. Who
was the defeated candidate?
Discuss

1. A.

Jawaharlal Nehru

2. B.

Pattabhi Sitaramayya

3. C.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

4. D.

Mahatma Gandhi
 20.
Gandhi's autobiography "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" was
originally written in Gujarati. Who translated it into English?

1. A.

Mahadev Desai

2. B.

M K Patel

3. C.

Shankar Lal Shah

4. D.

Mahadevi Verma

 21.
How old was Gandhi when he was shot dead by Nathu Ram Godse on
Januray 30, 1948?

1. A.

78 years

2. B.

81 years

3. C.

75 years

4. D.

72

 22.
Soon after Independence the Congress president saluted Gandhi as "The
maker of freedom achieved in a unique way" and "never before was so great
 an event consummated with such little bloodshed and violence." Who was this
Congress president?

1. A.

Madan Mohan Malviya

2. B.

J B Kriplani

3. C.

Acharaya Narendra Dev

 23.
Following his differences with Gandhi, Subhas Chandra Bose resigned from
the presidentship of the India National Congress to formed a new party in
1939. Identify the party ?

1. A.

Forward Bloc

2. B.

Indian Socialist Front

3. C.

Indian Workers & Peasants Union

 24.
Who commented "Mr Gandhi's religious and moral views are, I believe,
admirable, but I confess that I find it difficult to understand the practice of them
in politics."

1. A.

Lord Reading

2. B.

Sir Stafford Cripps

 3. C.

Sir John Simon

 25.
After Independence in 1947, Gandhi felt the Congress had outlived its
usefulness. To keep it away from unhealthy competition with political parties
and communal bodies, Gandhi sketched a draft constitution for the Congress
to transform it into a social organization. What was it called?

1. A.

Bharat Vikas Sanghatan

2. B.

Lok Sevak Sangh

3. C.

Lok Vikas Sangh

Topicwise Questions - Freedom Fighters

Multiple Choice Questions - Freedom Fighters
1. Who of the following was considered by the British to be The Father of Indian Unrest?

a. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

b. Lokmanya Tilak
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
d. Madan Mohan Malaviya

2. Who succeeded Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as the 2nd Home minister of India?

a. Abul Kalam Azad

b. Madan Mohan Malaviya
c. C Rajagopalachari
d. None of the above
3. Gyan Prasarak Mandali, an organization dedicated to the education of the adult was formed by
–

a. G K Gokhale
b. M M Malviya
c. Dadabhai Naoroji
d. Lokmanya Tilak

4. In which language was Kesari, a newspaper started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak published?

a. Marathi
b. Hindi
c. English
d. Both (B) and (C)

5. Hitavada, the newspaper started by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1911 was initially published
from –

a. Mumbai
b. Pune
c. Sholapur
d. Nagpur

6. Do or Die was one of the most powerful slogans of India’s freedom struggle. Who gave it?

a. Gandhiji
b. J. L. Nehru
c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d. Subhash Chandra Bose

7. Dadabhai Naoroji was the first Indian to be appointed as a Professor at Elphinstone College in

a. Mumbai
b. London
c. Delhi
d. Stuttgart
8. Who founded the Deccan Education Society to impart teachings about India culture to India’s
youth?

a. Dadabhai Naoroji
b. Lokmanya Tilak
c. Motilal Nehru
d. C Rajagopalachari

9. Which of the following newspapers was started by Motilal Nehru in 1919?

a. Voice of India
b. The Leader
c. Young India
d. Independent

10. Three of the following were awarded the Bharat Ratna in the same year. Who was awarded
much later?

a. C Rajagopalachari
b. S Radhakrishnan
c. Abul Kalam Azad
d. CV Raman

11. In which year was the Banaras Hindu University established by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya?

a. 1914
b. 1916
c. 1919
d. 1920

12. Who was the chairman of All Parties Conference which put up a draft constitution
recommending full dominion status for India?

a. Motilal Nehru
b. Dadabhai Naoroji
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
 d. Rajagopalachari

13. In 1923, who of the following became the youngest person to be elected the President of the
Indian National Congress?

a. Motilal Nehru
b. Abul Kalam Azad
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
d. M M Malaviya

14. Who was elected the first President of All India Trade Union Congress in 1920?

a. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

b. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
d. Dadabhai Naoroji

15. In 1905, who founded the Servants of India Society, aimed at promoting education,
sanitation, health care as well as fighting social evils?

a. Lokmanya Tilak
b. G K Gokhale
c. Frontier Gandhi
d. Lala Lajpat Rai

16. Lala Lajpat Rai died as a result of injuries during the protest against the visit of –

a. King George V
b. Simon Commission
c. Cripps Mission
d. Queen Victoria

17. Match the parties with their founders

 Party Founder
1. Swatantra Party a. Lala Lajpat Rai
2. Congress Independence
b. Motilal Nehru
Party
c. C
3. Swaraj Party
Rajagopalachari

a. 1-c; 2-b; 3-c

b. 1-b; 2-a; 3-c
c. 1-a; 2-c; 3-b
d. 1-c; 2-a; 3-b

18. Who was one of the main organizers of the Dharasana Satyagraha in 1931, which was a non-
violent raid on Dharasana Salt Works?

a. Madan M Malaviya
b. Lokmanya Tilak
c. Abul Kalam Azad
d. C Rajagopalachari

19. From which place did Madan Mohan Malaviya publish his famous newspaper The Leader?

a. Allahabad
b. Banaras
c. Aligarh
d. Delhi

20. Whose death coincided with the launch of the Non-cooperation Movement in 1920?

a. Dadabhai Naoroji
b. Lokmanya Tilak
c. GK Gokhale
d. Motilal Nehru

21. After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel was given by
 a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Motilal Nehru
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

22. With which of the following leaders is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel equated?

a. Martin Luther
b. Bismarck
c. Cavour
d. Garibaldi

23. Aruna Asaf Ali was associated with which one of the following?

a. Bardoli Satyagraha
b. Civil Disobedience Movement
c. Khilafat Movement
d. Quit India Movement

24. The Home Rule League was started by

a. M. K. Gandhi
b. B. G. Tilak
c. Ranade
d. Veer Savarkar

1) When did the British start ruling India

 Early 1800s but they had started trade in 1600s (East India
Company)

2) Which was the first war of Indian Independence

  Sepoy Mutiny (the reason for the mutiny was supply of greased
cartridges to Indian soldiers which contained fat of cows and pigs
and Doctrine of Lapse).

3) The year and place in which Sepoy Mutiny started

 1857 in Meerut and then spread to other parts of India

4) Leaders in the Sepoy Mutiny

 Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi, Nana Sahib, Tantia Tope

5) When was the Indian National Congress formed

 1885

6) Who formed the Indian National Congress

 A O Hume

7) Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress

 W C Bannerji

8) Whose flag was this?

  Indian National Congress

9) Who was known as “Lokmanya Tilak” (accepted by the people)?

 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

10) Identify the person

 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Name two newspapers started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Kesari and Maratha

12) Who said “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it!” ?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

13) Who was the leader of all leaders in the Indian struggle for freedom
 Mahatma Gandhi

14) When and where was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born?

2nd October 1869 at Porbander, Gujarat

15) Identify the person

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

16) Who was known as the “Father of the Nation”?

Mahatma Gandhi

17) What means did Gandhiji use for the freedom Struggle?

Non-violent means (Ahimsa)

18) Who wrote the book “My Experiments with truth”?

Mahatma Gandhi

19) Who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi?

 Nathuram Godse

20) Who is known as the “Iron Man of India”?

Sardar Vallabhai Patel (He was a lawyer but gave up his

profession to fight for India)

21) Identify the person

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

22) Who was known as “Netaji” ?

Subash Chandra Bose

23) Who founded the Indian National Army?

Subash Chandra Bose

24) Identify the person.

Subash Chandra Bose

25) When and where was the Indian National Army formed?

In 1942 at Singapore with nearly 40,000 men (prisoners of war

from Japan during the second world war)

26) Who said the words “Delhi Chalo”, “Jai Hind” and “Tum mujhe khoon
do mein thumhe Azadi doonga” (Give me blood and I will give you
freedom).

Subhash Chandra Bose

27) Who sang the song “KADAM KADAM BADHAYE JA, KHUSHI KE
GEET GAAYE JA
YE ZINDAGI HAI KAUM KI, TU KAUM PE LOOTYE JA”

Subhash Chandra Bose

28) When did Subash Chandra Bose die?

In 1945 presumably in a plane crash

29) Who is known as Lal Bal Pal?

Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
30) How was Lala Lajpat Rai killed?

He was beaten to death by the police

31) What movement did Lal Bal Pal start?

Swadeshi movement (people should become self-employed and

promote village industries and use only goods made by Indians)

32) Who were the main people involved in the Swadeshi movement?

Lal Bal Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh

33) Identify the person

Lala Lajpat Rai

34) Identify the person.

 Bipin Chandra Pal

35) In which year did the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre happen?

1919 at Jalianwala Bagh, Amritsar

36) What does the picture show?

Bullet marks on the walls of the Jallianwala Bagh premises

37) Who ordered the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

General Dyre

38) What is the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

Murder of hundreds of Indians who had gathered at Jallianwala

Bagh to celebrate Baisakhi. People were killed in the shooting and
the stampede that occurred afterwards.

39) Identify the person.

Bhagat Singh (he died for the country at the age of 30 – died as
a martyr)

40) Identify the person in the picture.

 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (He was one of the most prominent
Muslim leaders to support Hindu-Muslim unity, opposing the
partition of India on communal lines. Following India's
independence, he became the first Minister of Education in the
Indian government.)

41) Who adopted the pen name “Azad”?

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

42) Identify the person

Dr Rajendra Prasad (freedom fighter and the first president of

India)
43) Identify the person

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (Important freedom fighter and first

Prime Minister of India)

44) When and where was Pandit Nehru born?

14th November 1889 at Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

45) Who wrote the books “Glimpses of World History” and “Discovery of
India” ?

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

46) When did India gain Independence?

15th August 1947

47) Who is known by the nickname “Chachaji”?

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

48) How is Nehru’s birthday celebrated every year?

 As Children’s day

49) Identify the person

Lal Bahadur Shastri (He was the second Prime Minister of India)

50) Who said the words “Jai Jawan, Jai Kissan” ?

Lal Bahadur Shastri

51) What is the national motto of India?

Satyameva Jayathe (truth alone triumphs)

52) Identify the person

 Dr B R Ambedkar

53) Who was the main architect of the Indian Constitution?

Dr B R Ambedkar (he was a lawyer)

54) When did India adopt its constitution?

26th January 1950

55) Who was called “Babasaheb”

Dr B R Ambedkar

56) Identify the person

 Dadabhai Naoroji (he was the first British Indian MP – he took
oath on the Avesta (holy book of Parsis)

57) Who was called the “Grand old man of India”?

Dadabhai Naoroji

58) Identify the person.

Chandrashekar Azad
 59) Who were the members of the Hindustan Socialist Republican
Association?

Chandrashekar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru (they

believed in violent methods)

60) Identify the person.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale (he tried to bring social and political reforms in
India)

61) Identify the person

Annie Besant
62) Who founded the Home Rule League?

Annie Besant

63) Identify the person

Sarojini Naidu

64) Name the leader who was responsible for the awakening of the
women of India?

Sarojini Naidu

65) Who wrote the following collections of poems – The broken wing, the
bird of time, the magic tree

Sarojini Naidu

66) Identify the person

 Mohammed Ali Jinnah (he is known as the Father of the Nation
in Pakistan and was the first Governor General of Pakistan)

67) Identify the person

Rabindranath Tagore (he was a freedom fighter and a poet)

68) Who was nicknamed Gurudev?

Rabindranath Tagore

69) Who wrote the well known collection of poems called Gitanjali?
 Rabindranath Tagore

70) Who wrote India’s National Anthem “Jana Gana Mana…”

Rabindranath Tagore

71) Which famous movement did Gandhiji launch in August 1942?

Quit India movement (this was a movement launched to demand

immediate independence to India)

72) Identify the person

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (he opposed the partition of India and
Pakistan)

73) Who was popularly called Badshah Khan or Frontier Gandhi?

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

74) Who led the civil disobedience movement?

 Mahatma Gandhi

75) In which year was the Civil disobedience movement started?

1930 (non violent and passive resistance, disobey certain laws,

refusal to pay taxes, boycotting shops selling foreign goods)

76) When was the Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha)?

March 1930 (the dandi march lasted 24 days, make salt without
paying taxes – the salt satyagraha lasted for about a year)

77) When was the non cooperation movement?

From 1920 to 1922. It was led by Gandhiji. It was aimed to resist

the British occupation of India through Non-violent means.

78) When was the partition of Bengal done?

1905

79) Who was the first Indian Governor General of free India?

C Rajagopalachari

80) Who was the last British Governor General?

Lord Mountbatten

81) Who first used the slogan Inqilab Zindabad?

Bhagat Singh
 1.
The decline of which last pan-Indian empire in the 18th century AD provided the
British to establish a firm foothold in India?

o A.

Sultanate

o B.

Mughal

o C.

Rajput

o D.

Maurya

 2.
Which decisive battle between the East India Company led by Robert Clive and
Bengal, led by Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula in 1757, helped the British have a say in Indian
political affairs?

o A.

Battle of Buxar

o B.

Battle of Plassey

o C.

Battle of Talikot

o D.

Battle of Bengal

 3.
1835 was a key year in the British rule of India - a decision made by the British empire
then has its effects felt to this day. What was the decision taken?
Discuss

o A.

Handover of power from East India company to British Empire

 o B.

Defeat of French forces by East India Company

o C.

Introduction of English as a medium of instruction in Indian schools

o D.

Allowing Indians to travel abroad

 4.
The defeat of which South Indian ruler, in 1799, helped the British to extend their
control to all the southern provinces of India, either directly or indirectly?

o A.

Raja Wodeyar of Mysore

o B.

Nizam of Hyderabad

o C.

Hyder Ali

o D.

Tipu Sultan

 5.
Which watershed event in the Indian Freedom Struggle resulted in the British Empire
taking over control of India from the East India Company which had been directly
controlling British provinces in India till then?

o A.

Sepoy Mutiny of Vellore

o B.

Rebellion of 1857 - also known as the First War of Indian Independence

o C.

Anglo-Mysore Wars
 o D.

Anglo-Sikh Wars

 6.
What was the name of the annexation policy brought about by Lord Dalhousie, the
Governor General of India (1848-1856) that allowed the East Indian Company to
wrest control of any princely state that had sought protection of the Britishers in case
the princely state had a ruler was either incompetent or died without a direct heir?
Discuss

o A.

Doctrine of Lapse

o B.

Doctrine of Dalhousie

o C.

Doctrine of Control

o D.

Doctrine of 1848

 7.
What is Mangal Pandey's role in the First War of Indian Independence?

o A.

He was responsible for leading the capture of Delhi from the British

o B.

He was a revolutionary whose speeches caused the Hindus and Muslims to rise against
the Britishers.

o C.

He was an Indian Sepoy whose act of killing a high ranking British officer inspired Indian
sepoys in Barrackpore and Meerut to rise up against the British in mutiny, signalling the
start of the First War of Indian Independence.

o D.

He was the first man to hurl a country made bomb against a British officer
 8.
To which country did the Britishers exile Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last ruler of the
Mughal Empire, after accusing him of conspiring to overthrow the East India
Company rule along with other participating rulers in the 1857 war of Indian
Independence?

o A.

South Africa

o B.

Ceylon - Currently SriLanka

o C.

Thailand

o D.

Rangoon - Currently Burma

 9.
1885 marked another key year in the years of freedom struggle in India. It marked the
formation of one of the key organizations that spear headed the struggle for freedom.
What organization was it?

o A.

Arya Samaj

o B.

Brahmo Samaj

o C.

Indian National Congress

o D.

All Indian Kisan Sabha

 10.
Which three Indian leaders, who represented the radical faction of Indian National
Congress that demanded 'Purna Swaraj (Complete Freedom) by direct revolution and
civil agitation, were popularly known as Lal, Bal and Pal?

o A.
 Lala Lajpat Rai, Balgangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

o B.

Lala Lajpat Rai, Balgangadhar Tilak and Mahendra Pal

o C.

LalSingh Rai, Balgangadhar Tilak and Mahendra Pal

o D.

LalSingh Rai, Bala Thakur and Mahendra Pal

 1.
Date and time of Battle of Plassey.

o A.

23 September 1956 at 5 pm

o B.

23 June 1757 at 7 am

o C.

19 March 1789 at 7 pm

 2.
Who was Siraj ud Doula's treacherous soldier?

o A.

General Dyer

o B.

Robert Clive

o C.

Mir Jafar

 3.
Why did the Battle of Plassey become famous?

o A.
 Because it was the first major victory the Company won in India.

o B.

Because it was a very fierce battle.

o C.

Because British goods were boycotted after it.

 4.
Which of the following was not done by the indigo planters to the peasants?

o A.

The indigo planters mercilessly forced the peasants to plant indigo instead of food
crops.

o B.

The indigo planters resorted to the destruction of the property of the peasants if
they were unwilling to obey them.

o C.

The indigo planters fired at the peasants for no reason.

 5.
The peaceful gathering in the Jallianwala Bagh was declared illegal by
_____________ .

o A.

Robert Clive

o B.

General Dyer

o C.

Mir Jafar

 6.
What was Gandhiji's famous words near the salt beds in Dandi?
 o A.

‘With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.’

o B.

'This salt will shake the foundations of the British Empire.'

o C.

'Taxes on salt will no longer be taken.'

 7.
The eastern parts of Bengal were separated from the rest of Bengal and added to
____________ .

o A.

Assam

o B.

Bihar

o C.

Orissa

 8.
Which of these was not a strategy of the Swadeshi movement?

o A.

Removing the British Empire from power and improving economic conditions in
India.

o B.

Boycotting British products and the revival of domestic products and production
processes.

o C.

Removing the taxes imposed on salt.

 9.
 In the blue rebellion the indigo planters mercilessly forced the peasants to plant
__________instead of food crops.

o A.

Opium

o B.

Indigo

o C.

Coffee

 10.

Identify the following image.

o A.

Jallianwala bagh massacre

o B.

Swadeshi Movement

o C.

Battle of Plassey

Question 1
Who said that his dream is 'Poorna Swaraj'?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Subhash Chandra Bose
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Question 2

Who said "Give me Blood, I shall give you freedom"?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lala Lajpath Rai
Subhash Chandra Bose
Question 3

In which Round Table Conference was Mahatma Gandhi

present?
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
Question 4

Who was known as Frontier Gandhi?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Gopala Krishna Gokhale
Bipin Chandra Pal
Question 5

Who was the first president of the Indian National

Congress?
Annie Besant
Subhash Chandra Bose
W.C.Banerjee
A.O.Hume
1. “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it” - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

2. “Give me blood, I will give you freedom” - Subhas Chandra Bose

3. “Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable

birth right of all. Labor is the real sustainer of society, the sovereignty of the
ultimate destiny of the workers” - Bhagat Singh

4. “It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the
cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence”- Mahatma Gandhi

5. “Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when
we shall redeem our pledge… At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the
world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom” -Jawaharlal Nehru

6. “If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For
what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland” - Chandra
Shekhar Azad

7. “Mother, I bow to thee! Rich with thy hurrying streams, Bright with orchard
gleams, Cool with thy winds of delight, Green fields waving , Mother of might,
Mother free. Glory of moonlight dreams, Over thy branches and lordly
streams, Clad in thy blossoming trees, Mother, giver of ease, Laughing low
and sweet! Mother I kiss thy feet, Speaker sweet and low! Mother, to thee I
bow” - Bankim Chandra Chaterjee

8. “There is no dream, and if there is, there is only one to see you my children
struggling for the same and for which I am expected to be finished” -
Ashfaqulla Khan

9. “The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of british rule in India” -
Lala Lajpat Rai

10. “We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for
people all over the world”- Lal Bahadur Shastri