500+ MCQ on Indian National Movement Part- I

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In which year, the Danish East India Company was formed?
[A] 1614
[B] 1615
[C] 1616
[D] 1617

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] 1616
Warren Hastings was appointed as the Governor of __________ in 1772.
[A] Bengal
[B] Madras
[C] Bombay
[D] Delhi
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Bengal
The resolutions on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy were passed in which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress?
[A] Belgaum,1934
[B] Lahore,1929
[C] Karachi,1931
[D] Faizpur,1936

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Karachi,1931
Which among the following Viceroys was associated with the ‘Ilbert Bill Controversy’?
[A] Lord Curzon
[B] Lord Lytton
[C] Lord Ripon
[D] Lord Hard

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Lord Ripon
Subhash Chandra Bose was re-elected the President of INC at the Tripuri Session in 1939 by defeating Gandhiji’s candidate:
[A] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
[B] J.B.Kriplani
[C] Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
[D] Nellie Sengupta

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
The pioneer of Communism in India was:
[A] S.A. Dange
[B] M.R. Jayakar
[C] M.N. Roy
[D] Nalin Gupta

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] M.N. Roy
Which among the following great revolutionaries was the brain behind the ‘Chittagong Armoury Raid’?
[A] Ganesh Ghosh
[B] Chandrashekhar Azad
[C] Surya Sen
[D] Lala Hardayal

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Surya Sen
The revolutionary organization ‘Abhinav Bharat Society’ was founded in 1904 by:
[A] Bhagat Singh
[B] Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
[C] Barindra Kumar Ghosh
[D] Pulin Behari Das

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Who among the following was popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
[A] Hasrat Mohani
[B] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[C] Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
[D] Iqbal Khan

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Which Indian mass movement began with the famous ‘Dandi March’ of Mahatma Gandhi?
[A] Khilafat Movement
[B] Non-Cooperation Movement
[C] Civil Disobedience Movement
[D] Quit India Movement

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Civil Disobedience Movement
Who presided over the Karachi Session of Indian National Congress where the resolutions on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy were passed?
[A] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[B] Jawahar Lal Nehru
[C] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
[D] Subhash Chandra Bose

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Who founded the association ‘Naujawan Bharat Sabha’ to help foster revolution against the British Raj by gathering together worker and peasant youth in 1928?
[A] Chandra Shekhar Azad
[B] Surya Sen
[C] Bhagat Singh
[D] V.D.Savarkar

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Bhagat Singh
‘New India’ and ‘Commonweal’ news-papers were started by :
[A] Madan Mohan Malviya
[B] S.Subramaniyam Iyer
[C] Annie Besant
[D] Lala Lajpat Rai

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Annie Besant
In the tenure of which Governor-General an attempt was made for the first time to codify Hindu and Muslim customary laws?
[A] Lord Cornwallis
[B] Warren Hastings
[C] William Bentinck
[D] Charles Metcalfe

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Warren Hastings
The only session of Indian National Congress which was presided by Mahatma Gandhi was held at:
[A] Belgaum
[B] Faizpur
[C] Allahabad
[D] Karachi

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Belgaum
What was the name of the first newspaper to announce the partition of Bengal on July 6th, 1905?
[A] Swaraj
[B] Sanjivani
[C] Kalantar
[D] Anandabazar Patrika

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Sanjivani
Explanation: Sanjivani was started by KK Mitra
In which country Indian Independence Committee was formed during the British Era?
[A] France
[B] UK
[C] Germany
[D] USA

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Germany
Explanation: Indian Independence Committee was also known as the Berlin committee and was formed in Germany in 1914 during world war I by Indian students and political activists. Important activists were Dr. Dhiren Sarkar, Chanji Kersasp, N.S. Marathe, Dr.J.N. Dasgupta, C.Padmanabhan Pillai.
In which year, Land Holder’s society was established in India?
[A] 1806
[B] 1828
[C] 1838
[D] 1850

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] 1838
Explanation: In 1838, Land Holder’s society was founded in Calcutta.
Under which among the following acts, Civil Services started in India?
[A] Charter Act 1813
[B] Charter Act 1833
[C] Charter Act 1853
[D] Charter Act 1793

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Charter Act 1833
Explanation: In 1853, the civil services became an open competition however the exams were conducted in London only.
Which among the following is called the Magna Carta of English education?
[A] Wood’s Despatch
[B] Hartog Committee Report
[C] Minute on Indian Education
[D] None of the above

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Wood’s Despatch
Indian National Movement Notes for WBCS
Who among the following founded the Depressed Classes Mission of India?
[A] Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
[B] Vitthal Ramji Shinde
[C] Annabhau Sathe
[D] Shantabai Kamble

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Vitthal Ramji Shinde
Who among the following was the founder of the Paris Indian Society?
[A] S R Rana
[B] Bhikaji Kama
[C] Taraknath
[D] Lala Hardayal

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Bhikaji Kama
Which among the following organizations published the journal called Indian Sociologists?
[A] India House
[B] Ghadar Party
[C] British Indian Association
[D] Berlin Committee

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] India House
Who among the following is called the father of Nationalism in India?
[A] Raja Rammohan Roy
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Mahatma Gandhi
[D] Dadabhai Naoroji

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Raja Rammohan Roy
Who among the following gave the safety valve theory for Indian National Congress?
[A] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[B] Lala Lajpat Rai
[C] Bipin Chandra Pal
[D] MN Roy

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai used the safety valve theory in “Young India” in 1916 and said that it was a product of the brain of Lord Dufferin.
Who among the following was the first Non-Congress chief minister of India?
[A] Indulal Yagnik
[B] NG Ranga
[C] EMS Naboodiripad
[D] Shankar Dayal Sharma
[C] EMS Naboodiripad

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] EMS Naboodiripad
Which among the following was the immediate cause of the Quit India Movement?
[A] Withdrawal of British from South East Asia
[B] Failure of Cripps Mission
[C] Failure of August Offer
[D] Arrest of Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Failure of Cripps Mission
Who among the following said that “The Rowlatt Act is a Preventive Murder“?
[A] Mahatma Gandhi
[B] Lala Lajpat Rai
[C] Edwin Samuel Montagu
[D] Jawahar Lal Nehru

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Edwin Samuel Montagu
Which among the following cities saw the first instance of Satyagraha in India?
[A] Surat
[B] Kheda
[C] Champaran
[D] Ahmedabad

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Ahmedabad
Which among the following was the First Revolutionary organization of Bengal?
[A] Hindustan Socialist Party
[B] Anushilan Samiti
[C] India House
[D] Jugantar Party

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Anushilan Samiti
“NEW LAMPS FOR OLD” was written by?
[A] Bipin Chandra Pal
[B] Aurobindo Ghosh
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Ashwani Kumar

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Aurobindo Ghosh
Who among these is thought of as a Pioneer of Economic Nationalism?
[A] Madan Mohan Malviya
[B] R.C. Dutt
[C] Bipin Chandra Pal
[D] G.K. Gokhale

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] R.C. Dutt
In which year, Liaquat–Nehru Pact was signed?
[A] 1947
[B] 1949
[C] 1950
[D] 1955

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] 1950
At which among the following places, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India?
[A] Lucknow
[B] Nagpur
[C] Kolkata
[D] Delhi

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Kolkata
Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of Independence?
[A] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
[B] J B Kriplani
[C] Dr. Bhimrao Amedkar
[D] Jawahar Lal Nehru

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] J B Kriplani
In the name of which among the following Mughal emperors, the East India Company struck the first coins in India?
[A] Jahangir
[B] Farrukhsiyar
[C] Muhammad Shah
[D] Jahandar Shah

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Farrukhsiyar
In which of the following session of Indian National Congress Dadabhai Naoroji was elected president for the first time?
[A] Bombay
[B] Calcutta
[C] Lucknow
[D] Karachi

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Calcutta
Who among the following had established a branch of the Muslim League in London?
[A] Aga Khan
[B] Amir Ali
[C] Mohammad Ali Jinnah
[D] Chaudhary Liaqat Ali

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Amir Ali
Who among the following had translated the famous drama Neel Darpan in English?
[A] Madhusudan Datta
[B] Dinabandu Mitra
[C] Harish Chandra Mukherjee
[D] Sisir Kumar Ghose

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Madhusudan Datta
Which among the following organizations was established and led by Latika Ghosh, during the freedom struggle of India?
[A] Mahila Rashtriya Sangha
[B] Rashtriya Stree Sabha
[C] Nari Satyagraha Samiti
[D] Women’s association of Bengal

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Mahila Rashtriya Sangha
Indian National Movement Notes for WBCS
Who committed the most daring murder of Sir Curzon Wyllie in 1907 in a public meeting in London?
[A] B.N. Dutta
[B] M.L. Dhingra
[C] Sardar Ajit Singh
[D] S.C. Chatterjee

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] M.L. Dhingra
Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act?
[A] Lord Lytton
[B] Lord Ripon
[C] Lord Dufferin
[D] Lord Lansdowne

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Lord Ripon
In which year, Submarine Telegraphy System was opened between India and Europe?
[A] 1860
[B] 1862
[C] 1865
[D] 1880

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] 1865
In which of the following sessions, the concession was given by congress to the Muslim League in acceptance of separate electorates in 1916?
[A] Calcutta
[B] Lucknow
[C] Allahabad
[D] Lahore

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Lucknow
After the failure of which among the following movements, the Swaraj Party was formed?
[A] Quit India Movement
[B] Non-cooperation Movement
[C] Civil disobedience Movement
[D] Swadeshi Movement

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Non-cooperation Movement
Who among the following published leaders Sambad Kaumudi”?
[A] Raja Rammohan Roy
[B] Dayanand Saraswati
[C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
[D] Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Raja Rammohan Roy
Who among the following brought the first Printing Machine in India?
[A] Portuguese
[B] French
[C] Dutch
[D] British

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Portuguese
Which among the following was the apex court in India during the British Era?
[A] Federal Court
[B] Presidency Supreme Court
[C] Privy Council
[D] Supreme Court of England

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Privy Council
Which of the following Sikh Guru is known to have completed the Harmandir Sahib?
[A] Guru Arjun Dev
[B] Guru Ram Das
[C] Guru Har Gobind
[D] Guru Amar Das

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Guru Arjun Dev
Who among the following formed the group” Brothers of India”?
[A] Annie Besant
[B] George Feuerstein
[C] H.S. Olcott
[D] Alan Watts

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Annie Besant
In which of the following countries “Subhash Chandra Bose” organized the” Tiger Legion”?
[A] Singapore
[B] Germany
[C] Japan
[D] Italy

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Germany
The Treaty of Surat was in the year _________.
[A] 1475
[B] 1575
[C] 1675
[D] 1775
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] 1775
Under the Government of India _________, the British Crown assumed direct administration of India in the new British Raj.
[A] Act of 1658
[B] Act of 1758
[C] Act of 1858
[D] Act of 1947
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Act of 1858
The policy of the Doctrine of lapse was introduced by _________.
[A] Lord Wellesley
[B] Lord William Bentinck
[C] Lord Macaulay
[D] Lord Dalhousie
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Lord Dalhousie
The Indian National Congress was formed _________.
[A] 1885
[B] 1887
[C] 1888
[D] 1895
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] 1885
The Vernacular Press Act was passed in _________.
[A] 1878
[B] 1881
[C] 1888
[D] 1898
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] 1878
Explanation: Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878 by Lord Lytton. According to this Act, the vernacular or the local newspapers could not print any material or information that could incite people against British rule.
When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the_________.
[A] Hanoverians
[B] Stuarts
[C] Normans
[D] Tudors
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Stuarts
Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati was an important Hindu religious scholar, reformer, and founder of the _________.
[A] Arya Samaj
[B] Brahma Samaj
[C] Ramakrishna Mission
[D] Theosophical society
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Arya Samaj
Who founded India House in London and guided other revolutionaries.
[A] Sri Aurobindo
[B] Lokmanya Tilak
[C] Shyamji Krishna Varma
[D] Bhagat Singh
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Shyamji Krishna Varma
Satyarth Prakash was written by _________.
[A] Lala Lajpat Rai
[B] Lala Hardyal
[C] Dayanand Saraswati
[D] Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Dayanand Saraswati
Indian National Movement Notes for WBCS
In ______, Jyotiba Phule formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth).
[A] 1773
[B] 1853
[C] 1873
[D] 1889
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] 1873
Who founded as Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College (MAOC) at Aligarh in 1875?
[A] Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan
[B] Mirza Mohammad
[C] Maulana Qasim Nanotvi
[D] Maulana Abdullah Ansari
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan
In India, the Wahabi movement was started by_________.
[A] Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly
[B] ViIayet Ali
[C] Mohammad Ali
[D] Jahan Dad Khan
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly
Whose speeches at the World’s Parliament of Religions held in September 1893 made him famous as an ‘orator by divine right’ and as a ‘Messenger of Indian wisdom to the Western world’.
[A] Swami Vivekananda
[B] Sri Ramakrishna
[C] Chandra Sekhar Deb
[D] Shyama Charan Sen
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Swami Vivekananda
The Theosophical Society is an organization formed in _________ to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy.
[A] 1842
[B] 1843
[C] 1845
[D] 1875
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] 1875
Explanation: The Theosophical Society was officially formed in New York City, United States, on 17 November 1875 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge, and others.
’A Study in Consciousness’ was written by _________.
[A] Annie Besant
[B] Mrinal Gore
[C] Prasanna Kumar Tagore
[D] Rajkamal Sen
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Annie Besant
Who started the Young Men’s Indian Association in 1914?
[A] Annie Besant
[B] Swarnakumari Devi
[C] Devendranath Tagore
[D] Rabindranath Tagore
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Annie Besant
Who started the Sharda Sadan in Bombay?
[A] Ramabai Saraswati
[B] Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
[C] Lord Edwin Montague
[D] Dorothy Jinarajadasa
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Ramabai Saraswati
_________ formed the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune?
[A] Ramabai Saraswati
[B] Swarnakumari Devi
[C] Lord Chelmsford
[D] Annie Besant
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Ramabai Saraswati
Author of Poverty and Un-British Rule in India is_________.
[A] Romila Thapar
[B] Irfan Habib
[C] S.C.Ghosh
[D] Naoroji Dadabhai
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Dadabhai Naoroji
Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’?
[A] Akshay Ramanlal Desai
[B] Dharam Kumar
[C] Ray Chaudhuri
[D] K.Rajayyan
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Akshay Ramanlal Desai
Who was the first Viceroy of India?
[A] Robert Clive
[B] William Bentick
[C] Lord Dalhousie
[D] Lord Canning
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Lord Canning
Who was the first Governor-General of India?
[A] Warren Hastings
[B] William Bentinck
[C] Lord Dalhousie
[D] Lord Canning
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] William Bentinck
Who of the following Governor Generals is associated with the Subsidiary Alliance System?
[A] Lord Cornwallis
[B] Lord Wellesley
[C] Lord Mayo
[D] Lord Dalhousie
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Lord Wellesley
Who preached the idea of Home Rule through his two newspapers – the Kesari and the Maratha?
[A] Gokhale
[B] Annie Besant
[C] Tilak
[D] Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Tilak
Explanation: Tilak started two weeklies, Kesari (“The Lion”) in Marathi and Mahratta in English (sometimes referred as ‘Maratha‘ in Academic Study Books) in 1880–81 with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar as the first editor
Hindu Mahasabha was founded in _________.
[A] 1901
[B] 1906
[C] 1915
[D] 1925
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] 1915
Explanation: Founder‎: ‎Madan Mohan Malaviya
Muslim League established in December _________.
[A] 1901
[B] 1902
[C] 1906
[D] 1946
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] 1906
Explanation: Founder: Nawab Khwaja Salimullah
The Ganapati festival was started in _______.
[A] 1792
[B] 1793
[C] 1893
[D] 1904
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] 1893
The inauguration of the Ganapati and Shivaji Festivals was done by _________
[A] Tilak
[B] Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
[C] Shyamaprasad Mukherjee
[D] J.N. Mukherjee
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Tilak
The partition of Bengal had to be annulled in _________
[A] 1907
[B] 1911
[C] 1928
[D] 1929
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] 1911
Indian National Movement Notes for WBCS
_________ is remembered as the ‘Grand old man of India’.
[A] Ranade
[B] Dadabhai Naoroji
[C] Pulinbehari Sarkar
[D] Amaresh Chakravarty
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Dadabhai Naoroji
Who edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha?
[A] Gokhale
[B] W.C.Banerjee
[C] Ranade
[D] S.N.Banerjee
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Gokhale
Explanation: After graduation in 1884, Gokhale joined the Deccan Educational Society founded by Ranade. He served the society for twenty years in various capacities as a schoolmaster, a professor, and principal of Fergusson College, Poona. He also edited the quarterly journal of the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.
The partition of Bengal was occurred in _________.
[A] 1804
[B] 1805
[C] 1904
[D] 1905
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] 1905
Explanation: The partition separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas on 16 October 1905 after being announced on 19 July 1905 by the Viceroy of India, Curzon.
The Mohamedan Association was founded in _________ in 1856.
[A] Calcutta
[B] Adayar
[C] Madras
[D] Maharashtra
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Calcutta
The Hindu Pioneer started in _________
[A] 1827
[B] 1831
[C] 1834
[D] 1838
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] 1838
Where did the British first open their factories in the Eastern part of India?
[A] Assam
[B] Orissa
[C] Bihar
[D] Sikkim
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Orissa
In Bengal, the headquarters of East India Company was located at
[A] Fort St David
[B] Fort William
[C] Fort St George
[D] None of the above
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Fort William
Goa was captured by the Portuguese in-
[A] 1479 AD
[B] 1575 AD
[C] 1510 AD
[D] 1600 AD
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] 1510 AD
The First Governor-General of Bengal was
[A] Robert Clive
[B] William Bentinck
[C] Wellesley
[D] Warren Hastings
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Warren Hastings
Sati was declared illegal and punishable by
[A] Lord William Bentinck
[B] Lord Ripon
[C] Lord Canning
[D] Lord Dalhousie
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Lord William Bentinck
The first session of the All India Congress held in Bombay in 1920, was presided over by
[A] J L Nehru
[B] VV Giri
[C] Lala Lajpat Rai
[D] MM Joshi
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Lala Lajpat Rai
Who founded Ferguson College at Pune in 1885
[A] Deccan Educational Society
[B] Bharatiya Sewak Samaj
[C] Samaj Sewa Sangh
[D] Theosophical Society
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Deccan Educational Society
First English newspaper in India
[A] The Bengal Gazette
[B] The Calcutta Gazette
[C] The Bengal Journal
[D] The Bombay Herald
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] The Bengal Gazette
Who wrote the book “Babuvivah”?
[A] Raja Rammohan Rai
[B] Pandit Rambai
[C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
[D] Rabindranath Tagore
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Who first translated Bhagavad Gita to English
[A] William Jones
[B] Charles Wilkins
[C] Alexander Cunningham
[D] John Marshall
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Charles Wilkins
Who was the Governor-General when the first census was held?
[A] Lord Mayo
[B] Lord Lytton
[C] Lord Auckland
[D] Sir John Napier
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Lord Mayo
Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was Passed
[A] Lord Irwin
[B] Lord Reading
[C] Lord Chelmsford
[D] Lord Wavell
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Lord Chelmsford
Who introduce English as an official language
[A] Lord William Bentinck
[B] Sir Charles Wood
[C] Dalhousie
[D] Allan Octavian Hume
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Sir Charles Wood
Who was the founder of the Indian Association
[A] Dadabhai Naoroji
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Surendranath Banerjee
[D] AO Hume
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Surendranath Banerjee
The first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment was
[A] C Vijaraghavachari
[B] B G Tilak
[C] Bipin Chandra Pal
[D] Dadabhai Nauroji

Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] C Vijaraghavachari
Indian National Movement Notes for WBCS