500+ MCQ on Indian National Movement Part- I
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- Indian National Movement Phase- I (1885-1915)
- Indian National Movement Phase- II (1915-1935)
- Indian National Movement Phase- III (1935-1947)
- Important Personalities and their Contribution to the Indian National Movement.
- Indian National Movement: Miscellaneous topics
- Revolutionary Activities During the 1920s
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- In which year, the Danish East India Company was formed?
[A] 1614
[B] 1615
[C] 1616
[D] 1617
- Warren Hastings was appointed as the Governor of __________ in 1772.
[A] Bengal
[B] Madras
[C] Bombay
[D] Delhi
- 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
- Which among the following Viceroys was associated with the ‘Ilbert Bill Controversy’?
[A] Lord Curzon
[B] Lord Lytton
[C] Lord Ripon
[D] Lord Hard
- 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
- The pioneer of Communism in India was:
[A] S.A. Dange
[B] M.R. Jayakar
[C] M.N. Roy
[D] Nalin Gupta
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ‘New India’ and ‘Commonweal’ news-papers were started by :
[A] Madan Mohan Malviya
[B] S.Subramaniyam Iyer
[C] Annie Besant
[D] Lala Lajpat Rai
- 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
- The only session of Indian National Congress which was presided by Mahatma Gandhi was held at:
[A] Belgaum
[B] Faizpur
[C] Allahabad
[D] Karachi
- 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
- In which country Indian Independence Committee was formed during the British Era?
[A] France
[B] UK
[C] Germany
[D] USA
- In which year, Land Holder’s society was established in India?
[A] 1806
[B] 1828
[C] 1838
[D] 1850
- 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
- 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
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- 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
- Who among the following was the founder of the Paris Indian Society?
[A] S R Rana
[B] Bhikaji Kama
[C] Taraknath
[D] Lala Hardayal
- Which among the following organizations published the journal called Indian Sociologists?
[A] India House
[B] Ghadar Party
[C] British Indian Association
[D] Berlin Committee
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Which among the following cities saw the first instance of Satyagraha in India?
[A] Surat
[B] Kheda
[C] Champaran
[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
- “NEW LAMPS FOR OLD” was written by?
[A] Bipin Chandra Pal
[B] Aurobindo Ghosh
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Ashwani Kumar
- 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
- In which year, Liaquat–Nehru Pact was signed?
[A] 1947
[B] 1949
[C] 1950
[D] 1955
- At which among the following places, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India?
[A] Lucknow
[B] Nagpur
[C] Kolkata
[D] Delhi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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- 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
- Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act?
[A] Lord Lytton
[B] Lord Ripon
[C] Lord Dufferin
[D] Lord Lansdowne
- In which year, Submarine Telegraphy System was opened between India and Europe?
[A] 1860
[B] 1862
[C] 1865
[D] 1880
- 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
- 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
- Who among the following published leaders Sambad Kaumudi”?
[A] Raja Rammohan Roy
[B] Dayanand Saraswati
[C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
[D] Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya
- Who among the following brought the first Printing Machine in India?
[A] Portuguese
[B] French
[C] Dutch
[D] British
- 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
- 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
- Who among the following formed the group” Brothers of India”?
[A] Annie Besant
[B] George Feuerstein
[C] H.S. Olcott
[D] Alan Watts
- In which of the following countries “Subhash Chandra Bose” organized the” Tiger Legion”?
[A] Singapore
[B] Germany
[C] Japan
[D] Italy
- The Treaty of Surat was in the year _________.
[A] 1475
[B] 1575
[C] 1675
[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
- The policy of the Doctrine of lapse was introduced by _________.
[A] Lord Wellesley
[B] Lord William Bentinck
[C] Lord Macaulay
[D] Lord Dalhousie
- The Indian National Congress was formed _________.
[A] 1885
[B] 1887
[C] 1888
[D] 1895
- The Vernacular Press Act was passed in _________.
[A] 1878
[B] 1881
[C] 1888
[D] 1898
- When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the_________.
[A] Hanoverians
[B] Stuarts
[C] Normans
[D] Tudors
- 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
- Who founded India House in London and guided other revolutionaries.
[A] Sri Aurobindo
[B] Lokmanya Tilak
[C] Shyamji Krishna Varma
[D] Bhagat Singh
- Satyarth Prakash was written by _________.
[A] Lala Lajpat Rai
[B] Lala Hardyal
[C] Dayanand Saraswati
[D] Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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- In ______, Jyotiba Phule formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth).
[A] 1773
[B] 1853
[C] 1873
[D] 1889
- 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
- In India, the Wahabi movement was started by_________.
[A] Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly
[B] ViIayet Ali
[C] Mohammad Ali
[D] Jahan Dad Khan
- 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
- 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
- ’A Study in Consciousness’ was written by _________.
[A] Annie Besant
[B] Mrinal Gore
[C] Prasanna Kumar Tagore
[D] Rajkamal Sen
- Who started the Young Men’s Indian Association in 1914?
[A] Annie Besant
[B] Swarnakumari Devi
[C] Devendranath Tagore
[D] Rabindranath Tagore
- Who started the Sharda Sadan in Bombay?
[A] Ramabai Saraswati
[B] Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
[C] Lord Edwin Montague
[D] Dorothy Jinarajadasa
- _________ formed the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune?
[A] Ramabai Saraswati
[B] Swarnakumari Devi
[C] Lord Chelmsford
[D] Annie Besant
- Author of Poverty and Un-British Rule in India is_________.
[A] Romila Thapar
[B] Irfan Habib
[C] S.C.Ghosh
[D] Naoroji Dadabhai
- Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’?
[A] Akshay Ramanlal Desai
[B] Dharam Kumar
[C] Ray Chaudhuri
[D] K.Rajayyan
- Who was the first Viceroy of India?
[A] Robert Clive
[B] William Bentick
[C] Lord Dalhousie
[D] Lord Canning
- Who was the first Governor-General of India?
[A] Warren Hastings
[B] William Bentinck
[C] Lord Dalhousie
[D] Lord Canning
- 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
- 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
- Hindu Mahasabha was founded in _________.
[A] 1901
[B] 1906
[C] 1915
[D] 1925
- Muslim League established in December _________.
[A] 1901
[B] 1902
[C] 1906
[D] 1946
- The Ganapati festival was started in _______.
[A] 1792
[B] 1793
[C] 1893
[D] 1904
- 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
- The partition of Bengal had to be annulled in _________
[A] 1907
[B] 1911
[C] 1928
[D] 1929
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- _________ is remembered as the ‘Grand old man of India’.
[A] Ranade
[B] Dadabhai Naoroji
[C] Pulinbehari Sarkar
[D] Amaresh Chakravarty
- Who edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha?
[A] Gokhale
[B] W.C.Banerjee
[C] Ranade
[D] S.N.Banerjee
- The partition of Bengal was occurred in _________.
[A] 1804
[B] 1805
[C] 1904
[D] 1905
- The Mohamedan Association was founded in _________ in 1856.
[A] Calcutta
[B] Adayar
[C] Madras
[D] Maharashtra
- The Hindu Pioneer started in _________
[A] 1827
[B] 1831
[C] 1834
[D] 1838
- Where did the British first open their factories in the Eastern part of India?
[A] Assam
[B] Orissa
[C] Bihar
[D] Sikkim
- 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
- Goa was captured by the Portuguese in-
[A] 1479 AD
[B] 1575 AD
[C] 1510 AD
[D] 1600 AD
- The First Governor-General of Bengal was
[A] Robert Clive
[B] William Bentinck
[C] Wellesley
[D] Warren Hastings
- Sati was declared illegal and punishable by
[A] Lord William Bentinck
[B] Lord Ripon
[C] Lord Canning
[D] Lord Dalhousie
- 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
- Who founded Ferguson College at Pune in 1885
[A] Deccan Educational Society
[B] Bharatiya Sewak Samaj
[C] Samaj Sewa Sangh
[D] Theosophical Society
- First English newspaper in India
[A] The Bengal Gazette
[B] The Calcutta Gazette
[C] The Bengal Journal
[D] The Bombay Herald
- Who wrote the book “Babuvivah”?
[A] Raja Rammohan Rai
[B] Pandit Rambai
[C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
[D] Rabindranath Tagore
- Who first translated Bhagavad Gita to English
[A] William Jones
[B] Charles Wilkins
[C] Alexander Cunningham
[D] John Marshall
- Who was the Governor-General when the first census was held?
[A] Lord Mayo
[B] Lord Lytton
[C] Lord Auckland
[D] Sir John Napier
- Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was Passed
[A] Lord Irwin
[B] Lord Reading
[C] Lord Chelmsford
[D] Lord Wavell
- Who introduce English as an official language
[A] Lord William Bentinck
[B] Sir Charles Wood
[C] Dalhousie
[D] Allan Octavian Hume
- Who was the founder of the Indian Association
[A] Dadabhai Naoroji
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Surendranath Banerjee
[D] AO Hume
- The first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment was
[A] C Vijaraghavachari
[B] B G Tilak
[C] Bipin Chandra Pal
[D] Dadabhai Nauroji
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