Struggle For Independence Of India Mcq
Part Number – – – – – – – – 4
- Where did Gandhi call the Congress Working Committee to announce the suspension of Non-Cooperation movement?
A. Bardoli
B. Poona
C. Calcutta
D. Madras
Answer: Option A
Explanation :The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn after the Chauri Chaura incident in February 1922. The Working Committee of the Congress met at Bardoli on 11 and 12 February 1922 and passed a resolution suspending mass civil disobedience till the atmosphere was perfectly non-violent.
- The Home Rule Movement was aimed at—-
A. complete independence for India
B. complete autonomy to India
C. self-government for India within the British Commonwealth
D. larger participation of Indians in India’s administration
Answer: Option C
Explanation :Annie Besant gave new hope to the country. “The moment of England’s difficulty is the moment of India’s opportunity.” She started the Home Rule League Movement to be later supported fully by Tilak. It aimed at self-government for India within the British Commonwealth.
- In which of the following movement did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger Strike as a weapon?
A. Non-Cooperation Movement, 1920-22
B. Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
C. Ahmedabad Strike, 1918
D. Bardoli Satyagraha
Answer: Option C
Explanation :Ahmedabad Mill Strike, 1918 was one of the initial movements led by Gandhi in the beginning of 20th century after his return from South Africa. It was one of the formative events in the political career of Mahatma Gandhi.
- In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to__________ to organise a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers
A. Madras
B. Bombay
C. Surat
D. Ahmedabad
Answer: Option D
Explanation :The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, in the Kheda district of Gujarat, India during the period of the British Raj, was a Satyagraha movement organized by Mohandas Gandhi. It was a major revolt in the Indian independence movement. It was the third Satyagraha movement after Champaran Satyagraha and Ahmedabad mill strike.
- In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to__________ to organise a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers
A. Madras
B. Bombay
C. Surat
D. Ahmedabad
Answer: Option D
Explanation :The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, in the Kheda district of Gujarat, India during the period of the British Raj, was a Satyagraha movement organized by Mohandas Gandhi. It was a major revolt in the Indian independence movement. It was the third Satyagraha movement after Champaran Satyagraha and Ahmedabad mill strike.
- Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942 ?
A. Severe unrest among the people
B. Report of Simon Commission
C. Failure of the Cripps Mission
D. British involved in the world was-II
Answer: Option C
Explanation :Cripps mission failed to fulfil the desires of Indian political leaders of different political parties to make Constitution assembly. So, INC committee and Gandhi ji decided to launch a movement on 8 Aug 1942 named Quit India Movement from Gwalia Tank Maidan(Mumbai). Gandhi ji gave the slogan ” Do or Die’.
- When was the non-cooperation movement started by M.K Gandhi?
A. After Rowlatt Act
B. Chauri-Chaura incident
C. Jalliawala bagh Massacre
D. None of the above
Answer: Option C
Explanation :It was led by Mahatma Gandhi after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and lasted from 1920 to February 1922. It aimed to resist British rule in India through non-violent means, or “Ahimsa”. The non-cooperation movement was launched on 1 August 1920 and withdrawn in February 1922 after the Chauri Chaura incident.
- The objective(s) of the Kuka Movement in the Punjab was/were
A. To purify Sikh religion of its abuses and superstitions—
B. The revival of Sikh sovereignty
C. Both A and B above
D. The revival of the Khalsa
Answer: Option C
Explanation :Kuka was a religio-political movement in Punjab. Kukas were not part of the main-stream Sikhism of the Sikhs. They wanted caste-abolition, permission of intermarriages, widow-remarriages, abstinence from desi liquor, meat and drugs.
- Who among the following had pioneered the Khilafat Movement?
A. The Ali brothers
B. MA Jinnah
C. Syed Ahmed Khan
D. RM Sayani
Answer: Option A
Explanation :A campaign in defense of the caliph was launched, led in India by the brothers Shaukat and Muḥammad Ali and by Abul Kalam Azad. The leaders joined forces with Mahatma Gandhi’s noncooperation movement for Indian freedom, promising nonviolence in return for his support of the Khilafat movement.
- The Non-Cooperation Movement started in—
A. 1870
B. 1920
C. 1921
D. 1942
Answer: Option B
Explanation :The Non-Cooperation Movement was started on 1st August, 1920 under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. This movement was suspended by Mahatma Gandhi after Chauri Chaura Conspiracy on Feb 5, 1922.
- When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the ‘Quit India Movement’ of 1942?
A. 7th August, 1942
B. 30th April, 1942
C. 9th August, 1942
D. 5th July, 1942
Answer: Option C
Explanation :On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the ‘Quit India’ movement. The next day, Gandhi, Nehru and many other leaders of the Indian National Congress were arrested by the British Government.
- One time associated of Mahatma Ghandhi, broke off from him and launched a radical movement called ‘self-respect movement’. Who was he?
A. P. Thyagaraja Shetti
B. Chhatrapati Maharaj
C. E.V.Ramaswamy Naicker
D. Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
Answer: Option C
Explanation :In 1925, Periyar E.V.Ramaswamy founded the Self-respect Movement. It was aimed at achieving a society where backward castes to have equal human rights.
- Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the establishment of parties during Indian Struggle Movement?
A. Indian National Congress, Justice Party, Swaraj party, Muslim League
B. Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Justice Party, Swaraj party
C. Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Justice Party
D. Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Justice Party, Muslim League
Answer: Option B
Explanation :The correct chronological order of the establishment of parties during Indian Struggle Movement are Indian National Congress- 1885, Muslim League- 1906, Justice Party- 1917, Swaraj Party- 1923.
- The slogan of ‘Vande Matram’ was first adopted during the __________ Movement?
A. Non-cooperation
B. Civil Disobedience
C. Swadeshi
D. Quit India
Answer: Option C
Explanation :The slogan of Vande Matram was first adopted during Swadeshi Movement that was a part of the Indian Independence Movement. This movement is also referred to as Anti-Bengal Partition Movement. It took place between 1905 and 1911 when Lord Curzon partitioned the Bengal province into two.
- The earliest nationalist to commit political dacoities (a feature of the later revolutionary movements) was
A. Jyotiba Phule
B. Chapekar brothers
C. Vasudev Balwant Phadke
D. Yatindra Das
Answer: Option C
Explanation :The earliest nationalist to commit political dacoities (a feature of the later revolutionary movements) was Vasudev Balwant Phadke. Vasudev Balwant Phadke was an Indian independence activist and revolutionary who sought India’s independence from British. Phadke was moved by the plight of the farmer community during British Raj. Phadke believed that Swaraj was the only remedy for their ills.
- Who among the following played an important role in Gadhar Movement?
A. Shyamiji Krishna Verma
B. Lala Hardayal
C. Bipin Chandra Pal
D. Vishnu Ganesh Pingle
Answer: Option B
Explanation :Lala Hardayal played an important role in Gadhar Movement, the head office of Gadhar Party was located in San Francisco.
- Arrange the following events in correct sequence with reference to the Indian freedom struggle
I. Passing of ‘Indian Press Act‘
II. Surat Split of Congress
III. Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement
IV. Passing of ‘Rowlatt Act‘
A. I, II, III, IV
B. II, I, III, IV
C. II, I, IV, III
D. I, II, IV, III
Answer: Option C
Explanation :Events in correct sequence with reference to the Indian freedom struggle are Surat Split of Congress- 1907, Passing of ‘Indian Press Act’- 1910, Passing of ‘Rowlatt Act’- 1919, Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement- 1920.
- __________ joined the National Secular Society in 1874 and worked in the free thought and radical movements led by Charles Bradlaugh, MP
A. Annie Besant
B. Tarachand Chakravarty
C. D. R. Mukhopadhyaya
D. Brojnath Dhar
Answer: Option A
Explanation :Annie Besant joined the National Secular Society in 1874 and worked in the free thought and radical movements led by Charles Bradlaugh, MP.
- The Civil Disobedience Movement had been led in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) by
A. Sheikh Mohammed Tyabji
B. Dr. M. A. Ansari
C. Badruddin Tyabji
D. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Answer: Option D
Explanation :Ghaffar Khan was arrested and sent to jail, the first of many spells of incarceration he endured in British India and then in Pakistan, totalling 27 years. The defining moment for Ghaffar Khan and the Pakhtuns he led was the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930.
- The Swadeshi Movement was launched–
A. As a protest against division of Bengal
B. With a view to improve the economic condition of the people by encouraging consumption of Indian goods
C. As a protest against the massacre of Indian people at Jallianwala Bagh
D. Due to the failure of the British Government to introduce responsible Government in India
Answer: Option A
Explanation :Lord Curzon announced division of Bengal in 1905 as a result of this Swadeshi movement was launched in different region of India.
- Why was the Khilafat Movement started?
A. To protest against the injustice done to Egypt
B. To protest against the injustice done to Arabia
C. To protest against the injustice done to Persia
D. To protest against the injustice done to Turkey
Answer: Option D
Explanation :Khilafat movement was started by Ali brothers-shaukat Ali and mohammad ali -in protest against the injustices done to Turkey after the first world war. Turkey was important to the Indian Muslims as the sultan of turkey was also the ‘caliph’ and was head of Muslims all over the world.
- Who has been called the ‘Heroine’ of the 1942 Quit India Movement?
A. Annie Besant
B. Sucheta Kripalani
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: Option D
Explanation :Aruna Asaf Ali (nee Aruna Ganguly; 16 July 1909 – 29 July 1996) was an Indian independence activist. She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942.
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Frontier Gandhi, organised the Red Shirt Movement in the NorthWest Frontier Province (NWFP) for
A. countering the communal propaganda of the Muslim League
B. establishing separate Pakhtoonistan
C. social and religious reforms
D. All the above
Answer: Option C
Explanation :Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Frontier Gandhi, organised the Red Shirt Movement in the NorthWest Frontier Province (NWFP) for social and religious reforms. He was called the Frontier Gandhi. His followers were pledged to nonviolence, and they derived their popular title from the red colour of their shirts. Ghaffar Khan then advocated Pakhtunistan—the concept of an independent Pashtun state, drawn from both the Pakistan and Afghan frontier districts.
- Hindu-Muslim unity had been particularly reflected in the __________ Movement.
A. Swadeshi
B. Quit India
C. Khilafat
D. Civil Disobedience
Answer: Option C
Explanation:The Khilafat Movement saw the combined efforts of the Hindus and the Muslims under the supervision of the Indian National Congress against the British Raj.
- The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn in 1922 because of
A. Gandhi’s ill health
B. The Congress’ extremist policies
C. Afervent appeal by the government to do so
D. Violence erupting at Chauri Chaura
Answer: Option D
Explanation :Gandhi feared that the movement might lead to popular violence. The non-cooperation movement was launched on 1 August 1920 and withdrawn in February 1922 after the Chauri Chaura incident.
- Which of the following event was the reason for suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
A. The non Co-operators were not enthusiastic
B. The leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose were against it
C. Gandhiji bowed to the pressure of the British government
D. Chauri Chaura incident
Answer: Option D
Explanation :Gandhi feared that the movement might lead to popular violence. The non-cooperation movement was launched on 1 August 1920 and withdrawn in February 1922 after the Chauri Chaura incident.
- Which of the following leader given the term ‘insenate waste’ on the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
A. Lord Reading
B. Motilal Nehru
C. Rabindra Nath Tagore
D. Mohammad Ali
Answer: Option C
Explanation :Rabindra Nath Tagore gave the term ‘insenate waste’ on the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement.
- Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?
A. The famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1900
B. The partition of Bengal
C. The Surat Split
D. The Jallianwala Bagh episode
Answer: Option B
Explanation :In July 1905 then Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, partitioned Bengal. This sparked an outburst of public anger against the British, leading to civil unrest and a nationalist campaign by groups of revolutionaries, who included Aurobindo.
- The Khilafat Movement of the Indian Muslims related to–
A. provision of separate electorate for the Muslims in the Act of 1919
B. restoration of territories to Turkey captured by Britain in the First World War
C. restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
D. lifting of martial law in Punjab
Answer: Option C
Explanation :The Khilafat movement was an agitation by Indian Muslims, allied with Indian nationalists, to pressure the British government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam after World War I.
- The Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Why did the Congress decide to resume the movement In January 1932?
A. Failure of the Second Round Table Conference
B. Repudiation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact by the British Government
C. British policies of repression
D. All the above
Answer: Option D
Explanation :The Congress decide to resume the movement In January 1932 because Of Failure of the Second Round Table Conference, Repudiation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact by the British Government and British policies of repression.