Struggle For Independence Of India
Part Number – – – – – – 2
1. Khilafat Movement was organised to protest against the injustice done to
A. Persia
B. Turkey
C. Arabia
D. Egypt
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
In Turkey, a national movement arose under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who was a Pro-western nationalist. He, supported by the western powers, abolished the position of the Caliph. Naturally the Muslims in India became anti British, as the power and influence of their religious leader was ended. Muslims were especially upset about the future of the Islamic places of worship after the allied powers had partitioned the Turkish Empire.
2. After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Mahatma Gandhi laid emphasis on
A. compromise with the British
B. limited use of Violence
C. constructive programme
D. None of the above
Answer: Option C.
Explanation :
The movement continued to linger in a non-effective manner till early April 1934 when Mahatma Gandhi announced his decision to withdraw the Civil Disobedience Movement. With these developments, the second phase of the Civil Disobedience Movement came to an end. The constructive programme may otherwise and more fittingly be called construction of Poorna Swaraj or complete independence by truthful and nonviolent means. Effort for construction of Independence so called through violent and, therefore, necessarily untruthful means we know only too painfully. Look at the daily destruction of property, life and truth in the present war. Complete Independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed.
3. When was the ‘Quit India Movement‘ launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?
A. 1946
B. 1939
C. 1942
D. 1940
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.
4. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from
A. Sabarmati Ashram
B. Ahmedabad
C. Porbandar
D. Dandi
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Mahatma Gandhi launched civil disobedience movement on 12th March, 1930 (with break of salt law). Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from Sabarmati Ashram.
5. The peasant movements, revolts, riots, struggles, etc. in 19th century, India remained mainly localised because
A. they were mainly directed against enhancement in rent, evictions, usurious practices of moneylenders, etc.
B. the peasants had no leadership and organisation
C. they grew out of local grievances
D. the big landlords were allies of the British
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
The peasant movements, revolts, riots, struggles, etc. in 19th century, India remained mainly localised because they grew out of local grievances.
6. Arrange the following events in a correct sequence of Indian National Movement
I. Foundation of Indian National Congress
II. Simon Commission
III. Home Rule Movement
IV. Cabinet Mission
A. I, III, II, IV
B. III, I, IV, II
C. I, II, IV, III
D. I, IV, III, II
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
The following events in a correct sequence of Indian National Movement are Foundation of Indian National Congress- 1885, Home Rule Movement- 1916, Simon Commission- 1928 and Cabinet Mission- 1946.
7. When was the Non-Cooperation Movement got momentum under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress?
A. 1920-1922
B. 1922-1924
C. 1987-1989
D. 1990-1992
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
The Non-Cooperation Movement was pitched in under leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress from September 1920 to February 1922, marking a new awakening in the Indian Independence Movement.
8. During the freedom struggle a parallel movement launched in the Indian states (in the states ruled by the Indian rulers such as Kashmir, Nizam’s Hyderabad, Travancore, etc.) was/were
A. State People’s Movement
B. Praja Mandal Movement
C. Both A and B above
D. Swaraj Movement
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
The All India States Peoples’ Conference (AISPC) was a conglomeration of political movements in the princely states of the British Raj, which were variously called Praja Mandals or Lok Parishads. The Praja Mandal movement was a part of the Indian independence movement from the 1920s in which people living in the princely states, who were subject to the rule of local aristocrats rather than the British Raj, campaigned against those feudatory rulers, and sometimes also the British administration, in attempts to improve their civil rights.
9. Eminent Tamil Poet C Subramania Bharati was associated with which of the following movements of the Indian National Congress?
A. Extremist
B. Non-Cooperation
C. Civil Disobedience
D. Quit India
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati, also known as Bharathiyar, was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and a social reformer from Tamil Nadu. Popularly known as “Mahakavi Bharati”, he was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry and is considered one of the greatest Tamil literary figures of all time. He belonged to the extremist wing of the Congress part.
10. Khilafat Movement was organised by
A. Jinnah
B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
C. Ali Brothers
D. Agha Khan
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
The Khilafat movement, also known as the Indian Muslim movement (1919–24), was a pan-Islamist political protest campaign launched by Muslims of British India led by Shaukat Ali, Mohammad Ali Jauhar and Abul Kalam Azad to restore the caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate, who was considered the leader of Sunni Muslims, as an effective political authority.
11. The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as
A. Khidmatgars (Servants)
B. Insan-i-Khidmatgar (Servants of the people)
C. Khuda-i-Khidamatar (Servants of God)
D. Angels of Freedom
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God).
12. __________ was the Founder Father of Aligarh movement
A. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
B. Maqsud Ali
C. Abul kalam Azad
D. Karim Ali
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
Aligarh Muslim University is the creation of the movement. In 1886 Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in order to promote more broadly the educational objectives of Aligarh Movement.
13. Which of the following was the achieved milestone of the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921?
A. It stopped the injustice done to the Khilafat
B. Indian obtains some political rights
C. The Hindus and the Muslims came closer in political pursuit
D. It avenged the Punjab atrocities
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
Indian obtains some political rights was the achieved milestone of the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921.
14. The Namdhari, or Kuka movement had its origin in the __________ corner of the Sikh kingdom, away from the places of royal pomp and grandeur
A. North-west
B. North-south
C. North-east
D. South
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
Namdhari, or Kuka, movement also had its origin in the north-west corner of the Sikh kingdom, away from the places of royal pomp and grandeur. It harked back to a way of life more in keeping with the spiritual tradition of the community. Its principal object was to spread the true spirit of Sikhism shorn of tawdry customs and mannerism, which had been growing on it since the beginning of Sikh monarchy.
15. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had started a reform movement among the Muslim, called the __________ Movement
A. Sufi
B. Aligarh
C. Jaipur
D. Wahabi
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
The Aligarh Movement was the push to establish a modern system of education for the Muslim population of British India, during the later decades of the 19th century. The movement′s name derives from the fact that its core and origins lay in the city of Aligarh in Northern India and, in particular, with the foundation of the Mohammedan Anglo Oriental Collegiate School in 1875. The founder of the oriental college, and the other educational institutions that developed from it, was Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. He became the leading light of the wider Aligarh Movement.
16. Gandhi had given out the stirring call of ‘Do or Die’ during the __________ Movement
A. Non-cooperation
B. Khilafat
C. Civil Disobedience
D. Quit India
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
The Cripps Mission had failed, and on 8 August 1942, Gandhi made a call to Do or Die in his Quit India speech delivered in Bombay at the Gowalia Tank Maidan.
17. Gandhi gave the call to reject all foreign goods during the __________ Movement
A. Khilafat
B. Non-cooperation
C. Swadeshi
D. Civil Disobedience
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
The Swadeshi movement, part of the Indian independence movement and the developing Indian nationalism, was an economic strategy aimed at removing the British Empire from power and improving economic conditions in India by following the principles of swadeshi which had some success. Strategies of the Swadeshi movement involved boycotting British products and the revival of domestic products and production processes. L. M. Bhole identifies five phases of the Swadeshi movement. Gandhi gave the call to reject all foreign goods during the Swadeshi movement.
18. Vivian Derozio had been associated with the __________ movement
A. Swadeshi
B. Back to the Vedas
C. Young Bengal
D. Young India
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
The Young Bengal was a group of radical Bengali free thinkers emerging from Hindu College, Calcutta. They were also known as Derozians, after their firebrand teacher at Hindu College, Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.
19. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab?
A. 1905
B. 1907
C. 1909
D. 1911
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
The 1907 Punjab unrests were a period of unrest in the British Indian province of Punjab, principally around the Colonisation bill that was implemented in the province in 1906. This timeline has often been called the beginning of the freedom movement in Punjab. Important leaders of this movement include Lala Lajpat Rai, Het Thakkar, among others. In 1907, Lala Lajpat Rai was deported.
20. Who was in command of the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?
A. C R Das
B. Motilal Nehru
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Lokmanya Tilak
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
Bal Gangadhar Tilak born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, was an Indian nationalist, teacher, lawyer and an independence activist. He was the first leader of the Indian Independence Movement. Lokmanya Tilak was in command of the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress.
21. Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th Century?
A. Prathana Samaj
B. Brahmo Samaj
C. Arya Samaj
D. Rama Krishna Mission
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
Brahmo Samaj was the first to be started in 19th century. It was established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1828. Brahmo Samaj is the societal component of Brahmoism, which began as a monotheistic reformist movement of the Hindu religion that appeared during the Bengal Renaissance.
22. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of–
A. The Turkish Caliph
B. Aga Khan
C. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
D. Abdul Kalam Azad
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of the Turkish Caliph by allied powers after the end of first world war.
23. Assertion (A): The introduction of ‘Western Education’ and English language as medium of instruction led the foundation for the rise and growth of nationalism in India.
Reason (R): The Indian National Movement would not have been possible without the English language as the medium.
A. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
English was made the medium of instruction in India’s schools in 1835, and many Indians increasingly started learning english.
24. 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
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
On March 12, 1930, Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India. The issue on which the Civil disobedience movement of 1930 was launched was Salt monopoly exercised by the British Government.
25. The Kuka movement started in mid-nineteenth century in
A. Western Punjab
B. Maharashtra
C. Bengal
D. Madhya Bharat
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
Initially started as a religious movement with a view to reforming the Sikh religion by purging it of the degenerate features, Kuka movement, founded in 1840 in Western Punjab, turned into a political struggle against the British. The founder of Kuka movement was Bhagat Jawahar Mal.
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