Indian History MCQ Set-12

Indian Freedom Struggle MCQ for SSC, UPSC , NDA, State PSC, Railway recruitment examinations, Police recruitment examinations and related government job recruitments examinations by the state governments and the union government of India.

Q.1 Who among the following was chosen by Gandhi as the first individual Satyagrahi?

A. Vinoba Bhave

B. Madhav Govind Ranade

C. Manibhai Desai

D. None of these

Answer: A. Vinoba Bhave

Note: Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the first-ever individual Satyagraha from Panvar, Maharashtra in 1940. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was the second individual Satyagrahi.

Q.2 Who among the following designed the National Flag of India?

A. Rabindranath Tagore

B. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

C. Pingali Venkaiya

D. Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: C. Pingali Venkaiya

Q.3 In which of the following session of the Indian National Congress, the tri-color flag was unfurled for the first time?

A. Bombay Session, 1904

B. Karachi Session, 1931

C. Tripuri Session, 1939

D. Lahore Session, 1929

Answer: D. Lahore Session, 1929

Q.4 In the early political life, which among the following is CORRECT about Muhammad Ali Jinnah?

A. Supported the two nation theory

B. Imagined Pakistan as a separate nation

C. Initiated Hindu-Muslim Unity

D. None of these

Answer: C. Initiated Hindu-Muslim Unity

Note: Inspired by the Gandhi’s idea of Swaraj, M.A. Jinnah initially initiated Hindu-Muslim unity.

Q.5 Who among the following leader wrote the history of India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jain?

A. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

B. Chidambaram Pillai

C. Kalpana Datta

D. Bhagat Singh

Answer: A. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Note: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a popular leader of the Hindu Mahasabha wrote the history of Indian on the walls of Andaman Cellular Jail.

Q.6 Who among the following was NOT involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid?

A. Surya Sen

B. Ganesh Ghosh

C. Lokenath Bal

D. Dinesh Gupta

Answer: D. Dinesh Gupta

Note: Surya Sen, popularly known as the “Master Da” was the leader of the Chittagong Armoury Raid that took place 18th April, 1930.

Q.7 Muslim League advocated for a separate Muslim state in which of the following?

A. Lahore session of the Indian National Congress, 1928

B. Muslim League Lahore conference, 1940

C. During the start of the Civil Disobedience Movement, 1930

D. None of these

Answer: B. Muslim League Lahore conference, 1940

Note: he word Pakistan was given by Chaudhary Rehmat Ali, a student of the Cambridge university and at the Lahore conference of 1940, Muslim League advocated for a separate Muslim state.

Q.8 Who among the 15th centaury poet wrote the Gandhiji’s favorite song “Vaishna Jan Ho……”?

A. Narsinh Mehta

B. Ra Mandalika

C. Premanand

D. None of these

Answer: A. Narsinh Mehta

Note: Narsinh Mehta, popularly known as the “Adi Kavi” of Gujarat, was also known as Narsi Mehta or Narsi Bhagat.

Q.9 In which of the following year, Indian National Congress celebrated 26th January as the Independence day?

A. 1930

B. 1937

C. 1940

D. 1943

Answer: A. 1930

Note: In 1930 when declaration of Indian Independence (Purna Swaraj) was proclaimed by the Indian National Congress as opposed to the Dominion Status offered by British and 26th January. 1930 was celebrated as an Independence day.

Q.10 Who among the following wrote ““Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Hai”?

A. Ram Prasad Bismil

B. Bismil Azimabadi

C. Muhammad Iqbal

D. None of these

Answer: B. Bismil Azimabadi

Note: “Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna” is a patriotic poem which was written by Bismil Azimabadi in 1921, Bismil Azimabadi was a Urdu poet, freedom fighter and land lord from Patna, Bihar.

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