Indian History MCQ Set-13

Indian History MCQ Set-13

Indian Freedom Struggle GK 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 Arrange the following events in the correct sequence according to year of occurrence.

I. Formation of Indian National Congress

II. Cabinet Mission

III. Champaran Satyagraha

IV. Home Rule Movement

A. I, II, III, IV

B. I, IV, III, II

C. IV, I, III, II

D. II, III, I, IV

Answer: B. I, IV, III, II

Note: Indian National Congress was formed in 1885, Home rule movement was started in 1916, Champaran Satyagraha was held in 1917 and the Cabinet Mission was held in 1946.

Q.2 After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Mahatma Gandhi laid emphasis on?

A. Limited use of violence

B. Constructive programme

C. Compromise with British Raj

D. None of these

Answer: B. Constructive Programme

Note: After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1934, Mahatma Gandhi laid emphasis on constructive programme. The constructive programme may otherwise and more fittingly be called construction of Poorna Swaraj or complete independence by truthful and nonviolent means.

Q.3 For which among the following reason, peasant movement during the freedom struggle remained localized?

A. Lack of leadership

B. Influence of Landlords and their relation with British Raj

C. They grew out of their local grievances

D. Direct action by British Raj against the peasants.

Answer: C. They grew out of their local grievances

Q.4 Aligarh Movement was started for:

A. Establish the Mughal kingdom back

B. Establish modern system of education for the Muslim population of British India

C. Support Gandhi’s Purna Swaraj Demand

D. None of these

Answer: C. Establish modern system of education for the Muslim population of British India

Q.5 Who among the following was the leader of the wider Aligarh Movement?

A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

B. Muhammad Iqbal

C. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

D. Maulana Abdul Kamal Azad

Answer: C. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Q.6 Who among the following was known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi”?

A. Abdul Ghaffar Khan

B. Muhammad Iqbal

C. Maulana Abdul Kamal Azad

D. None of these

Answer: A. Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Note: Due to similar ideologies and friendship with Mahatma Gandhi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan was known as Frontier Gandhi and Simant Gandhi and he is honorably addressed as Fakhr-e-Afghan (pride of Afghan).

Q.7 Which among the following is CORRECT about the “Bande Mataram” English weekly newspaper?

I. It was founded by Bipin Chandra Pal in 1905

II. Sri Aurobindo was the editor of the newspaper

III. The newspaper was accused of spreading “radical Indian nationalism” and “Nationalist extremism”

A. Only I is correct

B. Only II is correct

C. Only III is correct

D. I, II & III all correct

Answer: D. I, II & III all correct

Q.8 Who among the following has written the book “Gita Rahasya” while in the Mandalay, Burma prison?

A. Jawaharlal Nehru

B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C. Lala Lajpat Rai

C. Bipin Chandra Pal

Answer: B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Note: Bal Gangadhar Tilak was awarded six years imprisonment at the Mandalay prison of Burma for his alleged involvement in the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908. While in the Mandalay prison, Bal Gangadhar Tikal wrote the “Gita Rahasya” or “Shrimadh Bhagvad Gita Rahasya” a Marathi language book based on the analysis of the “Karma Yoga” of the Bhagvad Gita.

Q.9 Who among the following is known as the “Pubjab Kesari”?

A. Lala Lajpat Rai

B. Lala Hans Raj

C. Bhagat Singh

D. Sukhdev Thapar

Answer: A. Lala Lajpat Rai

Q.10 Which of the following organization organized the Kakori conspiracy?

A. Hindustan Republican Association

B. Swaraj Party

C. Hindu Mahasabha

D. Indian National Congress

Answer: A. Hindustan Republican Association

Note: The Kakori Conspiracy (or Kakori train robbery) organized by the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), was a train robbery that took place at Kakori, a village near Lucknow, on 9 August 1925. The plan was conceived by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan and executed by Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Chandra Sekhar Azad, Keshab Chakravarty, Manmathnath Gupta, Mukund Lal, Murari Lal Gupta, Banwari Lal and Sachindra Bakshit.

List of Indian History MCQ Sets fromGKLead.com

Tags: , , , ,