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Indian National Movement - 1

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Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got independence?

  1. Anthony Eden

  2. Winston Churchill

  3. Clement Attlee

  4. G. Brown


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Clement Richard Attlee (January 3, 1883 – October 8, 1967) was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and he was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got independence.

Assam was created as a separate province when

  1. the partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911

  2. Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905

  3. Minto announced the new reform proposals in 1905 - 1906

  4. Montagu - Chelmsford Reforms were implemented in 1919


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

The first political murder of a European Lt. Ayerst was carried out by

  1. Damodar and Balakrishna Chapekar

  2. Vanchi Ayer

  3. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt

  4. V.D Savarkar and Ganesh Savarkar


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

On 22nd June 1897 there were celebrations at the Government House in Ganesh Khind on account of the Queen's diamond jubilee. As Rand's carriage came out of the Government House at midnight, Damodar jumped on the back seat and fired his gun at Rand at point-blank range. The officer collapsed immediately, as also Lt. Ayerst who was in the carriage in front and whom Damodar's brother Balkrishna fired upon.

The Gadar Party was established by

  1. Nana Phadnavis

  2. Lala Hardayal

  3. Sardar Kartar Singh

  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Gadar Party, initially the Pacific Coast Hindustan Association, was formed in 1913 in the United States under the leadership of Lala Hardayal.

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place during the Viceroyalty of

  1. Lord Curzon

  2. Lord Rippon

  3. Lord Chelmsford

  4. Lord Canning


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Chelmsford.

Census was introduced in India during the time of

  1. Lord Ripon

  2. Lord Carnwallis

  3. Lord Clive

  4. Lord William Bentic


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct answer is (1). 

The Red shirt movement aimed at

  1. trade union activities in India

  2. the formation of Kashmir

  3. throwing out British from India

  4. the formation of Pakistan


Correct Option: C

The Sarabandi Campaign of 1922 was led by

  1. Vallabhbhai Patel

  2. Gandhiji

  3. Rajendra Prasad

  4. C. R. Das


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Sarabandi (no-tax) campaign of 1922 was led by Vallabhbhai Patel.  

Which is true about Government of India Act, 1919?

  1. It started the practice of communal representative.

  2. It related to Morley-Minto reforms.

  3. It related to Montague Chelmsford reforms.

  4. It gave birth to federal structure.


Correct Option: C

On September 20, 1932, Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada Jail against the

  1. British repression of the Satyagrahis

  2. Communal Award of Ramsay Macdonald

  3. Communal riots in Calcutta

  4. Violation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Communal Award was highly controversial and opposed by Mahatma Gandhi, who fasted in protest against it.

The Board of Control was established under the

  1. Charter Act, 1813

  2. Pitt's India Act, 1784

  3. Charter Act, 1793

  4. Regulating Act, 1773


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The East India Company Act, 1784, also known as Pitt's India Act, provided for the appointment of a Board of Control. 

Which university in India was the first to be established by the British?

  1. Calcutta

  2. Madras

  3. Bombay

  4. Delhi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Calcutta University in India was the first to be established by the British on 24th January, 1857.

Match the following:

List I List II
--- ---
(a) 1775
(b) 1780
(c) 1824
(d) 1839
  1. (a) - 3, (b) - 4, (c) - 1, (d) - 2

  2. (a) - 4, (b) - 3, (c) - 2, (d) - 1

  3. (a) - 3, (b) - 4, (c) - 2, (d) - 1

  4. (a) - 4, (b) - 3, (c) - 1, (d) - 2


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

(1) The First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826) ended in a British East India Company victory and by the Treaty of Yandabo. Burma lost territory previously conquered in Assam, Manipur and Arakan. (2) The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the British East India Company and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. (3) The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) was the first of the three Anglo-Maratha wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India. (4) The Second Anglo–Mysore War (1780–1784) was a conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company.

Which famous battle was responsible for the establishment of British supremacy in India?

  1. The Battle of Buxar

  2. The Battle of Wandiwash

  3. The Battle of Srirangapatanam

  4. The Battle of Plassey


Correct Option: A

The leader of the revolt of 1857 in Bihar was

  1. Kunwar Singh

  2. Mangal Pandey

  3. Nana Saheb

  4. Tantia Tope


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Veer Kunwar Singh (1777-1858), one of the leaders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, belonged to a royal Kshatriya (Rajput) house of Jagdispur, currently a part of Bhojpur district, Bihar, India.

Who among the following led the revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?

  1. Bahadur Shah Zafar

  2. Tantia Tope

  3. Kunwar Singh

  4. Nana Saheb


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sahib won the confidence of Charles Hillersdon, the Collector of Cawnpore. It was planned that Nana Saheb would assemble a force of 1500 soldiers, in case the rebellion spread to Kanpur.

Sir Charles Wood dispatch of 1854 dealt primarily with

  1. Educational reforms

  2. Administrative reforms

  3. Economical reforms

  4. Social reforms


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Charles Wood was a firm believer in the superiority of English race and institutions and sincerely believed that these institutions could serve as a useful model for the world. He showed a larger vision about education than most of the zealous educationists in India.In 1854 Wood prepared his comprehensive dispatch on the scheme of future education in India. The dispatch came to be considered as the Magna Carta of English education in India.

The leader of the young Bengal Movement was

  1. Chandrashekhar Dev

  2. Henry Vivian Derozio

  3. Dwarkanath Tagore

  4. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was an Indian poet and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Kolkata, a radical thinker and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal.

When did Mahatma Gandhi visit Shimla?

  1. 1921

  2. 1916

  3. 1918

  4. 1917


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

On May 12 1921, Mahatma Gandhi came to Shimla in order to have a meeting with the Viceroy. He gave a speech to the people in the Id-Gaha Maidan.

Who among the following was a prominent leader of the Congress Socialist Party?

  1. P.C. Joshi

  2. M.N Roy

  3. Acharya Narendra Dev

  4. V.D. Savardra Dev


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A reputed scholar, socialist and nationalist, Acharya Narendra Dev was a lawyer by profession. In 1948, he cut off links with the Congress to form the Socialist Party and became its Chairman.

The Rowlatt Act provided for

  1. enlargement of legislative assemblies

  2. detention without trial

  3. restriction on the press

  4. introduction of Diarchy in Provinces


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Rowlatt act passed by the British in colonial India in March 1919.Passed by British judge Sir Sidney Rowlatt, this act effectively authorized the government to imprison for a maximum period of two years, without trial, any person suspected of terrorism living in the Raj.

Who was called the Frontier Gandhi?

  1. Khan Abdul Wali Khan

  2. Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan

  3. Khan Abdul Mohamed Khan

  4. Khan Abdul Ismail Khan


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890 - 20 January 1988) was an Afghan Pashtun political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India. A lifelong pacifist, a devout Muslim, and a close friend of Mohandas Gandhi, he was also known as Fakhri Afghan, Badshah Khan and Sarhaddi Gandhi or Frontier Gandhi.

Who is known as the Father of Indian Unrest?

  1. Dadabhai Nauroji

  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. G. K. Gokhale


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Lokmanya Tilak (Marathi: born as Keshav Bal Gangadhar Tilak (23 July 1856 - 1 August 1920, age 64), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and independence fighter who was the first popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial authorities derogatorily called him Father of the Indian unrest.

Who was the first Governor General of free India?

  1. Rajendra Prasad

  2. C Rajagopalachari

  3. Sardar Vallabhai Patel

  4. Lord Mountbatten


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India. Mountbatten was appointed Viceroy of India in 1947 and he oversaw the creation of the independent states of India and Pakistan. After India's independence on 15 August 1947, the title of Viceroy was abolished and was converted into Governor General. Thus, Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor General of independent India.

At which session of Congress in 1907 did the first split in the party occurr?

  1. Ahmedabad session

  2. Pune session

  3. Nagpur session

  4. Surat session


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In 1907 at the Surat Session the party was split into two halves—the Garam Dal of Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the Naram Dal of Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

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