Indian Freedom Struggle MCQ history JKSSB
1.The first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment was
[A] C Vijaraghavachari
[B] B G Tilak
[C] Bipin Chandra Pal
[D] Dadabhai Nauroji
Correct Answer
[A] C Vijaraghavachari
2.Name the philosopher who believed that freedom is the keynote of spiritual life?
[A] Gopalakrishna Gokhale
[B] Nehru
[C] Ambedkar
[D] Vivekananda
Correct Answer
[D] Vivekananda
3.Who is the chief exponent of Two nation theory
[A] Vivekananda
[B] Gokhale
[C] Gandhiji
[D] Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Correct Answer
[D] Mohammed Ali Jinnah
4.The doctrine of Hindutva was expounded by
[A] V.D.Savarkar
[B] Tilak
[C] Gandhiji
[D] Nehru
Correct Answer
[A] V.D.Savarkar
5.The theory of ‘Cultural Nationalism’ was expounded by
[A] Gokhale
[B] Vivekananda
[C] Savarkar
[D] Nehru
Correct Answer
[A] Gokhale
6.D Savarkar was born in
[A] 1885
[B] 1883
[C] 1888
[D] 1870
Correct Answer
[B] 1883
7.Mohammed Ali Jinnah was born in
[A] Lahore
[B] Bombay
[C] Delhi
[D] Karachi
Correct Answer
[D] Karachi
8.In which year Mohammed Ali- Jinnah was elected to the Imperial Legislative Council from Bombay?
[A] 1910
[B] 1914
[C] 1919
[D] 1924
Correct Answer
[A] 1910
9.Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a
[A] Justice
[B] Dharma
[C] power
[D] Status
Correct Answer
[B] Dharma
10.Sree Narayana Guru was born in :
[A] Sivagiri
[B] Aruvipuram
[C] Chempazanthi
[D] Kollam
Correct Answer
[C] Chempazanthi
11.SNDP Yogam was formed in the year
[A] 1903
[B] 1896
[C] 1908
[D] 1914
Correct Answer
[A] 1903
12.The doctrine of Ramarajya was expounded by
[A] Tilak
[B] Gokhale
[C] Gandhiji
[D] Nehru
Correct Answer
[C] Gandhiji
13.Who is the “Champion of Secularism?”
[A] Jinnah
[B] Nehru
[C] Savarkar
[D] Tilak
Correct Answer
[B] Nehru
14.Who regarded the villages as the centre of Indian economic organization?
[A] Gandhiji
[B] Vivekananda
[C] Raja Ram Mohan Roy
[D] Tilak
Correct Answer
[A] Gandhiji
15.Gandhism is not merely a political creed it is
[A] A programme of action
[B] A message
[C] theory
[D] Working class movement
Correct Answer
[B] A message
16.Name the important work of V.D. Savarkar.
[A] Princess
[B] Politics
[C] Freedom struggle
[D] Hindutva
Correct Answer
[D] Hindutva
17.Who is regarded as the pragmatic social reformer?
[A] Nehru
[B] Thilak
[C] Sree Narayana Guru
[D] Mahathma Gandhi
Correct Answer
[C] Sree Narayana Guru
18.Who condemned Gandhism as a reactionary social philosophy?
[A] Gopalakrishna Gokhale
[B] M.N.Roy
[C] Nehru
[D] Lohia
Correct Answer
[B] M.N.Roy
19.Independent India was founded by :
[A] Gopalakrishna Gokhale
[B] Tilak
[C] M.N. Roy
[D] Jayaprakas Narayanan
Correct Answer
[C] M.N. Roy
20.Doctrine of Total Revolution was expounded by
[A] Jayaprakas Narayanan
[B] M.N Roy
[C] Gandhiji
[D] Tilak
Correct Answer
[A] Jayaprakas Narayanan
21.Radical Democratic party was organised by
[A] Lohia
[B] M.N.Roy
[C] Jayaprakash Narayanan
[D] Tilak
Correct Answer
[B] M.N.Roy
22.Who is the champion of the doctrine of ‘social revolution through human Revolution’?
[A] M.N.Roy
[B] Lohia
[C] Jayaprakash Narayanan
[D] Nehru
Correct Answer
[C] Jayaprakash Narayanan
23.Jinna’s Two –nation Theory was adopted on
[A] 1935
[B] 1940
[C] 1925
[D] 1947
Correct Answer
[B] 1940
24.The concept of four pillar state was advocated by
[A] Lohia
[B] M.N.Roy
[C] Nehru
[D] Ambedker
Correct Answer
[A] Lohia
25.Who considered Jinnah as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?
[A] Gandhiji
[B] Tilak
[C] Sarojini Naidu
[D] Vivekananda
Correct Answer
[C] Sarojini Naidu
26.Jinnah’s two nation theory was adopted as the
[A] Lahore Resolution
[B] Karachi Resolution
[C] Dacca Declaration
[D] Bombay resolution
Correct Answer
[A] Lahore Resolution (1940)
27.Azad Muslim conference’ was formed in
[A] 1929
[B] 1940
[C] 1941
[D] 1947
Correct Answer
[A] 1929
28.Name the political leader who supported two nation theory
[A] Gandhiji
[B] Gokhale
[C] Jinnah
[D] Tilak
Correct Answer
[C] Jinnah
29.All Indian Muslim League was started in:
[A] 1960
[B] 1906
[C] 1921
[D] 1928
Correct Answer
[B] 1906
30.Glimpses of world History’ was written by
[A] Nehru
[B] Gandhiji
[C] Thilak
[D] Ambedkar
Correct Answer
[A] Nehru
31.Who is the author of Discovery of India?
[A] Gandhiji
[B] Vivekananda
[C] Nehru
[D] Gokhale
Correct Answer
[C] Nehru
32.The fundamental principles of Pancha-shila were laid down in the year
[A] 1961
[B] 1955
[C] 1954
[D] 1950
Correct Answer
[C] 1954
33.R. Ambedker was born in
[A] 1891
[B] 1893
[C] 1898
[D] 1901
Correct Answer
[A] 1891
34.A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at _______ in a small park
enclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the Rowlett Act.
[A] Jallianwala Bagh
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Mumbai
[D] Delhi
Correct Answer
[A] Jallianwala Bagh
35.Brigadier-General _______ with his British troops entered the park at Jallianwala Bagh , closed the entrance of the park and commanded his army to fire on the gathered people without any warning.
[A] Reginald Dyer
[B] Sir Stafford Cripps
[C] Sir Claude Auchinleck
[D] General Sir Rob Lockhart.
Correct Answer
[A] Reginald Dyer
36.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October_______
[A] 1869
[B] 1859
[C] 1889
[D] 1900
Correct Answer
[A] 1869
37.Gandhiji came back to India from South Africa, in the year_______.
[A] 1914
[B] 1915
[C] 1916
[D] 1917
Correct Answer
[B] 1915
38._______, who led the Congress party, introduced Mahatma Gandhi to the
concerns in India and the struggle of the people.
[A] Tej Bahadur Sapru
[B] Rabindranath Tagore
[C] Mohammad Ali Jinnah
[D] Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Correct Answer
[A] Tej Bahadur Sapru
39.A series of non-violence campaigns of Civil Disobedience Movement were
launched by the Indian National Congress under the leadership of_______.
[A] Mohammad Ali Jinnah
[B] Sri Aurabindo
[C] Motilal Nehru
[D] Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answer
[D] Mahatma Gandhi
40.The Kheda Satyagraha and Champaran agitation in 1918 was
one of _______ first significant steps to achieve Indian independence.
[A] Rabindranath Tagore’s
[B] Gandhiji
[C] Motilal Nehru’s
[D] Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s
Correct Answer
[B] Gandhiji
41.Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, _______ gave the call for Quit India Movement.
[A] 1942
[B] 1920
[C] 1930
[D] 1940
Correct Answer
[A] 1942
42._______ called on all Congressmen and Indians to maintain discipline via
nonviolence and Do or Die in order to achieve ultimate freedom.
[A] Mahatma Gandhi
[B] Motilal Nehru
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Sri Aurobindo
Correct Answer
[A] Mahatma Gandhi
43.On 9th of August, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and the entire Congress
Working Committee were arrested in_______.
[A] UP
[B] Delhi
[C] Ahmedabad
[D] Mumbai
Correct Answer
[D] Mumbai
44.In 1946, upon persuasion of_______, Mahatma Gandhi reluctantly accepted the proposal of partition and independence offered by the British cabinet, in order to evade a civil war.
[A] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
[B] Rajguru
[C] Sukhdev
[D] Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Correct Answer
[A] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
45.During the First World War, _______ joined the central powers against Britain.
[A] America
[B] Greece
[C] France
[D] Turkey
Correct Answer
[D] Turkey
46.A Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of Mahammad Ali, _______ Maulana Azad and Hasrat Mohini to organise a Country-wide agitation.
[A] Shaukat Ali
[B] Qutubuddin Ahmad
[C] Shamsuddin Hussain
[D] Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Correct Answer
[A] Shaukat Ali
47.The main object of Khilafat Movement was to force the _______ Government to change its attitude towards Turkey and to restore the Sultan.
[A] British
[B] Austrian
[C] American
[D] Serbian
Correct Answer
[A] British
48.October 17, _______ was observed as Khilafat Day, when the Hindus
along with Muslims in fasting observed hartal on that day.
[A] 1908
[B] 1909
[C] 1916
[D] 1919
Correct Answer
[D] 1919
49.An All India Khilafat Conference was held at _______ on November 23, 1919
with Gandhi as its president.
[A] Calcutta
[B] Punjab
[C] Gujarat
[D] Delhi
Correct Answer
[D] Delhi
50.Congress leaders, like Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, viewed
the _______ as an opportunity to bring about Hindu-Muslim unity against
British.
[A] Khalifat Movement
[B] Khudai Khidmatgars
[C] Peasant movement
[D] Womens’ movement
Correct Answer
[A] Khalifat Movement
51._______ visited Malabar in 1921, giving
a further impetus to the Khalifat
movement.
[A] Gandhiji
[B] Motilal Nehru
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Sri Aurobindo
Correct Answer
[A] Gandhiji
52.A tragic episode namely the Moppila
Rebellion or the Malabar Rebellion
occurred in ____.
[A] 1911
[B] 1919
[C] 1920
[D] 1921
Correct Answer
[D] 1921
53.After the notice had expired the Non-
Cooperation movement was
launched formally on 1st August
of_______
[A] 1915
[B] 1916
[C] 1918
[D] 1920
Correct Answer
[D] 1920
54.At the _______ Session on September,
1920 the program of the Non-
Cooperation movement was started.
[A] Punjab
[B] Calcutta
[C] Delhi
[D] Lahore
Correct Answer
[B] Calcutta
55.The programs of _______ involved the
surrender of titles and offices and
resignation from the nominated
posts in the government body.
[A] Non-cooperation
[B] Khudai Khidmatgars
[C] Labour movement
[D] Womens’ movement
Correct Answer
[A] Non-cooperation
56._______ strictly advised the Non-Co-
operators to observe truth and non-
violence.
[A] Tilak
[B] Motilal Nehru
[C] Gandhiji
[D] Sri Aurobinda
Correct Answer
[C] Gandhiji
57.The decision taken in Calcutta
Session was supported in the _______
Session of the Congress on
December 1920.
[A] Nagpur
[B] Bengal
[C] Andhra
[D] Karnataka
Correct Answer
[A] Nagpur
58._______ along with Ali Brothers went to
a nationwide tour during which he
addressed the Indians in hundreds of
meetings.
[A] CR Das
[B] Motilal Nehru
[C] Gandhi
[D] J.M Sengupta
Correct Answer
[C] Gandhi
59.The educational boycott was most
successful in _______ under the
leadership of Chitta Ranjan Das and
Subhas Chandra Bose.
[A] Bihar
[B] Bombay
[C] Bengal
[D] Madras.
Correct Answer
[C] Bengal
60.In the second Round Table
Conference, _______ was appointed as
the representative of the Congress,
which was convened from 1st
September to 1st December in the
year1931.
[A] Gandhiji
[B] B.R.Ambedkar
[C] Annie Besant
[D] Maulana Azad
Correct Answer
[A] Gandhiji
61._______ announced “Communal
Award” on August 4, 1932.
[A] Ramsay Macdonald
[B] Qutubuddin Ahmad
[C] Shamsuddin Hussain
[D] Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Correct Answer
[A] Ramsay Macdonald
62._______ said that ‘There is no god
higher than truth’.
[A] Mahatma Gandhi
[B] Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari
[C] Hakim Ajmal Khan
[D] Abbas Tyabji
Correct Answer
[A] Mahatma Gandhi
63._______ adopted the methods of
Satyagraha in his fight against the
racial discrimination of the American
authorities in 1950.
[A] Martin Luther King
[B] Motilal Nehru
[C] B.R.Ambedkar
[D] Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answer
[A] Martin Luther King
64.Whose autobiography was titled ‘My
Experiments with Truth?’
[A] Mahatma Gandhi
[B] Motilal Nehru
[C] C. Rajagopalachari
[D] Rajendra Prasad
Correct Answer
[A] Mahatma Gandhi
65.The Lahore Congress of 1929 was
monumental in the political career of
_______ as well as the history of India’s
freedom struggle.
[A] Jawaharlal Nehru
[B] B.R.Ambedkar
[C] K. Damodaran
[D] Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answer
[A] Jawaharlal Nehru
66._______ was born on 23rd Jan, 1897 in
Cuttack, Orissa, India.
[A] Subhas Chandra Bose
[B] B.R.Ambedkar
[C] Krishna Pillai
[D] N.C.Sekhar
Correct Answer
[A] Subhas Chandra Bose
67._______ became the president of the
Haripura Indian National Congress
against the wishes of Gandhiji in
1938.
[A] Subhas Chandra Bose
[B] Qutubuddin Ahmad
[C] Shamsuddin Hussain
[D] Maulana Shaukat Ali
Correct Answer
[A] Subhas Chandra Bose
68.Direct Action Day ‘Hartal’ called by
the _______ on August 16, 1946 to get
rid of ‘British slavery and
contemplated future caste-Hindu
domination’.
[A] Muslim League
[B] Congress
[C] CPI
[D] CSP
Correct Answer
[A] Muslim League
69.The central teaching of Gandhi’s
thought is :
[A] truth
[B] love
[C] religion
[D] spirituality
Correct Answer
[A] truth
70.Gandhi understood the facts of non-
violence from the teachings of:
[A] Buddhism and Jainism
[B] Advaita
[C] Christianity
[D] Islam
Correct Answer
[A] Buddhism and Jainism
71._______ ranked the first among the
influences which moulded Gandhi.
[A] Upanishads
[B] Quran
[C] Bible
[D] Gita.
Correct Answer
[D] Gita
72._______ is considered as the most
important teaching of Gandhi.
[A] Love of humanity
[B] Love of God
[C] Truth is God
[D] God is love
Correct Answer
[C] Truth is God
73.Truth to Gandhi is not an
epistemological presupposition but
an
[A] psychological notion
[B] ontological implication
[C] epistemological notion
[D] none of these
Correct Answer
[C] epistemological notion
74.According to Gandhi nothing is exist
in reality expect:
[A] love
[B] goodness
[C] beauty
[D] truth
Correct Answer
[D] truth
75.The essential nature of God is
described by Gandhi by the phrase:
[A] Sarveswaran
[B] Svarupan
[C] Satchidananda
[D] Iswara
Correct Answer
[C] Satchidananda
76._______ Upanishad made a deep
influence upon Gandhi
[A] Mandukhya
[B] Chandokhya
[C] Isavasym
[D] Brahadaranya
Correct Answer
[B] Chandokhya
77.To Gandhi _______ is the aim of life.
[A] self-realization
[B] freedom
[C] liberation
[D] independence
Correct Answer
[A] self-realization
78.Tolstoy’s _______ made much
impression upon Gandhi.
[A] Unto This Last
[B] Enlightens
[C] The Kingdom of God within You
[D] None of these
Correct Answer
[C] The Kingdom of God within You
79.The Guajarati translation of the ‘Unto
this Last’ is called:
[A] Harijan
[B] Sarvodya
[C] Navajeevan
[D] Swadesi
Correct Answer
[C] Navajeevan
80.Who wrote the essay “Civil
Disobedience”?
[A] Thoreau
[B] Gandhi
[C] Ruskin Bond
[D] Tolstoy
Correct Answer
[B] Gandhi
81.“Daridra Narayana” means:
[A] Poor God
[B] God is poor
[C] Poor as God
[D] none of these
Correct Answer
[B] God is poor
82.According to Gandhi ‘service of the
poor is the :
[A] service of society
[B] service of humanity
[C] service of God
[D] service of the society
Correct Answer
[C] service of God
83.Harijan means:
[A] God of people
[B] God’s people
[C] People’s God
[D] God and people
Correct Answer
[C] People’s God
84.Gandhi said, “For me there can be no
politics without_______.”
[A] Service
[B] religion
[C] will
[D] none of these
Correct Answer
[A] Service
85.Gandhi believed in the sovereignty of
the people based on pure _______.
[A] rational authority
[B] political wisdom.
[C] moral authority
[D] knowledge
Correct Answer
[D] knowledge
86.By the term Panchyat Raj, Gandhi means:
[A] Federation of decentralised rural communities
[B] Federation of rural communities
[C] Federation of decentralised communities
[D] none of these
Correct Answer
[C] Federation of decentralised
communities
87.Quit India Movement is also known as
_______
[A] August movement
[B] May Movement
[C] July Revolution
[D] None of the above.
Correct Answer
[A] August movement
88.INA was formed in _______
[A] 1942
[B] 1940
[C] 1941
[D] 1943
Correct Answer
[A] 1942
89._______ was associated with INA.
[A] C.R. Das
[B] Abul Kalam Azad
[C] S.C Bose
[D] J.L. Nehru
Correct Answer
[C] S.C Bose
90.Ambedkar adopted _______.
[A] Hinduism
[B] Islam
[C] Buddhism
[D] Christianity
Correct Answer
[C] Buddhism
91.Gitanjali is the work of _______.
[A] Tagore
[B] Nehru
[C] SC Bose
[D] None
Correct Answer
[A] Tagore
92.Motilal Nehru is associated
with_______.
[A] Swaraj party
[B] HSRA
[C] INA
[D] None
Correct Answer
[A] Swaraj party
93.Jaya Prakash Narayan is associated
with _______.
[A] Socialism
[B] Communism
[C] Naxalism
[D] None
Correct Answer
[A] Socialism
94.First Indian to use the word
‘Swarajya’
[A] Raja Ram Mohan Rai
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Swami Vivekananda
Correct Answer
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
95.All India Harijan Sangha was
established by Mahatma Gandhi in
the year
[A] 1935
[B] 1932
[C] 1920
[D] 1927
Correct Answer
[B] 1932
96.In which place did Satyagraha first
started by Mahatma Gandhi
[A] Delhi
[B] Calcutta
[C] Baroda
[D] Champaran
Correct Answer
[D] Champaran
97.Who was the first to address
Mahatma Gandhi as the “Father of
Nation”
[A] Subhas Chandra Bose
[B] Rabindranath Tagore
[C] B G Tilak
[D] JL Nehru
Correct Answer
[A] Subhas Chandra Bose
98.Dandi March was began on the date
of
[A] 12th March, 1930
[B] 15th March, 1928
[C] 15th April, 1932
[D] 30th March, 1932
Correct Answer
[A] 12th March, 1930
99.Which farm established by Mahatma
Gandhi in Natal, South Africa
[A] Phoenix Farm
[B] Tolstoy Farm
[C] Sabarmati Ashram
[D] None of the above
Correct Answer
[A] Phoenix Farm
100.Who is considered as the chief
architect of Taj Mahal?
[A] Mir Abd-ul Karim
[B] Ustad-Ahmad Lahori
[C] Makramat Khan
[D] Ustad Isa
Correct Answer
[B] Ustad-Ahmad Lahori