1. The roots of the 1857 revolt lay in
a. Blatantly discriminatory policies
b. Exploitative land revenue policy
c. The policy of greased cartridges
d. All of the above
2. The Revolt of 1857 was started by
a. The sepoys
b. The zamindars
c. The peasants
d. The plantations workers
3. The revolt of 1857 had its beginning in
a. Meerut
b. Plassey
c. Madras
d. Bombay
4. An effect of the 1857 revolt was that
a. The spirit of rebellion in Indian was
crushed
b. The British became totally demoralized
c. The British abandoned their repressive
policies
d. Unity was forged between the Hindus
and Muslims
5. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
a. of superior resources of the British empire
b. it was poorly organised and the rebels
had no common ideal
c. it had very little nationalist sentiment
d. it was localised restricted and scattered
6. The Indian National Congress had adopted the famous Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) resolution at its session held at
a. Karachi
b. Allahabad
c. Lahore
d. Calcutta
7. Which of the following leader was not
associated with extremist leadership of Indian National Congress?
a. Lokmanya Tilak
b. Aurobindo Ghosh
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
d. O. Hume
8. Who said that Indian National Congress is a ‘begging institute’?
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Bipin Chandra Pal
c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d. Aurobindo Ghosh
9. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Indian National Congress?
I. The Poorna Swarajya resolution was passed in Lahore session of the Congress held in December,
II. The Congress Working Committee which met on January 2, 1930, decided that January 26, 1930, should be observed as the Poorna Swarajya Day
a. Only I
b. Only II
c. Both I and II
d. Neither I nor II
10. Who told that Indian National Congress
represents only microscopic minorities?
a. Lord Curzon
b. Lord Dufferin
c. Lord Minto
d. None of these
11. In the absence of Gandhi, the Quit India Movement had been led by
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Sarojini Naidu
c. Aruna Asaf Ali
d. Dadabhai Naoroji
12. For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi’s volunteers of the Salt Satyagraha walk?
a. 24
b. 36
c. 12
d. 6
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13. Two great socio-religious reformers of the 19th century who provided inspiration to the Indian National Movement were
a. Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda
b. Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Debendra Nath Tagore
c. MG Ranade and DK Karve
d. Keshab Chandra Sen and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
14. The Non-Cooperation Movement was
suspended in February 1922 on account of
a. the Chauri Chaura incident
b. Hindu Muslim riots
c. arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and his
imprisonment for six years
d. all the above
15. Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi’s views on Satyagraha is not correct?
a. It denotes assertion of the power of the
human soul against social political and
economic dominance
b. It is the exercise of the purest soul force
against all injustice oppression and
exploitation
c. It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong
d. Mahatma Gandhi’s theory of Satayagraha was based on the acceptance of the concept of self-suffering
16. Which of the following statements is not correct with reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle?
a. The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave popular
indignation and led to the Jalian walla Bagh Massacre
b. Subhash Chandra Bose formed the
Forward Bloc
c. Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association
d. In 1931 the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact
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17. The Bhoodan Movement had been started by
a. M K Gandhi
b. Acharya Kripalani
c. Jayaprakash Narayan
d. Vinoba Bhave
18. Which of the following event was the reason for the withdrawn of non cooperation movement?
a. Chauri Chaura incident
b. Jallianwala massacre
c. Gandhi Imprisionment
d. None
19. Which of the following leader was not
moderate?
a. Dada Bhai Naoroji
b. Anand Charlu
c. Bipin Chandra Pal
d. Madan Mohan Malviya
20. Which of the following was the main part of Aurobindo’s programme to achieve independence?
a. Organisation of secret societies
b. Passive resistance
c. Constitutional agitation
d. Terrorism
21. Who was the author of the Book, the Indian War of Independence, 1857?
a. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
b. V. savarka
c. Subash chander
d. Majumdar
22. One of the earliest and the best known
mutinies before the Revolt of 1857 was
a. the Native Infantry Mutiny (1824)
b. Indian Soldiers Mutiny at Vellore (1806)
c. Sholapur Mutiny (1838)
d. Assam Soldiers Mutiny (1824)
23. Which among the following place, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857 ?
a. Agra
b. Kanpur
c. Jhansi
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d. Lucknow
24. I. The rebels lacked effective leadership.,
II. They did not get the support of the civilian people anywhere in the country.,
III. There was no central organisation to guide them.,
IV. Their military equipment was inferior to that of the English.,Which of these statements is/are correct related the causes for the failure of the Great Revolt of 1857?
a. I III ; IV
b. I II ; III
c. III ; IV
d. II III ; IV
25. Who are among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 managed to escape to Nepal? ,
I.Kunwar Singh,II. Nana Sahab,III. Begum of Awadh,IV. Bakht Khan
a. I and II
b. I and IV
c. II and IV
d. II and III
26. The Ghadar Party was founded (November 1913) at San Francisco USA by
a. Madam Bhikaji Cama
b. Lala Har Dayal
c. Shyamji Krishana Verma
d. Both (a) and (b) above
27. Which of the following pair leader associated with the Revolt of 1857 is not correctly matched?
a. Hazrat Mahal : Kanpur
b. Khan Bahadur Khan : Bareilly
c. Kunwar Singh : Bihar
d. Bakht Khan : Delhi
28. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transfered to power from
a. East India Company to the British Crown
b. British Crown to the East India Company
c. East India Company to the Governor
General
d. British Crown to the Board of Directors
29. After the initial success of the Revolt of 1857, the objective for which the leaders of the revolt worked was
a. to restore the former glory to the Mughal empire
b. to form a Federation of Indian States
under the aegis of Bhadur Shah II
c. elimination of foreign rule and return of
the old order
d. each leader wanted to establish his own
power in his respective region
30. Govind Dhondu Pant, popularly known was Nanasaheb, and one of the principal leaders of the Revolt of 1857, was the adopted heir and successor of
a. Peshwa Baji Rao II
b. King of Jhansi
c. Madhav Rao Sindhia
d. Malhar Rao Holkar
32. As per the Act of Indian
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