1. The spark for the Swadeshi Movement was
the __________ decision to partition Bengal
a. French
b. British
c. Dutch
d. Portuguese
2. Arrange the following historical events in the
chronological order of their occurrence.,
I. Champaran Satyagraha,
II. Partition of Bengal,
III. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
a. I II III
b. II III I
c. II I III
d. I III II
3. The swadeshi movement in Bengal started on
__________
a. 1902
b. 1905
c. 1908
d. 1909
4. The Revolt of 1857 in Awadh and Lucknow
was led by
a. Wajid Ali Shah
b. Begum Hazrat Mahal
c. Asaf-ud-daula
d. Begum Zeenat Mahal
5. The 1857 revolt did not acquire much
intensity in
a. Delhi
b. Awadh
c. Bombay
d. The Chambal Region
6. Which of the following statements best
explains the nature of revolt of 1857?
a. The last effort of the old political order to
regain power
b. Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the
British Army
c. A struggle of the common people to
overthrow common rule
d. An effort to establish a limited Indian
nation
7. Name the Mughal emperor occupying the
throne of Delhi when the revolt of 1857 took
place
a. Shah Alam II
b. Jahandar Shah
c. Bahadur Shah Zafar
d. Humayun
8. Which of the following upheavals took place
In Bengal immediately after the revolt of 1857?
a. Santhal rebellion
b. Indigo disturbances
c. Sanyasi rebellion
d. Pabna disturbances
9. Arrange the following events in a correct
sequence of Indian National Movement , I.Foundation of Indian National Congress,
II. Simon Commission,
III. Home Rule Movement,
IV. Cabinet Mission
a. I III II IV
b. III I IV II
c. I II IV III
d. I IV III II
10. When was the Non-Cooperation Movement
got momentum under the leadership of Mahatma
Gandhi and the Indian National Congress?
a. 1920-1922
b. 1922-1924
c. 1987-1989
d. 1990-1992
11. Eminent Tamil Poet C Subramania Bharati was
associated with which of the following
movements of the Indian National Congress?
a. Extremist
b. Non-Cooperation
c. Civil Disobedience
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12. During the freedom struggle a parallel
movement launched in the Indian states (in the
states ruled by the Indian rulers such as Kashmir,
Nizam’s Hyderabad, Travancore, etc.) was/were
a. State People’s Movement
b. Praja Mandal Movement
c. Both (a) and (b) above
d. Swaraj Movement
13. Khilafat Movement was organised by
a. Jinnah
b. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
c. Ali Brothers
d. Agha Khan
14. Khilafat Movement was organised to protest
against the injustice done to
a. Persia
b. Turkey
c. Arabia
d. Egypt
15. After the failure of the Civil Disobedience
Movement, Mahatma Gandhi laid emphasis on
a. compromise with the British
b. limited use of Violence
c. constructive programme
d. None of the above
16. The peasant movements, revolts, riots,
struggles, etc. in 19th century, India remained
mainly localised because
a. they were mainly directed against
enhancement in rent evictions usurious
practices of moneylenders etc.
b. the peasants had no leadership and
organisation
c. they grew out of local grievances
d. the big landlords were allies of the British
17. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil
Disobedience Movement in 1930 from
a. Sabarmati Ashram
b. Ahmedabad
c. Porbandar
d. Dandi
18. When was the ‘Quit India Movement’
launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?
a. 1946
b. 1939
c. 1942
d. 1940
19. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had started a reform
movement among the Muslim, called the
__________ Movement
a. Sufi
b. Aligarh
c. Jaipur
d. Wahabi
20. The Namdhari, or Kuka, movement had its
origin in the __________ corner of the Sikh
kingdom, away from the places of royal pomp
and grandeur
a. North-west
b. North-south
c. North-east
d. South
21. Which of the following was the achieved
milestone of the Non-Cooperation Movement of
1921?
a. It stopped the injustice done to the Khilafat
b. Indian obtains some political rights
c. The Hindus and the Muslims came closer
in political pursuit
d. It avenged the Punjab atrocities
22. __________ was the Founder Father of
Aligarh movement
a. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
b. Maqsud Ali
c. Abul kalam Azad
d. Karim Ali
23. The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s
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Red Shirt Movement were known as
a. Khidmatgars (Servants)
b. Insan-i-Khidmatgar (Servants of the
people)
c. Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
d. Angels of Freedom
24. Gandhi gave the call to reject all foreign goods
during the __________ Movement
a. Khilafat
b. Non-cooperation
c. Swadeshi
d. Civil Disobedience
25. Gandhi had given out the stirring call of ‘Do or
Die’ during the __________ Movement
a. Non-cooperation
b. Khilafat
c. Civil Disobedience
d. Quit India
26. Vivian Derozio had been associated with the
__________ movement
a. Swadeshi
b. Back to the Vedas
c. Young Bengal
d. Young India
27. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to
Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement
in Punjab?
a. 1905
b. 1907
c. 1909
d. 1911
28. Who was in command of the nationalist
movement before Gandhi had assumed
leadership of the Congress?
a. C R Das
b. Motilal Nehru
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
d. Lokmanya Tilak
29. The Kuka movement started in midnineteenth
century in
a. Western Punjab
b. Maharashtra
c. Bengal
d. Madhya Bharat
30. The issue on which the Civil disobedience
movement of 1930 was launched was
a. Equal employment opportunities for
Indians
b. The proposed execution of Bhagat Singh
c. Salt monopoly exercised by the British
Government
d. Complete freedom
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