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Indian National Movement | Set 1

1. Who among the following opposed Gandhiji’s Satyagraha against the Rowlett Act?

Correct : C. Annie Besant

2. Which of the following places witnessed the worst scenes of the violence in the wake of Rowlett Satyagraha?

Correct : C. Punjab

3. The president of all India Kisan sabhain1936 was.............

Correct : C. Vidyanand

4. Who was the first commander of I.N.A?

Correct : D. Niranjan Sing Gill.

5. The congress president who conducted negotiations with Cripps in 1942 and Wavell at Simla conference was ..............

Correct : B. Jawaharlal Nehru

6. In1946 there was a mutiny of Indian ratings in...

Correct : B. Madras

7. What proved to be the chief instrument for spreading the message of nationalism?

Correct : C. Press

8. Which one of the following organizations was the first organised expression of the Indian national movement?

Correct : D. Indian National Congress.

9. Lyton was not associated with the -----------

Correct : C. Ilbert bill

10. The number of resolutions adopted by the first congress session

Correct : B. 9

11. Which of the following sections of the Indian middle class dominated the congress in its early phase?

Correct : C. Lawyers

12. Who was the first president of I.N.C.?

Correct : B. W.C. Banerjee.

13. Amruta pritam was a ............. writer

Correct : A. Punjabi

14. The quit India movement was in the year

Correct : C. 1942

15. The famous battle cry chalo Delhi was given by ..............

Correct : C. Bose

16. Tebhaga movement was in the state of ................

Correct : A. Bengal

17. Who was the leader of bardoli Satyagraha?

Correct : B. Patel

18. The Lahore Session of Muslim league was in the year

Correct : A. 1940

19. Quit India resolution was passed on

Correct : C. August 8

20. Indian independence act was passed on ...............

Correct : A. July 14

21. R.I.N. Ratings was in .............

Correct : A. 1946.

22. C.R. Formula was framed in the year

Correct : A. 1944

23. Desai –Liaqat pact was concluded after .............

Correct : A. Gandhi -jinnah talk

24. The Wavell plan was announced in ..............

Correct : A. June 1945

25. The Simla conference was held under the viceroyalty of ..............

Correct : B. Wavell

26. Cabinet mission was sent to India by.............

Correct : A. Britain

27. A.V. Alexander was a member of ...............

Correct : C. Cabinet Mission

28. The direct action day of Muslim league was ..................

Correct : A. 16 August 1946

29. The interim cabinet was headed by .................

Correct : B. Nehru

30. Mount batten plan is also known as ................

Correct : A. June 3rd plan

31. Who was the ruler of Kashmir at the time of independence?

Correct : A. Hari sing

32. Who was the home minister of free India?

Correct : A. Patel

33. Who was the first deputy prime minister of India?

Correct : B. Patel

34. Who was in charge of the integration of princely states?

Correct : A. Patel

35. India wins freedom was written by ...................

Correct : A. Azad

36. Who was the first governor general of Pakistan?

Correct : B. Jinnah

37. Pinjar was written by ...........

Correct : A. Amrita pro-am

38. The dark dancer, a novel authored by ...............

Correct : A. Balachandrarajan

39. Freedom at midnight was co-authored with Dominique lapierre ...........

Correct : B. Larry Collins

40. What was the role of East India Company in India from 1600 to 1757?

Correct : D. trading corporation

41. When did the drain of wealth from Bengal Begin?

Correct : C. 1757

42. Who founded the Fort William College at Calcutta?

Correct : C. Lord Wellesley

43. Wellesley came to India in -----------

Correct : D. 1798

44. Under the permanent settlement the zamindars could keep -------- of the rental

Correct : D. 1/11

45. Who established a madrasa in Calcutta in 1781?

Correct : D. Warren Hastings

46. Who became the Chairman of the Board of Control in 1853?

Correct : C. Charles wood

47. Indian sepoys began to be recruited in the British army from

Correct : D. 1742

48. Who was the nationalist leader associated with the paper Harijan

Correct : D. Mahatma Gandhi

49. When was the Sarada Act Passed?

Correct : C. 1930

50. Where were universities established in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay?

Correct : B. 1857

51. Who wrote Neel Darpan?

Correct : A. Dinabandhu Mitra

52. Who started the first textile mill in India?

Correct : D. Tata d) Cowasjee Nanabhoy

53. When did the revolt begin in 1857?

Correct : B. 10 may

54. Who brought the Bareilly troops to Delhi?

Correct : A. Bakht khan

55. Who was the Lieutenant governor in 1858?

Correct : D. Fredrick Halliday

56. Who wrote the causes of the Indian Mutiny?

Correct : C. Sayyid Ahamed Khan

57. Who was the last Peshwa?

Correct : D. Baji Rao II

58. Who wrote the war which began for religion ended up as a war of independence?

Correct : B. Surendranath sen

59. When did the Indian Reforms Association come in to being?

Correct : D. 1870

60. When was the widow Remarriage Act passed

Correct : D. 1856

61. Where did B.R. Ambedkar form his Bahiskirt Hitakarini Sabha in 1924?

Correct : A. Bombay

62. When was English declared as the medium of instruction in India?

Correct : B. 1835

63. Who was the chairman of the first Law Commission?

Correct : C. Lord Macaulay

64. When was a supreme court established for the first time at Calcutta?

Correct : B. 1773

65. Which Charter Act made provisions for education in India for the first time?

Correct : A. 1813

66. Cornwallis code dealt with -------- matters

Correct : C. Judicial

67. What was the strength of Indians in the army of the East India Company in 1857?

Correct : C. 265,900

68. What was the percentage of Drain in India’s national income by the end of 19th century?

Correct : A. 8%

69. When was the permanent settlement introduced in Bengal and Bihar?

Correct : C. 1793

70. When was the first railway line opened to traffic in India?

Correct : A. 1853

71. Who introduced the permanent settlement of Land Revenue?

Correct : A. Wellesley

72. When was Mangal Pandey hanged in 1857?

Correct : C. 29 March

73. The revolt of 1857 started with the mutiny of

Correct : A. Sepoy

74. The charter Act of -------- ended the monopoly of the East India Company in India

Correct : D. 1813

75. The governor general council came in to being in the year

Correct : A. 1784

76. When was the system of dual government ended in Bengal?

Correct : B. 1772

77. What was the real name of Nana Saheb?

Correct : C. Dhondu Pant

78. What was the number of major rebellions from 1763 to 1856?

Correct : C. 15

79. When did Rani Lakshmibai die in 1858?

Correct : C. 17 June

80. Who considered the revolt as a war of the orthodoxy against Christianity?

Correct : A. L.E.R. Ree

81. Who has written the book the Great Rebellion?

Correct : C. B.R. Grover

82. Who was the first viceroy of India?

Correct : C. Lord Canning

83. When was the vernacular press act passed?

Correct : A. 1878

84. The title viceroy meant crown’s personal

Correct : B. Representative

85. There were ------- medical colleges in the country in 1857

Correct : B. 3

86. Who was the governor general in 1882?

Correct : B. Ripon

87. When did Queen Victoria assume the title of the Empress of India?

Correct : C. 1876

88. Who wrote the book, the Discovery of India?

Correct : C. Nehru

89. The revolt of 1857 mainly remained confined to ------- India

Correct : C. Northern& Central

90. The Act of 1861 increased the strength of viceroy’s council to

Correct : D. 5

91. With whose help did Lakshmibhai capture Gwalior

Correct : C. Tantia Tope

92. Who wrote the book Topics for Indian States Man?

Correct : B. J.B.Norton

93. When was an Inam commission established?

Correct : C. 1852

94. Who was the head of the East India Company in 1857?

Correct : A. R.D.Mangle

95. When was the congress socialist party formed?

Correct : A. 1934

96. Where was the swaraj party formed in March, 1923?

Correct : D. Allahabad

97. Siddhu, kanhu, chand, Bhareo were the leaders of --------- uprising

Correct : D. Santhal

98. Which British officer was given special command to suppress the santhals

Correct : C. Colonel Bird

99. When did the armed rebellion of the santhals take place?

Correct : A. 1855-56

100. Which kuka leader appointed subedars and Naib Subedars

Correct : A. Ram Singh