Important Mcqs for Indian freedom struggle/Movement for JKSSB FAA

1.The first event relating to the war of Independence of 1857 was

[UPPCS (Mains) 2008]

(A) Kanpur’s Revolt and taking over the leadership by Nana Saheb

(B) Begum Hazrat Mahal’s leadership of Oudh

(D) Revolt by Rani of Jhansi

Ans. C

2. Who amongst the following was the leader of the 1857 uprising at Allahabad?

[Kerala PSC (Pre) 2019,UPPCS (Mains) 2015]

(A) Nana Saheb

(B) Azimullah

(D) Maulvi Liyaqat Ali

Ans D

3.Who was the leader of 1857 struggle for freedom in Lucknow?

[UPPCS (Re. Exam)(Pre) 2015]

(A) Zeenat Mahal

(B) Nana Saheb

(D) Tatya Tope

Ans C

4.The real name of which one of the following leaders of 1857 was ‘Ram Chandra Pandurang’?

[UPPCS (Pre) 2011/UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]

(A) Kunwar Singh

(B) Tatya Tope

(D) Mangal Pandey

Ans B

5. When did Queen Victoria declare the taking over of Indian Adminis-tration under British crown? [48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008]

(A) 1 November, 1858

(B) 31 December, 1857

(D) 17 November, 1859

Ans A

6.What was the main cause of the failure of the Revolt of 1857?

[41st BPSC (Pre) 1996]

(A) Lack of Hindu-Muslim unity

(B) Lack of common strategy and central organization

(D) Non-participations of Land-lords

Ans B

7. Modern Historian, who called the Revolt of 1857 as the first Independence War was

[MPPCS (Pre) 2008]

(A) Dr. R.C. Mazumdar

(B) Dr. S.N. Sen

(D) Ashok Mehta

Ans C

8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below.

[UPPCS (Pre) 2010]

List-I

(a) Jhansi

(b) Lucknow

(d) Faizabad

List-II

1. Maulvi Ahmad Shah

2. Azimullah Khan

3. Begum Hazrat Mahal

4. Rani Lakshmi Bai

Code

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 4 3 2 1

(B) 4 2 3 1

(D) 1 2 3 4

Ans A

9.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]

List-I (Name of the Revolutionaries)

(a) Nana Saheb

(b) Nawab Hamid Ali Khan

(d) Mani Ram Diwan

List-II (Place)

1. Delhi

2. Kanpur

3. Lucknow

4. Assam

Code

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 2 4 3

(B) 1 2 3 4

(D) 2 1 3 4

Ans D

10.How many representatives took part in the First Session of the Indian National Congress?

[53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]

(A) 52

(B) 62

(D) 82

Ans C

11.First Muslim President of Indian National Congress was

[Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007/UPPCS (Pre) 2005, 1995]

(A) Abul Kalam Azad

(B) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai

(D) Badruddin Tyyabji

Ans D

12.The second session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by

[45th BPSC (Pre) 2001]

(A) Ganesh Agarkar

(B) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(D) Feroz Shah Mehta

Ans C

13.The first European to be elected as President of the Indian National Congress was

[UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013]

(A) A.O. Hume

(B) George Yule

(D) Annie Besant

Ans B

14.For which of the following sessions the Congress elected its first women President?

[UPPCS (Re. Exam)(Pre) 2015]

(A) Calcutta Session, 1917

(B) Gaya Session, 1922

(D) Lucknow Session, 1916

Ans A

15.Who was the first lady President of the Indian National Congress?

[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012/UPPCS (Mains) 2012/UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014]

(A) N. Sen Gupta

(B) Sarojini Naidu

(D) Kadambini Bose

Ans C

16.Who was the first Indian Woman President of the Congress?

[Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2002/56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015]

(A) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

(B) Pandita Rama Bai

(D) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur

Ans C

17.Who among the following was the youngest person to become the President of the Indian National Congress?

[MPPCS (Pre) 2017]

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Bhupendra Nath Bose

Ans B

18 At which place was the 27th Session of the Indian National Congress held?

[53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]

(A) Bhagalpur

(B) Patna

(D) Bankipur

Ans D

19. Who was the President of Gaya Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1922?

[Himachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2018/56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015]

(A) Chittaranjan Das

(B) S.N. Banerjee

(D) Hakim Ajmal Khan

Ans A

20.Mahatma Gandhi presided over only in one session of the Indian National Congress in 1924. Where was the session held?

[UPPCS (Pre) 2011/RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010]

(A) Gaya

(B) Amritsar

(D) Kanpur

Ans C

21.Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress continuously for six years?

[UPPCS (Mains) 2016]

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Dadabhai Naoroji

Ans B

22.President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence was

[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010/ Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006]

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Ans C

23.Consider the following statements.

1. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Sarojini Naidu.

2. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

[IAS (Pre) 2015]

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans B

24.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

[UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014]

List-I (President)

(a) Abul Kalam Azad

(b) Sarojini Naidu

(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

List-II (Places where Meetings of Indian National Congress was held)

1. Amritsar, 1919

2. Bombay, 1934

3. Kanpur, 1925

4. Ramgarh, 1940

Code

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 3 2 4

(B) 2 4 3 1

(D) 4 3 1 2

Ans D

25.Which movement started after the Partition of Bengal?

[56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015]

(A) Civil Disobedience

(B) Swadeshi Movement

(D) Non-co-operation Movement

Ans B

26.Partition of Bengal was done mainly for

[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]

(A) To divide the Hindu and Muslims

(B) For administrative convenience

(D) For the development of Bengal

Ans C

27.Bengal was partitioned in 1905, but due to opposition it was again divided in

[46th BPSC (Pre) 2003]

(A) 1906

(B) 1916

(D) 1909

Ans C

28.Who was the leader of the Swadeshi Movement in Madras?

[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008]

(A) Srinivas Shastri

(B) Rajagopalachari

(D) Chintamani

Ans C

29.Who presided over the Banaras Session of the Indian National Congress in 1905?

[UPPCS (Pre) 1999]

(A) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(B) Feroz Shah Mehta

(D) Dinshaw Wacha

Ans C

30. Who was first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?

[UPPCS (Pre) 1992]

(A) Ras Bihari Bose

(B) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(D) Vithalbhai Patel

Ans C

31.The President of the Surat Session of Indian National Congress (1907) was

[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010/ UPPCS (Mains) 2007]

(A) Dadabhai Naoroji

(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) R.B. Ghosh

Ans D

32.In 1906 Muslim League was founded at

[MPPCS (Pre) 1992/Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]

(A) Lahore

(B) Delhi

(D) Dhaka

Ans D

33.Who among the following was the founder of All India Muslim League? [UPPCS (Pre) 2007/41st BPSC (Pre) 1996]

(A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

(B) Sir Mohammad Iqbal

(D) Nawab Salimullah Khan

Ans D

34.Who was the first President of the Muslim League?

[UPPCS (Pre) 1997/Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2015]

(A) Agha Khan

(B) Hamid Khan

(D) M.A. Jinnah

Ans A

35.In December, 1916 both Indian National Congress and Indian Muslim League held their session at

[UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2004]

(A) Aligarh

(B) Allahabad

(D) Lahore

Ans C

36.Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?

[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]

(A) Lord Irwin

(B) Lord Reading

(D) Lord Wavell

Ans C

37.When did Non-Co-operation Move ment start on the question of the caliphate?

[MPPCS (Pre) 1992]

(A) 1918

(B) 1920

(D) 1924

Ans B

38. The Chauri-Chaura episode took place on

[UPPCS (Mains) 2006/UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]

(A) 5th February, 1922

(B) 4th February, 1922

(D) 6th February, 1922

Ans A

39.Where was Mahatma Gandhi when Chauri-Chaura episode took place?

[UPPCS (Mains) 2011]

(A) At Delhi

(B) At Calcutta

(D) At Bardoli

Ans D

40. The main outcome of 1921-22 Non-Co-operation Movement was

[UPPCS (Pre) 2005]

(A) Hindu-Muslim unity

(B) More powers to provinces

(D) Division in the Indian National Congress

Ans A

41. What was the name of the party formed by Motilal Nehru and C.R.Das in 1923 A.D.?

[UPPCS (Pre) 2016]

(A) Independence Party

(B) Ghadar Party

(D) Indian National Party

Ans C

42.Who one of the following was not associated with Swaraj Party?

[UPPCS (Mains) 2014]

(A) Motilal Nehru

(B) C.R. Das

(D) Rajendra Prasad

Ans D

43. Simon Commission in 1928 came to India with the purpose

[UPPCS (Pre) 1990]

(A) To consider Administrative reform

(B) To improve Education

(D) To evaluate Military capacity

Ans A

44. When was the newly adopted tri-colour flag of freedom first hoisted? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]

(A) 31st December, 1928

(B) 31st December, 1929

(D) 31st December, 1931

Ans B

45.Dandi March was undertaken in [44th BPSC (Pre) 2000]

(A) 1932

(B) 1931

(D) 1930

Ans D

46.When did the ‘Dandi March’ begin [Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006/ Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2005]

(A) 31st December, 1929

(B) 26th January, 1930

(D) 6th April, 1930

Ans C

47.Gandhiji started Dandi March from [UPPCS (Pre) 1999/Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2002]

(A) Champaran

(B) Sabarmati

(D) Dandi

Ans B

48.After, the arrest of Gandhiji during Salt Satyagraha, who took his place as the leader of the movement?

[UPPCS (Mains) 2012, 2002/ UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]

(A) Abbas Tyabji

(B) Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Sardar Patel

Ans A

49.Who among the following presided over the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress?

[UPPCS (Pre) 2005]

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) J.M. Sengupta

(D) Vallabhbhai Pate

Ans D

50. Select the correct chronological order of the following events connected with India’s struggle for independence from the code given below.

[UPPCS(Mains)2013,06/UPPCS(Pre) 2009]

1. Second Round Table Conference

2. Karachi Session of Indian National Congress

3. Execution of Bhagat Singh

4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact Code

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 2, 3, 1, 4

(D) 3, 4, 2, 1

Ans C

51. What was the name of Indian who participated in all three Round Table Conferences?

[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006/UPPCS (Pre) 2011MPPCS (Pre) 2012]

(A) B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Tej Bahadur Sapru

Ans A

52. Which Round Table Conference held in 1932?

[56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015/53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]

(A) First

(B) Second

(D) Fourth

Ans C

53. The purpose of Poona Pact was [UPPCS (Pre) 1997/46th BPSC (Pre) 2004]

(A) Hindu-Muslims unity

(B) To provide representation of untouchables

(D) Reconsideration of Dyarchy

Ans B

54. The idea of a separate Nation for Muslims was given by

[Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006/UPPCS (Mains) 2003]

(A) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

(B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

(D) Liaqat Ali Khan

Ans C

55. The resolution demanding the formation of Pakistan was passed by Muslim League in the year of

[UPPCS (Mains) 2012/42nd BPSC (Pre) 1997]

(A) 1939

(B) 1940

(D) 1942

Ans B

56. Where did the Congress Working Committee meet to pass the ‘Quit India Resolution’ of 1942?

[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010MPPCS (Pre) 1996]

(A) Bombay

(B) Wardha

(D) Tripura

Ans B

57.Quit India movement began on [48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008]

(A) 9th August, 1942

(B) 10th August, 1942

(D) 16th August, 1942

Ans A

58. With which one of the following movements is the slogan ‘Do or Die’ associated?

[IAS (Pre) 2009 Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2005/53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]

(A) Swadeshi Movement

(B) Non-Co-operation Movement

(D) Quit India Movement

Ans D

59.Where was Mahatma Gandhi arrested in connection with Quit India Movement?

[UPPCS (Mains) 2012]

(A) Bombay

(B) Madras

(D) New Delhi

Ans A

60.After passing the resolution of ‘Quit India Movement’ Gandhiji was arrested

[41st BPSC (Pre) 1996]

(A) in Yarvada Jail

(B) in Naini Jail

(D) in Agha Khan Palace

Ans D

61.Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born in the city of

[UPPCS (Mains) 2006]

(A) Cuttack

(B) Calcutta

(D) Murshidabad

Ans A

62.Who suggested the idea of the Indian National Army?

[UPPCS (Pre) 1997]

(A) Mohan Singh

(B) Niranjan Singh Gill

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

Ans A

63. Organisation of Azad Hind Fauj was declared on

[42nd BPSC (Pre) 1997]

(A) 26th January, 1930

(B) 8th August, 1942

(D) 18th February, 1946

Ans C

64. Who among the following established Rani Laxmibai Regiment [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]

(A) Rash Behari Bose

(B) Vallabhbhai Patel

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

Ans D

65.Who was the President of Indian National Congress during the visit of Cabinet Mission to India?

[Kerala PSC (Pre) 2018/UPPCS (Mains) 2008]

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) J.B. Kripalani

(D) Sarojini Naidu

Ans C

66.The first session of the Constituent Assembly was held on

[UPPCS (Mains) 2009]

(A) 16th August, 1947

(B) 26th January, 1948

(D) 26th November, 1946

Ans C

67. Who among the following was the President of the Indian Constituent Assembly?

[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]

(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(B) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Ans A

68.The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act in

[UPPCS (Mains) 2012/Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]

(A) January, 1947

(B) July, 1947

(D) August, 1946

Ans B

69. Who appointed the first Prime Minister of India?

[Punjab PSC (Pre) 2019/UPPCS (Pre) 2001]

(A) Governor General

(B) British Emperor

(D) Viceroy

Ans A

70. Who was the first Governor General of Independent India?

[MPPCS (Pre) 2006/UPPCS (Mains) 2014]

(A) C. Rajagopalachari

(B) Warren Hastings

(D) Lord Mountbatten

Ans D

71.The first and last Indian Governor-General of India was

[Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007/UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]

(A) R.M. Gopala

(B) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

(D) Ramanuja Acharya

Ans C

72. Who among the following was the first Law Minister of India?

[UPPCS (Mains) 2012/Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006]

(A) M.C. Sitalwad

(B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(D) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai

Ans B

73.At which among the following places, National Flag was hoisted for the First time in India.?

[A] Lucknow

[B] Nagpur

[C] Kolkata

[D] Delhi

Ans. [C]

74.The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was?

(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Mahadev Desai

Ans A

75. Gandhiji’s Champaran Movement was for?

(A) the security of rights of Harijans

(B) Civil Disobedience Movement

(D) solving the problem of Indigo workers

Ans (D)

76.Which place witnessed the incident of Mangal Pandey firing upon British officers?

(A) Barrackpore

(B) Meerut

(D) Delhi

Ans (A)

77. Who represented India in the Second Round Table Conference?

(A) Aruna Asaf Ali

(B) Sucheta Kripalani

(D) Kalpana Joshi

Ans C

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

(A) British repression of the Satyagrahis.

(B) Violation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

(D) Communal riots in Calcutta.

Ans C

79.The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by

A. Muhammad Iqbal

B. M. A. Jinnah

C. Shaukar Ali

D. Aga Khan

Ans A

80.Which of the following movements immediately followed the partition of Bengal?

A. Non-cooperation Movement

B. Swadeshi Movement

C. Civil Disobedience Movement

D. Ghadar Movement

Ans B

81.With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given events?

A. Partition of Bengal - Lucknow Pact - Surat split of congress

B. Partition of Bengal - Surat split of congress - Lucknow Pact

C. Surat split of Congress - Partition of Bengal - Lucknow Pact

D. Surat split of congress - Lucknow Pact - Partition of Bengal

Answer (b). 1905 - 1907 - 1916

82.The Hunter Commission was appointed by the British to probe the :

A. Chauri-Chaura incident

B. Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

C. Khilafat Movement

D. Non-Co-operation Movement

Ans (b)

83.The system of separate electorates was introduced by the Act of

(A) 1813

(B) 1823

(D) 1919

Ans C

84. The first President of Muslim league was

(A) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

(B) Hidayat Hussain Khan

(D) Nawab Vakar-ul-Mulk

Ans D

85. The freedom fighter who died in jail due to the hunger strike was?

A.Bhagat Singh

B.Bipin Chandra Pal

C.Jatin Das

D.Subash Chandra Bose

Ans C

86. Bhagat Singh, Rajgurua and Sukhdev were hanged on?

A.March 23, 1931

B.March 23, 1932

C.March 23, 1933

D.March 23, 1934

Ans A

87.Jammu & Kashmir became the integral part of Indian on?

A.26th Oct, 1947

B.26th Oct, 1948

C.26th Nov, 1948

D.26th Nov, 1949

Ans A

88.The first national leader to decry the salt tax in the Indian legislature was

(a) G K Gokhale

(b) M K Gandhi

(d) Netaji S C Bose

Ans: (a)

89.Who led the Swadeshi movement?

A. Mahatma Gandhi

B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C. Bipin Chandra Pal

D. None of these

Ans C

90. For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms?

A. Jews

B. Muslims

C. Christians

D. Sikhs

Answer (b)

91. The Simon Commission was boycotted by the Indians because -

A. it sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians

B. it proposed to partition India

C. it was an all-white commission without Indian representation

D. it proposed measures to contain nationalism

Answer (c)

92. The Muslim League demanded a separate state for the Muslims in the year :

A.1920

B. 1930

C. 1940

D. 1946

Answer (c)

93. The system of separate electorates was introduced by the Act of

(A) 1813

(B) 1823

(D) 1919

Ans C

94. The famous Lucknow Pact was signed between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League in

(A) 1912

(B) 1914

(D) 1918

Ans C

95.Who among the following never became President of Indian National Congress?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Subhash Chandra Bose

(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Ans D

96.The Indian National Congress observed Independence Day for the first time on 26th January in?

A.1920

B.1929

C.1930

D.1947

Ans C

97.Who led the Swadeshi movement?

A. Mahatma Gandhi

B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C. Bipin Chandra Pal

D. None of these

Ans C

98.When was M.K Gandhi became the president of INC

A. 1923

B. 1925

C. 1924

D. 1930

Ans C

99. The Indians were allowed to frame their Constitution by

(a) The Council Act of 1909

(b) Montford Reforms

(d) The Government of India Act of 1935

Ans: (c)

100. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at

(a) Lucknow

(b) Dacca

(d) Aligarh

Ans: (b)

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