GK: NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF INDIA. PART 2

1. The Indian National Army (INA) came into existence in 1943 in ________.

A) Japan
B) Malaya
C) Burma
D) Singapore

... Answer is A)

2.Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?

A) Fort William
B) Fort st. George
C) Fort St. David
D) Fort St. Angelo

... Answer is B)
It was the first British fort in India founded in 1644 at the coastal city of Madras.

3.After returning fron South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in________.

A) Dandi
B) Chauri-Chaura
C) Champaran
D) Bardoli

... Answer is C)
The Champaran Satyagraha in 1917.

4.Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders?

A) Dutch
B) English
C) French
D) Portuguese

... Answer is C)

5.Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922. Reason (R): Violence at Chauri- Chaura led him to stop the movement.

A) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
B) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
C) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
D) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

... Answer is A)

6. the Balkan Plan for fragmentatition of India was the brain child of_______.

A) M.A. Jinnah
B) W. Churchill
C) Lord Mountbatten
D) V.P. Menon

... Answer is C)
This plan is also known as Ismay plan. The main proposal of this plan was that proviences should become first independent successor ststes rather than an Indian Union or the two dominions of India and Pakistan.

7.Who was the Governor General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?

A) Lord Canning
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Lord Hardinge
D) Lord Lytton

... Answer is A)

8.Who among the following Indian rulars established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines?

A) Mir Qusim
B) Shah Alam II
C) Tipu Sultan
D) Haider Ali

... Answer is C)

9.The hunter Commission was appointed after the _____

A) Black hole incident
B) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
C) Uprising of 1857
D) Partition of Bengal

... Answer is B)

10.Assertion (A): Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end the moderates role in the Indian freedom movement. Reason (R): The Surat session of Indian National Congress sepateted the Extremists from the Moderates

A) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
B) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
C) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
D) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

... Answer is D)

11.Who drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the Karachi session of congress in 1931?

A) Dr B. R. Ambedkar
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Dr Rajendra Prasad
D) Sardar Vallabbhai Patel

... Answer is B)

12.With which of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?

A) Garos
B) Khasis
C) Kukis
D) Tipperahs

... Answer is A)

13. At which Congress Session was the working committee authorised to launch a programme of Civil Disobedience?

A) Bombay
B) Lahore
C) Lucknow
D) Culcutta

... Answer is B)

14.The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of_________.

A) Cripps Mission
B) Cabinet Mission
C) Wavell Plan
D) Rajagopalachari Formula

... Answer is B)

15.Assertion (A): In 1916, Maulana Mohammad Ali and Adul Kalam Azad resigned from the Legislative Council. Reason (R): The Rowlatt Act was passed by the Government in spite of being opposed by all Indian members of the Legislative Council.

A) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
B) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
C) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
D) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

... Answer is D)
They were not the members of Legislative Council.

16.Which of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?

A) Jhansi
B) Chittor
C) Lucknow
D) Jagdispur

... Answer is B)

17.In India, the first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881 was______.

A)Punjab National Bank
B) Punjab and Sind Bank
C) Hindustan Commercial Bank
D) Oudh Commercial Bank

... Answer is D)
It was established in 1881 in Faizabad (UP).

18.Who headed the Interim Cabinet formed in the year 1946?

A) Rajendras Prasad
B) Rajagopalachari
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Sardar Vallabbhai Patel

... Answer is C)

19.Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal. Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.

A) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
B) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
C) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
D) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

... Answer is C)

20. During the Indian freedom striggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete Independence free from all foreign control?

A) Abul Kalam Azad
B) Hakim Ajmal Khan
C) Mazharul Haque
D) Mailana Hasrat Mohani

... Answer is D)
He demanded complete independence in 1921 at the Ahmedabad Session of the Indian National Congress. He also coined the notable slogan Inquilab Zindabad in 1921.

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