Indian History: Gandhian Era (1917-47) Part 2

1. Moti Lal Nehru and chitta Ranjan Das were the founder-members of the______

A) Communist Party of India
B) Forward Bloc
C) Socialist- Swarajist Party
D) Swarajya Party

... Answer is D)

2.'India wins Freedom' is the autobiography of___

A) Abul Lalam Azad
B) Auhammad Ali
C) Zakir Hussian
D) Syed Ahmed Khan

... Answer is A)

3.Who was the last British Viceroy of India?

A) Lord Lintithgow
B) Lord Wavell
C) Clement Atlee
D) Lord Mountbatten

... Answer is D)

4. Who was the President of Indian National Congress when the Mountbatten Plan was accepted?

A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
B) Sardar Patel
C) Maulana Azad
D) J.B.Kripalani

... Answer is D)

5. The final arrangements for the India's independence were worked out by the_______

A) Cabinet Mission
B) Simon Commission
C) Gandhi- Irwin Pact
D) Cripps Mission

... Answer is A)

6. Who among the following was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his 'Political Guru'?

A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilok
C) Pheroz Shah Mehta
D) Gopal Krishna Gokle

... Answer is D)

7. Who prescribed the separate electrorates for India on the basis of the Communal Award in August 1932?

A) Lord Arwin
B) Ramsay Mac Donald
C) Lord Linlithgow
D) Winton Churchill

... Answer is B)

8. Which one of the following slogans is attributed to Subash Chandra Bose?

A) Jai Jawan Jai Kishan
B) Bande Mataram
C) Jai Hind
D) Inqilab Zindabad

... Answer is C)

9.Two independent states of India and Pakistan were created by_______.

A) The Simla Conference
B) The Cripps Proposal
C) The Cabinet Mission Plan
D) The Indian Independence Act

... Answer is D)

10.Who was the first woman President of Indian National Congress?

A) Annie Besant
B) Aruna Asaf Ali
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Vijayalaxmi Pandit

... Answer is A)

11. Jai Prakash Narayan belonged to which Party?

A) Congress
B) Kisan Sabha
C) Socialist
D) Raivadi

... Answer is C)

12. Who of the following shot dead Miachel O'Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

A) Khudiram
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Madan Lal Dhingra
D) Udham Singh

... Answer is D)

13. Where was Azad Hind Fauj set up?

A) Japan
B) Burma
C) Singapur
D) England

... Answer is C)

14. Which incidence led Gandhiji to withdraw Non-Co-operation Movement?

A) Kakori episode
B) Chauri- chaura episode
C) Jallianwala Bagh episode
D) Muzaffarpur episode

... Answer is B)

15. The massacre of the crowd al Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar took place on____

A) 1st June,1918
B) 13th April,1919
C) 14th April,1920
D) 6th July,1921

... Answer is B)

16. Quit India Movement began on____

A) 9th August,1942
B) 10th August,1942
C) 15th August,1942
D) 16th August,1942

... Answer is A)

17. The name of the periodical among the following published by Mahatma Gandhi during his stay in South Africa______

A) Navjivan
B) India Gazette
C) Africaner
D) Indian Opinion

... Answer is D)

18. The freedom fighter who died in Jail due to hunger strike was___

A) Bhagat Singh
B) Bipin Chandra Pal
C) Jatin Das
D) Subash Chandra Bose

... Answer is C)

19. Who among the following Pakistani National was awarded 'Bharat Ratna' by the Indian government?

A) Liaquat Ali Khan
B) M.A. Jinnah
C) Khasn Abdul Gaffar Khan
D) Muhammad Iqbal

... Answer is C)

20. Who was the first person to observe Individual Satyagraha?

A) Vinoba Bhave
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Vallabh Bhai Patel
D) Govind Ballabh Pant

... Answer is A)