The Gandhian Era (1917-47) MCQ: MCQ Test (50 questions)

Question 1 of 50

Which one of the following slogans is attributed to Subhash Chandra Bose?

AJai Jawan Jai Kisan
BBande Mataram
CJai Hind
Dlnqilab Zindabad

Question 2 of 50

Who was the first Governor General of lndependent lndia ?

AC.Rajagopalachari
BWaren Hastings
CLord Dalhousie
DLord Mountbatten

Question 3 of 50

After returning from South Africa Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in-

AChauri-Chaura
BDandi
CCamparan
DBardoli

Question 4 of 50

Which one of the following writings is NOT related to Mahatma Gandhi ?

AMy Experiments with Truth
BHarijan
CThe Holy Family
DHind Swaraj

Question 5 of 50

Who headed the lnterim Cabinet formed in the year 1946?

ARajendra Prasad
BJawahar Lal Nehru
CSardar Vallabhbhai Patel
DRajagopalachari

Question 6 of 50

Who accompanied bhagat singh to bomb at the Central Legislature Assembly in Delhi ?

AChandra Sekhar Azad
BBagha Jatin
CBatukeswar Dutta
DParamanand

Question 7 of 50

During the freedom struggle Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organiser of the underground activities in-

ABardoli Satyagraha
BQuit lndia Movement
CCivil Disobedience movement
DKhilafat Movement

Question 8 of 50

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

ADadabhai Naoroji
BBal Gangadhar Tilak
CPheroz Shah Mehta
DGopal Krishn Gokhle

Question 9 of 50

Assertion (A) : Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as the most serious revolt after the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.nReason (R) : Peasants joined the movement in large number in som places.

ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R is true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true

Question 10 of 50

During the Indian freedom struggle, who of the following raised an army called 'ree India Legion' ?

ALala Hardayal
BRas Bihari Bose
CSubhas Chandra Bose and P.C. Joshi
DV. D. Savarkar

Question 11 of 50

ln which year was the Swarajya Party established ?

A1923
B1925
C1930
D1941

Question 12 of 50

Who declared as his ultimate aim the wiping of every tear from every eye?

AJawahar Lal Nehru
BGandhiji
CBal Gangadhar Tilak
DSardar Patel

Question 13 of 50

After the Chauri-Chaura incident, Gandhiji suspended the-

ACivil Disobedience Movement
BKhilafat Movement
CNon-co-operation Movement
DQuit India Movement

Question 14 of 50

Consider the following events: 1 Gandhi-lrwin pact 2 First Round Table Conference 3 Simon Commission 4 Poona Pact The correct chronological order of these events is :

A1-4-3-2
B2-1-3-4
C3-2-1-4
D2-3-1-4

Question 15 of 50

Sabarmati Ashram, established by Mahatma Gandhi during the course of lndia 's independence movement is located on the outskirt of -

AGandhinagar
BAhmedabad
CRajkot
DWardha

Question 16 of 50

Who was the first person to observe lndividual Satyagraha ?

AVinoba Bhave
BMahatma Gandhi
CVallabh Bhai Patel
DGovind Ballabh Pant

Question 17 of 50

Who had founded the lndependent League ?

AMoti Lal Nehru
BMahatma Gandhi
CRas Behari Bose
DLala Lajpat Rai

Question 18 of 50

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

ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R is true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true

Question 19 of 50

At the second Round Table Conference, the Indian National Congress was represented by-

AJawahar Lal Nehru
BRajendra Prasad
CMohands Karamchand Gandhi
DVallabh Bhai Patel

Question 20 of 50

Which incident led Gandhiji to withdraw Non-Co-operation Movement ?

AKakori episode
BChauri-Chaura episode
CJallianwala Bagh episode
DMuzaffarpur episode

Question 21 of 50

Consider the following statements : 1. ln the first Round Table Conference Dr. Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for the depressed classes . 2. ln the poona pact special provisions for representation of the depressed people in the local bodies and civil services were made . 3. The lndian National Congress did not take part in the third Round Tble Conference .Which of the statement (s) given above is are correct ?

A1 and 2
B2 and 3
C1 and 3
D1, 2 and 3

Question 22 of 50

Who was nominated President of the lndian National Congress after the resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose ?

AAbul Kalam Azad
BRajendra Prasad
CPattabhi Sitaramaiyya
DVallabhbhai Patel

Question 23 of 50

The name of the famous person of lndia who refurned the Knigthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in punjab in 1919 was -

ATej Bahadur Sapru
BAshutosh Mukherjee
CRabindra Nath Tagore
DSyed Ahmed Khan

Question 24 of 50

Which of the following Acts was described by Jawahar Lal Nehru as ' New Charter of Slavery ?

AGovernment of lndia Act, 1919
BGovernment of lndia Act, 1935
CRegulatting Act of 1773
DPitt' s lndia Act of 1784

Question 25 of 50

Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Mahatma Gandhi ?

AAnnie Besant
BMridula Saranhai
CMuthu Lakshmi
DSarojini Naidu

Question 26 of 50

At which Congress Session was the Congress Working Committee authorised the launch a programme of Civil Disobedience ?

ABombay
BLahore
CLucknow
DTripuri

Question 27 of 50

Where was Azad Hind Fauj set up-

AJapan
BBurma
CSingapur
DEngland

Question 28 of 50

Who was called the 'Iron Man of India' ?

ASardar Ballabhbhai Patel
BSurendranath Bannerjee
CBipin Chandra Pal
DLala Lajpat Rai

Question 29 of 50

Under whose presidentship was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress held in the year 1929 where a resolution was adopted to gain Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) from the British ?

ABal Gangadhar Tilak
BGopal Krishna Gokhle
CJawahar Lal Nehru
DMoti Lal Nehru

Question 30 of 50

Gandhiji launched the Non-Co-operation Movement in -

A1920
B1919
C1921
D1922

Question 31 of 50

Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Vicerou's Executive Council in which all the portfolios including that of Was members were to be held by the India leaders ?

ASimon Commission
BSimla Conference
CCripps Proposal
DCabinet Mission

Question 32 of 50

The Haripura Congress (1938) remains a milestone in Indian freedom struggle, because-

Ait declared war on the British Empire
Bit apointed Jawahar Lal Nehru as the future Prime Minister of India
Cof the introduction of the idea of a planning commission
Dof the acceptance of the Government of India Act, 1935 by the Congress

Question 33 of 50

Assertion (A) : The Indian National Congress Opposed the Simon Commission and did not co-operated with it.nReason (R) : The Simon Commission had no Indian representative.

ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true

Question 34 of 50

ln the context of colonial lndia Shah Nawaj Khan prem kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh singh Dhillon are remembered as-

Aleaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
Bmembers of the lnterim Government in 1946
Cmembers of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly
Doffieers of the lndian National Army

Question 35 of 50

Who was the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth ?

AAurobindo Ghosh
BBal Gangadhar Tilak
CM. K. Gandhi
DVinoba Bhave

Question 36 of 50

The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was-

ASardar Vallabhbhai Patel
BMahatma Gandhi
CVitthalbhi j. Patel
DMahadev Desai

Question 37 of 50

Mahatma Gandhi's remark, 'A post-dated Cheque on a crumbling bank' is regarding the proposals of-

ASimon Commission
BCripps Mission
CCabinet Mission
DWavel Plan

Question 38 of 50

Who Played an important role in signing of Gandhi- lrwin Pact ?

AMotilal Nehru
BMadan Mohan Malviya
CTej Bahadur Sapru
DChintamani

Question 39 of 50

Who gave the slogan 'Jai Hind' ?

AM. K. Gandhi
BJ. L. Nehru
CS. C. Bose
DB. G. Tilak

Question 40 of 50

When Congress leaders condemned the Montague-Chelmsford Report, many moderates left the party to form the-

Alndian Liberal Federation
BSwaraj party
Clndian Freedom party
Dlndependene Federation of lndia

Question 41 of 50

All The time of partiton of lndia, which one of the following provinces of British lndia came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence ?

APunjab
BAssam
CBengal
DBihar

Question 42 of 50

Who prescribed the separate electorates for lndia on the basis of the Communal Award in August 1932?

ALord lrwin
BRamsay Mac Donald
CLord Linlithgow
DWinston Churchill

Question 43 of 50

Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission ?

AMahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
BAcharya J.B. Kripalani and C. Rajagopalachari
CPandit Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
DDr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

Question 44 of 50

Assertion (A) : During India's freedom struggle, C.R. Das formed Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party within the Congress which was later known as the Swarajest Party.nReason (R) : At special Calcutta Session of 1920, C.R. Das opposed Gandhijii.

ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true

Question 45 of 50

A large crown gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar on April 13, 1919 to protest against the arrest of-

ASwami Shradhanand and Mazharul Haq
BMadan Mohan Malviya and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
CMahatma Gandhi and Abul Kalam Azad
DDr. Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr. Satyapal

Question 46 of 50

For which of the following sessions the congress elected its first woman president ?

ACalcutta Session 1917
BGaya session 1922
CAllahabad session 1921
DLucknow session 1916

Question 47 of 50

The Rani Jhansi Regiment the women's regiment of Azad Hind Fauj was under whose command?

AUsha Mehta
BAnne Marcarence
CAnnie Basant
DLakshmi Sehgal

Question 48 of 50

The only AlCC session Gandhiji Presided was held at-

ALahore
BCalcutta
CMadras
DBelgaum

Question 49 of 50

Who among the following decided to launch the lndependent Party on 16th December, 1922 ? Select the correct answer from the codes given below : 1. Lala Hardayal 2. MadanMohanMalviya 3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah 4. Moti Lal Nehru Coded :

A1 and 2
B2 and 3
C3 and 4
D2 and 4

Question 50 of 50

Consider the following statements : On the eve of launch of Quit lndia Movement Mahatma Gandhi : 1. asked the government statements to resign 2. asked the soldiers to leave thir posts 3. asked the prinees of the princely States to accept the sovereignty of their own people Which of the statement (S) given above is/are correct ?

A1 and 2
B2 and 3
C3 only
D1, 2 and 3