Indian National movement Objective Questions-1

1. Who had moved a resolution for the Creation of Pakistan in the Muslim League session of 1940 ? 
(A) M.A. Jinnah 
(B) Mohammad Iqbal 
(C) Rahmat Ali 
(D) Khaliqujjaman 
Answer: M.A. Jinnah

2. An anti British outfit 'Abhinava Bharat' was founded by— 
(A) R.G. Bhandarkar 
(B) V.D. Savarkar 
(C) C.R. Das 
(D) Sardar Bhagat Singh 
Answer: V.D. Savarkar

3. Which of the followimg represented the Indian Christians in the First Round Table Conference held at London ? 
(A) Rao Bahadur Srinivasan 
(B) Sir Akbar Hydari 
(C) Sir A.P. Patro 
(D) K.T. Paul 
Answer: Sir A.P. Patro

4. The 'Young India' was started as a weekly by— 
(A) The Home Rule Party 
(B) The Extremist Party 
(C) Ghadar Party 
(D) Swaraj Party 
Answer: The Home Rule Party

5. Which of the following said that Mohammad Ali Jinnah was the ‘Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity’ ? 
(A) Sarojini Naidu 
(B) Annie Besant 
(C) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur 
(D) Aruna Asaf Ali 
Answer: Sarojini Naidu


6. ‘Depressed Classes League’ was established by—
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Babu Jagjiwan Ram
(C) N.S. Kajrolkar
(D) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

7. Sir Thomas Munro is associated with the land revenue settlement—
(A) Permanent settlement
(B) Mahalwari settlement
(C) Rayotwari settlement
(D) None of the above
Answer: Rayotwari settlement

8. Persian weekly 'Miratul Akhbar' was published by—
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(D) Maulana Shibli Nomani
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9. Which of the following occurred last ?
(A) Annexation policy
(B) Partition of Bengal
(C) Permanent settlement
(D) Subsidiary Alliance
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10. Karamchand Gandhi was a Dewan of—
(A) Porbandar
(B) Rajkot
(C) Wakaner
(D) All of the above states
Answer: All of the above states

11. Which one of the following persons called Irwin and Gandhiji ‘the two mahatmas’ ?
(A) Mira Benn
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Madan Mohan Malviya
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Sarojini Naidu

12. Which one of the following was the first to impose censorship of the press ?
(A) Wellesley
(B) Hastings
(C) Johan Adams
(D) Dalhousie
Answer: Wellesley

13. On November 1, 1858, Queen Victoria Proclamation was read out at Allahabad by—
(A) Lord William Bentick
(B) Lord Canning
(C) Lord Bernham
(D) Sir Harcourt Butler.
Answer: Lord Canning

14. The prefix 'Mahatma' was added with the name of Gandhi—
(A) During Champaran satyagrah
(B) During the satyagrah against Rowlatt Act
(C) In the Amritsar session of the Indian National Congress 1919
(D) At the beginning of khilafat movement
Answer: During Champaran satyagrah

15. Who was the first President of All India Trade Union Congress—
(A) Dewan Chaman Lal
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) N.G. Ranga
(D) Swami Sahajanand
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai

16. Kanpur conspirarcy case was against leaders of—
(A) Khilafat movement
(B) Non-cooperation movement
(C) Communist movement
(D) Revolutionary movement
Answer: Communist movement

17. Of the following who was not a signatory to the historic Poona Pact of 1932 ?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Madan Mohan Malviya
(C) C. Rajgopalachari
(D) M.K. Gandhi
Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya

18. The American publicist who was with Mahatma Gandhi during his ‘Quit India’ movement was—
(A) Louis Fischer
(B) William L. Shiver
(C) Web Miller
(D) Negley Farson
Answer: Web Miller

19. Who accused Indian National Congress of practising ‘politics’ of prayer, petition and protest—
(A) Lala Hardayal
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) Sardar Bhagat Singh
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

20. The person who returned his token of honour to Government of India on May 30, 1919 was—
(A) Jamnalal Bajaj
(B) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore