50 MCQs on Indian Freedom Struggle
- Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Rajendra Prasad
- Who was the Governor-General during the 1857 Revolt?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Canning
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord Curzon - The Revolt of 1857 was described as the first war of Indian independence by:
a) V.D. Savarkar
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) R.C. Majumdar
d) Bipan Chandra - Who was the leader of the Revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?
a) Rani Lakshmi Bai
b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
c) Nana Sahib
d) Tantia Tope - Mangal Pandey was associated with which regiment?
a) 29th Bengal Native Infantry
b) 34th Bengal Native Infantry
c) 38th Bengal Native Infantry
d) 47th Bengal Native Infantry - When was the Indian National Congress formed?
a) 1885
b) 1882
c) 1890
d) 1875 - Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) A.O. Hume
c) Umesh Chandra Banerjee
d) Surendranath Banerjee - Who is known as the “Grand Old Man of India”?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Motilal Nehru - Which year is known as the ‘Year of the Partition of Bengal’?
a) 1903
b) 1904
c) 1905
d) 1906 - Who founded the All-India Muslim League?
a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
b) Aga Khan
c) Syed Ahmed Khan
d) Maulana Azad - Champaran Satyagraha was related to:
a) Indigo Planters
b) Salt Tax
c) Factory Workers
d) Peasants’ Land - Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?
a) M.K. Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
d) Motilal Nehru - Which session of the INC adopted the resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’?
a) 1927 Madras
b) 1928 Calcutta
c) 1929 Lahore
d) 1930 Karachi - The Dandi March started on:
a) 12th March 1930
b) 15th April 1930
c) 6th April 1930
d) 1st March 1930 - Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement due to:
a) Chauri Chaura Incident
b) Arrest of Congress leaders
c) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
d) British repression - Who founded the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)?
a) Chandrashekhar Azad
b) Ram Prasad Bismil
c) Sachindranath Sanyal
d) Sukhdev - Who hurled a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929?
a) Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
b) Chandrashekhar Azad & Rajguru
c) Sukhdev & Bhagat Singh
d) Ram Prasad Bismil & Ashfaqulla Khan - Who wrote ‘Why I am an Atheist’?
a) Rajguru
b) Chandrashekhar Azad
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Sukhdev - The Kakori Conspiracy Case was related to:
a) Looting a government train
b) Assassination attempt
c) Firing on a police station
d) Arms smuggling - Who was the first woman to become a martyr in the freedom struggle?
a) Kalpana Dutta
b) Uda Devi
c) Rani Gaidinliu
d) Pritilata Waddedar - The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were introduced in:
a) 1909
b) 1919
c) 1935
d) 1946 - The Simon Commission was boycotted because:
a) It had no Indian member
b) It opposed the Congress
c) It supported partition
d) It was pro-Muslim League - Who gave the slogan “Simon Go Back”?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak - The Government of India Act 1935 introduced:
a) Provincial Autonomy
b) Dyarchy in Provinces
c) Federal Structure
d) All of the above - Cripps Mission was sent to India in:
a) 1940
b) 1941
c) 1942
d) 1945 - Who gave the slogan “Do or Die”?
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Sardar Patel
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Jawaharlal Nehru - The Quit India Movement started in:
a) August 1942
b) March 1942
c) July 1942
d) October 1942 - Cabinet Mission came to India in:
a) 1945
b) 1946
c) 1947
d) 1942 - Who was the last Viceroy of British India?
a) Lord Wavell
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Lord Irwin - India gained independence on:
a) 15 August 1947
b) 26 January 1947
c) 2 October 1947
d) 14 August 1947 - Azad Hind Fauj was formed by:
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Captain General Mohan Singh
c) Lala Hardayal
d) M.N. Roy - Who founded Forward Bloc?
a) S.C. Bose
b) C.R. Das
c) B.R. Ambedkar
d) Jawaharlal Nehru - In which year was the Rowlatt Act passed?
a) 1917
b) 1919
c) 1920
d) 1921 - The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in:
a) Amritsar
b) Lahore
c) Delhi
d) Lucknow - The British Prime Minister who announced the Communal Award in 1932 was:
a) Ramsay MacDonald
b) Winston Churchill
c) Clement Attlee
d) Neville Chamberlain - Subhas Chandra Bose was elected INC President at which session?
a) Lahore 1929
b) Tripuri 1939
c) Haripura 1938
d) Kanpur 1931 - Which organization was founded by Lala Lajpat Rai in the USA?
a) Indian Home Rule League
b) India House
c) Indian National Association
d) Indian Home Rule League of America - Who was popularly known as ‘Lokmanya’?
a) Tilak
b) Gokhale
c) Nehru
d) Jinnah - Which newspaper was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
a) Kesari
b) The Hindu
c) Young India
d) Hindustan Times - Who was the author of Hind Swaraj?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Tilak
d) B.R. Ambedkar - Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement?
a) Lord Irwin
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Lord Wavell - The INA trials took place at:
a) Lahore
b) Bombay
c) Red Fort, Delhi
d) Calcutta - Which freedom fighter died due to police lathi charge while protesting against Simon Commission?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) Bipin Chandra Pal
d) Bhagat Singh - The ‘August Offer’ was made by:
a) Lord Linlithgow
b) Winston Churchill
c) Clement Attlee
d) Lord Wavell - Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of independence (1947)?
a) J.B. Kripalani
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) Maulana Azad
d) Sardar Patel - The slogan “Inquilab Zindabad” was given by:
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Chandrashekhar Azad
c) Maulana Hasrat Mohani
d) Subhas Chandra Bose - Who set up the first Home Rule League in India?
a) Annie Besant
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) A.O. Hume - The ‘Ilbert Bill Controversy’ occurred during the viceroyalty of:
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Lytton
d) Lord Canning - The first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament was:
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Surendranath Banerjee
d) Badruddin Tyabji - Who was the founder of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU)?
a) Madan Mohan Malaviya
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
d) Keshab Chandra Sen
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