50 MCQs on Indian Freedom Struggle
This article contains 50 MCQs on the Indian Freedom Struggle that will help students for all types of entrance examinations.
- Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Rajendra Prasad
2. Who was the Governor-General during the 1857 Revolt?
a) Lord Dalhousie b) Lord Canning
c) Lord Wellesley d) Lord Curzon
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. When was the Indian National Congress formed?
a) 1885
b) 1882
c) 1890
d) 1875
7. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) A.O. Hume
c) Umesh Chandra Banerjee
d) Surendranath Banerjee
8. Who is known as the “Grand Old Man of India”?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Motilal Nehru
9. Which year is known as the ‘Year of the Partition of Bengal’?
a) 1903
b) 1904
c) 1905
d) 1906
10. Who founded the All-India Muslim League?
a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
b) Aga Khan
c) Syed Ahmed Khan
d) Maulana Azad
11. Champaran Satyagraha was related to:
a) Indigo Planters
b) Salt Tax
c) Factory Workers
d) Peasants’ Land
12. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?
a) M.K. Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
d) Motilal Nehru
13. Which session of the INC adopted the resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’?
a) 1927 Madras
b) 1928 Calcutta
c) 1929 Lahore
d) 1930 Karachi
14. The Dandi March started on:
a) 12th March 1930
b) 15th April 1930
c) 6th April 1930
d) 1st March 1930
15. 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
16. Who founded the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)?
a) Chandrashekhar Azad
b) Ram Prasad Bismil
c) Sachindranath Sanyal
d) Sukhdev
17. 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
18. Who wrote ‘Why I am an Atheist’?
a) Rajguru
b) Chandrashekhar Azad
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Sukhdev
19. The Kakori Conspiracy Case was related to:
a) Looting a government train
b) Assassination attempt
c) Firing on a police station
d) Arms smuggling
20. 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
21. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were introduced in:
a) 1909
b) 1919
c) 1935
d) 1946
22. 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
23. Who gave the slogan “Simon Go Back”?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
24. The Government of India Act 1935 was introduced:
a) Provincial Autonomy
b) Dyarchy in Provinces
c) Federal Structure
d) All of the above
25. Cripps Mission was sent to India in:
a) 1940
b) 1941
c) 1942
d) 1945
26. Who gave the slogan “Do or Die”?
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Sardar Patel
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
27. The Quit India Movement started in:
a) August 1942
b) March 1942
c) July 1942
d) October 1942
28. The Cabinet Mission came to India in:
a) 1945
b) 1946
c) 1947
d) 1942
29. Who was the last Viceroy of British India?
a) Lord Wavell
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Lord Irwin
30. India gained independence on:
a) 15 August 1947
b) 26 January 1947
c) 2 October 1947
d) 14 August 1947
31. Azad Hind Fauj was formed by:
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Captain General Mohan Singh
c) Lala Hardayal
d) M.N. Roy
32. Who founded Forward Bloc?
a) S.C. Bose
b) C.R. Das
c) B.R. Ambedkar
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
33. In which year was the Rowlatt Act passed?
a) 1917
b) 1919
c) 1920
d) 1921
34. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in:
a) Amritsar
b) Lahore
c) Delhi
d) Lucknow
35. The British Prime Minister who announced the Communal Award in 1932 was:
a) Ramsay MacDonald
b) Winston Churchill
c) Clement Attlee
d) Neville Chamberlain
36. At which session was Subhas Chandra Bose elected the INC President?
a) Lahore 1929
b) Tripuri 1939
c) Haripura 1938
d) Kanpur 1931
37. 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
38. Who was popularly known as ‘Lokmanya’?
a) Tilak
b) Gokhale
c) Nehru
d) Jinnah
39. Which newspaper was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
a) Kesari
b) The Hindu
c) Young India
d) Hindustan Times
40. Who was the author of Hind Swaraj?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Tilak
d) B.R. Ambedkar
41. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement?
a) Lord Irwin
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Lord Wavell
42. The INA trials took place at:
a) Lahore
b) Bombay
c) Red Fort, Delhi
d) Calcutta
43. Which freedom fighter died due to a police lathi charge while protesting against the Simon Commission?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) Bipin Chandra Pal
d) Bhagat Singh
44. The ‘August Offer’ was made by:
a) Lord Linlithgow
b) Winston Churchill
c) Clement Attlee
d) Lord Wavell
45. 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
46. The slogan “Inquilab Zindabad” was given by:
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Chandrashekhar Azad
c) Maulana Hasrat Mohani
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
47. 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
48. The ‘Ilbert Bill Controversy’ occurred during the viceroyalty of:
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Lytton
d) Lord Canning
49. The first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament was:
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Surendranath Banerjee
d) Badruddin Tyabji
50. 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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