The Indian National Movement led to the creation of an independent India. This MCQ set covers the key phases, leaders, and ideologies that shaped this historic struggle. Understand the major events and figures in the Indian National Movement.
Who founded the Indian National Congress in 1885?
a) A.O. Hume
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in which city?
a) Bombay
b) Calcutta
c) Madras
d) Pune
The Surat Split in 1907 was a result of differences between the extremists and moderates led by which two leaders?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal
c) Aurobindo Ghosh and C. R. Das
d) Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
Who was known as the “Grand Old Man of India” and was the first Indian to be elected to the British House of Commons?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Bipin Chandra Pal
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Service was:
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Surendranath Banerjee
Who founded the All India Muslim League in 1906?
a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
b) Nawab Salimullah
c) Aga Khan III
d) Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
The Swadeshi movement aimed at:
a) Promotion of Indian goods and boycott of British goods
b) Promoting religious harmony
c) Demanding separate electorates for Muslims
d) None of the above
The British Viceroy who announced the Partition of Bengal in 1905 was:
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Mountbatten
The Indian National Congress passed the “Gandhi-Irwin Pact” during which movement?
a) Non-cooperation Movement
b) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Quit India Movement
d) Khilafat Movement
Who was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress?
a) Annie Besant
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
d) Kamala Nehru
The “Champaran Satyagraha” was a movement against:
a) Indigo Plantation
b) Land Revenue System
c) Salt Tax
d) Forest Laws
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 took place in which city?
a) Amritsar
b) Lahore
c) Delhi
d) Lucknow
The Rowlatt Act was passed in:
a) 1905
b) 1915
c) 1919
d) 1922
The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in response to which incident?
a) Rowlatt Act
b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
c) Chauri Chaura incident
d) Partition of Bengal
The Simon Commission was boycotted by the Indians because:
a) It did not have any Indian member
b) It proposed to divide India
c) It supported the Rowlatt Act
d) It proposed separate electorates for minorities
The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched in 1930 with the famous Dandi March against which British tax?
a) Salt Tax
b) Land Tax
c) Income Tax
d) Property Tax
Who authored the book “Hind Swaraj”?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
The Indian National Army (INA) was founded by:
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Bhagat Singh
c) Chandrashekhar Azad
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
The “August Offer” was made by the British during which movement?
a) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Quit India Movement
d) Khilafat Movement
The Cripps Mission was sent to India by the British government in which year?
a) 1940
b) 1942
c) 1945
d) 1947
The “Rowlatt Act” authorized the British government to arrest and detain suspects without trial for how many years?
a) One year
b) Two years
c) Three years
d) Four years
Who called Subhas Chandra Bose the “Prince among the Patriots”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) Vallabhbhai Patel
The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress is famous for which resolution demanding complete independence?
a) Lucknow Resolution
b) Nagpur Resolution
c) Karachi Resolution
d) Lahore Resolution
The Government of India Act, also known as the Morley-Minto Reforms, was passed in which year?
a) 1905
b) 1909
c) 1915
d) 1919
Who was known as the “Frontier Gandhi” for his non-violent opposition to British rule in the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)?
a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Bhagat Singh
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 introduced which important constitutional change in India?
a) Dyarchy in provinces
b) Diarchy at the center
c) Separate electorates for Muslims
d) Communal Award
The Wavell Plan, an attempt to solve the political deadlock in India, was proposed in which year?
a) 1943
b) 1945
c) 1947
d) 1949
The Moplah Rebellion in Malabar was a revolt by which community against the British?
a) Hindus
b) Muslims
c) Sikhs
d) Christians
The Kakori Conspiracy Case of 1925 was related to the robbery of a train carrying which of the following?
a) Gold
b) Silver
c) Arms
d) Documents
Who was the first Indian to be appointed as the Governor-General of Independent India?
a) C. Rajagopalachari
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Sardar Patel
d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The “Inquilab Zindabad” slogan was popularized by which Indian revolutionary?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Chandrashekhar Azad
c) Khudiram Bose
d) Ram Prasad Bismil
Who was known as the “Lion of Punjab” and was a prominent leader of the Indian National Movement?
a) Lala Lajpat Rai
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Bipin Chandra Pal
The Rani of Jhansi Regiment, an all-female unit of the Indian National Army (INA), was led by which revolutionary figure?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Annie Besant
c) Lakshmi Sahgal
d) Aruna Asaf Ali
The “Delhi Conspiracy Case” of 1912 was related to an assassination attempt on which British official?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Hardinge
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Mountbatten
Who was the first Indian to be appointed as the President of the Indian National Congress in 1889?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Bipin Chandra Pal
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
The Cripps Mission of 1942 proposed the formation of a Constituent Assembly in India for what purpose?
a) Discuss the terms of India’s independence
b) Discuss the terms of India’s partition
c) Discuss the terms of India’s economic development
d) Discuss the terms of India’s defense alliance
The Bardoli Satyagraha was organized by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel against which British policy?
a) Heavy taxation
b) Indigo cultivation
c) Salt tax
d) Land acquisition
Who was known as the “Iron Man of India” for his strong leadership during the Indian National Movement and in the post-independence period?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Bhagat Singh
The “Ravenshaw University” in Cuttack, Odisha, was initially established as:
a) Presidency College
b) National College
c) Cuttack College
d) Ravenshaw College
Who founded the Indian Home Rule Society in 1916 in the United States?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Annie Besant
c) Kamala Nehru
d) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
The “Kakori Train Robbery” was carried out by which group of revolutionaries?
a) Bengal Tigers
b) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
c) Chittagong Armory Raiders
d) Ghadar Party
The 1942 Quit India Movement was launched during the British Viceroyship of:
a) Lord Wavell
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Lord Irwin
Who was known as the “Bihar Kesari” for his role in the Indian National Movement and his efforts to improve the condition of farmers in Bihar?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Anugrah Narayan Sinha
c) Jayaprakash Narayan
d) Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha
The “Hindustan Republican Association” was founded by which revolutionary figure in 1924?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Chandra Shekhar Azad
c) Ram Prasad Bismil
d) Ashfaqulla Khan
Who coined the term “Satyagraha” to describe the non-violent resistance movement in South Africa and India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The first war of Indian independence, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny, took place in which year?
a) 1847
b) 1857
c) 1867
d) 1877
The All India Muslim League was established in which year?
a) 1906
b) 1916
c) 1926
d) 1936
The formation of the Indian National Congress (INC) took place in which year?
a) 1875
b) 1885
c) 1895
d) 1905
The Partition of Bengal was annulled in which year due to widespread protests and agitation?
a) 1906
b) 1908
c) 1911
d) 1914
The non-cooperation movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in response to which incident?
a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
b) Chauri Chaura incident
c) Dandi Salt March
d) Simon Commission
The Dandi Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, was conducted in which year?
a) 1929
b) 1930
c) 1931
d) 1932
The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?
a) 1940
b) 1941
c) 1942
d) 1943
The Indian Independence Act, which granted independence to India, was passed in which year?
a) 1945
b) 1946
c) 1947
d) 1948
The Rowlatt Act, which authorized the British government to imprison without trial, was passed in which year?
a) 1915
b) 1916
c) 1918
d) 1919
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in which city?
a) Lahore
b) Delhi
c) Amritsar
d) Mumbai
The Home Rule Movement was initiated by which two prominent leaders in India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant
d) Bhagat Singh and Lala Lajpat Rai
The Swadeshi Movement, which aimed at promoting Indian goods and boycotting British products, was launched in response to which incident?
a) Partition of Bengal
b) Rowlatt Act
c) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
d) Simon Commission
The Chauri Chaura incident led Mahatma Gandhi to temporarily suspend which movement?
a) Non-cooperation movement
b) Civil Disobedience movement
c) Quit India movement
d) Swadeshi movement
The Champaran Satyagraha, a civil disobedience movement, was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in which Indian state?
a) Bihar
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) West Bengal
d) Gujarat
The Bardoli Satyagraha, a peasant-led movement, was organized by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in which Indian state?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Karnataka
d) Madhya Pradesh
The Bardoli Satyagraha was launched in response to which issue faced by the farmers?
a) Heavy taxation by the British
b) Unjust land laws
c) Severe drought
d) Famine
The Poona Pact, an agreement between Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi, was signed in which year?
a) 1930
b) 1932
c) 1934
d) 1936
The Government of India Act, also known as the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, was passed in which year?
a) 1915
b) 1919
c) 1925
d) 1935
The Nehru Report, prepared by the All Parties Conference, was published in which year?
a) 1922
b) 1926
c) 1928
d) 1930
The Cripps Mission, aimed at discussing Indian constitutional reforms, was sent to India by the British government in which year?
a) 1940
b) 1942
c) 1944
d) 1946
The Indian National Army (INA), led by Subhas Chandra Bose, collaborated with which country’s government during World War II to fight against the British?
a) Germany
b) Japan
c) Italy
d) Soviet Union
The Wavell Plan, an attempt to solve the political deadlock in India, was proposed in which year?
a) 1943
b) 1945
c) 1947
d) 1949
The Simon Commission, which arrived in India to propose constitutional reforms, was boycotted by the Indian political parties due to which reason?
a) Lack of Indian representation in the commission
b) Delay in the commission’s arrival
c) Disagreement on the proposed reforms
d) Opposition from the British government
The Lucknow Pact, signed between the Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League, was aimed at promoting which objective?
a) Hindu-Muslim unity
b) Secularism
c) Socialism
d) Federalism
The Rowlatt Act was passed during which British Viceroy’s tenure in India?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Irwin
c) Lord Chelmsford
d) Lord Reading
The Government of India Act, also known as the Morley-Minto Reforms, was passed in which year?
a) 1905
b) 1909
c) 1911
d) 1915
The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress is known for the adoption of which significant resolution demanding complete independence?
a) Lucknow Resolution
b) Nagpur Resolution
c) Karachi Resolution
d) Lahore Resolution
The Indian Councils Act, also known as the Morley-Minto Reforms, introduced which significant change in the legislative councils?
a) Introduction of separate electorates
b) Increase in the number of Indian members
c) Expansion of the executive council
d) Abolition of the legislative councils
The Swaraj Party was formed in 1923 by which leaders of the Indian National Congress?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai
b) Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das
c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Vallabhbhai Patel and Rajendra Prasad
The Lucknow Pact was signed between which two prominent Indian political leaders?
a) Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant
c) Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das
d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League formed a coalition government in which Indian province in 1937?
a) Punjab
b) Bengal
c) Madras
d) Assam
The Indian National Congress launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in which year?
a) 1928
b) 1930
c) 1932
d) 1934
The Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress is known for the adoption of which significant resolution advocating socialism and economic planning?
a) Lucknow Resolution
b) Nagpur Resolution
c) Karachi Resolution
d) Lahore Resolution
The Champaran Satyagraha was launched to support the farmers protesting against the oppressive indigo plantation system imposed by which British landlord?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Irwin
c) Lord Chelmsford
d) Lord Mayo
The Rowlatt Act led to which event that profoundly impacted the Indian freedom struggle?
a) Quit India Movement
b) Non-cooperation Movement
c) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
d) Civil Disobedience Movement
The 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and which British Viceroy of India?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Irwin
c) Lord Chelmsford
d) Lord Mountbatten
The 1909 Indian Councils Act expanded the legislative councils and increased the number of members through which system?
a) Separate electorates
b) Direct elections
c) Nomination by the British
d) Hereditary succession
The 1942 Quit India Movement was launched in response to the failure of which mission?
a) Wavell Mission
b) Cripps Mission
c) Wavell Plan
d) Simon Commission
The Khilafat Movement, a pan-Islamic protest against the abolishment of the Ottoman Caliphate, was supported by which prominent Indian leader?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Sardar Patel
c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
d) Mahatma Gandhi
The 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar was carried out under the orders of which British military official?
a) General Dyer
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) General Cornwallis
d) General Wellesley
