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[Topic : Freedom Struggle] – GK03

Test GK
Test Code GK03 Page | 1

Topic Freedom Struggle

No. of Questions 50

Maximum Marks 50
Competitive score 40
Time allowed 18 minutes

Answers have been provided for self-evaluation.

1. The Rowlatt Act (1919) enabled the government to suspend the right of

a. Free speech

b. Occupation

c. Both a and b

d. Habeas Corpus

2. Chauri Chaura is the place where

a. Tilak led the Satyagraha Movement

b. Gandhi led a Satyagraha in support of the indigo planters

c. Violence erupted during the Non-Cooperation Movement

d. Both b and c

3. The name of the English newspaper which was edited by B G Tilak was

a. Mahratta

b. The Bombay Chronicle

c. Young India

d. Kesari

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4. The Congress was split in 1907 into two: the Moderates and the
Extremists, at its session at

a. Lahore

b. Surat
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c. Bombay

d. Karachi

5. The Muslim League observed the Direct Action Day in support of their
demand for Pakistan on

a. August 14, 1945

b. May 16, 1946

c. August 16, 1946

d. August 14, 1947

6. Choose the incorrect pair.

a. Government of India Act – 1935

b. Pal, Lal, Bal – Extremist group in the Congress

c. Civil Disobedience Movement – 1920

d. Home Rule Movement – Annie Besant

7. Match the following.

A. Doctrine of Lapse 1. Curzon

B. Partition of Bengal 2. Clive

C. Dual government in Bengal 3. Dalhousie

D. Social reforms 4. Bentinck

A B C D

a. 2 3 1 4

b. 3 2 1 4

c. 3 1 2 4

d. 2 1 3 4

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8. On whose initiative was the Muslim League founded in 1906?

a. Aga Khan

b. Nawab Salimullah Page | 3

d. None of the above

9. The Ghadar Party was organized by

a. Chandrashekar Azad

b. Har Dayal

c. Rash Behari Bose

d. Savarkar

10. In which year did Tilak form the Home Rule League?

a. 1914

b. 1915

c. 1916

d. 1918

11. _____ was the founder of the Aligarh Muslim University

a. Badruddin Tyabji

b. Syed Ahmed Khan

c. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

d. Maulana Mohammad Ali

12. Prarthana Samaj was an institution concerned with

a. Social reforms

b. Religious reforms

c. Revolutionary activities

d. (a) and (b) above

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13. Why did Mahatma Gandhiji support the Khilafat Movement?

a. It was a national movement

b. It was against the British Page | 4

d. He wanted the Muslims to cooperate in the Anti-Rowlatt Act Agitation.

14. Under whose leadership was the All India Muslim League founded?

a. Aga Khan

b. Maulana Mohammad Ali

c. Hasarat Mohani

d. Mohammad Ali Jinnah

15. _____ was the Viceroy of India when the Indian National Congress was
founded

a. Lord Ripon

b. Lord Lansdowne

c. Lord Dufferin

d. None of the above

16. Choose the incorrect pair.

a. Simon Commission – 1927

b. Partition of Bengal – 1906

c. Chinese invasion – 1962

d. Death of Nehru - 1964

17. Who was not a moderate?

a. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

b. Feroz Shah Mehta

c. Dada Bhai Naoroji

d. Bipin chandra Pal

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18. ______introduced the system of separate electro rates for Muslims and
Hindus.

a. Indian Councils Act of 1892

b. Minto-Morley Reforms
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c. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms

d. None of these

19. The Morley-Minto Reforms which were passed in 1909

a. Established a constitution making body

b. Enlarged the central and the provincial legislative councils

c. Made the executive council of the Governor General purely English in

d. None of the above

20. In which year did the Congress decide to launch the Non-cooperation
Movement?

a. 1919

b. 1920

c. 1921

d. 1922

21. Gandhi emerged as the great leader of the national movement

a. During the Boycott Movement

b. During the Swadeshi Movement

c. During Anti-Rowlatt Act Agitation

d. During the Civil Disobedience Movement

22. The first Indian lady who presided over the Congress was

a. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

b. Sarojini Naidu

c. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

d. Amrita Sher Gill

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23. ____ was popularly known as Deshbandhu

a. Mahatma Gandhi

b. Chitranjan Das Page | 6

d. J L Nehru

24. Who prepared the draft of the Quit India resolution?

a. Acharya Kripalani

b. Jawaharlal Nehru

c. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

d. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

25. In which year did Cripps Mission visit India?

a. 1945

b. 1939

c. 1942

d. 1940

26. The Asiatic Society was established in Calcutta by

a. Warren Hastings

b. Sir William Jones

c. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

d. T. B. Macaulay

27. Who among the early nationalists worked in England to mobilize public
opinion in favour of the Indian National Movement?

a. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

b. D. E. Wacha

c. Lala Lajpat Rai

d. Dadabhai Naoroji

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28. The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched by

a. Jawaharlal Nehru

b. Dadabhai Naoroji Page | 7

d. Mahatma Gandhi

29. The main purpose of Home Rule Movement was

a. To harass the British

b. To bring about social reforms

c. To attain self-government and turn out British

d. To attain self-government within the British Empire

30. Shuddi movement (conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism) was started by

a. Swami Vivekananda

b. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

c. Mahatma Gandhi

d. Raja Rammohan Roy

31. The strategy of ‘Divide and Rule’ was adopted by

a. Lord Curzon

b. Lord Wellesley

c. Lord Minto

d. Lord Canning

32. Who founded the Banaras Hindu University?

a. Mahatma Gandhi

b. Madan Mohan Malviya

c. Jawaharlal Nehru

d. None of these

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33. The Vernacular Press Act was passed by

a. Lord Curzon

b. Lord Wellesley

c. Lord Lytton Page | 8

34. The last Governor General of India was

a. Lord Dalhousie

b. Lord Mountbattern

c. C. Rajagopalachari

d. Lord Canning

35. Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National
Congress in

a. 1886

b. 1892

c. 1896

d. 1904

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11.b 12.b 13.c 14.a 15.c 16.b 17.d 18.b 19.b 20.b

21.c 22.b 23.b 24.b 25.c 26. b 27. d 28. d 29. d 30. b

31. a 32. b 33. c 34. c 35. c

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