Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) for
History
Chapter 3
First Phase of the Indian National Movement
1] Which of the following is the name of an Early Nationalist?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Justice Ranade
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Aurobindo Ghosh
2] Early Nationalists had the support of-
a) Urban Educated Indians
b) Rural Uneducated Indians
c) The Masses
d) All of the Above
3] What was the belief of Early Nationalists?
a) Britishers would give Indians ‘Swaraj’
b) Britishers would help the nationalists become rich and powerful
c) Britishers would take permanent residence in India
d) Britishers would help Indians govern themselves according to the
western standards
4] What was the method of Moderates?
a) Actively resist British Rule
b) Use press to criticise government policies
c) Create an Indian National Army
d) Ask foreign countries for help
5] Which of the following is an achievement of Early Nationalists-
a) Helped in Abolishing the Sati Practise
b) Helped in the introduction of Indian Councils Act
c) Set up many schools and colleges
d) Started Quit India Movement
6] Dadabhain Naoroji’s contribution-
a) Servant of India Society
b) Indian National Conference
c) Poverty and Un-British rule in India
d) Arctic Home Of The Vedas
7] Gopal Krishna Gokhale’s contribution
a) Forerunner of Gandhiji
b) India’s Unofficial Ambassador
c) Political Mentor of Gandhiji
d) Akharas and Lathi Clubs
8] Surendranath Banerjee’s contribution
a) Forerunner of Gandhiji
b) Nation in the Making
c) Composed Bande Mataram
d) Protested against lowering the age for Board examinations
9] Who gave the ‘Drain of Wealth’ theory
a) Gandhiji
b) Surendranath Banerjee
c) A.O Hume
d) Dadabhai Naoroji
10] What were the three P’s?
a) Power, Prayer, Protest
b) Petition, Prayer, Pause
c) Petition, Prayer, Protest
d) Punish, Prayer, Petition
Chapter 4
Second Phase of The National Movement
1] When did the Partition of Bengal come into effect?
a) 16 October 1805
b) 16 October 1905
c) 16 August 1905
d) 30 February 2305
2] Who said ‘Bengal united is a power… weaken a solid body of
opponents to our rule’?
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Lytton
c) Ripon
d) Risely
3] When was the anti-partition movement initiated
a) August 7, 1905
b) October 16, 1905
c) August 7, 1906
d) October 16, 1906
4] Which song did Rabindranath Tagore compose for the ‘day of national
mourning’
a) Bande Mataram
b) Jan Gan Man
c) Amar Sonar Bangla
d) None of the Above
5] When did Surat Split take place?
a) 1919
b) 1907
c) 1917
d) 1869
6] Who among these is an Assertive Nationalist
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
c) Aurobindo Ghosh
d) Dadabhai Naoroji
7] Which of the following is a method of Extremists
a) National Education
b) Western Education
c) Modern Education
d) Active Resistance
8] Contribution of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
a) New India
b) Ghadar Party
c) Political mentor of Gandhiji
d) Arctic Home of The Vedas
9] Contribution of Lala Lajpat Rai
a) Bengali Public Opinion
b) Ghadar Party
c) Forerunner of Gandhiji
d) Lathi Clubs
10] Contribution of Bipin Chandra Pal
a) The Tribune
b) The Bengali
c) Gita rahasya
d) Servants of India Society
