Indian History Quiz

What marked the end of company rule and the beginning of the British Raj?

• Indian Councils Act (1909)

• Queen Victoria’s Proclamation

• Lucknow Pact

• Surat Split

Who attempted to create local and district government boards with 2/3 members from the Indian population in 1882?

• Lord Curzon

• Herbert Hope Risley

• Lord Ripon

• Dadabhai Naoroji

Who was the Parsi who established the first Indian business in London and was the first Indian elected to Britain’s Parliament?

• Gopal Krishna Gokhale

• Dadabhai Naoroji

• Lord Ripon

• Sayyid Ahmad Khan

Which college was founded by Sayyid Ahmad Khan and remained the premier center for Muslim higher education?

• Anglo-Oriental College

• Simla Deputation

• Indian Councils Act (1909)

• Lucknow Pact

What was the result of the Congress session in 1907?

• Simla Deputation

• Surat Split

• Lucknow Pact

• Indian Councils Act (1909)

What did the Indian Councils Act (1909) achieve?

• Abolished British majorities at the provincial level

• Demanded half the members of the Executive

• Argued for Muslim representation

• Marked the end of company rule

What was the strategy of nonviolent noncooperation that resonated with Indians called?

• Khilafat Movement

• Satyagraha

• Chauri Chaura Incident

• Bengal Pact

Which movement was a form of pan-Islamism united by the dream of restoring the Ottoman caliphate?

• Satyagraha

• Chauri Chaura Incident

• Khilafat Movement

• The Salt March

What event in 1922 led Gandhi to call off satyagraha?

• The Salt March

• Chauri Chaura Incident

• Bengal Pact

• Subhas Chandra Bose's resignation

What was the purpose of Gandhi's "march to the sea" in 1930?

• To protest the British salt tax

• To support the Khilafat Movement

• To promote the Bengal Pact

• To resign from Congress