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Freedom quiz grade 8 and grade 9

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the Quit India movement launched?

a)

1946

b)

1939

c)

1942

d)

1940

2.

Who had given the slogan 'Do or Die'?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Subash Chandra Bose

d)

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

3.

What was the another name of 'Pledge of Indian independence'?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Declaration of constitution

c)

Declaration of constituent assembly

d)

None of the above

4.

The Lahore congress session of 1929 was presided by

a)

Motilal Nehru

b)

Subash Chandra Bose

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

5.

British government appointed an Indian statutory commission to review the Government of India Act, is also known as

a)

Simon commission

b)

Hunter commission

c)

Elbert commission

d)

Crippe commission

6.

Which among the following is not a literary work of Mahatma Gandhi?

a)

Hind Swaraj

b)

Indian opinion

c)

Yugantav

d)

Young India

7.

Bhagat Singh and B.K Dutt threw a bomb in the central legislative assembly on 8th April 1929 as a protest to which of the following bill/act?

a)

Rowlat act

b)

Woods bill

c)

Public safety bill

d)

None of the above

8.

Khilafat committee was formed by

a)

Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

b)

Muhammad Ali and Shaukad Ali

c)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

d)

Sulfikar Ali

9.

Which one of the following congress session adopted non-co-operation programmme?

a)

Nagpur-1920

b)

Calcutta-1920

c)

Lahore-1929

d)

Madras-1919

10.

When did Chauri Chaura incident take place?

a)

1924

b)

1922

c)

1923

d)

1925

11.

Who called the Untouchables 'Harijan' or 'Children of God'?

a)

B. R Ambedkar

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

C. R Das

d)

Motilal Nehru

12.

When did Gandhiji start the Civil Disobedience movement?

a)

1920

b)

1930

c)

1933

d)

1935

13.

Who said "For a nation freedom is very important reforms...., or best state can never be its alternative"?

a)

Bhagat Singh

b)

Lala Lajpat Rai

c)

Subash Chandra Bose

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

14.

Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he was a half naked Fakir?

a)

Churchill

b)

Clemant Attley

c)

Lord Wellesley

d)

Lord Cornwallis

15.

In which year Gandhiji organised a satyagraha to support the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujarat?

a)

1919

b)

1917

c)

1918

d)

1920

16.

What was the other name for Quit India movement?

a)

Swadeshi movement

b)

Home rule movement

c)

August Kranti

d)

Khilafat movement

17.

Which of the following organization was not established by B. R. Ambedkar?

a)

Zero club

b)

Depressed class association

c)

Samaj Samat Sangh

d)

People's eduction society

18.

Who announced a Dominion status for India in October 1929?

a)

Lord Irwin

b)

Lord Cornwallis

c)

Lord Rippon

d)

Lord Wellesley

19.

Who was popularly known as Frontier Gandhi?

a)

Lal Bahadur Sastri

b)

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

c)

C.R. Das

d)

Motilal Nehru

20.

Who was the Prime minister of Britain when India got independence?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Clement Attlee

c)

Lord Irwin

d)

None of these