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INDEPENDENCE AND PARTITION

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who among the following annulled the Partition of Bengal ?

a)

Lord Chelmsford

b)

Lord Curzon

c)

Lord Minto

d)

Lord Hardinge

2.

To promote the cause of Indian independence, Home Rule society, an informal nationalist organisation popularly called ‘India House’ was established in London between 1905 and 1910 by ______

a)

Shymaji Krishna Varma

b)

Lala Hardayal

c)

Madan Lal Dhingra

d)

V.D. Savarkar

3.

With how many volunteers did Gandhi led his famous Dandi march on March 12, 1930 from his base Sabarmati Ashram ?

a)

20

b)

50

c)

78

d)

103

4.

Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the Second Round Table Conference ?

a)

Neville Chamberlain

b)

Ramsay Mac donald

c)

Clement Attlee

d)

None of the above

5.

Who of the following organized a National Planning Committee in 1938?

a)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

b)

Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel

c)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

6.

Which of the following revolutionaries had participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement and was teacher in national school in Chittagong?

a)

Jatin Das

b)

Surya Sen

c)

Bhagat Singh

d)

Chandrasekhar Azad

7.

When Subhash Chandra Bose resigned as the President of INC, who was appointed in his place?

a)

Rajendra Prasad

b)

Abul Kalam Azad

c)

C. Rajgopalachari

d)

Pattabhi Sita ramish

8.

Who raised the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad" ?

a)

Chandrasekhar Azad

b)

Loka Manya Tilak

c)

Hasrat Mohani

d)

M K Gandhi

9.

Jallian wala Bagh massacre occurred on :

a)

April 13, 1919

b)

August 12, 1918

c)

January 31, 1917

d)

December 25, 1922

10.

Who founded the Banaras Hindu University ?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Madan Mohan Malaviya

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

None of the above

11.

The capital of India was shifted to Delhi during the reign of ________

a)

Chelmsford

b)

Minto

c)

Hardinge

d)

Curzon

12.

According to Mountbatten Plan, which of the following provinces was not to be included in the Indian dominion ?

a)

Sind

b)

Madras

c)

Bombay

d)

Bihar

13.

Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I am an Indian, every Indian is my brother.” Who had said these words?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Lala Lajpat Rai

d)

Vivekananda

14.

Mahatma Gandhi gave the call ‘Do or Die’ during the ______

a)

Khilafat Movement

b)

Non-Cooperation Movement

c)

Civil Disobedience Movement

d)

Quit India Movement

15.

All the three Round Table Conferences were held in _______

a)

London

b)

Bombay

c)

Calcutta

d)

Manchester

16.

Who was the first Indian to raise the National Flag ?

a)

Sardar Patal

b)

Annie Besant

c)

Madam Cama

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

17.

According to the Govt. of India ACT of 1935, India had been divided into …………… provinces.

a)

9

b)

11

c)

12

d)

14

18.

The Indian National Army (I.N.A.) came into existence in ____

a)

Singapore

b)

Malaysia

c)

Burma

d)

Japan

19.

Who was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States ?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Lord Mount batten

c)

C. Rajagopalachari

d)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

20.

The proposals for the partition of India into India and Pakistan were contained in the ______

a)

Mountbatten Plan of 3rd June, 1947

b)

Prime Minister Attlee’s statement of 20th February, 1947

c)

Cripps Mission Proposals

d)

Cabinet Mission Proposals

21.

Which institution was founded by Gandhi?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru university

b)

Vishwa Bharati

c)

Phoenix Ashram

d)

Seva Ashram

22.

The first movement against the British in India was _____

a)

Khilafat Movement

b)

Swadeshi Movement

c)

Non-Cooperative movement

d)

Quit India movement

23.

Who among the following founded the first women university in India?

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

J.P Kripalini

c)

D.K Karve

d)

Sucheta Kripalini

24.

“I, therefore, want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had“. Who the great Indian leader said this line?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Ashutosh Mukherjee

c)

Subhas Chandra Bose

d)

Annie Besant

25.

Arrange by correct sequence. (i) Rowlatt Act (ii) Gandhi Erwin Pact (iii) Morley Minto reforms (iv) Elbert Bill

a)

iv – ii – iii – i

b)

iv – iii – ii – i

c)

iii – i – ii – iv

d)

iv – iii – i – ii