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Freedom movement

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of the book the last Mughal the fall of a dynasty Delhi 1857

a)

जॉन किर्कलैंड

b)

William dalrymple

c)

Thomas Wilson

d)

Simon digby

2.

The revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet अट्ठारह सौ सत्तावन की क्रांति के समय निम्न में से कौन कवि मौजूद था

a)

Mir taqi Mir

b)

Zauq

c)

Ghalib

d)

Iqbal

3.

Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of British during the revolt of 1857 निम्न में से कौन 18 सो 57 की क्रांति के समय अंग्रेजों का सबसे बड़ा दुश्मन था

a)

Maulvi ahmadullah Shah

b)

Maulvi ahmadullah

c)

Maulana faji haq khairabadi

d)

Nawab liaqat Ali

4.

Which one of the following commission is associated with the army reorganization after the separation of the revolt of 1857 अट्ठारह सौ सत्तावन की क्रांति के कुचलने के बाद अंग्रेजों ने सैन्य पुनर्संग रचना के लिए निम्न में से किस आयोग का गठन किया था

a)

Public service commission

b)

Peel commission

c)

Hunter commission

d)

Simon commission

5.

When did Queen Victoria declared the taking over of Indian administration under British crown महारानी विक्टोरिया ने भारतीय प्रशासन को अंग्रेजी शासन के अधीन लाने का निर्णय कब लिया था

a)

1st November 1858

b)

31st December 1857

c)

6 January 1858

d)

17th November 1859

6.

Who was proclaimed as the Emperor of India during the great Indian Mutiny of 1857 ?

a)

TANTIA TOPE

b)

Bahadur Shah II

c)

MANGAL PANDE

d)

MANIRAM DEWAN

7.

WHO SAIS, 'SWARAJ IS MY BIRTH RIGHT AND I SHALL HAVE IT' ?

(a)  

8.

Who was the Governor General of India when the first war of India’s independence broke out in 1857 ?

a)

ROBERT CLIVE

b)

LORD MOUNTBATTEN

c)

LORD CORNWALLIS

d)

LORD CANNING

9.

Whom did the Chapekar brothers assasinated ?

a)

John

b)

Rand

c)

East

d)

Michael

10.

The first English newspaper in India was

a)

The Bengal Gazette

b)

The Calcutta Gazette

c)

The Bengal Journal

d)

The Bombay herald

11.

Who was the first Indian to use the word 'Swarajya'?

a)

Raja Rammohan Rai

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

Swami Vivekananda

12.

Where did Mahatma Gandhi first start Satyagraha?

a)

Dandi

b)

Calcutta

c)

Baroda

d)

Champaran

13.

Who was the first to address Mahatma Gandhi as 'Father of Nation'?

a)

Subhash Chandra bose

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

B G Tilak

d)

J L Nehru

14.

The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was

a)

Non cooperation movement

b)

Salt movement

c)

Quit India movement

d)

Indigo movement

15.

Who was the first Governor General of Independent India?

a)

C Rajagopalachari

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Lord Dalhousie

d)

Lord Mountbatten

16.

Who gave the slogan 'Jai Hind'?

a)

M K Gandhi

b)

J L Nehru

c)

S C Bose

d)

B G Tilak

17.

Who was called the Iron Man of India?

a)

Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel

b)

Surrendranath Banerjee

c)

Lala Lajpat Rai

d)

Bipin Chandra Pal

18.

Where was Azad hind Fauj setup?

a)

Japan

b)

Burma

c)

Singapore

d)

South Africa

19.

Who was the first woman president of Indian National Congress?

a)

Annie Besant

b)

Aruna Asaf Ali

c)

Sarojini Naidu

d)

Vijayalaxmi Pandit

20.

Lala Lajpat Rai died as a result of injuries during the protest against

a)

King George V

b)

Simon Commission

c)

Cripps Mission

d)

Queen Victoria

21.

The reason for Partition of Bengal given by Viceroy Curzon was

a)

administrative convenience

b)

dominion status

c)

ensure peace in Bengal

22.

The two groups of Congress united at this place in 1907

a)

Lahore

b)

Calcutta

c)

Lucknow

23.

in 1919 Gandhiji gave a call for Satyagraha against this...

a)

Vernacular Press Act

b)

Rowlatt Act

c)

No repesenatation for Indians in the Council

24.

Rabindranath Tagore showed his anger against the Jallianwala Bagh atrocities by...

a)

demonstrations

b)

renouncing knighthood

c)

by going on strikes/hartal

25.

Indians welcomed the Simon Commission with banners saying ''Simon Go Back ''because

a)

Indians wanted Purna Swaraj

b)

commission had no Indian representatives

c)

Indians stated the Boycott movement

d)

I

26.

Gandhiji launched the Dandi march because the British had ...

a)

imposed a tax on salt for Indians

b)

not given enough seats to Indians in the Council

c)

took brutal actions against the satyagrahis

27.

Moderates beloved in

a)

burning British made clothes

b)

Publish newspaper articles

c)

boycott British schools

28.

Political associations before 1885

a)

Communist Party of India

b)

Indian National Congress

c)

Madras Mahajan Sabha

29.

During the Quit India Movement the slogan was

a)

Jai Hind

b)

Live and Let Live

c)

Do or Die

30.

In which year Bengal was partitioned?

a)

1905

b)

1906

c)

1907

d)

1908

31.

In which year Bengal was reunited?

a)

1915

b)

1911

c)

1913

d)

1914

32.

Who was the Viceroy of India during 1905 - 1906?

a)

Lord Curzon

b)

Lord Hardinge

c)

Lord Acton

d)

Lord Ripon

33.

In which year did Gandhiji return to India from South Africa?

a)

Jan. 1915

b)

Feb. 1916

c)

Jan. 1916

d)

Feb. 1915

34.

Which of the following was the reason for calling off the Non-cooperation Movement by Gandhiji?

a)

Chauri-Chaura incident

b)

Second Round Table Conference

c)

Gandhiji's arrest

d)

Pressure from the British Government

35.

After the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi launched the _______________, asking people not to cooperate with the British.

a)

Civil Disobedience Movement

b)

Noncooperation Movement

c)

Quit India Movement

36.

What Did People Do Under Swadeshi And Boycott Movement?

a)

Burnt foreign clothes

b)

Used goods made in India

c)

Boycotted shops selling foreign goods

d)

All of these

37.
The Revolt broke out  at Meerut 
a)
10th May 1757
b)
10th May 1857
c)
22nd June 1857
d)
9th may 1857
38.
The first  President of INC
a)
Surendranath banerjee
b)
WC Bannerjee
c)
Dadabhai Naoroji
d)
None of the above
39.
Who led the revolt at Lucknow
a)
Tantia Tope 
b)
Begum Hazrat Mahal
c)
Rani Laxmi Bai
d)
Baji Rao
40.
An Indian ruler entering into a alliance with the British had to accept British forces within his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance.
a)
Term alliances 
b)
Subsidiary alliance 
c)
Grand alliance
d)
none of the above
41.
Two repressive measures of Lord Lytton
a)
Arms Act and Press Act
b)
Vernacular Press Act and Arms Act
c)
Press Act and Strike Act
d)
None of the above
42.
A book by Dadabhai Naoroji .........
a)
Un-justice Rule in India
b)
Poverty and un-British rule in India
c)
Injustice of Crown
d)
In the Wake of Freedom
43.
The results of the Revolt of 1857
a)
East India Company's rule came to an end
b)
The policy of imperial expansion will be abandoned.
c)
The Viceroy post was created instead of the earlier Governor General.
d)
All of the above
44.
The Ilbert Bill was a bill introduced in 1883 under the reign of the then Viceroy
a)
Lord Nippon
b)
Lord Hastings
c)
Lord Ripon
d)
None of the abeov
45.

'Hind Swaraj' was written by

a)

Sardae Patel

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Abul Kalam Azad

d)

Subahash Chandra Bose

46.

What kind of movement was launched by tribal peasants of Gudem hills in Andra Pradesh?

a)

Satyagraha Movement

b)

Militant Guerilla Movement

c)

Non-violent Movement

d)

None of the above

47.

What is Nationalism?

a)

Feeling of leadership

b)

Feeling of unity within the nation.

c)

Feeling of traitship within the nation

d)

non of the above

48.
The Arms Act disallowed Indians from 
a)
possessing arms
b)
criticizing the government
49.
The Indian National Congress held its first meeting with 72 delegates in
a)
1880
b)
1885
50.
The members of the Congress from 1885 to 1905 were known as the
a)
Moderates
b)
Extremists
51.

Which of the following social reformers are from Bengal?

a)

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

b)

Swami Vivekananda

c)

Dadabhai Naoroji

d)

Jyotirao Phule

52.

Dadabhai Naoroji was popularly known as -----------------

a)

The Grand Old Man of India

b)

Companion of the Indian Empire

c)

Prophet of Indian Nationalism

53.

Vernacular Act was passed by -------------- in 1878.

a)

Lord Lytton

b)

Lord Linlithgow

c)

Lord Dufferin

54.

The book written by Raja Ram Mohan Roy is

a)

Satyartha Prakash

b)

Samachar Chandrika

c)

Sambad Kaumudi

d)

The Untouchables

55.

The image of Bharat Mata was first created by ......

a)

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Abanindranath Tagore

d)

Ram Kumar Bismil

56.
The Indian Association was founded by_______.
a)
Surendranath Banrjea
b)
G. Subramaniya Iyer
c)
Ananda Charlu
d)
Pherozeshah Mehta
57.
All India Muslim League was founded under the leadership of _________.
a)
Badaruddin Tyabaji
b)
Dadabhai Naaorogi
c)
Nawab Salimullah
d)
Mohammad Iqbal
58.
Who among the following was not an extremist?
a)
Lala Rajpat Rai
b)
Khudiram Bose
c)
Bipin Chandra Pal
d)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
59.
The Moderates had lost faith in the British Government.
a)
True
b)
False
60.
British initially support Congress - considering it a safety valve.
a)
True
b)
False