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History: India's Struggle for independence

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who formed the Indian National Army (INA)?

a)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b)

Subhas Chandra Bose

c)

C. Rajagopalachari

d)

Dadabhai Naoroji

2.

What did the Cabinet Mission recommend?

a)

To give freedom to undivided India

b)

To give freedom to partitioned India

c)

To give communal representation to minorities

d)

To keep British government in power

3.

When was the constitution adopted?

a)

26th January 1950

b)

26th January 1949

c)

26th November 1947

d)

26th November 1949

4.

Who was the father of the Indian Constitution?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Dr. B.R Ambedkar

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

5.

When was Pakistan given Independence?

a)

13th August 1947

b)

14th August 1947

c)

15th August 1947

d)

16th August 1947

6.

Quit India Movement was launched in the year _____.

a)

1941

b)

1942

c)

1943

d)

1944

7.

When was Hindustan Republic Association formed?

a)

1921

b)

1922

c)

1923

d)

1924

8.

Which incident provoked the calling off - of the Non - cooperation Movement?

a)

Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre

b)

Chauri Chaura

c)

Indigo Revolution

d)

1857 Revolt

9.

When did Jalian wallah bagh massacre happen?

a)

1918

b)

1919

c)

1920

d)

1921

10.

What was the reason for Champaran satyagraha?

a)

Farmer's uprisal against Indigo cultivation

b)

Movement against salt taxes

c)

Movement against imports

d)

Farmer's movement against heavy taxes

11.

The first satyagraha campaign happened in ______.

a)

1915

b)

1916

c)

1917

d)

1918

12.

Who was the political mentor of Mahatma Gandhi?

a)

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

b)

Subhas Chandra Bose

c)

Kasturba Gandhi

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

13.

Where was Mahatma Gandhi before returning to India?

a)

Uk

b)

South Africa

c)

USA

d)

Japan

14.

When was All India Muslim League founded?

a)

1903

b)

1904

c)

1905

d)

1906

15.

When was Bengal partitioned?

a)

1903

b)

1904

c)

1905

d)

1906

16.

What policy was secretly administered by the British to break independence struggles?

a)

2 state policy

b)

Reservation Policy

c)

Divide & Rule Policy

d)

None of the above

17.

Bengal was reunited in the year ____.

a)

1909

b)

1910

c)

1911

d)

1912

18.

Who were the 3 leaders that were called as 'Lal- Bal -Pal'?

a)

Bipin Chandra Pal, Bal Gangadar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai

b)

Bipin Gandadhar Pal, Bal Chandra Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai

c)

Bipin Chandra Pal, Lal Gangadar Tilak, Bal Lajpat Rai

d)

Lala Chandra Pal, Bal Lajpat Tilak, Lala Gangadhar Rai

19.

Who said this famous slogan: " Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it."

a)

Bhagat Singh

b)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

B.R Ambedkar

20.

In which year did the battle of plassey happen?

a)

1757

b)

1857

c)

1777

d)

1847

21.

For how many years did the British rule?

a)

100

b)

150

c)

200

d)

250

22.

When did India attain Independence?

a)

1945

b)

1947

c)

1949

d)

1951

23.

After the fall of which dynasty did the British gain support of local rulers?

a)

Mughal Dynasty

b)

Pallava Dynasty

c)

Chola Dynasty

d)

Magadha Dynasty

24.

In which of the following cities did the British not set up a trading centre?

a)

Madras

b)

Bombay

c)

Calcutta

d)

Lucknow

25.

Who was the Nawab of Bengal during the battle of Plassey?

a)

Siraj- Ud- Daulah

b)

Mir Osman Ali Khan

c)

Maharaja Hari Singh

d)

Birjis Qadr

26.

Which of the following is not an Indian freedom fighter?

a)

Rani Laxmi Bai

b)

Tipu Sultan

c)

Omar Abdullah

d)

Mangal Pandey

27.

When was the first war of Independence fought in India?

a)

1657

b)

1757

c)

1857

d)

1957

28.

Who founded the East India Association?

a)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b)

Dadabhai Naoroji

c)

C. Rajagopalachari

d)

Tipu Sultan

29.

When was Indian National Congress founded?

a)

1865

b)

1875

c)

1885

d)

1895

30.

What was the immediate reason of the first war of independence?

a)

Salt Taxes

b)

Indigo Plantation

c)

Zamindari System

d)

Greased Cartridges