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WorksheetsIndian History Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The Vernacular Press Act, aimed at curbing the freedom of the press, was passed in which year?
1878
1882
1905
1910
The Social Service League, formed in 1911, aimed at uplifting the backward classes. Who was its founder?
M.K. Gandhi
B.R. Ambedkar
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Narayan Malhar Joshi
Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The Bombay Mutiny of 1946 was a naval revolt led by ratings against the British. What was their main demand?
Higher wages
Better living condition
Indianisation of the Navy
Independence for India
The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 proposed the creation of how many groups of provinces in India?
Two
Three
Four
Five
The Quit India Movement of 1942 was launched on the call of Mahatma Gandhi from which place?
Sabarmati Ashram
Wardha
Gowalia Tank, Bombay
Jallianwala Bagh
The leader of the Red Shirts Movement in Kerala against untouchability was:
K.K. Kelappan
A.O. Hume
E.V. Ramasamy
Periyar E.V. Ramasamy
The leader of the Indian National Congress during the Lahore Session of 1929 when the demand for complete independence was made was:
Jawaharlal Nehru
Subhas Chandra Bose
Sardar Patel
Rajendra Prasad
The leader of the Swaraj Party after C.R. Das was:
Jawaharlal Nehru
Motilal Nehru
Rajendra Prasad
Sardar Patel
The Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress in 1931 is notable for:
Adoption of the Poona Pact
Adoption of the Fundamental Rights resolution
Declaration of complete independence
Launching the Quit India Movement
The 'August Offer' of 1940, a set of proposals by the British government, was made during the tenure of which Viceroy?
Lord Linlithgow
Lord Willingdon
Lord Irwin
Lord Mountbatten
The leader of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Bhagat Singh
Rajguru
Sukhdev
Ram Prasad Bismil.
The Kakori Conspiracy case was associated with the robbery of a train carrying government funds. Who was the mastermind behind this?
Bhagat Singh
Chandrasekhar Azad
Ram Prasad Bismil
Rajendra Lahiri
The Simon Commission, which arrived in India in 1928, was boycotted because:
It had no Indian members
It proposed further restrictions on civil liberties
It ignored the demands of the Congress
It recommended the partition of Bengal
The Indian National Army (INA) was supported and recognized by which Axis power during World War II?
Germany
Italy
Japan
Soviet Union
The leader of the Chittagong Armoury Raid was:
Subhas Chandra Bose
Surya Sen
Rash Behari Bose
Bhagat Singh
The leader of the Hindustan Republican Association who threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly was:
Bhagat Singh
Chandrasekhar Azad
Batukeshwar Dutt
Rajguru
The 'Rampur Conspiracy Case' of 1924 involved the trial of communist leaders, including:
Bhagat Singh
Chandrasekhar Azad
M.N. Roy
Jatin Das
--- founded the All India Forward Bloc in 1939 after differences with the Congress leadership, particularly with Mahatma Gandhi and other senior leaders.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sardar Patel
Rajendra Prasad
Subhas Chandra Bose
The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, was a protest against the British policy of:
Salt Tax
Land Revenue
Indigo Plantation
Forest Laws
