1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on 15th March ______.
(a) 1928
(b) 1930
(c) 1931
(d) 1935
Ans: (c)
2. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of Congress held at Calcutta in
(a) September 1920
(b) December 1922
(c) October 1924
(d) November 1925
Ans: (a)
3. The Swaraj Party was organised by
(a) Lala Lajapat Rai and Feroze Shah Mehta
(b) Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
(c) CR Das and Motilal Nehru
(d) C Rajagopalachari and CY Chintamani
Ans: (c)
4. In what session did Congress declared complete Independence (Poorna Swaraj) as its goal?
(a) Lahore session held in 1929
(b) Madras session held in 1927
(c) Ahmadabad session held in 1921
(d) Gaya session held in 1922
Ans: (a)
5. When was the first Independence day unofficially celebrated before Independence?
(a) On 26th January 1929
(b) On 26th January 1931
(c) On 26th January 1935
(d) On 26th January 1930
Ans: (d)
6. Who was the British Prime Minister who convened the First Round Table Conference in London?
(a) Churchill
(b) Ramsay McDonald
(c) Chamberlain
(d) Disraeli
Ans: (b) 7. Who among the following did not attend the First Round Table Conference?
(a) MK Gandhi
(b) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
(c) Dr Ambedkar
(d) C V Chintamani
Ans: (a)
8. Who opened the First Round Table Conference?(a) King George V
(b) MK Gandhi
(c) Lord Irwin
(d) Ramsay McDonald
Ans: (a)
9. The historic fait by Gandhi came to an end as a result of the
(a) Poona Pact
(b) Issue of White Paper
(c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(d) Arrival of Simon Commission
Ans: (a)
10. 'My strongest bulwark is gone' lamented Gandhiji on the death of
(a) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Pheroze Shah Mehta
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (d)
11. When was the First Round Table Conference held?
(a) 1933
(b) 1931
(c) 1930
(d) 1903
Ans: (c)
12. Mahatma Gandhi participated In the Second Round Table conference after
(a) signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
(b) refusing to hold direct talks with the Muslim League
(c) being permitted by the Congress
(d) receiving assurance that independence was fast coming
Ans: (a)
13. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from(a) Wardha
(b) Sevagram
(c) Sabarmati
(d) Dandi
Ans: (c)
14. The idea of incorporating, safeguards In the Indian Constitution was inspired by the
(a) Third Round Table Conference
(b) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(c) Visit of Simon Commission
(d) Poona Pact
Ans: (c)
15. Match List-I with List-U and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I
A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Annie Besant
C. Gopalakrishna
D. Sri Aurobindo
List-II
1. Home Rule
2. Servants of India Society
3. Thrice President Gokhale of Indian
4. Extremist Turned Spiritualist
5.National Congress
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) 1 3 2 4
(c) 3 1 2 4
(d) 3 1 4 2
Ans: (c)
16. Who founded the 'All India Harijan Samaj' in 1932?
(a) B R Ambedkar
(b) Acharya Narendra Dev
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jagjivan Ram
Ans: (c)
17. To which personality Gandhiji gave the title "Deen Bandhu"?
(a) Sri Aurobindo
(b) CF Andrews
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) CR Das
Ans: (b)
18. Which of the following leaders died as a result of Injuries sustained during a protest demonstration against Simon Commission?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Goplakrishna Gokhale
(d) LaIa Lajpat Rai
Ans: (d)
19. Who gave the slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad'?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Md Iqbal
(d) Chandra Shekhar Azad
Ans: (a)
20. Who said that the exploitative nature of British rule was 'Bleeding India White'?
(a) Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Hume
(d) Annie Besant
Ans: (b)
21. "India for the Indiana" was the political message of
(a) D E Wacha
(b) Vivekanand
(c) Dayanand
(d) Hume
Ans: (c)
22. Which of the following was the 'Newspaper' of Annie Besant?
(a) The Hindu
(b) Indian Express
(c) The Times of India
(d) New India
Ans: (d)
23. Aligarh Muslim University was founded by
(a) Jinnah
(b) Syed Ahmed Khan
(c) Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Bhutto
Ans: (b)
24. Match the following:
List-I
A. Swaraj is my birth right
B. It is not reforms but re-form
C. A subject people has no soul
D. Policy of petitions, prayers and protests
List-II
1. Moderates
2. Lajpat Rai
3. BC Pal
4. Tilak
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 2 1 3 4
Ans: (b)
25. Who said that the constant 'drain of wealth' from India was responsible for Indla's economic miseries?
(a) BC Pal
(b) BP Wadia
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) GS Arundale
Ans: (c)
